The national Republican., 1862-05-02
s.n AND rnuses AT raE CAPITAL
IN The SENATE.


pr ,,sss Ia he country will nake great 80
over u sad call II On attach upoa generals In
the Geld. II was no such thing. Il was simply
an investigation into . principle Of action
adopted BY Generals Hslleck and Hooker con
cernipg fugitive rlaves That b . subject
which concerns the nation, and . Senator
should discuss IL Il Ia - II one Of our generals
should refuse 70 seize the ordnance and ammu-
milton captured Of an enemy and were 10 send
Il back As II General Banks were TO give up
rebel prisoners on bis own authority. The
subject would BE- properly one for discussion
10 Congress. Il should be remembered that
democratic general Of the stamp Of Sickles en-.
dorsed, by bis action, the position Of Sumner,
aud We never heard that he, Slckles, Was &C
cused Of being antislavery. Mr.. saulsbury
was evidently very much +" riled by Summers
speech, and he was going on a violent pace
upon " the wrongs o white men," The alleged
traitors who have been arrested in some Of the
border states, when the stentoriAn voice Of Mr..
Foote (the presiding oniosr) announced thai
the hour Of Que had arrived. "Conhscation y
was the special order.
coNPIsCATioN.
A healthy atmosphere Pervaded ths Senate
yesterday upon this subject Senators Wilson
and Morrill, spoke to The point upon Il. Mr
Morrill, showed The difference between an ef
feotive and sh ineffective con6scation bill. Hs
o,uld not but believe that some Of the bill,
were advocated becsuse their authors knew
them to be nou-efective. An outsider wanted
70 know yesterday when Congress would let
slavery alone!' The reply was, "when slave.
holders let the Union Aloue!'
IN rsE HoUsE.
Not very much that was lively and amusing
compared with the last few days, but after oil
. great deal better than the personal setto
Of the last few days. Msssrs. Stevens, Dawes
Washburne, COukling, Colfax, Diven and Kelly
we're all present asd apparently In good health
We could not zee for the life Of us that they
were the worse for the deb ate, 10 health Of
temper. They were ss courteous and smiling
as ever. Pacific Railroad was up, and It wa.
Ia good subject with which to asusge the storm
Of the first part OF the week
THE coNrrsCkrIoN COMMITTEE.
We hear that this Committee is getting alou,
finely, and that the opposition to coufi,cstio,
in the Committee is much less than was ex
pected It Is proposed BY some members o.
the Committee to repor the Distinct bills, on,
for copfacst,on and the other for the emanci-
patton Of the slaves Of leading rebels Thi
will give numb,r Of Southern men an oppor
tunity 10 vote for con6,cstion by it.elE Their,
are slave holding members Of 10th Houses who
will vote Tor couf.cation BY itself. The Com
mlttee will fui ne difficulty in reporting two
good BILLS
NEGRO 8ARRIsoNs.
This Is, to be sure, terrible phrase negro
gsrrisons!' Yet, from what We hear. General
Hunter is going st once into The business oi
instructing contrsbsuds' 10 the military or,
Arms and equipments are undoubtedly on The
way to Port Royal for this purpos' Tho Gov
ernmsnt Is doubles, convinced that. while the
e,rmy Is employing thousands Of slaves Ia
continue the rebellion, II were worse thau folly
10 neglsct 10 make use Of them upon The eide
Of loyalty and The Government. The fort,
upon the coast will be garrisoned by them, and
General Hunter will reinforce him self with ths
loyal Slaves aocking to the standard Of th
Stars and Stripes, We can hardly belisv,
there is q proslsvery Dan ocrat who will fud
fault with the decision OF the Government
COLLECTOR FOR NEW ORLEANS.
The President is RS prompt as any OF h,s
/ han
BE has received no ctii ,,sl news Of ID. capture
Of New Orleans yet he sent in the name Of
Charles q. Lathrop for coll,ctor at New Or
leans. This Is prompt work. NJ, Lincoln sets
. good example for his generals. The War and
Navy Departments have no doubt that 0u,
tcoops ere this are 10 the city Of New Orleaus
Quite likely, Butler and his laud forces passed
through the Rgolet passes into Lake Pon,char
train, and thence into the city.
l THE OHIO rRoors
II turns out, upon examination, that the
charges Of cowardics egaiust som. OF the Ohio
regiments, at the battle Of Shiloh, are essen
TALLY false. Several Of the visioaal aud brig
ade reports have been seut in to Gsu. Hslleck
and hey oil excul pate the Ohio regiments
from any charge OF cowardise. There wsr,
regiments so taken by surprise that they fell
back at frs. in confusion, especially as the
officers did not lead them we'll. This was /,
be expected. But no regiments, rs such, fed
Individuals Of several regiments were panic
stricken, but such was not the case with sin
gle regiment as a whole. An Ohio msmb. /.
will TO day move al inquiry into the subjec,
We hear.
THE NUMBER.
1t is rumored that Gen. Th0m.s stated w on
Of the Military Committees Of Congress, a da,
or two since, that the Government has 10000
troops under pay. This can hardly be. LIZ
any one undertake 10 reckon up their number
and Re will not come within 100000 Of 1t.
SPECTATOR.
TIE LossEs.-At the battle Of Pittsbur
= Landing, the loss In the Third division, com