, 1862-04-04
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM ISLAND NO. TEN.
Gs11antExpIoit Of Col. Roberts
he Spikes a Rebel Battery During
the Late Gale.
HEAVY FIRING AT POINT PLEASANT.
FROM WASHINGTON.
PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS.
THE TAX BILL STILL IN HAND.
Rebel Prisoners and their Body
Servants.
! NVNDL1 4N L Ill II CM4 IL AlUkLT
Carl Schurz in the Mountain
Department.
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON,
No Newspaper Correspondents
Allowed to Accompany
the Army.
BLENKER'S B2IGADE ASSIGNED
TO FREM0NTS DEPARTMENT,
MATTERS AT NEW PORT NEWS
Gen. Banks Advance Reaches
Manassas.
ABOLITION In THE DISTRICT Or
COLUMBIA.
No Newspaper Correspondents
Allowed to Accompany
the Army.
BLENKER'S BRIGADE ASSIGNED
TO FREMONT'S DEPARTMENT,
MATTERS AT NEW PORT NEWS
Gen. Banks Advance Reaches
Manassas,
ABOLITION In THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA,

"AaaSGroN, april =, lSb2.
a shell was thrown from rebel tags at and
near Vice President Hamlin and party at Ne1-
port News, on Sunday. The Sawyer gun put
them to flight.
Gen. Mansfield showed his visitors where,
during the fight with the 31crrimac, shell
struck m ink stand on d table left By Mans
field but moment before
The prisoners taken in the recent recon-
noissance to Rappahannock river, state that
the rebel force there is only eight regiments
Of infantry, two cavalry, and six pieces OF ar
tillery. Gen. Ewe1I, who was whipped at
Drainesyil1e, was in command.
| At Warrenton, Extra Billy Smiths house is
occupied by our forces.
Yesterday, 4 portion Of Gen. Banl1s's COM
nland reached Manassas, al!cr 4 weary march
from Winchester.
| john Janney, the Pzesilcut Of tile Virginia
| Seeding Convention, hes taken the oath Of
! allegiance to the United States.
The Senate voted down n proposition to sub
nit tie abolition bill to the people of the Dis
| trict-Tcn Eych the ou1y Republican in favor
| oft. Mr.. Browning made an Intellectual at
| tempt to haee the compensation raised to five
| hundred dollars; but it should be reduced be-
low three hundred. since al1 the valuable
slavcs arc being sold into Maryland.
The President visited Mt. Vernon Yesterday
MIR: Stanton has revoked nll passes to news
paper correspondents, and will require those
| now at Fort Monroe to return. It is expect
I'd That Gen Halleck will soon take personal
command OIL the Tennessee river.
! Col Max Weber Of New York, Gen. Doolcn
Of Pennsylvania, Major Benjamin Award,
Paymastcr, Captain Curin Grover OF the
Tenth Infantry, and James e. Blunt, were
| nominated BrjGadicr Generals to-day.
| WASHINGTON, April g. 1851.
The President has rcspited Col. Mayoffin,
sentenced to death at Alton, Ill, for breach
of1,is parole.
Rey. Geo. Jordon, President or Iberia Col
lege, Ohio, imprisoned for resistance to the
execution Of the fugitive slave law, has also
received free pardon from tic President, on
grounds that tho evidence don't show that he
actually participated il, the resistance, aud that
hc has already suffered enough.
An examination Of tlle Globe shows that
Brownins's amendment to Dir. Clarl's bill for
the abolition Of slavery in the District, re-
quircs tho Secretary of The Treasury to pay
one hall to loyal masters for slaves under sixty
years old, and to retain the other half to be
paid to the slayes themselves, in case they
co1onize themselves outside the United States.
A lively aecnc occurred during the debate
Oh the advertisement taxing section, yester.
day. Ben. Wood moved to amend so as to
exempt all newspapers arbitrarily and uncou-
sisutionally excluded from the nails. After
running fire Of amendments, it was amend.
cd so as to read, that all papers properly and
constitutionally excluded from the mails fol
disloyalty, "to be taxed ten per cent"
Mr. Vcrree moved to add that any naeusJea
If Congress oacai,g s"eA paper b. e9oelled, Ruled
out OH the ground that Committee Of thu
. Whole cannot cxpel.
The amendment had now got into su.l
shape that it was impossible for its osi
father to recognize it, and was voted do NJ
| to-day.
1t was voted to impose 10 tax on p-on1i=sor!
notes, checks, or drafts, under fifty dollar:
; | conyeyances Of less than Que hundred dollars
are to be taxed nothing; under FIVE HUNDRED
. dollars, fifty cents; Oyer fiyc hundred, on
r dollar. It is expected thai the tax bill vii
$ get through the Committee of the Wlol,
t To-Day.
Inquiries into the condition Of slaycr,
maintained between rebel officers and scr
. wants, said to be existing at Columbus, Ohio
brought out by Mr.. Shcrn,an's speech to-day
are to be instituted.
; Ono OF Marshal Lannon'S aids took fnsi
= tive slavc out Of a New York artillery cam1
to-day, aud returned him to his master. 1t i
said there have been other cases Of simisa
in7quity.
The bill for the abolition Of sl:lvery in thi
District was talked out Of its passage By GU
= ret Davis to-day and tomorrow is pledged tt
other business. a vote will surely be tahcl
+ on Friday.
c Serious rumors are afloat affecting Sccrc
!, tary Smith and tic Commissioners Of Patent!
and Pensions, Smiths son, and Clark,
!, brother-fn. law, his financial superintendent
r Nepotism is believed to be the source OF tn
y trouble.
= Carl Schurz is to hare command Of divi
/ sion in Gen. Frcmont's Department. Hi
5 command will he principally Germsn. Gen
! Blcnker, with his division, has also bcc7
c assigned to Gen. Fremont
Il rtsident Of Colombo, now here, says til
o-GA ~HAA+SAA A+ ttS LN1A4AOAJ ID IL1dh tAt III
Of gold this year will he from forty to fft
o millions Of dollars. The present population
j. thirty-four Thousand
- Some Of Secretary Smiths friends say ther
vii! be q change in the Cabinet.
Commissioners Holt, Davis and Campbell
Of in their report present evidence showing ths
t. Gen. Fremont frequently declared to disbur
ct ing officers OF The Government that he di
m not intend to be controlled by any laws
Us regulations; that lie intended to cut red taE
re without reference to Washington
These declarations were made when Fr
I'd mont WIS directing ILLEGAL payments of nj
Z, ney, and the Commissioners deem these ac
o; and declarations SIS violation Of the oas
3: Of Office Of an alarming character; and evc'
way, they say, the acts .: Gen. Fremont himse
prepared the way and led in i'm moral practic
ip for his subordinate 6. They also say in co
ii, elusion: Having In the ful illnent ofthe tru
nd committed to us lifted tile veil from field
led prodigality, INSTRUMENTATION and demora1iz
of ton, In the midst Of which nc have been to
ng ing for the last four months, We have felt
at, incumbent upon us to point the Departme
Ct to the true cause Of these disorders"