New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-16
FREEDOM IN THE TERRITORIES
A SUBSTITUTE In THE SENATR
Col. Dwight and the First Exoelisr.
A STAMPEDE OF SLAVES.
THE HOMESTEAD BILL.
WisHINarox, Thnrsdsy, Nav II ~

| STATE OF AFFAIRS AT CORINTH
The only ne VS. from Gen. Halleck is that the ~.
tinels of the two great armies are within haiss
distance Of each other and that forces are cas.
tously creeping nearer to the enemy.
THE TAxBML.
The tsx-bill will be taken up in the Senate t,mor.
row. Mr.. Fessenden is expected 10 open the discus.
sion with speech in favor of the bill in the main, =
reported from his Committee. He will probably bs
followed by Senator Simmons, who will urge tho
importance of radically changing the bill HE
scheme is to retain the taxes as in the bill reported
on petroleum oil, distilled and fermented lquon.
tobacco of all kinds, and playing cards; to raise tho
income tax about so per cent, and to substitute, in
lieu of the other sections imposing taxes, the fol.
lowing:
SIG And be n FURTHER enacted That snnusl tar
society aud Of other peson between The
Of lO aud 63 years whose service or labor IN appru
cg Sl or CORPORATION or .oc.
whether in hiucisry capacity or oiher~e under and by
vrne Of the laws stoms II State and said aunuI
tax shall be levied and collected Of pescn
pr lon society making soch cisi and Of their goo
cnsta ands herenbefos provided but IN DO csse
shall the person or person, whose labor claimed hf
service OF labor be sold for the purpose Of collecting said AZ
producer Of any hid wsn.' bs Of the i M. .snS
taxed By this act the same cold or removed io sale snd
Of per cer,um and Of the amount thereof A
be made tho Assessor Assistant Assot for the Distr y
the mt Monday Of May in s.eh year Every nsnu's,us &
chandss exceedinE in value oco yearly sbe pay az
# such manufactu.i goods sold in whole in pat oyte
manufacturer additional tax Of OF per ceutam shsl
chant factor, trader. or de,lsr. including dealers in
hve stock Of every description, pho sells any A.
& Of IF pfSs" psaa'. Or podaoa tie
his her their sale. shall exceed 100 per month shall pay
Of half Of one per eeniu upon the snounts aca
surance companies abroad whether fire marine shall pys
AK Of Dns h. o. Un PEI r.rosd eompsny On ..smbos %
boat ornnbus shall tax OF three per eenun upoa
their net rec.i mat n "p1b .Ie r1p
COT pors hrm except farmers planters or minors haoeo
be taxed in this ecton shall procure license for conductinf
the by them which license there sns
DO paid The Collector OF the District IN whc1 the o'sne
slo Ine internal taxes imposed oy this oct shall
DO paid In such shall be prescribed by the Secretary
tho treasury who 1. hereby suthoiizsd to require hsi
rs.d 70 The iners,, of the the
those required Pay them Ths smoant o. ne
det according to the provisions Of the preceding 'e
tions Of this act
Ii is anticipated that the opposition to the Houss
bill will finally concentrate upon this scheme, ale
though Senator McDougall will doubtless press his
substitute.
FREEDOM IN THE TERRITORIES.
Senator Browning from the Committee on Tern.
tories, reported the following substitute for Mr Ar
uold's bill excluding Slavery from the Territories,
which was passed by the House
Beenaeted Sc That from aud after the passage Of hs
.ny OF the Territories of the United states now existing
which may hereafter be formed or seqaired by hs u@sa
States Otherwise than In punishment Of crmes ~nefe ~
pusy may have been duly convicted
| ARIZONA.
! One of the amendments to the House Arizona bill,
reported from the Senate Territorial COMMITTEES, e.
tabshes the Capital at Tucson; another limits the
durao of each session of the Legislature to forty
days; the third makes the Governor, ex-othco, Su'
perintendent of Indian Affairs, with no additional
salary.
COL DWIGHT AND THE FIRST EXCELSIOR.
Col. WIN. Dwight, jr., of the lst Excelsior Reg''
ment arrived here yesterday. He was left for dead
on the field at Williamsburg, and taken prisoner
He has three wounds all Of which are doing well
His regiment held its position on Hookers len win
great consiancy and heroism. Its list Of killed and
wounded includes two field officers, 81 company
officers and Ne arly onehalf Of its rank and file; but
it Leld s position till ordered to withdraw and all
re. nforcements up, against force OF not iess
and probably more than three regiments.
| Gen. Heintzeman and his staff uncovered, and ns
regiment as receiy ed with ohcersby commands
il passei out of the battle 10 the rear. COL Dwight
was left by the Rebels in their hospital on lsroie
when they evacuated Williamsburg The next
morning Gen. Mcclellan fonni him there, and per
sonally thanked him and his reg iment for their s"'
liant and heroic conduct Col Dwight is nHsSa'
chuse,,s boy and has three brothers in the army
CoNFIscATIoN.
,, - - .. .,.,no.sJ hv NJ Sedgwick 10 the
ConEtcation bill, after preamble setting 10TH '"'
fact OF insurrectios, provides that
Every commanding military naval ofcer whose ~. ~
NAV aud ii shall be his duty, by pfochass.D within bic
wise TO invite sl loyal persons 70 eV The United
str.. '" and IL shah be hi. duty 10 : sIs nav
every such oya persou aud TO employ suc .n5 no per
on nraed and declaring 10y atty 10 the ~ Sst
hal ever thereafter be held nvogn"y 'eryls % ssuy
except a. panic msnI ,, ,OS sI,d.e h.sndias
FyordtG That If the slaves "a D ,bs oy-iaHen, OF tas
have 9e.n aa &c, be made free by the opeIstoa o. ~ -
..etiop .u,h 10y citizen OF M 80 ~ The .erve
ana ,nI y,ovided tm'hsr, That vac
.aooa " & .u n or persons who are minors OF ~ .bsn
o. any [ sr by the operation OF this secon ney ,hsir
shall be 10 ias and Pensssa '' '''
l;,n 80 10 ths service OF labor OF saca slaves
STAMPEDE OF SLAVES.
Marvlanders say that few days ago uVV si',.,
rs if by precoucerted movement, simni''"rv n;n..
left kind masters and happy homes IN ~
Georges County, Nd, and came to 'ne p'" ..r.
Columbia where they still are MArylAnosfs, 'y s;.
plain that the Inconvenience growing oa' ..,
emigration to the whites Of the eounsr! N0 -
free labor in many cases now necessary ,h,u.
by persons entirely unaceu'somsd 70 H'T
,e,yes-being the only kind to be had, hat
some have invoked the Fugitive Save nM W. ',,;.,.
.n,,lo;r that tho soldiers are Gil Ao0HV. ..a:.