, 1862-05-02
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TEL LEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Trfbune.1
WAsa1ssTos, May !, 1862.
It is dangerous still to visit Manassas. Il is
feared that three civilians who left here on
Saturday were captured between CentreVile
and Manassas.
Forty fngitiyes {b1ack) who arrived here
yesterday report very few slaves between the
Potomac and Rappahannock. 1t is estimated
that there are nearly 1000 such in Washing /
ton. I
4 company Of printers are On their way to
Fredericksburg, to establish Union journal |
there.
Adjutant General Thomas, in conference |
with the Finance, and Wars and Means Com !
mittee, stated that we had 900 soldiers in
the field
Senator Carlile has introduced bill Us a
substitute for the homestead act, providing
that Ill persons in military service during the
present rebellion shall, in lieu Of the Que hun
dred dollars bounty, to which they are enti-
tied, be authorized to enter 100 acres Of any
u1,approprtated lands which may be subject
to preemption at s1.25 per acre, or 80 acres
| at 81. 50 per acre,
| The following were the yeas and nays on
| Senator Cowan's motion to refer the Cou1s-
! cation bill to select committee:
| YEAs-Mesere. Browning, Carlile, Col1amet.
Cowau, Davis. Doolittle, Fesseuden, Foster, Hen
| derson, Howe, Latham, AcDougal, Nestnith. Pow
| ell, salisbury, Stark, Wiley, and Wilson OF Mis-
| eou11; is,
/ NArs-Messrs anthony, Chandler, Clarke, Dig
on Grimes, Hale, Harris, Howard, King, Lana Of
| Ind, Lanc Of Kansas, Morrill,, Pomeroy, Sher-
| IVAN Gpp,rer Ton Tr1mhu1 Wade, vii
mot, Wilson Of Mass, and Wright; "a.
Letters from before Yorktown report that
IS men Of the Fifth Maryland regiment, raiscd
in Baltimore had recently deserted Floyd's
Brigade and arrived at Norfolk Oh their way
to Yorktown, in miserable plight
The Richmond Examiner denounce5 the
rebel Secretary Of War for lying about the
battle Of Shiloh
| Senator Hale, in speech on Cowan's pro-
| position to refer the Confscation Bill, re-
| ferrcd to the effect Of the inaction Of Con-
gross upon the army, and said that an army OF
$50, ,0G0 men had set and set, besieged by an
army of 10000; aud that they had now gone
to repeat, in yorktown, in the summer, the
| incubation Of the past winter at Washington.
Mr. Wilson'S resolution Of inquiry with ref
erence to the appointment Of Emory, Phil
| lips murderer, in Kansas, was laid over at
the instance Of Mr.. Lane Of Kansas, who said
tile Government Lad the question under con-
eideratiou.
Mr.. Sumner, in following Mr.. Grimes in
condemnation OF slaVe-catchiug, said Gen.
Hooker, whose appointment was partly due to
his efforts, was worse than dead. ue had
fallen. He {Sumner) read letter from sol
dicr underh euquiring anything could be
done to prevent masters from searching th<
camps for slaves, adding that Hookcr's order;
greatly disgraced bis troops. He also referred
to the course Of McCook at Nashville; th'
Provost Marshal at Louisville; and Genera
Buell. He rcad letter descriptive Of tn
chase of negro boy Of Quartermaster's il
the rebel army, in the latter's {Buclls) camp
by ecntries paid fifteen dollars apiece. Il
commented severely on Hallcck's Order Nc
3. He referred to the fact that our il
formation Of the fail of New Orlean
aud tie evacuation Of Frcdericksbur
VAS brought to Gen. Wool and Gen. AIcDo ne
By fugiye blacks, whom Hal1eck's order woul
have excluded. The same inquiry Of q
refugees should be whether they are loyal {
iusurgent He ended with denunciation
slayery as great rebel end universal enem.
y wbcse tendency is to practical disloyalty.
Mr.. Salisbury moved an amendment inqui
ri ing why were there Illegal arrests and imprl
q, onmsnt Of free whites, rarrating cases
ed several citizens Of Delaware.
II The House Select Committee will probah
by report q Confscation bill tomorrow OF I
nd | Monday, not disEi1ailaE to Sheruan's.
ias Secretary Chase says tho total Milton
'A debt On the first Of July next will not be OF
ill six hundred millions. lie says the estin1at
he of eur daily expenses have been over stats
~; He has proposed to the Committee on Wa
3D. and Means an issue Of twenty-five millio
hia demand notes OF denominations under fye5
ags EGen. Mcdowell employs fugitive blacks
in building the railroad from Aquia Greek, p;
ap- ing them fifty cents per day and one ratit
The planters on both sides ofthe Rappahanno
LIE are violent rebels, who haye contributed 81
the OF 81 500 Iiece in cash OF stock to the re-
r5t, cause.
So Scnator Morrill, of Maine made slar'
me- confiscation speech today, showing the t
ita.~ [crrpencies between the speeches and bills
ttaa Senators Covau and Co1lamer, which
is .;oJ p1ained that in Jersey the bills meant no
|
fcnce'' speech.
.ppy The wife Of one Of Gen. Gustayus Smit
The aids, now at Fredericksburg, says he il
eby Yorktown.
ana Southern papers congratulate themscl
1oae that the yellow ftyeT will soon be at New
that leans, and that Loveu's army can now
ases BeaureGard in q march across the Ohio. 7
:osa :o slso say Memphis, Charleston, and Sayan
the arc seriously threatened, and urge the po
able Of destroying everything valuable. Al
train on the Mobile and Charleston Railrs
alu inrr cart, ing the 18th South Carolina Regimen
/, en- | Corinth, met with an accident whereby
Il be soldiers were Killed.
WASHINGTON. May 1.-'The Senate to-
hese confirmed the following: Chls. G. Lathroi
ht Collector Of Customs at New Orle.
a+. ". T. Sherman, Major General.
,ome The Navy Department has RECEIVED . 6
ainst ~ Lne liCtuo ~ .1"s s.se,,x>oe>+ - 49,
otn.' | OF Fort Macon, n c., also tue corresps
as sssfh ence between Com, Fasragut aud the M
4>'''A Of New Orleans, since the surrender Of
1ecs city.
! less e, WASHINGTON, May 1.-The Joint Com
.t,at Sat tee on the Conduct Of the War has ma
80 lengthy report regarding the treatment by
mi | rtbrls at Manassas Of the remains OF unlo
tally, eetie nuu eotut..a ne :nt.1 -a1.-i1s,"o
l
~ ~ ~ | shocking character; that the rebels
S.a g ~ crowned this rebellion by the perpetratit
9pibH deeds scarcely known even to savage war
~ Investigations have established this be:
nase LAY coptroycfsy. The witnesses called befol
T. ,dp,,e5 p,5 were men of undoubtcd veracity and ch
,1sta |,ss t ter Some Of them occupy high position
- Ia a;s ~ the army and some Of them high positio
sroG civil life. differing In political sentim
I7Aios Their evidence proves q remarkable co7
renee Of opinion md Judgment Our
people and foreign nations must, with OF
cord, however they have hesitated hereto
S:s9' cousign to lasting odium the authors ofc:
~ which, in all their details, exceed
+ duty worst excuses Of the Sepoys in
grain The outraees on the dead will I
npauy the reco1tect{ons Of the cruelties to
or. | savage tribes subject their prisoners.
louses, were buried in many cases naked. with
It Is faces downward. They were left to de-
plants the open air, their bones being carried
ght of tronhies eometimes. rs the testimony D
'ss NOT to be used as personal adornmcnts, an
10 Inc witness deliberately ayows that the b
Que Of our most gallant officers WIS c
'el taAs | by secession1st to be used as drinkin
aandled on the OCCASION of his marriage.
out d. VIM. Allen Bryant, OF Virginia, nept
plrtses, Governor James Barbaur, has been app
deliver 0escp Dprartmeut
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