The national Republican., 1862-06-05
.aN AND THINGS AT the cArlTAL.
xnANCrAsroH IN ruE HOUSE.

xnASCrrAsroN IN TIE HOUSE.
The voss - Hsfe yssssase upon u
Eliot emsasipsn npo bill >eo1iat The = bublicaz
majority ~ - risht pssiuon upss the ~
cord. II e9cierl one Glns ibr ths House Z
Rsssessunkiv<s thai Il win not -, s'Sol
connscatins the properly Of rebel, and make
an exception In favor Of holding slaves. Con.
nscAtion and emancipation 20 hand In hand
hereafter In Congress. The vote In the HOUSE
wss very decide ia yeas 10 65 nays- on the
motion to recommit With distractions "a rsport
Mr.. Porters substitute. u b not certain, Of
course, that every msnber who voted 70 recon.
init will vote In favor of ths passage Of Tie
bill when II comes up asain 10 Tie Houss. II
will then be In he power Of the majority 10
receive amendments, or to press the Porter
substitute 10 direct vote. Meantime, The
Senate, with the tax bill of It, hands, may taks
mp the House con6soation bill aud pass Il, or Q
substitute. = ..r'4 sr, 90 r.r.Dt.r.
..r. THE RAIN. aH..'
The heavy rains Of the last twenty four hour,
have doubtless put stop TO military move
msuts in this vicinity, and, very likely, before
Richmond. A friend Who he's spsnt portion
Of bis life upon the banks Of the Chickshomlny,
says such rain would transform Tie crsek into
q goodsized river. The food may have given
some Of the bridges which our troops have con.
structed across II severe trial. One Of The
IDLE tales adost yesterday was, that the gun
boats had gone up The Chickahoniny on Tie
sudden flood Of wates! Washington got a
thorough shower bath, and will be clean and
bright today. We alternate from mud TO dust,
but after such rain q that Of yesterday, The
streets will be wholesomely clean for few
hours.
THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
We trust there poor fellows will find ease
and comfort as they arrive In our midst
Nearly eve hundred came up yesterday In the
Elm City, from the battlefield in front Of Rich
mond. There was suffering In almost every
lorm on board that steamer Last night-sre this
we trust that the poor fellows are under good
hospital care. Rebel soldiers In our midst are
kindly cared for by The enemies Of The Govern.
nent Let Il not be said that loyal men, Who
offered up their lives for their country, fared
worse in their country's capital than rebels!
RErORN NEEDED
A Washington correspondent writes as fol-
lows:
=. =" The value Of prize vessels and cargoes actu.
ally condemned and sold, up to this time, ex.
ceeds fve millions of dollars. II is therefore
and stated in the press that naval
officers and seamen, &C., have really received
But this Is not so. No officer or sailor has yet
received copper from this source. Only forty
thousand dollars OF the proceeds of prize sales
have ever reached the Treasury. The money
Is in the hands Of United States district attor.
neys, where 1t 10 likely to remain for an linden.
mite time, ~ there 10 no law requiring the Fed.
funds"
Then reform is needed. Copg:ss, should
pass such laws as are necessary to compel .
speedy distribution Of prize money. There are
to day more than one thousand sailors to whom
the Government owes $500 each in prize money.
They should be abb. to get their pay speedily.
vARIous ITEMS.
Wash ngton is not entirely without generals
and celebreties, though We are In the midst Of
hot weather and he summer campaign. A
Boston committee, consisting Of Mayor Wight.
man and Others, Is here to present sword TO
Com. Wilkes.
General ssxton is here from Harper's Ferry,
whi!her he went at the command Of the Presi
lent to hold The plucky and sdroit jackson In
,heck.
General Prim, who commanded the Spanish
'orces In Mexico, arrived last night, and will
receive many attentions here. .a
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