, 1862-05-03
THE LATEST NEWS
Bx TEL J4EGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
ALlMlT TO MILITARY H0NORS
REBEL PERSECUTION OF QUA
KERS.
Trade Opening with New Or
leans.

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Trade Opening with New Or
leans.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON May 2, 1852.
Senator Grimes introduced bill today |
| limiting the number OF Major Generals to
| twenty, and Of BrigadieEs to two hundred. He
| expressed the general disgust Of the Senate at
| the recent nomination Of batch Of men in no
rise distinguished
| MI. Sumner gave notice OF bill prohibit
| ing coastwise traffic in slaves
The Homestead bill, after being amended In
accordance with O report from the Senate
Committee Oh Territories, went over till Mon-
day; Senator Pomery expressing desire to
| spt al. Mr Carlile declared himself una!tera'
bly, opposed to any homestead policy, and
urged substitute giving the public land to
tic soldiers in place Of their bounty money.
Twenty or thirty po]iticl prisoners have
been released from the Capitol prison,
and twenty rebels captured at Fredericksburg
have taken their place.
There are over 900 sick soldiers here.
Numerous applications have been made to |
the Treasury DepA tnlent Coz tic pIiSilege Of
sendipg South VESSELS treiehted with salt and
ice.
It is said the Dunkards Settlement Of
Quakers was lately pounced upon BY the reb-
? tia and its members taken to Richmond. They
.. | we're offered release on condition Of the pay
! mcnt OF $500 piece in silver. $500 ran
+ som was in this way paid over. The untortu-
e mates WHO could not raise the money were de-
t tailed for duty among the negro teamsters.
{ Two applications for compensation were
/ made to the Emancipation Commissioners Of
> the District yesterday for one slave each.
= The roads along the Rappahannoek and
&c Shenandoah valleys arc almost Impossible,
!: and bridges, &c, can't be built in day.
= Meantime our slow and sure movements give
1e opportunities to the rebe1 Is to back out
q It has been determined to 1e-constitute the
~ Department of Kansas, separating it from tue
,e | Department Of Missouri and putting 1t under
Is General directly responsible to the War
~, Department. The commander has not yet
~ been selected, but Gen Blunt is for the pres
:e ent put in charge, Gen. sturgis having been
he ordered to Washington to give m account Of
~ his doings. Gen. Denver is sent to Ncw Mex
td- leo, and Gep. Mitchell Is ordered ont Of the
zee State.
II. Secretary Welles has issued Instructions to
nv the Flag Officers Of blockading sqnadrons,
OF dated April S0th, as follows:
ST. The approach Of the hot and sicEy season upon
ice the Southern coast renders it imperative that
every prccautfon be used by officers commanding
lin vessels to continue the present excellent sanisar
II, condition Of their crews.
ca The large number Of contrabands 1oeking to til
hs; protection Of the flag affords IN opportunity t.
led provide in every department Of the ship and t
- - prepare for boats creWa, acclmated labor. Els
nd Officers are therefore required to obtain the sc
ycez Of these persons for the country by enst1n
yU them freely in the Navy, with their Own consen
rating them as boys at from eight to ten dollars
OF month and one ration. Let monthly returns I
ee~ made Of the number Of tha class of persons en-
~ ployed on each vessel under your command
= to Postmaster General Blair and Assistant Sc
retary Of the Navy, Fox, went to Ft. Monro
this afternoon.
y The Emancipation Commissioners refuse I
the porters permission to examine the petl1lo
eut Of shareholders, or to take notes Of their pr
+ ar cecdipgs The Washington Rxpa6'tcan alo
Il hea Is accorded the latter privilege, On condih
been that no editorial criticism shall be made.
5 six In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Trumoul fail
n1er' EH' to get vote on the condseatiou meazu
from Messrs Doo1itt1e, Wade, and Collau1cr mu
hing Characteristic speeches, and then Salisbury
not Delaware, talked the question over till Mono
+wo .p in speech, reminding his hearers Of anti
;oats, be1non days; with talk Of nigg
e the equality, ETC. He made q proph
sc. that we would have more slaves in l
thsse than in 1sG0 if the bill passed and local St
men Governments remained, because, while Il
? one would reduce to bondage the eondscated, t
s'ae would also enslayc all free negroes. He c
od.,c fessed that he would favor that policy in
rds Il aware # 900 more free negroes were to ce
ny or, there. He declared that Delaware would nj
z{9aa !ptia again be represented in the House by
publican like Fisher.
Mr Fisher, at about the same time, in
- House, in reply to Mr.. SaulsbuEy's for
u complaints about the arrest of white mc
ruder, n.,,p<ra oavc q list Of the nersons arrss
dently and showed why; adding that disloSai "
ruggle men are infinitely worse than loyal bIaehs
rot be The House special Con6scation COMM
ut en- ! -. ,o =. r.ror3e 4bo n,aj,, t,nest;o
ID sud ale % on~ 40 - e-'N Wv -
resist coDtiscatlon, and are py maJorl&J iof eu''
0 cxul- p.tion Me5sFs. Mallory Of k5., Noe
NMIs Mo-, and Steele Of n. j., hold back from
ed caf- latter. Probably two bills, one cHectins
trum- Object, will be reported; but If satistat
to foil hill should come from the Sennte first, It
:. a i,,+ be taken up and passed 10 Safe liAc
- AVER. Tru1nbull has amended his bill sfightl
though conformity with the views Of the comm
The me :, n,dor to spcnre it's massacre Tt now
49, ,idcs ior the confscation Of real and per
property OF leading classcs of rebels,
emancipation Of all their slaves after CT
ioi ~. time, and q general confiscation after
Gays.
WASHINGTON May 2d.-The Senate col
o'1e VIC cd the appointment Of Brigader Genera
i've hun NJ, Mitchell and Ord, to be Major Gener
Is alone, volunteers !; and Captain John Gibbons
,,,5on If 4th artillery to be Brigadier General.
e to pay tf thr GnysFnment. no matter What the
lis, too, 70, will be seized and conhBcated.
ling idle WAsH!sGToS, MAY 2-Aecoroiog G 70
:ept and IN re af ecT and zsnTnied soldiers
itinE for su1n,.t by the state from which they
towns Of the Subsistence Department will COZ
their Tations 1t Is cents.
NAsnIKG1uS, May A-ln the Houst
~. ,re NO. morning, BIZ. Washburue, from the Go
=. - W. tee On Commerce, reported bill gr
New VI powers to the Secretary Of the Treasury
Its of1ast rduE for the collection OF duties on in
arne vas. &C. He caused letter from the Secret
6.,an be read, urging the passage Of the bill a!
o1leans important TO the public Interests, in =
ock, TOOK our occupation Of New Orleans. 1t
ook eight passed.
! arrive in
10 Van. How Beauregard's DisPatch
'A1' Taken off Mt HuntsEtlle--A
Reasonable Explanation.
an poot. C1Nc1sxAT1, May 2.-The Comm