, 1862-07-02

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Cdag7ess from Illinois.
lFrom Our Own Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June e9t 1859.
The Senate is II the last throes on the Con-
ascaton Bill The result will have reached
your readers before this letter is printed. I
fear the result. It seems at this moment al
most certain that a sufficient number Of Re-
publicans will vote with the Democrats to
substitute the Clark (senate) bill for the House
bill, to defeat the latter measure. The unfor-
tunRte feature Of the case is, that IN the
present stage Of the two bills under parlia-
MentaEy Law, ali who are opposed to any con-
fscahoR bill ran and will vote for Mr. Cisrk's
measure as an alternative against the one from
the House, although they intended to vote
against either, Or both, on a final test. This
hften Democratic and Border State votes, If
they are all in their seats, (nos; including
Wright Of Indiana, and Wilson Of Missouri,
who are expected to vote for the House bill
in favor Of Mr.. Clark's bill as a substitute,
Rhich will be thrown against the same bill on
the final vote. This shows conclusively how
malapropos Was the motion to create the se-
lect committee On confiscation In the Senate.
Anterior to that motion Judge TrQmbulls
bill Tas the Senate bi7. True, q motion to
substitute Judge CollaRer's bill, OF any other
llalf way measure, for Judge TrumbnlI's, OF
for the House bill, would have received the
the same number ct Democratic and Border
State votes, but it would not have gained half
the number Of Republican Totes that will nov
be cast in that direction
I am not disposed to denounce those who
conecientiously believe that there is no con.
stitutional power to confscate the property
OF rebels. But I think there never was an
other example like this Of the justice of Cole
eridge'6 remark that the study Of the laW has
milestone on the knife-sharpening and mar
7eutug- There are half dozen seminent
iuris1s y in the Senate who differ totally from
Zach other on this constitutional question.
Who is to decide between all these mighty
expouDders Of the pandects Of JustintaI !?
The answer is plain-1hc american p+op&et 1t
Is for them to assert the impTescriptible
rights Of common Sense. It is for them to de-
eide between two grains of reason and one
grain Of antiquity. They will decide it right,
aud from them there will be no appeal Mr..
Jefferson held thattbere was no cons stitutional
power to acquire territory, but that 1t was JUS
tifed on the ground Of great e1pediency. All
bis successors in Office have held to the same
view, and it will be difficult, if not impossible,
to ind any statesman Of eminence who has
eytr differed from him on that point Yet
common SENSE has prevailed over the granite
inlFediments OF Jurisprudence, and We wit.
ness the results in the possession Of tn whole
territory between the Mississippi River and
the Pacific Ocean.
The appointment of Gen Pope to the com
mand OF the army Of Virginia was made IL
pursuance OF Law OF Congress passed at this
session, authorizing the President to give the
command Of forces in the field to any maio1
general without regard to priority of commits
sion. Hence, if Gen FrrIlont has any quar-
relwith anybody it should begin With ACoDgress
| Tic Law was not made to meet this particular
| case; it Was made to meet a class OF casct
| which are constantly arising. Itembodies tht
| ide:t that the ablest and not the oldest genera
| shall command. Whether Gen. Fremont
| letter, decliriug to serve under Gen. Pope
| was patriotic and in good taste, the people
| must judge. It should be remembered tina
ncarly al the generals ia the army ranked
Gen, Mcclellan By years Of service aud expe
rieEce, If not in natural gifts also, at the tint
he WSs put at the head Of the entire miIltar,
! force OF the United States. Fet they did no
| get in q pet and ask permission to retire from
the service OF their country for that reason
But why vas not Gen. Fremont given tn
command cf the whole instead Of Gen. Pope
| II has been known here for weeks that on th
Sunday night whan Gen. Banks vas driven ou
! Of tie Valley Of the Shenandoah, a dispatcl
| was sent 1y the President TO Gen. Fremont
who was then at franklin with 1000 men
| dire ctirg Linn to march at once to Harrison
burg and to forage OF the enemy. The move
ment would have cut Off J3csson's retrea
beyond even his skill and rapidity. Gen. F
replied within two hours that he was alread
OIL the march, and that he would be there s'ta
norrow tA1onda3) noon" He then marche
off to Moo1feld, at 1ight-angles with the lin
he vas directed to take, and instead of get
ting into the Shenandoah Valley with
[ eighteen hours, he was nearly Week in doiu
SO, and then be was in the wrong place. H
came into The valley at StrasIurg instead {
Harrison burg, and By that time Jackson la
done all the mischief and got away. Fremont
| subsequent movements In the chase aft
| Jackson, we're apparently vigorous, and 9
| succe Estul as the previous b'1lder would al
nit. Shields botched every thing that he hi
| his hand to, and he has received the condemn:
tion Of the Senate, by being rejected as
major general.
To-day there is considerable excitement
the city, caused by the suppression Of new
from Mcclellan by the War Department. Il
digna1ion is felt because the news is keI
back; but whether good or bad, ne have on!
tue clue afforded By the Baltimore dispatch
sion was heard, and in substance thai was /,
dlgnation because the War Department SUI
, pressed the dispatches. # the news is goo'
people want 70 hear it; if bad, it is well Il
country should be warned in time SO as to
! prepared for any emergency. This affair b
given the secessionists an opportunity II
Originating all kinds Of rumors Of Teverses
? tic Union army. The rumor most wide
circulated is that McClellan's whole force b
yand the Chickabominy las been beaten, Al
al1 the troops not captured have retreated
Whitehousc under covtr Of the gunboats..
G There is trouble in the best regiment NJ
souri, has in the feld--the 6tn, sou1einl
i called the American Zouavcs. Mhior McDo
/ sld having resigned, GOV. Gamble appoint
! Lieut.: u. II. Wherry, Of the regular army,
u i'll the vacancy. Lieut.. Wherry is hhsso
It rian ard Tas among the first to enter
: feel aggreved because Capt. Kirby was 4
S promoted In preference to an outsider. Lte1
# Whcrry las consented to stand aside if Ct
Gamble will appoint major from the re-
ment, but insists On the commission if an o.
slider is to have the position, About one-h
the members Of the Sth Missouri are 1lliuo
d ans who could not get into Illinois regime,
n when the war fever vas at its height.
~ 1t is reported that two Of the largest g.
E. crDmcnt hospitals in the city are to be Civ
Is up for the summer for fear Of injurlng
r health Of the city. The number OF patfe1
has been largely reduced at all the hospit
q hy the discharge Of cured soldiers, and
ae cessation of arrivals from, camps and t
ID deaths in the hospitals dropped last re
n from an average Of sixty to thirty-tWo. Th
are some seven hundred conTalescent soldi
/ ~ btEiGn 6aTTAEkS, An0 LIZ 14sA1tCS' tHl
it Aid Society OF this city have agreed to furn
II them with good dinners on the 9TH Of July.
A. n Among recent importations from the Sou
u - 1nay be mentioned an interesting trio Of re
e. gecs-from Southern penitentiaries. Til
e. honest characters amused themselves dur
Id the cay riding fast horses and during the MS
n time by robbing hotel rooms and priv
rs dwellings. In short !hey turned QUITO be
=, pert burglars, and after few days succt
as as were brought up by the chief Of police Wit
If round turn. They are nov in the county
awaiting trial for no less than twelve burg
1v ries.
- The dispatch of several days ago that {
" Waebbprne had left Springfield, Ill, with
S: Inducements for Gen. Curtis, meant Spri
Oh field, no. 1t is supposed the rebels have
r. ceived heavy Teinfotcements, md Gen. Gu
ty called for reiuforcements before he was y
~ ing to try his hand on Little Rock.
az az Curtis himself and his best officers appea
= admit, according to all accounts, that q
NJ ought to have been made at Little Rock
it ing the first week after the occupancy
ID Batesvillc.
ep OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
Il. Tie Order relating to the shooting Of GueY1
If. Oh sight-!Scl{itsg Pictures Of Confederate +
!te on lfusic-Spread Of the Emancipation n
OF n'cnt-7Tade NTH nphis-Uni0n Me,ch
le~ S,.ub1ed-A Confederate Flag affair
nd dews, etc., etc.
r. Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tr1bu
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