, 1862-06-18
TFrom Our Own Correspondent

Pacific railroad bill. The ui11 hos come back |
from the select committee in such q Bhape
TINT Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, and the |
northern routes OF railroad, can have very lit.
tie interest in 1t. and the result will probably
be the defest Of the whole scheme, In this !
Congress, at least. II so, 1t must be attributed
to the greed Of the so-called "LeayeuWorth,
Pawnce and Western railroad company"--a
purely wildcat concern which has not q dollar
Of capital, not foot Of track, not pound of
iron, nor anything else except brass. Indeed,
nobody in Congress has yet been able to see
its charter, although repeatedly called for.
The House bill, 1t will be, remembered, pro-
vided for the construction Of two main
branches forming the eastern connections of
the road, namely, the 1eaVenworth-Pawnee
concern beginning at Kansas City and running
to the 102d meridian of1ongitude, and road
from tlle western boundery Of 1oWa to the
same meridian-l00 miles Of each to be built
within two years, and 100 miles Of each during
every year thereafter until both shall be COM
pleted. The Senate committee hare stricken
out the clause requiring the Iowa route to be
completed within the time specified above,
and 1nserteda clause requiring 1t to be built
nee concern is finished. The effect Of the
amendment, Of course, is to give 3 five years
monopoly Of the Atlantic and Pacific trade
and travel to the PawneeB, and to establish
main line. There arc several other marks Of
tie PaWuee tribe in the amended bill,
which essentially change its character. The
House bill authorized the Hannibal and st
Joseph, and the Pacific railroad company Of
Missouri, to unite With the PaEnees in build
s~,r- fi+r ~ h;a 1n16
meridian, On the same terms and conditions.
The Senate amendmcns adds the words "W With
tue consent Of the sad Kansas Company"
Kansas City, moreover, is left entirely out, and
the words "north Of the Kansas Riyer'' ic-
serted, tc accommodate set Of bankrupt
spcculators in town lots in W5andott, Kansas.
If Senator McDougal, who has the bill par
ticnlas1T in charge, desires Pacific railroad at
ali, he should be aware that this is not the
way to. get it: The bill WAS bad enough as
lad been discovered, bargaining away places
| in the list Of corporators, and making trans
| feIs Of stock before there was any..stock to
transfer, coupled With al agreement to buy it
| back at certain price ii the bill should ba-
| come law. have seen one OF these con-
| tracts, and it reads about as follows:
! I hereby agree to deliver to -- fifty
| shares Of the ftock Of the LedreascoFth, Pa"nes
and NesteTA l!dlToaa Company whenever the Rol.
iii, which shall Be acceptcd bs @ said | LeVensosth, @
Western railroad company, shall become q law, and
! 10 purchase said stock Of said -- 1or ono
I third Of its par value IN c1sl.
There is no doubt that the bill now before
the Senate would be accepted By the PaWnecs
with ayidity.
1psssed an hour yesterday in the room oi
the emancipation. commissioners. Half .
dozen slave mothers were there with their chill
d5en, {slaEes no longer, thank God } and they
were seyerally brought before tlo commission
ers ard inquired Of as to their ages, the kind
of To1k they hive been accustomed to per
form, etc. an Investigation as to the pa
rentage Of their children would have
been embarrassing, I Imagine, to theil
| whole number could show child Of as dark
, complexion as herself There being no yalu,
, In elaEcs now this side Of Richmond, aud yer,
little the other side, the commissioners hny'
! summoned into their aid slave dealer from
Baltimore to help them to fix the rszatir
; by tho government. The Baltimore maj
a11irms that he has bought only fifteen s!aye
, since the fourth Of March, 1861, aud none at al
since the fourth Of March, 1862. AIlhis trans
| actions during the past fifteen months arc re
: corded on single page Of his ledger, Slave
cannot be sold today IN Maryland at any price
! The owners in the District Of Columbia, Wh
f sent their slaves away prior to the 10th {
April, to avoid the emancipation act, are a
anxious TO get them back noR SO get !" the1
i
teasing members Of Congress to amend tn
!, Law so as to let them in, but Of course Wlthou
avail.
The number of slaves registered before th
commissioners is about 2,200. The Who]
g number In the district, according to the censI
S Of 1850, was 3, 1S5, Of whom 1 ,2l2 we're male
and J, ,97S females. This remarkable disparit
Of numbers between the sexes eau only be a.
/ counted for on the supposition that MOI
?, males than females were sold annually to Il
A-kA~ -~r%S-
- country Of both whites and blacks, accordin
u to previous census returns, has been 273 malt
II to 270 females. The arbitrary infraction Of tn
J. law of nature, SO greatly disturbing the cqu
# Ibr1um Of the sexes as is shown in the censI
- OF the District of Columbia {eleven males |
into the utmost disorder, if any greater socj
disorder could be conceived OF than slave
n. | itself.
~ The proposition to issue new batch
=. s15O,0OU, ,0G0 Of demand treasury notes to c
CT cnlate as currency without curtailing In a
be degree the bank issues ofthe country, is look
upon by the Wisest men in Congress as XII
Of Vision of Judgment. Gold is already up
:: Elk per cent premium, and this project #
ST. speedily carry it to ten. The advocates Of
sW system said that gold would command no p
MUM at all if the notes were made q les
re- tender. because nobody would want it
Is, banks can Of course make money! mean c
= rency-Iastcr than the government, beca1
The issues Of the government are lmi'
no somewhat By acts OF Congress, while the
"a snea Of banks are limited only by the sup
lcr off, lampblaek and rags" Both arc engns
og u inhating tie balloon in which biz! tie coan
of the first s15o, COX, 900 issue denied very yig
'ne ous}y that they should ever want the dose
Ms, peatcd, and even Secretary Chase said thai
ps, he expected to need . second trial of the
na- pertinent he should not be willing to make
Fret 5E unrCc eli In of1H n
T., one, In which the second issue may be N
II without bringing financial ruin upon
10 government and country, and that is to
a. place al equal amount Of bank notes by ta
i, IN tion. I am confident that the effort will
Co' made this time, but presume it will
&c succeed
zeal The Democracy have made an address
aye present to loyal constituencies this fall. 7
10 have voted unanimously against con1iscat
tne the property Of the leading rebels, to reimb1
was the loyal States in part for the expenses Of
o. var. They have voted unanimously aga! aga
in the diequalifying bill, which prohibits reh
lore Eho have ever held Office and violated Il
ete- oath to support the Constitution Of the I'm
Io States, from holding office and violating
rae, voted for this billy They have voted ne
o1 unanimously against the resolution authc
vel ing our armies, 80 far Ms expedient, to be
1must III sisted On the enemy. Phelps Of Miss
his voted for this 1csolution.( Whenever pr
/ hlllt4 ua9 NOluE uQ ~ HNA1SA lCuS4A1As v
any make It expensive, or to make rebels dirtde
!, OF cost Of the war with loyal people, they
rom been firmly against it. The record proves
qre; The yeas and nays are lying in wait to
d OF found them. The fact that q large Aumbe
you Democrats arein tie army fighting the bal
my Of the Union only proves that they arc be
4 ~ ulen than those who represent them in
~ gross. It should be borne in mind also
attn one Of their number {Bright) has been expe
for treason, that two others {Ben- Wood
ent, Stark) are arraigncd for the same crime,
MS another, {stlhe heroic Valaudigham'' 81
eern southern papers call him), ought to be.
That Gen. Lockwood, after being twice rejce
rate | has hecn confirmed by the Senate. LockD
re at himself has been here three or four +,
ong, s'makipg explanations" and Gen. Dix
estfe been writing letters to the Republican II
bers stating that all Of Lockwood's acts II
ong- Accomac campaign were performed by
urse {Di2's) orders. Gen. Dix at first denic
II o. discredfted the story Of the negro whfpl
well on the Conduct Of the War, Lockwood id
ice is ted it, and professed to be intensely Borrs
it. He also undertook to show that it
whether any Senator {Afr. Sumner, 70
, stance.> asked him whether be would
zR. whipped the man if he had been white. n
ever Lockwood gains in public estimaho
ecis- being confirmed, Gen. Dix and the Sen
ctice | who vstcd for him must lose. The Acc,
herd campaign is now Gen. Dix's glory, and 8:
d the ! his only campaign, his fame as warrior
that entirely upon it. The fact il, Gen Dig y
waist. | achieve distinction much sooner with
drew set OF knitting needles than With helmet
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