, 1864-05-18
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
The Ri1I Giving Homestcatls
ON Rebel Estates 10 soldiers
nnd Sailors Passed by
the House.
III. Railroads sf the Country and the Military
and Postal SerFfte.

The Railroads sf the Country and the Military
and Postal SerFtte.
WAsursa7os May II. 1864.
TIE WAR NEWS IN THE HOUSE.
Mr. z. q. TaRhburnc was qhlte lion In the
I1pule to-day. BE Tas surrounded by troops Of
HepsreeutatiTes, Ill eager Aaa auxious to learn
hoFy Grant telt, and how the army felt, and how
soou lie would be defeated ard started on his
travels. His eaceurssfng accounts Of the esndi
lion Of fsnatsa at The ffoat bad somewhat prepared
communicated By the Htra,d correspondents TIL.
evening, Of the great triumph which has rewarded
hs e1a foomt Ss
CITY IL villa with delight over the news breught by
tls bearer Of dispatches sf Leafs retreas ana
Grants H6sE SfS5z 8 81 FIT 13ess
WAszMa1ss, May II, 1854.
coHFB A7Ep LASDs GIVEN TO soLD1ERa AND
e41LoEs.
The House resumed the consideration Of the bill
TO give homeeteade to eaiofs and soldiers, without
regard to coloE, On forfeited Or eonfScased lands In
III Julian, irep.) oi Ind, In replying to BIZ. Fer
.nards Woods remarks Of yesterday, denied that
this bill you'd rsa1 the es.1 5esonsnst'en ot the
Jacob Thompson and Other prominent rebels, who
we're fast friends Of old Jimmy buchanan, hold
millions Of acres Of 1and purchased at low rates,
smoae hose Tbo PEN their lives fpr lhs county,
wlat eTil would results
Nr. Ka1bae1acn. tcop.) Of n; T., Wished to
tic former President OF the United States;
Mr.. julian thought tho gentlemen could Euesa At
meaning BE h'd e. 5pots. sin g Of ss@ old
of M the Union a. it vas wbsn The demo.
cratic party in ae Cd! saSs e The Rfst suled ss
| oYer thofe, who orposed slavery, and when TIC
| government was steadily grore1fne- under the
weight Of treason, drifting iniq elTh var he (Mr.
for tesencrated Union, On the basis Of the free
labor, ignoring slavery Is the corner stone, III.
1ul.n fu1tlsr replied, showing that M t. BIZ MAJ a
sad il Was contemplated to give equal rights 70
negroes to ownership et soil. Az 10 the so-cal-
ed equality that must work cut tsslf ho would not
b1r. Mallory, tcop.) Of KY, inquired whether ths
| gentleman did not contemplate giving negroes
equality - TO voting and holding Office.
entitled to vote North Carolina and other South.
to tho decision sf The States themselves. As to
| negroes csnll do e.. Southern men havc no paE
ticul2r objection to this, n in that section anal
gsnation was p1actfced in Its most disgusting
form, II WAS ssen in the large Aumbera Of mn1at
Iii. Mallory referred totbe cenrus 10 show th
number Of nulattoes at the North.
|
Nr. Mallory said that WAS oninc TO The fact tha
Yankee schs ol nafters, preachers and pedlers ha
sSse Sssa lxsIasS a15atSsr kat John g.aasoa sal
that the best blssd Of Virginia flowed In tha vein
af the Southern negroes.
Nj Fernando M Wooa. tcsp;l p ofT. ~, T., ss'isa re- tn
that he {A1; Woos, had objected 10 giving landkt
NJ Julian ak, asked Tn whether he would give til
Mr. Wood-I weu1& not. because tlc lands d
nat belong to the GoveramtSt ,4-.
NJ. Pendlsion. (ssp9 " 9! Ohio asked how man
Mr. Julian said that the government was no
! selling lands for non payment OF taxes. and In
zlense estates we're falling into the hands OF Il
MT. Pendleton bneay mafntaIned that under tt
present Inv the forfeiture Of the lands did not {:
, | lend teyoad this lifetime st the sW1er.
Mr. julian eald that the Hsabe had parsed ll
| to forfeit the fee Of tho rebels to the 1sn4.
: MI. Psaaleton replied that the resolnt,on had II
verse report had been made against It in that bod
MI Julian said tkere was no law which pfeyeu
:. ed eeizlnE the lands IN tes:
J. ~. H1Eby, Rep.) Of Cal, eaid that tho pendi1
bill was based on an existing law, extending II
}. homestead principle. Tbs main os]e1ten to
l. seemed 10 be whether = man With 4 blact *
this he could lot agree, but advocated the measu
= under consideration.
Tbe hi WIS passed By IS against Gill maj.
!. The nsuee resumed The consideration Of tks b
. Declaring The Camden and Atlantic 1sailts&d, y
branches thereof built and to be built to be lant
4 strnctures and public highways Of the Unlt
. Nj. Wilson, (scp.) of Iowa, offered N sxbstitu
that erery railroad COMPANY II the United State
and assigns. Is authorized t. carry On md o7er
- passengers, sose1E1eht supplies, and troops fro
. orc State to another, and receive compensate
J. Nj. Pendleto1. cop) Of Ohio, argued That Il
object wss not to deeare theas railro.da to be %
rortes, Eitxr1 rs2ds Or legal st11csurra. becau
ay .5 ps b q I: fI; .aas q
corporation Grated for local purposes With powe
not given b{ its charter but deaed sy the lssia
- single instance in which suct a power had be,
:, exe.cited BY tbe federal government, and 1t n
L aealnstxAe principles Of The Con.si,atlon, and
the sxbstitstc, not on! bsluse OF its injustlce,
bsraaae i MAS ntcndta to apply to a.1the zs1lroa
# In every StEte fn the Union.
n bt1i, contesded thss ii + pswsrs Of state .u
yield to those st the government, unaerths cons
!. !ution, ioL the Paramount interests OF connen
IF, 1ssm.n, leop: Of g., won1d vote for y
{ Mr.. Brown, (cop.l Of Wis, had no dsub: Of tt
l. constitutional power to establish through "a
road line between New York and Washington, b.
| Il
chAn=sd for the benefit Of ths United States, Il
charter being in the nature OF contract betHel
l. the State and railroad COMPANY, and tbs Ian OF Il
d II. johnson, tcspJ Of r4., In opposing the bi
y eaid there Was no military neceAsty or even pl
text for Its paseaee It could ecly be- for the her
~ ft # stock joobers hansla; round The c%aPit' %
- the Committee On Military Affairs, who report
:he ni They 1egardsd the question n9 :. .dse.:
Alone and objected to that State passing any Ia
either TO natural individuals sr official pereons.
IL interfere with the rights Of the entire people:
Is II vss because Ser Jersey undertook to aay Il
- there shall be no trade Or travel between ii
g. York and Philadelphia nnless on such coDtitlo
re II che tAall prescribe, giv1n. advantages to Z
H. nopoly. that the csmnattee objected to IT, as Int
T. Stu:ts. ,-'''''.
1; A motion to table the bill Was dissEreedto BY
ma Grfty.
T. the bill, and parsed the bin THUS au,cnded-y.
G.: Aays57, several Republicans voting against
O. I'LL.
t.. The substitute reads as follows:
q, FACILITATING CONTEMPLATION HkTwEES 7
=. sTATEa.
10 Nr. Wilfon. Eep) OF Mass, from the Mi1it
70 Committee, reported the following, without aHe
~ WuEnzAs. The Constitution of ths United Sta
10, l. regulate commerce ameng the ssveral States
III establish post roads, and to ra1eo and supp
III asmea, therefore,
States, whoee resa ID operated by steam, 1ts S
ccssora and assigns, be and are hereby authorl
10 c1Iry uron and over its road ,coupeeltous b0i
t. bridges aud ferries, al freight property. ma
=, their way from one State to any other, and to
~ ctlye compensation therefor.
1e ------
is A GUERILLA RAID.