, 1864-01-24

AIRY last, in the department Of the, South,
have been surveyed and divided into tracts OF
$40 ac1e8. Every alternate tract has been d.
yIded fEto lots OF 20 acres aud reserved tos
tic occupancy of ccl0rel men. Here they arc
entitled 10 settle and acquire presumption
claim, which they cnn easfly mike fee sim
pie title to part Of the soil on which they once
worked as s!aye- p It is fitting that thia good
work should commence on the soil OF south
Carolina, that State Of doub1c-dyed treason:
And SO tho good work goes on ZEfH'
Tho Hatioual' and state Ran1ks--splrlt
Dutiea-%F91nre % Rgsns Of 1hs s Cam nm
Enyard OF Delaware, and tho Oath
OF Allegiance, ac.-Soerezary Seward
and ths English Policy md ATTITUDE
Hsts fs4 ssa tse e 49esi,encyGEhe arssn- IAN
sRa Delegation.
-. wAs1nsa7oS. Jan. %, 1851
. TIE NATIONAL AND sTArE BANKS.
The war between the National and 6tate
Bank system is growing In bitterness and In
tenkity, land by some the late e1trnordin1ry
ftud- had conversation with 4 leading
sesBperhead member of. Congress, yesterday,
who said be fully anticipated still further
rise In gold. It ts st1ted that some Of the New
York bankers are On here to seq Secrstary
Chase, with regard to his future financial pol:'
-of the national bauk note Issues, as such
: issues will create fresh money market for
the eecfetary, which will prevent d scarcity
Of the article and Its monopoly In tic hauds
Of those who now controfithe captta1 Of tile
country, and arc In. the interest Of the State
men, Ike Peter Cooper, Of New York, and
others, are going into the National Bank sys'
TEN annoEsI Tbs Ma1I st11ssad: st1sstd Informs me TINT
the New York bankers 60 SO Gar as to private
y threaten ;to resume specie payment on
their oHn bills. They. WIZ, however, still
continue to pay gIeenbacks to theig deposit:
'ora. By this me1snre they hope to cast dis:
{. The g1ecnbacks, The copperhcads and the
/. - heaTs'' appear to understand each other
pretty we'll and, In fact, to be working
together to one enc, and that is to compel
the GoEernment to- CONG to their terms.
livery now and again the New York Heraid
sounds the alarm for them, predicts col
lapse &d -:1;W6nder whether Afr. Brooks,
resolution in tho Democratic, caucus, s. few
days since, Ind not. some connection with
this bank attack: upon th6 finances of the
country! &s wrote you some time since
Trey Monld, the Copperheads are. now
financial system Of the Government 1u order
to MD the. rrbels..sW Watch them, and give
Waluingto the people III time! Now is the
time for Congress to strike d blow at these
fellows By. q heavy tax upon the Issues Of
State banks. /: Let them do this and they Will
strengthen the national. system so that 1t
cannot be broken down. Let them neglect to do
It, and they leave it exposed to the attacks Of
the thousand and one State institutions which
now flood the land with their heterogeneous
Issues. :: > = 5: = ~
SPIRIT DUTIES. =: -
:, In tie House there was an interesting dis.
crEsion pn the subject Of spirit duties, in
ff.h Eos =
Grinncl Of Minn,, III, ie1 % q Sew oGs, YopR,
Kelley Of Pa, 14ad. Stevens. and Morrill,,
took part, Mr. Loyejoy wanted 81 duty
LIZ. Grinnell, slso; Nj. Morrill,, 90 cts; air:
Wood offered IN amendment to equalize the
tax; he is N favor Of taxing al on hand
eDee between. the new: md old rates. TO
this, parties Who hnye bought largc qnanti-
Ties on which the duty has been paid, and
those who have paid the old duty on what
they have On hand or purchased, are opposed.
TO relieve these parties the proposal. to mise
This is a,subject into which speculation now
(! enters very largely.
To-day! The subject Was a,.ain resumed.
" Mr. Stevens, Of Pa., opposed the equsllza~
ton Of the tax, as PROPOSED by Fcrnnndo
eea Mesd ns hs aeoh hasfq5 e e. Ss er1 osa .9asa +
similar case, and made very seaslhle and
practical speech. Mesers. Gatlcld,. Wash
burn, of III, and others took sf1nIIar view.
They contended that ii thortax Wns not equal
lied the distilleries would be: COM kelied to
shut up for SIX months At least.
ME-. BAyAIn OF DELAWARE, AHp THE OATH
z OF ALIR1IANCE-
Mr.. .Bayard, Of Delaware; made his speech
yesterday in opposition to taking the new
oath Of allegiance: His points Of Opposition
are: That the oath is Retrospective; TINT In
compelling o man.to swear who has not taken
up arms, it sets aside the: proclamation Of
!. to require nj ,e1purgaiory oath for ttcason,.
there Was power to require 1t for
any other offense whatever, that 1t
might thus :, require, q. 81 representation
to support the act of the executive. or of
Congress- though he believed 1t 10 be dia~
metrieally opposed to the letter and spirit OF
Trumbnlrs position he claimed that Mera-
ber Of Congress Ras not civil officer. -
THE ARKANSAS rE1roAT1os. +'
I was led Into error by the newspaper re,
port, in stating that the Arkansas delegation,
cons}sting Of Messrs- John Kirkwood, Isaac
C, Mills, Josiah Snow, s. D. Bclrat, aud Gen. :
Gantt hTSs s h5a an NJ Th the Pss
They c1airn that two-thirds Of the peos,,, .!
Arhansas a1e for ths Un!on fss fsfs EaGere1 saGne1
are nov being orgqnzea tahl,s3,e;t IL ~ and nIar
home guards have hec3 nrn9ioa ana oFee
fQur thot1bRuO S1N*oA1~~A AVA '"9
Sec, ettelc, now in command Of the army
Of Arkaneas, writes to member Of Congress,
aud States. TINT this delegation Is on It's way.
He eays be has not Identified himself with
politics IN! that State holding it to be his duty
to carry out the policy of The Government,
whatever It may be. He hus exertcd himself
to mite the Union sentiment OF the Stats and
he thinks with some success. he says, that
although fhereeare some who would like tos
preserve their alave property. yet II is apps.
esnnot be rontinued there. - ~. =.
=, FUTURE PLANS or TIE CAMPAIGN. "a,
EA letter from Washington appeared Ia the
New York 1imes Of Monday. It was signed: ::
"W. 81: It is understood to have been
written BY Mr. William Swinton, lately sent.
on berc as.a correspondent Of that paper. It.
is ably written. Mr.. Swinton processes to.
give the plans Of the; Government for the
IN advance on Richmond In two columns, !
one from Washington over the old ronte, aud
one by way OF the Peninsula md the james
River, Commanded by Gen. Haucocks the lat
ter, though herdocs not say go In 90 many
former merely ieint. I learn that the War
Department authorities declnre the plan is
not only without authority, but will be news
10 the Government Notwithstanding this
denial, however, should not at al besu
FIlbEu ~ eco A41U NpSA ~ &AN 1Yt1NE
by movement via the Peninsula, whether
as feint Or otherwise. 9:
+. cn1cAao' WATER woass. 80
The following Is. Of interest to Chicago:
[PuBLlo7 10. IL, -.
An act declaring the assent Of Congress 70 ~ aet
of The Lsefalstnre of the State Of Illinois, there-
. Be II enacted by ne Senate ana Hops. az Heprs
sfstdtIces 4f EAS t7lse7 Stake gf An1ica in Con-
ETEss G&s<mIIsd, That the consent OF Congress- IL
hereby given to the operation pY tho eleventh acc
t1on. chapter dftcenth, Of tho act Of the General
Assembly OF tho State Of Illinois, approved Febru-
sty thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sfxty.three,
entitled "An Hct TO reducn tho charter of the city
of Chicago and tho several scta atnendatory there
of trtu ono act. and to revise the sAmc, which
section IL al follows: "Said city sh8ll hara the
power TO extend aquedu1ts inlet pipes into Lake
Michigan, 70 far as may be doomed necessary to
insure supply Of puro water, and 10 erect pier
or piers In tho uAYgable wnte1s Of ssid lake, for
the MoH1gts preserving and working or said pipes
or equeaucts: FypttdAd, That auch piers ehsll i
be furpfehcd with beacon light, which shall be
lighted At aQ such scasuue and hours a. tho light
on tho pier At the entrance Of Chicago river
Approved; january TO- 1854. =
Mr.: coSNEse, OF CALIFORNIA. =
This gentleman is Efnnfng the good opin: !
ION Of Ill loynl men: He Is regarded as d
worthy successor Of Broderick- On ono or
two. occasions, he has, delivered very able
speeches, principally IN defence Of the Gov:
eminent, mud against rebellion, His patriot.
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