, 1864-03-23
WISCONSIN, AND IOWA LEGISLA-
TIVE MATTERS.
From Cairo and Below Matters at
Vicksburg and New Orleans.
GEN. BANKS TAKES THE FIELD
IN LOUISIANA.
Congressional and military IntelIt-
EEnCes

Maine. a,Se1; deficiency, 1.9a,
MhmpsnHe, . auota e. ze ~ cfedit l6o ox,
vermont. onofa sSOG: credit s1sG'S' s1sG.' 1','~''
Ehode Island, quota 1885; credit SIS.
Gonneetcut, 4aota Sse8: credit 59a.
..;sseJ Ao1@' 4"os@ o6't7s' oeoe.e"es aos Asee1
New Jersey. quota G7o4: deficiency 7.xsa
Pennsylvania, quota 2a Soe; deficiency not ascer.
ta1ned:
3te1r1.n 9aota 9ots ~ az aeanea'ensy ~;
District Of Columbia, quota ,72; deficiency 153.
OHIO, quota 20 b9si deficiency 1864. .
1nnlaqA- quola 15.gNo: cfcait gtgS9
tMnbIms,a a9"aat .ata aop: 81. cct;t cssdt caa c
Wiscgnslns uuota T.Sd: DEFICIENCY not aseer.
taiped.
Minnesota. quota 2,16o; deficiency not ascer'
t'1nSu: Ins,: orot. a aoo daaosn,e-m
1fiss1nG. nnots aa5. 5edcirnccT 4nsa
Kentucky, quota 6,78a: deficiency 9,68S.
hanfaa, 4uota ], ,so9: deficiency 1,1s8-
The balances remaining to be furnished can he
easily ascerta1ned By aubtracting credits on quotas
or adding deficiencies thereto respectively, but
thoFe halances arc 5et 10 DC reduced by al re-en-
listed Veterans ss soon after the 1st Of April - they
can 70 made by .Ad,utant Generals
Illinois L. the only State which has already fur"
niehed excesa over aA quotas without counting re-
enlisted veterans.
THE s1AFEEf QUESTION,
eena'or whey nAoe s~earefaly considered and
Po"etiu! Speech LOT neodom to-oay, aud declared
al"seu ~ 1a'ot OF tne pron1p1t1on OF Slavery BY
Noneutuuon" anenomen., ano Of le1nes1ate anu
een9M 1atne1 tnan e1aouM enumeration. Ae"aa
PROUD ol aasane become IN aooluon1st, and %
numerous comparisons pfofed Tue superiority OF
Hee oeef slaFe tnsttauons. lie ssld that II he
were eonsaoeed That Slaver5 had tho sanction OF
Divine Powes. he woa'd, following The example Of
Vt fE<RHM 4 - In
The speech Is much commended By Republican
Senators.
coHafssAR1AT NATTERs.
bfos 1or aotop Dds OF hour were opened at omce
comnaissafy iof washington. ranging from $7,60to
fe'N; 1s,NU barrels, No. : were taken at from
$'.Go to 5'.ta'
>. CONVERSATIONAL Brs1sEss.
The blu reported from the Committee On For
eigh AeAuona to cerTJ Into effect the HadEon Bay
Company treaty, approp13ates five Thousand dol
lars 1or that object. The third bill reported from
The Committee On Freedmen and slavery, prohibits
Interstate slave trade By land or wstet, under
penalty Of IRE years imprisonment md S, 900 dne,
haH to 60 to the tniormer+ The bill passed bg the
SENATE today provides Tor the coinage Of one cent
ano t"o cens pieces weighing 81 and % grains re-
epeeuselJ' and composed Of 81 per Cent OF copper
and aFe per cent Of dn and zinc The Clerk said
mckle cent conld not be manufactured for cent.
The bills enabling Colorado and NevadA to become
states, have been signed By the President.
TIE ME11cAx QUESTION.
nation Of Mexico bv Nano,eo. o1 h,a forces An
ot3ence against this Government, pe,sfstence in
which viii be the cause of war.
THE 1xHyrrA41x wH1sFx.
It is understood that the Committee On Ware
and Means will report in general bin to increase
$fh ~yf1fu uh1+& &A1r -Nu NrA Y.1.s
and one dollar after the 1st of January, Ill taxes to
be prospective; It is not impossible tho dollar tar
may take effect sooner.
MOVEMENTS or GEN. GRANT.
Gen Grant Was expected to arrive this aftcr-
neon, hut has postponed his departure from PhIla-
delph1a till tonight. Train due here tomorrow
morning.
GEN. sMrru's pRoxoT1oy,
THE Scnate IN cYecrt5ve session to.7av ordar-s
the nnn1fnation of Grn. Wn- smith na Major Gen.
eral to be returned to the Presldent an the cronnd
th.t # was unfair to other Msior Gentra1s nreTi.
ons1E confrncd. ,nclnd;ng Can. Meade. whom h.
,ronI1 TINS he 10 out,ant ia date hi. comYnias;o,
"a far haek AZ :1nIr An 1sce Thare wa no onno
sftfon 10 this action.
coyr1n,dAr1oSs Arn nr,xcr,nrs-.
Cen. SihIey. of Minnesota. nassca nvcr last ees.
sion, was confirmed to-day pJ a vote OF = to14,
Gen. Humphrey vas passed oycr to-day,
Lyop. Of fPauusylyania. nominated az Paymaster
in the regular army, was rejected On the ground Of
drunkenness.
POLITICAL.
The members Of the NanonA Onion Congress
sional Committee, on the part Of the House, were
appointed to-day. They arc Washbu4ne Of Illinois,
Chairman; Blaine of Maryland, Garfield Of Ohio,
and Van Valkcnburg Of New York, The Senate
,nen.aers a,e mt rat sn,,n;n,a5
..,v ~ ,,r@
TIE TX nn1- 1-
Mr. Morrill, announced, at the Republican cauc1s
last night, that the ta1 bill wonld not be reported
ia the Houee till next week: and In answer to a
.,enera1 ernreasion Of rfeus In favor NJ f7ec,ded
Increase u taaat,on. he ren,;ea that " tbs forth.
coming bin would be satisfactory to al persons Of
that mind. The sub committee will probably not
report to the Ways and Means TIL The last Of this
"' WINTER p.y1s, eprscB
Winter navia, sneerh ~, roco,,.t-,,..,or o,,c,tod
.,.s .ss na on !1sousseesloa et!.ea
high commendaton fon the Republican members.
al action, the P1csIdent WAS compelled to establish
re,nnorarr r:orcrnr1cnta for terrtfo-
br. no,z n,otters had re,chs5 ne 1asn, nen. ~.
executive authority should gire way to legislative.
CONGRESSIONAL.
twas ae+er7r,na1 tr +he Honsc +o-dsv IN dcrot.
every session, ahef morning hour, to Winter
Davis Reconstruction BILL 50 soon as the National
Cur7encr bill. which ia the enecia1 order fnr tn.
rnoTrnw. shall baro hren d1anosea ~
"''AA' AA"'o ..en uspo0e" VIZ
PERSONAL
Frank Blair viii soon resign his scat in Congress,
with view toh1s rc-appolntment a. Major General
and assignment to the command Of shcrn,an,s oil
eelpf'
General Aarston Ia soon to be transferred from
Point Lookout to more nctire command.
W!sHSarnE, March ssa.-The following is let
ter Of Instruction. eent today to ali Collectors OF
Customs and special agents Of the Treasury De-
partnsnt:
TftEAsuHY DEFAETEST,
WAs11SdToX, March q, 1851,
61R: Tie forty-second trade regulation .cr3es a,
September llth. 1867, is hereby 90 far roojsde5 4
that on snd after the Ist day Of April next lie IN.
from the intur1cctionary districts, viii be ner
cent inetesd OF S, a1 therein preecYibei. f~A
fElcpedl p cH.sr
wssu1sn,n>. M4,rh et -1.he f.r+. n~sna..s,.