, 1864-10-17

THE VACANT CHIEF 1usTICEsuIP.
The talk in some Of the newspapers about
such men as VIM. H. Eyarts, Edward Eve.
rett, Secretary Seward, Solicitor Whiting,
Secretaries Fesseuden and Stanton and q
dozen Others in connection with the Chief
justiceship, is. Of course, meaningless, There
was movement with some prominent sup.
porters in behalf Of Justice swayne. but THE.
tco, is about over. There will be no un.
seemly haste In making the appointment, but
unless the President changes bis mind radi-
cally bttween this and the middle of Noyem-
Der, ex-Secretary Chase is cettain to have 1t,
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TnApucERs.
United States Treasurer Spinner is prepar-
ipg q statement with regard to the copper
head lie, that President Lincoln has been
drawing bis salary in gold. that will be apt
to make its Inventors regret that they ever
approached SO Improbable q subject for
Democratic party capital. His statement
will show from the ofIlcil documents that
the President never drew penny OF gold ::
Second, that at the period of the greatest
financial embarrassment, he refused. for over
year, TO draw his salary at all, aud that the
him to take 1t, In order to enable the books
fer the year to be balanced; Third, tca@ the
salary SO drawn WRa vested in q, S stocks :.
Fourth, that the Treasurer tent to the PeesI.
dent the amount Of this Interest on them ia
geld, When falling due, and that the presi.
dent refused to take 1t; Fifth and finally, that
In order to s6jnst this new account, the
officers at last took the Presidents gold
Interest and invested 1t in like manner for
him in U. g. bonds. They arc welcome to
all the capital they can N Ike ont OF rhis ee.
rles OF nEactions.
GONE TO THE FRONT.
Secretary Stanton, accompanied by several
officers OF the Department, has gone to the
front. 1t is understood that conference
On The subject Of the war estimates for the
mkt year, and It is believed they will be very
largely It duccd. Secretary Fessenden. Comp
ttollef Of the Currency McCulloch, Collector
Draper and Ex-Collector Barney, OF New
York, q. d Representative Hooper, Of Boston.
have gune to the front.
PROM suERMAs's ARMY.
Gen. Dodge is here from Shermau's army,
giving the most glowing accounts of its con
diticn and prospects.
LITTLE MAC II THE ARMY.
The voting Of Ohio soldiers Ia the Army Of
the Potomac stands about twenty Blk Union
to oue Mcclellan. This is the army which
ico,ized the heroic young commander Of the
gunboat-
TREASURY MATTERS
some of fhp honse,s 3,+eraa+ed t., t,,a to.t.
million Inan int AWARDED como1a,n s - ~. ~
noiicy Of accentfnp such INV hIds tat;n9
m accnnnt thst a.tnnr,h oF4ha 1',r+-,au9 r1o
nav hs NADIA in cer1idcates of ;nSepssdnaas s ns
49, nrocn-onia ~ ahrrt ot: Tha fra. %
hr0u9bt down to about 90. while n ia
mainIsined that the public all along have
been anxious to get as many 5-90s as the De-
psrtmept Would furnish at par. The fnten-
tlou at first was to receive such delayed bids
as came in the mails OF the day after tue bids
were opened, but this Wis abandoned, and
socn blos "e1e HUI open-u-
NATIONAL BANK o1RcGLATfoS.
The amount Issued to October.S, Inclusive,
SIS, 515, SEQ; the amount Issued for week
ending Saturday, October Is, inclusive,
s., &C., ,2o-total amount to datc, SIS $40, 80,
The following are new National Banks !:
First National Bank of Eaton. Valentine
Winters, President, Henry D Me1and, Cash
ier-capita1 $100,0oQ; Grapdy County NJ
tiona1 Bank, Of Morris, Illinois, Charles
Morris, President, D. D. Spencer, Cashier