THE 40 ACRE RIII..
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On Tuesday, the Senate concurred in dleseyeral amendment of the House ot Representatives, to the ''Bill sup plementary to the several laws for tlle sale of public lands." Those amend ments, so far as they arc material, go to limit the subdivision into lots of forty acres, or quarter-quarter sections, to such lands as arc subjeetto be purchased at prluate saie-and to gipe to the actual settler, being Householder, he right of pre-enption forth term Q sin months, of ter the passage of the Act.

 The good effect of this law (for itnow only requires the signature of the Presi- dent to make it so) will be felt through out the new States-more especially, by the poorer classes, who have been driven from thc more extensive and fer tile portions of the public domain, by men of capital. Many of this descrip-

 ton have settled upon, and improved ssmal! pieces of good land, nearswamps. or mountains, which totally destroy the

 balance of f ti'e He tract. B the the ppreemp ton provision of this Act, such poor

 but mefitorious citizens are protected in their possessions, for the time being, and will have it in their power to secure comfortable homes for themselves and their families--and enjoy the proud in. dependence of freeholders. Besides, it will occasion the sale of many thous-

 ands of acres of the public land which

 would not otherwise sell-for no man

 would willingly purchase and pay for

 eighty acres ef lasd, when only Atsay or

 forty acres are of any value. Hence, 1t viii bring into the T T treasury many thousand dollars, which, otherwise,

 would never be received. On princi- pie, we cannot perceive any good rea- [ son, why q citizen who can only com

 nand fifty dollars, should not be per mitted to take the quantity of land which that sum will pay for, without being restricted to land subject to pri- vate entry, as soon as his more fortu-

 nate neighbor, who can command dou-

 ble, or fourfold the quantity. We do not mean to be understood, that the provisions of the act, which is so highly

 beneficial to the poor, willn be great 1 ly advantageous to the more wealthy Many of this class, who already have homes, will be able to make valuable additions, for timber, sc. &c. In q

 word, we tender our cordial congratu-

 lations to the people of the new States,

 on the passage of this act, who, we doubt

 not, will hail it as most desirable change in the existing land system.