Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-01-05

uniting the committee In possession vi SUCH
Information as NAV be necessary to secure us a
participation IN the proposed expenditures.
The important deliberations of the present
Congress NAV be said to have commenced yes
,erday. Mr.. Webster delivered an able speech
in sunport of the Bill, reported by the Judicial
rv Committee, "further 10 amend the Judiciary
.ystem n the United States" We shall put
our readers in possession oft 'o-morrow.-Mr
Mitchell of Tenn moved for the rising OF the
Committee, which by usage, indicates his IN
,ention 20 occupy the floor this day.
CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAY.
7, THE SEsarE.-The bill making appropri-
alton for the payment OF Revolutionary and o,
her Pensioners. was read the third time and
PASSED. The bill 'to provide for the seizure
and sale of property brought into the United
States. in violation Of the revenue laws" was
taken up, when Mr. Holmes stated, that the
object Of the bill was to prevent the seizure OF
small packages, as was now the case-that al
present, seizures were made In small packages,
which it was necessary 10 libel in the District
Courts, the expences OF which entirely swal-
lowed up the whole value. The bill proposed,
that where property to the value OF $500 had
been seized, the Collector may proceed to OBJ
tain forfeiture and 10 guard against all acci-
dent; there was provision, that the proceeds
of the sale should remain in the Treasury, for
one wear, where claimants could appear, ii the
COMBINATIONS were improper.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Robbins, Tor
the establishment of Navy Yard in the wa
tiers of Narraganzet Bay.
In THE House OF REPREsENTATivEs-An num-
Der of reports were made by various commit
tees, one only Of which we need notice, which
was.made by Mr.. HemphiIl, from the Commit
tee on Roads ard Canals, reporting bill au-
thorising the subscription OF stock, on the part
of the United States, in the Dismal Swamp Ca
nal Company; which bill was twice read and
committed for tomorrow
The House proceeded to the consideration Of
a resolution offered yesterday by MIR. Trezvant,
ofVirginia, calling on the President Of the U
nited States for list of all members Of Con-
gress who had been appointed to Offices since
the commencement Of the present government
and after several propositions to amend, and an
Intellectual effort TO lay it on the table for fur
Their reflection, it was adopted by the House,
with a slight amenduen,, proposed Wy Nj. Mil
Ter of Pennsylvania, and accepted by the mover.
The resolution follows as amended:
Resoled That the President of the United States be
requested to cause to be laid before this House list OF
all appointments made by the executive, since the a.
dopton of this Government from the members OF Con
gre during their term of service, and tor SIX months
thereafter stating the ofthe persons appointed
the State or Territory by them represented the time
when they were appointed the nature OF the appoint
mepts conferred and the amount salary other emol
uments received by virtue ofsuch appointment.
Mr.. FORSYTH laid resolution on the table
proposing an amendment TO the Rules OF the
House, which amendment provides that the
Speaker shall not present any memorial, petit
ton, address, or paper Of any description, not
officially communicated, by some officer OF the
Government, to the House, except on his re-
sponsibility as membor
This amendment of the Rules was in all pro-
liability suggested by very singular commu-
nication TO the Speaker of the House from an
individual at Hayre, in France, proposing sys-
tenn for the emancipation of Slavery in the U.
States, and other projects, which communlca-
ton was presented to the House by the Spea-
ker and laid on the table, much to the dissatis-
faction, we learn, of several members.
Onmoti9n of Mr. Webster of Massachusetts,
the previous orders of The day were again post
poned for the purpose Of taking up the bill fur
Their to amend the Judiciary System of the U.
States The House accordingly went into
committee of the whole, Mr. TomlinSon in the
Chair, and Mr.. Webster addressed the COM
mittee in speech Of considerable length, which
shall be given tomorrow. On motion of Mr..
Mitchell of Tennessee, the committee then rose,
and having obtained leave to sit again, the
House adjourned.
Washington January 4,-The business which
principally occupied the Senate Yesterday, du-
ring its private sitting, was, it is understood,
the consideration Of great number OF nomi-
nations of Revenue Officers, whose commits
sions have, or soon will have, expired-of whom
some thirty or forty were confirmed. Besides
these, the only nomination Of consequence
which was acted on and confirmed, was that OF
ALEXANDER CALDWELL, as Judge of the District
Court for the Western District of Virginia.
By private letter received in this city yes
terday we learn that news had been received in
Paris by Telegraphic despatch, Of change OF
Ministry in Spaih. The intelligence is said to
have produced great sensation in Paris. A
change has been long talked of, whether the
present be such an one as will prove beneficial
to the people of Spain, time must determine.