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fourteen hours on Friday the 9TH inst, UPON the
appropriation bill. All amrnd,ns-u,. ~er~ reject.
Ell, cAsep' tia following. offered by Mr.. Vance:
In no ease, sh-li the compensation, bs salary.
ices, or ot'crwisr. be pertaii,e, to eyr.,.,I OF ,
,ciiector thrrc Thousand 'lollArs PR anouni; of
SURVEYORS aud Naval Officers, two thousand Eve
hundrcd dollars per annuna; and of Mri.h,rs
on's~rs. Markers, Appraisers, and alt other.
CONNECTED 18th the collection OF the customs. two
Thousand doiiars pcr annum. Yeas ~, Nay, -.
The ball has since passes, the house, aud b. nov
before the Senate. Il will have Z" rouy, roa.l 10
travel" there.
Tn Monday the iah, after passing the apprc-
priaiion bill. the following interesting ineideu,
occurred:
On motion Of Mr.. SsIDr~. the IIou.c .rain
tvok sp the confederation 1T the memorial from
the county Of On,ids, which xas r,srS.ot,d ON
Nonday last. by him, accompanied b, a moiiou
fhaf co-rnstfee. consisting Of one sarrsSer from
each Sfafc, be abpeinied 10 csStsisLsr and r,b.yf
ih Jornn 81 a e'A. taa for "a satc and nt fsrr,
enyeney' .ndfr authority ef fhe Ua,tr,i State,
county b. r.feryrd 70 thar CsaYaiffoe.
Much debate occurred, and some Of i, VA. Mr..
-onai, between Messr~ Piummcr and Cage of
Mississippi.
Mr.. Rroun, Of New Yo.k, moved to Law tho
resolution the table
The yeas and nays were taken. anal had beco
proclaimed by the Chair TO be, Yeas 50, Nav. ~;
and that tho Chair vutcd in the sffirrn.tivr-
When Mr.. Garland. who had voted in the rev-
ai've. but whose name had, by mistake, been re-
corded As in the affirmative, h.d the record COR
rcet-d.
WhercuPon. Mr.. Halves changed his vote from
the negative TO the Affirmative
This icn the state IL t,c vote As before. a, f,l-
lows: Yeas 80, NAYS 50.
The Speaker voting in the affirmative, the me-
mortal from Oneida county, with Mr. S.l,l..,,,
resolution, thcreupon lras laid on the table
There was debate. on Thursday. in the IN
OF Representatives, on n proposition for Il xing
term TO the present Session OF Congress
winch disclosed enough TO satisfy US that
congress viii not, (cannot, indeed adjourn
within that month. n VIC look for a moment
al the many subjects which must DO acted
upon-the appropriations Of almost eyery
SORT the care and custody Of the public funds;
contested elections IN each House, &c. &c
one must be satisfied that Congress ha, good
two months work yet in hand.
The result Of yesterdays debate was the
PostPonement Of the whole subject for two
enhrc weeks. We doubt very much whe-
'her, o. The expiration Of that time. member,
viii be prepared TO fix upon day for adjourn
ment. There is, under recent practice In an.
Government, one reason against tyins up the
TWO Houses by n resolution for adiouyn,<nf
'eithout day, in addition to the usual and obyi-
Gus objections to pledge OF that sort. Time
must henceforth be given TO the President OF
inc Cniled States, IN case he shall not M
prove OF any bill which the two Houses NAV
deem u important to pass, to return IL with
has objections; that Congress may have an
opportunity 70 exercise their constitutional
I'sh oil passing upon the bill again: or TO re-
tain IL, without either signing or refusing 10
sign u, for ten days, when it would become a
law without the agency OF tho President
Inc case oil the Land Bill, at the last session.
neither signed nor returned by the President
and thus nuliihed, IL one which demands this
Preeaution for the future, in regard 10 all
ohis OF sufficient consequence to Justify the
remaining IN session for ten days on the ir ac-
eount--l.Nsi. Int. Nay I6.
From the proceedings Of yesterday, in the
t'ouse oil Representatives, the reader will per-
eeIFe that the motion OF member from Ala
oame, concerning the regulation Of the depo-
site OF the public money in the State Banks.
Whlcn has been the standing topic of the
morning hour for the last two or three month";
nas been iruhdraicn. u Is but fair TO ada
mat bill upon the same subject was report.
cd, some days ago, and referred TO a commit.
ice OF the ~hoIe.-[.Nai. Int. Nay II.
Mr. Wise, Nr. John Quincy Adams, Mr..
Thomas, Of louisiana, Mr.. Pinekney, and
Mr.. Murphy, have been appointed a Select
Committee in tho House OF Representative,
TO take into consideration the cxpediency Of
carrying into operation the Resolution Of the
Revolutionary Congress, concerning the cree
ton OF monument at Yorktown.
The following gentlemen are said 10 have
been nominated, by the President OF the u.
states, TO the Senate, TO be Government Di
reetors OF The Bank Of the United States for
.ne current year, viz; Henry Horn, Roberts
taux, Charles M'Allister, Of PhiIadelphis
Joseph White, Of Baltimore and Saul Alley.
OF New York.