Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-07-11

lFrom our Evening Edition. |
Congress-.


Congress.
rms Is the last day az the session and ON this dav
' 'e rules no bill can pass either House Of Co.'S
no, can any bill joint resolution thar has pass
ca ootn house be on this day presented to the Pre.
dent Of the United States for his sona,nre 80
The business OF the Is closed
as 70 'ne ue.s'on Oh lhe PRESIDENT upon the bills which
are yer before him. and such other business il any
(which does not seem probab,e as the two Homes m -.
agree to suspend the above mentioned rnle. To- -
purpose OF ransacting
The sittings Of both Houses Of Congress On s.,rr-
day. if not Of precedented duration and fa,;or. -
very arduous and trying The Senate sat us,il four
o'clock yesterday morning and the House Of Represen
atves until eight o'clock yesterday the last three hoarx
Of the sitting having been occupied in endeavors to
compel the attendance of quorum go with bust
OF these pretracted sittngs. a very clear account
could scarcely be expected from the reporters but YET
an account is given, in the proceeding columns. with
more particularly than could have been reasonably
looked for under the circumstances As as howev IL
will take the reader, if acquainted with the FERNS
OF proceedingi IN Congress- some time to find what
business was actually done in Fridays and Saturdays
stngs reported today, shall state below some few
OF the results in familiar phrase This s the more ne
cessary as some OF the most interesting measures
OF secondary importance not mentioned in the prO
ceedngs at all. having been adopted in the form e
amendments to bills TO whose general purpose they had
proper relation
u. s. Bank N,tes-The bill which passed the Senate
month or two ago. TO prohibit the issue Of OF
House Of Representatives Friday night BY an adros
manoeuvre Of Mr. Thomas of Maryland rode over the
of other important bills before the House. inalIy
passed by majority feght votes and is by this time
law 50 far the General Government has power to e-
galze so garng an outrage upon State rights a. il in
wolves.
The Supplementary army Bin has become law, with
the provisions, neither or less as were pub
lshed in this PAPER when first introduced into the
Senate An appropriation S760 0O0 also beer made
to deffay during the under tho
new Army Bill
The Express Mails-The Post Road Bill passed both
Houses, after striking the section which directed the
abolition of the Express Mails These mails will Of
continue for another year unless the Postmaster
General mself shall order otherwise.
TIE Har6or BW-Ths important BILL making aspro-
pniations for continuing tho of such break
waters, harbsrs &c. as have been already commenced
finally passed both Houses Saturday night with an
amendment restricting the expenditure within the cur
rent year 10 onehalf Of the appropriated by
he hill. The aggregate amount Of these appropria-
tons is about million and half of dollars
The new Harbor Bill THAT is. the bill making sppropri-
atoms for works this discripton failed altogether
from the wantoftime TO upon
The Fertilization BhH-The annual bill Of sppropria-
tons towards completing Notifications passed both
Houses.
The Indian Appropriation Biu-Ths great bill involv
ing appropriations the Of two or three milons
OF dollars finally passed both Houses.
The Nep York Fire BW.-The BILL for the remission
of duties the importation Of goods destroyed by the
great fire in the city of New York, has passed both
Houses, and, with the preceding, may be considered
a law.
OGccrs Of the Cusfoms.-A provision has been passed
for the benefit Of those Oicers Of the Customs whose
compensation fell short by the Of the act Of
Congress Of the year 1882.
The Maine Boundary.-A provision has been made for
indemnifyng the State Of Maine for expenses incurred
in consequence OF the Imprisonment Of Mesus Greev
| and Baker by the British authorities OF New Bruins
wick.
Provisions TO the following effect have al been
| made in several enacments viz.
For the expense Of outfit of the new MINIS for the
coinage of silver
For the expenses incurred by the erection Of the
territory of Iowa.
For the EXPENSES Of The Orphans and Criminal
Courts for the District of Columbia.
For the investment in State Funds OF the amount
of the proceeds of the Smithsonian legacy until
Congress shall think proper to appropriate il 10 the
PURPOSES for which il was devised.
For the expense Of standard balances 10 be fur
nished for the Of the al States by Mr. Hass-
Ter.
For carrying on the public buildings in Washing
ton for the current year.
For the expense of carrying into effect Mr. Ser
ccants resolution calling for Information TO be COL
lected during the recess, concerning steamboat boiler
explosions.
TO extend the time for issuing and Locating Virginia
Military Land Warrants. Net the scrip bill-thas
bill fell through
To defray the expense (sl6 OoO) Of erecting new
Court House for the county Of Alexandria in the Bis
irict OF Columbia.
To authorize the sale Of the lands reserved from
sale on the borders Of the Erie and Wabash Canal.
For the settlement OF the claims Of the State Of
New York for expenses incurred for militia service
during the late disturbances the northern frontier
Of that state.