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tendance ~ the lodftnss o. tue oSrpqrSNss
to-nerrow moraine il assist 20 sns3 p
rantamenl 81 lhe lgaefal. They yer.
adopted. Mr. AdausIlben lock thefhoor
and a.so deIixerad touching eulogy On
.theIchnactefo tie ddeeased. Asimilsl
trihnie to he rnennTY Of the deeeased
was then paid, ii some very appropriate
remarks. BY Mi YIN. Cos J0hnsoss--
The House Then Adjourned
4 Ins the SEaAhE, eplogjes we're pro-
norneed bY Metsfs Graham and Clay
sftet Ixhich motion ii adjourn was car:
ried.
FtfDAY. FEB. 25.
Noabusiaess u Is anbacted 10 Congress
4 to.da5 both Houses having attended
The f1nersl Of IBID Hon Lewis Williams,
which took place :, ndon :o-csy. n eons
formily Niih the arrangements usgslty
adopted ID these splemh occasions.
The Senate viii notlmeet again until
Monasy next. having this morning tad.
iourhsd until that tiGse.
sa4UFbar, FEB. a6.s
10 she Hotise IF RebrtstntaffTes, Ssri-
Gus resolutions and Iep3rls Of az uninter-
eating character we're made BY Messrs.
MOqtf, Sellers, T1lling hast and JofsJ,
when
Mr4sT.iiafeuoIealled for he order d
The day. IL <
az Nolhing Of iatsfesi secured.
sMosDkY, F EBs %.
Inflbe Senate. ibe Ptesideat annouEcs
edsihaComnitteeEof Relrenchment, order;
ed some days sitee 90 motion Of Mr..
sMortHead5to conlist 81 The following gem
tlemen IL
I" Menus Matedead, Miller .sPrsgne,
sGfahaGn and Fulton. III
lie Also laid before the Senate the lei-
Ter oGfesisnation pf Mo. Pierce as Sena.
stor 1rPm New Hamp4bire. The letter
expres,ed deep regret al parting from a
body VI uien)wilh who m be had always
been upon terms3of pl 4ssanl intercourse.
An order wa. adopted 10 insert The lerer
upon HE journal and 10 acqusiut Tie
Z GoveEnoGl of New Hampshire. II The re-
fsignsiEol Of Mr.. PIERCE ,s rf
REso4UrioNss /.
r e Mr. Pteniiss offered ! resolgiions. which
was adopted. inslructlag the Comfnillee
onjG Commerce 10 inquire ipio the ex2hdi-
eney N increasing the humber Of officers
Of Cuktotns in Vermont
Mf.fMangum called Iup the Resolution
offered by MI Pierce SPINE time since 10
/ relation 10 the Bdw York Custom House
Commission MI NJ proposed an amend
Insnt u tie Resolution txttndiIg It'd ILL.,
qhirT. III e stated that the naly 6bjeclfon
ID the Re sofation1 ben first nn5er con.
Ssideiaiion wasiff@et onsed aence Of its limit
.edqfaq uirY.
The a,pendneq wnsErsad ODD Adopted
with the original Resolution.
t The Senate then Proceeded 'to-tfe CON
ssideralion of thoeResalhii6n 81 Mi Ner.
rick proppsipg aEchanse Of The RULES Of
tbe Senate. il regard ID the Incorporation
x<of amendments -. The general arptopria,
tion Bill The Subject was passed over
I 10 COME toAte Geberal 0rdets ofihe Day.
These weFe theE Resolution df3M Clay
!. 10 ref4fsnce>to fb4 Canfiituliqnf and pro:
posing the RESTRICT lion of the Veto Peker..
Mr. jCalhoan. went al once into an ex-
animation Of the whole question '5egin
mig wiih.a we'll tfasoned analyst Of our
fdrnn4 Goxernmeut, t5r the purpose 81
showing among olher things, that lie Ne.
10 PoNe55 was the conservative POW efaof
ihA country. NJ q gave very lmapy
: reasons loproye his position thatthis Co
vernmeni Of ohIsFwas ro.,in' any sense a
GOVERNMENT Of nAfneriral ma jorities,lI
Mr. G. ssid thai the duty Of The Presi-
{ dent was 70 administer The laws which
Co4gress passed ! oConsress was respon:
tfble idr he ndftiPlicaiions d, powers. -
sItplsced she power in The hands Of The
President, and the lauk was notTwiih. him,
! ,herefafe bnlfwith those who gave him
the power,
The Executive. MI+ Calhoun would
: admit had more powqr by this emgans
Than was designed by lheFfranaefstof the
5 Constitution. THepatfphage y hich Con.
gress HAD placed'ih the bands o. the Pres>
.ideni Was al. lncIeaAe Of powerI lf'was
a2power over The Press land "a a|measute
overthe people, which, il Cbnkress had
exercised liz hgly. wouldnever h4ve grown
up Isl
Mr.}Calbnnn mpdd very briti speech,
and ode oophAed pretty closely 10 the
sn6jeci under Consideration
Mr.. Fclay said that a ths close Of the
discussion he should wish toS speak ABOUT
one hour add half. 10 the mean time
he. arose q moxe hat smother subject =
ghisresplution 10 retalion 70 Retrenchmeni
mud: Reform d.the Tatif aud other mat.
iets,-be called u
By asenefal understanding the subject
on which Mt.i Calhoun had spoken was
laid over ill FRIDAY next and Mr.: Cla5 !
resolutions made TIE or4er Of The day for