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FROM WASHINGTON.
SATURDAY, Feb. IS.
Final Repeal of the BANKRUPT Law.

ThOM w hOHlNO Vim
SATURDAY, Feb. Is.
Final Repeal Of the Bankrupt Law.
The work Of destruction, commenced with so
much fury and prosecuted with go much zeal
although its consumaton has been for short
time delayed-is at length complete, and that
salutary measure, of relief on the one hand,
and Of security on the other-the Bankrupt
Law is repealed (so far as the action of Con.
gross is concerned)-the Senate to day having
passed the bill from the House for the repeal,
excepting, however cases where application has
been made priort the passage Of the bill.
In Senate after the adoption of Mr. Benton's
resolution calling on the President for copies
Of the despatch from Mr. Everett of the Sd
instant; of the despatch of Lord Aberdeen of
Dec. 1s4l to our secretary Of State, and the
answer thereto; and some other unimportant
business, the bill to repeal he Bankrupt Law
came up.
Mr. Walkers amendment declaring banks
upon failure to redeem their notes in specie,
bankrupt, and subjecting them except those in
which the States have proprietorshp, to the
operation Of this act, after remarks from Messrs.
Crittenden, Smith Of CT. and Allen was rejsc.
ted-Yeas 16, Nays "a.
The substituted amendment Of the Judiciary
Committee, to repeal only the voluntary pro.
visions Of the act, making the discharge de-
pend upon the assent of majority of the cred
itors, &c. was rejected-Yeas l6, Nays 80.
The bill as it came from the House being
now before them amendments were offered as
follows:
By Mr. Benton, to make the repeal absolute /;
rejected after debate.
BY Mr. Berren, to allow the selection of as.
signees by the creditors; rejected-Yeas IA !;
Nays 35.
BY Mr. Conrad, fixing the 4,h Of April mex,
for the time of the taking effect Of the repeal /;
ryected-Yeas l3; Nays 81.
BY Mr. Tallmadge, to allow to each Judge on
the final decision of each case in bankruptcy
Also, to postpone the subject until the first
Monday in December next reected-Yeas IA /;
Nays 81.
No amendments having been adopted, the
question was taken on the bill as it came from
the House, (repealing the law, but providing
for the prosecution to completion of cases where
applications are pending,) and carried-Yeas
80 /; Nays ID, as follows -
YEAs-Messrs Allen, Archer, Bagby, Bay.
ard, Buchanan, Calhoun, Crafts, Crittenden,
Cuthbert, Dayton, Fulton, Graham, Huntington,
King, Linn, McDuffie, McRoberts, Merrick,
Morehead, Phelps, Rives, Sewer, Sprague,
Sturgeon, Tappan, Walker, Wilcox, Williams,
Woodbury., Wright and Young-32.
NAYs-Messrs. Barrow, Bates, Berrien,
Choate, Clayton, Evans, Kerr, Miller, Porter,
Smith Of Ia, Tallmadge. White and Wood.
bridge-l3.
Thus the bill finally passed, and awaits only
the signature Of the President to become a
law.
The Senate adjourned.
In the House, after contamination Of about
three hours in discussion calls of yeas and nays
&c, joint resolution was adopted, authorizing
the Secretary of the treasury to pay certain
claims awarded by the Commissioners under
the Cherokee treaty of 1885 and 1886 provi.
ded such sums shall not exceed. in amount one
hundred thousand dollars.
The civil and diplomatic appropriation bill
was then taken up in Committee, Mr. C. J. In
gersoll repeated his amendment of last session
to reduce the appropriation for defraying the
expenses of the Judiciary one hundred Thousand
dollars-adopted, after brief discussion.
| MONDAY, Feb. 81.
Mr. Toland made motion which did no
prevail, that the select Committee in the cast
Of the removal of Jonathan Roberts, have eav,
to sit during the session Of the House.
The House went into Committee of TIL
Whole on the state of the Union, and resumed
the consideration of the Civil and Diplomatic
Appropriation Bill.
On motion Of Mr. Adams, three thousand dol
lars was appropriated as salary for The Com
missioner to the Sandwich Islands.
On motion Of MR.. r. Ingersol, five hun
bred dollars was allowed for Consul to Bey
root.
Various other amendments were adopted an
the Committee rose and reported the bill to tn
House.
A Message was received from the Presiden
communicating in compliance with resolutio
of the House, report from the Secretary {
/ State, and correspondence with Lord Aberdeen
&c. in relation to the alleged right Of Gre;
Britain to visit American vessels.
The Senate commenced its sitting to day
ten o'clock, and sat twelve hours continuously
e the whole time being consumed in the factior
opposition OF the minority to the passage of
! bill authorizing a contract to be made wit
: Gales g. Seaton for the publication of the d,
!. whole to be composed in twelve volumes
u and with Blair e. Rives for the publication
the debates from 1887 to 1874, to be compri
= ed in seven acknowledgements to take o,
I thousand copies of each volume, at five dc
o lars per copy. Benton, Wright and Allen Il
is off in debate against time in which they we
, followed by Calhoun, Woodbury.. and the re
y of the locos, each one proposing some amen
ment with the avowed object Of killing time al
l. exllausting the powers Of endurance Of Il
}, majority. In this they were successful, and
: ten o'clock at night Mr. Crittenden after ma
q ing some severe remarks upon the democra
: of the minority, which exemplifed itself
t. this determination to control the majority, NOV
Il that the Senate 60 into Executive Sessie
which was carried.
!, The only importan. nomination submitted
j, day was that Of Mr. Wise TO be Minister
N France.
TUESDAY, Feb %.
The House was occupied the whole Of 4
day in perfecting and passing the various app
priation bills and some private bills not oc'
soning debate. l-
IL When the bill making appropriations to cal
out the treaty Of Washington was under CT
sderatiep, Mr. McKeon detained The House