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The bin Tor lhs oeknpssioa 81 Oregon. ~,
discussed q The sensls q 1i.lasy. By Aisssrs.
Woodbury. and PkelSs il iiakbr 81. ana NJ.
Huntingdon sgsinstthc bill
Two bills we're inlfoduesd De for reducing
lhe rates Or postage; and tie tlher 10 restrict
lhe Ifranking privilege.
10 TIE House. Air. Hstis ssetk against .hs re-
sold:ion Of Mr.. BroNns instsile,ing the Com
niifes on The JaHieisry TO bfinx 10 ! bill 10 re-
Fund III. 6ae Imposed upon !; !. Jackson. tie
btismal,zed ths whois uosssazt - 40 effort 10
purchase the political fatofo he superannua-
ked chisIllin; aud said thar 2;eoersl Jackson
Bid already received The printtgal Of The 6ae,
TIL amount was raised By Id voluntary sub
hrrip,lon Of lae ladies' Of Nav Orleans, and
aislribu,ed b bin among ih@brphans and wi
apHs Of hose Who psrisheJ Ihs defence Of
Thai city.
VI Ar. Cushing addressed The House ia favor OF
HE Exeheqnsr Plan, and slASsln faror Of bis
motion 10 strike The word siasr' from the re-
port Of the comniitee On ths subject.
\ On Wtdaxsdsy. 10 the seaAts. Afr. NeDniis
spoke with much earnessness ssinst the Oregon
BEL In speaking of1hs lats tfspty he said that
England had sent Us TIE olise hfaach or peace.
and in return We SEND 10 Englkad The asDing
sword Of defiance, aashipg IN the face Of the
negociators. He EXPORTED Senator's 10 pause,
before encouraging ameasure Ike this
A joint resolution was reported for the trans
FER Of the Govsrnmen, stock inlhe ChesaPsaks
and Ohio Canal 10 the State q Mar, land.
The motion 10 strike The w5fa s'not'' from the
report OF the commisyss on tbs Exehequer, waA
discussed 10 the House 81 lepgth, By Mr. Barn
ard. who replied TO Mr. Gushing.
Mr. Marshall followed in sspseeh againstthe
Exchequer. and reviewed with severity, The
course Of Mr.. Webster.
Mr.. Linn, in the Senate, ON Thursday, replied
10 the arguments adducsd by Mi. MeDufEe. on
the Oregon question.
In the House. Mr.. Kennedy made report
accompanied by a bill, mskipg provision fol
WarehoasiDg goods.
/ Mr.. Wise replied 70 The reparks made BY
Mr.. Marshall, and defended Nh. Webster from
bis attacks
Mr.. Anterior followed, snd spoke on the
Sub Treasury, and said that The people did mol
condemn il because il was speh scheme, but
that they had been led to behave Il was . Gov
lernment Bank.
In The Senate on Fridsg, Mr. Befrien opposed
the passage or the Oregon bin.
Fln.the House, Mr.. Johnson OF Md, presented
a memorial from one thousand citizenscf Balti-
more, OF all parties, praying Congress TO issue
two hundred millions of Government Stock, 10
Ebe divided among the States and Territories ac-
eording to their respective Populations. MIR.
j. also presented one Of sin ilar import, sign
ED By hundred merchants Of the same city
Also, the proceedings or a meeting held in Ohio
county, Virginia.. GU ,se same subject.
Mr. Fillmore spoke with mich ability against
The Exehequer Plan, and alsO.agpinst Mr. Cush-
Iing's motion to strike she>wotd l'notn from the
Committees report. st1., /.
The previous question was called FOR and sus-
-tainedi when
Mr.. Gushing rose and withdrew hsmotion,
A direct vote was then taken on the Commit
tees report which copcluded with saying that
h The Exehequer Plan ought M be adopted, =
which was agrecdto1-yeas ls3snays le.
The Senate did not I'll on Saturday. N
In the House, sir. Kelm presented two me-
morials from the Dsnocratie citizens Of Berks
county, Pa, pray ing Tor an ssde Of 5000, 0O0,-
600 Of Government Stock.
In the Senate on Monday. several memorials
were presented, pray ing for thE issue Of Gov
eminent stock.
MIR. Archer, the Chsirman VI the Committee
90 Foreign Relations, spoke stlsng.h in oPpo-
,itioD 10 the Oregon bill, and il answer TO the
Several Senators who had advocated lis passage.
In the House, the Committee OF Ways and
Means reported asaiDsl The lssps Of $500, OOo,-
900 Of Government Sleek.