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June. ls45, was rsconsidsrcd, at the instance OF
Mr.. Breese, who was absent from his srat yester-
dav when the bin was. passed. Fhe senators
from Illinois were instructed to vote against any
aDpropriation for the support of that academy
Tkey desired to comply with those instructions,
by recording their votes against the bill Inc
Bill was again passed, on yeas and nays, by vote
of 2zto II. The bill from the House making
appropriation for the repair and erection OF GER
tan Notifications in the United States, for the fis
cal year ending Both June, l845, was passed, al
ter being amended, on the motion of Mr.. Seyler
30 as to include appropriation OF S5oOOO for
continuing the erection of three several toIts ano
barracks on the southwestern frontier. The bill
appropriating some 8 100000 for the contlnua-
ton of the Cumberland road in the States of Ohio,
Indiana, and Illinois, was considered fora snort
time, and postponed till tomorrow.
In the House, to day, Mr. Adams, from the SCI
iect committee appointed to consider the rsoluz1
lion of the legislature Of Massachusetts, recon-
nending change in the constitution to take away
from the slavehoIding States that portion of their
REPRESENTATION which is based on slave population
made a report thereon from the majority OF the
committee This report consisted simply OF two
resolutions, the first declaring that the amendment
10 the constitution proposed by the legislature OF
Massachusetts ought not to be recommended ana
the second that the committee be discharged from
the further consideration Of the subject These
resolutions were concurred in by the House-the
first by a vote Of 156 yeas to IS nays; the latter
without a division Mr. Adams, said that the ma
jority of the committee had not agreed on present,
ing any detailed report to the House. ont nad
agreed that the members of the committee might
individually present their views on Inc snolect;
He had. therefore, to present report on behalf
of himself and the gentleman from Ohio. The
late Governor Gilmer and the gentleman from
South Carolina (Mr Burt) had already presented
their report; ani the other members ofthe commit
tee wouu present theirs He therefore moved TO
have those reports printed, and laid on the table
Messrs J. r. Ingersoll. Burke, Sample, and
Morse severally obtained leave, and made their re-
ports After a brief discussion, the question of
printing the reports was laid over till tomorrow
The House then took up the bill reported from
The Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union to direct the President of the u. States to
cause the reserved lead mines in Illinois, Iowa,
and Wisconsin, to be sold. After debate, which
consumed the balance Of the day, the question on
the engrossment of the bill was taken under the
operation of the previous question, and decided
in the negative-yeas SO, nays 81. Atthe request
of Mr.. McClernand, Mr.. CIingman who voted
with the majority, moved reconsiIr ration of the
vote on the rejection of the bill and pending this
question, the House adjourned
Thursday April T.
In the Senate, today, the bill to establish navy
yard and depot at adjacent 70 the city Of Mem
phis, fhe Mississippi in the State of Tennessee,
and appropriating 100000 for that object, was
taken up as in committee of the whole for consider
ation Mr. Brefse proposed substitute, appro-
priating S5 900 for an accurate minnie, and scien
tihc examination and survey Of some point at or
near the mouth of the Ohio; of Memphis, liz
Tennessee, and Gf Natchez in the State of Missis-
sipp; with a view solely TO the capabilities and
advantages Of each Of s1id places for naval depot
and yard for building, equppng, furnishing, and
repairing steam ships and other vessels Of war,
for the use of the navy of the United States; it
also empowers the President to employ some
naval officer, of the rank of post captain con-
nected with the United States Typographical
Engineers, to undertake the survey and ex-
animation, and to report to Congress, at its next
session, detailed and faithful statements Mr..
Foster addressed the Senate at great length in
favor of establishing the depot at Memphis without
delay, deeming the examination already made
sufficient to justify the expenditure that point.
Mr.. Breese maintained the propriety Of the delay
his substitute contemplates. He was opposed to
incurring an expenditure of 100000 in COM
mencing national work which would eventually
absorb millions to complete at point which,
after further AMI critical examination by competent
engineers, might prove unfit for the object con-
templated He thought it was proper that Con-
gress, before acting defnitively on the subject
snoulu haVeal the tights which would result,
from the adoption of his proposition. If it should
turn ont, after a survey and examination, that
Memphis was better site than could be obtained
elsewhere on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, he
averred that he would vote cheerfully for the es-
tablishment of the depot at that point The dis
cussion was continued Tor upwards oftwo hours
By these two senator's on the relative fitness of
Memphis and Cairo as the site for the depot
The bill was finally postponed till tomorrow, on
the suggestion of Mr. Atchison, who had come
TO the conclusion that both these points were unfit
after the demerits Of each had been exposed by
those two senators. The senate then spent some
time in executive session
Immediately after the reading of the Journal
the House, resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, (Mr. Weller of
Ohio in the chair,) and resumed the consideration
of the bill regulating the pay of the army, and
for other purposes. The debate was continued on
the various amendments that were offered until
two o'clock when, in pursuance of the resolu-
ton adopted on Monday, the committee proceed
ed to vote on the pending amendments of
which were adopted. The bill was then reported
to the House as arended and after being order
ed to be engrossed, was passed-yeas 100, nays So.
The House then ordered the printing of the vari-
Gus reports made yesterday on the Massachusetts
resolutions; after which number of executive
documents lying on the Speakers table were an.
DropFiatelv disnosed of The House than vrooo.J