The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-12

0,L Of the nth of December On the sh report
e made from the Secretary of the Treasury, with
wa Tor the conversion of the foreign debt Two re-
ytons were submitted, and referred TO committees
h;ch were nportan as laying out the work for the
ssson The first was for declaring the constitution OF
Sol in force with such amendments as Congress shosd
se n 10 make The second proposition was for the APP
eminent of committee which should embody the prin-
Me entertained by the Congress, and which will be the
tndatiop of its action in the present This is the
only thing in the proceedings OF the Congress which
We find no mention OF the proceedings of the 10Th
M but on the nth, upon the proposition of d. Ramon
Garcia the chamber appointed committee of five upon
E Constitution with the power to increase the number
Wv seven il thought necessary. The FIVE gentlemen
",msd were Espinosa de los Monteros, Relon Otero,
Tadoso and Subieta. 1t is not explained whether this
committee designed to supersede the one similar
sob,ect named above. Various documents were then
mbnied touching the recent pronunciamento made at
Tabasco
,ams the above but in 1t further congressional
news We have given the above-not for their intrinsic
interest though they not destitute of significance
hui principally TO show negatively that Congress had not
acted upon our overures for peace up to the last
counts Had they done so, would in all probability
have been known in the squadron noted in the papers
Lent Bowers informs that he had heard nothing of il
M 10 the 2st, when he had an interview with some
English officers who are usually well informed as to the
The Mexican papers copy freely from the journals in
the United States opposed TO the war; evidently with the
view create the beiief that country rent by dl
visions on the subject OF the Through the Havana
papers the Mexicans kept constantly well informed OF
what is done in the United States
Il may be worth word of mention that in the papers
before US, do not find word of denuncation OF the
"auAacous North Americans" and the like, which a
short time since met the eye in every paper from that
country.
The Iocomotor of the 18th ult announces the arrival
OF the two American commodores the station and at
once throws out the hint that everything indicates that
some extraordinary attempt lis contemplated and il fol-
lows up this with express caution to the authorities OF
Avaalo, and the city OF Vera Cruz TO ''look out for
squalls" should say i'll the States
From Chihuahua we have some later news. de.
spath published from Governor Angel Trias, dated
the goth OF November, in which he that the
day previous body OF $50 troops part infantry and part
cavalry with four light pieces OF artillery, left Chihua-
hua for I'll Paso del Norte under the command of Lieut.
Col Guilty with provisions, &C., for month These
forces to join at FL Paso 600 men, previously raised
and the whole TO proceed and make attempt to
surprise General Kearny, who was then with small
force at Cobre, nearly two hundred miles north of that
point All classes OF the citizens took part in celebra-
ting the departure of these troops and Governor Tras
sued proclamation on the occasion, for which will
endeayor to find room another occasion