The Arkansas banner., 1848-04-25
RfPsrisa fer fhs Lssisvills DsmOTst CONGREssHONAB:
NENATE.


 The seaa.s was called b nrdss. aAd proceeded ls the consideration ef ihs morning basrsess Namss- GUS petitions were Pressnied- Mr. Rsvsrdy Johnson pssssAssd ibs petition of John Skinner for an svpsaFrIaason ,s establisa school fer the lnstfertlea cf Geology. Agrieas,ure and Road makiAg.-Mr. Johnsoa addressed the se1ata in faSss of ths Psayes sf the petitioner.
 On motion. Il wss referred io the eOsnmia,ee on AgEicuitate.
 Mr. Hannegan. frqsn the Comml,s~a on Foreign ARaFs ntFedareda bill fer the relief of Ann Chase The House bill. concerning the New Orleans eol- leeting districts. passed.
 On metiOa Of MF. HannegaaL that portion of the Presidents Message teistisg ss Ike Amistsd ease, was referred to the Committee Sa Foreign Relations In the House. the resOlations expressive of sym paihy fOr France. were hkea 1p | Mir. Baliey saArsssed the Hease relative to the petitions Of Massachusetts aud Virginia
 wAkinSeI OK, Apsii II. l In the Ssusse, Mr. Bagby introduced . bN rrIs- tiag iO the power ~f the ge"ss& ssSernment. which was made ths special order of he day fos Bfanday 1 On motion. the Senate fook ap. as in eommit,ee of the whsis, the California Claims bia. 1 Mir. Dayton sddresSea the Senate chiefly in re- 1 rly to Mir. webs,st's speseh sysiast the Mex,ean treaty.
 l Mir. Macon has the aeOr on thi. question ,s-mss- row.
 l In the House a warm discussion s0sned between Messrs Palfrey, Bsgby, John-"n of Pa, Ashmond. and others, on motion to take uP certain business out of the regular order. The motion was finally laid aside by vote of yeas f2i. nays 4i.
 Tse bill relative to the Military Academy passed l WAsHrSCrOS. April, IF.
 The Senate s=:s called t order at the usual hour, and proceeded to the Consideration of the regular mosuing business.
 | Mir. Badger moved to take up the bill, defining the franking privilege, witch was agreed to. The bill was then read third ,itne and passed unani- mOrsly.
 ! Mr HaIi, from the comma;ee on Pensions, repOr- ted b.A relating to the Judges of the Supreme Coar'. which was agreed to, and the bill was made the order of the day for Monday The Senate then laid aside the morning business, in order to take up, as tn Cemmttec of the Whole, the California claims bill
 MT. Fitch spoke ably in support cf shc bill. dcfen- ding the
 An amendment was offered, prov iding for the appointment of two cOmmisscners, by and wiih the advice of the Senate, before the esessOa taken. On motion of Mir. Msngum, the Senate wen; in to executive session. and then adjourned. In he House Mir. Burt moved that the House resolve itself into Committee Of the whols on the foreign loan bill, and after eonsi erable deba.e 1; vas postponed
 The revolutionary pension hili was next eoasid- cred and discussed. without any definite action thereon.
 The other business ofthe House was aaimportant We fad the following instaOce of her osm, in the Paris correspondence ct New York paper. Itoe cured during the last session of the Chamber of Deputies
 It was al the close of the speech of " Larnartine thai the Duchess dOrlcans, seeing that there was no hope for her, turned tO withdrew, bet this was no longer facile.-The Duchess vas separated from her shitires. ard the esaLirea Goss each o,her A workman broke the sword cf the Due de Memoirs in his tace and a in a blouse seized the Con,e de Paris by the throat if to strAngIe him but thrown of by young National Guardsman Alfred Mary, who. placing himself between tbe child and the meb-whese gnns were ievelle6 at hfnI-.old them eo fire ff they SiId but they must take his life first. Then. hurrying the Comic through side door, he leaped from the window to the pavemen beneaih. friend handed down the child, and Mary VI ith him in his arms to the Hotel des h. valides. outsiriPpiag the earIage whivh brought the Duchess and her other child to the same place The heroic conduct of Mary touched the heart of ! the royal unfortnnaies, and the Due de Nemours taking of one of his epsaettes gave it 10 him as souvenir of the day. and as token between ther. 1 CTLEBRArIoN OF WAsHNeTox's BRrH DAY IN RcNE--A correspondent of ,hc Boston Couri.r. un- der date of Feb 2Sth, says. 1 The Americans in this city celebrated the hir,h- day of Washington by banquet, Mir. Cooper. of Pennsylvania, presided the occasion and all the proceedings went oil with great enthusiasm. MT George 8 EIilard. of Boston, made a most eloquent speech and was followed in an able ma aner by the Rev MT Hedge 4 felicaous :poem, aboundfng xith humoy and sparkling vii, vss sec;;sd hy WEs- Story, Of Boston. He was followed by CrawfoId, the srulnior in a sneech that carne frnan the heara