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Doimestic News CONGRESSIONAL. From the Globe of Feb.the 19th. In the Senate to-day, the occupation hill passed, proviling for the settlement of Florida by- bounties or land, in small tracts, to eitizens who, going into the heart of the territory overrun by the Indians, may establish thems -lves b% expelling the enemy. and so render in military service the price of the three hundred -scres which they acquire under this new sort of pre emption.-This pre-emption paid for in ndvance, as the title can only be perfected by pie-occupancy and conquest-the con querors acquirimg a million of acres for the nation, in acquiring a hundred for them selves. It wilLbe seen by the yeas and nays,that the Federal party opposed the hill en mas se. This united opposition grew out of the preponderating Noribern influ-nce in the party. Mr. Morris, with his accusto med intrepidity; in voting with them, a vowed the motive by which they were all actuated, as ascertained in out-of-door conversation, but which was most sedlt lously concealed in the Chamber. by all but himself. - He would tell gentlemen, that sagacious politicians out of doors said that they saw very clearly the object in view; that large bounties were to be giv en to increase the settlement of a slave country. Did they suppose that the eyes of the people of the free States were clo sed while such things were going on? Was the increase of slavery of so much importance that the obligations of justice. of humanity, and of Christianity, were to be lost sighi of? Were they to send these ten thousand men against these Indians, to furnish them with arms and ammuni tion. and with (logs, too, to hunt them down, and to suppose that they would prosper?"., In the House, the -morning was occu pied by Mr. Parker, of New York, in re ply to the rematks of Messrs. Harrison of Missouri, and Robertson of Virginia, on the proposition of the latter gentleman to recommit the report of the select commit tee on the public lands: after which the Hose went into Comnittee of the Whole on the stale of the Union, (Mr. Ranks in the chair) on the civil and diplomatie bill. The immediate proposition before the committee was the motion of Mr. Crary, tostrike iherefromthe appropriation to the Board of Navy Commissioners. Mr. Ken nedy. of Maryland, sp6ke for several hours in ageneral attick upon the past and pre sent Administrations, and was replied to by his Colleague, Mr. Howard. The pro posed amendment was, however, subse quently withdrawn, having been superse ded by a resolution. introduced in the fore noon, by Mr. Mallory, of Virginia, and which was adopted, calling upon the Sec retary of the Navy to present-to Congress. at its next session, a plan for the reorgan ization of that Department, and the abo lition of the Navy Board, as at present or ganized. February 20. In the Senate to-day, the bill for the re lief of Mira M. Alexander. was read a third time and passed. The bill to prevent the interference of certain Federal Officers in elections, was taken up, and Mr. Cuthbert, although laboring under evident indispo sition, made a very able and eloquent speech. It was more comprehensive in its cast, and developed more fully the great principles of Government. out of which the diversity of opitnion,on the mes sure before the Senate has its origin. than any that preceded it. We hope to havena report of Mr. Cuthbert's speech prepared in a few days. Mr. Calhoun intimating his intention of speakitg on the subject. the bill was informally passed over. From the Cerrspodentce of the Charleston Cour, . Wasu1srOs, Feb.22 The House resumed the consideration of the following resolution, offered on yes terday, by Mr. Prentiss, of Missisippi: - Resolred, That this House proceed to inquire, 1st, whet her Alexander Duncan, a member of this [House, fronm the State of Ohio, be the author of a certain publi ation or publications, under his name, in relation to the proceedings of this House and certain members thereof, pu blished in the Globe newspaper of the 19th inst. 2d, whether by satd publicatton or publica tions, the said Alexandet Duncan has not been guilty of a violation of the privileges of ibis House, of an oiTnce against the peace, dignity and good order, .and of grossly indecent, ungentlemanly, dtsgrace ful and dishonorable nuiscuonduct, as retn ders him unworthy of his seat in this House, and justly liable to expulsiona from the same. The question pending was otn the inn nio of Mr. Waddy Thompson. to amend 7e resolution, so ns to t'ause Mr. Duncan 1e reprimanded by the Speaker, at the ar of the Ifouse. *Mr. Petriken madle-some very .appropri 'te remarks on te areat waste of the pub lic time, by the prosecuttion of personal matters, and concluded by moving to lay the whole subject on the table. Mr. Elmore begged the gentleman to withdraw his motion. -Mr. Petriken finally consented to do so. on t~me pr-omise of Mr. Ehenore to renew it. Mr. Prentiss here rose. and accepted the amendment of Mr. Wa~ddy Thompson, as a modification of htis resolution *Mr. Elmore then addressed the House at some length, with a view of shewing thaat the publication alluded to was'not a ~brach of any privileges of the H ouse, hut nfout door affair, with which the House bad no right tui interfere. *A t-the conclusion of his remnarkshe re ne'wed the riiotion to lay on the table. The question was then taken on the motion'to lay on the table, and decided in te affirmative--yeas 171, nays 64. *The majority of the Select Committee on'the charges against Corn. Elliott, made a report, and asked to he discharged frotm the.ftnher consideration of the subject, on -.the ground that there wats not time for a -fmill examination of the charges,- anrd they further urged the opinion that it is inexpe djient for' the House to itnterfere. Messrm, Naylor & Chatmbers made a mi norIty report, setting forth, int detail, the harges made againsat Corn. Elliott; and declaring the necessity of at: investigation ato the rnth he ao-enes- and also, etn. ting that, with propetrindusiry, the Com I mittee night have made a satistactor; examination of them. The reports were ordered to be printed and laid on the table. - In the Senate, Mr. Calhoun spoke or the bill relating to interference in electiout and Mr. Lin' made a speech in suppor of his bill to protect the inbabitants c Oregon Territory. The general appropriation bill is in had- way. It is :n Committee of th, Whole.. and speech after speech on part: questions continues to be made. February 23. The unfinished business of the morninj hour, in the House, was the report fror the SelectCommittee on ;he Public Lands The question pending, was the motion u Mr. Robertson to recommit the repurt with iritructions to report a joint resolu tion. anhorizing a distribution of the pub lie domain among the several States. Mr. Yell, being entitled to the floor, saic he was willing to waive his right. unti after the reference of some Senate bills oi the Speaker's table. A number of hillA froan the Senate wer then taken up, read twice. and referred. On coming to the hill providing for the armed occupation of Florida, a motion be ing nde to refer it to the Committee ot Militarv Afairs, Mr. Robertson moved to lav it 'on tlh table. lie gave his reasons for the motion which were;that it would he an indiree mode ofincreasing the regular army, a1m would have the effect of lo wering the pric of the public lands in Florida. Mr. Stanley moved a callof the House which was ordered and proceeded in. umi 88 member answered to their names. Al further proceedings in the call were ther subpendieti. Tthe mluemtion was then taken on the motion to lay on the table, and it wa, negatived. yeas 91, nays 94. Thequestion then occringon the mo tiun to refer to the Coinmnittee on Militar] Allairs, Mr. Robertson moved to amend by re ferring diflerent portions of the bill to thret commit tees. HoUS OF REPR ESENTATVi.S FFs. 25. M r. Catsbreleng said that he waq a war( this was a day set apart lbr the receptior of resolutions fromn the States, but in con sideration of the shor4 tine now remain. ing of the session, he thought it his duty it move a suspension of the rules. for the purpose of receiving reports from Corn mnittees. Mr. Adams had no objectiun to a sus pentsion of the rules for the purpose stated but he asked pertmission to present a joia resolution for an haendmieut of the Con stitution ofthe United States. At the request of several members, the resolution was read by the Clerk as fol lows: Resolved by the Senate and House ol Represen!pilvs in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring therein, that t oe following amnendments tc the Constitution of the United States l propoed to the several States of the Un ion, which. when ratified by three-fourth. of the Legislatures of said States. shall be. come. ad be a part of the Constitution al the United States; Pirst, From and after the 4th day of Ju ly 1849. there shall be throughout the U.S no hereditary slavery; but, on and aftel that day, every child horn within the Uni. ted States,their Territories or J urisdictiou shall be horn free. Second, With the exception of the Ter ritory of Florida. 'here shall henceforth nrver be aibnit'-d int) this Union ans States, the Constitution of wi.h shall tol crate within the satme, the existetnce a stmvery. Third, From anad after the 4th day n July, 1845, there shall be neither slavery nor the slave trade at the scat of govern mecnt of the United States. Objection being made to the resolution it was not offered. Mr. Adamnsremnarketl however, thtat the resolution was foundet on a memoria-l fromt respeetableecitizensoa New York. Mr. Catmbreleng's motion to suspeind the rules was agreed to. The general a ppropriation bill wvas ta ken ul), and Mr. Shade made his moatior to insert an item for a Diplotmatic Anen1 or Minister to Hayti, which wag detiatem till a late hour-, The debate w as very dull. A message frotm ttie President of the United St ates. itt relation: to the Maine and New-Brtunswick wvar, will bemdehavered to umorrow. Two couriers have arrived froni Gov. Fairtield. Tb. Cabinet has beeti abtnast contitnually int sessiotn. Gen. Scotu is heae and has~ been consaited. The Vice-President havinag left thet Chair of the Senate on Saturday. William Rt. Kintg was to-day chosen as Presiden1' pro tempore of that Bodly. February 26, After the readhing of the Message, Mr. Hewvarcl mad~ ;a umotion that ahe same het referred to the Coammittee on Foretgt Atfairs. A discuss.ion ens'ued, not upaur its commritmnent, but as to the character ol the Message, in which Messrs. W. Thomp. son, (whtocharaterizemd the satme as pa triotic, wisci. just anad honorable,) Pearre, Evans, Howard, Adamts, Lincoln, Cush ing, Pieketus, Sergeant and Everett par ticipated; all of whom approved its tone, and, to some extent. discussed the merits of the tmisundersta qing bet weena the twc Governments. Th subaject was disposed of as indicated by the Chairman of the Committee oat Foreign Affairs, Mc. How. ard. Thte Hlouse again went into Corn. mnitlee on the Appropriation Bill, whet our paper went to preess-Gobe. THE TROUBLEsII MAtNE.-The Mes sage of the President, which we publisl below, was received- by both branches o Congress without the utteranace of a dis sent ing opinion from the views it coatains in the Senate, whose session we attended Messrs. Buchanana, W' ebster, Davis, Clay Walker, Norvell and Williams, sueces sivehy 'cotmmentedl upon the Message ano documents. There was a great unani mity of feeling, anad searce a shade of dif ference in opiniona as it regards the policy indicated, on either sidle of the House. Mr. Clay threw out the idea that the Preui dent ought to have taken the matter direci ly in hand, as the niational authority, with. ,out addressing himself to the local authori. tes of Maine.. It seems to- usi thtat t mo. adopned was the only ono nrnatien. ble, for the head of the National Govern 7. ment. He could nly interpose by ap pealing to the StateGoverotnent, or that of Great Britain; and the latter is too far off, to he reached in time. Some regrets were expresed by sever al Senators, on both sides of tbe Chamber, I that the Governor of Maine, had not no'i 'f fied his intention to reiove the trespassers, to the Governor of New Brunswick. Mr. i Walker threw out a suegestion, which seemed to us a sufficient answer to the objection. Mr. Walker said, that a ight to exclusivejurisdiction.had never been set tp before by the British Government. 3 The order to assert it, lie said, was a se i cret in Maine. The exercise of a concur . rent jurisdiction, by a party entitled to it, f required no notice.-Ibid. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. February 27. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Harlan, from the Select investigating Coin inittee, in puriuance of an understanding to that effect, last evening, made a report froni the majority. He moved (he printint of 20.000 extra copies of the report with the jourt.al of the Committee. and 5000 extra, q ithout the journal. He also moved the reading of certain portions of the report which contained the views of ihe Committee. Mr. Owen. froi the same Committee, made a report from the minority, of which he moved the same disposi;ion might be made as with that of the majority. Mr. Petrikei ohjected to the mlotion of Mr. Harlan, reqtiring the reading of cer tain portions of the report only. He de manded the reading of the whole, as he was not willing there should he a garbled state ient. After several unsuccessful attempts to induce Mr. Petriken to withdraw his de manl, the Clerk commenced reading the reports. Soon afterwards, Mr. Harlan withdrew his motion for the readina ofcer tain portions.. only, on whieb Mr. Pet rikein also withdrew his denntd for reading the whole. Ile said his object was not tt) take up the time of the House, but he could not submit to the reading of a part only. The reports were then laid on the table, and 20.000 extra copies of each with t he journal. and 000 without, were ordered to be printed. After the disposnl of some private tLisi nesq, the louse trook op the civil and dip lomatic appropriation bill. as reported last evening, from the Committee of the Whole, the question being on agreeing to the bill asamene'ed hy the Committee. After the rejection of the first atnend ment, requiring the Clerk to insert the total atimonnt of all appropriations in every hill: Mr. Bell, tinder a notion to- strike out the enactina clause, after sorte remarks in relation to the Board of Nav y Commission. ers, called the attention of the House to the necessity of adopting some measure which will operate upon. and control the Execu tive power of the President. He said that however imbecile a President might he, the people had no power to control him fn the exercise of Executive power, during his term of office. le adverted to the ex isting troubles on the Mnine- frontier, anl maintained. t hat in a great measure, it was to be attributed to the refu.saI of the Ex eentive, to act with decision. Aftera reply from Mr. -Bronsoqnin de fence of the conduct of the Administration, Mr. Bell withdrew his motion for striking ouit the enactine clause. The bill was finally passed, by virtue of the previous liestioi. An amendment, yesterday adopted, limiting the salaries, fees and emolument< drawn from any onte offce, uinder the governamear. to 4.000 dlol hirs with certain exceptionls, was cut of! b y the previous question. Another Message wats received from the Presidlent of the U. S. on the snbject of the North Eastern Boundary war lie transmitted a memoramim of ani acree mient made to-day between Mr. Forsyth, andI Mr. Fox, and which, it was thought, would avoid all danger of any cotllisiotn be tween the authoritiles of New Bruinswvick, and those of Maine. The memorandnmn is only a recommnen dation. buit it will no doubt be respected. It say<, that the dispute which has arisen otn an inecidental point can nly be settled by a friendlly dlisenission hetween the powv ers, and that when the general question is settled, as it is hoped that soon1 will he, there will be no difficulty abont the inci dentail question. In the mean time it is recommnended that the Governor of-New Brunswick shall niot attept to expel, by force, the troops of M aine. That M aine shall.without de'ay,withdraw her forces fronm the territory in dispute. -That any em~ori which mnay he necessary to exple.l the trespassers from the territory, shall he donojointly by the two parties, and in snehb manner as msay he agrened tiponi betweetn M aine andI Newv Bruuimaick. It is believed here tha~t this will settle. the difficulty, and avoid hostilities bet ween Mlainie and New Brnnswick. hut Mr. E vans says that these conciliatory move ments are now. in all probability, too late antd that hostilities, he fears, have alrea dy taken place. In the Senate to-day, an amendment was adopted in the Navy bill, for building three steam frigates. February 28. In the Hotuse of Representatives, the morning hour was taken up by an uin teresting debate on a motion to print a re port of the Select Committee, appointed on the 24th of January, to inquire into the character and umount of proof, which is required by existing laws and regulations to establish claims on the United States for Revolutionairy servicesinheVria Conineta StteLines, and Navy. Aresolution was theinadopted, authori zing a settlement of the accouint of the Ini vestienting Committee on the defaleation of Swartwout. Their Cotmpensation to he regutlated upon the same principle as that which sad governed the settlemnent of the accoiunt of the Commtittee, on the late Bank of the'United States. TMr, .Morris moved a reconsideration of the vote, by which the resolution had been adopted, but the motion was rejected. The Northern Frontier. The bill'rniskine ,approp'riation for, the nrotection ofthe Norrhera -frontier was tk,. iten 9n and rad a t&hirdI timea nd passedr, -Indian Iostilitiea. The bill for- the suppression or Indian hostilities for 1839. was next considered. The questionj being on its final passage, a lomg debate arose on a 'Wotion made by Mr. Bell, to amend the bill by providing compensation for the loss of horses in the Florida war. The amendment was fital ly agreed to. By the aid of the previous question, the bill as amended was read a third time and passed. On motion of Mr. Cambrelen, a resolu tion was adopted, by which the 16th Joint Rule, which provides that "no bill that shall have passed one House, shall be sent for concurrence to the other, on the three last days of the session, was suspended in relation to the Indian hostilities bill. the bill ror the protection of the Northern frontier, and fhe hill providing for the taking of the next census. The Maine Diffculties. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom had been refer red the Presideni's message, in relation to the above, reported a bill giving to the President, additidal power in case of an invasion on the Northern frontier. The hill authorizes the President in case of stch contingency,to raise additional troops, and to equip the public ves-zels of war. and appropriate the sum of--millions of dol hirs for that purpose; lien blank to be fil led up by the House. It also appropriates $18,00O for the out fit of a Special Minister to Great Britatn, in case thePresident shall deem it necessa ry, to co-operate with Mr Stevenson. A report accompanied the bill, which was read. The hill was thet referred to a Committee of the Wholn on the State of the Union, anti made t he special order of the day for to- morrow at eleven o'clock, to take precedence.of all other busines. The hill and report were al~o ordered to he printed under the supervision of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subse quently on motion of .ir. C. Johnson, 10, 000 extra copies were ordered to oe prin ted. The House then went into Committee of the Whole, and took up the bill provi ding for the takin of the, Sixth Census. The House took upo the hill to take the sixth census. and it was discussed at leneth. In the Senate, Mr. Btehanan made a report on the Maine and New Brunswick dificlubies. He denies that the British Government has any jurisdictiou over the disputed territory, and maintains that it was expressly stipulated that neither party should exercise jurisdiction. The report concludes with resolutions asserting the rights. of the United States and the State of Maine; hut declares that in case the Governor of New-Brunswick with draws his troops. and Maine persists iii keeping hers there. then Maine is not en titled to the protection of the Government. March 1. In the Senate, to-day, a letter was re ceived from Mr. Kendall, Post Master General, replying to a resolution of the Senate of this day. asking why the infor mation called for on the 12th tltimo had not been communicated to the Senate. "in reply." ie says. "I have the honor to state, that the utly reason I have to give. why it has nut been before communicated is, ihat it was not ready." Mr. Talmadge pronounced the letter disrespectful. Mr. Sevier moved a reso lution requesting the President of the U.S. to dismiss Mr. Kendall. but it was modified to read as follows: Resolvmd, That the letter of the Post Master General stating. &e. is etinsidered by the Senate as disrespectful to this body This was agreed to, 38 to 5. Trhe following resolution was adopted 31 to 5. Resolved. That said letter with the res olution, to which it purports to he an an swer, be laid before the President of the U. States, for such action as hetmay deem proper. Tho Setnale took up Mr. Buchanan's Resolutions relative to the Maine diffienal ties, andi they were. supported by Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. Clay, of Ky.. but ob jeceed to by Mr. Williajms, of Maine, as insutllicient. Itn the Hotuse, the bill from the Commit tee Ott Foreign Allhirs was debated till 'the hour of recess, by Messrs. Kennedy, Le care, Biddle, ot' Penn.; linardi. and E vans-all of whom stupportedl the bill, hut Mr. BiddlIe. He prononneed it to he a war tteasure-a declaration of war. He said it certainly pledged us to a declaration of' war, in case the British persisted itt claiming antd asserting jutrisdiction in the disptuted territory. Hie went inuto an ar gument to show that our governmentt had acqttiesced for years in this British claim to jurisdliction, not withstandling what might be said now; andI thmt the jiritisha Co.lo~anl atuthorities had been in the habhit of practi cally exercising- it. We putt ourselves, he thought c'mnpletely in the wr'osg, l'y tazkintg te stand propmose'd itt the hill and s.port. He co)tntnded againtt' this proposition to go to~a war upont atn incidental point, 'leav ing the great qtuestion of right to the terri tory, upon which we would stand firmly, He allu-Ied to the discourteousa charac ter of the war into which we were plung ing oturselves-it might, mnd probahly wotuld. last teD years, and desolate all our cities and destroy our cotmmerce, &c. He aluded to the experience of' the last war. wvhaeh endled by a total abandonment of all the principles in support tf which we appealed to acms, and in the a bandonment of claimns for comamercittd spolintions for 25 years Mr. Howard and Mr. Evans defended the htll as a peace measure, and arguecd that withoutt it, thtere must be wvar. So. bet ween the t wo,war we mutst haave'. Mr. Biddle says, it' the bill pass~, thernt will be war, nttd others say, if it do ntot pass, there will be wvar. From the correspondence of the South era Patriot. -WassiZN-rON, ainlrch 2. Last evenaing the Sunatte atdopted witht some mtodificatiotnsthe Re'soltttiota oft Mr'. Buchanatn, ont thto Maine Questiont. A copy of which, was fotrwardecd yosterday. This morning the House Bill, making appropriations for the Civil antd Diplomat ic expenses of the Govertntettt fotr 1839, was passed with somne amtendmecnts. A Courier arrived at a late hour last night, with Despatches frotm Gov. H-arvev to Mr. Fox. :The putrport of them is said at be, that ihs C'rsar will take mo desi sive steps until he shall have received ad vices from the latter. . HOUSE OF REPI ESENTATIVES, Last evening the House in Committee of the Whole debated the '-Maite Bill," until a late hour: when, without coming to' an) decision, the Committee rose and the Hot.se adjourned. This morning, after a call of the House, On motiou of Mr. Mercer, the rul-s were suspended. so as to receive Reports from Conmminiees. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs. reported sundry Resolu tions on the subject of our relations with Mexico; without reading, they were laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Onl motion, a Resolution was adopted, dischargitig the Committee on Foreign Atl'airs, from further consideration of all Memorials refered to them in relation to Hayti. Mr. Mercer from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported a Resolution. authorising the President to continue Ne gotiations in reference to the construction of a Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Da rien, which was concurred in. The House took up ther Special Order, and went into Committee of the Whole on the Bill reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in r.'ation to. MAINE AND NEW BRUNSWICK. Mr. Cushing being entitled to the floor, yielded it to Mr. Saltomt-ill who wished to correct a tn isrepresentation of his views. He quid he had been represented by Mr Evans, as taking the part of Great Britain, in his speech of yesterday. tie disclaim ed such an idea. Mr Cushing then took the floor, ia re ply to the spee:h of Mr. Evans of last evening. He took a review of.he facts in relation to the present difficulties, and maintained that the whole was to be at tributed to the overbearing insolence, and menace of Governor Harvey. He said that by his own shewing, that Governor stood self-convicted of gross inattention to his duties, as professed guardian of the ter ritory, in not having taken proper measures for the prevention of trespassers. Mr. C. contented that the bill before them . as not a war, but a peace measure. Mr. Adatns said that it was apparent that the aspect of ourdispute on this boun dary had now been changed hy.the Memo randunm signed in thiz city by Mr. 'Fox and the Secretary, and he had no doubt. that if that communication could reach the disputants in time, it would cause a sus pension of hostilities. Mr. A. then went into the general merits of the Controversy, and in the course of his remarks said, that it was possible if not very probable, that the instructions of Governor Harvey had been drawn up in an ambiguous manner, so as to permit his Government either to avow, or disavow the action of theirofficer, as circumstattces tmig;t require. The debate was continued by Messrs. Legare and Bell until the House took a recess. March 3. Last night. the Bill giving the President additional power in case of invasion, and having reference to the Maine Frontier, passed both Houses, and is by this time signed by the President, It passed the House by the following vote. Yeas201. Navs6. The Senate gave it a unanimous vote. The Bill for the protection of the North-. ern Frontier, and the Naval Apprspridi#Jn Bill. were finally passed. The House aereed to-the amendment of the Senate, to the latter Bill, appropria. ting a sufficient qum for the construction Ofthree Steam Frigates. No decision bad been made on the re tmaining Bills, when at halr past four this (Sunday) moarning, both Housed adjourned to meet agtan at l(0 o'clock, in the Hlotse of Repressntatives. the Bill matkmot npproapriatiotn for the erection of a Fire Pro~of Bttilding for the Post Oif. fiee Department, wvas takeni up and passed. The Senate passed the House Bill pro-. vidling for the taking of the next census. Also. the House Bill for the erection of a Fire Proof Building for the Post Office Depa rttment. .March 4. Congress has just adjoturned, after an exhaus~ting sitting of twa, days and nighis, with but a few hours intermission M r. Dowvning, of.Florida, trade an ear necst appeal to the House, on the subject of the recent murders by the Tndiants. The Bill, however, did not pass, ihr want of titme to consider it. The Subl-Treasurv Bill wasn not taken up. owing to the samte cause. The tmalticiottsOpp)ositnOn of Mr. Preptiss of Mississippi. to the ustual resoluitin of thanks to the Speaker, excited much eon tempt. This bra wler. bac-kel by Wise. argued that beautse the- Speaker had ini th. ap pointmnent of~ Stiadinc Commatittees, given the Admtinishtration a majority, he was not worthy of t he tbatnks of the Ilouse., it was pmvedl lby Documttenta~ry evidence that Mr Bell dutring the ime be was Speaker, had given even large majorities on Committees on his party, and that such was the invariable rutle of every Adminis tration.. After this Mr. Preutiss was mute. From the National Intdigenscer. In the List of Acts passed dutring the Iato Session, the reader will find none ma king appropriations for Fortifications,,.or for the support of wne Milit ary A cademy. The aptpropriati-mta for thtese objects were ittcorporated int t a bill matking~ approapria tions for the suipport of the Armayfor 169 An appropriation is also conttaitned in that hill for thte defence of the Niacara, Oswego. and Plattsburgh frontier, anad an appropriatiotn of 880.000 for the defence nfl the Western frontier is included in the ludittn ttpproipriation hill. 'rTh appropnlrinttionts for the sutpport of thte l'st Olee Departament are included int tha Civil A pproptriattiont net. No Post Road tnet wans passed at this session No aict for butildittg or comp~leting Light housec. was passed. Thetill forthatt pur p)OSe which passed the Senate was never evetn read in the House.-. Neither was any act for the improve metnt of H arbors passed at this session. The hill tmaking appropriations for the contintuation of the Cumberland Road af ter passing die Senate tailed in the Haouse of epresetatives, notwvithstanading the strenuous exertioos of its frioendaleprocure fr it a hcnrittg 't least. EDG)EFlELD) U. it TnUUSDAr. ATLCn 14,;18;39. We have devoted a large ionof our paper,this week,to the proceedirigs of Con. gress. We were desiroi:ts of bringiej'down the proceedings to the f'ast day, and we have consequently excluded other matter. Congress adjourned at 3 o'clock, on Mon day morning, the 4th inst. Intense Cold.-A' gentileman, of this place, informs us, that on the morning of the 3d inst. the thermometer, in his ho'use, stood 22 degrees below freezing point! such, severe cold weather, we have not e. .perienced for some years. We have received froi the Hod4F. H. Elmore, a public docnnient, relatitig to "Defaulting Collectors, &c. We have also received some public doe. meats, and copies of speeches from tib Hon. F. W. Pickens. - The Border Difxcties.-Almostat business in Congress, gave way to thedi. cussion of the North Eastern bonday question, and the difficulties which have recently grown on of it. it will be that Congress has given the President, ple powers in the event of a war. . At latest dates, no hostilities had taken. place, between the troops of Maine, and Ne*' Brunswick. The whole' allair is now in such a state, that it is,thought, a peedj adjustment will be efected. PUBLIC LECTURE. - On Friday night the8th instant, Dr.I' . BURT delivered in 'the Court Hose afe ture on the history of Aitronomi>1 H-g spoke or the scioce,in its dawn'amig the Chaldeans, the indians, the Egyptii, and: the Chinese. He traced its progress among the Greeks, and many @of the' nationsof Europe, after the commencement or the Christian era, until it attained its moeridian. in our day. He gave a full account 'of many ancient astropomers, and their sye tems, and showed the extent of their S quirements. He spoke of their errors, but proved that they posessed mili' correct knowledge in astronomy. ]Re spoke of the astronomers of modern Enrope, and paid a high compliment to those men in power, who had encouraged the'inoble science of astronomy. He- also lpoke of those Princes, and rulers who petsecuted. the astrononers, on accoun.of theppubli.' cation of their' mightydiscoveriea, to th world. He said that- ty- the. lts' of learned men, from the earliest ages, down to the present time, the science-oditrone. my had become perfece. Thelas of the heavenly bodies were fully andd3b'od, and .aE1idS co a iade ith per. feet certainty. . In conclusion he aspid,that astronomy had wrought the greatest chan. ges in the world. By is aid,the rost dis- A tant nations were approximated; the com mercial interests of mankind, were hihly' advanuced, and the moral condition of the human race, was greatly elevated.- The lecture was instructive, and well received by a large and intelligent-andienc. Miller's Almanac.-We recommend to the citizens of S. Carofina, "Miller's Plaa ters, and MerchantaAlmana'e for 1859. Besides the utsual matter cootuined in Al. manacs, it give a correct listiof the names, of thd lately elected members to Congress. from South Carolina, and of the recently elected civil and . military officers of the State. It also gives the namnes of'the pes sent members of the Legislature. It fut' uishes a very full account of the-Banks, a~nd of the various literary, philosophical, and other institutions of the State. It. gives the names of the Officers of the Fed eral Governme~nt, and of the Foreign Min isters, and Consuls, in the United States. . Lastly, there are in this almanac, many good line's of tverse, for tbe amusement of the y ountger readers, and matny grave mo ral reflections, for those of mature age. It is unnecessary 'for. ud to notice every. thing embraced sin this Almaoac. We confidently propounce it the beat which wW have seen for years. . It is as. cheap. as any, and is really twice as ,aluable. '. Tan Sron.'AuaIncidiat.-A few das since, *inter. was to our midst..and the snow covered the earth, with a biegutiful white mantle. It has now vanshed away, "Like the baseless fabric ofa vision.'' While it Iayon the ground; fte; little bob and girls, of our village,' availed thsjm- - selves of thehappy occasion, toidulge is the play of snow-ball. It delights us,go see the little urchins, with faclis aeiles, "fire-away'' at the grave'man-of business, as he passes along ihe1streets.- If any thing can cautse a smile t pass' over.this iron features,surely ii would be such a harnles sport as this!. This play of', children, lea pecially when he participates -in i, us soften the-heart of the veteran in husInesse and cares,and renew alt the delightful feel-. ings of his boyhood. Durnag :lwcontine. ance of the snnw, as we .nunteired along the street, we saw a sweet libtle gi stoop-1 ing over a snow-bank, atid man~g a blL As abe rose up, With cheeks that looked jusk ke "the red red