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marque and repris agaist-Mexico He stated that the Executive Department had received information that the .Mexican Congress--intendsd lest e 'letters - of marque against beiJOhte&xStdi . awln 'that the bill now -,# td was tnteodea to meetsthat.. em .rg , nct. hbill was fortb with read a thirdnt tmeand passed The Senate tIhn t=ci Na recees until 6 o'clock, P:M 85 5tibhDna the bill; to deprive the atais'ti' odiadd Wiscon 'in of theirrchartes, wts after a long de batertaidroe-it ita.bJe - - A large number of private and local i -billsfrum the House, ivhich -gave rise to i no debate, are passed. . August 9, 1846. In the'Senato to-day, -Mr. Dallas hav -ing.retired'fmn the Chair for the remain der of ihe session, Mr. Archison was, on the eighilf ballot, cliosen President of the Senate pro teni-. ' received 24 votes - out of tle'-whole number cast..., . A message was.received from. the Pres ident relative. to Mexico, similar to that -received by- the Honse. .It- was. referred to the Fiuanco Committee . -' The lIouse bill providing for a territori- > al goverriieni in Oregon, was reported- I back from the territorial.hommittee with. out amzeaent, the Commnittee having no ' time to drati.ny. Mr..Lewis, .at..six O'clock - in the eve ning, repoeted-a -bill fRon 'the Finance Committee to carry ilnto effect the recoin mendation of the President in his Message' relative to-Mexico. 11 A Mes'. , in relation to. Mexico, was 1hen received by the Senate, .from the s Presideni o ih .nited,.States. . Tire Message was -referred to a Com 'miere of'ihe Wh4ie. weteon Mr. DoKayt ofterI thfollowi-n bill: . 'i ateed lby the Senate and Ihouse df4 Represetia.jrs of .the United States of p America i ,Congress assembled. Tha-ta a sumua o;$ ..0OO000, iu addition to the pro vision heretofore eade, 'be and the same -is hereby-sppropriated, forthe -purpose ef -3 -lefraying any extraordinary -exponses which ma-vybe-ineu-red in -theinercourse betweenrthe United Siates a-ad foreign na- o tions.:to)elPgid out o any money +e the a treasury not otherwise-.appropriated, and t -to be applied:underahe -direction of the II President of'the-United States, who shall r< 'ause an sccount ofihe expenditures there- a of to. te. laid before Congress as-soon as ti -ay he. - -h Mr. T"E. Holmes earnestly invoked the til action ofthe ouse, .without regard to par- a -ty,.on thei recomendation of the Presi- tI dent. Every matkmust hail with satis- t faction the' prospect of the termination'of fe a war, which- however rightful int itself, a was .costing, the countr.y millions .spon. it ,milions " , N M.~ Wlrez .mnsilling to vote c without firther ration from thePres ide'nt. Helnovedt -eamendt lsbill so as it -to provide thi ase: e'acquisition -t of-anyt, eWe -r Mtavery orenovelun.. ri tary servitude -shoul. e ;prehibited,-ex- o! cepot forc u e, or..c e con: ltereof. ;; ti towards ipeo,tngnanisids. He n thought .aty agtat-a. of thequestion of b slavery as presnatuae. . - - - s Mr. Adams:.gave his hearty assent to u .the. message,-and would vote for the bill. b -He, thought there was. no necessity. for the it -amendment relative to slavery, as-Mexico ti herself had already probibitcd it in Cali- ti -fornia.- o i6 the'aggestienf of M2 r. Adams, the biil rt wtas modifitil. by Mr. McKay, so as to o make -ii riepciial to Mexico. Mr..(wren said, we had given the Pres- e ident jeon-Enzilionsto begisi .he war, and is wnly was it'not right to give him -two mil- e lions to 'make peace? I Alter further debate, ti o amendment of nr Mr. Wilmot, prohibiting slavery, was d agreed to. Numeoroujs proposed .ameindments hav- b i'og been rejecred, the hill was reported to n thae fluse iih Mir. Wiltniot's amendment o -ouly. This wvas enncurred in,.a Alter an ineffectual motion to lay the ii bill on the table, it was iread a third time al by a vote of 85 to 79, passed, and see-t to 11 ihe Senate. 5; Correspondence of thme Levening N~eros. a * . A ug ust 10, .1846. rt The Hlouse met at eight o'clock, and -t1 .the moment the Spanker took the Chair.. - be was Qfdiejssed by about filiy members hp at the same moment. It .sounded like a s broatdside from a ~man-of- war. But it Il Bmust be remembered that there was a a vast amount of businessieo be done, and Il only' four hours of the session left. p Tuie Speaker thundered wvith his mace, . and called'"order,''.but it appear-ed that i 'ordler" had taken wing~s and gone to parts a unkttowvn,-for thge'shoutings of "Mr. Speak- b er." continued -for a considerable period, p members screaming in all the keys of the a gamut, and each one being deterrained up- P on gettinig the floor.1 Finally, the House went into Commri4 te'e of the WVhole on the disputed ametnd meats to the Naval Pension bill, also t he Naval A ppropriation bill. These, amidst a great uproar, were rep~orted, anid sent to the Senate. -'T'he latter bill was fitnally ti passed and signted bj the President, who . for the sake of coonvenience, occcpied a ' room in'~the Capitol. The former bill was also. passed at the: last moment. The reputrt of the Conference Commit. tee, on the amendments to the Civil and Diplomnatic-Appropriation bill was brought c Mr. McKay -stated, that although thei Con ferers had entertained the'idea of in- e serting the 'wo million asked for by the e President.'to settle the Mexican bounda- I - ry, yet it had, been relinquished as imprac ticable.. The said item, therefore, was not in the bill. Upon this assui-ance, the report ofthe Confereince Cdimtitee was concurred in, and th-e bill was signed by the President. . . . T1he r~inainder of the time up-to soon, wabeheiffi dedipaid upon the bill for the 1 relier diElijah White, the Jndiac Agent in Oregon *'beroejedings- were of the most uproanious character-,each. member.j preseot 'cesoilvddthat .if kid'particular bill -f c6ndot " sdtoo hohuld. fore-riobb i -o Ipi ding for je o He m ie- I meeter e * ose eo The bill to carry into .euloctthe- 'Cerok Treatygas .also lost. It.sppears that this treaty was twice'reje ted ;bytbe Sen-. ite on Saturday nigh.!, ihie,f Egedutive lession, and afterward carried by a'inajot ity of one.) The fate of the. Douse bill providing the 'wo millions for settling the Mexican boun lary, likewise shared the same fate. The Senate had taken it up, when, Mr. Davis f Mass. commenced a speech against it. When with'm a' few minutes of the time ixed for the adjoutnment he was cal-led ipon to give way. in order that a -resolu ion might be introduced to prolong.the ession for a few hours, but he talked against time, and succeeded in killing the Jill. The President will never forgive aim. Your readers will be gratified to learn hat, the Smithsonian Institute Bill was aken tip by the Senate; although at the leventh hour, and passed in the shape n vhich it left the House. The President igned it immediately. The President's Veto of the French poliation Bill was taken up. One of the rounds of the veto is that -"the bill pro toses to pay these claims in a currency ot known to the Constitution, and not to heir full amount." He therefore refuses a sign it, " that it may hereafter undergo be revision of Congress." After a brief iscussion the question was pu', "Shall he bill become a law, the Veto notwith wanding." The result. was, Yeas 27, ays 15-not two-thirds. So the bill did ot become a law. Had there been a full ;eate, it is known there would have been t64'thirds majority. Mr. Dallas is now on a visit to the War. ng-town Springs, in Virginia, with his imily. The Senate confirmed the nomination, romoting Cap'. May, first a brevet Major, nd then a Lieut. Colonel, as a reward for is conduct at the battle of the Rio Grande. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. 'o the Senate and Hoste of Representatives of -the United States : 'I invite your attention to the propriety making an appropriation to provide for sy expenditure -which it may be necessary make in advance 'for the purpose of set ing all-our difficulties with the Mexican ipublic. It is my sincere desire to termin e, as it was originallyto avoid the exis ng war with Mexico, by a -peace just and anarable to both parties. 't is probable tat -the chief obstacle to be-surmounted in :complishingithis desirable object, wi'll be e adjustment of a boundary between the ro republics, which -shah Ptrove satis ctorv and chnvenient to'both, and such neither will hereafter be'inclined to dis irb. in the adjustment of this boundary, e-eught-to pay a 'fair equivalent for any meesions hat may be made by Mexico. Under-these circumstanees, and consider the othermcomplicated iuestious to be rled by negotiation with -the Mexican public, I'deem it important thdt a sum money should be placed under the con o of the Executive,: inbe advanced, if eeff5e toAheg. xernit.of that republic eaty. Ivtrnighebe incoivenientf6r the lexican govewrent to wait-for the whiolo im, the payment 'of which may'. be stip lated by this'treaty until it could be ratified y our Senate and an appropriation to carry into effect made by Congress. Indeed te necessity for this delay might defeat to object altogether. The disbursement this money would of course bo aecounted r, et as secret service money, but like hers expendilures. Two precedents 'far such a proceeding ist in our past history duritng tho adlmin tration of Mr. Jefferson, to which I would ill your attentioni. Ott the 26th February, 303, an act was passed appropriating two illions of dollars "for the purpose of fraying any extraordinary expenses hich may be incurred in the intercourse tween the United States anc-foreign ittions," "to be applied under the direction the President of the United States, who all cause an account of the oxpewnditures erof to be said before Congress as soon Smay be.;" and on the 13th of February, 30, an appropriatiotn was made of the time amount, and in the sane termns. lIt eitercase was the money actually drawn om the treasury, and I should hope what e result in this respect might be similar tthe present occasion, abthough w be np roprationi may prove to be indispensable Saccomplishing the ohject. I would, erefore, reoommend the passage of a law ppropriatinlg *2,000,000 to be placed at le disposal of the Executive, for the pur ose which I have itndicated. Ia order-to prevent alt misapprehension. is my d-uty to state that, anxious as I in to termiwnate the existing war with the ast possible delay, it will cond nue- to be rosecuted with the utmost vigor until treaty of peace shall be signed hy tho arties and ratified by the Mexicantepubt - JA MES K. POLK. Washington, 8th August, 1846. Frendh Spoliation Bill-T he President htn etoed the Frenchi Spoliation Bill. We copy we first section of the Bill. A BILL. o provide for rte ascertainment of claims of American citizens for spoliations pri orbt the thirty-first day of' July, one thousand tight tundred and one. Be it enacted bly the Senate and iuse f Representatives of the United States of merca,i:n Congress assembled, Thatsjaw ifaction shall be made, to an amounit not rceeding five millions of dollars, to such itiens of the United States, or to their gal representatives, as had valid claims a .idemnity upon the French govern. nea, arising out of illegal captures, do entions, forcible seizures, .illegal condem lations, and confiscatiom, committed prior the ratification of the convention be ween the.United States and the French epubic concluded on the -thirtieth day of ,eptembher, one thousand eight hundred, he ratifications of which were exchanged in the thirty-fir-st day of July following : Povided, That the provisions of this act hall nor extend to-such claims as are sip Iated for and. embraced in theconvention etween the United Stares and.the French epublic concluded on the, thirtieth day of E piqa;-ibousand ,eight btdndre4.and ird and for.the liquidation and paymaent. heroffroveision is m.ggia ihe said con troh; nur,.to suc'claims as weret.al S-Wtddad nai, in whole or in. nart n der the provisidns of- the tree- tween the United States and S-pain.c~ ed .on the twenty sedond. day of 'btatit op0 thousand eight hundred and, ninetepn;nor to such claims as were ilowed,in ,.whole Or in part, under the provisions of'uhe trea fy.betiveer the.United States andg.'rance concluded on. the fourth day of ily, one thousand eight hundred and thifty-one: And provided, also, that in all cases of transfer or assignment, no claimant shall be entitled to receive an amount. beyond the consideration paid, and interestthereon. TrE DUTY ON IRON UNDR THENEW AND OLD TARIFF LAWS. The following table shows the i.' nfofdnty to be collected upon Iron ndet ne latw, which goes into operation on tlie1st-of De comber, and the tate under the law of 1842: 1842 - 1846 *dealorem. An'chors or parts, 2j ets. pe'r 16. 30 per et. Anvils; wrought, 24 do. do. do . do Do. cast, 1 do. do. do do Axeltrega, or parts, 4 do. do. do: do Bars or bolts made wholly or in part by rolling; $25 pet 'nn do d Spikes and nails, ct or wrought do' d6 3 cts.'per l1. -d 46do - Nails and axletrees, wrought . 4 ets. per 11. tid -do Mill irons and cranks, wrought . 4 rts. per lb... do do Wrought iron for ships, locomotives, and steam engines 4 cis per lb. do Ao Chains, not cables 4 do do do do Malleable iron or castings '4 its. per lb. do do Tabes made'of band or rolled iron 5 cts. perlb. do do Saws, each $1 do de Taggers iron 5 per cent do do Old or scrap iron $10 per ton do do Iron bars or bolts not manufactured in whole or in partby rolling $17 - per ton do do ron pigs $9 per ton do do Vessels of cast iron, not specified 11 cs. per lb. do do Castings ofiron 1 do. do. do do Glazed or tin hollow ware and cast ings and sad irons 2j cts. per lb. do do atter3' and Tailors' irons 24 cis per lb. do do Cast iron or butt hinges 24 c:s yer lb. do do Wire, iron or steel, under No. 14 5 cts per lb. do do Do. over 14 and not over 25 8 cis per lb. do do Do. over 25 1t do do do do Do. silvered or plated '0 per el. do do [ron, round or square, or braziers'. rods of 3-10 a 10-16.diameter . 24 cts per lb. do do [ton nail or spike rods ind nail plates, slit, rolled or hammered 24 cts per lb. do do [ron in sheets, except Taggars 24 cts. per lb. do do Firoop Iron 24 do do do do do Scroll iron or casement rods 24 ets per lb. do do Cable chains or.paits, 24 do do do do M1iether chains not specihed, the Clinks being twisted of straight and when stra:ght of greater length than those. used in chains for ca les 30 per cent . do do Blacks miths'hammers, 2j cts 'elb to& do Db ' ues - do , do to '~ valorem; vary frm 36i 1 percent, n the Tariff of 4812 -N. Y. Express. 'I'he Now York Journal of Commerce. al' August 4th, says : -First Ef'ects ' tk Tariff of 18IG. The day aft-er the'receipt of the news at Boston of the 'passage of the Tariff. the manufacturers put down the price of their geods from fivo o ice f.cr cenit. At the time this reduction tras made, the agents f the Lowell companies stated that they lid not fcar foreign competitiotn gnder the new law. Nominaion.--.udge Robert C, Grier, of Pnsylvania, was on Monday. the 10th inst., noinaited by the President to stir. ply the vacancy on the bench of the Su preme Couri, occasioned by the death of Judge Baidw in. Fires--The Conflagration at Meredeth, N. .., was more disastrous thtan first re presented. The whole of the western side of the street, atnd a considerable por tion of the eastern side, wveto destroyed. Te number of fami-lies burned out is con siderable, and the entire loss -of property is from $75.000 to $ 100.000. On Tuesday night last nearly the whole of Laprairie, a tow n sitnated opposite to Montreal in Canada was reduced to ashes. ..-Eenring Newcs. Stormsg-This is the season for storms. We have to record t wo more as occurring, one ini Philadelphia and the other in Bal tirnore. On Sunday aflernoon Philadel phia was visited by a thunder storm of considerable violence. It came lip about hiree o'clock,anud was of irear an hour's duration. The rain fell for a while in tor rets, and the witnd blew a -gale fiom the norh-west, while the lightning and ihun ther was very severe. 'rho streets were flooded, filled, awnings ripped. trees blowvn doni, &c. There was some damage by the lightning. Several trees and houses were struck, and one or two persons in jured. in Baltimore, on Monday afternoon, there was another very heavy storml of rain and hail accompanied with thunder and lightening. A good deal of damage was done by the flooding or streets, filling of cellars, &c. Two new houses in Jef ferson street fell down fr-om the effects of the storm. No damage was done by .the ligtnig.-Ckas. Evening Netwr. A Treaty with the Pattawatamie in ins, which was concluded on the 28th ultimo, has been officially published. By this treaty, the possessory right of the Pattawatamies to some six millions of acres of laud is extinguished-five millions of valuable land lying buetween the Missouri and Mississippi, west of the State of iowa, and north of the State of Missouri, and one million of acres on the Osege .rive., west of the latter State. The State of Iowa will,; by this treaty gain a (ront on the Missouri river of several hundred miles, and ~that State anti the United. States obtain possession of five'millions of fruitful and saieable 'land,' towards iwhich a lrge congregation has already been di rected, 7 .A letter from~idjutant-Geneyal:.Jones, stiatthu4pagMartialprpeeodings itt.;the caseof Cpt.8. B Th~nto, 2dDra rgoons, have come to hand. They exhibit -the gratifying fact, ihat he is acquitted of all the charges on which ho was tried.. TITLr.i OF THE PRINCIPAL PUBLIC AcTs. Passed at the First Session of the 29th Congress An act to extend the laws of the United States over the State of Texas, and for other purposes. An act to establish a collection district in the State of Texas, and for other pur poses. An act to repeal the act which abolishes the office of Inspector General of the Ar 'my, and to revive and estaulish said office. An act to continue the office of Con missioners of Pensions. An act estahlishir.g certain post rones. An act relative to Collectors and other officers of the Customs. An 'act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to contract for the purchase of A merican water-rotted hemp for the use of the Navy. An act making appropriations for the payment of Revolutionary, and other pen sions of the United States for the year endiog 30thJune, 1847, and for other pur poses. An ant to supply the deficiencet in ap propriations for certain objects, made for the service of the fiscal year, ending 30th June, 1846. An act to repeal apart of an act entitled "Au act supplementary to the several laws for the sale of the public lands, approved 5th April, 1832, and for other purposes-" An act providing for the prosecution of 'the existing war bet ween the United States and the Republic of Mexico. An act to a-thorize an increase of the rank and file of the army of the United States. An set making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year ending 30th June, 1847. An act for the organization of a compa ny of sappers, miners, and potoniets. An act to provide for raising a legiment of mounted riflemen, and foi establishing military stations on the route to Oregdno An act to establish the value of certain foreign coins and moneys of account, and to amend existing laws. An act establishing certain poit routes and for other purposes. An act supplemental to an act, enti led "An act providing for the prosecution of the existing war between the United States and the Republic of Mexico, and for other purposes. An act making alterations in the depart ment of the armiv. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Depart uent for the year ending 30th June, 1847. An act making appprnpriatinns for the current and contingent expenses of the In dian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for theyear ending 30th June, 1847. An act to provide for. the organization of the volunteer forces-brought into the ser vice.of the United States, into'brigades and divtsions,:and-for the- appointment=of 'he etiaz :T~iidl'llW'rgetisirat-ofilisist command them. An act to retrocedo the county of Alex andria, in the District of Columbia. to the State of Virginia. An act to authorize the President of the United States to sell the reserved mineral lands in the States of fl!inois and Arkan sas, and Territories of Wisconsin and lo wa. supposed to contain iad ore. An act to establish the collection district of Chicago. An act making appropriations for the support of valuiteers and other troops au thorized to be employed in the prosecution of the wiar with Mecxico (luring the year ending 30th June, 1847. A n act to authorize an issue of treasury -notes atnd a loan. An act makinug appropriations for cer tain objects of expetndimure therein speci -fied. An act in relation to the payment of claims. A nd act further to extend the time for locr.inog Virginia military land wvarrantIs and returninig airveys thereon to the Gen eral Laud Ollic.-. An act giving the assent nf Congress to a change of the compact entered inuto be tweetn the United States arid the States of A rkantstts, 00 ler admission itt the U nioni. An act for redcing the duty on imports and for othier purposes. An act to exempt coffee imported from the Nethuerlauds from duty, in certain ca ses, amnd for other purposes. An act in rnelation to the time of holding the circuit and dist rict courts of the Uni ted States for the district of Ohio An act to gratnt the right of pre-emption to actual settlers otn the land acquired by treaty fromn the Miania Indians in Indi ana. Anm act pro-vidinug for the adjustment of all suspended prs-emption land claims in the several States and Territories. . An act to define the boundaries'of the State of [own, and to repeal so much of the act of the 3rd of March, 1845, as re lates to the bouindarics of bowa. An act to esta'jlish a warehousing sys tem, and to ame-id an nct entitled " An act to provide a revenue from imports, and to change and modify existing laws imposing dutties on imports and for other purpotses. An act to repeal an act entitled "An act for the relief of tho Stock bridge tribe of Indians in the.Territory of Wisconsin, ap proved 3d March, 1843, and for other pur poses. An act to ena tle the poople of Wiscon sin Territory to form a constitution and State governmeet, and for the admission of such state into the Union. - An act to provide for the better organi zationi of the treaisury, and for the safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the -rublic revenue. 'An act to surrender to the State of Ten nessee all the title the United States have to lands in Tennessee south and west oh the line commonly called the congressional reservation line, and to release to said State the-proceeds of Luch lands as may. have been sold -by the State of Tennessee as the agent of the Uni-:ed States. An act for the relief of the heirs of Rob ert Fultone - - An act making appropriations for--eer stain-defehtive .works of the United -Statese for tha e ncl earnending th'n 30th of ynni one thousand e ght hundr d and fott seien. An act making approprit;tions ,fr t, support of the military aca4emy for tips year ending 30th. June: 1837: An act'to regulate the proceedingsin the circuit and -district codris of the United States, and for other purposes. An act to provide for the distribtition' of the edition of the laws and'teaties of the U. Siates, 'published.by Litile & Brown, un-' der ;he provisions -oft be resolutions of Congress, approved Marcb 3d, 1845,:and fur other-purposes. - :-An act to provide for.the eflectual.pub 'lication of the laws of the United States. - An-act to refund to certain, persons an. excess of duty. exacted on the -importation of foreign merchandise. An act to enable the Secretary of thte Navy. to purchase the right of using Mix's patent manger stopper. An act for the'allowance of drawback' on' foreign merchandize iniported into cer tain districts of the United States from the :British North American Provinces,.and' 'expnried to foreign countries. An act to. amend the act approved 2d April,'eighteen hundred and forty four, en titled "Au act directing the disposition of certain unclaimed goods, wares, or mer chandise, seized for being illegally impor ted into the United States." An act to regulate writs of error and appe'als from the district court of :he Uni ted St'ates for the middle district of Ala hama. An act to grant a. certain quantity of land to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and to connect the sate by a canal in the Territory, of Wi6 consin. An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending on the 30th June, 1847. An act to establish :an additional land. district in Ita. An act more: effectually to' provide for the enforcement of certain provisions in the treaties of the=United States. An act to equalize- the compensation'of the surveyors general of the publiClands of the United States, and forother purpo sea. An act granting certain lands to the Territory of Iowa to aid in the improve ment of the navigation ofiitheDes Moines river in said Territory. An act making copies of papers certified by the Secretary of the Senate, or Clerk' of the House of Rapresentatives, legal evidente. Joint resolution directing the payment of certain volunteers and militia under the limitations therein prescribed. An act to carry into etTect the convention between the United States and the' Re' public of Peru, concluded at Lim.a the seAenteenth day of March, eighteen hun drod and forty one. An act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution." for the increase and diflusion. of knowledge among men. And act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic. expenses- of. govern * y~ariti 4jo j r, 'I -s Wl 1f, /aya L.N tel;[8I Jneigteen . hundred' and- foriy""Ii veur; and for other purposes. An act making appropriations for the' navai service, for the year ending on the thirtieth June, eighteen hundrd and forty sevn. Au act to provide for the payment of the evidences of public debts in certatin cases. An act making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending thirtieth June, one thousand eight hunidred and forty seven. An act authorizing the payment of cer taia claims of tho State ot Alabama. Au resolution relative to errors andl de fuctivo returns in certain surveys, plais atnd Gield notes. A resolutiotn appointing Rogents of the "Smithsoniatn tustit ution. Rt~soLUTIOtNs. Joint resolution for the admission of the State of Texas itnto the Untion. Joint resolution relative to the printing and distriutution of the annual estimates. A resolution aiuthorizinig the transmis' siotn and presentation of books to the Mit ister of Justice of France, in e xchange for books received from him. Joint resolution concorning the Oregon Territory. A resolution providing for temporary mail servico in Texas. Presentinig the thanks of Congrest to Mlajor General Taylor, his officers and To refund to States atnd individuals, ex penisesincurredl by them under calls fot militia and volunteers made by Generals Gaines and Tavlor. A resolution 'rtegulating the printing of Congress, and establishing the competnsa Lion of the same. Ant horizing the sale of certain land at Bayou Ronge to the State of Louisiana. Directing the matnner of procuring the printing for the t wo Houses of Congress. To authorize the Secretary on War to adjudicate the claims of Su-quah-natch ab.and' the claims of Choctaw Indians, whose claims were left undetermined by the commissioners for the want of the townahip maps. From the ChIareston Evening News. The Smithsonian instiute.-On t he last day, atnd almost the last hour of the ses sion, the bill "to establish the Smithsoniatn Institution" was passed. The national faith, pledged to the execution of the im-. portant trust etbnfided to Congress, has therefore begun to be redeemed; it re mains to be seen in what manner the Re gents of the Itnstittution will carry out the views of the founder. The selection of these gentlemen has at least been judicious5. Amng them we notice the-name of WV. C. Preston. of South Carolina. The Regents created by the bill con sist of 6ifteen persons-three ex offcio the Vie President of the United States, and the. Mayor of Washington, three Sen ators to be appointed by the President of the Senate ; three representatives appoint-. ed by theSpeaker of the House;. antdssii citizens at large, (twoof them- to be rrest dents of Washington1 and members of the. National Institute,) tn be. appointed'by joint resolution of both ,Houses. .The thiree Representativyes :are Robert, ~6'.en el-Indiana, William. l y . and Henryg~ Hilliard 'of, Al rm~~i .si ijins ar'e Rufu'C hilte ~elaa 'f' ,"r t.t' r. cam" " 7 {3""{ . " _ eh saft - , P ltg1?" a ls30 ts , , c BndJQe +s is f " " .' x.. b811aW9;Ol' notaea"ed. -? r' predle. 74 WOIl0Cafr t OiSts81lxi plt4 t! in " the eu t e {Dcrnbeuc1 t ale. trut.:.LOr1 P. Iit ;" r ' : tbey:hage:beeq=, Got i. ,t1 ,,r:. , lsc . 'aus b bee ata "' ; theUnion. - ":2i The Ore4on- a the ;: ,":: tz-, . 3d, Agarn1s .d Te t' o:o i r , been'vindiceted: iIc L if t t Y arc.beiii rig0 aittsL aieeciitie It 3+t g.. been repeaieJ, aj d $'rP!l; nae Ditlsubstitutec 5th.: A. Copeiliujiop into el'ect'on the lsr:of antra bees established: ' 6. h. A Wti'e VF o'usfing ep r ,' o ,,t ; efTeci iu December' oeai 7t'f d? pawed. .7th. And"the'Hat"I -sa = , + recognizing, the'a-bo!t ni 'ibelpa#. lsr provemgq eys[em hes begirt ae '' 1 .visited s gtQq, sd!t#s the party- ar tfip; Psidan - ;.," having a very mean "opmiop I ts a . _ -r'" .: ; Y ere. I shall-leive it ette of men, in generali= : ';"'; f 1ti You: Wilt perct ft-' ti Graduation -Bill.-htis'not is- only lai& on.:rhe<table;fioti re next December.=-,-Every"a gaining friends;: apd year. 1C willecojrreyttlit#yfai" Y of -the country Ns; -r " Another ,.grea neasure Zof1a boun'a will, ta.a1l' plr0 1 oco popular one during ibe'aestt" Gtr = 13';',:: ; mean.his,:lifan''tegb atger and tradt'.a l"thatr 'rc Af?'lolreti . Nlissiasippi:'1'lriogerii!?re ioT :, /1AjL:t. the m11'e;:sstiyf9c1ion ee s-.it see - 'fora., 'A ls notawiniderfo : iba i M h cians' here have betij ;, oW, tq " L mss, ']tf+a+'f*a: it. They are ,:-aiicfi=liace';tieen :go:dia yy engaged in matiOrring other great to ." to give, Mr.; 4alhopn's reportpni siudy. Afier;the"iidjournihentofCon r4 p' r hotiever. you19h'all see:t:hat-tthe i aso n -' or that document a ill "apptbarrn'bie"ats: morecoii lasive:"' ... - f. I ; , yr, " : " ' V;/MJlL"" " L'DaEBDAT, UGUST btdth of 771cniaa"J. HThbter, Eq lthacnmea nor palyd'nl drity~ to' annonnee tile" death tof - Titouss S. HIBBGF.R. Esgr., after a very-eiiort illness; on Saturday his. At.the time ofilis death, he was a candidate fora sea''i n the-Staid Senate, and be had formerly sclved as a rep're sentntive in the Legislature from thisDietrictr