Phenix Gazette

On Saturday, the President of the United States is understood to have transmitted to the Senate, several Nominations of persons to fill the Executive and other offices. Amongst other Nominations, the following are understood to have been made:

For Secretary of State, Mr. CLAY;

For Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Rush;

For Secretary of War, Mr. J. Barbour;

For Minister to Spain, Mr. A. H. Everett;

For Charge des Affaires to the Netherlands, Mr. C. Hughes.

These Nominations, it is understood, have not yet been acted upon by the Senate. [Nat. Intell.

The bill "granting the consent of Congress to an act of the state of Virginia, for improving the Appomattox River," was opposed by Mr. Lloyd of Mass. and supported by Mr. Tazewell; and the question on its engrossment was decided in the affirmative—Yeas 22—Nays 11.

The bill confirming an Act of the Legislature of Maryland. to confirm an Act of Virginia, incorporating. the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, was next taken up; and after some debate, the bill was ordered to a 3d reading, and subsequently passed.

Mr. Hayne moved to take up the bill for arming the militia of the District of Columbia, but the motion was lost—Ayes 14; Noes 18. The bill was subsequently taken up, and passed.

Fifty-three bills were then severally passed. Several bills were laid on the table, among them one to amend the charter of Georgetown D. C.

Thursday, March 3.

The whole of the morning was spent in the consideration of Executive business. A committee was appointed on their part to wait on the President and inform him, that the business of both Houses was completed, and that they were ready to adjourn. Messrs. Smith and Macon were appointed the committee, and the Senate adjourned till this evening, to transact other Executive business.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, March 2—6 o'clock.

The Speaker laid before the House, a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, which was ordered to be laid on the table and printed.

Mr. Cocke moved the House to consider the bill for the preservation and civilization of the Indian tribes within the United States. The motion was negatived—

Mr. Taylor offered the following resolution, which was adopted and sent to the Senate :

Resolved. That the 18th joint rule be suspended, so far as the same relates to bills and resolutions which this day shall have passed the two Houses of Congress.

The object of this resolution was to allow the Committee on Enrolled Bills to report at the opening of the House to-morrow, all bills which may have passed both houses to-day; and to dispense with the usual form of sending them all to the President on this night.

Mr. M'Lane moved to discharge the committee of the whole from the further consideration of the bill to establish a naval depot at Pensacola, in order to bring it before the House— Ayes 63: Noes 49.

The bill was then read, but there appearing to be an appropriation in it— Mr. Call, (at the suggestion of the Speaker) moved to recommit the bill to a committee of the whole House— Ayes 66: Noes 44.

The bill was therefore re-committed.

Mr. Call then moved that the House resolve itself into a committee of the whole upon the bill, Mr. Tomlinson in the chair.

A long debate ensued upon this bill, in which Messrs. Call, Wood & Tannehill supported, and Messrs. Clay and Bartlett opposed it. On motion of Mr. Webster it was amended by striking out "at or near Pensacola," so as to leave it to the discretion of the President to select the most desirable site in the Gulph of Mexico.

The committee then rose and reported the bill as amended. The amendment was then concurred in and the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.

A message from the Senate, communicating the concurrence of that branch in the joint resolution adopted in the House, on motion of Mr. Taylor.

A bill for the establishment of a navy yard and depot on the Coast of Florida, in the Gulph of Mexico, was read a third time and passed.

An act to provide for arming the militia of the District of Columbia, was returned from the Senate with an amendment, by which the second section of the bill is stricken out. The amendment was concurred in.

And the House adjourned.

THURSDAY, MARCH 3.

Very little business was done to day, excepting the signing of bills, and receiving notices of the president's approbation thereof.

Mr. Forsyth laid upon the table the following resolution :

"Resolved That, while this house anxiously desires that the Slave Trade should be universally denounced as piracy, and, as such, should be detected and punished under the law of nations: it considers, that it would be highly inexpedient to enter into engagements with any foreign power by which all the merchant vessels of the United States would be exposed to the inconveniences of any regulation of search, from which any merchant vessels of that foreign power would be exempted."

The resolution lies on the table.

Mr. Forsyth offered the following:

Resolved, That the purchase of land from the Indians occupying it in the state of Georgia is a peaceable extinguishment of their title : and that a purchase should be made, if it can be effected on reasonable terms. although the residue of the tribes to which the said Indians may be attached should not join in the contract."

This resolution, also, was on motion of the mover, ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Markley, of Pa. it was

Resolved. That the thanks of this house be presented to the hon. Mr. Clay, for the able, impartial, and dignified manner in which he has presided over its deliberations, and performed the arduous and unpleasant duties of the chair, during the present session of congress.