Alexandria Gazette, Commercial And Political

Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Saturday, December 24.

Mr. Skinner of Va obtained leave of absence for four weeks.

Mr. Strong of Conn. presented the petition of sundry inhabitants of Fairfield Co. Conn. praying that the post offices may not be transported or opened on Sundays. Referred to the Post Master General.

Mr. Pearson of N.C. presented petitions from sundry inhabitants of Salisbury, of Iredell, and adjacent counties in No. Carolina, to the same effect; which were in like manner referred.

Mr. Calhoun from the committee to whom was referred on the 23d ult the report of the Secretary of War relating to a uniform system of discipline for the army of the U. States, reported the following resolution:

"Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to appoint a Board of Officers to modify the rules and regulations for the field service and manoeuvres of the French Infantry, as established by MacDonald, so as to make them correspond with the organization of the army of the United States and to make such alterations and improvements as they be thought proper; and to lay the same, as soon as possible, before this House."

The said resolution was agreed to.

NATIONAL BANK BILL.

On motion of Mr. Fisk of N.Y. the House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole. Mr. McCoy of N.C. in the chair, on the bill to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States of America.

The whole of the day was consumed in the discussion of the details and propositions to amend said bill, without arriving at any material amendments. The amendments made in the committee were reported to the House, and agreed to, before the House adjourned.

As amended the bill exhibits the following features.

The capital to consist of Fifty million of dollars, divided into shares of five hundred dollars each: subscribable and payable as follows: by the government, seven million stock to bear an interest of six per cent per annum: fifteen million, by individuals, the remaining thirty five millions, payable as follows, viz five millions in specie, ten millions in treasury notes, and twenty millions in what is usually called the war-stock. The bank commence its operations as soon as 15,000,000 are paid in, in the proportions before mentioned, of specie, treasury notes and stock.

No amendments were proposed to the bill; when the House adjourned at dusk, without taking a question on the bill going to a third reading.