Daily National Intelligencer

CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, JUNE 29.

Mr. Pickering presented the Memorial or Remonstrance of the Legislature of Massachusetts against the war [see preceding page] which he read in his place.

On the mode of disposing of this memorial, considerable desultory but not uninteresting debate took place of more than two hours length, which, being much too long for to-day, shall be given in our next if possible.

It was finally ordered (as it would appear from the course of the debate, for the present only) to lie on the table, and to be printed.

Mr. Richardson subsequently presented the protest of the minority of the Legislature of Massachusetts, against the doctrines and principles of the remonstrance just mentioned; which was read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. Archer, from the committee of Claims, reported a bill for the relief of Edwin T. Satterwhite, and a bill concerning invalid pensioners. Twice read and referred to a committee of the whole.

On motion of Mr. Archer, the committee of Claims were discharged from the further consideration of all other business now before them and not reported on; for the reason that it would be utterly impracticable to act on the said business at the present session.

This order was unsuccessfully opposed by Mr. Goldsborough, who proposed to except from the general discharge the case of Henry Harris, but failed.

Mr. Robertson reported a bill to establish a District Court (at Mobile) in the Mississippi territory. Twice read and committed.

Mr. Troup, from the committee on Military Affairs, reported the bill from the Senate in addition to the bill supplementary to the act for raising an additional military force, &c. which was committed; and also the bill to authorize the raising a corps of sea fencibles, which was also committed.

A report was received from the Department of war favorable to the petition of Capt. Piatt, which was referred to the committee of Claims.

THE WAYS AND MEANS.

On motion of Mr. Fisk of N. Y. the House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr Macon in the chair, on the resolution, yesterday submitted by him, of imposing a duty of cents on all domestic distilled spirits.

The resolution having been again read—

Mr. Ingersoll read the following resolutions, which he proposed to offer as amendatory of and additional to that of Mr. Fisk:

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to enquire into the expediency of taxing all successions to the estates of persons dying after the day of next, within the U.S. whenever such decedent shall leave a clear estate real, personal or mixed, worth five hundred dollars, and that the said committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.

Resolved, That the committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of taxing all ascertainable income from all estates real, personal and mixed, whenever the yearly amount of income shall exceed five hundred dollars, and that the said committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.

Resolved, That the committee of Ways and Means be instructed to enquire into the expediency of taxing all law suits, offices and pensions, and that the said committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.

Mr. Ingersoll supported his motion, or rather opposed that of Mr. Fisk in a speech of about three hours in length.

His general object was to expose the propriety, indeed necessity of adhering to the system reported by the committee of Ways and Means, although he did not himself approve of it in every particular, in preference to launching into a wide field of experiment on various substitutes, which would end in the entire abortion of any system.

After Mr. I. concluded,

Mr. Fisk spoke a few words in explanation; and concluded by moving that the committee rise.

The motion was agreed to, and

The House adjourned.