The Daily Union

CITY OF WASHINGTON.

Sunday morning, August 13, 1848.

Congressional.

Saturday, August 12, 1848.

In the Senate, the chief subject of deliberation was the Oregon bill; and a debate was commenced on that subject at 11 o'clock, a. m., and, with slight intermission, was continued, with great spirit, till 10 o'clock, p. m., at which time Mr. Johnson, of Georgia, was speaking.

The motion pending was Mr. Benton's, that the Senate recede from the Senate amendments to the Oregon bill.

The Senate Chamber and lobbies were thronged, and there was no prospect of a speedy termination of the discussion.

We have given, in another part of the paper, a view of the proceedings, and shall, as soon as possible, present the speeches in full.

In the House, Mr. C. J. Ingersoll offered the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, with the understanding that it will be reported on at the next session:

Whereas it is as much the right as it is the interest of the people of this, the oldest and freest of confederated republics, to sympathise and rejoice with all others following our example, and, above all, that great German nation from whom not only we, but most of our English ancestors and institutions are descended; therefore—

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That their congratulations are tendered to the United Germanic Confederation lately founded on the great principles of the sovereignty of the people, in sovereign States, to govern themselves without hereditary rulers, whereby forty millions of Germans may be peaceably restored to the first rank among great nations; and that the President of the United States is hereby requested to transmit a copy of this resolution through the American ministers accredited to the Germanic Confederation.

The House concurred in the report of the committee of conference touching the disagreeing vote between the two houses upon amendments to the civil and diplomatic bill.

The Senate amendments to the post-route bill were disagreed to, excepting such as pertain strictly to the carrying service.

The Senate bill granting the right of way and a donation of land to the State of Illinois, for the construction of a railroad to connect the waters of the Upper and Lower Mississippi with Lake Michigan at Chicago, was rejected—yeas 74, nays 78.

Pending Mr. McLane's motion to reconsider, the House, at 3 o'clock, took a recess till 5 o'clock.