Martinsburg Gazette

CONGRESS.

Now that the most important measure which was before Congress—we refer to the Fiscal Bank Bill—has passed, we anticipate a speedy adjournment. The other important bills, which lie over for further action, can, we think, be all passed, and many members have time to reach their homes, before the 1st of September.

This bill passed the House by 128 ayes to 97 noes; and the National Intelligencer holds the following language on its passage:

"The bill to establish the Fiscal Bank of the United States, which passed the Senate some days ago, passed the House of Representatives, on 6th inst., by a majority of thirty-one votes, and now only requires the assent of the President of the United States to become a law.

The bill passed the House as it came from the Senate, without amendment or alteration of any sort. Not that it had not better have been amended in some particulars; but our political friends appear to have considered it most expedient to pass the bill in its present shape, and leave the desired amendments to be disposed of in a supplementary bill, to be brought forward at the present session.

In consequence of the failure to procure amendments deemed by them indispensable, a few Whigs, Mr. Adams among them, voted against the bill. No stronger evidence can be given of the determined spirit of the Whig party, than that the separation of such men as Mr. Adams and those of the same politics who did not unite with the party on this question, should yet leave the majority in favor of the bill so large.

Thus the House of Representatives has added another to its claims to the applause of the People, for the fidelity with which it obeys the will, and the perseverance and firmness with which it executes their purposes."

As our readers may wish to see the names of the members who voted for and against the Bill, we subjoin them:

YEAS—Messrs. Alford, L. W. Andrews, S. J. Andrews, Arnold, Aycrigg, Babcock, Baker, Barnard, Barton, Birdseye, Black, Blair, Boardman, Borden, Botts, Briggs, Brockway, Bronson, Milford Brown, J. Brown, Burnell, Wm. Butler, Calhoun, W. B. Campbell, T. J. Campbell, Caruthers, Childs, J. C. Clarke, S. N. Clarke, Cowen, Cranston, Cravens, Cushing, G. Davis, Wm. C. Dawson, Deberry, J. Edwards, Everett, Fessenden, Fillmore, A. L. Foster, Gamble, Gentry, Giddings, Goggin, P. G. Goode, Graham, Green, Greig, H. Hersham, Hall, Halsted, W. S. Hastings, Henry Howard, Hudson, Hunt, J. Irvin, James, Wm. C. Johnson, I. D. Jones, J. P. Kennedy, King, Lane, Lawrence, Linn, S. Mason, Mathiot, Mattocks, Maxwell, Maynard, Meriwether, Moore, Morgan, Morris, Morrow, Nisbet, Osborne, Oxsley, Pendleton, Pearce, Pope, Powell, Proffit, Ramsey, B. Randall, A. Randall, Randolph, Rayner, Rencher, Ridgway, Rodney, Russell, Saltonstall, Sergeant, Shepperd, Simonton, Smith, Sprigg, Stanly, Stokely, Stratton, Stuart, Summers, Taliaferro, John B. Thompson, R. W. Thompson, Tillinghast, Toland, Tomlinson, Triplett, Trumbull, Underwood, Van Rensselaer, Wallace, Warren, Washington, E. D. White, J. L. White, T. W. Williams, L. Williams, C. H. Williams, J. L. Williams, Winthrop, Yorke, A. Young, J. Young—128.

NAYS—Messrs. Adams, Arrington, Atherton, Banks, Beeson, Bidlack, Bowne, Boyd, A. V. Brown, Charles Brown, Burke, S. H. Butler, Wm. O. Butler, Green W. Caldwell, P. C. Caldwell, J. Campbell, Cary, Chapman, Clifford, Clinton, Coles, Daniel, R. D. Davis, Dean, Dimock, Doan, Doig, John C. Edwards, Egbert, Ferris, J. G. Floyd, C. A. Floyd, Fornance, T. F. Foster, Gilmer, Wm. O. Goode, Gordon, Gustine, Harris, J. Hastings, Hays, Holmes, Hopkins, Houck, Houston, Hubbard, Hunter, Ingersoll, Wm. W. Irvin, Jack, C. Johnson, John W. Jones, Keim, A. Kennedy, Lewis, Littlefield, Lowell, A. McClellan, R. M. McClellan, McKay, McKeon, Mallory, Marchand, A. Marshall, T. F. Marshall, J. T. Mason, Mathews, Medill, Miller, Newhard, Oliver, Parmenter, Partridge, Payne, Pickens, Plumer, Reding, Rhett, Riggs, Rogers, Roosevelt, Sanford, Saunders, Shaw, Shields, Snyder, Steenrod, Sweeney, Turney, Van Buren, Ward, Watterson, Weller, Westbrook, J. W. Williams, Wise, Wood—97.

The introduction of the resolutions of the repeal meeting in Fauquier, to which we referred last week—created a three hours' debate, on Saturday, in the Senate. They were laid on the table.

During the discussion, Mr. Clay uttered a warm eulogy on the conduct of the House of Representatives—it had proved itself a "Whig House"—and, said Mr. C., "God bless them."

The Naval Pension Bill was then read a third time, and passed. Whereupon, Mr. Mangum said—“The Senate having had glory enough for one day, I move an adjournment.”—Carried.

On the same day, the House was engaged principally in the discussion of the Sub-Treasury Repeal Bill.

On Monday last, the Senate took up the Land Bill—when a protracted discussion took place, on one of a host of amendments offered by Senators.

In the House, a resolution was offered, that Congress adjourn on the 18th.

During the day, the following incident occurred.—The private Secretary of the President made his appearance in the Hall: as the Bank Bill had been sent to the President, for his signature, members were on tip-toe to hear his communication.

He announced "the signature of the President to the Bill to extend the act of incorporation to the Mechanics' Society of the District of Columbia!"—which was followed by peals of laughter.

The repeal of the Sub-Treasury, afterwards came before the House. Several members having spoken, Mr. Giddings, of Ohio, justly remarked, that the Sub-Treasury Question had been sufficiently discussed by the American People, the two Houses of Congress, and by all classes and parcels of the People. Every thing had been said upon the subject which could be said; and to cut off what might be an interminable discussion, he moved the Previous Question."

A call of the House was going on, at the time the report of the Baltimore American concluded, from which we make up our summary. The reporter adds: "The bill will be repealed by a strong vote, this evening." And, in a postscript says: "Nothing is known of the intentions of the President, in reference to the Bank Bill."