Daily National Intelligencer

CONGRESS.

IN SENATE,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4.

The bill for the relief of Saltus, Son and Co. was read a second time and committed to Messrs. King, Roberts and German.

The bill for the regulation of the courts of Indiana, was read a second time and referred to Messrs. Morrow, Talbot and Chase.

The bill to authorize the President of the United States to receive into the military service of the United States certain corps which may be raised and organized by any state to serve in lieu of the militia thereof, was read a second time and committed.

The bill making appropriations for the support of government, was read a second time, and committed to Messrs. Taylor, Chase and Roberts.

Mr. Barbour of Va. gave notice that on Monday he should ask leave to introduce a bill to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States of America.

The bill for the repairing or rebuilding the public buildings in the city of Washington, was read a third time and the blank therein for the amount of appropriation having been filled with five hundred thousand dollars, was passed, and sent to the House for concurrence.

The bill from the House to amend the act to establish a Navy Department, by adding thereto a Board of Commissioners, was read a third time as amended, and passed by the following vote:

YEAS—Messrs. Barbour, Chase, Daggett, Fromentin, Gaillard, German, Giles, Gore, Horsey, Kerr, Mason, Morrow, Tait, Taylor, Thompson, Wharton—16.

NAYS—Messrs. Bibb, Condit, Lacock, Lambert, Roberts, Smith, Turner, Varnum—8.

The amendments yet require the concurrence of the House.

The bill for the better regulation of the ordnance department, was read a third time as amended, and passed.

The bill concerning Weston Jenkins and others, was read a third time and passed, and the bill concerning Matthew Guy and others, was read a third time and recommitted for further consideration.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATURDAY, FEB. 4,

Mr. Hall of Geo. presented the petition of Geo. De la Hufa; which was referred to the committee of Claims.

Mr. Kent from the committee on the District of Columbia, reported a bill concerning the College in Georgetown, in the District of Columbia; and Mr. Eppes reported a bill for the relief of Joshua Sands. The first bill was read three times and passed, and the latter was twice read and committed.

The house resumed the consideration of the report of the committee of Claims on the petition of Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer; which was ordered to lie on the table.

The engrossed bills for taxing lotteries, and for laying a duty on gold, silver and plated ware and jewellery, were each read a third time, passed, and sent to the Senate for concurrence.

The bill for the relief of the Anacostia Bridge Company passed through a committee of the whole, was amended and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.

The order of the day on the report of the committee of Investigation (usually so named) having been called up, it was, on motion, ordered that the further consideration thereof be postponed indefinitely.

The bill for the relief of Amey Dardin and the representatives of David Dardin, deceased, passed through a committee of the whole, was widely debated, and at last (for perhaps the twentieth time in one or other branch of the legislature) ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, by the following vote:

For the bill 69
Against it 59

The amendments of the Senate, to the bill to amend the act, establishing the Navy Department, by adding thereto a Board of Commissioners, were read and concurred in.

The amendments of the same body, to the bill for the better regulation of the Ordnance Department, were also read and committed.

The bill from the Senate, making appropriations for repairing or re-building the Public Buildings, in the City of Washington, was twice read and committed.

The Speaker laid before the House, a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting sundry statements, which have usually been presented to the view of Congress, in the annual report on the state of the finances, and are intended to accompany the report upon that subject, made on the 23d day of September last; which were read.

And then the House adjourned.