Jeffersonian Republican

Congress.—Close of the Session.

The proceedings of Congress on the last day of the session (which lasted from 11 A. M. on Monday till noon on Tuesday.) were of such a hasty and confused character that our readers would scarcely understand them if we were to copy the reports in full. More important business was done in that sitting, than during the whole previous part of the session.

The most important business of the last day may be summed up as follows:-

BILLS DEFEATED,
The French Spoliation Bill
The River and Harbor Appropriation Bill.
The Fortification Appropriation Bill
The Bill making Gen, Scott a Lieut. General.

BILLS PASSED.
The Bill for reducing the rates of postage
The Post Office Appropriation Bill.
The Civil and Diplomatic Bill.
The Army and Navy Appropriation Bills.
The Bill establishing new Post Routes.

The following list comprises all the important acts passed during the session.

Joint resolution directing the distribution of the works of Alexander Hamilton, and for other purposes.
An act making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions, for the year ending the 30th of June, 1852.
An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy, for the year ending the 30th of June, 1852.
An act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other persons of the United States, for the year ending the 30th of June, 1852.
An act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1851.
An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending 30th June, 1852.
An act to prescribe the mode of obtaining evidence in cases of contested elections.
An act to amend an act entitled "An act establishing the Territorial government of Oregon," and an act to establish the Territorial government of Minnesota.
An act to authorize the Legislative Assembly of the Territories of Oregon and Minnesota to take charge of the school lands in said Territories.
A resolution for the relief of Louis Kossuth and his associated exiles from Hungary.
An act to amend an act entitled an act allowing compensation to members of the Senate, members of the House of Representatives, and to delegates of territories, and repealing all other laws on that subject.
An act to authorize the Secretary of War to allow the payment of interest to the State of Georgia, for advances made for the use of the United States, in the suppression of hostilities of the Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee Indians.
An act to found a military asylum for relief and support of invalid and disabled soldiers of the army of the United States.
An act for appointment of appraisers at large, and for other purposes, and an act to modify rates of postage in the United States, and to provide for other purposes.
An act to ascertain and settle private land claims in the State of California.
An act to limit the liability of ship-owners, and for other purposes.
An act to create additional collection districts in the Territory of Oregon, and for other purposes.
An act to amend an act entitled "An act allowing compensation to the members of the Senate, members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to the Delegates of the Territories," and repealing all other laws on that subject.
An act to amend the acts regulating the appraisement of imported merchandise and for other purposes
An act for the relief of the American Colonization Society.
An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the year ending 30th of June, 1852.
An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1852, and for other purposes.
An act to establish certain post routes in the United States and the Territories thereof.
An act making appropriations for light-houses, light-boats, buoys, &c., and providing for the erection and establishment of the same, and for other purposes.