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< '.• i i.vlct&pti»B of the 3 per cents—-the j it'.Jcd l-.y ths President of the liuuk in the i pps'otmsnt cf lj: Directors—ttie stunt paid fur i.vr. Ate. &c. Kit thtrj 'vc*!' two portion* of the report, not ! uffri.-ic into till 1 debate, which astonish u* tj< quit. impresses e5 must strongly with the irvinbMioyetnrutbf its couoeru*. to: l n u th-.- cuotiii jUi iosu of $52,975, to ’ oe.iit6rii.T t't: X. V. Courier iiu.l Enquirer, ..id nlt.ror.t •!/ t.pvu tli;ir OJtdr:tvvn :m I eii- by tv. to'f.vf coiy—(tho sam.-fira.}—a p.trt of this sum fcli.'KK i-.m ut i, 2, 13, *1 nml 5 y esri credit—i |> art it. w is tint lorg. jr«t lo in m i I j on th; .liy— in niter part. £• 1 (j.'jju, War for »i« monthi. tu I v--.t: aircny the larges! lo mi in ih. lUy —and th-- while in"*av notes M t o* eititetUtif l’hii ul.ipkW were rejected.— Th; sum of £15,0X1 was borrowed by K 13. Uur- ior. i on th. 2utb March, 1831, for one of thr? #di- t-mid tie !*r< .•iiw.t cave him the money out ..I hi* men |V,u-ffi tits note* cf the ulitors vrw cli-ne t.-ys jqj iu his possession: nod tlu s*n;onu!t" • re• nmr it v.as “on or about the 8th of April, i th!. th it the paper tillage J its course in f ivor of the Jintih.” Tile loan, too, v. as not laol -in'th'BrtufJi Psnk of New York, ho: at th • mother HmiIc in Philadelphia.—There aiv o:b--rf-attires ia this trmnacticb, wjihh V-: past o.oi- fur the present. The New York Au»vi«'nli itself. r.Mrr.vi its opinions until it sees the outs: si-te cf th! story—yst feels bourn! to say, "th .t the loritii to t'ae’Co’urier and Enquirer, coupled ns that- are with the fact of the remarkable change of ■•pinion iu that paper on the subject of lii Hank of the Baited States, appear to ua mtiviir- r .ritiMc nil,! in,wile, though punjhly not luqsiird- oas.”—The editors of the Courier nud Enquirer hive promised a full <Xpo-'u ofth.ir whale trims- unions—sre shill uutiec it. iu justice to them- se!a c». . The othtr frv.nr: of the report, wl.ii 'b strikes hs with ni nth force, roiaj.-i t ; the transaction* with Mr. Thomas Bid-lie t.s a hreVtor: "The third subject (say* the repo, tj ia the n- laatmt of discounts madeT. Bidd),', mid the rate of hitoro.it. The document uiarkod No. li will show the amount on thu 1 5 th of each mouth from the 15th day uf tSepbmher, 1333, to the 15th of February, 1332. l'-y tins, it appears that <:« 15th of October, 1835, he had discounted up wards of 1,123,UO*J dollars, nud has nt no liuic since been less than -ltU.OUO doljitrs. The coin ryittec doulit die policy in' sub large necommo- stations to individuals or fn'ini, nt any time, ns it deprives thu bank of the power of fulfilling cut of the grant objects nf iu institution, which is to facilitate «-ade by loam in time of pressure, nud it may be proper to add. doit tlu-sc large Joans, nt u law rata of interest, iu times when money is plcuty, cro unir.Ily followed hv over-t. adiug, which produces peeuoiiry embarrassment and general “By a statement entitled “Remittances to F.u* -repc," marked No. 1C. it appears that .the for- cigtt purchases of foreign bills.were made by T. Biddle h Co. drawn by them, visor lfcdili Oct. 11,1 billB-ddoys sight, and at u premium of 10J per coin*. Oct- 11, b tills 'riso to 90 and 105 days,, tad a premium of ld£ per cent. Oct. 22, 13hills nt40 to !25 days, and at a premium of ll per c at. Doc. 10,y hills tit -iO to IU) days, and at a preminm of 10 for ■Seaat. 1835: IV-!>. 14,14 bills at 1C to 105 days, and at a premium of lOj per cent. Feb. T4,{1 bills at 50 to 70 days, uud at4pf*miumof 11 percent. gtiii.Sl'O Ci 115,451 H CW.OOO 00 COG,230 00 403,000 00 MO,000 CO The neat subject examined by ibo minority is the transactions of the Hank with Tlios. Diddle & Co. svhi.tb nre tboruiigllly probed. Ouo incident is to remarkable us to derive special nonce. It is the refutation of a tl.iteiucnt implicating tbu President of the liuuk, by the fact ilitidciimlly proven, tllut lor several days before, uud suscrul dnvs niter, the alleged date of tbs tr..nsacti<,u, Mr. Diddle (the President) was ut;»cut Irom tin IJnnk on business at Washington. "Tluis," says the minority, "was this artfully devised story, which wiii iuteu led to blast the renut itiui of bigh-iuiudcd cud honoi'iii lc man. Imough one if those extraordinary interposition, by whi. h 1’.o- vidouce si.metiii.es coui'ouuds '.he coutriruiiecs oi the wicked, lunde to recoil upon the hcuo of its inveutor, vvlso must forever *!• nd forth a blasted monuuu'tit of the speedy and rciribntive ju.iiuo of Ileayeu." (n all .transactions of the Dunk with Thus. Diddle &s Co. instead of boding auy thing to ccnsuri*. the Minority state dint die IkoidinX of the Dun?, appeals always to have acted with the most scrupulous delicacy, lfc.'iirc the Com mittee separated, it further appears, a Hesojutiou was v.uiiiiiiuu.ty passu,I, ucquitdng Mr. Diddle of all rrnsuro on this hrud. bjmcooa, r report th. u goes onto examine and refute various othci positions taken iu the Report of th* Mnjo.i'.y, ri-spcctuig the transpor tation of spocio, exchange, iso. ami dm lores the opinion t!i it ihci: i; no part of tiie I'wiuu which ii sa nj-.ichhcn Tittedliy .tlic gi-m-rni opt-iaiioiis cf the Dank as the Kouthc-i'il and \ikstcrn Mates. In regard to the euiupiirisoii drawn by the lua- jority between the condition of the Dank iu l.-ill and now', thu count r report says that the minori ty -e nun t hut regard the contpuriaoji dins pre stn cdiythc report as unfair an.il partial, and cai elut'd to produce impression* on the public uiiinl as a'vt'jiuisjy ermueous as they ivojjld be positively poiuiciojis.” TJiis position is sudaia- c-l by / h is aud argun-cnii nt considerable length, summing up thus: "I jani lbs whole, that the Dank is not only fully able to meet all Its engage tit Hits, but win it stale of tile highest prosperity." The counter report concludes with die follow ing unequivocal expressions: ‘ j'pou a review id the whole ground occupied iu lists examination they h ivr made, iho Minority are .of die opinion tint the ufTaiis of the Dank have been adminis tered by the l’liwi.lcut and iJj-ectv-s wj:b very great ability, ajid with ju-rl'ccf tidciilv to all the obligntiuns to the .SiuekhuMers. m the (fovt-in- meat, mid to iho country. They regard the Dunk as nn Institution indispensable lo the preserva lion of n sound currency, uud to the liu .ucia! o ptrutious of the govcrmucut, end should consi der the refusal vf Congress to renew the charter us u great uatiumd calamity. 'J’lic-y will add, iu i'iinchuiou, ihnt they nre equally decided iu the o- pinion that t.'ongrcss is called upon by the most weighty aud urgent cousidcriiliuiu, to decide this importayu ipit siinn during the present session.” —JtJtijnul iiilttlfafttcr. this state of things, it is stated l-y Messrs. Webb nud Noah, that two or three of the Banks in the city of New York denied them the accommoda tion of lotus which they h id previously yielded, nud refused ludi-couu: lor them paper of unques tionable credit. They affirm that these Oily Bauk», m i um-hment of their frieudliuess for the Dank oi (!:„• i uitcd States, withdrew from them faciiiuc, previously extended to them, mid requi red tiie rcpa im.nl of u largeuccoimuodHliouloau iu: which la y wire indebted. Todi-eredit these liuputattoUs. lealiiruicd by Messrs Webb nud No ah iu their testimony upon oath before the com mittee, a majority of the committee deemed theni- s. Ives authorized to send it toinmwsiuii and re quest the 1‘rcsidcuts of the two City Dunks in ,'u-iv York, to make affidavits before n magistrate, giving uoiic-c thereof to Messrs Webb uud Noali, .uni to transmit U.ose affidavits lo the Chairman of the rosnimitee at Washington. The deposi tion? nf Isaac Wright, I’residcnl o( the City Bank, aird ol Albert (JitlTmiu, President of the National Dank, nt New York, were accordingly taken and transmitted to tho Chairman of the loimmitee. They did not in the sli.?hlest degree impair the testimony of either Mr. Webb or Mr. Noah. t>n the routrury, they confirmed, so fur ns they could cciilirm, that part ol their evideme which it had been the purpose, in requiring the alUdavit^lr. in tile two New York banks, in invalidate. They proved t|int at l oth of ilm-c bunks, iu July l^-'B note* o.'icrad for diseomit l»v Jauic-s W atson W ebb, dit, war riel, of a mcm-or,«“ * dUrLii:^ oii tn» ; *-c.u duty, to refer, in th" House, to the conduct of pn- vats individuals. Mr. Burges then obtained the Mr. Newton, on account of the lateness floor. g2^fi*3s3Sa? r vj Copt. \ ottng informs the Editor, offfi«- lb Advertiser that the government . ®3*MSC3B5P.S and kept up to the18th. All the horned' 0 ] had been consumed at Vera Crux i c, l sheep still remained. Flour wtu in Jett! f 1 and lead fallen as low as $8. ) t J|v" I’ 1 *' question, whether the report of a cl'iu^".^ msie,;, prevailing at the departure ofH.H from 1 umptco, svns well founded. * ssfils mi endorser uf iiuquestioimlde ere rejected. The emt-oitx of those rejections, hoth $l,7;)4,0ud 7U “By the foregoing statement, it appears that th: Dank purchased, between the 14th of Octo ber, 1:51, mul the 14th February, 1832, ofT. lhddlo & Co. foreign bills to the amount of SI,- 79 l.OflO Ty." Wo ars surprised at tlicso developments, mid we therefore cauant believe the following as- ocrtioB f,-om the Washington rorruiipomlvnt of lift New York Commercial Advertiser: "it is tib|v distinctly admitted by some of the mbs! intelligent opponents of tho bank, such as W'ftyne uud Arclier. that the result of the iuves- tig.V.iou, so far as h has gout, is not discreditable t j'th* (IdaduisU-iition of the Dunk, whatever they teny 2iiuk of the policy of such an institution.” Ths n jthori of the Report certainly do not en tertain '-his opinion—for they wind up ns follows: ■"The investigations, however, which have bcea ittinlc, imperfect as they were, 1'ullv justify ihS committee fit saying, that tiie Lank ought not. at present to bo rcc bartered. "* r *slt is obvious, from the -statement submitted, and the correspondence vrilh th: treasury con cerning tbo public debt, and the fluctuations nf the rerena-t of flovcrumeut, that these have hith er,o essentially affected the general circulation mid operations of the Bonk of tho United Suites. It wo-dld therefore seem to your committee to In most judicious not to act upon the question of rc- charteriag that institution, or of rechurieviiig miv other- national bauk, until the public debt sliaii baen paid off, and tbs public revenue shall have becu adjusted to ths measure uf our federal cx- I<aJitu:cs."—Richmond Knyuircr. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. Wo hvi in oppormoity, yestenl.iv, of hastily cxainimug the Counter Report of the Aliuority cf the Bank Committee pro jit. ted in the House of Uepressuutives by Air. M‘I)u(Ec. It is from the pea of this gentleman, tint has the full con- ■..-nt of Mr. Adam* nud Mr. Wmmouph, who, vt.dt him, constitut'd th: Miuotity of the Com- taittee. Wo hare nevcrwltncssed the operation of that ■uhmarine instrument of war culled the torpedo; bat wo can imagine it* effect upon any object u- fpiipst which it i* directed. Wo can think of uo- liting more figurative of the effect uf thu counter report upon the document to which it is couutcr, th in the 4lowing of a vessel out of her element by that contrivancn. Wc will endeavor, in a few words, to give the reader eq idea of tho tenor ol the Report. Th: Report begins by oxamiumg the six eases presented, in tho Report of the Majority, as sub ject* of imputatica touching tho violation uf its ch trier by tho Back. Thesq imputations are all unequivocally condemned aj tm-mstainable; aud to some of the cases great credit is given to the liauk fqrtho very tr.iusactiou3 which aro iu the Wyftft report subjected li censuro. ^ c *w °f tho loau to the Lditors of tho New York Conner & Euquirer it noxt takcu up and fully examined, aqd thn Report tested by tho ovi- couco iq the case. This branch of tlio counter report is concluded in tho following terms:. Under all the circumstances of this cate, the miuority of tha committee declare, without any reservo, that tilcro-is rattling In thaie transactions calculated to iJfcca'llftB to dunhttho honur and iuu-grity o. r vhi i>irocp>rs; and thi. they feel authprixed to istjj'opigi'jn of the roiijority of the commit- 0-5. froaj-tsi: opiaicc nc.b'iclr expressed by one cliff m-mbem.fCkigjiiJfi. M.lohusou.) Thct Mr. Ailams’* Report has also f-i-cii published. In advertiug to the .art of the M.ijovity’s lU|iort that relates to the loam grunted to the editors of newspapers, Mr. Adams says, "iu reviewing this decision, and the proceedings of the coimiiittic subsequent upon it. he deems it hi, duty to de clare, that none of his objections to ii luve, iu his judgmeut, been K moved. Iio views it ns a pre- coilent of portentous evil; as nn unjustifiable "eu- croaclmirut of arbitrary authority ujum the free dom of iho press; ns mi odious persecution of in dividual eitiseus, to luostratt- the iullui-iu-e ol personal or political adversaries, by the h-aud ut power. "Of this class uf accounts thus produced, those of oue newspaper establishment only underwent tho investigation of the committee. Those, o! James M atson Webb ami Murdeeai Al. Noali editors of thu Now York Fourier ,V Euquirer, oue uf the most distinguished and extensively cir culntcd journals of the Union. Air. W ebb was examined upon oath by the committee at bis own request. Mr. Noah trnnsmittvd to (tie committee hi* own affidavit imuie before a magistrate oi the city of New York. Mr. Milas K. Burrows, n pri- vain citizen, not an editor of a newspaper, but connected with the i-espousiliijitics of .Messrs. M ebb aud Noali in the liauk, was subpoenaed to appear before the coitiinitlec, lint ns the subscri ber believes, with a just estimate uf his own rights, did not give bis attendance. No propos al was made in the committrc to issue a compul sory process against Idni. As editors of a public journal, and in that i h u-netur as guardians mid protectors of tits freedom of the press, tho sub scriber is of opinion that neither Air. Webb nor Mr. Noali ought to It ivc appeared iu person or by affidavit before die cuuimiiu-e. ,1 in ilieir transactions with the Dank, they hail committed any violation of law, they could not bo examin ed as ii itnesst-.s to criuiiii’ito themselves. If they h id committed no violation of law, thu inquisito rial powers of the cumiuiuce uiJ uol extend ta them. "Their transactions with the Bimk, unf.irbid- den by the law of the land, were no more withiu thu lawful scrutiny uf the committee, than the duel bughouse, the bit-side, or tile bi-ikhuube: of liny oue of them. These i-vctl in the darkness of heatheu antiquity, were the altar- of the house hold gods. To touch them with the hand of poiv or is profanation. Assailed, however, in reputa tion, ns they already were, and had been, ou ac count of these transactions, by their political ene mies nuiUlbc enemies of the Dank, from false nud exaggerated rumors emueruing them ivliith h ut erc-pl into public notice, it was cortaiuly not miiia turn I, and perhaps not improper iu them, to state, iu full candor mid sincerity, ujiat their transac tions with the bunk had been. “From these it appears tint in August, 1831. James Watson W'ebb obl ii ie.1 at the Dank of ihc United States ii loan of twenty lliiiusnnd dollar upon his own note i ndorsed hv Murdeeai Al. No ah. The application fur this hum, made iu per son by Air. vi ebb. was sustained by a letter from Air. Noah, and sundry statements relating to tho pecuniary cmiditiou mul credit of tin; New York Courier mnl Enquirer, The letter from mr. No ah was unclosed to the President of the Bank by Wither llowen, mayor of die city of New York", wbo had been one of the curliest Directors of ihe Bauk, with a recommendation of th.- application itself, to ho considered ut a business tm nice lion. It was so considered by the Board of Dir.ctort who necodcd to the tunu desired. Hut the edi tors of the Fourier ami Enquirer had long Itccii, as they still nre, ardent iiu.l active political parti sans, mid their newspaper lias been, mul couti ■met deeply immersed iu that portion uf political nfl'aits immediately connected with elections.— The peculiar character sustained by the paper and its editors, at tho time when this application for n loan whs made, tvas that of dovoted friends to thu present administration, and particularly to tho eminent citizen at iu head. This character they nud their paper still retain. They bnvo of course numerous adversaries of the opposing par ty, aud numerous rivals in tbc-irown. Somctimo beforo this application for a loau from tho Dcnlt of the Uuited estates, there bad-hem between them and some of their competitor* for party . nd pub lic favor, a newspaper war, with regard to tho conduct of tlioir jouruqJ, and tho opiuiousof itse ditur* with regard to Ibo liauk ol Ihe U, States lu allstbir. iliQ interests of rival printing office* .he Presidents of the banks, with great j.roprit ly, decliiicil lo give. They state that at oue ol i|ic- bmiks, no note is discounted if objj-< ted to by any one member of tiie Board of Directors. At liicu- ther binjk, any note is rejected to tvjiit-h Iwoul the Directors concur in objecting, mid that uu Di rector is required to assign ;t|iv reason lor his ob jection to any disc-limit. In these nisiver* ol the- two iVcvidcj-.ls, ttie sniveliber sonsiot forbear to remark a ileuioiistralioii of tile impropriety ol tiie- call by the- eujMoiitee tipon those gentlemen lor their testimony in liiis^easc. 'i lie- object ol the call was to impc-ucli the truth ol testimony given by die two witnesses, M ebb mid Noali, upon onlji before the eonusiltc-e—w itnesses illiose ycjiuitv stocal as fair before the committee as that of any otto r c-itizi n of the community, aud who, iu llic- opinion of the- subscriber, could c-oiisider the call itself on the Presidents of the New York Dunks to eontrudiit them, in no other light than that ol a gratuitous mid wanton insult upon .themselves. Of the fact that notes otlered by Wubb luid bt-c-u rsj-ets-i at the New Y'ork banks, ao doubt was or could be eutertuiiied. The rensous of the re jection were avowedly inferences of Air. Webb •mil Air. Noah w hich might even have lic-eu incur rectly drawn by them, without impeachment ol their veracity. The committee could not, iu the- opinion of the subscriber, possess the ritslit of cull ing upon the Presidents of the New York banks for the reasons of their rel using discounts to J nines Watsou Weltb, or to any other man. The call itself was a violation of individual right, uud the refusal to answer it, though iu terms entirely re pectful uud dispassionate, carries with itself a nays un the proposition, which, having been or dered nud taken, it was negatived, ayes 07, uoes 80. Air. Speight moved a call of tho House, which was continued for some time, until, on mo tion of Air. Whittlesey, of Ohio, it was suspend ed. Air. Reed, of Massachusetts, afterward* moved a postponement of the case uutil today, i-tidthe motion was earnestly supported by Air. Iv-rr as a matter of courtesy duo to Mr. Burges, who had expressed his inability, from iudisposi lion to proceed at preseut, Alt*. \\ ayne said that jio understood nt least four gentlemen, w ho him uu! yet spoken on the subject, were prepared to cuter exti-u.ively into the debate, mid it would therefore be impossible to determine the questmu that evening. He should vote, lie observed, upon tiie deiisiim for the discharge of tlov. Houston. Some further discussion took place, mid the rule, having been suspended for the purpose, an order was made that the House meet at 10 o'clock this this day. The further proceedings iu the trial was then postponed till that time, and ut 5 o' clock the House mljourmzl. Washington, May 12. In the Senate, yesterday, petitions were pre sented by Messrs." lleiinm aud Kuuc. Several hills were read a second time and ordered to a lid reading; among which were the hill giving effect to the commercial arrangement hetweeu Ihe l ai led .Stales mid the ri public of Colombia; and die Dill to amend llie act relinquishing the reversion ary interest of the United {states to a part ol the < laud reserved at the treaty of fort Jackson. Al said Gencrulhad writtcu to the Vice PruiiTJ one o'clock, the General 1 ost Office hill came up Bogota, after his arrogant pioi limiatinu m a.!. censure upon usurped authority, not undeserved "To t-his call upon the Presidents of the New York hanks, the subscriber had aaothcrobjeetion. Hie chairman of the committee had, by uu net ol Congre-s. authority to administer oaths to witness es, mid the committee had received from th House authority to send for persons and papers But the siihserihu-did uutconsider the commilli-e as possessing the power-of delegating to other men authority to take depositions from persons, whom the committee were authorized to call before th. in selves, aud to hear in person. No member tven of the committee, other than tho ciiairmau. was authorized to administer an oath. To administer oaths to witnesses w as in the competency of the chairman specialty authorized by statute. To send lor the persons and papers existing was ill the compcJeoev of the committee, authorized by the House. But ti direct to he taken, and to re rcivo as testimony, depositions of perrons whim thu committee might have summoned to appear nud testify before themselves, use ns the subscri ber believed, to transcend their lawful authority, mid to sot a precedent which would lead to most pernicious abuses. This cucroacfaiuent of powci could not lie justified by the request of the chair man of tiie committee to tile deponents, thal James Willson Webb and Murdeeai Al. Noah, the persons whose testimony it was supposei: these depositions would discredit, should hive iio lice of tiie- time mnl place, wli- ii mul where the, hou'd lie taken. To give notice' of a deposition lo lie taken to impeach die testimony of another is the duty of a pnrtv to' a cause, aud not of Bit deponent himself. Tne witness whose testimony is to ho discredited, cammt he bound to receive ii notification from the witness called to din-rcdi him. Thu volunteering of a committee- to semi forth mandates in search of contradictory evi deuce, to fasten imputations uf |>erjury upon wit nesses of veracity, liefore them unimpemhed, lt,u u tho view of the subscriber, an aspect too unjust md udious in itself, to be legitimated by miy no tice givcu to the ivituesst-s thus outraged in their fcelings aud llic-ir rights. Tile whole procedure was in the opiuiou ot the sul-seriber, unlawful mid yinjitsl.—Hu recorded against it lbs vote upon the jourmil of the committee; mid he deems it hi* duty to repeat ills protestation again,t it iu his report."' yens) of Juitifc*;j n?*in lb. United State* ■ iJaaVBi.-eniin coajpnjf,^ cf mers upright, iude- djodeee, iL:Aai j..!-'■ liiv w.i! ,.i:; i .«'.!■ - . i : tltmv do he, pi cjUim iT tu li. try v.'illing,ai;xi;i»ui HIV *<{ * gtrf bsewt ,atc rhis Hist weE* gtnat^l tin Lfbfe^Wl(%g " 1 to eiiitowbFvnrtmi aud^ic nuowUp* BPP.. public pro.1. ibif MlAMtMjffltrT'T.iTr Ini tr'i' n-T" u> a brvach^or. privilege or were thought to hsVolSx *m cujsi^ciy busMs Ohio, tu-i frxy-hyiv<i»D'tAkV(eAtMAgl Stwfll- sil.e tmfmished business, mid Mr. Dibli renewid ia the Senate bis motion which hud hccu rejei-ted yesterday iu committee of the whole, to abolish the postage 011 newspapers. Tiie yeas uud nays were takcu 011 thisquestiou, aud uie motion was rejected; yeas 22, nays 23. ’i he bill was then ordered to a third reading. The (senate then took up the lull reported by the committee ou Peusions, supplementary to the act lor the ri-licl of cc-rtaiii surviving officers and soldiers of the ar my of the revolution, the question he.ng on the motion to recommit tho bill w itli instructions so to pmend jt as to give laud in lieu of money, aud to irovide for those officers mill soldiers who lung In 11 the Indian wars, growing out of the revolu tion. At 10 o'clock the House assembled. Air. A1‘- Duffie presented the report of the minority on the United States' liauk, which was referred to a comniitive uf the whole on the state uf the Union, nud ordered lu be printed.—Ttkgtaph. Washington, May 14. Tlio Houston case was decided about 11 o'clock Al. on Saturday last, by tin- passage of the follow ing resolutions—ihe lirst by a vote of KB :o8!>, and the sci-oud, (excluding Gov. Houston is a former member of Congress, from the pri- ilt-ged seats w ithin the Huh,) by a vote of !XI :u 84. JlerohtJ, That Samuel Iloustou he brought to the bur of tho House, ou Monday next, at 12 o'clock, aud lie there reprimanded by the Spea ker, for the contempt mid violation of the privi leges of the House, of which lie has liven guil- 11, aud that he be then discharged from the 8er- ,euiu nt-Aruwu ‘JtifvlitJ, Tlmt Samuel Houston be excluded ruin the exercise of the privilege conferred by the 13th stnudmg rulo of tlio House. Washington, May 15. In the House of RcprecuutuUves, the judgment of the House un the breach uf privilege commit ted by General Houston, was delivered by the Speaker to the accused, at the bar. Air. "Flan nery afterwards, submitted a resulution, winch Washington, May 11 lutlro Senate, yesterday, a message ol a cuufi Icutiul nature was received frulu the 1‘residuil ol tile l. mted {states, by Air. Douclsoa, Ids secretary V report wus received Irom the commissioner ul tie General Gaud Office, cutuniuuig the luloroin •ou called tor liy the resolution ui the Fcu.ilc ut tne SJinlr ult. relative to du.iutn.us of public iau.is ,o Fillies, Tc-riitories, nud liuutes corporate, whic-li, eu motion uf Atr. Hendricks, wasurdcrc-u u uu jinuted. At lliu hour ut uue, tliu debate 011 atr. bibb s amendment to itm Bust office bill was ■numued by Messrs. Cluylou, Grundy mid llolint-*. Ot, the concluMuu ol the debate, thu questiou was takcu ou the iimc-udiiic-ut, nud 11 was rtjt-cleu by the following Vote: yens 22,uuy* -:3. The liill was then reported tu the Semite anieuilL-d, nud the uiucudincnls agreed to iu cumiuiuce uf tiie whole were concurred iu.— 1 he questuu ilwu was uu ordering tbu mucud incuts tu lie engrossed mid thu bill to be read a llmd time, tvhcu Air. Holmes moved nn ndjouru mrut, which was curried—uye-s Hi, uoc-s 18. lu tLclIouscot Representatives,Air. Ellsworth rc-porlcd a bill reiidc-riug penal tiie making auu truuspurtiug umutertcit turoigu coin. It w us rend twice uud tutnmilted to a committee of the whule uu tho state ut thu Uui..u. The lluuse then re sumed the debate uu the trial uf Gtu. Houston far breach of privilege. Air. Beardsley, of No-tv Yurk, proceeded with hi* argument, which bo had commenced un the preceding day, nud hav- i..g gi ue through the constitutional points ns to the privileges aud power ol tho Drith-h Parlia- meat and thu tuned Btides Congress, took a re view of the testimony which has becu given iu inr present case, nud concluded with expressing his conviction that tho ofltneo charged cues uot", under tho circumstances,- amount to a couteuipt. Mr. Sutherland next addressed the House in vin dication of its power, os the embodied represen tation uf Uie people, to protect its ciliztus, aud thereby tu protect also the freedom uf debate and the liberty.pf the pros. Mr. 'Mitchell, of Bomb Vatolina, coattticed that ibis charge did not a- Intertniina from Siu CnnaJa^W,. | iaV Mj favored with the Govcruimut Gazcti. 'r vl Grenada oi lliu 11th aud loth of Alarcb®, f ed via l’hiiadclphia. ri<t T We leant from them, by letters, & c .. i pt-c-k-d and gratifying news of th 0 *^“'1 Geu. Sniitandc-r to the 1‘resideni-y nf the , l he of New Gim.mla. That di Uuguislivd tYll 111* 1*i* is Hi nt v. . ' I having nearly recovered from an attack *.1 chest with which hq has suffered lor ,,* moullii. l ' t l On Saturday arrived in this city first enmo, dm-.t ef artillery, Joaquin Acosta, ami ™ ] c-omniimdaut ol cavalry, Btouoruto Jimja "l reiiimissioued by the government of N ln m;d», to deliver to Oen. Bauiam'cr .ij-etbl relating to Ins election as President of ikt s ,.| Very well founded hopes were l-Btettancd ij there would be no rupture between the i tw ,1 Geli, Flores and t ! 'o»e of New Ciau.nlt,; funP ogota, after Ins arrogant pioclamatinu ntp as L that he would not cross the Jllauaiubi CDlfssiJ yoked, (lu the other side n cwnims-i,,, |„| Bogota, composed of Messrs. Restrcpn. awl J Bishop of Bauta Alarm, I1111I set out far Petto, f sec (Jen. Flores, in order nu icablv to nrnim’i 1 political diflereutes t-xUliug kclwccu the 1 states. *i'hc ConstilutionofNew Grcciadn Wnsrullil ed in Bogota on tlieSCth ot Alnrcti, with pencil applause. The Vice President Senor lilarcecl had entered upon the disc lunge cf the tuiwf film-time* 011 the 11 ill of March, in cxpeciaueal the President's arrival. j All tho country w as in a state of tranquiliity.l (Jen. Santander had meditated a joururv icl Nctv England; hilt his countrymen urge liis's, e| dy return. It lias been report.-d that a plan al formed by Ids oii nt es at Jamaica to cur, r-cJ him. >Vu think it would he a very ap|iro|mi| tokqn of respect, if a passage should be offi-re him iu one of our armed ships. was adopted, for tije apjmiutuicut of a select committee of seven members, to investigate tlio ir us.ictious c-ouneeted with the alleged fraud in .he proposed contract for Indian rations. Air. Barbour of Virginia, offered a resolusion direct ing the committee ou the Judiciary to inquire iu- iu tbu expediency of reporting u bill delii ing the oil, ace ol a breach of privilege, and presc ribing the punishment for tbu same. Air. Eh-utlieros Cooke of Ultio, laid liefore the House a letter which he had received from Mr. Davis uf Bouth Carolina, (a witness in the late trial uf Gt ticra! Houston.) calling for uu explanation of a ques tion asked him by Air. Cooke, iu the House.— Air. Crime uiuvi-d to refer the letter, together with a communication from Alt'. Cooke on tho subject, to a sciei t cuimr.ittcc. A long and imimated de bate took place on (lie rrsuh.tiou uf Air. Crane, in tlio course of which Mr. Htaubery offered mi nuieudmeut lo exteud the resolution to an inqui ry whether language- had not been held, liy nn officer ul the government, calculated lo iuMigato assaults on members uf that lluuse fur wurds pokeiiiu debate. This miieiidmcut was cutoff >y tho previous questiou, which was moved liy Air. Thompson, of Georgia. Tho main ques tion was ihcu put, and rejected—ayes, 85—uoes, 87. Air. Bnrlioiir made an ineffectual attempt to call up thu Virginia Claims Dill. The House then took up the apportionment hill, and pro ceeded iu its consideration for some time, till, on notion of Air. Vance, thu House, at half past 4 o’clock, tuljm rued.—Tit.grai-h. Washington, May 10. lo the Senate, yesterday, the Vice Bresidcul communicated a rc port from the Becrelxry of thc Bt-naic, containing 11 tabular statement, exhibit ing iu our view, the rules 'uf duties under the cx- Claim op Noi'lts.—A correspondent oft New York Courier & Enquirer, under date] Washington City, May 7, write* -We have nd accurate accounts loelay of the despatches fnl Naples: It seems that the Neapolitan governroJ hesitated to Mr. Nelson's first note deniimoij indemnification, by stating that they limit t tiling of the spoliations ecimi illcd maler 1 government of King Murat. Our minister t then pereniptmy. They consent! d to lin t itl the matter, nud he gave them only tin lieu I return a definite answer: In the mean tinie.’it j expected that the President will take ditM slops to comtnimd the nttention of the Nen|is!in government. I should not lie surprised if a eg cinl message were scut to Congress on the ni jeel before the session close.'* In confirmation of the above intelligence. ( Washington Globe files a rumor, llutl n fripj and a ship of the line w ill shortly sail for die .V diterrancau. Gof/Ae.—'This celebrated author died at' r « mar, on (he 22d Mure Is, iu the iiinetiulli year <| his ngc. Commodore Morrk.—The Boston Trin- reports that ho will he called to the Navy l’nij to supply the vacancy created by the iriue&rq Commodore Patterson lo the eoininsml of iq Mediterranean squndrou; nml that 4"eimuiodurj Daiuhridge will succeed Commodore Morris I the Charlestown Navy-Y'nrd. Other rumors designate Commodore lbrn j ns the officer intended to fill the vacancy i*u Navy Board. i iting lasts, under the hill submitted by tile Se crctary of the Treasury, nud under the*two hill* reported by the committee on manufactures; an,I on motion of Air. llnyne, 1 OUO extra copies of the report and statement were ordered to <>e printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Holmes, in pursu ance of notice given yesterday, obtained leave nud introduced a bill to repeal tho postago on newspapers, which was twice rend, aud referred to the cummittce on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Dallas gave notice that he should, on Tuesday next, call up the bill to rcclnrtcr the Dank of the United States. In the House of Representatives, yesterday, after tho reception ol n message from tliu .Senate, tvilh various lulls, Air. 11. Everett of Vermont, rose and uimounccd the niulaui-holy intelligence of the death uf General Jonathan lluut, a repre sentative in Congress from that State. The House shortly afterwards adjourned. Washington, May 17. The funeral of the lion. Jonathan Hunt, late Representative in Congress from tho (state uf Vermont, took place yesterday afternoon, porta ant to order, nml attended by both Houses of Congress In cons.queuco of this IntnemnMo ovent, nei ther House of Congress sat yesterday, uor but n brief space of time ou tho day heforo. They umst labor the more assiduously for tbu days to come. Wo hope tho House of Representatives Mia, who have intermarried wiffi will not occupy more than this day on the appor- Touliqfis of hostility towards us,our <> j fur. Crane, of ysfitfa tionmeut question, should that subjectfiratpresbnt itself, ns wo prosumo it will. We arts iuformed that kills of indictment were yesterday found by the Grand Jury for the county of Washington, now sitting, against Damuol Iloustou and Morgan A. Heard, for assaults on Whs. StanHcry and Thomas D. Arnold, with in tent to kill.—Notion cl Int:lligtnc.r. S- minoh Indians.—It is rumored that fidim Gadsden has succeeded in Totaling n ircstvibj them, by which they cede their lands in t and engngo to move altogether west the Mi'Wj sippi in three years, if not sooner. A dewpfjj of chiefs is to examine tho western land aud nnt the necessary nrrnugemems. On tho nutliority of Colonel Wilfisin tho Choctaw Agent, the Washington Glebest" that the Choctaws are delighted with their r* homo west of the Mississippi. Letters from Bogota of March 9, st** ’ General Santander, at preseut in the b;^«“ has been eleited President of the Columbian 5" ernmeut by a large majority. Indian Hctlilillts.-We have been f»«* (sny the editon* ot* the Norfolk Hereon*) w* followin* eitract of a Iriler, tlMfil "Vandalia, (Illiuois) A|iril 20- .?"? morning at day light we leave this on Uw liauk expedition. , “Dlat-k Hawk has again JHotkcdidl■ rtrone w ith about 2UU0 ludiaus, nud tst-niwv furs Geuer.il Games to puss or r p»“ ,h ' 1 j,I “The Governor (Joliu Hcyuuni*) W V|. . J] press from Sr. Clair county, who fcttW'Vffl morning, for 50 men frum ihiituunt). 1,Ul ‘ ‘ 1 the liounr of being oue of the number- "1 saw a letter from Gov. Rejuolds t> t jutaut General, stating that he h»drecc.« lei from Geueral* Aikmsen uud . . t « that unless immediately relieved, tueir 1 would he desperate. . _,i • Tomorrow morning we pnrai.e ou n f square, and march hence to u ^ t mile* from this place, where we shall urg troops, &c." Surrey of the Cbtrokte • teuton t-uemei, wo copy-the , (d i a letter to tho editor of tbaipapjr 1 from » ** man engaged in the survey, dated ChcroKfe t> "U'« y nVrivcd'in our district on ing, the 21<t April, all in good he««h- uf ul day. we made a partial ex 1 aim a n ^, of the district lines nud the ['j trr Aloaday morning, stretched our «*» orsed the Stato line and then the ^ the eoventeeuth from tho muUi and '“Our appearance, and dwui'tbcar' 1 ’ cut tad iU autnoniy- , ,1,. native*^ ‘•At the time of «nr arnval.tbe t> ^ „ prompted 10 believe that they * , imydu0*i instated in «U their former levs • '‘ff ...injj but ere 1 week p»t«» «hrv rr■ ?''■ f(ft *(4 »t< rnstion nud 81-may-JB-l j have heretofore lived JU , , dloU T,a rcr l "I ivlio ara attached to d* I*"*' U : B I jisuOlmrah^wbovan^re^ tgXfcsJ BiDlSTIHC'.