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Jiferrllnimnis. [ From the Baltimore S«»] Annual Baport of lha Secretary of tba V. State* j Treasury. We have this document at length in full, a* it ■ goes into Congress. Much of the matter eon- j tained therein haa been anticipated in the other department report*, he It opens with a detail ed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Government, during the year to June 30, 1851, and the estimates for the year to June 30, 1852. which have been before noted. A table is given, showing the increased expenditures ($9,- .'>49.080 12) on account of our new territorial IKjssession*, towards which a liberal policy i* re commended, as th?y will ultimately amply repay the present expenditures by permanent and pow erful au 'mentation of the national wealth. Add for the ordinary expenses of the Government ss per estimates, $33,343,219 07 and we have the ium of *42.892.209 19 as tire total estimated de mands upon the Treasury for the next fisca year leaving (the report says) an estimated balance in the Treasuij, on the Ist of July, 1853. of $20,366,443 90. This sum, it is believed, will lie ample to meet the amount required on that day for the redemption of the loan of 1843, then due, of $8,237,931 35, and such additional appro priations beyond the estimates submitted as may be made during the present and next sessions of Congress. The table ol the public debt, as published in the Sun last week, is then given, and the pith ol the report, including important recommendations by Mr. Corwin on the subject of the tariff, the iron interests, See., succeeds as lollows: WAVS AND MEANS. The receipts from customs for the last fiscal year, as before stated, were upwards of forty-nine millions of dollars. Should our importations of foreign merchandize for the current and next fis cal year equal those of the past year, the revenue from that source for the three years ending 30th June, 1853, will have been about $150,000,000. Aside from demands upon the treasury for our new territories, this sum would have been suffi cient to have met the ordinary expenses of the government and to have liquidated the entire pub lic debt. Notwithstanding those extraordinary demands, there has been effected, since the first of December last, a redemption of the registered debt to the extent of $1,667,843 11. Daring the next fiscal year the loan of 3d March, 1813, due Ist July, 1853, must be provided for, and it is expected may be paid in cash out of the receipts from the usual sources of revenue. The amounts of the land found to be invested in accordance with law will probably amount to about $925,- 000. The old funded and unfunded debt, with the annual payments on account of the debt of the District cities, will probably amount to a iurther sum of $61,800, making an aggregate pro posed redemption of the public debt during the next fiscal year of $7,234,792 35. The premiums paid on $2,523,200 of certifi cates of Government stock purchased at market rates amounted to $325,650 24, or at a cost of more than one-sight h of the entire debt purchas ed. These rates, if applied to the whole debt as it stood on the 20th November last, would re quire for its liquidation, in addition to that amount, about tbe sum of $8,074,318 57. The probability is that increased rates will follow a known demand by the Government. It may well be questioned whether sound policy does not demand that some discretion shall be given to the Department ttf purchase, out of any available surplus State stocks, when it can be done at or near par value, to be held as a sinking fund towards trie redemption of the public debt as it becomes due, and thus save to tne government the large premium, which otherwise will be required in the redemption by purchase, at market prices, ol tbe stock of the U. States. In the opinion of this Department such a course is desirable, and it is submitted for such action thereon as may be thought expedient. The language of the act of 28th September, 1850, extending the grants of lands, has prevent ed the warrants issued, by virtue thereof from l«ssing into the hands of the actual settlers by assignment; amt consequently the receipts from that source have not been seriously affected by that act. The receipts from sales of the public lands, for the quarter ending3oth September last, indicate a revenue from that source for the cur rent year, of upwards of two millions of dollars. Any excess of receipts, over the expenses con nected therewith, is already appropriated, and therefore those receipts, whether more or less, cannot affect the balance in the Treasury, sub set to appropriation at the eml of the fiscal year. he greater or less amount of public debt re deemed will depend upon the iucrease or diminu tion of such receipts. The revenue from imports, consequently, is the great source upon which the country has to depend for the means to carry on the government. The unexpected addition to the boundaries of our country, covering an area of more than five hundred and twenty-six thousand square miles, lias without doubt been one cause of the large and sudden increase of our foreign importations, and consequent increased receipts from custom duties.—Our expenses consequent upon such ac quisition have more than kept pace with the in crease of receipts and they will remain perma nent charges upon the Treasury. Revenue to meet these required expenditures must be pro vided for, and that during a period when our pub lic debt is maturing. It cannot for one moment be thought advisable to presuppose a renewal of any portion of such debt, and therefore it should be our aim to obtain revenue sufficient to meet these maturing liabilities, in addition to the an nual expenses of the Government. The receipts from all sources for the last fiscal year amounted to $52,312,979 87 The appropriations to 51,428,414 46 Being an excess of receipts of 884,565 41 The estimated aggregate receipts for the current fiscal year are placed at $51,500,000. The ex penditures, as estimated and appropriated, amount to $50,952,902 59, being an excess of estimated receipts over estimated expenditures of $547,097 41. The receipts for the next fiscal year are esti mated at $51,800,000, the expenditures at $42,- 892,299 19, being an excess of receipts over ex penditures of $8,907,700 81. Making an aggre gate estimated excess of receipts over expendi tures for the three years ending 30th June, 1853, of $10,339,363 63; subject, however, to a reduc tion to the extent of any appropriations which may be made for this or the next fiscal years ad ditional to the estimates submitted. Should Congress appropriate to meet lire or dinary wants of the government, and to cover the expenditures required by our new territories, as submitted by this department, the balance, at the close of the fiscal year, ending 30th June, 1853, will be more than sufficient to meet the amount required on the first of July following, for the redemption of ibe public debt due on that day. The question presents itself, in view of the absolute necessity fora continuance of the present receipts from customs, whether in all the bran ches of the industry of our country there is that healthy and vigorous action which is the basis of substantial and lasting prosperity. Without this we can with no certainty presume upon and fix ed amount of continuous receipts. The gross exports for the last fiscal yeaar amounted to $217,517,130; of which there was of specie $29,231,880, and of foreign merchandise re-exported $6,738,695, leaving, as the exports of domestic productions, the sum of $178,540,555. — This presents a large increase upon like exports of any previous year, and exceeds that of the last fiscal year in the sum of $43,646,322. I regret that this increase is merely of an accidental na ture, and likely to be confined to the year just past. For the year ending the 30th June, 1850, there were exported 035,381,604 pounds of cot ton, at uk average value of 11.3 cents per pound, giving an aggregate value of $71,984,610, while 1,026,602,269 pounds exported the year previous was valued at $66,396,967. For the year en ding 30th June lost, there were exported 927,- 237,089 pounds, valued at $112,315,317, averag ing 12 11-100 cents per] pound; thus exhibiting an apparent excers in the value of this staple alone, over that of the previous year, of $40,- 330.701. The very deficient crop of 1819-50 caused au enhancement in the value of cotton of nearly double that of the previous year, and a still fur ther advance upon the average price of the last year, thus giving the large excess in the aggre- Kte value of the exports before stated. It must borne in mind, however, that these values as reported are not always the prices realized on •\Ua abroad. They are the declared values of the exporters from our country, against which bills of exchange are usually drawn—and not the price* received on actual sales: and it is notori ous that the immense losses on the shipments of cotton during the last year have reduced the amount actually realized’on the sales iu Kurope very lar below the official value iu the custom house returns. The crop of the present year has exceeded that of the last, and will, from its abun dance. probably restore the aggregate value to near the average of previous years. The ex poets of breadstuff, and provisions, in 1847, were $68,701,921; iu 1849 $38,155,507; and in 1851 $21,048,653, which latter ex ceeds the exports of 1810, when the com laws of F.ngland were in full force, only $2,881,118, The expoits of riee for the last fiscal year, as compared with the previous year, exhibit a de crease of $460,917, and that ot tobacco a de crease of $695,834. The products of planting and agriculture for the past year have been unu sually large. AH Kurope, with inconsiderable exceptions, has been blessed with like abun dance; and without some unexpected disturbing causes, seriously affecting markets abroad, there 1 u every reason to anticipate a still further de cline in our exports for the coming year. Our total imjiorts for the last year amount to $215,725,995, producing revenue of more than ; forty-nine millions of dojlars. The ballances of ' trade during that period, in addition to the large 1 amount of the various stocks of the country, caused an export of upwards of twenty-nine ' million* of specie. The export ot the precious metals still continues, and .at rapidly increasing ratio, having amounted already, tu the first five months ot' the current fiscal year, t0§27.394,236, which is nearly equal to the export for the entire 1 yeti ending 3Mb June, 1851. Thi* increased ratio In ttie export of specie j continues, notwithstanding the large supply of < foreign exchange, predicated ups* the shipment i of the cottou crop, which is now rapidly re*ch- . ing the seaports at European market* in veiy , large quantities. Wiren the bulk of thj. crop has been shipped and supply of CPtton bills con- t sequently dtSTmiohod, the expwt demand for specie will of course be *tiU further mapeawd, ! unless there should be a very large tailing a a «? « the heavy importations of foreign productions. t With abundant and plentiful harvests, both at i home and abrotd, with a large excess in the pro , uctfoa of cottou over that of the previous years, j and its consequent decline in value, and with no evi-iences of any increased demand abroad for our general exports, the grave and difficult ques tion of our ability to pay for these continued large importations presents itself lor the consid eration of Coogress. Should the large importation of foreign fabric* continue to increase until they dnve from the market the like s.'tides of domestic manufac ture. it follows as inevitable that tbe labor of our iienple now engaged in manufacture* must be driven mainly into planting and farming. They . must, with eqnal certainty, produce a supers- > bundance of the latter products with no increas ed market for them abroad, and a greatly ditnin- j ished demand for them at borne. If this state ol things shall be realized, it fid- ■ lows that the ability of the people to purchase foreign commodities will be destroyed; iinpor tat ions must greatly diminish in amount, and the revenue at once sink far below its present swollen amount. It should constantly be kept in view that our system of revenue is not com pulsory, but depends solely on tbe voluntary contribu’ions of tbe people. ltour citizens re fuse, or are unable to purchase foreign goods, the revenue now almost solely relied on must cease, and the Government he driven to direct taxa tion for its annua] support, and the ultimate li quidation of a large public debt. From these considerations arises tbe great duty ; of Congress so to regulate foreign commerce, if possible, as to cherish that labor at home, the proceed* of which are our sole reliance for tbe revenues indispensible to the wants of tbe gov ernment. I respectfully refer to the suggestion on this subject in my report to tbe last session of Con gress. The experience of the last year has de veloped no facts which induce rne to question the propriety of ti e changes in the present tariff laws which I then submitteU to Congress; on tee contrary, information derived from the most re liable sources has confirmed what was then anti cipated. Much of the raw cotton formerly wrought into fabrics by tbe labor of our citizens now goes abroad, and returns to us for sale in a form vastly augmented in value, and to that extent the tabor ol our own citizens has been diminished in value and driven into other pur suits. The history of iron manufacture for the last few years furnishes an instructive lesson to the statesmen of this country. This article enters into such general use in every occupation of life in all countries advanced beyond tbe first step of civilization, that it may welt take rank amongst the necessaries of life in this country. The importations of bar and pig iron for the year ending 30th September, 1842, {Torn. were 100,055 Tbe estimated production in the United States for that period was 230,000 Making an aggregate consumption 0f... 330,055 or 40} pounds per head. In 1846, the importations were. .. 69,625 and the production estimated at 765,000 Consumption 834,625 or 92 lbs. per bead. In 1848, the importations were 153,377 and the production 800,000 Consumption 953,377 or 991 lbs. per head. In 1849, the importations were 289,687 the production 650,000 Consumption 039,687 or 95{ lbs. per head. In 1800, the importations were 337,582 the production 564,000 Consumption 901,582 or 861 lbs. per head. In 1851, the importations were 341,750 the production 413,000 Consumpiton 704,750 or 69 J lbs. per head. Thus we preceive that the actual consumption of iron which, under high duties and prices, was steadily augmenting in quality, is, under the pre sent reduced rates, both in duties and prices, gra dually falling off, notwithstanding the increase of population and the great extension of our farming interests. ! That thin great interest is in a most depressed condition, the foregoing comparative-production . being for the present year less than one-half the | capacity of the works, sufficiently attests. From the evidence furnished to this Department, it is - clear that the rolling-mills, the charcoal furnaces and forges; are utterly unable to produce iron at . the prices at which it is now imported. During the last year many establishments were enabled to survive only by carrying the iron to the high » stages of manufacture, as the making of nails and , forged woik. At the present time the prices are below the cost of production. If the present po- C licy continues, we must witness in a short time the total prostration of this industry, which, once L ' destroyed, will require mmy years to replace it upon its present footing as to skill and experience; e and we shall become dependent upon foreign ’’ countries for the most impoitant material in the 1 arts of peace, and the most indispensable of the muniments of war. I present with this report several tables in- D tended to show the sudden and extraordinary fall _ in the invoice values of certain articles which, , prior to the tariff act of 1846, had been subject to t specific duties, but which by that law were made ,f subject to duties ad valorem. It must be appa j rent, from these tables, that great frauds are t practised by under valuations daily, which no . expedient can prevent, unless such articles as are set forth in these tables are charged with specific | instead of ad valorem duties. 7 The remainder of this report, occupying three I] columns, is taken up with a reference to the - Coast Survey, Mint, and miscellaneous matters; 1 but as all the principal facts given have already t appeared in our columns, we omit its publication now. We may add, however, that the Secre t tary, in order to prevent the United States from I being drained of its silver coin, by large ship -1 ments to Europe, proposes a reduction in its in trinsic value, by making our dollar weigh three hunred and eighty-four grains, and the smaller coins in proportion; so that eight hundred ounces of such coin should be worth by tale exactly sl, ’ 000. It this plan, says the report, is adopted by Congress, it of course will involve the necessity of making silver coin a legal tender only for debts ’ of small amount, say not exceeding ten dollars, , which is about the same limit (forty shillings) which has beeu established in Great Britain. The report also recommends the establishment of Branch Mints at New York and San Francis ( co, and the discontinuance of those in North Carolina and Georgia, except as assay offices. 1 (From ihe Baltimore American.) Thirty Second Congress—Firs} Session. . Washington Jan. 5,1853. i SENATE. At an early hour,the various passages and lob » bies of the Capitol leading to the Senate cham t her were thronged and crowded. At eleven o’clock the doors were open, and the galleries [. were soon filled. C At twelve o’clock the Senate was called to or s der, and the vast crowd were comparatively quiet during the prayer. A large number of petitions were presented, and several reports on private cases were made. r On motion of Mr. Mangmn, the rules were * tuspeneiled, so as to admit ladies to the floor of v. the Senate; and, accordingly, Mr. Gwin entered 1 with Madame Kossuth, followed by Pulsky and several ladies. Every available standing place ? in the Senate was at once occupied by ladies. ? Several Senators gave notice ot bills, among them Mr. Rusk gave notice of a joint resolution ’ authorizing the Postmaster General to contract c for an ice-boat, to be placed on the Potomac. The following bills were then taken up, con ’ sidered and ordered to be engrossed ; An act for the relief of the heirs of Judith Worthen; au act | for the relief of Sydne. A. Alcott; an act grant ing a pension to Sally J. Floyd; an act authoris ' ing Victor Moras to exchange certain lands en tered by him. A bill to revive the act of 1816, granting pen sions to willows of deceased soldiers of the war of 1812 —a pension for the residue of their lives— was taken up, and after debate the bill was laid on the table. The Senate then, on motion, took up the bill for the relief of Wm. Darby, and after some re marks by Mr. Downs in its favor, it was laid on the table till after the reception of Kossuth. At one o’clock Gov. Kossuth entered the Se nate, leaning on the arm of General Shields, and accompanied by Messrs. Cass and Seward, and others of bis suite. When arrived at the bar, General Shields said ; “ Mr. President, we have the honor to introduce Louis Kossuth to the Se nate of the Uni'ed States.” The chair requested the committee to conduct M. Kossuth to a seat. The committee conduct ed him to a seat in front of the Secretary’s desk. Mr. Mangum said, tba.k in order that all might ! have an opportunity of paying their respects to j the illustrious guest, he would move the Senate adjourn. And the motion was agreed to. M. Kossuth remained in the Senate Chamber some 20 minutes, receiving introductions to ; j Senators, ladies, and others, and then retired. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. | The Speaker stated that he had made the en , quiries consequent upon the motion of Mr. Chan j dter, of Pennsylvania, relative to providing for the comfort of members, and made a suggestion which the door-keeper was directed to carry into effect. Mr. Carter, of Ohio, moved the suspension j of the rules, for the purpose of submitting the re solution authorising the apjwintinent of a com mittee of five members to welcome Louis Kos- ; sulh, and introduce him to the House. Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, proposed an amend ment, that the Chairman introduce M. Kossuth with these words—We introduce Louis Kossuth —and that the members then rise, and the Speaker invite him to take a seat, which was objected to, and therefore could not be put. The yeas and nays were then taken on Mr Cartel’s motion, which Was canted —yeas 117. < nays 31. , The previous question having been carried, , Mr. C-apter moved the adoption of the resolution, ' upon which th/t decision was 123 in the affirma- ( tive and 54 in the negative. A resolution was made to refer a hill relative to < pqhJ* Uufo in the territory of Minnesota to the i Committee public lands instead of the Com- ' ° n Territory which was supported bv i Mr. Hall ol Missouri, the thiirejan of the forme'r t committee. , ifr Richardson, of Illinois, expressed a Uag that the Committee would report some system of | 1 opening roads thnwgli the public lands of the r States as well as Territories; and that the gov- a eminent would deal liberally as to donations, and e thus promote the settlement of the territories at : t fast as possible. | a The mot.on was then agreed to. a Mr. Bayley, of Virginia, moved for the sas ; n pension of the Rules, and submitted a resolution calling on the President for information with re ference to the proposition of the British govern ment for selling colored persons in the West In dies, and suggesting that a law be passed, ren dering binding Mich agreements as might be en tered ir. to. Tbe rides were suspended and the resolution passed. Mr. McNair, of Pa., moved (or leave to intro duce a resolution for appointing a committee to exaniiae the foundations of tbe wings of the cajutol. and to report if they are of sufficient strength to support tbe building which it is in tended to erect thereon. Tellers were appointed, but no quorum voting it was proposed that tbe House adjourn Mr. McNair again called for tellers, but no quorum voting a econJ time, a motion was car ried to adjourn till to-morrow at 12 o’clock. Washington, Jan. 6, 1852. SENATE. The cliaii laid before the Seuate a communi n'. ior> from the Secretary of tbe Navy, enclosing a memorial from the seamen and petty officers of the IT. S. naval squadron in the Pacific asking an increase of compensation. The chair laid before the Senate the annual rejfoit of the Secretary of the Treasury: referred to the committee on finance, and o«. motion by Mr. Humter 10,000 extra copies were ordered to be printed. (),i motion by Mr. Bradbury all the memorials presented during the last Congress, praying in- ! demnity for spoliations by the French prior to ISOI, were taken from the files, and were refered ! to the select committee on that subject. .Mr. Gwin moved that the petition praying a! restoration of Hogging in the navy, which had i been laid on the table, be now taken up. Mr. Bright said that this day had been fixed j for the consideration of the subject of printing ! the census returns. Mr. Gwin said that the Senator from New ! Jersey had expressed a desire to speak on the ! subject, arid if he was satisfied with the post- . ponement of the subject, Le would withdraw his motion. Mr. Stockton expressed himself perfectly satis- j tied, so long as tbe subject remained wher- it 1 was now—on the table. Mr. Gwin withdrew j his motion. Mr. Shields reported the bill to increase the j efficiency of the array, by proving a retired list 1 for disabled officers. -Mr. Hunter reported back the bill from the House appropriating five thousand dollars to re pair the injuries caused by the late fire in the Capitol, with an amendment appropriating ten thousand dollars, to lie expended under the di rection of the Joint Committee on tbe Library. The amendment was agreed to. and the bill was ; ordered to be engrossed, and subsequently it was I read a third time and passed. A resolution directing an inquiry into the pro priety of fixing up the document room and the adjoining |iassagu for the temporary reception of the books belonging to tbe library, was adopted. The Senate then took up the joint resolution directing the committee on printing to contract with Messrs. Donaldson and Armstrong for print ing the returns of the seventh census. Mr. Borland moved to amend the resolution by substituting front tbe committee on printing, and inserting tbe secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House; and after a long debate the amendment was withdrawn, aud tbe subject was postponed till to-morrow. A message was received from the President, recommending an immediate appropriation to de fray the expenses home, &c., of the Americans who were engaged in the Lopez expedition, and who have since been pardoned. Referred to the | Finance Committee. The bill for the relief of Wm. Darby was ta- I ken up, and, after debate, was ordored to a third '■ reading. The bills, yesterday ordered to a third reading, were taken up and passed. And then the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The journals having been read, Mr. Carter, chairman of the committee appointed to waiton Louis Kossuth, reported that it would be pre pared to introduce M. Kossuth to the House to morrow at one o’clock, and recommended that the same etiquette be observed as was adopted ; in the Senate. The committee consists of Messrs. Carrier, Gentry, Clingman, Peaselee and Barton, of Ky. The Speaker under the rules, called for the re j ports of committees. Mr. Houston, of Ala., chairman of the commit | tee on Ways and Means, reported several bills of the usual nature, providing for the current and i contingent expenses of departments, which were ■ referred to the committee on the state of the i Union, and ordered to be printed; also a bill for ; carrying out the 12th article of the treaty with I Mexico Mr. Houston also reported back from thecom e mittee, an account of Boyd Hamilton for prin , ting the annual estimates, which he proposed should be referred to the committee on printing. *’ The object of reporting back the account alluded 11 to, was, he said, to settle a principle—whether R the estimates should he paid lor as a job, or under contract by the public printer. It had been usual for the Secretary of the Treasury to pay - the account and have the estimates printed with '1 the other documents belonging to his department; h but which at present he refuses to do. 0 The account was ultimately referred to the 8 committee on printing. Mr. Seymour, of N. Y., chairman of * le eom e mittee on commerce, reported a resolution au -0 ttiorizing the employment of a Clerk which was e laid on the (able. c The committee on agriculture reported a bill to encourage commerce, manufactures, agricul e ture, and other branches of industry, by granting e to every head of a family who should settle on it ; a homestead of a family of 160 acres of land, y which the Chairman was instructed to move n should he the order of the day for the first of Feb - ruary. It was subsequently ordered to be refer n red to the committee on the state of the Union, i- and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bernhessell of Utah, called the attention e of the House to a garbled statement of the dici r sion of the Judges of that territory, with refer s ence to the Mormons, and requesting a suspension , of an expression of an opinion for the present, y and in reply to a remark of Mr. Cartter, de yr claimed any participation to the publication, s The subject here dropped. •i Mr, Hammond, Chairman of the Committee I on Engravings, reported a resolution, authorising L the committee to contract for the engraving of t the plates accompanying the President’s Mes * sage, provided it would not exceed SI,OOO, and h also the engravings of fortifications, not to ex ceed S7OO, accompanying the Report of the Se cretary of War. « The resolution was laid on the table. A message was laid before the House accom panied by a report of the Secretary of State re lative to the prisoners belonging to the Lopez - expedition who had beep sent to Spain, and re - commending the appropriation suggested by the a Secretary of State. The message and report s were, on motion of Mr. Bayley, referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be - printed. f Other reports from heads of departments were received and referred to the appropriate Commit- I) tees. A communication was submitted by the Speak -8 er from the territory of Minnesota, in compliance ’• with the act establishing a territorial distnet, and I forwarding the laws which has been passed. 1 Upon motion of Mr. Hoaston, the House went 8 into Committee on the State of the Union, for the purpose of taking up the Rules which he had » reported, 1 The House having resolved itself into Commit t tee, Mr. Robinson, oflndiana, referred to the cir cumstance of the Committee on Commerce hav ’ ing cognizance of harbours,forming a sort of reser r voir, from which eminated what are termed ■ Omnibus Bills, and alluded to the Bill of last • session, which foiled in the Senate. He then remarked upon the construction of the Commit tee, on which the northwest is not represented. He was friendly to the appropriation for the great rivers to a certain extent and for harbours which came within the constitutional rule. Mr. Seymour, of New York, said the policy of Congress hed been changed, and the committee attended to foreign commerce to the exclusion of internal improvement. He thought the proper course would be to report a bill providing for those works that are going to decay; and that the commerce of the country should receive the most impartial consideration. He considered the interests of commerce on the sea-board in the northern ports and on the great rivers as identi cal. Mr. Houston replied to the remarks and vin dicated the course that had been pursued by the Committee on Commerce. The object of going into eommittee, however, he said, was to take up the bills which he had reported; ami a mo tion prevailed to lay aside the President’s mes | sage with that view. Mr. Houston then called the attention of the j Committee, to the bill relative to the 12th article of the treaty with Mexico, and spoke of the ne cessity of an early appropriation to enable the government to pay the last instalment. He ex plained the meaning of the article, by which 1 twelve millions of dollars were to be paid to Mexico, each instalment to be three millions, exclusive ot the interest on the amount remain ing due. Mr. McMullin, of Va., desired to know to whom and through whom the instalment is to be paid. Mr. Houston said he could not answer the , question. Mr. Bayly, of Va. said his colleague, Mr. Mc- Mullin was in error in supposing that by the ac- < | tion of Government a loss of sixty or eighty i ; thousand dollars had been sustained; and enter- , ed into an explanation similar to that which he i made last session, when be exonerated the ad ministration from all blame. > < Mr. McMullin said be understood from good 1 authority that there was a house which would j have undertaken to pay the instalment, by ; which a saving would have been effected to the extent alluded to; and he hoped the Chairman j of the Committee of Ways and Means would > J give the subject his serious consideration. * Mr. Houston said it was not the province of the proposition at the committee to entertain j propositions from any quarter; gl] they had to • do was to recommend the appropriation of monies * and leave the responsibility of the expenditure j with the Executive. All the committee on the ‘ State of the Union had to do was to enquire if the money is due in the present instance and to 1 vote it. , • I Mr. Bayly concurred p the ?*¥ b 7 € Mr. Jfcyston. find the course pursued b J the com- 1 mittee of Ways gnd Means, which is the same } as that pursued during the session by a form- u er committee. The offer to which bis colleague >, had alluded, he said, could not be accepted, unless another treaty were made; and he denied that j c any pecuniary injury had been sustained in the , ii manner alluded to. j Mr. Hibberd, of N. H., while he admitted that tbe House should not assume the responsibly, expressed bimeslf as not being satisfied with the explanations that had been made. Mr. McMullen was opposed to so prompt a manner of passing Bills. He wished further tune for consideration, and wished the question to be iairij understood by the House and the country. A motion was then agreed to, that the com mittee rise, and tbe House adjourned at a few minutes after three o’clock. Washtnotok, Jan. 7, 1852. SENATE. Mr. Clemens presented the petition of Wil liam Scott Hayne, one of the commanders of the Lopex expedition, praying Congress to equip a vessel to proceed to Spain to bring home the pardoned Americans: which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Sumner presented a petition from Boston, praying that the charges upon American exhibi tors at the World's Fair be paid by tbe United States. Messrs. Wade and Brodbead presented the me morials of persons whose claims were rejected by the late board of claims upon Mexico, and ask ing the establishment of a new board. Mr. Fish presented the resolution of the New Fork City Councils, tendering to the United States a lot of ground in that city on which to erect a mint; which was referred to tbe Finance Committee. Other petitions and memorials, reports, &c. were presented. Mr. Gwin moved that the petition praying the restriction of Hogging in the navy should be taken from the table, and moved its reference. Mr. Stockton addressed the Senate against flogging being adopted as a punishment of Amer ican sailors. Mr. Badger continued the debate, and the sub ject was finally postponed until Monday. The Senate then adjourned until Friday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. At 1 o’clock the House was called to order and the journal read. Shortly alterwards Mr. Carter introduced Gov. Kossuth and announced his presence in the House. Mr. Speaker Boyd welcomed him, and invited him to a seat. Kossouth, in the following brief aud appropri ate remarks, acknowledged the distinguished honor thus conferred upon him. Sir—lt is a remarkable fact in the history of mankind, that while, through all the past, hon ors were bestowed upon glory and glory was at tached to success, the legislative authorities of this great Republic bestow honors upon a pre -1 sented exile, not conspicous by glory, not favored 1 by success, but engaged in a just cause. There is a triumph of republican principles in this fact. ■ Sir, I tbauk, in my own and in my country’s ' name, the House of Representatives of the Uni- I - ted States for the honor of this cordial welcome. On motion, the House then adjourned until i Friday. : A vast number of members and others then pressed around Kossuth, and were introduced to him. i Washington, Jan. 9,1852. , SENATE. I Mr. Soule appeared in his seat to-day. ‘ The Chair laid before the Senate a message < from the President, enclosing a copy of a note from Mr. Crampton, of the British legation, com i muuicating a resolution of the Canadian Legis lative Council, expressing the satisfaction with i which they have received the munificent ilona* I tions from Congress, and from the Legislatures of > Vermont aud New York, in aid of the re-con struction of the Library of the Canadian Parlia ment. Laid on the table and ordered to be print -1 ed. The Chair also laid before the Senate a com i munication from the Secretary of State of Ter ritory of New Mexico, enclosing cop’es of the acts and resolutions of the Legislature of that Ter ritory. Aftei some debate, the consideration of private , bills was postponed till one o’clock, i Mr. Clarke introduced a bill to remit and re fund certain duties paid on goods, wares and ■ merchandize destroyed by fire. t Mr. Hunter, from the committee on public 1 buildings, reported a bill making an appropria . tion of $1,200 to fit up the congressional doeu , meat room for the temporary reception of the books belonging to the congressional library, and • it was ordered to be engrossed for a third rea ding, and subsequently it was passed. Mr. Rush reported back the joint resolution of f the House of Representatives, authorizing the 1 Postmaster General to confirm certain contracts i for the transportation of the mail in California » and Oregon, and the bill was ordered to be en r grossed for a third reading, l Mr. Gwin moved that the consideration of private bills be postponed till next Friday, and - after debate tbe motion was withdrawn. The Senate then took up the private calendar, 1 and after passing several bills adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ‘ Mr. Bayly, of Virginia, moved that the House resolve itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose ot taking up the private calendar. The House went into committee and took up ’ and disposed of a number of private bills. The House resumed, and a motion was carried ’’ that when it adjourn, it stands adjourned till Monday. E A message was received tiom the President of the United States, communicating reports from departments, and the laws and ordinances of New Mexico and Minnesota; also the report of s the Secretary ofState, in conformity with the . resolution of the House, of the 15th ult., relative to the territory of U tah. ~ Mr. Polk, of Tennessee, moved that the report \ be referred to the committee on territories, and , printed. ’ Mr. Bernhisel, from Utah, moved that the re- B port be read and printed. He said it contained incorrect statements, which he asserted, from his own knowledge; and he ventured to assert that '* the committee to which the report should be re ferred would come to the same conclusion. He 1 was deserious of refeiring the report to the judi ciary committee. Mr. Giddings said he was willing to com ™ ply with the request of the representative from ’ Utah, and as a member of tne Committee on Territories, was willing that the report should he referred to the Judiciary Committee. The reading of the 9th rule was here called e for, which provides that it is the business of the 5 Committee on Territories to take cognizance of I the laws, ordinances and affairs of territories. Mr. McLanahan. of Pa., deemed it a matter J of courtesy, and also in accordance with the - rules, to refer the report to the Committee on - Territories, with which originated the call for the information now received. Mr. Houston, of Ala., thought if the subject - lay over till next day, it would appear in the - morning papers, and members might then decide i'■ as to the necessity of presenting the report. Mr. Bernhisel submitted a resolution that was e objected to, but which was read for information, t that the committee to whom shall be referred the e report of officers who have returned to the United e States shall have power to send for persons and papers—and that commissioners in Utah be au » thorised to take depositions, and that the terri tory have power to retain counsel. I he report was finally referred to the com - mittee on territories. j A discussion followed, with reference to the 1 printing of the laws and constitutions of the ter ritories of New Mexico and Minnesota; during t which Mr. Meade, of Va., said he understood r that the constitution referred to was drawn up and written out by a private in General Kear ney’s army; and that that private is now a t member of the House of Representatives: which was an additional inducement with him for the printing of the laws and constitution. Mr. Bayly, of Virginia, was strenuous in bis I desire to nave the laws, ice., printed. He «aid that unless Congress kept its eye upon the Ter ritory of Utah, occurrences would happen in that quarter which were not dreamed of. He want ed to see the laws that were passed by all the new territories. The House had the power of vetoing these laws: written by a private soldier of the army or a general. He had no great opin ion of constitutions that were framed by military men. The discussion seeming to be interminable, a motion was made and carried that the House ad journ, which consequently stands adjourned till Monday. A correpondent of the Montgomery Journal writing from Abbefoil, Macon county, (Ala.,) gives the following singular record of fatal acci dents: “A gloom was thrown over this community on the Ist ult., by the sudden death of Mr. Hec tor Blue. The deceased was attending a gram mar school, and at 12 o’clock, he and another young man, for pastime, concluded to try the speed of their horses, and at the end of the dis tance agreed upon between them, Blue’s horse left the road, throwing him against a tree. He was so injured that he died about three hours afterwards. U A race came off at Blue's Store, Pike county, on Saturday last, and one of the riders, Mr. Blunt Pierce, a son of William Pierce, was thrown from his horse, and was so injured that he died on Tuesday night last. Also, on the same day, Mr. John Owen, an aged man, returning home from the same place, his horse ran with him. he was thrown, his leg or thigh broken, and he has since died.” . jp Southwestern Railroad Contention.— : Tuesday's New-Orleans papers bring as the first day’s proceedings of this convention, now in session in that city. A large number of dele ] gates were in attendance from different portions ot Louisiana, besides which, each of the States of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Flori da, Missouri. Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, was respectably represented. The delegates from Alabama were as follows: T. B. Goldsby, P. J. Weaver, J. W. Lapsley, Geo P. Blevins, W. T. BurrelL J. P. Perham. The convention was organized by the appoint ment of the following officers:— President, Ex (rov, Alex. Mouton, of La. Vice Pretidcjits.—C. S. Tarpley, Miss. Jos. Forsyth, Florida, Gen. I*,.C. Polk, Tenn., Wm N. Burnwell. Va., Amos Moore, Texas, H. Chouteau, Missouri, J. P. Perham, Al*-, J. N. Readies. Ky., Judge J. Campbell, La., Abaalom Fowler, Arif-, Secretaries. —John Calhoun, La., R- C. Farrc ly, Ark., Victor Wilis, La., John Dnasan, Mias. After the organization, the convention was entertained with speeches by Mr. Burwell. of Virginia, Albert Pike, of Arkansas, and J. S. Verger, qf Mississippi. Tbe latter gentleman uttered some home tiutha, a portion of which we intended copying, but have pot room to-day. Tuesday’s evening edition of the Picayune contains a portion of the second day’s panceed ings, but we find nothing of ipuch interest Mobile Advertiser. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. Legislative Proceedings. Mn.i.KD.ir.viLi.K, Monday Night,) January, sth, 1852. j In the Senate, this morning, Mr. Anderson, from the committee on Internal Improvements, reported the Bill of the House for the govern ment of the Western k Atlantic Rail Road with one or two immaterial amendments. The Bill was then referred to a Special Committee,consist ing of Messrs. Foster, Bethune, Cone. Harde man and Wellborn, with instructions to report in the morning. There is a probability that the Special Committee will report a substitute for the present Bill. It is evident that there is con siderable dissatisfaction with the Bill as it passed the House of Representatives. Unless there is a change made in the government of the Road the appropriation will be bitterly opposed by several of the leading Senators. As a slight in dication of the feeling in the Senate, it may be remarked, that although both the Bill for the go vernment of. and the Bill for the appropriation to the Road were the special order for to-day, yet as soon as the former was referred to a Special Committee the latter was taken up aud made the special order for the day after the disposal of the former. Mr. Foster, the chairman of the Special Committee seems to favor a Board of Directors, consisting of eight persons; one to be elected by the people from each Congressional District. It is currently reported that the present organ ization will be pertinaciously adhered to by many, that they or their friends may receive their reward from his Excellency “ for work and la bor done’’ in the last campaign. It is to be hoped that the well known wishes of the people will be regarded, and the power of appointment in this matter taken from the hands ol' the Execu tive, regardless of the importunities of spoils seeking politicians. The committee on new counties reported un favorably of the Bill to make a new county out of Troupe and Harris, and the report was agreed to by the Senate. New counties fare but poorly in either House now. They are summarily dis posed of, without any kind ol hesitation. It is a matter of considerable regret that the log-rol ling on that subject could not have been checked earlier. It is a matter of remark with the oldest Senators, that they never have known log-rolling carried to such an extent in any Legislature as * in the present. However, the Union it taved. and what is the difference. Mr. Coffee reported a Bill to construct a Rail ■ Road from the terminus of the North Carolina Rail Road, byway of Clayton, Rabun county, to [ intersect the South Carolina Rail Road at An derson Court House. Mr. Beavers reported a Bill to amend the act ; of 1847, to compensate the Jurors of Campbell county, and to authorize the Inferior Court to levy an extra tax for that purpose. MrqHarman reported a Bill to incorporate the Barnesville and Culloden Rail R^ad. Mr. Anderson reported a Bill to amend the , Road Laws of this State so far as concerns per sons constantly employed in repairing track aud conducting transportation upon the several Rail Roads of the State. After to-day no new matter will be received, , unless by the consent of two-thirds. , Tbe following Bills of the House were passed: A Bill to provide for taking the census of tbe State , A Bill to preserve the purity of public elec tions, and to prevent Magistrates who hold city, [ county, or town offices from presiding at county or town elections so far as relates to Cherokee county. A Bill to authorize the Relator in any writ of Mandamus to traverse the answer to said writ. A Bill to reduce the Sheriff's bond of Madison county. . A Bill to fix the fees of Sheriffs, Constables, and Coroners in certain cases, and to provide for taxing the same. , A Bill to authorize the continuing of Sheriff, Adminiatiator aud other public sales from day to day, by giving notice of the^ame. | A Bill to amend the charter of the South Wes tern Rail Road Company, and to incorporate the Cherokee Rail Road Company from Rome to the Alabama line. A Bill to incorporate Brownwood University , and Greensboro’ College. | A Bill to amend the act to compel tbe Banks of this State to resume specie |>aymerit so as to authorize the Superior Court ol Bibb county to f appoint a receiver for the Ocmulgee Bank, in . stead of Scott Cray, deceased. [ HOUSE. The action of the House to-day has been con fined mostly to Bills of a local character, f A spicey little debate occurred this morning | on a Bill to appropriate money to aid in making a road over the great Blue Ridge from Dahlonega , to Blairsville. Mr. Russell threatened to expose the log-rollers and abused the system generally. Mr. Bartow denied an intimation of Mr. Russell, that there was a prejudice in the House against ! Cherokee Georgia. Mr. B. voted for the Bill.— r Mr. Wofford had a word or two to say in rela tion to the threats that had been thrown out, ’ that Cherokee should not receive another dollar. The Bill was lost, The following Bills were passed: A Bill to amend an act providing for the indi gent Deaf and Dumb of the State, so as to in crease the annual appropriation from $4500 to ' SBOOO. * A Bill to legalize the acts of the Deputy Clerks J of the Superior and Inferior Courts, and of the : Ordinary. 5 A Bill to repeal a portion of the act to com pensate the Petit Jurors of Hancock county. I A Bill to change the names of, and legitama tize certain individuals therein named, A Bill to compel the Tax Collectors and Re j ceivers of Coweta, Irwin and Fayette, to visit 1 the houses of all widows in their respective 3 counties before returning them as defaulters. c A Bill to incorporate the Newnan Female ‘ College. A Bill to authorize certain persons therein named,.to improve the navigation of the Chatta hoochee River above the Western & Atlantic Rail Road. 1 A Bill to incorporate the Zebulon Branch Rail J Road. ’ A Bill to amend an act to compel the Inferior . Courts of Jackson, Pike, Sumter, Wilkes and Washington, to levy a tax upon itinerant ped '. dlers, so as to make SSOO, the smallest tax that can he imposed in those counties. A Bill to prescribe the manner in which the [ laws of this State shall be printed and published. This Bill makes it the duty of the State Printer, * for the time being, to print the acts ot this and all future Legislatures uniform in size, and in a , style equal in mechanical execution to Cobb’s recent Digest of the Statutes. The Governor is j required to have them bound at a cost not ex -5 feeding thirty cents per volume, and appoint a fit and proper person to prepare the several acts * for publication, whose duty it shall be to distiii ; guish the public laws from those that are private; j to arrange the public laws under appropriate ti- I ties; to prepare for publication, side notes and head notes; to add notes .referring to such pre vious legislation as may be modified or repealed, and notes giving the decisions of the Supreme Court on that subject matter since the last publi cation of the laws, with a copious index. A Bill to lay out a new county from Warren, Washington and Jefferson was indefinitely post , lioned. Also, A Bill to prevent slaves attempted to be | emancipated from remaiaining in the State, and to provide for their sale if they remain. A Bill to give to the owners of Saw Mills a lien upon the building for payment of tbe lum ber—was lost. I believe I forgot to mention in my last, that the House had amended the act allowing the specie paying Banks of the State to issue 5 per cent of their capital stock in bills of a less de nomination than five dollars, so as to allow them to issue 10 per cent of their stock in such bills. Milledgevillr, 1 Tuesday Night, Jan. 6, 1852. J The Senate, this morning, passed the House bill giving the election of the Judges of the Su perior Courts to the people. The only amend ment of the Benate worthy of notice was, that which changed the time required for the candi date to reside in the Circuit previous to the elec tion, from three years to one. The remainder of the forenoon and afternoon was passed in the consideration of the original bill for the govern ment of the Western k Atlantic Railroad, and the substitute therefor, offered by Mr. Foster, from the Special Committee. The substitute proposes that a Superintendant, Treasurer and Auditor, be appointed by the Governor, to serve until the first of January next, or until their j successors are qualified. On the first of Tanuary next, three Commissioners are to be elected by I the people, to serve, one for one year, another for I two years, tbe other for three years. They are to determine which of them shall serve one year, j which shall serve two years, and which shall serve three years. One Commissioner to be elected annually on the first Monday in January thereafter, for the term of three years. The Commissioners to have the appoinment of the Superintendant. Before coming to any conclu sion, the whole matter was postponed until to morrow morning for further consideration. Mr. Foster, in the course of some remarks to day, by authority, denied that his Excellency had promised the appointment of Superintendant to any member of the Legislature. But the Senate refused to receive an amendment exclu- - [ ding the members of the present Legislature it ! from any office upon the road. n The following bills of the House were passed ■■ by the Senate to-night: a A bill to authorise tbe Inferior Courts of Wal- . ton and Henry to pay Thos. G. Wood, of Wa!- - ton, and Wm. Hadden, ol Henry, for teaching h poor children. s A bill to prescribe tbe mode of paying the ju ’» rors of Murray, Lumpkin and Habersham. ■> A bill to permit the several Manufacturing I Companies of the State to borrow money at a ‘ higher rate of interest than is now allowed by l*w. A bill to incorporate the Georgia Mechanical 1 & Manufacturing Company in the city of Ma con. • A bill for the relief of the estate of J. Mapp. : • deceased, of Greene county, and cf J. Hum -1 phreys, of DeKalb. In the House, this morning, a motion to re- ! consider a bill, lost yesterday, regulating the ! number of Clerks and Secretaries in the House i and senate, was lost. f A motion, to re-consider the lost bill to refund a sum of money to Mr. Cameron, of Troup, met j i with the same fate. Messrs. Harris, of Clark, i Hill and Bartow, favored the motion. Mr. Rus- , sell, contra. Mr. Hill, in reply, raked Mr. Rus- 1 1 “H slightly, to which the gentleman from ] Lumpkin, replied. The remainder of the day was spent by the House in tire consideration of the Appropriation bil! for the years 1852 and 1853. Late this afternoon, the Committee of the Whole rose, and reported tbe bill to the House, with amend ments. The report was token up and agreed to, and the bill made the special order for to-morrow. The night session has been occupied in read ing bills the second time. Ridicule was attempted to be cast ujion the bill, offered some time since, by Mr. Tift, to pro tect the rights and interests of the citizens ol I Georgia, from tbe encroachments of the North. One gentleman moved that it should be referred to the Penitentiary Committee. Another pro posed thfc Committee on the Lunatic Asylum. These motions drew out Mr. Tilt in defence of himself and his bill. It was finally referred, as it should have been, without hesitation, to the Committee on the State of the Republic. I mention this incident merely to show the respect extended to the opinions of the minority by the majority ,in the present Legislature. But with such leaders in the House a £ Messrs. Seward and Tift, and such in the Senate as Messrs. McCune and Harman, tbe Southern Rights party have no cause to fear a discomfiture in delate upon the floor of either House. I notice in my report of Saturday, they have j printed u Baker ” for “ Rabun,” in the Cattle act; and, in the last paragraph, practical discription” for “ particular description.'' Miu.edgkvii.lk, Wednesday, Jan, 7. | There has literally been a war ol words j waging in the Senate all day. The hills in re j lation to the State Road, have been under con sideration, and have caused considerable excite ment among our grave and reverend Senators. It was a contest between the original bill, for ; the government of the Road, and the substitute, ! in which the latter prevailed by a vote of 26 j yeas to 16 nays. Messrs. Miller, (Mr. Day in the Chair.) Calhoun, and J. L. Byrd, favored the original. Messrs. Foster and Simmons favored the substitute. On the passage of tbe bill, the | yeas were 23, the nays 18. | The bill to appropriate money for the equip ment, repairs, Sec., of the Roau, was then taken ; up, and a war continued. Mr. McCune moved to strike out $600,000. This motion was advo | cated by Messrs. McCune, Moore, Flournoy, and I Mosely; and opposed by Messrs. Foster, Cal ; homi, and Hardeman. The motion prerailed— : yeas 21, nays 19. Mr. Foster moved to fill the I blank with $550,000 —upon which motion the yeas were 19, nays 20. Air. Calhoun then moved to fill the blank with $525,000. Upon this mo i tion, the yeas were 20, and nays 20. The Pres ident voted in the affirmative, and the motion prevailed. The bill then came up on its passage. Mr. J. L. Byrd opposed the appropriation in toto. Mr. Harman said that he thought the appropria tion too great by $125,000, and would, therefore, be compelled to vote against the bill. Those who voted in the affirmative are: Messrs. Anderson, Bethune, Calhoun, Chap pell, Coffee, Crocker. Day, Farris, Flewellen, | Foster, Griggs, Hardeman, Hicks, Lawson, Mc- Rae, Ross, Simmons, Slaughter, Stroud, Tumlin, Wellborn. Yeas 21. Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. Beavers, Bryan, Butler, John L. Byrd, Philip M. Byrd, Cone, Dickinson, Flournoy, Harman, Harris, Little. McCune, Moore, Mose ly, Reed, Tomlinson, Walthour, Willcox, Wolfe, Wright. Nays 20. So the bill was passed. ■ I believe I gave you most of the principal features of tbe substitute, for the government of the Road, in my last. By this bill, alt litigation must be in DeKalb county. The Superintend ant, Treasurer and Auditor, are to be appointed by the Governor, and hold their offices until the Ist of March, 1853. The three Commissioners are to be elected the Ist Monday in January next, to serve, one of them one year; another, two years; and the other, three years; to de termine their term of service by lot. After wards, annually, upon the Ist Monday of Janu ary, one Commissioner is to be elected for three years. The Commissioners are to receive five dollars per diem for every day of service in tbe business of the Road., They are to appoint the Superintendant, Treasurer and Auditor. The Superintendant to have a salary of $3,000, an nually ; the Treasurer and Auditor, each $1,200. This substitute will meet with very btrong op position in the House, and its fate is quite un j certain. I I believe there has been a greater display of the tpeaJcing abilities of the Senate to-day, than on any othf r previous occasion. night session. ' The following bills have been passed to night : A bill to construct a Railroad from the term inus of the North Carolina Railroad by the way of Clayton, Rabun county, to intersect the South Carolina Railroad at Anderson Court 4 House. A bill to amend the act, of 1847, to compen sate the jurors of Campbell county, so as to au thorise the Inferior Court of said county to levy an extra tax for that purpose. , A bill to incorporate the Barnesville & Cullo ; den Railroad Company. A bill, of the House, to prevent the driving of distempered cattle from North Carolina and , South Carolina, into Union and Rabun, and from A labamajnto Floyd, between the 15th of May and th» 15thot October, annually. A bill, of the House, to incorporate nuinerouj Churches, Academies, Masonic Lodges, &e. &c. A bill for the relief of the Receiver of Tax i Returns for the county of Washington. A bill, of the House, to alter former laws, so i as to allow the specie paying Banks of the State i to issue 10 per cent of their capital stock in bills of a less denomination than five dollars, instead ■ of 5 per cent, as heretofore. An amendment was agreed to by the Senate, striking out 10 and • inserting 20. A bill to incorporate the town of Calhoun, in Gordon county. A bill to incorporate the Clarkesville & Tug i aloo Plank or Railroad Company.? The u Ordinary ” bill is the special order for t to-morrow. In the House, the Report of the Committee of i the Whole, on the Bill to appropriate money for the support of the Government for 1852 and 1853, was taken up and agreed to. The House voted themselves five dollars per I diem, ami four dollars for every twenty miles in going to and returning from Milledgeville. The section of the bill allowing five hundred I dollars to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, for the • purpose of employing a Deputy Clerk, received 53 yeas and 45 nays. The Chair decided that the section granted a donation to the Clerk, and ■ therefore required the support of two-thirds to pass it, under the last clause of the 21th section of the Ist article of the Constitution of the j State, which says: u No vote, resolution, law or order, shall pass the General Assembly, granting i a donation, or gratuity in favor of any person, i whatever, but by the concurrence of two-thirds of the General Assembly.” Mr. Harper appeal ed from the decision of the Chair. The ap peal was advocated by Messrs. Harper, Ste phens, Trippe, and Floyd. Mr. Gardner, contra. The decision of the Chair was sustained, by yeas 49, nays 44, The bill, for the appropria tion, finally passed without a dissenting voice. Mr. Floyd’s resolution, requiring the Governor to set aside a sufficient sum for the payment of the interest on the public debt, and the amount specified for the annual reduction of that debt before paying any of the appropriations made by the present Legislature, was made the special order for Saturday. This afternoon, the House took up the bills of the House which have been amended by tbe Senate. Mr. Clark, of Oglethorpe, opposed the amend ment of the Senate to the Appropriation bill for the improvement of the navigation of the Al taraaha, Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers; which amendment appropriated $5,000 for the improve ment of the Savannah River, between the up per end of the Augusta Canal and Lightwood Log Creek. Mr. Floyd opposed the amend ment because he believed it new matter, and therefore unconstitutional. Mr. Millcdge favor ed the amendment. He said he had anticipated tbe assistance of the member from Elbert, but his shake of the head was indicative that he (Mr. Milledge) need not look to that gentleman for aid and comfort. He turned to tne gentle man from Lincoln, whose Senator bad offered the amendment, but that gentleman replied, he knew of no obstructions to remove. Deserted by his friends, the gentleman, from Richmond, said he would, as a dernier resort, appeal to the magnanimity of Cherokee, to assist him in dig ing out the rocks from the bottom of the Savan nah. Bnt in vain ! The amendment was dis agreed to. The amendments of the Senate to the Tax bill, then came up. Mr. Janes moved to make the amendments to the Tax bill the special or der for the Ist of March.. Mr. Tift thought the j motion equivalent to a motion to postpone in : definitely, and consequently out of order. The ; Chair thought not, as the Legislature had not determined to adjourn, tint die , upon any day previous to the Ist of March. Mr. Wofford sup ported the motion, of Mr. Janes, to postpone and, in the course of his remarks, denied that the press represented the voice of the people on the ad valorem system of taxation.^On the postponement, the yeas were 12, the nays 56. Mr. Tift moved that Banks and Corporations be taxed upon their bills, bonds and notes, as indi viduals are taxed. Messrs. Bartow and Trippe opposed the amendment of Mr. Tift. Mr. Harper made a strong appeal to the friends of the bill to vote down all amendments to the amend ments of the Senate. It would be a dangerous risk to send this bill back to the Senate. The previous question was called for and sustained. Mr. Tift’s amendment was lost. night session. The House proceeded with the consideration of the amendments of the Senate jto the Tax bill. Mr. Wofford arose to a point of order, and, in a long speech, maintained that the previous ' question having been sustained, it cut off all amendments, and the House could not act further upon the amendments of the Senate. Mr. Wof ford finally withdrew his point of order, and the amendments of the Senate were agreed to. Tbe rule was suspended, and Messrs. Clark, of Stewart, and Smith, of Hancock, each intro duced resolutions, extending our sympathies and a home to tbe Hungarian exiles, but deprecating national interference in the struggles of Europe. Milledokville, Jan. 8,1851. In the Senate, this morning, Mr.' Moore moved to re-consider the bill appropriating money to the State Road. The motion did not prevail—yeas 16, nays 24. The u Ordinary bill ” being the special order for to day, was taken up and passed, with some amendments. Yeas 29, nays 11. A bill, to amend the Road laws of this State, so as to exempt all persons engaged in transpor tation on Railroads and in keeping up the same, by their paying, each, four dollars annually, was passed. Also, the following House bills: A bill to require the Tax Receivers and Col lector* of Coweta. Fayette and Early, to visit the houses of all widows in said counties, before returning them as defaulters. A bill to incorporate the Newnan Female College. A bill to legalise the acts of Deputy Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts, and of the Or dinary. A bill to incorporate the Zebulon Branch Rail road Company. A bill to appropriate eight thousand dollara, annually, to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. A bill, of the House, to raise the tax on ped dlers, in certain counties therein named, amended bo as to prohibit all, except citizens of the United States, irom peddling in this State. A bill to amend the laws in relation to service of summons, in cases of forcible Entry and De tainer. A bill to allow all Manufacturing Companies of the State to issue bonds bearing greater inter est than now allowed by law, amended so as to apply only to the Rock Island. Howard and Coweta Manufacturing Companies at Columbus, and the Augusta Machine Works, at Augusta. A bill to incorporate the Rome Branch Mag netic Telegraph Company.. As there seems to be a probability of a differ ence of opinion, and a collision ol the President ot' the Seuate and the Speaker of the Honse, in their decision upon a parliamentary law, I send you the decision of the President of the Senate, as delivered in the Senate last night upon the point of order. The decision was brought about in this wise: Judge Meriwether, the Speaker of the House, had intimated, if I correctly un ter sfcood him, that some of the amendments of the Senate to House bills, were unconstitutional. For instance, a bill ol the House to permit some one to niairy again from whom his or her husband or wife had been divorced ; an amend ment was made in the Senate, allowing some other individual, similarly situated, the same privilege. When the bill, with the amendment, was returned to the House, the point of order, that the amendment was unconstitutional, was raised, but withdrawn before the Chair decider! upon it. And the amendment, of the Senate, to the bill appropriating money to improve the navigation of the Altamaha, Oconee and Ocmul gee rivers, which amendment made an appro priation to improve the navigation of the Savan nah above Augusta, the same point of order was raised, but again withdrawn. A member of the Senate discovering that there was a probability of the Senate’s amendment being ruled out of order, went into the Senate, and there raised the point of order, on an amendment offered to a Honse bill, to incorporate numerous Masonic Lodges, Churches, &c. &c. The amendment offered being intended to incorporate a Chapter of Ma sons. The point of order was overruled by the President, and upon an appeal from the decision of the Chair, the decision was unanimously sus tained. I have said this much on the subject, as many seem to fear the defeat of all the amend ments of the Senate to the House bills. As I wrote you yesterday, the House refused to concur in the amendment, of the Senate, ap propriating money for the improvement of the navigation of the Savannah. The Senate, to-day, insisted upon their amend ment. In the House, the following bills have been passed to-day: A bill to fix the times of holding the Superior Courts of the Macon Circuit. A bill to fix the times of holding the Superior Courtsin the Blue Ridge Circuit. A bill to amend an act entitled an Act to au thorise parties to compel discoveries at common law, and to prevent the abuse of the same. A bill to repeal the Ist and 2d sections of the act of 1850, entitled an Act to curtail the labors of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, and to re duce the cost in said Court, and to authorise amendments in said Court. A bill to make a new county, to be called Taylor, out of the counties of Talbot, Macon and Marion. A bill to pay the grand and petit jurors of Richmond, who live one mile beyond the cor porate limits of the city of Augusta, one dollar per day. A bill to amend the Road laws of this State, so far as respects the county of Columbia. A bill to change the line between Hall and Gwinnett, so us to include Sherwood's Mills in Gwinnett. A bill to change the line between Campbell and Fayette. A bill to incorporate the Sparta Hotel Com pany. A bill to incorporate the Central Female Col lege at Culloden. The House have agreed to the amendments of the Senate, to the Appropriation bill for the Western & Atlantic Railroad. To-night, a motion was made to make the second reading of the “ Woman’s bill,’’ of the Senate, the special order for the 10th of Feb ruary. The motion, however, did not prevail— -39 in favor to 44 against the motion. This mo tion was made for the purpose of killing the bill,and, although the motion did not fail, its de feat may be considered pretty certain. I notice an editorial in the Chronicle If Sen tinel of the 4th inst., which animadverts, and very properly, upon the “ culpable tardiness ” of the Legislature, in relation to the passage of the State Railroad bills. It is due, however, to Mr. Bartow, the very efficient Chairman of the Committee on Internal Improvements, and from whom those bills originated, to state that he is entirely free from blame. He has again and again, forcibly and eloquently portrayed the la mentable condition of the Road,{and endeavored to prevail upon the House to take up those measures ; but his remarks have too often fallen upon the House unheeded. The truth is, there is a very strong opposition, in both Houses, to ap propriating a dollar to the Road, under any cir cumstances. Others have opposed the appro priation until the fate of the ad valorem Tax bill should be determined. Mr. Miller’s Decision on the point of order re ferred to. The amendment proposed, contemplates the incorporation of a body different Irom any named in the Bill of the House, but as that includes a number of proposed corporations, the amendment is germain ; the (rowers and privileges sought to be conferred by the amendment being the same as those generally conferred in the original Bill. It is true that the Constitution requires “ that every bill shall be read three times, and on three sev eral days, in each bramh of the General Jhsemblyl but this does not apply to amendments ; and the power of the Senate, to amend a Bill of the House, by the addition of new matter, is ex pressly recognized, in the clause of the Constitu tion relating to revenue and appropriation Bills, in these words. “ but the Senate shall propose, or concur in amendments as in otherbills.' 1 11' 1 The object of the constitutional requisition was, that the attention of both branches of the Legislature, might be called by the several read ings to the subject matter of legislation, not to the letter of the bill; for if it must, at each read ing, be literally the same, and must pass as read, there could be no amendments. This is an absurdity, from which the Constitu tion is expressly exempt. Amendments; such as the present, it is believed, have been made, in either branch of the Legislature, were, since the adoption of the Constitution; and this legislative practice, is both a cotemporaneous and continued interpretation of that instrument in this regard. The receiving of such amendments, also prevents the increase of the number ot bills introduced, and greatly expedites the business of the Legis lature. In every point of view, the amendment is ad missible, and the point of order is therefore over ruled. Milledoevii.lk, Friday, Jan. 9,1852. On motion of Mr. P. M. Byrd, the Senate, this morning, consented tore-considerso much of the Journal of yesterday as related the passage of the bill, of the House, concerning peddlers. This bill was afterwards taken up and again passed, with the amendment prohibiting all, except cit izens of the United States, from peddling in this State. The rule being suspended, Mr. Foster reported a bill to add an additional section to the act, sup plementary to the act, for the appointment of county officers, approved Dec. 4tn, 1799. This bill authorises the Governor, in his discretion, to commission, in cases ot a contested election, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes, or to order a new election. Mr. Hardeman reported a bill to change the times of holding the Superior Courts of Talia ferro, Madison and Elbert, so as to hold the Su perior Court in Taliaferro on the fourth Monday in February and August; in Macon on the first Monday in March and September; in Elbert on the second Monday in the same months. The object of the proposed change is to allow two weeks for the holding of Court in Elbert. The bill, to amend the third section of the third article of the Constitution of the State, so as to give the election of Solicitors General to the people, was lost. Yeas 24, nays 15. The object of this bill being to amend the Constitu tion, required a vote of two-tbirds in the affirm ative to pass it. I believe there was some defect in the wording of the bill, which caused its de feat. The bill, of the House, to amend the act in corporating the Hancock Manufacturing Com pany, was passed, with amendments, incorpor ating the Augusta and Macon Gas Light Com panies. Judging from the conduct of the House for the last two days, these amendments of the Senate will probably not be agreed to there. The House, to-day, refused to agree to the amendment of the Senate, to the bill for the government of the State Railroad. The Senate have made this disagreement of the House to their amendment, the special order for to-mor row. In the House, most of the forenoon was spent in the discussion of the motion to agree to the amendment of the Senate, to their bill for the government of the State Road. Mr. Bartow very eloquently opposed the motion, and the amendment, to the biller end. As above remark ed, the House refused to agree. Yeas 29, nays 80. The House passed the following bills : A bill to repeal an act in reference to the mode of paying out the Poor School Fund of Walker and Gilmer, so far as relates to the coun ty of Walker. A bill to alter the Road and Village Jaws of the State, so far as relates to the county of Han cock. A bill, to repeal the act of 1847, incorporating the city of Dalton. A bill to extend the corporate powers of the town of Covington. , „ A bill to require all writs brought, to the Su perior Court of Wilkes, to be filed in the Clerk s office twentj'-three days before the holding ol C °A rt bill to change the time of holding the Su perior Courts of Richmond, to the fourth Mon day in January and June. The resolutions, of Mr. Clark, of Stewart, ax- t tending our sympathies to oppressed Hungary, i ana a borne to Kossuth, but deprecating nation* I interference, were taken up, and, after some dis s oussioa, agreed to. Ihere is considerable excitement prevailing 1 here, ouginating from the difference of opinion • existing between the two Houses upon parlia mentary law, and the constitutionality of certain - amendments of the Senate to House bills. I y e>ter day, the decision of the Presi i, dent ot the Senate, Mr. Miller, on this subject. I he amendments, of the Senate, to several • .‘if* h° v * been disagreed to by the House, • “* e . •a*t two days, on account of what 1 the H ? use deem the unconstitutionally of those amendments. > On the motion to agree to the amendment,of the - Senate, changing the time of holding Richmond Superior Court, quite a lengthy discussion was s carried on by Messrs. Floyd, Stephens, Janes, . Bartow, and Henry. The amendment of the > Senate was to a bill of the House, to prescribe i the mode of paying the jurors in Lumpkin, Hab . ersliam and Murray. Messrs. Floyd, Henry and Stephens, considered the amendment entirely . new matter, and that its adoption would, there fore, be unconstitutional. Mr. Janes, contra. - Mr. Bartow thought the amendment violative of t parliamentary law, but not unconstitutional, i The point of order was raised, but withdrawn j upon the intimation of the Speaker, that the ac tion of the Senate was not a proper subject for a • point of order in the House. The House refused t to agree to the amendment. Yeas 34, nays 62. r To-night, the amendment of the Senate, in . ' corporating the Cherokee Railroad Company, , to a House bill, altering the charter of the South western Railroad, was likewise disagreed to. t Yeas 48, nays 48. the Speaker voting against the • motion to agree. Shortly after, a bill of the House, to change , an election precinct in Appling county, came , upon its third reading, and a motion was made to amend, by making a change of a similar kind in Gilmer. The point of order being raised, the j Speaker decided the amendment out of order. In I a few moments a bill, to changethe time of hold , ing the Superior Court of Franklin, and to . change the time of holding the Supreme Court . at Cassville and Gainesville, came up on its . third reading. On motion, so much of the bill . as related to the change in the time of holding , Franklin Court, was stricken out. Mr. Milledge . then moved to amend the bill by changing the f time of holding Richmond Superior Court. No • point of order being raised, the motion was put t and adopted. Mr. Harris, of Clark, then moved . to strike out so much of the bill as referred to i the change of time in holding tire Supreme j Court, which motion prevailed. The entire . original bill was, in this manner, stricken out, , and nothing left but the amendment of Mr. Mil j ledge, and in this shape the bill was passed. The . House thus manifesting a strange inconsistency, , whether right or wrong, as to their views of the . amendments ot the Senate. The Governor, to-day, returned the Tax bill I with his signature, accompanied by a message in . which he approves of the ad valorem system, , but fears that one-twelfth of one per cent, will not bring in a sufficient revenue to meet the wants of the State, and recommends the passage of a supplementary act, to allow him, if neces sary, to increase the rate of taxation. Mr. Milledge was yesterday appointed on the Internal Improvement Committee, and they have determined to report against a Railroad connection at Augusta. Resolutions were agreed to in the Senate, re- - quiring the appointment of three Commission era, to examine into the claims of the creditors of the Darien Bank, ami determine upon them. If either the State or the creditors of the Bank should be dissatisfied with the decision of the Commissioners, the dissatisfied party can appeal to the Superior Court of Baldwin county. Milledoeville, Saturday Night, l January 10th, 1852. J Mr. Harman introduced in the Senate a Reso lution, requesting the Governor to have the Tax A' t published in such public journals as ho thought proper, also requesting Him to furnish each of the Tax Receivers of the State with a copy of said act. The Resolution was agreed to. Mr. Flewellen introduced a Resolution that the General Assembly adjourn sine die on the 17th inst., or sooner if possible: which was a greed to. Yeas 33, nays 19. The message of the House, announcing the re fusal of the Ilouse to agree to the amendment of the Senate to the Bill for the government of the Western & Atlantic Rail Road, was made the especial order for Monday. The general Appro priation Bill was passed without any material amendments. Motions to insist on the amend ments of the Senate, changing the time of hold ing Richmond Court, and incorporating the Che rokee Rail Road to House Bills, prevailed. J The Senate passed a Bill to incorporate the J - Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Colurn- M bus. 5 To-night, the Resolutions of Mr. Clark, of I Stewart, in relation to Kossuth, which passed the R House yesterday, were referred to the Commit- 1 tee on the State of the Republic. I In the House this morning, a Resolution was I f introduced, that the General Assembly adjourn ! on the 17th inst., in lieu of which a Resolution was adopted to appoint a committee of five to confer with the Senate and fix upon a day for i adjournment. i The Resolutions of Mr. Floyd, in relation to I the payment of appropriations, were postponed ■ until Monday. ' 1 The House took up and passed the rc-consider « ed Bill for the pardon of Kinchen J. Boon, of i Greene. Yeas 52, nays 50. i Mr. Floyd reported a Bill supplementary to an • act to levy and collect a tax for the political years . 1852 and 1853, approved January 9th, 1852. The following Bills were passed : To appropriate twenty-four thousand and eight hundred dollars to the Lunatic Asylum. To incorporate the Oostunaula Fire Company, ■ at Rome. To change the time and place of holding the s Supreme Court in the second Supreme Court I District, so as to hold said Court in Amcricus, on , the second Monday in July, and to hold said ; Court in Columbus, instead of Talbotton, on the fourth Monday in January. To incorporate certain Churches, Academies, Masonic Lodges, &c., &e, A Joint Committee of Conference was ap pointed by the two Houses to take into conside ration the amendments of tho Senate to House Bills, which have been disagreed to by the House. That committee have reported and re commend that the Senate recede Irom their a mendment appropriating money to improve the navigation of the Savunnah River, and that the House agree to the amendments, incorporating the Cherokee Rail Road, —changing the time of . holding Richmond Superior Court, and removing " marriage disabilities from certain individuals. The Senate has adopted this report, but the House has not yet taken action upon it. It U understood that there will be a minority report on the subject in the House on Monday. As the minority have not only been voted down, but frequently gagged by ihe call for the -previous question this session, I will enter some what into detail in regard to a portion of tbe proceedings of the House this morning, in which the majority discovered that occasionally a rule will work both ways. Mr. Hill moved to suspend the rule for the purpose of taking up the re-considered Bill to prohibit the importation of slaves into this State for sale, stating that he had prepared a substitute for the original Bill, which lie thought would be satistactory to all who desired any law of the kind. Mr. Sewa;d, who is opposed to any and all legis lation upon the subject, hoped that the House would not suspend the rule, and bring up for dis cussion a subject ujwn which the House had al ready spent a very considerable portion of their time. Mr. Trippe favored a suspension of the rule, and concluded by calling for the previous question on the motion to suspend the rule. The call for tbe previous question was sustained, and the rule was suspended, to take up the Bill. Mr. Seward then called for the previous question up on the Bill, the effect of vvnich would be, if sus tained, to cut off' the substitute of Mr. Hill. Al though not a debateable question, sufficient was talked tut, notwithstanding the calls of “order,” “order,” to inform the House of the effect of sustaining the call of Mr. Seward, and the House refused to sustain the call by a vote of 36 yeas to 77 nays. Mr. Seward then insisted that the House having refused to sustain the call for the previous question, which is “ shall the main ques tion now be put ? ” the Bill, according to par liamentary law, must lie over one day; and the chair so decided. This was very objectionable to Mr. Hill and hia friends, as Mr. H. had ob tained leave of absence after twelve o’clock to day to go home. The decision of the chair was appealed from arid the appeal strongly advocated by Messrs. Hill,Stephens and Bartow; Messrs. Seward and Tift sustained the decision. Messrs. Stephens and Bartow insisted that as a rule of the House, required that a majority should second the call for the previous question, and as no vote had been taken to determine whether a majority would second the call of Mr. Seward, therefore the previous question had been improperly put. Mr. Seward stated that it had not been the cus tom of the House to require a vote to determine whether the call was seconded, unless there was some objections made, and no objection being made, the House waived their right to have a vote to determine whether the call was second ed. thereby admitting that a majority favored the call. The speaker remarked that at the first of tbe session he had demanded a vote to determine whether the call for the previous question was seconded; but that for some time past he had omitted to do so when no objection was made, upon the tuggetlion of the gentleman from Chat ham, (Mr. Bartow,) and a few others, that it was an unnecessary waste ol time to test the prelimi nary question when no objection was made to the call for the previous question. The House sustained the decision ol the chair, and the Bill lies over until Monday. The Penitentiary Committee have not yet re ported, and as the two Houses cannot adjourn within less than five days after the report, unless they leave the Penitentiary in its present wretched condition, it is still doubtful whether j the adjournment will take place by Saturday next. The Baltimore Sun of Friday says that a dis patch from Washington states that despatches have been received from our Minister at London, covering his correspondence,with Lord Palmer- ' stou upon the subject of the outrage upon the American steamer Prometheus, by being fired into by the British brig of war Express.—Lord Palmerston disavows the conduct of the captain of the Express, and gives such assurance of the feeling of the gorernmeat as to apparently pre clude the poesibility of any misunderstanding arising between the two countries. It is also understood that Lord Palmerston will at once give ptytical effect to the Clayton and Bulwer ggj* withdrawing from the Mosquito pro-