18th CONGRESS-. s.......2d SESSION.

 SENATE.
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Thursday January 4.

 MT. Holmes, from the committee on Fi- nance, reported bill to repeal the duty on salt; which was read.

 Mir. Rowan of Ky. gave notice of his intention to introduce bill to restrict the powers of the Supreme Court of the Uni- ted States in certain cases. A bill to au- thorize the sale of salt springs and the land adjacent thereto, in the state of Missouri, was ordered to third reading. A relief of Ebenezer Oliver and others directors of an association called ''the New England Mississippi Land Company" was consid- cred. MT. Robbins spoke briefly in favor of the bill, and Mir. Kane at some length against it. The bill was laid on the table. and made the order of the day for Mon- day next.

 A Friday, Jan. 5.

 MT. Sanford presented the petition of John Daly; stating that at the time of the late invasion of Canada by she United States, he was British subject residing there, and possessed of considerable real and personal estate, consisting chiefly of a number ofdwelling houses and Merchan- disc in the village of Newark; that he de- voted his propety as we'll as his personal influence to promote the success ofthat en- terprize that when the troops left Fort George they burnt Newark, whereby he lost his personal property that the British authorities afterwards confiscated all his real estate; and that in consequence of said losses he is now reduced to penury and want and praying relief; referred to the Com mittee on Claims.

 Mir. Rowan, of Kentucky, introduced a bill to limit and restrain the jurisdiction of the United States Courts, in certain cases. The Bill for diminishing the duty on inn ported Salt was read second time and postponed to Monday. MT. Reed submit- ted a resolution proposing an inquiry into the expediency of increasing the salary of the Postmaster General.

 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, Jan. 4. Mir. Little, from the Committee ap- pointed on the subject, reported the fol- lowing bill:

 "Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives. of the United States Of