THE UNION.
CITY OF wAsHIN GTo:S.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, APRIL %. n,46

CONGRESSIONAL.
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The Senate was occupied to-day in the eonsidera-
tion in committee Of the whole, OF the bill grant
ing alternate sections Of land to the State Of Mich.
gan. An interesting and protracted discussion took
place on the general merits Of the bill, in which
Messrs Calhoun, Breese, Niles, Cess, Wood
bridge, and others took part The bill V'as reported
with several amendments, which were concurred mi;
and tbs bill was ordered to be engrossed for third
reading by vote Of 26 to IL.


The pressure on our columns this evening, on se-
count Of the foreign news, obliges US to postpone
ill our next the full report of this days pr proceedlnss
in the Senate, which has been prepared.


The House was engaged all day in the eonsldera'
ton Of the bill in relation to the Smithsonian insttu
ton. The original bill Of Mr. Owen, after having
undergone great amendment, was superseded by
the substitute offered by Mr.. Houghi and IN that
form was finally passed