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We have the proceedings of Congress- up to and l including the Fist. The mails are still behind

 The following the chief provisions of the bill for increasing he pay ofihe volunteers, now before the Senate. It is the same plan proposed in July last by MT Bright ofIndiana.

 The bill proposes that he increased pay of two dollars month shall take place from the month of May last: That all persons volunteering for six months and who have seen three months of service in the field, shall receive the extra pay of two dol lars. Those rendering the same service and term of service are also allowed l60 acres of land belong ing to the United States which shall have been sub ject to entry for ten years or more previous to the date of their warrant The warrant is granted to all who render the service.

 The widow, or if no widow. wife or children of those killed in battle or dying Tn the service are also entii led 10 the land. The land warrants are to be located within years from their date in order to be valid.

 There is very little ofinterest in the proceedings oi Congress. The answer of the President to the call for the instructions to Kearny and Stockton has no ye, been sent in. It supposed now that will ap- pear that those officers not instructed to ac they have acted, although they were empowered io govern the territory they should conquer, md exact iheallegiance ofils citizens. They have mistaken the form of administering their powers.