HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
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Among the resolutions offered this morning
| was one by Mr.. Ashman directing the Judici
ary committee TO consider what measures car
be adopted to enable citizens having hones
claims against the United States to obtain thai
justice which the forms and practices of Con-
gress now deny.


Mr.. Crozier gave notice of motion fol
leave to introduce bill to declare Knoxville
Tennessee, a port Of entry. They have q
Knox Polk and a Knox Walker in Tennessee,
and why not Knox port at Knoxville? We
are not going to have any knocks with Eng
land, it is said, about Oregon, and we ought
to have port of entry on the highest pinnacle
Of the Rocky Mountains, as well as in Ten
nessee, if we could only call it Knox-even
Nox Vomica would be slomached, if poked
down.


Mr. Hungerford, from the committee of
Ways and Means, made an adverse report
upon the resolution directing that committee
to inquire into the expediency of coming gold
dollars.


Mr. Grinel reported bill fixing the values
OF certain moneys of account in computation
at the Custom House. The bill provides that
in all computations, foreign coins shall be COM
puted in the Custom Houses at the following
rates:


The Florin or Guilder of Bavaria,


Germany, and the German States,


shall be deemed and taken to be of


the value of 40 cts
The Livre of Genoa, Sicily g. Naples 28s g


:" of Tuscany, Leghorn and


Milan l6"


Ounce Of Sicily S248 Z"


Ducat of Naples 500


Specie Dollar of Sweden $lO6"


8 Piastre of Turkey O4s I"


Mr.. Constable, of Md, made most ex-
cellent speech on the Harbor bill this morning.
He was followed by Mr.. John f. Collin of N.
Y, who read his speech, which would other
wise have been interesting. AT one time only
SO members, out Of 224, were in their seats,
and one OF these sat with his hat on, and
ought not to have been counted.


Several other speeches were made, mostly
confined to local appropriations in clauses con-
tanned in the report of the committee, which
is under debate.


Mr.. Rockwell made an exceedingly able
statistical speech in relation to the commerce,
and agricultural and manufacturing interests
of the country, in reference 10 the harbors and
improvement of the smaller rivers and inlets,
on which our coastng trade depends; and he
stated the important facts, (new at least to the
reporter,) that our internal commerce is as
twelve TO one compared to the foreign, and the
coasling trade with the foreign as TO | and
this all depends on, not the large ports of en-
try like New York, New Orleans, &c., but on
the smaller harbors. 1t is to be regretted that
we have not space for this valuable speech.


AT O'Clock the committee rose, and the
House adjourned.