HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
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MIR. Burt submitted resolution, that a com
mlttee, to consist of five members, three from
the House and two from the Senate, be ap-
pointed to attend the annual examination OF
cadets at West Point e.n the first of June next,
and that the committee be charged with the du-
ty Of especially nquiring, fully and minutely,
into the affairs Of that institution TO discover
abuses, IT any exist, and also into the propriety
Of reducing, abolishing, or supporting the
same; and that the committee report, at the
present session, the result of their investga-
ton.


Mr.. Burt briefly explained the necessity for
this movement


Mr.. McClelland said that the result of the
proceedings on the Rio Grande would convince
the people Of the propriety of the West Point
Academy better than the examination Of a
comnJlee.


Tue resolution, after an Intellectual effort to
lay il on the table, was agreed to.


The House, in Committee of the Whole,
discussed the bill from the Senate TO add one
additional paymaslerg and three addition
al paymasters to the army I


When the committee rose, resolution was
offered 10 terminate the debate in half an hour


But motion was made at 25 minutes past
10 adjourn, and it prevailed


IL TEETOTALERS RALLY. 1.-THE
rreemons Vigilant Total Abstinence Society will
held public meeting on Pennsylvania avenue
near sth street. on Sunday Evening. at 4 o'clock
Messrs- Gcusu and KEILoec will address the meet
ing. GEo. SAvAa,. P,oa;lsa.


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