Archer then resumed, and concluded his ar
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Archer then resumed, and concluded his ar
gument on the subject of the Constitutional
Amendment, which occupied the House un-
til the hour OF adjournment.


Friday, Ftb. 24.-In the Senate, reso-
luton was offered instructing the Naval
Committee to consider whether the sup
plies for the Navy will be best or most e.
economically made by purchase or by con-
tract. The bill fer the relief of James Dix
on & Co. was passed and sent to the House
of Representatives. The Navy appropri-
alton bill was passed, and the bills, "mak-
ing appropriations for the Library" 'tor
the relief of the heirs and legal represent
atives of Lewis Cretien, deceased" and 'for
the relief of John A. Webster" were order
ed to be engrossed for third reading-about
two hours were passed in the consideration
of Executive business.


! Several propositions were made in the
! House OF Representatives to amend the Con-
stitution. by Messrs. Hemphll and Thonp-
son, of Penn, Sloane, of Ohio. Weems. OF
MARYLAND, and Livingston, of Louisiana.
Mr.. Miner, of PENNSYLVANIA, P laid resolution
on the table, of different character and
tendency; It's object being to preserve the
Constitution in its present form. The House
then went into committee Of the whole on
the state of the Union, when Mr. Saunders
of North Carolina, addressed the commit
tee for about an hour and a quarter. On mo-
ton of Mr. Stevenson, of Virginia, the com
mittee then rose, and the House adjourned
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