s-sss-iiJ ui5fsvaSO Sxs oA3d ti,C Cttatc 1ECkL that source be consequently cut off, He hoped the bill would not be com mitted, because that would endangerits heinz acted on during the Session; but that it would be taken up on Monday next, and either passed or rejected, tllc public mind ;;siiid would be undsceIved. ard settlers would know what they had to depend on.

 Mir. Hzcin, of Ohio, made few res marks to show the injurious effect which this measure would have on the inter- ests of Ohio, and that he wished time to reflect on and examine 1t, no opportu- |nity for doing so having been afforded to him by the committee on public lands.

 Mir. Nsllsaals, of N. C., moved the indefinite postponement of the bill, but this, under the pending motion, not be- ling ln order, he varied 1t to a motion ttlhlsatt tlhlsat tie bill bill be laid ou the table.

 Mr. Walte of N. Y., called for the Iayes and noes, and they were ordered. The question was then taken, oil the motion to lay the thiillii on tie table, and decided in the negatlxe-3Yeas 60 60. fays HIS.

 Mir. Jennings said, the subject of this bill was not So new as some gentlemen Imagined. 1t had been before Con- gress in one form CT other for six Six sseaTs past; and proceeded 10 make some re- marks oil the bearing Of the biii; but the merits of 1t not being in order, he was interrupted by the chair; and

 The motion to postpone the bill to Monday, was agreed to.

 The bill from the Senate, granting |pre-emption rights to actual settlers, being the first order of the day, was taken up; but, on motion of Mr. JNalla- rywas postponed until Monday next.

 yRay l3.--On motion of Mir. Clark, the committee of the whole was dis charged from the consideration of the bill granting lands to hrkausas for pub4 lie buildings, and the same was referred to 9 conmitte of the whole on the state of the Union.

 May 27.-A message was received from the President of the United States by Mr. Donelsen his .ssis:as returning the bill which originated in this House, and which had passed both Houses, for authorizing subscription to the Stock of the Mayssille and Wash- llngton Turnpike Road Company in

 Kentucky, with his reasons at large for Irefusing to sign the same.

 The message was read through by the Clerk, and heard with great attention.

 When the reading was concluded, there arose Q hurried and anxious de- bate, involving no principle of the bill, but merely the question whether the bill should he reconsidered instaaatey, or whethe the reconsideration should he postponed untilto-morrow. During the whole of this proceeding, there was a constant tendency to dehate the main question, and an effort on the part of the Chair to conhne the Debate to the ques- tion of posfponement.

 Finally, as by common consent, it was agreed that tine reconsideration should be postponed until tomorrow, bywhich time the Message, it was supposed, would be printed, and in the hands of every member.

 The House proceeded to the consid- eration of the bill to provide for survey l ing certain lands in the territory of Ar kansas.

 Mir. Whshlesey called for the Yeas and Nays on the third reading, and after q few remarks in favor of the bill by MT.

 iSevfcr, 1t was ordered sso be read q third time--.4yes l37, Noes l9. The engrossed bills, entitled, i" An act to authorize the selection of certain school lands in the Territory of Arkar~ sas" and "An act to provide for survey ing certain lands in the Territory of Ar kansas,' were seyerally read third time, passed, and ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence. The Speaher announced to the House that he had reeeiyed message If writ ing from the President of the u. $. of a confidential nature; whereupon,

 The galleries were cleasea, and ell but the members and officers of tue House were excluded, and the doors closed from five o'clock til about half after eight; when

 The doors were opened, and it ap- peared (the injunction of secrecy having

 been removed from the proceedings, though not from the Presidents mes-