Resolntiou-Public--No. 2. JOINT RESOLUTION
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Relating to the preparation and presentation of

 medals 10 certain French, British, and Spanish

 officers.

 Rssolrsd 5y he Senate and Howse of Representatives. sof ths Uaifsd StGtes of America in Congress assemblpd, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to cause suitable gold and silver medals to be prepared and presented 10 the officers and men belonging or attached 10 the French. Brit sh. and Spanish ships ia the harecr of Vera Cruz, who so gallantly. and at the imminent peril of their hyes aided in nrescuing from watery grave, many of the officers and crew of the United States.

 Approved, March }, lS47.

 Resolution-Public- 8.

 JOINT RESOLUTION To pFohibitthe sale at private entry eiceftain lands iH CinciLnati. Ohio.

 Resolred by ihe Senate and House ef Representatives of the Uaiisd States ef America in Congress assemblsd, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he $ hereby. d rected 10 report to the next session of Congress all the facts in relation to the ttie to the unsod parts if any there be- Of the reserved fractional section number eleven. of fractional township number four, of fractional range number one, in J. C. Symme's Of the Attorney General theseon snd that he ssis- pend all fnher proceediags in relation theress, nn- tl the end of the next session of Congress.

 Approved March :. ls47.

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 FALL OF IaoLirRx IN CHiNA.---DE. Gut zian records remarkable effect of the Brit ish invasion of China. The natives expec- ted that their idols would rspel she invaders, but seeing them unable to make the least resistance, even to save themselves from the hands cf an excited soldiery. veneraiiou gave way e contempt The idols. having proved their worihlezsness, the Chinese refused to worship them, and the shEines and the priests a,c de.erled.