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Mr. seyier requested Mr. Philips to withdraw his motion. M

 NIT, fmiips sad that if, with the knowledge of the iact, That quorum wHs present he could be per. suaded to withdraw hls moon refrain from insisting that the chairman fse andrepor the fact 10 the House. according to its rules for the purpose of acting upon blli for the admission of State into ,he IfnI.. ba should feel himself unworthy of the place lie held. The committee then rose and reported the fact that they were without quorum.

 Mr. Reed moved adjournment; on which eues. lion, motion Of Mir. Seyier the yeas and nays were ordered

 Mr. Adams requested that the hour (near I O.. Ieloelsl might be noted the journals.

 The Speaker said it was not in order.

 The question on the adjournment being taken the vote was--ayes 20, noes 9S

 There being quorum, the house again went into committee upon the bill for tho admission of Arkan- kansas.

 MT. l.. Williams moved 10 amend the bill, so as to reduce the Judges salary for that district to fifteen hundred dollars.

 A notion was again made for the committee to rise and tho vote was ayes Q, noes 96not quorum; and the members having been counted, ll2 were reported present.

 Mr. Sevier said that he did not wish 10 press the bin at that late hour of the night When the committee had risen, he said, he should be satisfied the House would make the bi tic special order for tomorrow (vester- day) at 10 o'clock. Loud cries of no, no.

 The committee rose and reported that they were without quorum.

 motion was made to adjourn, which was lost.

 A call of the House was ordered at near half past one o'clock, and was proceeded in, till at half past four, f2 members having answered, and several ab~ sentees having been sent for and brought up csto. dy o the Sergeant-at-arms, motion 10 excuse all tho absenees prevailed, and the doors were opened.

 Many amusing and nniaapertan. incidents occnssaa for which there IS no room in this days paper.

 nP ppn nta 1T ft -l,ot, and resumed the consideration of the Arkansas bill

 MT. Adams moved 10 insert similar provision in the bl 10 that included u the acts oe several of the new States, respecting lie emancipation of sluves

 MT. Adams moved 10 amend the bill by introdu- cng clause sihat nothing in ths act shall be constru ed as an assent by Congress to the article in the Con- sution of said Slate in relation 10 slavery and tho emancipation of saves.''

 This motion was debated as some extent by MT. Adams, Mir. Gushing, MT. Hard, and Mr. Briggs, in favor of it, and Mr. Wise; and was negaved at about four o'clock in the morning, by vote of 9s to 32 Mir. Adams moved the committee to rise. Lost fl to 93.

 Amendments moved by MT. Adams and Mr. Hem Ian, he latter of which, went to reduce the salaries of the Judges from S2,ooo to 1,5oo) were rejected.

 The Arkansas bill was then laid aslde, and the com mitlee took up tho "bl supplementary the bill for the admission Of Arkansas into he Unon, and for other purposes"

 Mir. Mason, of Virginia, moved that the committee rise, and report the two Michigan and Arkansas bills to the House.

 After some confusion, which arose from a question whether the Michigan bill still open to amendment,

 Mr. Mason withdrew his motion, and

 Mr. Underwood moved amendment prescribing certain other conditions which Michigan should Do admitted. Lost.

 EIr Mason, Of Virginia, renewed :ho nsei;ss ,.as the committee rise, and report the bills 10 the House. II This about o'clock.

 MT. Slade moved to amend the bill by inserting therein the following:

 "Afer the words in the frs. section, that the Stao of Arkansas shall be one and is hereby declared to be one, of the U. States of Amerca and admitted into the Union equal footing with the original States in all respects, and whenever the People of said State shal by convention, duly elected expunge from it's present constitution much thereof prohibits the General Assembly from passing laws for the emanc- patton of slaves without the consent of the owners; and shall also provide in and by said Constitution that negro mulatto, born in, brought into said State after its admission into the Union, shall be held Of transferred property, in any way subjected to slavery involuntary servtude unless in punishment for crimes committed against inc laws of said State, whereof the party accused shall be duly convcted.y

 Mr. Cave Johnson made question of order.-- The Arkansas bill having been laid aside, was not open 10 amendment.

 After some conversation and considerable confusion, Mr. F. Whittlesey appealed to the gentleman from Vermont to withdraw the amendment, one of the same tenor having beon offered by the gentleman from Mas sachusetts, (Mr. Adams,) and rejected Mr. Slade declined, and addressed the House ia support of the motion.

 Remainder m nert. Benjamia L. .afilcs Esq of Chcot county, Ark, to Mfss .dJ0,7t TyIou ofN Newark N |