...western frontier. A motion was made by Mr. Murfree, that the House do come to the following resolution : Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be directed to inquire into the expediency of empowering, by law, the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,...

...Ohio. Mr. Brighara submitted the following resolution, which was rend, and ordered to lie on the table. Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be directed to inquire into the propriety and expediency of mini-ins the national expenses, by abolishing any of the offices in the...

...read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. On motion of Mr. Levy, Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be directed to, inquire into the propriety of granting a pension to the widows or infant chitdren of persons killed by the enemy in...

...of establishing a judicial district in Kentucky, on the south of Green river. On motion of Mr. Buck, Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be directed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the Secretary of War to permit the issue of ammunition to Capt. Alden Partridge, Superintendent...

...in the rations allowed to midship^ men in the Navy of the United States. On motion of Mr. Vance, . Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be directed to inquire into the expediency of abolishing the office of Major General, and of pro. viding for three Brigadier Generals, who shall...

...majority. By unanimous consent, Mr. Vance offered the fol owing resolution ; which was adopted : Rrtolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be directed to inquire into the expediency of discontinning the employment of an assistant engineer, by the repeal of a joint resolution, approved...

...expediency of creeling a public armory on the waters of Green river, ш the Suite of Kentucky. Raoieed, That the Committee on Military Affairs be directed to inquire into the expediency of tion at West, Point, ia the Suue of New York. abolishing the military msUtuuu The question being uiken...

...agreed to. And the resolution was considered and adopted. On motion of Mr. GRENNELL, Resolved, Tint the Committee on Military Affairs be directed to inquire into the expediency of extending the benefits of five years' half-pay, now allowed by law lo the widows and orphans of officers...

...that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to submit the following resolution, viz: Reso'ved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be directed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the number of cadets in the Military Academy at West Point. And the question being put,...

...AND DISCIPLINE. Mr. CALIIOUN, of South Carolina, offered for consideration the following resolutions: Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be directed to inquire into the expediency of changing the present mode of supplying the Army by contracts, or some other better calculated for a...