Congressional

We fwd but littlc of interest in the pioceedïrigs of Congress. Toe chief topic of Oiscusaion is the of Texas.- Some five or six propositions are before the two Hou8es: nnd the friends of the measure have in voin endeavored to agree upon any one of them. After fruitless endeavors for a concentrntion of action, the friends of Texas have agreed to lel eaefi project come up in order and get as many votes as possible. - This ract alone forebodes evil to their design. Great and various interests, personal, Joca] and nationai must be reconciled before tbey can sneeeëd, and il is the opinión ot tíie best JnFormed that no one of the numerous projects will be adopted at the present session. The last plan proposed is by Mr, Foster of Teone&see, in the Senate, and Milton Brown, of the same State, in the House. Both of these gentlemen ore Whigs. Henee it is caHed the VVhig scheme foi annexatio. Ie iae the following provisión on slavery: "Such States as-may be forraed out of ihat portion of snid territory lying south of 36 degrees 30 minutes norlh Jatitude, commonly knnwn as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted in the Union with or without elayery, as the peop'.e of each State asking permission may desire." It is possible that there may be a mojority of both Houees for Annexation m the abstract, but how it can be accomplíshed practically is not yet discerned by all. Som.e master manager is needed to go abeud, and induce the olh era to follovv. Nothing more has been done towards the postage reform. The Senate have had a discussion of Mr. Tappan's bilí for organizing the Smithsonian Institute. Mr. T. proposed to place the ftind, now nearly seven htindred thousand dollars, in the care of twelve managers, to be cho&en by Congress, from as many different States; to have a model or experimental farm,on what is called the mail, in this cily, with a library, lecturers, k-c. fcc. Mr. Tappan explained h ie plan, and Mr. Choate followed with a briJliant oration on the subject of the Smithson endowment, objecting also to some details of the bilí. Mr. Woodbury object ed to the bill in some of its details, but said lie would Vote for it as it is, rather than let it go over, as ie considered it highly disreputable tothe government to have allowed it to remiin so long already unapplied to the purposea for which it was given. He was in favor of entrusting its management to the National Institute.