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Congressional. Washington, Jan. 30.
--House.--Mr. Cobb, of Ala., presented the Ordinance of Secession of that State and withdrew, expressing his regret at the necessity of leaving.
He exhorted the Republicans to do something to restore peace to the distracted country.
Mr. Reynolds, of N. Y., from the Committee of Five, reported a bill authorizing the President to call out the militia in certain cases.
Mr. Branch, of N. C., presented a counter report.
Mr. Cochrane, of N. Y., presented another report against secession, but also against coercion.
He also reported a bill, in effect that when the revenue laws are obstructed in any State, the President may issue a proclamation suspending them, to be restored if the State returns to the Union.
The report was recommitted.
The Philadelphia Working Men's petition was presented.
The resolutions of the Ohio.
Democratic Convention were presented and referred to a select committee of five.
A communication
The Revenue law. New York, Jan. 30.
--Hon. Jno. Cochrane, of New York, from the Select Committee of Five, introduced a bill proposing that vessels from foreign ports, bound to a port within the scope of the provisions of said bill, shall, with its foreign cargo, be liable to seizure and condemnation, and in the same view, of applying its restrictions only to foreign commerce on which revenue is by law collected.
All vessels lawfully engaged in the coastwise trade are exempted from its operations, which are purely remedial and defensive.
It further provides, if practicable, to collect the revenue.
The President shall, by proclamation, specify the port in which the obstruction exists.