_Ordered_, That the second resolution be referred to the committee appointed on so much of the Message from the President of the United States, at the commencement of the present session, as respects our relations with foreign powers, with leave to report thereon by way of bill or bills. On motion of Mr. GEORGE W. CAMPBELL, _Ordered_, That the third resolution be referred to the committee appointed, on the 8th ultimo, on so much of the said Message from the President of the United States as relates to the Military and Naval Establishments, with leave to report thereon by bill, or bills. MONDAY, December 19. _Miranda's Expedition._ Mr. LOVE called for the order of the day on the report of the committee on the subject of the thirty-six persons confined in Carthagena, South America. The following is the resolution reported by the committee: _Resolved_, That the President of the United States be _requested to adopt the most immediate and efficacious means in his power to obtain_ from the Viceroy of Grenada, in South America, or other proper authority, the liberation of thirty-six American citizens, condemned on a charge of piracy, and now held in slavery in the vaults of St. Clara, in Carthagena, and that the sum of ---- dollars be appropriated to that purpose. Mr. D. R. WILLIAMS moved to postpone the consideration of the subject indefinitely. Negatived--50 to 36. The House then went into a Committee of the Whole on the subject--39 to 33. Mr. LOVE moved to amend the resolution by striking out the words in italics, and inserting "authorized to request."--Carried, ayes 54. Those gentlemen who supported this resolution in the debate were Messrs. LOVE, LYON, BACON, NELSON, SLOAN, and WILBOUR. Those who opposed it were Messrs. D. R. WILLIAMS, TAYLOR, SMILIE, MACON, and SOUTHARD.