The bill for the naval armament (twelve vessels) passed by a majority of about four to three in the House of Representatives:  all restrictions on the objects for which the vessels should be used were struck out.  The bill for establishing a department of Secretary of the Navy was tried yesterday, on its passage to the third reading, and prevailed by forty-seven against forty-one.  It will be read the third time to-day.  The provisional army of twenty thousand men will meet some difficulty.  It would surely be rejected if our members were all here.  Giles, Clopton, Cabell, and Nicholas have gone, and Clay goes to-morrow.  He received here news of the death of his wife.  Parker has completely gone over to the war-party.  In this state of things they will carry what they please.  One of the war-party, in a fit of unguarded passion, declared some time ago they would pass a citizen-bill, an alien-bill, and a sedition-bill:  accordingly, some days ago, Coit laid a motion on the table of the House of Representatives for modifying the citizen-law.  Their threats pointed at Gallatin, and it is believed they will endeavor to reach him by this bill.  Yesterday Mr. Hillhouse laid on the table of the Senate a motion for giving power to send away suspected aliens.  This is understood to be meant for Volney and Collot.  But it will not stop there when it gets into a course of execution.  There is now only wanting, to accomplish the whole declaration before mentioned, a sedition-bill, which we shall certainly soon see proposed.  The object of that, is the suppression of the whig presses.  Bache’s has been particularly named.  That paper and also Carey’s totter for want of subscriptions.  We should really exert ourselves to procure them, for if these papers fall, republicanism will be entirely brow-beaten.  Carey’s paper comes out three times a week, at five dollars.  The meeting of the people which was called at New York, did nothing.  It was found that the majority would be against the address.  They therefore chose to circulate it individually.  The committee of Ways and Means have voted a land-tax.  An additional tax on salt will certainly be proposed in the House, and probably prevail to some degree.  The stoppage of interest on the public debt will also, perhaps, be proposed, but not with effect.  In the mean time, that paper cannot be sold.  Hamilton is coming on as Senator from New York.  There have been so much contrivance and combination in that, as to show there is some great object in hand.  Troup, the district judge of New York, resigns towards the close of the session of their Assembly.  The appointment of Mr. Hobart, then Senator, to succeed Troup, is not made by the President till after the Assembly had risen.  Otherwise, they would have chosen the Senator in place of Hobart.  Jay then names Hamilton Senator, but not till a day or two before his own election as Governor was to come on, lest the unpopularity of the nomination should be in time to affect his own election.  We shall