Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-03-17


~ whole house,
- ~. caeves from the committee on the
Establishments to whom were referred !. an
i@'r o.cerning the naval establishment with
a. .eod,nents of the Senate thereto, made
- -, recommending the adoption OF the
FIRST amendments, and disagreeing to the
~ list, in which the house concurred.
~ : enerossed bill relmquishing to the cor
Inn Of New Orleans the use of lot OF
f,,und for erecting steam engines was read
third time and passed.
A. engfosscd bill admitting the Misslssip-
rerri,ors into the union as a state, was read
t;.d lime and passed-Ycas 50, Nays %.
\ a message was received from the Senate,
.,rning the bill supplementary to an act tor
;.;,., an additional military forcewith amend
Its which the house adopted. The most
;anortalit amendment leaves it with the Presl-
~ 70 6x the rank of officers, without refer
.rc, TO date of commissions.
The House took up the report Of the COM
,,;,tee Of the whole on the bill establishing
masters department. After making
several amendments The house ordered the
rb,le TO be engrossed and read third time
tomorrow.
The following message in writing was re-
,eved from the President Of the United States
BY Mr. Coles his secretary.
70 the Senate snd Hoase Of REPRESENTATIVES
qfthe U. Stctes.
Hay before Congress letter from the En-
vow Extraordinary aud Minister Plenipotenti-
sr Of Great Britain to the Secretary of State.
JAMES MADISON.
March 18th 1879.
The Undersigned his Britannia Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tary to the U. States, has read in the public
papers of this city with the deepest concern
the message sent by the President of the U.
States to congress on the 9Th inst. end the do
suments which accompanied it.
In the utter ignorance of the undersigned
as to all the circumstances alluded to in those
documents, he can only disciaim most solemn
ly on his own part, the having had any know
ledge whatever Of the existence ofsuch mis-
sion or OF such transaction as the communlca-
ton Of Mr.. Henry refers TO, and express his
conviction that from what he knows of those
Branches of his majesty's government with
which he IS in the habit of having intercourse,
no cduntenance whatever was given by them
to any schemes hostile to tile Internal Tranquil
lily Of the United States.
The undersigned however cannot but trust
sshat the American Government and the Con-
sress the United States viii take into con-
sheraton the. character of the individual who
has made the communication in question; and
Will suspend any further Judgment on its me-
tits until the circumstances shall have been
made known to Ills Majesty Government.
The Undersigned requests the Secretary Of
Sats to accept the assurance OF his highest
eOnsideratoa.
4 (Signed) AUGs. J. FOSTER.
Washington, Narch i l,l8i2.
q onmotion Of 3Ir. Newton the message and
eOeaments were referred to the committee OF
"'t'Sn relations, and ordered to be printed.
Adjourned,
81 D he last AuHoRA' contains letter from
B. aF,s Gated Jan. l, 1912, aYriften s.a4a46tediy
81 4&oES, ne iyrS}tman, zpho is our Ccnaul
n g.; sra N Paris when states that our af-
80 IL Paris are in a fair way OF entire and
81 Story adjustment" aud that g several OF