Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-10
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~ htAN'-puI. barbour submitted the fol-
lowing:
Resolved, That the President of IN. United
States be requested TO lay before the Senate.
!if IN his opinion, it can be done without 10
jury 10 the public INTEREST," such information
AS VIII show the state of the relations between
spain and the u. States, from the ratification
vi me lnrida treaty up TO the present time {;
and the effect produced on those relations by
the U. States having established diplomatic
intercourse with the independent governments
OF South and North America.
Houseof Representatives., january 7.
CONTESTED ELxcrIoN.-T The principal
portion OF THIS days sitting was again spent on
Tue contested election between AIr. Wilson
The sitting member, and Mr. A Jams, when il
was hnaliy decided that Mr.. A. is entitled To
seal In the house-yeas 116-uays s. Mir
adams then appeared, was qualified and took
his seat.
letter from Washington, says" The an
swer of the Executive to the call of Congress
lor information III relation to the intentions of
me holy Alliance, AS To the South American
colonies, will be- an substance, that the public
sye'y VIII mol permit them TO give all the in
formation they have. | have no doubt they
have positive and important information. and
that what You lately said about pledge of the
Brush government TO resist the Allies is true.
That pledge and the origin of il. is prnbahlv
Whi the Executive cannot communicates"
" I. .ner. .4dv
WASH 'GToN J nu y 9. According N
exceIlen and esta lIsb, d usage, he doors of
tne president were yesterday opened for the
general reception Of his fellow citizens. An
unusual number ofgentlemeD and ladies', resi-
dents and visitors, crowded, al an early hour.
tlsali raon n,f, f<.t ID
triot and m ia nily, on this occasion. We
need not say hey were GENEROUSLY received.
and even heartily wei, omed, and that The
compliments Ofthe season were cordially re-
appreciated. Refreshments were Iitrrally dis
pensed and the scene was pnli,rned and har-
monlzed by bursts of patriotic music from the
Band ofthe Marine Corps.
Among the visitors were all the Secretaries
OF Departments, except Mr.. Crawford (who.
we regret TO say, yet continues seriously IN
disposed Among the crowd, too, were OH
served large majority ofthe Members of both
Holses OF Congress, with the Presiding Off
GERS or each House, most of the Civil Officers
OF the Government, all the Commissions
ers of the Navy Board, and the Chiefs of
the several branches Of the Military d.
parfment. SC All the Representatives
OF Foreign Nations were presrnt, in national
costumes, except the Colombo IN Legation,
VINO were remarked as being clad in the garb
oirppublcan plaiuness. We shall moi UNDER
takato enumerate the many distinguished and
remarkable persOnages who were there, b {
perhaps we ought not topass by General De-
Vereux, Minister to Europe from the Re
public ofColombia, whose arrival in this 81 y
mas mt been heretofore announced. The We
teran Gen. Jackson was there among hi bro.
ther Senators, and could not but attract atien-
tion. The Reverend Clergy. too, number
OF whom were present, assisted TO make Up
,nr scene. But all who composed the Assem-
mage were not either distinguished or Oifi,.iai
personaSes. No decent person was refused
admission into the Presidential Halls and we
thought we never had seen better illustration
oil The principle of our institutions, aud of tn.
cause of their strength. than we saw in the
.1w ensemble of this truly Republican specfa-
Gle. 1Aof Inf