Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-01-06

50 having been incurred in part on &C
IN, of the United States. The prin-
s e;~les which have marked your cha
Liter will not permit you to oppose
anv objection to the discharge OF so
nch Of the national obligation to you |
- admits of it. We are directed to
s,nress to YOU the confidence as well
IS request of the two Houses OF Con-
arsss. that you viii, by an acquies-
ssnce in their wishes in this spect,add
another to the many signal proofs you
have afforded of your esteem for Peo-
40 whose esteem for youcan never cease
until they have ceased to prize the Ii
berty they enjoy, and to venerate the
v;rtes by which it was acquired. We
have only to subjoin an expression OF
,ur Qualification in being the organs OF
This communication, and of the distin-
pushed personal respect with which
we arc, your obedient servants,
s :; sa, Z. aAYNE, oG she part Of Of
ID. BoULIGNY, the Senate.
w. 8. ARCHER, Committee OF
swan RENSSELAER,, the House OF
PHILIP s. MARKLEY, Represents
Washington, Jan. |, 1925.
To this Address Of the Committee
The General returned the following an
swer;
Washmgtoa, Jan. l, 1925.
Gentlemen of the Committee
of boeh Houses Of Congress:
The immense and unexpected gift,
which, in addition to former and con-
siderable bounties, it has pleased Con-
eress to confer upon me, calls for the
%armest acknowledgements OF an old
American soldier and adopted son OF
the United States, two titles dearer to
INV heart than all the treasures in the
world.
However proud am Of every sort Of
obligation received from the people OF
the United States, and their Represen-
tatiyes in Congress, the large extent Of
their benefaction might have created in
INV mind feelings of hesitation, not in
consistent, Lhope, with those OF the
most grateful reverence. But the SO
very Kind resolutions Of both Houses,
delivered by you, Gentlemen, in terms
of equal kindness, precludes all other
sensiments except those OF the lively
and profound gratitude, OF which, in
respectfully accepting the munificent
favor, | have the honor to beg you will
be the organs.
Permit me, also, gentlemen, to join
a tender Of my affectionate personal
thanks to the expression OF the highest,
with which have the honor TO be your
obedient servant,
LA FAYETTE.
The President laid before the Senate
a communication from the President
Of the United States, transmitting GER
tain information, showing the state of
the relations between Spain and the u
nited States, from the ratification of
the Florida treaty, up to the present
time, in compliance with a resolution
Of the Senate Of the last session; which
was referred to the committee on
Foreign Relations.
The annual report was received from
the Treasury department; and, on mo-
ton Of Mr.. ELLIOTT, 5000 copies were
ordered to be printed.
The Senate then proceeded as in
committee of the whole, to the consi-
deration Of the bill, "for the relief of
Thomas L. Ogden and others"
The petitioners were the proprie-
tors ofthe village of Sackett's Harbor,
In New-York, during the late war, and
allege that they have sustained DANA
ges to the amount Of S7,l7s, in conse-
quence Of its having been held as ma
val and military station on behalf Of
the United States.
The bill was opposed by Mr.. CHAN
DLER, and supported by Mr.. RUeeLEs
and Mr.. VAN buren,; and on motion of
MIR. KING, of Alabama, it was ordered
to lie on the table.
Inland trade 6etareen Missouri and Merieo.
Mr.. BENTON informed the Senate,
that he had received paper which he
took the liberty Of presenting. 1t was
a statement of facts in relation to the
origin, present state, and future pros
poets of trade and intercourse between
the Valley ofthe Mississippi, and the
internal provinces of Mexico. Intend
ing for year past, to bring this SUBJ
ject before the Senate, and to claim for
it share of the national protection,
Mr.. B. said that he had felt the neces-
sity of resting his demand upon solid
foundation Of facts. With this view,
he had addressed himself, during the
last summer, to many inhabitants of
Missouri, who had been personally en-
gagged in the trade, among others to
Mr.. Augustus Storrs, late of New
Hampshire, a gentleman of character
and intelligence, every way capable of
relating things as he saw them, and in
capabIe Of relatino them otherwise -