Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-08

terests. VINDEX.
The debate on the bill making fur
Their provision for the Suppression OF
Piracy, yet continues in the Senate ;
but, though it has occupied so much
of the time, and elected so much Of
the talent of that body, the shape that
it will finally assume, as well as its pas
sage in any shape, is considered very
uncertain.
Previous to the meeting Of Congress
at the present session, it was COM
mon prediction that, in the House
of Representatives, particularly, there
would be but little debate, and still less
actual transaction of business. AS to
the debates, our readers are qualified TO
pass an opinion. AS to the business
actually transacted, there has been,
within our recollection, not as much
business of real importance actually
done in the House of Representatives,
at the same stage of any former ses-
sion, as of this. The act making an
appropriation for the use of Gen. La
FAYETTE was itself an act of some mo-
ment but we invite the attention of
the reader to the following list of bills,
viz:
The bill to authorize the occupation
of the mouth of the Oregon;
The bill authorizing the continuation
of the Cumberland Road;
The bill authorizing subscription
to the stock of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal;
The bill to provide for the payment
Of the claims for losses, during the late
war, on the Niagara frontier;
The bill further to provide for the
punishment of crimes against the u.
States;
The bill to regulate the Post-Office
Establishment a revision of the whole
system;)
The General, Military, and Naval
AppTOpTldtlOn OllS J"
All these bills have finally passed the
House of Representatives, & are pend
ing, not yet acted upon in the Senate !:
so that, if the House of Representatives
were to consume a fortnight in making
an election of President, (which bu-
esstcommences on Wednesday next
there is no danger of the Senate being,
in the mean time, idle for want Of en-
ploynlent. Nat. Int.
Baltimore, Feb. 5.-General La Fay
cite, Son and Secretary, accompanied
by Col. Rogers, Secretary of the Com
'monwealth of Pennsylvania, Mr. EN-
len of the Senate, and Mr.. Baker of
the House of Representatives of Penn
sylvania, arrived in this city from Har-
risburg, on Thursday night, at eleven
o'clock. The General and family were
in fine health and spirits, and left us
yesterday, at O'Clock, for Washing
ton, accompanied by the above named
gentlemen.
Before his departure for Washing
ton yesterday, Gen. La Fayette spent
several hours in a visit to Orange
Farm, accompanied by the editor of
the American Farmer, and G. How
ard and J. B. Morris, Esqs. Trustees
of the Maryland Agricultural Society.
The Dairy is the leading object at the
OrangeFarm, and the accommodations
with view to that object are more
extensive than at any similar establish
ment in the country. The arrange
ments are calculated to provide for
more than one hundred cows; and a
pisgery has been recently erected to
accommodate more than one hundred
head of swine. The general expressed
much qualification in witnessing the
operation Of the labor saving machine
ny and processes, and the economy
with which every thing was prepared
and used in subservience to the lead
ing design of the whole establishment
and many thanks to its proprietor,
Robert Smith, Esq. who received him
with his usual courtesy, I'm.
General LA FAYETTE has returned to
this city from his visit to the Seat Of
Government of Pennsylvania, where he
was most cordially and respectfully re-
ceived by the People, the Legislature,
and the Executive. Nat. Intel.
JOSIAH S. JOHNSTON has been elect
ed Senator of the United States from
the State of Louisiana, for six years
from the Sd of March next, when his
present term of service will expire.
In the State of NEw-YoRK, there has
been an attempt, without success, to
elect a senator, to succeed MIR. King,
whose term of service will expire on
the third day of March next. On the
part of the House of Assembly, AM
BRosE SPENCER was nominated, by IT
votes to AZ over the several other per-
sons voted for. In New York, our
hIo occasion