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llilBSDAY EVENING, Dvcruin.r. 36,
\Yu have occupied a great portion of our paper
t;>-Jay with the proceeding*.iu both IluAbsof
Congress on the subject of a provision for Gen".
Lafayette. In the Senate, a bill passed, granting
to this distinguished patriot a very* liberal appro
priation o: money ami land,with slight opposition,
SUCOND SESSION.
f
by
f 37 to 7. In the Utilise a similar hill
net nith npposltlqjv rather attributable to,the
want of notice* mid some difference.of opinion as
to the details of the measure, than Ho tmjr objec
tion to the principle of the bill. There is mi doubt
that the bill will finally pass by a bun Jsom i ma
jority, 'which will provide for the’ cohort of the
Tuttirc lite of the Nation’sGuest.
resolution offered by Mr. Macon in the S fi
lmic oh the 20th, pvt
fon of the Allied Pow-
fsirnu-r. dotnin-
rAJ'TVW
r au inquiry on the sub
ject of limiting the number of cadets to bejadmit-
ted at the Military Academy, 'Vos taken U$ and a-
on the £is(t lust. . j
Iti the House of Representatives on . the] 21st a
moUitiou was offered and agreed toj cnljihg for
ir.fjnaatian as t6 the iule
trs to ait) Spain iu rccpycilug
ions in South America. \
On motion of Mr. CareyJofGeo. itwsls
Resolved, That the CoppniUeo oti the Post Of-
'Tice nad PostRoads be Instructed to inquire into
the .expediency of,cstablisUng a mail route f tnpm
Hous on Court-House, by jfiiroxville,iu Crnw-hrd
' County, Newman, la Pike fconutr. J’aycUeville,
in Fayette County, to De Kulb Court-House, in
the Stale of Georgia; aud jalso from Macon, in
Bibb County,to Forsyth, in Mtmroe County,
Hamilton, in Henry Coutty, to Covington, Its
Lawton County, lu the somo State.
The National Intelligencer contradicts the re
po; t which lias taken the rounds that Mr Monroe
after hi? term of service, Intended to tali'* tin Ids
feddf.nce tn the city of.Netv York—and adds that
Mr. M. will rcflre to his farm in Loudon county,
Virginie, about thirty miles from Washington, af
ter the fourth of March nest, where ho will spend
the remainder of his days. ’
C’vet. Balnbrlihre andCan*. Stewart, of the No-
r of the United Stntcs.al-oat i
Hut he was in the enjoyment of ifftMK
aiul fortune in his own country, ii- .r.
WlB
" an cati
punso tt 1
ibii
, * v 2
infUntl” for » rfifiom- hearts mid t
stul, rind anned H . 4 V» ft/ ilar sol
his own proper charge. ,un ! catn<* hero j ion for
with a vessel freighted wait arms, nuiii- and to
,nfor sim-
rdvis-.
lions, hud equipments tor war, which h e j Alexanil
distributed gratuitously among yourpeo-l nut Mr.
pic. Anti it is n mutter,of record mi tho pa-1 on.
t* I * . Sim*' !.,« ' killf oli.vitu I irtf
our histqry, that* ho 1 put shoos measure,
t not rely up
ation df tills
erhmeutof a na
m the feet of your hare-loot and .suffering ‘tirtu. conshHs the dictates ofjjustice, and
loldierV.—For these services he asked no obeys the nnpulse of noble U
■he received none. Hospeitt | does what contributes toYhe
recompense
his fortut.it
for you
-he' shod his terest .of the , peopl
blood for you—and without acquiring any uiiv —
t of the . people. Neither t
danger to be apprehended.
was there
ou the
un|u)vcrtshcd him8elh Alvdwhm,in m . ^ rec , d(ilUi? Can such a case nS
hildhood f Can it ever be reduced
1 this bill. Cliff this bill,' said h«\ ever lu?
thev gave tn him tho full pay, without in
terest, which he was enti^ rc- , - - ™ ^ ^
coivcd twelve or fourteen years betoro. 1 . a . J.,
second
I,. .. . i!!n! similar services ? And,if this nation could
Did they then nUoqipt to remunerate.him |, .... .. r .. . . i i ...
IHd they then nttmpptto jhdrt of W power-be reduced to cx
tor ‘ue-crvice, other t.Hin>niilnry, wht h (rf , me by a second struggle for, its
tlju i£ailuiH tcnbrnl, )iftd .rciulorcu t 11 ' in winter of its
gallant - .cnertu m«u ccmunoi. l " *“» 1 independence
c untrv ] No. sir. m H an Amertcan | ..
cifizcii hail.put his hand into his pocket,,
used a regime# for the service of his
.country, clothed its nnkodness, and put ^ ^ ( 0 US( s |u>illd make a crusade in
shoes upon their blccdiusbtcet-*—would he | 1./.1...11 r>uiiw*-lr hin,.,.)r *,„.l hi, fnr
not have been cntitinl to coinponsniion
for such cjcpenditurAr Sir, if wc were to
and pence—if we wore to drnw up an ae- p„i, p throw himself into.the balance—
. ... . ... _ ' /> ... 1 4 lio 1*.. . i . . . • I
count etttrent with flcn. litifnyette, the j wou j,j you cuHsidm* the example which
balance in,his favor wotiM iar exceed the 1 y 0! , w ^j se j py this bill as one whifch von
you will set oy tms out as one wmen you
nmouHt which by this bill it is proposed to I jj^jj-ht not iu such a cltse' to follow? Noj
sir; the case before us is one of its own
kind ; it"can never happen again—and if
in the life of Gen. Lafayette, which was eo^d, the possibility of such a recur-
explained by tho documents which Im reqee ought to constitute no objection to
field in his band, and which presented Ins the proposed measure.
copduct iu sncli.a delightful point of view, .\ 3 to the objection which had Seen urg-
tlmt he eotild not refrain from bringing it 0 d by the boiiourtible gentleman from Ohio,
to the view of the Senate, though ho should 1 on the details of the bill, Mr. II. would on
not found upen it any claim for rcmuuer- j |y observe, that it was impossible in a men-
had incurred on th'e occasion alluded to. J every gentleman. The committee had
It would be recollected,' that in March, j found that, wiiile great unanimity prevailed
|303» Coagress made-a grant of 11,520 among the members as to the tiling to he
acres of land (6 Gen. Lafayette. In the j done, great ditVerem'e of opinion prevailed
year following, he was authorized to locato I as to the best manner of doing' it. He
his warrant on any vacant land it! the ter- could only conjure gentlemen, therefore
_ 1 A .«m21 I Miltn r^nnimsi' in tlin tirim'in/i) In ihimi
Yf ■!>'
to the Seat of Government.
present on a visit
Gen. ta Fayette returned to Washington on
the 21st from a visit to AnnanoUs.
i Had it not been for the intrigues and
contrivances in New-York, and for the
Mnprocedented combination' in North Onr-
olina, Mr. Crawford would Imre r eceivVd
tho whole of the votes of these two States,
and the four candidatesxvould then have
Stood as fallows: . : ;
■William II. Crawford
Andrew Jnckscn
-Tohn Quincy Adams
]penry Clay
84
67
35
Total
2fll
Vetno. Press.
The fcUntKtng good-natured, article we
fin 1 in tho Connecticut Mirror of the 6th
Jpat.' . ’-T* ''.
Hartford, Dec. 6.
NEWS,—On Wednesday last, the
vqtcs through the four and twer.tv States
of the t niofl; were taken for a new Presi
dent. V* hctlier any body be elected hv
the people, and if not, who will go info the
House,- is at present, no concern of ours;
but wc shall, at any rate, on or about the
4th of Mai ch next have n new Trosident.
*1 is new Prcsidqpt will then.be greeted
by i n of all parties, who will declare
see the phraseology of the bill changed.—
He should like to have the bill, recommit
ted, also, lor another and a peculiar rea
son. As it proposed to raise money by a
loan, he doubled whether that provision
of live bill whs not invading the peculiar
privilege of the House of Representatives.
Uuder the influence of these considera
tions, lie ntoyed to recommit t^e bill.
Mr.^ IIiqK|Lof Soutii CaroEna, said he
87 votes^ had entertained the hope that this bill
would.give rise to no discussion; and, if no
other objection had been made to the hill
than that of his friend (Mr. Macon j who
was' opposed upon principle to making an
ap propriution, \ in any ■ case, or under
any circumstances, by way of compensa
tion for losses and services in the public
cause, he did not knowlhat.be should now
have riseiu Bat Hite objectioij.of thegen-
tleimtn from Ohio made it his duty to sub.
mix, as briefly as possible,his views of this
question. He .trusted, he said, that be
should be able to satiety the senate, and
te satisfy even the scruples of the gentle
man biotech,'that there was no occasion at
this time to recomjnit the bill. The ob
jection of his friend on liis right (Mr. Ma
con) went to the root of the bill; for Mr.
K. said he understood that gentleman to
say that, thdugh an individual might have
spent his substance in the service of his
country, and put biB hand in his pocket
Hid,' in the winter of its
fortunes, should b ■ anxiously looking for
succour, in arms, in men, in money—and
at such a crisls. a foreign nobleman, bound
our bclmU—embark himself, and his for
tunes in our cause—poor forth his trea
sines, shed his blond in our defence, and.
<>rt to u.calculation of pounds, shillings I w )iile the scale of our destiny w in equi-
1 ..... n»/>hn rn rtrnu* im itn I « i i* • *• t
IN SENATE—Doc. 21.
GRATITUDE TO LAFAYETTE.
The Senate, according to the order of
the day, tgok up the -hill making provision
for Gen. Lnlhyottc; and no nmendmont
being proposed thereto, the question was
about to be put on ordering the bill to be
read a thtld. time— - *v, 5'
Mr. Macon rose. It was with painful
rcluctnncc, ho said, thut*ho felt himself o*-
bliged to oppose his voice to tho passage
of this hill. Hu admitted, to the full ex
tent claimed low them, the great and mer
itorious services of General Lafayette, and
he did nor object to ihc-preeisc sunt which
this bill proposed-to award to him. But
ho objected to the bill on this ground: he
considered General Lafayette, to all in-
entsand purposes, ns having Itecn, dur
ing our revolution, a son, adopted into tli"
faniilv, taken into tho household, and
p'aced, inevery respect, on the same foot
ing with the other sons of the same family.
To treat him ns others were treated, was
all, in this View of his relation tons, that
could be required, and this had been done.
That Gctieral Lafayette inane grout sa
crifices, and spehtmuchof his money in
the service of this country, (said Mr. M.j
I a^ firmly believe as I do any other thing
under tho sun. -I have no doubt that ev
ery faculty of his mind and body were ex
erted in the revolutionary war, in defence
of this country. But this was equally the
case with all the spus of the family. Ma
ny native Americans spent their nil, made
great sacrifices, and devoted their wives in
The same cause. This was tbe ground of
his objection to this bill, which, he repeat
ed, it was as disagreeable to him to stntc
as it could be to the Senate to hear, lie
did uot.menn to take up the time of the
Senate i if debate upon the principle of the
bill, or to move any amendment to it. He
admitted, tj)at when such things were
lone .they should be done with a licit hand:
it was to the principle of the bill, there
fore, and not to the sain 'proposed to bo
given by it, that lie objected. With re
gard to the details of the hill, however, he
was rather of the opinion that it^would
have hecn better to have grvett so much
money, which wc have in the Treasury,
than to itnve given stock to the amouut.
Mr. Brown, of Ohio, said that this bill
purported to give a compensation to Gen.
Lafayette, for services rendered. Ite
should like to know what evidence had in
duced the committee to suppose that the
ampttnt propoi-ed was the proper amount
of compensation. He should like to
know how far the proposed appropriation
w.a» grouiidcd on daimsfor services or for
ndtture. He should, indeed, like to jt was stated to mm uiai ni3 , r ‘| 01 Jour debts to^be redeemed, would rema't;i
land was unquestionable, and Mr II. held M ft 8tandillJ? of
m his hand a statement made by an emi- 11 0
nent lawyer and jurist, now
ppropmte,
Mr H. stated that there was an incident
i Americans
who, tyhen-'vcr they visiirtlm .shores of
Framie, will repair,bn qmwds, to lus hos
pitable maimon, to tiftil’y their venera
tion to the tllustrloul^W)mpa:riot of their
fathers. Lafayette q|li.be a connecting
rid and the now
public man. By
link {totween,the old v
He must’ always bo rf
your voluntary act yohliavo placed him in
this extrnprdinary situaMhn; and, if, after
.till that hua been done^mtnaaid, we permit
him tn return home, aVithbut passing the
bill on ymtrlu'ele, we must suiter ^ loss of
reputation, at homo aii/l abroad, which
time cannot repair. Mr Hay no conclu
ded, by regretting that he had been com
polled to say even thus much on the siilt-
ject. He knew that Ih this House, as in
the nation, tjtoro existed but otia feeling of
gratitude aqd atfcctim for Lafayette, lie
I"
th
new that t|ie bill Would p iss with more
an usual unanimity, but ho con.udere l
gentlemen, who had scru des on the score
of precedent, or who objected to tho de
tails of the plan, as entitled to the expla
nations, which he hud attempted to give,
oftlli views and opinions ofthc committee.
Mr. Maoptirosn to disclaim the belief thafCctj,
Lafayette Imd peer it mi-Ci:*.I any d.icuinea.l, or
tn» lo to any pnrsoir any iuttmntioa wlitgevor, on
Uto sulijoct of tha nieasiirs tto>v I tutors tlie Hcnut’c.
As for liinsolf, Mr. \I. said, h« wishCu it to he un
derstood tluty in 0|>|iosint' this hill, he disclmrged
whatwa? to hitu.a ininlul duty. Mis objoction
«i not to the datalUJiiUto the prlnol|ila of tlm
hill, and tho arguments of il|h gwnllemon hnd not
a.atisflr-d him that th - objection waiaot well foun-
d. Nolthat h*i (jnd any doubt of tho truth of
the statements which lin’d linen made by the gen
tleman from South Carolina. With rci|)ncr tt
li 1 ■ IM. . w, A \f , .5,1 t h ..I 1ft ^ Ifttlrl Iftift • lft aft I (ft 1
ation for the tacrificcs wjiich tho General sure, of this nature, to meet the views of
ritory of Orleans; and, on the 7th April, who concurred in the priudple, In come
1306, hisngent in this country did locate prepared to surrender their peculiar views
a tract of 1000 acres vacant land adjoin- m relation to the details. So;ne gentlemen
ing the city ofNcw Orleans. On the 3d prefer a grant of money; others stock.;
March, 1807, Congress, without adverting and others land. The committee had falt-
Co this locution in behalf of the General
and indeed wholly unconscious of the fact.
that it had been made, grnntod to the Cor- 1 acceptable to all. >tock w
poration ofy,jhe city of New Orleans a j money because, win I e it
space of six hundred yards around the
’ en great pains to give to their propositmus
11 a form which should be, as "far as possible,
was preferred to
t was equal in
valued and was always convertible into
thn I'lMpaet w'uch'hud been shown to t leA Lufuy-
ettnljpcr, wisunplnasaut to tint rulers ofthutcouii
O-t this side of tin; water, ull Wertv gluil to
seebim: oxen’ ton torles wbo w.wi yot HVlu
would bs glad to sen him. Among a tuition
struii''.:rt!.> !ii<|w>r«oi), t7.; j. Lufa-.-eite coul-1
no .v.i:. p,iii .this coirotty;with-vut mcetihg wit
i<*inls. Nqn-.ni! in -any r>a t if the country,
touuitcs his but be in iy f-il'tba ho • ; t’s blqod oeiit
its do raw. Jt^r. M. said ho'shoubt e ;r-;t it, if
> South, urban ho goes tho.ro, should bn behind
any othey purtof the uujou bt tueir d-uu'iustra-
thus of ro-urd for this disfingiiishnd man. II«
I 'iot bs believe tlmy xy.sitbl be. Wherever be
inqv'is, among tho mountains, or pit thrplalits, ho
h heart folt-Welcome. This, Mr. M. said,
oulJ sutfipieutly satisfy Kttrope, if any dniitit n*-
maiiio.il on that point, what is tho ppini rn which
this o.nint-y entertains oftltoservices of i.aiuyctte
wbli>b
IbrUficatioDs of the city, including a vnlu- J m0I, ®y» even at a premium it would fur-
* • - - f - - -hitsha secure and certain income, which
would render the veteran comfortable iu
hie portion of tho very land which had
been previously entered by the General. I
He was immediately informed ofthc fact;
t ; ;e evening of his days, and smooth his
uety tutor,mu,s.a. .. * th to the grave . a fl. being the last of
it was stated to him that his right to this j .... *,.,1
ilX 11
iae oy nn yJ eA g,*atUuSe of a free people. The dona-
. , - _ ” r , a 5t ! r ° | lion of land had been introduced, partly,
the other House, alloying that a legallop-1 f rom a hope tliat it niiight induce the set-
unr* flic I.nrw*r‘> 1. . . . •
iuion was forwarded, assuring the General-J tiemeat of the beloved family in ourcoun
that, i,n a contest with the city of New Dr-1 1 W otild be a rich provision for the
leans, be must succeed. 1 « -*■— - e f -*’—
grand children of Lafayette. It was
Mr. b'ruuln said, that, in tb« suggsstifin \v
be bad made about the creation ofth, stink, Sic.
it bud been no part of his intention lo nmiamiss
t his bill being assured, by some of the Senators,
for whose opinion he hnd very great defyrenre,
that tli ? bill did not iuterferv with the prerogatives
of (he H.'of It. to allow of a diroot-voto on its me
rits, he withdrew tbe motion for itsreeominitment.
-flip bill was llseii ordered to be .engrossed for
third rencllng.
Mr.lSmilh, of Maryland, entirely acr.nrdiu
thjj supgiiStioa ofthc gentleman from South
ollnu", that whatever was done on this subject, if
done, ought to be done qiiivl:ly,thut thei;ill sbtntld
have its third rending this day.
The engrossed bill malting provisions for Gen.
Lafayette was accordingly read a third time: oud
tile question being staled on its passage—■
Mr. Noble, of Indiana, protesslng udue sense of
the mat'tfs qnd claims of Gen. Lafayette, said,that,
:l<t tliiu vv 11 <3. hi* i 1 .tulil
Another drtcument, which Mr. Hnyne | thought, moreover, it would add to the
had obtained from a diflerent soarcc stat-1 grace „f the measure. Without being
then I m nrli (Itunoftod to ronanll the miinioi
cdthat the value of the land had eventhen I , nuc h dispeed to consult the opinions of
been discovered, and that $50,000 could J i^uropc, it is as important as to its aspect
have been obtained for the General’s title abroad, thnt congress should act upon this
And what was the conduct of La subject not only liberally, but gracefully.
B r on being informed of these facts'! \ thing of this sort, he might be allowed
to it.
Fayette
He promptly, and without hesitation, I to add to be well done, shculd be prompt
communicated to his agent “that he would I ly done and with unanimity, He entreat
not cbosent even to inquire into the vplidi- ed ot gentlemen, therefore, who Were fa
ty of his title; that he could not think of I rmt table to the principle of the bill, to
entering into litigation with any public yield up the objections which they mtgh
body iu the L T . States; that the property feel to any part of the details, assurin
had been gratuitously bestowed upotv him them that much pains had been taken to
• .( tt 1 ? * L. xL s#. I » JnMi. slftr. >ftft 4 ftft , I PniT rt, 1 i ,-> >* contimoiit
by tho U. States, and it was with them to adapt them to the prevailing sentiment of
say what had beep givenand be accom- the members. There is still another con-
_ • . ii . .1 l Ik.. « ,11. I tvluoli KoA indtiniino sin tlw
panied these declarations by a positive di- sidcration whieh had influence on the
rcction to his agent to relinquish his entry tniiids of tho committee, uttd which Mr,
that, though, thn nib w< ’’ intended, but J gud paid out money for its use, that mo-
and to make alocatiftn elsewhere. This Hayne considered as not the least impor-
has been done, and the certificate from the j tqnt connected with this subject. It is t’mt
Land Office proves', that the land etthsti- the provision to be made should not only
tuted[for that wliiclt has been lost, is of be wortliy ofthc distinguished .person for
very inconsiderable value. General L'a l whom it is intended, but that it should be
Fayette, however^ did not stop here—he wortliy of the character of tlio nation
hnd been induced to dispose of a part of worthy of tho American people. National
his interest in this land, to an Irish baro- character is national wealth; it gives a
~ •* • " it ‘ — ’ fee ,! ^
mistake a 7eal, tliey mnyy in their blind-
E'.is, have been urgent for another candi
date; vet, could they "have .foreseen the
event, they would have been for Tam,-and
1.1UW, rejoice at his success.'rr-The Whole
c: ; itiy !,e Idled ?,:th rcioiciu,!',
■Sfiitneis, who will come out to meet -liitii
With the whole left bunded tribe of Ben-
■■ jnmin,. • d- ;
net, Sir Josialt Coghill., His contract tone to the public sentiment and feeling
.
Narrow Escape.—Mr John Ellisfl, of
Mm er, Me. a celebrated hunter,, recent
ly hall n dangerous encounter witlj a large
Moose lliveri V/hen discovered the ani-
i ' "nal took to the river, and the hunter to
id*; canoe and started in the pursuit of
of him. Having approached within six or
eight rwls, he fired, and the hall taking
eiicct the Moose riiade for the sltore, Mr
JS. Itaviug ccloadqd his gun, proceeded,in
qenrch of hint. The Morse was soon
come up with, and rather unexpectedly,
Mr Ellis having approached'within twen«
ty or- thirty feet ef the enraged animal he-
fpre-he discovered him—He instautly fir
ed ; but being somewhat agitated by sud
denly finding himself so near the Moose,
unsaed his object, the ball entering a small
Lrce which intervened between thorn,
whereupon the Moose immediately made
i\i him with desperate fury, taking him be
tween bis horns, cue of which entered his
clothed near the wuisbajul pf the paqta-
iooiiM in front and passed out nearliischip,
ane the other at the small of his back ta-
h ing the skin in it course. While in this
dangerous and critical situation, the-Moose
made four or five bounds with him, cleav
ing a rod or more at a leap, when his
clothes giving way, he fell to the ground
The Moose passed oyer him without strik
ing him, anti after goiqg fifteen or twenty
rods fell and expired. Mr Ellis received
eougiftt-rnhfe injury, but trifling to what
glit have been expected fronj the cir-
uwtuuooi iu wliiclt he was placed.
Presst
lity should npt be refunded to him by the
government. All this, said Mr. H. I shall
L-c- able to shew that General Lafayette
has.done, and that tlie adoption of the
measure now proposed will be not only an
act of duty to him, but a duty which we
owe to ourselves^ Mr. II. said he hold in
his hands documents which he had not in
tended to submit to the senate, because he
bad already submitted them very general
ly to the private,inspection of the mem
bers: but, called upon as he now was, he
feit it to be his duty to present them puh-
ii^ly to the senate. Mr. H. thcli submit
ted a statement, founded on a document
which had been received from Fraucc by
a member ofthc Senate, from which it ap-
Iteared that, when Gen. Lafayette em
barked for America in 1777, he possessed
an iucome of about 146,000 francs, nboiit
828,700—an income, which it is well
kuo • n, had beenreduced by his losses-and
sacrifices in the cause of liberi/- through-
out the world, to a very small sum.
It also appeared from the .same docu
ment, that during six years, from 1777 to
1783; the General had expended in the
American service, 700,000 francs, equal
with this gentleman created, r of course, which add strength and energy to the coun-
mltch embarrassment to him ; but the try.
general only considered that it. might also Mr H. was certainly not disposed to
embarrass the government of the U. States. I look abroad for a rule of copduct. He
He made ati appeal to that gentleman, I would not consult the mistaken opinion of
icrality worthy of all praise, foreign
er lands in satisfaction for theiil. La to tommaud the respect of the world
Fayette stopped not even herqi he was not Now, wlmt would be thought of tis in
further sacrifices which the General had
made in the cause of Liberty,as establish
ed'by tbis document; but the only fact in it
to which lie wished particularly to draw the
attention of the Senate, was, that^ie sac
rificed, more than forty years ago, one
bundled and forty thousand dollars of his
private fortune in the service of his Coun
try. And how was tills sacrifice made ?
Under what circumstances ? Was he one
of opr own citizens—one of those whose
lives and fortunes were necessarily expo
sed during the vicissitudes of acontest for
the right of self-government? N«- sir.
said Mr H. no such thing. If he had been
a native American, ahd'hadlost liis whole
estate by the war, he would have incur
red a misfortune to which all hjs iullrfkv-
citizeoa were liable ip common with him
who, with a libei
nations, when wc, had any great
agreed to relinguish his claims to the land duty to perform. And yet it was highly
in question, and excepted a claim on oth- desirable that we should always so act as
satisfied while uny thing remained -to be
done.
I have myself, said Mr II. seen and ex
amined on Jilc, in the Land Office, this
deed of relinquishment, deposited there
by General Lafayettp himself, to secure
the/govdrriment from all" future difficulty.
It only remains fpr me, said Mr H. to add,
ur mt, Mv. M. s.-iiil tint lie hnd no doubt that all
to a?a.
vodoi the. maimer in W^h the bill
I.con attempted to to bo hurried £
House; and, tho’ he might n,itsuc c „ c
proyemmg it* passitgo.ho should cen n
m tins public maimer, enter, for 0 «?
protest against’if, c '
1
i
nevcrtholbsa, to n tti.il shaped us this was, hcCoutd
tie x.uptS and Nays on tlie qu'eslion of thu pussugu
of this bill.
The Yctui and .’Vnyj ware ordered accordingly
and were l.-ihoti ns follows:
YEAS —Mqssrs. Barbour," Bouligny., Branch
Chnudler, Clayton,\Dick«rsuu, F.aton, Jockseh.
lohnstiigqfKy. Johustou,-Lous. Kelly, King, of
Muir. King, of N. Y. Knight, i omimii, Lloyd, of
Muss, i.inyd of Md. IV.wards, RHJ-itj, i-’indlny,
iuillard, rluyns, Holmes, of .Vie. ‘Hoboes,oi Mna.
Lowrie, JVI'Leun, Mills,lVliaur, Parrott, Seymour,
Smith, Tnlbot, Taylor, Thomas,Yen BUrc-u, Vun
Dyke, Williams.
NAYS—Messrs. Bar top,' Bell, Brown, Cohb,
Mucdn, Noble, Haggles.
So tlio bill was passed and seat to the II. of "ft
for coni uirmce
Mr. BarboursubrnTted the following, which was
taken up and agreed to:
“ Resolved, That the'President of the United
Stales be'requested to enuse to be communicated
to the Senate, such information us lie may possess
(and which roav be safely communicated) relative
to the piracies referred to in his Message, and the
means hcretofor,; adopted by the F.xecutive fur
their suppression; anu tiial the- President be also
requested to state the udditiounl means necessary
ami expedient to he intrusted to the Executive for
the suppression of tlie same.”
After cdnsiijprtttiun of Executive business,
The Senate udjourned.
Europe, if, after all that lias passed, wc
should fail to make a generous and liberal
provision,for our venerable guest. We
have, under circumstances calculated to
give to the event great eclat,invited him to
our shores.
We have received him with the utmost en
thusiasm. The people have every where
that, riha potiop of the {and, thus goner- greeted him.the warmest terms of grati-
ousiy relinquithed, now stands a valuable tUf p ' nn, ' n ™' f,nn - ^ ,lfi nuentmn of tho
part of the city of Ncw-Orlenns, valued
by gentlemen well acquainted with it,
(according to estimates hyw before him.)
tude and attention. The attention of the
civilized world has been drawn to the c-
vent, as one even of national importance.
It is unfortunately too well known that
at from four to five hundred thousand dol- ^ ie °^j ect ( *f aficctionate attachment
lars.
It ts perfectly immaterial,said Mr. II. to enquire
' ’"wefcV * A
Wbetbol" some to-Al dffirffilty migh* not liavte ex-
has spent his fortune in the service of
mankind, and that we ourselves have re
ceived n huge portion ofthc wealth which
•sted in. establishing -tbeGeneral's title. Nothihg he has never hesitated freely(to sim-ondiir
but ii judicial investigation could have settled the ■- 1 *- 1 — 1 _x* i— at.—,-E.i
to 140 000 dollars Mr II pmajuMrem’ .«.vbs« S uu.»u nttve-*ciucq-tne | in the holy cause'ot-leeedora.
w> i-iu.uou aonors. air n. adVeitedto rights of the parfien; and, as the General has re- w .|i ,h ml „| ( T nf
linauishcd his claim, and has never -t nnv i;». I w ? u D0 9*
claimed indemnity, thai investigatiojj
, ot>ny i
Ii would now
time.
Now what
us in Europe? and,
what is much lvtotc Important, how will
be ageless. Bat the point bn which he delighted We deserve to lie thought of, if we send
fo dwell was the magnanimity, the refinement of back our venerable guest, without any
substantial proof of our' gratitude
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr Randolph, from the Committee-.on
the services and Sacrifices of Gen. Lafay
ette: reported a bill “ concerning Gener
al Lnfaycttewhich tvus.twice reud. Mr
Randolph then moved that the orders of
the day lie dispensed with in order to
take up thf-bill concei ning Gen, Lufayette,
which was carried by a largo majority]
The House accordingly went into com
mittee of the whole on thut bill; Mr Mark-
ley iu the chair; qnd the bill having been
read.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, rose and snid,
that it'might appear uncourteous in any
gentjem'an to oppose the pasrage pf a bill
having such an object us thut now before
the committee; yet, under present circum
stances, brought in .ns that bill bod been,
suddenly u'don the House, and called, as
gentlemen were, tn act,upon it, ..without
tlie opporlunity-of.cofrsultation, or a mo
ment’s reflection, he felt it to be his duty
tooppose its father progress. This might,
perhaps, be considered as liis reproach 1 ^
blithe lelt it to liis duty, and he must fear
lessly discharge it. lie could hade wi
cd that tlie gentleman who introduced the
bill had Cultivated a little more of the vir'-
tuo patiepce, lie did expect that, in pre
form. No member in that house coat
ignorant of tlm multitude of c l aim ;
tor these tenlyeqvs part, been el
ually presented to its notice forp c
tor revolutionary services. Tlm J-.t
tho revolution, and ho would add tt'
mencan soldier, had beena^ain mZ
•««* *r». Sfn mSS$!-
services and sacrifices te the cause o?
couulry. Wasttauificicmthatl,^;;,
merely monuoh his claim ? N 0 L
state and explain Ao gromuU o7wh™l
was founded.. Was it enough tint
should do this once ? No—-ho had to
again 'find again—he must doit twt
tunes over—there was no eye to pity
au ltond to relieve him. After wait
on tliis House for years, ho often h,|
go away at last without reward, beet
lie could nqt explain a ad prove th e m
amount and extent oflfis^^services,
sir, said tMr (i. what I would tto;
the poorest American soldier, I wi
not give to a king upon his throne, s| l0
lie ask it of me. Tho gentlemen whoh
tlie charge of this bill have pursued
wrong course in thus hastening the i
sure. -There was unuthor course tv
would better serve thoir object—wl
would unite all liourt9 und ali hauds:
the cau se be soberly and candidly set
fare the House; let the facts be cxjiliu
—give gentlethen tiiue tQ reflect m
deliberate, nnd-lie did not doubt the yin
do what was right in this matter,
to tiie bill asmiw pressed upon the H-.
he could by uo means consent, nmf
should therefore move to postpone
further consideration of it till Moi
next.
The question being taken on the
tion to postpone, was lost—ayes 75,
• Mr. Sterling, ofjConnecticut, then
ed toamond the bill by striking out tl
section, (which grants n section oUuj
but the motion was lost by a consider
majority, only 53. members risin«wut
vbor.
Mr. Vance, of Ohio^then move
dace the sum in the bill to $150,011
this motion was negatived by a still
majority-; when
Mr. Gazlay moved to reduce tho an
to 8100,000, on which question he tk“ r
ded the Yeas and Nays, which we
derede
Mr. Tracy, of New-York, then roi
observed, that it must now be evid
all thnt there existed in tlw House
fcreuce of opinion as to the farm ol
measure proposed by the bitt. T<
moasuro itself he was pdrsuaded a®
iIeigmTT-T>n ntwrr vras opposed,«
presumed that the friends of the b
reported, would not think, under
circumstances, of pressing the bill tin
the House while the minds nfmei
were in n state so unprepared to net
unison up.iu tho subject, He coni
that to hfuisolf it hud appeared sums
extraordinary; that a measure of thii
Imd been introduced and pressed tn
much precipitancy. For liis own pi
would not say thut he Was either ia
of. the hill or opposed to it in its
form, lie had deputed to no emra
tlie right of graduating his feelings"
subject, nor would this House sub:
have the measure of ltd gratitude die
to it by- any Committee. It must
time to think and to act for itself,
time had not been given. He iroui
suy the amount was too large—o
might think.it was, and others, a|
might consider it too small; opport]
must be allowed tii gentlemen to t
their views. No committee could
in a moment the feelijigs and seiitii
of the House on such a subject, and
opposed to such precipitate leg"
Our judgment, .said he, is to be coi
as well ns our feelings—and hupin
the friends of the bill would tliemw
sensible of the impropriety of nun
prompted the General At opcc to abandon his
claim?, to refuse even to liiqiiire into (him, niid
prrtof of Pur'' gratitude
ilmu vague expressions of ..our regard?
wholy regardless of liis own interests, to look* I VVe wo will bje accused (and he knew not
only to the interests, of our cqn fitly.
how itcpuld be said unjustly) of' pretend-
-But, there are still grounds almost as strong'as ln& , 0 KetU i, nents w h\.,U VvVdid not foci
its equity and justice, said Mr. M. upon which to .tt en '-nnemH winut i c ciiri not tee ,
tliis claim may.be placed, According even to “lid wttb paying substantial services With
precedent^ if precedcbts W'orp consulted in such I unmeaning professions of esteem. By
a case, the goveritmcnt wotild be bound to rccom- bringing Ijafaye.tcj to the' United States
pepse the services of La Fayette. Do geP HM "' ,n • — - -
peose
doubt upon
fijis C Joi f „f?'‘ Sd ir mSer. irt i ne^aud eXtraUrdinary
* 1 situation in society. We have connected
our, instances of .legislation upon thp'sawc-priuci--. 1 B1 ttiution
pie* qn which thisnili depends; him w'illt our history. You have* made
Mr H. hqre referred to. several—to tbe !lim « spectacle foi'the world to gaze on.
act mnkingcomjiensatiori fqr the,“ sneri- He cannot go back tb France and become
lices” Of Baron Steuben : to that which: the private citizen he was when heideft it.
appropriates, in the language of this bill, ^ QU the universal ltojn
IHG jUUIUjL^V 11JU ((IU GA|/ELl LIllU) IU JJJ
senting'sucb.abillto this House, the merr
its and claims of the individual for whose
benefit it was intended would have- been
stated,- anu the reason,s which had indu
ced the committee to fix upon sliis amount
of compensutian would' haVo‘been disclos
ed. He was far from.being insensible to
to the merits bfthat distinguished individu-
ul; and, tf, upon a delibcmtfc'statement of
all the fact? of his ease, lie should, be. con
vinced that his cliiim^, even to such a large
amount of ramuneratron, \ywo founded ip
justicai he would gp us fa f ns any of thorn
ns any ruember of the House in allowing
them, arid in voting an appropriation—^
Wlmtcvct fnjglit be thought of hi* present
thus to hurry it through the |(M
should move to lay the bill upon tw
The question was taken on Mr.
motion! which wascarried In the*
live, ayes 93, noes 84.
So tlie bill was laid upon the taW
RATTLE £NAKES,
As people at a distance mav not
ware ofthe nlmndance of these repi
some parts ofOhio/wo can giveW
idea, by-tho following fact, a)
Capt.' Riley, whose book is fa»« a
generality of renders. The Cap'®
polling to fall in with the onmro^
•who were locating the Bi®* 5 * 1 *
road, the subject of surveying, «
naturally introduced, when he r”
experience. He said 4 when .lie
surveying in the neighorhooo 0
town ; he was aware that the co
hounded with rattle snakes, ■an<
the precaution to bandage I 118 n
with woollen leggings, after
fashion. Sometimes, in Hie
prairies through which lie y
straight lines, he was oblige
f*ye oji an object half a inde o
and lie had always foui)d
about the leg* in the course a
gross, with brash or rublas i, , , j
“suppUl, but to. his utter^D..;
on coming put, fapj-fetif < ’ e Z^. r , Aai
-timokt-.I
o' cadi' legging!!! ;
[Think of that MaatcrBroo .
A letter from Cadiz dated lOth jgj
tier from tpiw , .T n . j b<
states thatMr Izmirdi, )! , (
pointed Spanish Munste to^
died suddenly whcn.he was
bak ou Jiis jfliPtfR'