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FlltiDERICK S. FULL, ity rju.vrr.iu ■eight notu AU DULL \ns T. IN AnYAKCB, cuts appear in LT&xterjwtt FRIDAY -EVENING. OcccMnrn lil, 1824. to s.sy that G. 1. Cota, Justice of the Inferior yurt. Q7 ’Oar Correspondent, “ A. B.” is in formed tlmt lus communication is not for gotten. The valuable relic lie has sent us for publication, sltnll appear in tho course if next week. r *As To-Morrow will be Nao- Year's tty, no paper will be issued front this of fice until Monday evening next. ' ELECTIONS. Tin; Election for two Justices of the IVace in ertclt military district in this City, will take place To-morrow the 1st Jununry. Tolls to be opened at 10 o’clock iu each district. On Monday, the 3d inst. an election will take place nt the Court House for five Jus tices of tho Inferior Court, a Tax Collec tor, n Receiver of Tax Returns, and Clerk of the Court of Ordinary atid Escheator. Pulls to tie opened at 10 o'clock. An election will also take place on the same day, in the City Council, for five Port Maidens, THE NEW-YEAR. ■\Vc avail ourselves of the season of mu tual congratulation and joy, at the com mencement pf another year, to offer our subscribers, and friends, our grateful ac knowledgements for their continued and in* creasing patronage, and for the kind offi ces of friendship which give buoyancy to pirits and smooth the path of life.— 1 NATIONAL <1R \TTTnOK. AVc occupy n great portion of our paper again to day with the interesting proceed ings in the House of Representatively re lating to Gen. La l'aydtte. It will be Seen tlmt the bill grnnting to him two hun dred thousand dollars, and an entire town ship of land (23,000 acres,) has- received the sanction of both Houses of Congress. This act will bo responded to by ten mil lions of freemen. In ull the honor hcni>- ed on Ln Fayette, not it discordant voice has been beard—be lias been welcomed with tears of joy and his presence has been anxiously demanded where his footsteps have not been. From the day of our in dependence to tho present hour, never was there a prouder spectacle presented to the eye of Americans than tho prcscnco of this mail. Congress have gracefully clos ed this pleasing nitty, by testifying the na tions unanimity. It is novjk fllfcilgly de monstrated to our bencfnet or HmEQr be shed lus blood upon our plains lo’^Iw^tr- eotnplishtnctit of American Independence —it was not poured out for nn ungrateful people. The provision that has passed is worthy of the Nation—worthy of the name. copTues- Thc following day last elected < Georgia Hussar, Mm. I Geo. Sriti.rv. lit I.icut 'nant. M. H. M'Allutku, 2d do. thought necessary to oiYcr to tho House 1 any explanation on the subject. The committee, however, thought it would have been only necessary to echo the voice which is heard from one end of the coun try to tli(> other, They thought the im portance ami value ol the services ol Gen. La Fayette bad been so generally known, that it was unnecessary to report tho fact, in regard to the serviecs of Gen. La Fay ette, on which they thought it expedient to recommend the passage of the bill now before the Hott'C. They hoped that the proceedings of this House, wIiqh, by an unanimous vote, nt the last session, they acknowledged the value of thoso survices, would have made sncdi a report unnecessa ry. By that vote, Congress subjected the country to nn expense nearly, if not quite, equal to tho amount of the proposed ap propriation, by agreeing to send out n ship of the lino to convey Gon. La Fay ette to this country. The committee did not calculate, after having tlone so, and his declining to put tho U. States to that charge, thcro would have been any objec tion to remunerating Gc.n. Ln Fayette, in some degree, for his services and sacrifices in the cause of the U. States. When, more recently, the Speaker of tho Hottse had been directed by an equally unanim ous vote, to present the acknowledgments not only of the nation, but of this House, of the important services rendered to the country by'Gen. Ln Fnyettc, the commit tee would not Imvc supposed themselves deficient in their duty if they failed to re port facts or a statement of accounts in regard to I Imt distinguished man. Speak ing for myhclf.said Mr. L. I considered the proposed appropriation not man a (fair of account —not a* the payment of a debt to Gen. Lafayette, but at tho expression of a national sentiment, which .voultl do honor not only to tills House, but to this People-as an net which would, ns far ns it goes, serve to take away from us the reproach that Krpuhlics are ungrateful, I thought it would of the account between him and the Uni-1 house, hut to submit a proposition, which 0 . t0 ,, - ted States won pool leave us in debt, to j lie hoped would render diaoussiun umii -? ( ., V. •'Mttnury.ma«*ai cfd OOssary, He should regret deeply to see twtF,wl,i I»k W j tho Journal burdened with rnmnlTofyeas S Tm 7 oxtc,,t “> ij! and nays, motions ant} amendments, in a ,i, i , V t • °° . nn »°Uht of the i,J i:i._ it. i— i i , . . UeUttOr Ills services. t,m r. , . i' 1 him, interest included, inure tlmn double tho amount which the eonuUittOa lmtl re ported in his favor. TIoro, then, sir, is nn account of dollars and cents, since gentle men desire it: here something to satisfy the most scrupulous. When you oiler to Gen. Lafayette tltcso two hundred thou sand demurs you do not pay wlmt you justly atoi to him. I am very much afraid, sir, that in going through this detail, 1 mny Wound the delicacy of tho gentlomnn concerned.; for 1 am porsttaded that no circumstances would have induced him to bring forward, ns a debt what lie gave to us. Half of bis princely estates he free ly spout itt our Service, without any other recompense than tho sec rot satisfaction inf aiding the cause of liberty, to which ho front his cradle had devoted himself. .Mr L. said lie would not proas upon tho House argument drawn from tho feelings of the People of the United States on this subject. Those feelings, said lie, nre well known: and from whnt I know of the temper of this Houso, and of tho feelings of the gentlemen who compose it, there is not one of them who will not regret tlmt any consideration of what ho believe to be his duty will prevent him from giving bis assent to this bill. I yet trust, Itowov er, that the vote on the bill will bo unnn itnons. I hope it will be seen that the} ho was desirous of iwstpouing the motion whole House is moved by one conscntane- to recommit, arid this whole subject, until otis feeling, of obedience to tho wishes of Monday next.. our constituents—one desire ofexpressing j tho sentiment of national gratitude which we owe to the nature of the government under which we act—ono wikh to satisfy ottr own feelings. I do not believe there one gentleman iu this Houso who will not excessively regret that any notion of his duty, or regard to tho disposition of Wished, for himwlf. soma further time for re tho country, would prevent his giving a flection. The steam boat Carolina on her pnssnge I not be doing Justice to om- constituents, it we i * ' .... _i t , ...I made this award a matter of valuation—nn affair yesterday from this place to I ** r J J 0 |- dollar* and cents; I thought a different mode of treating it most respectful to the Rouse, most hencfittlng the dignity of this govermient. Other vote for this bill. burst her boiler. Me nre happy to state that no person oa board was injured. to the The Secretory ofthc Navy recommends to Cougress to pass a law authorising the building of twelve corvettes, ns being! gentlemen, it appears, eutertaln different views: perhaps they are more correct views. I do not stand here to set nn my. sentiments agnilut those who think the matter oiight to have been treated in a different way. Some think and I hnve no donbt they very honestly, and sincerely think, tMt they have no power to express tho nationul more happily adapted to the protection of I gratitude in the manner proposed, nr to- vote 1 away public money in any ease to which a&luim Gen. Lafayette, which though it did did not come strictly into account, ns for ming a demand upon this government furnished an argument which could not but strongly appeal to this house in favor of that distinguished individual. [Mr. L. hero stated the circumstance of the location of part of Gen. Lnfayette’s land in the vicinity i»f New-Orlenns, and his ottr Commerce tlmn larger ships. The close of the year is fitted to remind all how ■ rapidly time is stealing away; the young that their sun is approaching to its zenith, the middle-aged that theirs is al ready sinking towards the horizon, and the nged tbut the shades of evening are fast gathering around them as they arc tottering onward to the grave. It is fitted to remind the slothful tlmt the season of labor is gliding awuy, and that soon, if they do not shake off tbeir lethargy, all their summers will have ended without their putting the sickle into the harvest. It is fitted to recall to the mind, not only the distinguished favors which mark par ticular friendship and esteem, but the thousand “ little attentions” which cheer us on our way, and which it is not less a duly than a pleasure to reciprocate. It is fitted to remind us of our errors and faults, that we may study to avoid the former and to lessen the number of the lutter. It is suited to hiring up before us those mo ments of indiscretion when we have suffer ed passion to get the mnster of reason, and break the chord of friendship, and to con vince us how much better it is to bury ani mosities, and, if possible, ‘‘live peaceable with all men.” It is fitted to impress up on our hearts the truths which revelation and uaturc teach, and to remind us tlmt “ we all do fade as the leaf," that soon the winter will have passed, and we shall sleep beneath the clouds of the valley. In short it is the ,st;uson for reviewing tliel past, that we may profit by the lessons of 5* experience, renew our good resolutions, & be nnimaved for our future course. Thus improved, and the occasion serves to pro mote the prosperity and joy of the heart, which we wish, in fall measure to our rea ders and friends. MEXICO.—It appears by papers and letters from Mexico to the 24th ult. that the expulsion of the’ Spaniards from the Castle ofTloa, and the fortifications ofthc coast, were demanded of the Mexi can Union in a strong manifesto of the legislature of the state of Vera Crux; and both were likely tube soon attempted by the general government. On the 10th ult. the Mexican General Rincon took posses sion of the island of Sacrifieios, and erec ted batteries, with tho intention of tnnin- ing the post. sati not on 1 .to it could not be substantiated on such Si would establish it in a court of justice, notfor the want of such evidence, that the com initter did not report it. ’the evidence in their ion was such as would, if duly weighed, "is most scrupulous, of tho justice-ofgiving . 1 tho amount proposed by the Committee, but even doffhle the amount. The services of general Lafayette du ring the war of the revolution, Mr L. said, were known to, and must bo acknowledg ed by, every one. Ho came to this coun try at the commencement of the revolu tion. He continued his personal services until very shortly beforo the termination , giving it up to the city, &c. substantially It "was ns stated iti the Sonnto yesterday by Mr. 1 Ilnyne. Mr L. hnd the advantage of He EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; December 22. GRATITUDE TO LAFAYETTE. On motion of Mr. Little, of Maryland, the House resumed the consideration of the bill yesterday, reported by a commit tee of the House “concerning Gen. La Fayette*” Mr. Sloane, of Ohio, moved that the bill be postponed until Monday next, and tlmt a committee be appointed “to report n statement of the facts and accounts on which it is founded.” Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, said he was willing to postpone the bill, if any gentle- inuu desired it for his accommodation, but, for his part he wanted no further information nn this subject; neither, he .presumed, did any gentleman of this House. lie, therefore, moved to strike out the part of Mr. Sioane’s motion which proposed the appointment of a committee. Mr. Sloane thought the nature and im portance of the question now depending called for such information as ho asked to obtain. Indeed Mr. S. said he had no wish for a postponement of the bill if lie was to get no additional information hy it. The question, whether one hundred thou sand or two hundred thousnnd dollars, or whether any thing, should he voted to Gen. La Fayette, would depend upon the state of the Accounts between him and the J«aid, he trusted this vcnernble man would IT P.'li ,• . • „ m , , . . CONGRESS.—In the Senate ou the 22d inst. a resolution was introduced re questing the President to communicate to shut body the number of merchant vessels belonging to citizens of the U.S. with their ii uites, owners and value of merchandise, Which have been captured or plundered, and of injuries iuffictcd on citizens of the U. S. hy tho pirates, since the 1st of Dec. 1823, and also the number of pirates and piratical vessels that have been taken by our naval force since that period of time Mr. Eaton gave notice that ho should ask leave to introduce h bill to authorize tho territory of Florida to open a canal thro’ the public lands to unite the river St. Johns with the Bay of St. Augustine. In the IIouso of Representatives on the same day, the bill for occupying the Co lumbia or Oregon river, was taken up in committee of the whole, and the questiu & being put on striking out the third section of the bill [which proposes to grant land to settlers in that territory,]was decided in the affirmative The bill was then with the amendments made the d a y before, or dered to be engrossed for a third reading the next day. of that war by the treaty of peace ceased those personal exertions here on ly to render them in the Bame cause where at the time, they were more useful. He was, indeed, very, instrumental in bring ing about that peace so important to us- At that time, yet in prosperity* ho would not accept of compensation for his servic es and sacrifices, had they even been greater than they were. When oppress ed by adversity, nfter the confiscation of- the remainder of his princely cstdtes, ho accepted from the United States, what he would never before receive, the pay of major general, the rank which lie held du ring the war. Bat, besides that, lie was entitled, upon’every principle of stric justice, to the half pay of n Maj. Gen. for life. Owing to tho cjvil mission which had been nlrendy referred to, General La fayette was not in service at the close of the war, and had not n legal title to this bolf-pay, but his right to it, on every principle of equity, could not be question ed. To the representatives of another distinguished officer, (General Hamilton,) similarly situated, Congress granted the the amount of half pay which would have been due to him, and that without com mutation. The two eases were near ly parallel. The officers had generally the option, and almost ,if not quite all vailed thcmsclve of it, of receiving a com mutation in lieu of hnlf pay. General Lafayette had hoi this option, however from the circumstance, already mention cd, of his absence in Europe at the con clusion of the treaty of peace. What would be the amount of hajf pay for the more than forty years that have since lapsed, and the long life, which, Mr L ease like this. lie fn.l Imped that tliis bill would bavo pnMnd, in u utunnpr, as spontaneous ns unanimous. lie lindhop- Cil that, when wqrsint for Gon. Lafayette, and invited him,] by a public act, to our shores, it was not ton-di who he is, what ho has done, had why wo have called him; ho Imd snwosed tlmt wo* knew who Gen. Lafayette Was. nnd that none nerd- odtoask what ho\qd dAie. But he bad Imd reason, siucc the. doluv mid opposition which had occurred to snob a bill as tliis, to think tlmt it would ho tnoro honorable to the count ry,that yiit further dolny should now take place, in order, if possible, to give unanimity to its act on the subject.— I cannot but remember, said ho, tlmt it is scarce ten days since we passed, with great unanimity, a bill to roward our own services, and 1 did suppose that tho servi ces of Lnfnyotto were at least as well knowu, and as highly estimated as ours. Ho was desirous that tho bill should pass, not as u forced, but as a deliberate meas ure. Ho was unwilling to press it against an opposition which, if persevered iti,n)iist operate to take away ull the grace of our gratuiiy. And, uuder these impressions, 311 them. ad) ‘‘Vices, but fo r k merely, and the interest his services, their value„ There is not a man who bS^' ursoil, who is hot , , hum It would defy the modes to compute what A,J A her 1 or treads mdebt «... • —1 sf P< to what America . mi- bonelactor; it is a matter of tl7 - D fTPnrlntn —* 1 | jxmnj nn gauge cduld graduto or , nca ,. lrn t: fitti!umen,»aid Mr. T-I «E amnio 7 Sir, the ox inlhlJ• 0 What is analogy but oxberi > ** MMrn # tho future t ItV.tffi'W pheqy which is not divine; RuVo back to tho Crusades to show how 8 P roa <l «U jjflj .v°i (donor wm mg with the young emhusius, nu the md of his undertaking, mul oar own eminent unwilling to expose his lift sco him then resolving to risk nil Mr. Campbell, ofOliio.tlien rose,nnd observed- that, having yesterday hnd the courage, perhaps some would my the uudneity, to make some little opposition to thUhilt, which hnd been precipitated into this House liken unmet through the atmosph ere, it might be expected that be should give some exnhuintionof the reasons which had influ uccd him. He did not rise to oppose the resolution lor postponement, for he was himself in favor ol Mr. Mercer, of Virginia, then rou, not, One circumstance there was, in relation I ho observed, to wound tL« feelings of that 1.nfW/>tfn ,rhi..t> tlinorrh it did I hOUSA bv dcbatiuiT tllO IWiUCiolC Of tin- bill bouse by debating the principle of th<. bill before them ; for ho felt persuaded that, on that question, there existed no diversi ty of sentiment. But he rose chiefly with a view to corroborate some of tho statc- inonts which hud been submitted to the House by tho honorable Chairman of the Committee (Mr, Livingston.) In doing so, ho hoped also, to satisfy tho miud of the hnnorahlo member from Ohio (Mr. Campbell.) The case presented by tins bill admitted of blit two doubts: first, in re lersonni knowledge of the facts, and of I 9 P®ct to the principle bf tho bill, or. se- — t * .. . V V * - _ ' I OAtlil lav na 4 a . * i’ 11. y, f’y I y. I y laving been tho medium of communica tion with General Lafayette, on that sub ject.] Gen. L. declared, on that occasion, he would enter into no litigation with any one in regard to a grant which the U. S, hnd thought proper to mnke to him. lie withdrew the location lie hnd made on a most valuable Innd, . uow worth 400,000 dollars, and transferred it to land hardly worth a dollar an acre. Mr Livingston condly, as to tho veracity of the facts which had hcen nlledged, ns forming the grounds of it. Having himself been .in strumental in the production of that pa per, part of which had boon rend by liis friend from Louisiana, and which con tained a statement of the affairs of Gencr al Lafayette, be felt it his duty to verify the authenticity of that paper, whicu lie did under the sanctity of his oath of office said lie knew an idea hud been held out, J nn ^ which he was ready to do in any oth* that the remainder of the land granted to the Gen. by Congress had been sold very well. Wltai had been obtained for it, he did rtot know; but he could say fox c.ortain- ty, that, if any body had given one dollar an acre for it, they hud made a bud bar gain. That part of it which he was ac quainted with he would not Imvc for a gift The lands which tho Gen. yet held were of no vnlue, as the expense of raising the levee, &c. on the bank ofthc river, would be greater tlmn the value of the land af ter it should be so improved Knowing a good deal ofthc circumstan ces connected with Gen. Lafayette, nnd liuving been n member of the committee who reported tills bill, he had thought pro- perto state them, and he hoped wlmt he imd Baid would serve to remove whatever doubts existed on the mind of gentlemen on this subject. MrMeDnffee of South Cnrelinn, ml dressed the chair. He repeated the terms of the motion, to recommit with instruc tions to report n statement of facts and accounts, &c. bee nuse it more clcnrly in er form that the laws of evidence might re quire. Under this sanction, he could say that the evidence afforded • hy that paper goes fully to establish the equitable claim of Genet nl Lnfueytto upon this country to a much larger sum tlmn tlmt proposed in the bill. It was u paper which, iafl7H3, had been laid beforo a court in F’ance termed the Bureau of Ekidenco.por the through a nation 7 banner of Peter the Hermit sjl'Z t recovery of tho Redeem.,,*.. J r u . f the flame of emulation electric ua one common sou pervaded the C 51 V } \ W hen I looivbnck, said Mr. M 1 L 1 oilNI ‘racy ■ SIoo Mi J*_Hevenour own minister’s reman uffraf dec: rsn Lai ho st dec rso l S< out otpi do- 1 de w Coll df vi Oil de w \\ xTJ de nisi »fll ddd Men Wei »dj< :ou MIC Department of the Seine, upon th4 occa sion of the sequestration of the elates of Lnfayette, and it hnre the stamp a official authenticity. That document, /tie skid, proved that tho sum expended Wthe Mar- quiB Lafayette in aid of our Revolution, exceeded a million of livres. /This fact was brought forward umongit the evi dence collected by the giHcrniuent to f irovc, against him, that he Ipd devoted a nrge part of his fortune to produce' a counter revolution in Vrnncl The charge produced un investigation,n Consequence of which the whole of his/once princely fortune was confiscated to tic public funds. The tealimony is, therafcrc, legal, and 1 1 such ns would be respected in u court of ULvtHIIll9| Out* IJLv lUlat IV UlulL l/ll/itl IV III I ' 4 | • f * _ 4 i n ,l nn ,l ' U. Stale The motion of Mr. Tucker was nega tived. Mr. Cook, of Illinois, said that the Sen ate, it appeared, Imd passed a bill on this subject, from the features bf which it seem ed that they cutertnined n different view from that presented by the committee of tliis House as to the mode of awarding this money to Gen. La Fayette: and what the Senate would do with this bill, if sent to that body, he could not say. To give time to consider of the proper mode of finally arranging this matter, Mr. O. proposed to re-commit the bill to a committee of the whole, so as to endeavour at least to act in harmony and concert on it. This wns what wns expected from Congress by the People, and he hoped they would not bo disappointed. If the bill wns ge-commit- still live to enjoy ? Twenty added to the forty years, already expired, would not be deemed an extravagant estimate: those sixty years of hnlf pay, without calculat ing interest, would alone amount to some thing like eighty thousand dollars. Would any gentleman in this Hall say, that General Lafayette wns not as well I'cntitlcd to his half pay as the family of General Hamilton were, after his de cease 7 But was this all 7 No. said Mr L., it is not all. It is known as a public historical fact, that Lafayette, when he came to this country, brought also important and ve ry necessary supplies to a large amount—- tin immense amount, considering that it was the offering of a single individunl, Wlmt was the cost of these supplies, is information which chance alone hnii bill, anil the principles on which that op position was bnsca, than nny illustration could do. The motion involved the prin ciple that Congress w’ns about to render compensation to Gen. Lafayette under the obligation of a bond. Put it upon that footing, snid Mr McD. and I shall vote n- gainst the bill. Put it upon that footing, nnd Gen. Lafayette would disdain your offer of payment. What were the ser vices which Jie rendered to this country, nnd wlmt were the motives upon which they were rendered! Did he render those services, and make those disbursments, upon any calculation of future retribution! Did he enter into a computation of what benefits he was thereafter to derive from example of his mnster, deducts from the amount expended in cur behalf the ex pense oftwo voyages o’the Marquis be tween this country at | voyages were under France. But these ch dt the request of Congress, for objects connected with our | benefit, and are, therefore, not to be de ducted from, but added to the account.— With respect to the statement which had | been given in relation to the land near N. Orleans, Mr. Mmcer observed that he happened to be nerfeotly acquainted with all the facts of tlit case. The U. S. had granted to Gen. Lafayette 11,540 acres of land. He chose, for the location of part spot near N. Orleans—a spot , , V ‘»S to risk nil „ cause, I cannot bring myselftobcliov, gentlemen need to lie three nights on pillow before they can arrive It un ty as to this bill. I cannot but fat-1 that when we vote nn this matter, its! vote with ull our hearts; uml 1 nm vinccd we arc as ready to do it nowi shull be on Monday next. We have the gentlemen; wo have complied their wishes; wo have stated—we lu» plaiucd—and now they are prepau act with us for the hotter of our cod country. Mr. Starrs, of N. Y. then rote, and sajd.tli ono °rtbe members oftlm committee to i tliis subject had been confided Ly tho Hou fait H Ills duty to that committee and to him say a faw words in vindication of the course 1,1 re,ft don to this bill, tiLmts bad been u» wc | by tome wb&t Yromoa v?*. a 101 " 0n .' 'iod boo,. C0l ' J hlerud n» “ih« set foruuch taiTi^s as his account. g ' *r, or XJ dent of the United States Imd, in lu/Au. dross to bupi Houses of Coiii the services and sacrifices .ol worthy of legislative regard, mid had~udvi such a provision should be made lor hirnai^ correspond with the sentiments of the At people, and be worthy of tbe character of lion," what had a committee to whom t commendation was committed by this Ho do with bis account* f Wer* they to «rer* sebes into a Committee ol t whe clolm wns made f and, whnt was more, win such thins os a claim would be endured V House, a violating the testings of a ukr ni wished to honor t Ask for bis accounts! would not perform such a task. Not even you to order me Could I do it, without ini him. No, Sir, wrhad no such mutters u« counts of Gen Lafayette today before thi Sir, let us remember that the eyes of are this moment upon us. Her. moosrcl people, nre anxolusly waiting to see bow w act. Tho despots of the old world are tat know whether, after inviting Lafayette shore.*—nfter alluring to send • nstload bring him over, after welcoming him from city, wo are about to send him back and him to tbe sneers of royalty and with him, pose ourselves, and tbe cause of free govt* to their-reproaches. The question «• to -OectU. U, udiether Amrrtcu, for Whom SI his blood, devoted liis fortune, and. dediut talents and bis virtues, is nbout to send be benefactor in the fade of Kurope to be tbe of their scorn ,undleavo tho record ofour pi ingsasn monument of the feelings .,f the cun people. The question before us is, we will support the principles ol own ~ meat in our conduct towards one who in *1 considered on both continents as tbe great JL t qof Liberty—ond justly so considered—fo tortile great Apostle of tue Gentiles biane tliis utap served the best interests of inj Next in value tu those which theonedeuini are the blessings which the oilier bps 1st s wood among tho nations of the word. T t on is, whether, his service* are worth a rial ? This, it is true. is not needed for his ter—as has be. n well said ou a public o, “history has already token charge of his (i but, nt u as justly observed hy the prcsidiiq of this House, urn. Lafayette now stands posterity, end our net this day is to be tin rnant of posterity on his merits and Ills fan »v.e then nero to record our vnlue for civil and all the blessings it bestows, or is it tl mfcy send one fit tho greatest benofucl cause has ever known buck to bis cuunlr witness of the ingratitude of UepubVicil said I would not speak of bis services—n< Whoever has known or r«-4 onr history, no stratum* t ( » done tor us. I fiW wbst wo think to be dm taour character ns a nation. -The question wns then token on tbe mn Mr. SLOANE, nnd decided in the negitiv question wns then taken,on tho motion of ZI.AY.to strike out 200,000 dollurs, the proposed to be pnid to General Lafayette, serting 10 ',000-nnd decided in thonegal lurgo majority. ’ The question wns then taken on ordei billlo be engrossed, end decided in the lens. dec [ 9 n Ha i cil. I — tivo by u large ninjority It was then ordered that tbe bill sbulo of it, ft thorn! Not so sir: they were themngnnn^ 'l T V th « hcnrt ° t f * hat 7* °. n imnna snr.riPiece of „ l.nnr* *,, 1IK Which Custom IloUSe Stands, Which IS imous sacrifices of a heart devptod to lib erty, reckless of consequences, succor ing n people struggling for liberty. When We come to consider theac services, ren dered under such circumstances, shall we enter into a cold calculation as to what was the actual amount of tbe sacrifices of Gen. Lafayette, and hold out to the world that we are rendering him. this tnrdy tribute, not as a voluntary offering of the heart but, as the obligation of a bond! I admit, sir, the extent of the services of this individual mu uxium Ol mu services orinis inomuuni , : , , -I • -rfwSr «iti>0cd, indeed. )h« ted, it could bo called up and acted upon I thrown in our way. F.vqry one knew with something like unanimity whenever ttie Hottse was prepared to act definitively upon it. Tho motion to re-cornmit the bill was declared by tho Speaker not to be in order whilst a motion for postponement was pending. Mr. Herrick, of Maiud, after inquiring whether such a motion would be in order; moved to postpone the bill indefinitely. Mr. Livingston, of. Louisiana, rose, as one of the members of tho committee who that it wns great; but a mcrc„fortuitous circumstance, led a gentleman, lately At Paris, to inquire into whnt Imd been the pecuniary sacrifices of Lafayette in the cause of the U. S. during the Revolution; and he obtained a document which shows preciseiy what money Lufayetc did expend in our cause, at fhattimo. [Mr. L. here made a statement corresponding with that made yesterday in the Senate by Mr. ILiync, shewing tho amount expended to be $140,000, besides other sums modestly reported the bill, to speak to the merits of ' {C pt out of the account.] Add this nmount it. The delay in doing so' which had tu- ken place oq the part of the committee, would not have occurred if it had beeo to tlmt which is justly due to him for half pay for life, said Mr L., nnd say wheth er a fair, honest, and equitable settlement the seat ofbtifincss, and is covered with large and splendid houses. His title to that land wai perfect nnd indisputncle.— Some time afterwards the Corporation of N. Orleans petitioned Congress to grant them the territory six hundred yards round the city, which Congress, then igno rant of the location by Lafeycttc, conced ed to them. Of Lafayette’s superior title, where this grant interfered with his, there cannot he a shadow of doubt. Why he o third time to-day , The bill was then rend n third time ac« and the question thereupon decided, On ofMr Beecher, by Yens and Soys,a* M Yen*,—16(1. Nay*,—26. When tbe yen* nnd neys had been cbIIcj corded, the Speaker rose end observing t in-r been precluded by tbe place be held, expression of his sentiments lo.rcl#t' on the principle or the for mot tMWH, he r of tile House that he might, bo vn-m te- give expression to his feelings, as to record his vote wiib those of hers—nnd leave having been pronip J I Clerk called the Speaker’* name,a»o recorded in the normative When tho Honse adjourned s Upon u faif calculation, the interest alone ofthc money which he spent in our ser- cd. The donation of hind wns given him in tho fullness of our hearts, us a token of lo tbo amount .vliicb this bill propose, to appropriate for his use. The extent of | f xte . nt ,°/! iU P* 1 a S r a‘ lt * The value of the his service might well bo a motive to this which he might have recovered, hu grant: hut to refer this bill back to a com- I | v,uch ,i£ P'on'Plly mittee,to make a minute calculation ofthc ^correctly stated at $400,000. There Hill ivvpu Miunv C* lAlitlllll Istli 111 U1 IIIU I ,, , * t * -*« X/r _ 'J mnnpv ..wivnnPnri Cm. .... w n ..u I could tiot he any question, Mr. M. siiid ; would riot attempt to investigate what Can not he proved, and will not { that it would would exceed a million of dollars. For himself, Mr, M. said lie had hoped tlmt we not descend to the investigation of facts Rho, ! ld . l " lve Te^!' 0 P'«P o8ed i8 ? uo 4l of # . • « .,4/tnlr inotitfwl at nriiiifv vnrlnnvrtnnln iw tIm which are known to the whole world, find arc interwoven with tho most interest ing nndjmportont parts of ottr own his tory. Mr, Bartlett said, that lie ro?e, to discuss the measure before not the A new ground of impcnchm Judge lias been discovered by smn fellow citizens in Kentucky. House of Representatives of 11 a preamble nnd resolution were ced. on the 3d inst. for impcnclm W. Robbins of high crimes niU meanors, &c. “Thechargesagn.i snys tho Editor of the print mj us, “nre ofnnature wellcnlcuiow cite the public mind and create [>■ theJudo’c, and if true, consign merited obscurity and conteJP shall not go through the tfholt but puss on to the 15th, which s ' ‘ c bo the most weighty, and byjr 11 reader mav ttmri ?ol«b ulca /' stock, instead of being redeemable in the year 1834, irredeemable forever, that it ^ might remain a permanent monument of |,Vwhicii^The ViLft lord C^'vcni'"' this nation’s gratitude. Ho had hoped t |, c State of Kentucky, that th« laud we sho^d bestow.JLufay r * - m th# fuUowiug worth*’- Bn t