. mens of that branch of domestic manufacture. 22 THE NgOR\VALK GAZE’l"1‘E. ._ Iv _ V ____ W _ accompany it, it bears highly favorable testimony to the pastures and dairies of Oswego county. 1 have never seep sgcpl speci- s a cause your present to be transmitted to Boston, where the farmers of Massachusetts will have an opportunity of seeing it, and I am sure they will be surprised by this product of a single farm. I pray you to accept my thanks for this token of respect, and to present to your neighbors who united in it, so far as it mani- fested regard and respect, my friendly salutations and cordial good wishes. To you and to them, I fervently wish all the blessings which belong to good men, good citizens, and good farmers. Your obliged friend and fellow citizen, DANIEL VVEBSTER. ‘A Reverend gentleman, who was a favorite at the “white hlouse,’once observed to the writer, that Blair, editor ofthe Globe, looked more like a rat than any human being he ever saw.-— Soon after this, the caricature ofthe Rats appeared. PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS. IN SENATE—-IVIONDAY JAN. 11. Mr. Clay offered the following resolutions, Resolved, That the President be requested to comniunicate to the Senate (ifit be not in his opinion incompatible with the pub- licinterest) whether, since the termination of the last Congress, any overture, formal or informal, official, or unoiiicial, has been made by the French Government to the Executive of the United States, to accommodate the ditiiculties between the two Governments, respecting the execution ofthe convention of the 4th July, 1831; and particularly, whether a despatcli from the Duke Cle Broglie, the French Minister ofForeign Affairs, to the French Charge d’Allairs at \Vasliington, was received, and a copy ofit furnished by him to the Secretary of State, for the purpose of indicating a mode in which those dilhculties might be removed. . Resolved, Also, (under the restrictions above inent.ioned,) in the event of any such overture having been made, that the Pre- sident be requested to inform the Senate what answer was -given to it ; and ifa copy ofany such despatch was received, that he be further requested to communicate a copy of it to the Senate. Mr. Clay said, as by the rttles ofthe Senate, it was usual for resolutions to lie on the table one day for consideration, he had no wish to depart from the usual course. Mr. Benton submitted the following : Resolved, That the surplus money of the United States, and the dividends of stock received from the Bank ofthe United States, ought to be set apart and applied to the general defence of the country. Res'olt'ed, That the Presidentbe requested to cause the Senate to be informed, - 1st, The probable amount that. would be necessary for forti- fying the Lake, Maritime, and Gulf frontier of the United States, and such points ofthe land frontier as may require permanent fortification. 2d, The probable amount that would be necessary to con- struct an adequate number ofarniories and arsenals in the United States, and supply the states with field artillery, especially brass field pieces for tlicirniilitia, and with side arms and pistols for their cavalry. 3d, The probable amount that would henccessary to supply the U. S. with the ordnance, arms und munitions ofwar, which a proper regard for self defence would require to be always in hand, and 4th, The probable amount that would be necessary to place the naval defenceofthe United States, (including the increase ofthe navy, navy yards, dock yards, and steam or floting bat- teries,) upon the footing ofstrengtli and respectability, which is due to_ the security and welfare ofthe Union. [Lies over one Llay.] IN THE HOUSE--l\Ioxo.\Y, JAN. 1]. A ‘war long debate took place on the motion heretofore sub- mitted by Mr. Hziiiiiegaii, of Indiana, to reject the Memorial . . . . . purporting to come from the Senate and lloiise ol Representa- tives/oftlie State of Michigan, praying iiiiiiictliate admission into the _Uiiion ; Various ainendmcnts were offered, and the debate was at length arrested by a call for the previous question, which the House seconded : And the Memorial was finally referred “ to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be priuted”—the following words having, on motion of Mr. Hannegan, been appended to the reference—“and that this House, in receiving the Memorial pur- porting to come from the Senate and House ofRepresetatives of of the State of Michigan, regard the same in no other light than as the voluntary act of private individuals.” And so the Memorial was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Jarvis, Chairman ofthe Committee on Naval Affairs, of- fered the following resolutions : Resolved, Thatthe Committee on Naval Aflairs be instructed to enquire into the expediency of increasing the naval force in commission : After some discussion, the resolution was adopted, by a vote of 16410 18. IN SENATE, on Tuesday.—The resolution submitted by Mr. Clay, calling on the President for information as to the al- leged letter presented to Mr. Forsyth, from tlie,Duke de Brog- lie, with an overture to accommodate the difficulties with the, French Government—having been taken up for consideration. Mr. Leigh referredto the letter addressed by Monsieur Ser- rurier, and of which Mr. Forsyth in his report on the 25th Feb. last stated that a copy was not sent along with the other corres- pondence that was submitted to the Senate at that time, because, it was ofsuch a character, as to become a fit subject of inquiry from the French Government whether, it was the act of the Government, or was the mere ebullition of a Minister's indis- cretion. Not hearing more on the subject. he was induced to move the following, as an amendment to the resolution :— Resolved, Also, under the restriction before mentioned, that the President be requested to communicate to the Senateacopy of the note of Mons. Serrurier, mentioned in his message of the 25th February, 1835, and not then communicated, for rea- sons stated in the report of the Secretary of State to the Presi; dent, of the same date. The amendment having been agreed to, the resolution ofMr Clay, as amended, was adopted. In the HOUSE, on Tuesday.—The business first in order‘ was the memorial heretofore presented by Mr. J. Q. Adams, praying for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and the pending question of appeal from the decision of the speaker, the consideration of which subject had been postponed to this day. . Mr. Ward, of New York, moved the further postponement of the subject to Monday next; which motion,after some debate was carried. ' Mr. R. M. Johnson,from the Committee on M'rtitaryAfi‘airs, reported the following bills : , A bill making appropriations forthe collection of materials, &c. preparatory to the commencement of certain fortifications ; which having been read twice, was referred to the Committee ofthe Whole House on the state of the Union. and ordered to be printed, together with the accompanying report and documents. In SENATE on W'ednesday.—The bill making appropria- tions to defray the expense of repressing the hostilities of the Seminole Indians, was read a third time and passed. Mr. Tyler presented a memorial from merchants ofWash- ington stating the condition in which the District of Columbia , was placed in consequence ofthe approaching expiration ofa l the charters ofthe Banks therein, and praying Congress to renew them. Referred, &c. In the HOUSE, on \Vednesday, on the introduction ofthe Navy appropriation bill, Mr. Cambreleng having moved to strike out an appropriation of $200,000 for a barracks for a marine corps, some debate ensued. Mr. Cambreleng then moved to atnend the original appropriation of $950,000 by ma- king it two million “for finshiug, launching, and putting in com- mission, vessels on the stocks.” In the course of the debate which arose upon this motion, Mr. VV. Tornpson, ofSoiitli Caaolina, said- If this was intended as a mere ordinary appropriation, it was too much ; but ifit was intended toput the country in a condi- tion ofdefcnce, it was too little. Allusion had been madetto that most dillicult and delicate sub_jcct—delicate from the posi- tion ofthose charged with our foreign diplomaey—our situation with France. He did not wish to possess in the House the character ofan anti-Ainerican—but he professed to be a gentle- A
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