The American Congress was prorogued on the 3d of March.
On the previous day, the House of Representatives, after an un- usually long de'rate, unanimously passed the following resolution, proposed by Mr. ADAMS- " That, in the opinion of this House, the treaty with France, of the 4th of July MI, should be maintained, and its execution insisted upon." It is said that the annunciation of this vote from the chair . . . " was received with a loud and spontaneous burst of applause, which broke at once from the galleries, and was reechoed from the floor, making the walls and dome of the Chamber to resound with joy, while mutual congratula- tions passed in all directions."
All this was very fine and patriotic; but the cautious Yankees separated without agreeing to place any money at the Presi- dent's disposal to repair even the forts on the coast, much less to make the necessary preparations for an offensive war.
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