I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Grace's
Despatch No. 97, of the
7th January, communicating to me that
The House of Representatives at Washington had, on the
5th
of Decemberlast, last, adopted a Resolution instructing the Committee on Military affairs to enquire
into the expediency of fortifying
the Mouth of the
Columbia River and
Puget Sound, for which information I beg to thank Your Grace.