Presuming that you feel a deep Interest in the decission of the question which of late so much1 agitated the Country, I doubt not2 a brief statement of its Issue will be agreable—on Friday last, the 2d Int it was finally settled between the two Houses. The Restriction on Missouri as a state was rejected and also in the Country South of 36.° 30′ N.3 which lies west of Arkansaw—but on the Country west of the State of Missouri and north of this line of latitude, which is altogether [u]nsettled and over which the Indian Title still exists, as you know, they persevred in asserting that this restriction shoud be imposed. In the House Rep. the majority was in favour of the entire restriction over the state as well as the unsettled Territory—In the Senate the majority was against restricting the State, but had no doubt of the right of restricting the Territory—The result has been the exemption of Missouri & of Arkansa and all the Territory South of the Line of Latitude mentioned—Thus has ended this momentous question, which seemed to threaten most seriously the existence of the Union and the continuance of the Peace of the Country—With a day’s rest I trust we shall regain our good humour and proceed to transact the business of the Country, which for seven weeks past has been almost out of View—