The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1818-12-15

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ted to report on the expediency Of allow
ing additional compensation to the Pofe-
matters al 4Aagna, Maine, and Hampton.
Virginia.
Transportation of Slaves.
A motion of MIR. Linn, of NJ. for a
committee 10 report on The expediency
OF prohibiting the migration or transport
ration OF Slaves, &c. was oppofcd ~
Messrs Poudexter of MlfiGippi,and Mr..
Cotton. of vug. and negatived-Yeas
90. Noes %.
Gen. Stark's Pension.
On the queaion on the pahage of this
bill, information Oft grounds on which
it was reported, was called for by Mefrs.
Maclay, of Penn and Cobb. of Georgia.
This information was enthusiastically
given by General Harrifon, of Ohio, and
MIR. Livermore of N. II. who narrated
the fcryices. suferings and indulgence of
this "laR swviving Gsneyal officer IF The
army Of Independence" now in his goth
year When after fome intemperae re-
marks from Cobb, which were replied to
by Meflrs Livermore and Butler, Of N.
Fl. the bill paded without diyifion.
Duty on SAT- The Committee on the
fubject, reported, that il is inexpedient
to repeal the duty on Salt.
THURSDAY, DEC 3.
Mr.. Burwell was added to the Com
n1ittee on the concerns of the u. States
Bank, vics MIR. Bryan, executed.
The Committee on Public Land was
inffructed to report on the expediency of
granting lands to soldiers on furlough at
the clofe of the war, and to whom dis
charges were NOT iGued.
Beaumarchais' Claim.
The Houfe, in Committee, refumed
the confederation of the report of the e.
let Committee favorable to this claim.
Mr.. Spencer and Mr. Baldwin iuppor-
ted the report; and MIR. Storrs and MIR.
Pitkin oppofed it, when the committee
rofe, reported progreis, and obtained
leave to fit again. Adj.
FRIDAY, DEC. a.
Claim of Beaumarchais.
The Houfe again went into committee
on the report in fav0r of this claim /;
which, with the intereh, amounts to
100, 900 dollars.
AIR. Talmadge oppofed the report, which
was advocated by Mei1rs. Bassett and
Baldwin when the committee rofe. and
reported the bill--and the queltion,
Shall this bill be engre)sd f0r third READ,
ing ! was decided in the negative, as fol
lows Yeas, 3I-Nays, ia3.
So the bill was rejected.
rGrIt is hoped this claim is now put
to sleep forever Its injultice has long
been well known to all perfons CONVEX
FAINT with the events of the revolutionary
war ;-who recollect the peculiar Cir
sumltances which enabled Beaumarchais,
and his heirs, to give it the colorado ap-
pearance of juftice The fupplies for
which thefe heirs have claimed payment,
were generously given by Louis XVI to
the United States, to enable them to
maintain their Independence but in or
der to deceive Great Britain, it was nc.
cefary that this royal gift fhould afume
the appearance of a private commercial
speculation, asd the Houfe of Beaumar.
ohais was employed TO throw private
caver over il. They did so and 1t can
easily be fsen the ufe that cosld be made
OF the traniaction, to make it appear that
the fuppSes were really furniihed by
Beaumarcbais and which King Louis
could nc, deny without committing has
independence and veracity. A similar
grstuity was made by Spain about the
fame time and there are many now
alive who remember the landing of twen-
~ or thirty pieces of brass ordnance
lcalled D0ltha pieces) on the Long
Wharf; and which made part of the
gratuity. Spain had not then broken
with England, and the tranlaction bore
IN itamp of private fpeculation in mu-
nitions Of war. Cent.
The President having announced his
aiieHt to the act for admitting Illinois
into the UnioH, Mr. NJ Lean, the Rep.
refentative thereof, wa admitted to his
feat.
A bill making partial appropriation
for the military fersice of 1870, was
read twice, aud committed.
adjourned IN Mopdav