Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-12-08

The House then again, at an early
hour, resolved itself into "a committee OF
the whole ON the report Of the select COM
! mittee favorable TO the claim of the Heirs
Of Caron de Beaumarehais.
| MIR. Spencer spoke a, large in support
Of The report of the committee. MIR.
| .S;orrs followed On the opposite side of
tie question. Mr. Baisnia again adj
dressed the committee IN smppor. of a.
claim. And Mr.. P.tkin III opposition 10 il.
When the. committee rose, reported
progress, and obtained leave ,o sill again.
FRIDAY, DEC. 4.
MIR. R0LertSoa, from the committee on
private land claims, M ade a repor, on the
petition OF Philip T.. y. Barbour, accos,..
panied by bin for his relief; also, re.
neral report an suRdry petitions, Tor con-
irmaiiun Uf certain land claims derived
from The Erencliand Spanish governments,
accompanied by bill al Tor the final adj
jns'ment Of certain land claims in the
state OF Louisiana aud territory Of Mis-
souri,, which were twice read, The frat
committed, and the second laid OF the
table.
CLAIM OF BEAUMAECHAIS
Tie House then again resolved itself
into a committee ofthe whole, MIR S8nth
OF Md. IN the chair, OH The bin reported
| by the select commitice for the relief of
the heirs OF Caron dc BeaumarchaiS.
| MIR. Ia{imadgc resumed the debate on
| this subject, and spoke about an hour in
opposiilon 10 the claim and The bill. lie
was followed by
| MIR. Bassett. in speeca Of about the
| same length, III support at the claim, aud
IN defence oithe report OF The committee
| thereon.
Mr.. BaiI,rin added some remarks On
| the same side, and i'll reply 10 gentlemen
who had opposed the claim after which
The committee rose and reported the
blli without amendment to The House !;
| when
The question was taken whether the
bill should be engrossed and read third
time, and decided in The aegGtise, as fol-
| lows:
YEAS. .Messrs. Anderson Ken Baldwin. Ball. Bas.
set Beliinger, S1tier Lou. Cobb, Cruger Erwin, s. T..
Gafnett, Holmes, HosIetieT Irving y. y johnson, Va.
M'Ltan III w Maclay, WIZ. @aclay. middleton. SAINT
Moore, Murray, y. NJ Nelson, oge, owen, Pobdexter
moDeilsoh. Bal Smith, Spencer, Tyler, Walker, Ken.
| NAYS. Messrs Adams, Allen, Mas Allen VT An.
utrsoh "a austin, Barbour Va Baiher, Ohio, Baieman
Bayey, BeecEeT, Bennett bIouut, Bodeu Boss Bry an
ohIwei Butler, n. "A. Campbell, Ciaeet, Claiborne,
Ioisoh, Sonslock, Cook, Gratis, Cushnian, Darlington
D2tiGson Desba, Drake, Earle, Edwards El!ico Fol.
ger, Gage Gilbert Male, Hail. N. c. Iiasbrouck Hsnd.
rlchs Herbert, HeTcA Hesier, Hosg, Hopkinson Hun
ter Huntingdon Jones, Kirkland, Lawye Lincoln nm
Lae, Livermore, Loandes, Mccoy, hafchsnd, Mason
Mass Mercer Merrill, Robert Meore, Morton Moseiey
Mumford Jer. Nelson, a. Nelson, Newton ogden orr
Paiiner Patle son, Pawling Pegran Peter Plu,ia Pit
kh Peasasts Porter ,fihea, Rice ich Rcl ogers
Kueges SAMPSON Savage, sawyer, Schuyler, ScEddeI
Setie, SeybeTt Sherwood, siisbee, SmkIns slocnnb
>. Smitb, Ale> Smlth, J. s. Smith, SOutha d. Speed
Stewart, St0irs Siroiher, Iailmadge, TaiT TAYLOR Ter.
reii Terry, TomPkiu: Townsend, irimbe, Tucker
uPham Walker, N. c. Wallace, wendo,er, westerlo,
Whiieside, whitman, Wikin, williams Con. Nillians
N. \. " iliiams, N. C. Wilson, hiass.-l23.
So the bill WAS rejected.
Mr.. Smith of Md. from The committee
OF ways and means, reported bill max
ing partial appropriation for the militia
ry service OF the year 1919, and 10 make
good deficit in the appropriations for
holding treaties with the Indians--w hich
was twice read and committed.
Aud the House adjourned to Monday.