Wednesday, December 27.
Samuel Jordan Cabell, from the State of Virginia, appeared, and took his seat.
Count de Grasse.
Mr. Livingston, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of the daughters of the late Count de Grasse, made a report, which stated that the sum heretofore allowed by Congress was intended only as a temporary provision, until the events of the war should permit them to take possession of an estate in St. Domingo; that the facts formerly stated showed that the most important services were rendered to the United States by their father, from motives the most honorable, under the greatest responsibility, and at a risk the most hazardous that could be encountered by an officer of rank and reputation; that, with a recollection of these services, it would consist neither with the honor nor justice of the United States to refuse an adequate provision for the orphan children of the man who rendered them. The committee, therefore, recommended that a certain sum should be granted to each of them, annually, for their lives. The report was twice read, and committed for Monday.