Mr. Bassett presented to the House a petition of Amelia Eugene Beaumarchais, heiress and representative of the late Caron de Beaumarchais, deceased, by J. A. Chevallie, her attorney, which was received and read, praying to be relieved from an unfavorable settlement at the Treasury of the United States, of the accounts of the deceased, for supplies furnished, and services rendered to the United States, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.
Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee of Claims.
Charlestown, Va.
Mr. Jackson called for the order of the day, on the report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, on the petition of sundry inhabitants of Charlestown, in Virginia, praying that that place should be made a port of entry.
Mr. Leib moved an indefinite postponement of the report.
Mr. Jackson opposed this motion, and spoke at some length in favor of the constitutional right of the petitioners to be allowed a port of entry.
Mr. Crowninshield, though against postponement and in favor of discussing the principle, contested the right.
Mr. Leib withdrew his motion; when the motion to consider the report was disagreed to—only 13 members rising in favor of it.
Exclusion of Army and Naval Officers from Civil Offices.
The House took up the unfinished business of yesterday, being the report of the Committee of the Whole, agreeing to the following resolution, offered by Mr. J. Randolph: