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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

House Journal --MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1796.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1793-1797
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1796.

An engrossed bill making a partial appropriation for the support of the Military Establishment, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, was read the third time.

Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be "An act making a partial appropriation for the support of the Military Establishment, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six."

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate, and desire their concurrence.

The bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt," was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

A petition of the Humane Society of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, was presented to the House and read, praying that a light-house may be established on Cape Cod, in the said State.

Also, a petition of the proprietors of the glass manufactory of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, praying the aid of Government to enable them to prosecute their undertaking, by imposing an additional duty on window glass of a certain size, imported from foreign countries, or by allowing such bounty upon each sheet of window glass, made at the said manufactory, as to the wisdom of Congress shall seem meet.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures: that they do examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their opinion thereupon, to the House.

A petition of Jacob Valentine, of the borough of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, was presented to the House and read, praying to be placed on the pension list of the United States, in consideration of injuries received whilst a Captain in Colonel Gibson's regiment of the Virginia State troops, in Continental service, during the late war.

Also, a petition of Nathaniel Harris, of Hanover county, in the State of Virginia, a corporal in the Army of the United States, during the late war, to the same effect.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying sundry statements, made in pursuance of the resolutions of the second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and the twenty-sixth of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, respecting the internal revenues of the United States; as, also, an explanatory report thereon, by the Commissioner of the Revenue; which were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. New, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill, entitled "An act for allowing compensation to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, and to certain officers of both Houses," and had found the same to be truly enrolled: Whereupon,

Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bill.

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Goodhue, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom were referred the several memorials and petitions of the Marine Society of Salem; of the merchants and others of the towns of Beverly and Marblehead; of Edward Simpson and others; of Messrs. Valck and Company; and of George Knowel Jackson; made a report;

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which was read, and ordered to be committed to a committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the reports of the Committee of Claims, to whom were referred sundry reports from the Secretary of War, accompanying statements in the cases of claimants to be placed on the pension list of the United States; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Muhlenberg reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the said reports under consideration, and come to several resolutions thereupon; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table, where the same were severally twice read, and agreed to by the House, as follow:

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to place of the list of invalid pensioners of the United States, at the several rates annexed to their names, respectively, the following persons, viz:

OF THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.

1 John Knowles,Private,one-third of a pension.

OF THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
• 1 James Ford,^*

  [Note *: * Captain Ford has received four month's pay.]

  ... Captain, ... one half of a pension.
• 2 Jeremiah Pritchard, ... Lieutenant, ... one-half do.
• 3 Robert B. Wilkins, ... Private, ... two-thirds do.
• 4 Jacob Wellman, Jr. ... do. ... one-quarter do.
• 5 Joshua Lovejoy, ... Sergeant, ... one-half do.
• 6 Joseph Greely, ... Private, ... one-quarter do.
• 7 Thomas Kimball, ... do. ... one-fifth do.
• 8 Archelaus Bacheldor,^†

  [Note †: † Thirty pounds received.]

  ... Sergeant, ... one-half do.
• 9 Jonathan Lake, ... Corporal, ... one-half do.
• 10 Edward Waldo, ... Lieutenant, ... two-thirds do.
• 11 Joshua Gilman, ... Private, ... two-thirds do.
• 12 Charles Rice, ... do. ... one-half do.
• 13 Zadock Hurd, ... do. ... one-third do.
• 14 Joshua Walton, ... do. ... one-third do.
• 15 Francis Whitcomb, ... do. ... one-third do.
• 16 Ebenezer Fletcher, ... Fifer, ... one-fourth do.
• 17 James Moore, ... Private, ... full pension.
• 18 Jonas Adams, ... do ... one-third do.
• 19 Jotham Nute, ... Sergeant, ... one-half do.
• 20 Richard Colony, ... Private, ... one-half do.
• 21 Peter Johnson, ... do. ... one-quarter do.
• 22 Thomas Pratt, ... do. ... one-half do.
• 23 Asa Putney, ... Sergeant, ... one-half do.
• 24 Samuel Stocker, ... Private, ... one-half do.
• 25 Samuel Morrell, ... do. ... two-fifths do.
• 26 Humphrey Hunt, ... do. ... one-quarter do.
• 27 Levi Chubbock, ... Fifer, ... do. do.
• 28 Andrew Aiken, ... Sergeant Major, ... three-quarters do.
• 29 Caleb Austin, ... Private, ... one-third do.
• 30 John Lincoln, ... do. ... one-fourth do.
• 31 Nathan Holt, ... do. ... one-fourth do.
• 32 Henry Danforth, ... do. ... one-half do.
• 33 Ebenezer Carlton, ... do. ... three-fourths do.
• 34 Amos Pierce, ... Lieutenant, one-third do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS.
• 1 James Bacheldor, ... Private, ... one-fourth of a pension.
• 2 Joseph Coxe, ... Sergeant, ... two-thirds do.
• 3 Levi Farnesworth, ... Private, ... one-half do.
• 4 John Maynard, ... Lieutenant, ... one-tenth do.
• 5 Ebenezer Learned, ... Colonel, ... one-fourth do.

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OF THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT.
• 1 Benjamin Gould, ... Private, ... half a pension.
• 2 Gideon Bronson, ... Major, ... full do.
• 3 Jonathan Haynes, ... Private, ... two-thirds do.
• 4 Elijah Benett, ... do. ... one-half do.
• 5 John Stark, ... Captain, ... one-quarter do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT.
• 1 Lee Lay, ... Captain, ... one-sixth of a pension.
• 2 Job Bartram, ... do. ... one-half do.
• 3 Daniel Preston, ... Private, ... one-third do.
• 4 Elihu Sabin, ... do. one-half do.
• 5 Jonah Cook, ... do. one-half do.
• 6 Joseph Dunbar, ... Corporal, ... three-fourths do.
• 7 Robert Jerom, ... Fifer, ... one-fourth do.
• 8 Thomas Parmelee, ... Sergeant, ... one-eighth do.
• 9 Solomon Reynolds, ... Private, ... two-thirds do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
• 1 Samuel Miller, ... Private, ... full pension [5 dolls.]
• 2 John Rogers, ... do. ... one-half pension.
• 3 Thomas Brooks, ... do. ... three-fourths do.
• 4 William Smith Scudder, ... do. ... one-half do.
• 5 William Champenois, ... do. ... three-fourths do.
• 6 John Utters, ... do. ... do. do.
• 7 Stephen Powell, ... do. ... one-sixteenth do.
• 8 Henry Carman, ... Ensign, ... full pension.

OF THE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
• 1 William M'Hatton, ... Lieutenant, ... full pension.
• 2 John Cardiff, ... Private, ... do.
• 3 Thomas Richart, ... do. ... do.
• 4 Adam Godenberger, ... do. ... one-fourth do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.

1 John Bell,Lieutenant,three-quarters of a pension.

OF THE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
• 1 George Bledsoe, ... Private, ... full pension.
• 2 James Smith, ... do. ... do.
• 3 John Knowles, ... do. ... two-thirds do.
• 4 James Christian, ... do. ... one-half do.

The following persons were reported as not having complete testimony, the first Session of the Third Congress, and have since procured and sent on supplementary testimony, which entitles them, viz:

OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT.
• 1 Lawrence Hipple, ... Private, ... one-half pension.
• 2 Jacob Fox, ... do. ... one-third do.
• 3 John Wright, ... Sergeant, ... one-half do.

NEW YORK.

1 Isaac Davis,Sergeant,full pension.

MASSACHUSETTS.

1 Robert Bancroft,Private,one-sixth of a pension.

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CONNECTICUT.
• 1 Abner Bradley, ... Sergeant, ... one-half of a pension.
• 2 Samuel Sawyer, ... Private, ... one-half do.
• 3 Chandler Pardie, ... do. ... seven-eighths do.
• 4 John Horseford, ... do. ... one-eighth do.
• 5 Henry Cone, ... do. ... one-fourth do.

MARYLAND.

1 John Bean,Private,one-half of a pension.

In the Report of the Secretary of War, dated 1st of February, 1795.

OF THE DISTRICT OF MASSCHUSETTS.
• 1 Thomas Alexander, ... Captain, ... one-half of a pension.
• 2 Elisha Munsell, ... Private, ... one-half do.
• 3 Amos Pearson, ... Sergeant, ... one-fifth do.
• 4 Nahum Wright, ... do. ... one-eighth do.
• 5 Benjamin Farnum, ... Captain, ... one-third do.
• 6 Hugh Maxwell, ... do. ... one-eighth do.
• 7 Tilley Mead, ... Private, ... one-fourth do.
• 8 Amasa Scott, ... do. ... do. do.
• 9 Ephraim Bailey, ... do. ... one-half do.
• 10 Robert Smith, ... do. ... two-thirds do.
• 11 Thomas Crowell, ... do. ... full pension.
• 12 Joseph Hale, ... do. ... one-half do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND.
• 1 Clark Albro, ... Private, ... one-fourth of a pension.
• 2 John Baggs, Jr. ... Sergeant, ... one-third do.
• 3 Robert Cars, ... Private, ... one-half do.
• 4 Edward Vose, ... Sergeant, ... one-sixth do.
• 5 Nathan Jaquays, ... Private, ... one-third do.
• 6 William Lunt, ... do. ... one-half do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT.
• 1 Josiah Merriman, ... Corporal, ... two-thirds of a pension.
• 2 Josiah Spalding, ... Lieutenant, ... one-half do.
• 3 Enoch Turner, ... Jun. Private, ... two-thirds do.
• 4 Elnathan Norton, ... do. ... three-fourths do.
• 5 Samuel Andrus, ... Corporal, ... one-half do.
• 6 Elisha Clark, ... Private, ... one-fourth do.
• 7 Enos Blakesley, ... do. ... full pension
• 8 Thomas Hobby, ... Major, ... one-half do.
• 9 David Blackman, ... Private, ... two-thirds do.
• 10 Isaac Richards, ... do. ... one-third do.
• 11 Benjamin Sturges, ... do. ... one-sixth do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT.
• 1 William Hazeltine, ... Private, ... one-half pension.
• 2 Moses Saunderson, ... do. ... two-thirds do.
• 3 Pliny Pomeroy, ... do. ... four-fifths do.
• 4 Thomas Torrance, ... do. ... one-half do.
• 5 William Hunt, ... do. ... do. do.
• 6 Zimri Hill, ... do. ... do. do.
• 7 John Wilson, ... Sergeant, ... one-third do.
• 8 William Martin, ... Private, ... two-thirds do.
• 9 Samuel Eyers, ... do. ... one-fourth do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
• 1 Jeremiah Everett, ... Private, ... one-half pension.
• 2 Asa Virgil, ... do. ... one-fourth do.

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OF THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY.
• 1 William Oliver, ... Lieutenant, ... two-thirds of a pension.
• 2 Samuel Taylor, ... Corporal, ... do. do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
• 1 John Haley, ... Corporal, ... three-fourths of a pension.
• 2 Alexander Garrett, ... Private, ... do. do.
• 3 Samuel Gilman (or Gilmore,) ... do. ... one-half do.

Supplementary evidence annexed to this return, for the following persons, has entitled them, viz:

OF CONNECTICUT.
• 1 Gershom Dorman, ... Private, ... one-third of a pension.
• 2 Thomas Shepherd, ... do. ... one-fourth do.
• 3 Edmund Smith, ... do. ... one-half do.

OF RHODE ISLAND.
• 1 George Popple, ... Sergeant, ... one-eighth of a pension.
• 2 Job Snell, ... Private, ... one-fourth do.

OF NEW YORK.
• 1 John Vaughan, ... Sergeant, ... one-fourth of a pension.
• 2 Duncan Campbell, ... Lieutenant, ... one-half do.

OF NEW JERSEY.
• 1 Joel Phelps, ... Private, ... one-half of a pension.
• 2 William Crane, ... Lieutenant, ... full pension.

OF PENNSYLVANIA.

1 Griffith Rees,Private,one-half of a pension.

In the reports of the Secretary of War, dated 28th February, and 2d of March, 1795, and 5th February, 1796.

OF THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
• 1 William Taggart, ... Ensign, ... half a pension.
• 2 Thomas Eastman, ... Private, ... three-fourths do.
• 3 Abraham Kimball, ... do. ... one-half do.
• 4 Joseph Moss, ... do. ... two-thirds do.
• 5 Silas Pierce, ... Lieutenant, ... one-half do.
• 6 Ebenezer Copp, ... Sergeant, ... full pension.
• 7 John Barter, ... do. ... one-half do.
• 8 Ebenezer Bean, ... Private, ... one-third do.
• 9 Joseph Hilton, ... Lieutenant, ... one-half do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS.
• 1 Joseph Peabody, ... Private, ... one-third of a pension.
• 2 Moses Fitch, ... do. ... one-fifth do.
• 3 Peter Hemeneway, ... do. ... one-half do.
• 4 Abner Pier, ... do. ... do. do.
• 5 Moses M'Farland, ... Captain, ... one-third do.
• 6 Timothy Northam, ... Private, ... do. do.
• 7 Richard Chase, ... do. ... one-half do.
• 8 Barnabas Chapman, ... do. ... one-third do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT.
• 1 Heber Smith, ... Sergeant, ... one-half of a pension.
• 2 Nathan Hawley, ... Corporal, ... one-third do.
• 3 Burr Gilbert, ... do. ... two thirds do.
• 4 William Burritt, ... Private, ... one fourth do.

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• 5 Israel Dibble, ... Private, ... one third of a pension.
• 6 Henry Filmore, ... do. ... one half do.
• 7 David Hall, Jr. ... Sergeant, ... do. do.
• 8 Samuel Loomis, ... Corporal, ... one fourth do.
• 9 Amos Skeel, ... Private, ... one third do.
• 10 Naboth Lewis, ... do. ... two thirds do.
• 11 Jeremiah Markham, ... Sergeant, ... one half do.
• 12 Francis Baxter, ... Private, ... three fourths do.
• 13 John Ledyard, ... do. ... do. do.
• 14 George Lord, ... do. ... one half do.
• 15 Jonathan Bowers, ... Corporal, ... one half do.
• 16 Simon Crosby, ... Private, ... one half do.
• 17 Enoch Jacobs, ... do. ... three fourths do.
• 18 Richard Watrous, ... do. ... do. do.
• 19 Allyn Marsh, ... Corporal, ... one half do.
• 20 Elijah Royce, ... Private, ... three fourths do.
• 21 Stephen Wells, ... Lieutenant, ... one half do.
• 22 Azel Woodworth, ... Private, ... three fourths do.
• 23 Stephen Minor, ... Quarter Gunner, ... one half do.
• 24 William Leeds, ... Lieutenant, ... one half do.
• 25 John Chappel, ... Private, ... one third do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT.
• 1 Asa Gould, ... Private, ... one half of a pension.
• 2 Elijah Barnes, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 3 Amasa Grover, ... do. ... one third do.
• 4 Thomas Brush, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 5 David Brydia, ... do. ... one half do.
• 6 William Waterman, ... do. ... one third do.
• 7 Elijah Knight, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 8 Nathan Burr, ... do. ... one half do.
• 9 Ebenezer M'Ilvain, ... do. ... do. do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

1 Jared Palmer,Sergeant,one half of a pension.

OF THE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
• 1 Josiah Conklin, ... Private, ... one half of a pension.
• 2 Edward Wade, ... do. ... one half do.
• 3 William De Witt, ... do. ... do. do.
• 4 Thomas Eagan, ... Matross, ... do. do.

OF THE DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY.

1 James Speed,Lieutenant,full pension.

And that the Secretary of War be guided by the following rules, viz:

A full pension to a commissioned officer shall be considered the one half of his pay. And the proportions less than a full pension, are to be the proportions of half pay.

A full pension to non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, is to be five dollars per month; and the proportions less than a full pension, are the proportions of five dollars per month. The pensions shall be paid in the same manner as invalid pensioners are paid, who have been heretofore placed on the list, and under such restrictions and regulations, in all respects, as are prescribed by the laws of the United States, in such cases provided.

2. Resolved, That the Secretary for the Department of War do also cause to be placed on the Pension List of the United States, the following persons, at the rate annexed to their names, respectively:

FROM THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
• 1 Daniel Brawn, ... Private, ... two thirds of a pension.
• 2 Ebenezer Phinny, ... do. ... one fourth do.

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FROM THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
• 1 Joshua Haynes, ... Private, ... one half of a pension.
• 2 Seth Wyman, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 3 Samuel Potter, ... Sergeant, ... one half do.
• 4 John Knight, ... Private, ... one half do.
• 5 John Varnum, ... do. ... do. do.
• 6 Stephen Fuller, ... do. ... one third do.
• 7 John Smith, ... Sergeant, ... one half do.
• 8 Jonathan Margery, ... Private, ... two thirds do.
• 9 Nathaniel Leavit, ... Corporal, ... one half do.
• 10 William Lovell, ... Sergeant, ... three fourths do.
• 11 Weymouth Wallace, ... Private, ... one half do.
• 12 Caleb Aldrich, ... Sergeant, ... full pension.
• 13 Lemuel Dean, ... Private, ... one half do.
• 14 Phinehas Parkhurst, ... Fifer, ... full pension.
• 15 Moses Sweat George, ... Private, ... one half do.
• 16 Job Britton, ... do. ... one third do.
• 17 Morrell Coburn, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 18 Benjamin Knight, ... Sergeant, ... one third do.
• 19 James Dean, ... Private, ... one fourth do.
• 20 Joel Porter, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 21 Ebenezer Jennings, ... Sergeant, ... one fourth do.
• 22 William Curtiss, ... Private, ... one half do.
• 23 Edward Clark, ... Sergeant, ... one fourth do.
• 24 Caleb Hunt, ... Private, ... one half do.
• 25 Eliphalet Taylor, ... do. ... one third do.
• 26 Ebenezer Tinkham, ... do. ... one third do.
• 27 John Lapish, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 28 Jonathan Willard, ... Ensign, ... one fourth do.
• 29 Charles Hemtoon, Jun. ... Private, ... one third do.
• 30 Joseph Green, ... do. ... one half do.
• 31 Windsor Gleason, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 32 Jonathan Holten, ... Lieutenant, ... one half do.
• 33 James Crombie, ... do. ... full pension.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT.
• 1 Job Priest, ... Ensign, ... one third of a pension.
• 2 Samuel Warner, ... Private, ... one half do.
• 3 Frederick Follet, ... do. ... one half do.
• 4 Samuel Willington, ... do ... one half do.
• 5 Caleb Chadwick, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 6 James Campbell, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 7 Cæsar Sprague, ... do. ... one half do.
• 8 Sylvanus Snow, ... do. ... one third do.
• 9 John Nixon, ... Colonel, ... one third do.
• 10 Gamaliel Handy, ... Private, ... two thirds do.
• 11 William Warren, ... Lieutenant, ... one third do.
• 12 Joseph Frost, ... Private, ... one eighth do.
• 13 Jesse Holt, ... Corporal, ... one eighth do.
• 14 Uriah Goodwin, ... Private, ... one fourth do.
• 15 Job Lane, ... do. ... one half do.

DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND.

1 Jonathan Davenport,Private,one twenty-fourth of a pension.

DISTRICT OF VERMONT.
• 1 James Campbell, ... Private, ... one half of a pension.
• 2 Benjamin Tower, ... do. ... two thirds do.
• 3 Oliver Darling, ... do. ... five eighths do.

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT.
• 1 Nathaniel Scribner, ... Captain, ... one fourth of a pension.
• 2 David Hubbell, ... Private, ... one half do.
• 3 Isaac Higgins, ... do. ... one half do.

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• 4 Oliver Burnham, ... Sergeant, ... one fourth of a pension.
• 5 Prince Dennison, ... Private, ... one half do.
• 6 Jonathan Whaley, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 7 Elijah Hoit, ... do. ... one half do.
• 8 Jedediah Brown, ... Sergeant, ... one fourth do.
• 9 Thurston Hilliard, ... Private, ... one third do.
• 10 Joseph Otis, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 11 Nathaniel Lewis, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 12 Aaron Kelsey, ... Lieutenant, ... one fourth do.
• 13 Justus Munn, ... Private, ... one half do.
• 14 Frederick Platt, ... do. ... one third do.
• 15 Aaron Smith, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 16 Samuel Stillman, ... do. ... one half do.
• 17 Ezra Willcox, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 18 William Bailey, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 19 Robert Bailey, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 20 Elijah Boardman, ... Sergeant, ... three fourths, do.
• 21 Theodore Andrus, ... Private, ... full pension,
• 22 Samuel French, ... do. ... one half do.
• 23 David Ranney, ... do. ... three fourths do.

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
• 1 Thomas Baldwin, ... Sergeant, ... one half of a pension.
• 2 James Slater, ... Private ... one half do.
• 3 Abraham Blauvelt, ... do. ... full pension,
• 4 Russel Chappel, ... do. ... one half do.

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT.
• 1 Benjamin Howd, ... Private, ... three fourths of a pension
• 2 Daniel Hewitt, ... Sergeant, ... one third do.
• 3 Isaac Buel, ... Private, ... one third do.
• 4 Samuel Rossetter, ... do. ... one half do.

DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.
• 1 Michael Orner, ... Private, ... one fourth of a pension.
• 2 Charles M'Cormick, ... do. ... full pension.
• 3 Philip Lauer, ... Sergeant, ... one fourth do.
• 4 David Hickey, ... Private, ... full pension.
• 5 Thaddeus Williams, ... do. ... one fourth do.
• 6 Nathaniel Hubble, ... Major, ... two thirds do.

DISTRICT OF DELAWARE.

1 Daniel M'Donald,Corporal,full pension,

DISTRICT OF MARYLAND.

1 William Ormond,Private,three fourths of a pension.

]DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.

1 David Welch,Private,full pension.

DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
• 1 John Benton, ... Private, ... full pension.
• 2 Thomas Chiles, ... Captain, ... two thirds do.
• 3 Robert Harris, ... Private, ... full pension.

And that a full pension to a commissioned officer shall be considered the one half of his pay, at the time of being wounded, and the proportions less than a full pension, are those of such half pay. And that a full pension to a non-commissioned officer and private,is five dollars per month, and the proportions less than a full pension, are the proportions of five dollars per month. The pensions to be paid in the same manner as invalid pensioners are paid, who have heretofore been placed on the list, under such

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restrictions and regulations, in all respects, as are prescribed by the laws of the United States in such cases provided.

3. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary for the Department of War return to the respective district judges the names of all such persons as have been transmitted to him, by the several district judges, pursuant to the act for the regulation of claims to invalid pensions, and in whose cases the examining physicians have neglected to specify the ratio of disability, together with such defective returns of physicians.

And the said district judges, respectively, shall forthwith cause the examining physicians to specify the several rates of disability, which have been so neglected; or, in case of sickness, death, or removal of one or both such physicians, to make new appointments, and cause the several rates of disability to be specified, and by the said physicians returned to them, as soon as may be; of which, they shall make return to the Secretary of War, who shall, at the Session of Congress holden next after, or at the time of such receipt, make return thereof, with such observations as he may think proper to subjoin, that the proper order may be taken thereon, by Congress.

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in, pursuant to the first and second resolutions, and that the Committee of Claims do prepare and bring in the same.

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the third resolution to the Senate and desire their concurrence.

On a motion made and seconded that the House do come to the following resolution:

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to lay before this House a copy of the instructions to the Minister of the United States who negotiated the treaty with the King of Great Britain, (communicated by his message of the first instant) together with the correspondence and other documents relative to the said treaty, excepting such of the said papers as any existing negotiation may render it improper to be disclosed:

A motion was made and seconded to amend the said motion, by striking out the words "excepting such of the said papers as any existing negotiation may render it improper to be disclosed," and inserting, in lieu thereof, the words, "except so much of the said papers as, in his judgment, it may not be consistent with the interest of the United States, at this time to disclose."

And debate arising on the said motion of amendment,

An adjournment was called for: Whereupon,

The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow.

And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock.

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