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POWER, C 5 SEYMOUR ‘
Savanbah, ‘March 17967
ircrnal kcgtflamrr.
HO LSI of RK PRESENT ATI VS.
Fdruary 5.
A report was received from
the fcjcretaryof war containing
a flfttcSVrtt of application of
persons to be placed on the
penficn lift, since March 1795,
“cad and referred to the corn-
of Claims.
Mr. \Vm, Smith reported a
bill regulating the grants of
land apprepriafed -!gr milita
ry f(;vices, and for the society
of United Brethren incorpo
rated for the purpose of pro
pogating the go fuel among the
Indi/iis—this n twice
and committed.
A petition of M. Perie was
read and referred to the Secre
tary of war.
Mr. S. Smith called up a
resolution which he laid on the
table fome'timeago, and mov
ed tint it should be referred to
the committee of commerce
and man ii failures. The pur
port ot the resolution is, that
that committee be inftru(fted
to inquire and report whether
any, and if any, what altera
tions may be proper to be made
in the laws of the United States
relatwe to qommerce and na-
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c j yv?ic—
referred puffiiam: so me mo-
tion.
MV. Maddifi a after ft me
general remarks on the sub
ject, offered arefdution, the
purport of which is, to autho
rife the Prefidentof the Unit
ed States to cause a survey of
the main pod road from Maine
to Georgia; the expence to be
defrayed out of the surplus re
venue ofthcpodoffice—laid on
the table.
1 he report of the commit
tee of Claims on the petition
ot Silas Clark, was taken into
consideration by the commit
tee of the whole.
Mr. Muhlcnburgh in the
chair.
Ihe report is against the
prayer of the petition, which
was for full half pay. The
petitioner was a captain in the
Maffhchufetts line, had return
ed iis commutation, but was
norallcwedany interefton the
certificates returned, so that he
ne'er derived any advantage
lropa them ; he is an ijjfalid
hofi wounds and difabliities
incurred in the public service
duiingthc late war, his pension
is (ply one thirdpf a captain’s
p vj;
vfr. Nicholas proposed that
a general provision should be
mope ; by a calculation which
Mi). Nicholas offered, he laid
the petitioner had from forne
or another made a bad f
bargain, and consenting to give
up'fiis commutation in lieu of
a pension of one third -<*f his
full pay; ‘hejjonceivcd that
the tlain\ was “founded in ju fi
nd aiidMppofed th’e oafe
no: a foiiuty one,
Mr. Heiifer said that ac
cording to his calculation the
bargain was In favor of the pe
titioner ; die interefl of his
half pay did not amount to so
much per annum, as his pen
lion. The pension is 160 dol
lars a year, the interefl on the
commutation is only 144 dol
lars.
Mr. Tracy went into
ten five con fi deration of th<
fubjedts of Commutation, hal
pay and pensions. The peti
tioner had received the pen
lion from the beginning., and
was therefore npt entitled toin
tcrc dc.
Mr. S. Smith supported the
claim cf the petitioner. Tie
recited fome circumstances of
the turtle of Monmouth, in
which this petitioner was
wounded, and in which cap
tain Clark had borne a con
lpicious part, expatiated on die:
merits of the officers of the
late army • adverting to com
mutation, ho recited the
cumilanccs under which* if.
given ; captain Clark had ex
changed it for a pension, but
in doing this, he had through
ignorance made a bad bargain,
this ):■ demonflrabie as figures
can |uake it; now the queltion
- p.d, ~ ■’ . ..-fn-n .v_
mall take an advantage of this
contract? he could not believe
that it would—when fully in
formed of circumffances, this
government will always allow
and* pay a just claim. Mr.
Smith laid that the petitioner
was entitled to his half pay for
foVing through the w ar, and .
to his penfton for his wounds
and disabilities, and there was
a third demand w hich he was
entitled to, and that was for
interell on his pension during
the time he did not receive it
Mr. Nicholas read a resolu—
tion which he would offer, if
in order, in lieu of the report j
of the committee. The pur-J
port of this was make a I
general provision. It was re-J
mark’ and that the repprt of t
committee ought to be fir ft’
disposed of.
Mr. Sedgwick hoped the
report of the Committee would
be accepted. He adverted to
the frequent alluiion to per
sonal services, and said that the
diftindion which was made,
was not in his opinion either
candid or just.
Mr. Sedgwick, asked what
class or deferiptior of persons
can be named who did not buf
fer by the events of the late
war.—The farmer, the me
chanic, the merchant all dif
fered by depreciation of the
paper money. It was infin
itely to be regretted that the
officers and soldiers who car
red us triumphantly thro’ the
conteft should not be
p|iid every (hilling, due to them
for their personal services, but
it Is also to be regretted that
farmer, the mechanic, and
No. 2.