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some knowledge on this subject, and I think his testimony should also be had as well as that of a Mr. Satterlee of the same city, who is said to have had something to do with a draft alleged to have been drawn in this connexion.

I am, very respectfully, yours, &c.,

Hon. JOHN LETCHER.

E. B. WASHBURNE.

The committee discussed the question of the disposition of the foregoing paper, and finally ordered it to be set forth in their minutes, and then adjourned to meet again upon the call of the honorable chair

man.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1855.

The committee met in pursuance of a call of the chairman. Present: Messrs. Letcher, chairman, Ruffin, Zollicoffer, Eddy, and Thurston.

The chairman brought to the attention of the committee the following application from Mr. George W. Brega, which the committee ordered to be entered upon their minutes, as going to show that in their printed report of the last session Mr. Brega had been incorrectly designated as a reporter.

The committee then adjourned to Monday morning next at 10 o'clock.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1855.

The committee met. The chairman not having had the opportunity of drawing up his report, the committee adjourned until the following morning.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1855.

The chairman submitted his report to the several members of the committee, who instructed him to report to the House.

Attest:

JAS. L. WOODSIDE,

Clerk to Special Committee Colt Patent, &c.

2d Session.

EBENEZER BENJAMIN.

No. 133.

FEBRUARY 23, 1855.-Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. FLAGLER, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following

REPORT.

The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Benjamin, of Oneida county, New York, a revolutionary soldier, report:

That the petitioner, as appears by his statement, served for three different periods in the revolutionary war, and became blind, as the result of sickness while in such service. He draws a pension, under the act of 1832, of $66 66, which he desires to have increased to $96. He represents that he is 88 years of age, still blind, and wholly dependent upon his pension for support. Several individuals of Oneida county, New York, certify to his character and statements.

In the opinion of your committee, there is nothing in the case which should make it an exception to our general laws, under which, if entitled to relief, he can obtain it by applying at the Pension Office. An adverse report is accordingly submitted.

2d Session.

No. 134.

RICHARD PATTISON, ADMINISTRATOR.

FEBRUARY 23, 1855.-Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. FLAGLER, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following

REPORT.

The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Richard Pattison, administrator of the late Juliet Onion, resident of Baltimore, Maryland, report:

That the petitioner, who represents himself to be administrator and one of the heirs-at-law of Juliet Onion, deceased, asks that the benefits of the acts of 1832 and 1848 may be granted to certain heirs of hers, on account of the services of their father, John B. Onion, who is stated to have been a soldier of the Revolution. Whether he served six months, so as to be himself entitled to a pension while living, or whether said heirs are or are not minors, is not stated; and it is manifest, therefore, aside from the absence of proof to substantiate the alleged facts, that there is nothing in the case as presented to justify Congress in granting the relief asked for. The committee, accordingly, ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the petition, and that it do lie upon the table.

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