JEREMIAH PENDEGRAST.

MAY 2, 1862.-Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. CUTLER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made the

following REPORT.

The Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jeremiah Pendegrast, report:

Jeremiah Pendegrast, late a landsman on board the United States steamer Powhatan, on the coast of China, while in the discharge of his duty, in August, 1855, was disabled for life, for which his name. was put on the pension list for the District of Columbia at the rate of $4 per month; that by a late act of Congress his pension was increased $4, so that it is now $8 per month. He now desires it may be increased to the sum of $16 per month. From a careful consideration of the facts, as presented in the accompanying papers, your committee are of opinion that he is not entitled to the relief asked for.

2d Session.

No. 100.

A. PIER.

MAY 2, 1862.-Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. CUTLER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made the f

lowing REPORT.

The Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of A. Pier, report :

The petitioner, A. Pier, represents that he was a soldier in the war of 1812, in Captain Jewett's company, Vermont militia; that in September, 1814, while on his way to Plattsburg, he received an injury resulting in a rupture.

This representation, however, does not seem to be accompanied with such proof as, in the opinion of your committee, would justify the interposition of legislative action to grant relief, and therefore ask to be discharged from further consideration of the subject.

JOHN LANE.

MAY 2, 1862.-Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. CUTLER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made the fol

lowing REPORT.

The Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Lane, report:

The petitioner, John Lane, of Somerset county, New Jersey, was a private in Captain Murdoch's company, 25th regiment United States infantry in the war of 1812; was wounded in the right knee by the bursting of a shell in the attack on Fort Erie in July, 1814. He has received one-half of a full pension since July 24, 1815.

On the 14th of August, 1852, two surgeons, Drs. Kissack and Dewey, of Millstone, Somerset county, New Jersey, made affidavit that for twenty years previous the petitioner had been three-fourths disabled in consequence of his wounds.

The petitioner asks for an increase from one-half to three-fourths pension during this twenty years. As the law requires that the payment of pensions shall commence at the time that proof of disability is perfected, and as the proof of increased disability is defective, the committee can see nothing in this case to authorize a departure from the law, and therefore ask to be discharged from further consideration of the subject.