The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Connor, praying a pension in consequence of injuries received in the military service of the United States, beg leave to report:

That the petitioner prays a pension in consequence of injuries received in the war with the Indians, in 1794. He was discharged from the service of the United States in 1795. There is no evidence produced of any injuries received, or any disability existing at that time. In 1814, he again enlisted in the army of the United States, and was discharged in 1816; but he does not appear from the papers to have then been in any way disabled, by wounds or injuries received in the service; nor is there any proof whatever, that his present disability resulted from injuries so received, except his own statement. His petition is accompanied by a certificate, signed by citizens of Mercer county, Kentucky, of his character for truth and veracity. The case has been before the Commissioner of Pensions, who very properly disallowed the claim. Your committee find the evidence entirely too meagre and unsatisfactory to feel justified in recommending any special legislation to afford the relief prayed for. They therefore offer the following resolution:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner (Thomas Connor) be rejected.

1st Session.

No. 100.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

FEBRUARY 13, 1854.-Ordered to be printed.

Mr. ALLEN made the following

REPORT.

The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Somers Corson, nearest surviving relative of Captain Richard Somers, who fell at Tripoli, praying a pension, report:

That this petition was before the Committee on Naval Affairs of the Senate at the 1st session of the 32d Congress, who reported that they could see "no reason founded in law or precedent for allowing the prayer," and were discharged from its further consideration. The Committee on Pensions entirely concur in that report, and recommend the adoption of the following resolution:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner be rejected.

The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Bowman, son and executor of Isaac Bowman, deceased, beg leave to report :

That the petitioner, as legal representative of his deceased father, claims the half-pay due his said father as lieutenant in the Illinois regiment, in the war of the revolution. It appears, from the evidence before the committee, that the said Isaac Bowman, deceased, in May, 1779, was appointed a horsemaster (equal to quartermaster) in the Illinois regiment, which position he could not have held unless he had been a subaltern of the line; that whilst in service, and on duty, he was, with a detachment of said regiment, attacked by the Chickasaw Indians, then at war with the United States, as the allies of Great Britain; that he was defeated and all of his men killed, "except one Riddle" and the said Bowman, who was shot down in the fight with four musket balls in his body and limbs. In this condition Bowman was made prisoner by the Indians, and detained as such from November, 1779, to April, 1780, when he was sold by his captors to a British trader among the Indians, named Turnbull, and by him taken to New Orleans, then belonging to Spain; from thence to Cuba; and from Cuba he made his way to Philadelphia, and thence to his home in Virginia: that, in consequence of the wounds he had received, he became a cripple for life, after enduring the greatest suffering from them for a year or more after his return home. The Illinois regiment was reduced from 350 men in May, 1779, to 130 in August, 1780, without any evidence that any part of said regiment was disbanded or discharged from service. Bowman did not resign his commission, either as a lieutenant in said regiment, (which, under the regulations, he must have held to be appointed horsemaster) or in the staff; nor does it appear that after his disability he was ever recalled to service. ~

After a careful consideration of the case, your committee are of opinion that the claim presented by Isaac Bowman, as legal representative of Lieutenant Isaac Bowman, deceased, is fully provided for by the 3d section of the act of July 5, 1832; and that he is entitled to the half-pay of his father, as promised by the act of assembly of the State of Virginia, of May, 1779, according to his said father's rank as lieutenant in the Illinois regiment. It would be difficult to provide more clearly for the satisfaction of said claim, by any further legislation, than