SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812.
Mr. STOTSENBURG submitted a joint resolution, [7] rehearsing that, whereas there are yet surviving some of those brave and patriotic men who served their country faithfully in the War of 1812, and some indigent widows of the soldiers of said war; and whereas, &c., Be it resolved, &c., That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to use their best endeavors for the passage of a law to provide a pension for such soldiers [of 1812] and widows during their natural lives.
The joint resolution was adopted-yeas 80, nays 0.
