Mr. WILLIAMS. I will state that there is no report accompanying the hill at this time; but there are 3 reports on file mad eby the ComClaims at different times in favor of this bill. The bill has passed the Senate 2 or 3 times. I have in my hand a report made from the ComClaims by the honorable Senfrom Ohio, [Mr. wADE] an also another report made in reference to this claim by the honorable Senfrom Ken sas, not now in his seat, [Mr. POMBROY] I will read the last report made upon this claim: “It appearsthat the petitioner was employedby the U.S. under the provisions of sundry treaties.as blacksmith for the Delaware, Shawnee and Senecatribesof Indians. t'i omAugust, 1313u, ntil Novembor JIS'ZS. During that period the various 1n dion agentsoftenemployedMr. Pool in variousen a cities, such as transporting the moneysto be pay to the Indians procuring supplies. 510 and oftentimes he advanced is own mone in such purposes, which wasin every instance refunded exceptone. Ho alleges that on the 29thof April. 1831, at the requestof governor Stokes as ComrIndAff. (0. copy of whose letter to that effectis annexedto the petition, and issworn to.) ho prehasedfor the useof the Senecaand Shawnca In inns 400and 87 and a half bushels of seed corn. for which he paid out of his private funds onedollar perbushel.making $487 so.which sum he asks to have reimbursed. To sustainthis the dpetitioner produces the copy of Governor Stokes'sor or for the purchase of the corn. sworn to as a copy; the room t of John Brown, of whom he boughtthe corn, for the money. andattestedbyGcorgoT. Herrori, Indian interpreter and the certificateoffivo of the chiefsand licadmen of thenation. that the corn was receiyed by the m and duli " attestedby W. J. Morrow, their agent. tis further statedthat between the years 1533and 1838he was employed by contract as blacksmith for the Seneca tribe of Indians alone: that the mixed tn'beofSenocas and Shawneeswerealso entitled to absomthi, th but had none that one agent attonded to and that agent(Vaisbon) verbally ordered him to gut up a shop among the Seneca! and Shawnees. an procurehandsandrun it: thnt he did so. and that he waspaid for the service exccpt forone year. He supposedhe was being paid on his contract for the Soiiocas.but upon examination of the vouchers at the Depthe found that ho had beenpaid for all his work for the mixed tribe, and that there was fine year of service for the Senccnsthat he had not ecu asks congressto order the payment of the 6800due to him on that contract." There is another part of the report which refers to another item of the claim which has not been embraced in this bill.