MARCH 9, 1848.

Mr. Lincoln, from the Committee on the Postoffice and Post Roads, made
the following report:

The Committee on the Post-office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the
petition of H. M. Barney, postmaster at Brimfield, Peoria County,
Illinois, report: That they have been satisfied by evidence, that on the
15th of December, 1847, said petitioner had his store, with some fifteen
hundred dollars' worth of goods, together with all the papers of the
post-office, entirely destroyed by fire; and that the specie funds of the
office were melted down, partially lost and partially destroyed; that
this large individual loss entirely precludes the idea of embezzlement;
that the balances due the department of former quarters had been only
about twenty-five dollars; and that owing to the destruction of papers,
the exact amount due for the quarter ending December 31, 1847, cannot be
ascertained. They therefore report a joint resolution, releasing said
petitioner from paying anything for the quarter last mentioned.




REMARKS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MARCH 29, 1848.

The bill for raising additional military force for limited time, etc.,
was reported from Committee on judiciary; similar bills had been reported
from Committee on, Public Lands and Military Committee.

Mr. Lincoln said if there was a general desire on the part of the House