Pacon-de-qua, or crooked, Che-que-ah, or poor racoon, or little eyes, ✈ Sho-wi-lin-ge-shau, or open hand, O-ka-we-a, or porcupine, L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. Shaw-a-noe, X 1. S. Ua-uan-sa, or young wolf, L. S. Me-shwa-wa, or wounded, L. S. San-quee-com-ya, or buffaloe, X L. S. Pe-que-a, or George, Keel-swa, or sun, Wan-se-a, or white skin, L. S. L. S. L. S. Wan-se-pe-a, or sun rise, L. S. An-ga-to-ka, or pile of wood, L. S. Now therefore, to the end that the mid treaty be ob i.s: L. S. L. S. L. S. L. S. L. 8. served and performed with good faith on the part of the United States, I have caused the premises to be made public, and I do hereby enjoin and require all persons bearing office, civil or military, within the United States, and all others, citizens or inhabitants thereof, or being within the same, faithfully to observe and fulfil the said treaty, and every clause and article thereof. In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand. Done at the City of Washington, the twenty first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and of the independence of the United States the thirty ninth. By the President, JAMES MADISON. (E.) CONGRESSIONAL REPORT Of the Committee of Investigation on the destruction of the American Capitol. Previous to the 2d July this district formed a part of military district No. 5. Early in June the cabinet assembled for purposes extraneous to the defence of this district. A plan was however suggested by the secre tary of the navy relative to its defence, which was adopted. The effective force of district No. 5, was, on the 7th June, 2,154 effectives, stationed at various. points. On the 1st July a cabinet council was again convened by the president, from a variety of considerations, and a plan of defence proposed by him, which was adopted. On the 2d July the 10th military district was created, and General Winder appointed to command it. On the 4th of July a requisition of 93,500 men was made. Of this requisition 2,000 effectives from the state of Virginia, 5,000 from Pennsylvania, 6,000 from Maryland, and 2,000 from the District of Columbia, were put at the disposal of Gen. Winder; making a total of 15,000 men, exclusive of the regular The committee state, force, estimated at 1,000 more. that the secretary of war, on the 12th July enclosed to General Winder a circular addressed to the governors of certain states, reqiring a body of militia to be organized, equipped and held in readiness for future service, and authorizes him to call for a part or a whole of the quota assigned to Maryland; and on the 17th the secretary authorizes him to draw from Virginia her quota of 2,000, from Pennsylvania 5,000, and informed him that the district militia were at his disposal; making 6,000 from Maryland, the estimate of 15,000 men. In a letter of the 13th of August from Gen. Winder to the secretary of war, he states, that in consequence of the acceptance of the 2d regiment of Gen. Smith's division, and the impracticability and impropriety of taking any portion of the militia from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the necessity of leaving the men upon the bay for local defence, instead of 3,000 he would not get as many hundred at Bladensburg. He suggests the propriety of taking the troops, about 1,000, drawn out under the state authority, into the service of the United States, and to call on Pennsylvania for one regiment which would make his militia between 2 and 3,000, besides the 2d regiment from General Smith's division. In answer, the secretary authorizes him to take them into the service of the United States. On the 27th July, the governor of Maryland, in a letter go the secretary of war, states, that the requisition of the president was complied with, and that the requisition of General Winder for the 3,000 drafts was ordered to embody. On July 30th, General Winder made a requisition on the governor of Maryland, for 3,000 militia, and on the 5th of August the governor informs him that his demand could not be complied with. On the 14th July, Mr. Boileau, secretary of state for Pennsylvania, writes to the secretary of war to the same effect, already mentioned, in relation to the difficulties, &c. resulting from the nonexistence of the militia laws of that state; but relies on the patriotism of the people. On the 24th of July, the deputy adjutant general in answer to the communication from the war department, containing the requisition of the 4th July, states that orders had been issued by the governor of Virginia placing a provisional force of 15,000 in readiness for de fence, &c. to be organized for three months only; he also states that the whole militia would be furnished with arms, &c. by Virginia, and on the 18th the secretary of war informs the governor that 2,000 of the Virginia militia, would be placed at the disposition of General Winder. In relation to General Winder, the committee states, that on the 4th or 5th of July he received notice of his appointment to the 10th military district, and proceeded to Washington, when the secretary of war enumerated the regular force, and shewed him the requisition of the 4th. He then proceeded to explore the 10th military district generally. On the 17th, at Notting. ham he was informed that the enemy was ascending the Patuxent, wrote to the secretary, and Gen. West, advising him to collect the militia. The 36th and 38th regiments were ordered to Nottingham, and three companies of city militia were sent to him. On the 18th August, information was received that the enemy's fleet had, on the 17th, been considerably reinforced. Immediately requisitions were made on the governors of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Various officers and On the the district militia were ordered out en masse. -19th General Winder submits several propositions relative to the defence of the City, which the secretary of war informs him had been submitted to the presi dent, and refers him to the navy department in relation to the means in that department. His call on the militia en masse is approved, and advises that the cavalry be pushed immediately into the neighborhood of the enemy. On the 20th information was received of the arrival of the enemy at Benedict in force, and the same day Colonel Tilman and Captain Caldwell were dispatched to annoy the enemy, impede his march, and remove and destroy his forage and provisions. On Sunday morning, the 21st, the troops were mus tered, and the articles of war read to them. At 12 o' clock the marines under Captain Miller joined the army; the regulars of the 36th and 33th also joined at the Wood Yard, seven miles in advance, to which the main body of our troops were marched and encamped on Sunday night. Two letters from Colonel Monroe, on the 21st, one stating that he had viewed the enemy near Benedict, enumerated 27 square rigged vessels, some bay craft and barges; the other dated at Nottingham, stating the advance of the enemy upon that place by land and water; and recommending the commanding general to dispatch 500 or 600 men to fall upon the enemy. Colonel Monroe and Colonel Beall both joined the army at night, and gave an account that the enemy had been viewed by them. Colonel Beall calculated that he had seen 4,000, without supposing he had seen all. Colonel Monroe estimated the enemy at about 6,000; Captain Herbert joins with his troops; Colonel Laval had joined with two compa nies of cavalry on the day previous; the enemy remain ed at Nottingham, except an advanced detachment about three miles from town. Monday the 22d, early in the morning a light detachment was ordered to meet the enemy, composed of the 36th and 38th, Lieut. Col. Scott, Colonel Lavall's cavalry, and three companies from the brigade of General Smith, under Major Peter, |