is own were attended to, and he
was the same night carried back to the hospital.

On the 17th day of May following Robinson was honorably
discharged from the service. Finding himself unable to labor on a
farm, by reason of his wounds, he was obliged to sell his little
place for some $1,200, and sought employment as a Government
clerk. He is now a clerk in the Quartermaster General's
Department, at a salary of $1,200 per year, and has no other
means of supporting himself, his wife, and boy, except a pension
of $8 per month for wounds received on the field of battle.
Robinson is a modest man, of excellent character, and a faithful
and efficient clerk.

The committee unanimously recommend the passage of the
accompanying joint resolution.

No. 81. (p. 434)
PLATE LXXXI.

_August 31, 1872._

By Resolution of Congress February 24, 1873.

LOSS OF THE STEAMER METIS.

[_For Courage and Humanity._]

A man standing in a boat, a coil of rope under his left arm, directs
oarsmen with his right hand to pull for the wreck of the Metis. One of
the men is lifting a woman from the sea into the boat. To the right,
in the background, a light-house.

BY RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS FEBRUARY 24, 1873. Within a wreath of Oak:
TO[126] FOR COURAGE AND HUMANITY IN THE SAVING OF LIFE FROM THE WRECK
OF THE STEAMER METIS ON LONG ISLAND SOUND AUGUST 31, 1872. W. & C.
BARBER.

[Footnote 126: Blank space for name.]

CHARLES E. BARBER, son of William Barber, chief engraver to the United
States Mint, Philadelphia, was born in London, England, in 1840. He
came to America with his parents when very young and studied the fine
arts in the city of New York. He engraved for the Government of the
United States the Metis and John Horn medals.

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ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.

_Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Crandall and others._

_Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States in Congress assembled_: That the President of the
United States is hereby authorized and requested to cause to be
made and presented to each of the following persons such
suitable and appropriate medals, as in his judgment shall (p. 435)
express the high estimation in which Congress hold the
respective merits and serv