Call Number (LC) Title Results
Serial set 1328 Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1867.
Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, and previous years; and also estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869. 		2
Serial set 1329 Currency. Letter from the Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting his fifth annual report. December 2, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, on the operations of the internal revenue system for the year ending June 30, 1867. 		2
Serial set 1330 Columbia Hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the directors of the Columbia Hospital for Women in the District of Columbia. December 10, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Contracts by Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department. December 12, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Twenty per cent. compensation. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, respecting the twenty per cent. additional compensation. December 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Joint Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Inspection of oil in Pennsylvania. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, transmitting a copy of a report of John Miller, special revenue agent, relative to the inspection of oil in the Twenty-second District of Pennsylvania. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Twenty per cent. compensation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, respecting the twenty per cent., additional compensation. December 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Joint Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Patent Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation for the Patent Office Building. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Commissary Department. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, relative to an increase of officers in the Commissary General's Department. December 12, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Bonds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the purchase and sale of bonds. December 12, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Twenty per cent. -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, withdrawing from the Committee of Ways and Means and Appropriations his recommendations relative to an increase of twenty per cent. to the clerks in his Department. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for reconstruction. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, relative to further appropriations for reconstruction purposes. December 12, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report relative to the relief and protection of American seamen. December 10, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for a further appropriation for deficiency for current fiscal year. December 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Milliken, a returned rebel. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 5th instant, relating to one Milliken, a returned rebel. December 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Immigration. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting report of the Commissioner of Immigration, of the expenditures of the Bureau for the year ending September 30, 1867. December 5, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Taxes from national banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 30th ultimo relative to amount of taxes received from national banks. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Estimates for the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 2, 1836, estimates required for his Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Twenty per cent. -- Department of Agriculture. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, relative to the allowance of twenty per cent, for last fiscal year. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Property at Harper's Ferry. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th March last, relative to the title to property at Harper's Ferry. December 5, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Sinking fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 25, relative to the sinking fund of the United States. December 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Revenue from distilled spirits. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of July 8th last, stating the amount of revenue derived from the tax on distilled spirits. December 5, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Armory at Rock Island. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a draught of a joint resolution explanatory of certain acts relative to the armory and arsenal at Rock Island, Illinois. December 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Colorado militia. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a statement of the settlement of the accounts of the Colorado militia for 1864 and 1865. December 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Leased building in New York and Brooklyn. Letter of the Secretary of War ad interim, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 26, transmitting a statement relative to buildings leased to the United States in New York and Brooklyn. December 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of the Secretary of War ad interim for the Department under his charge. December 5, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Twenty per cent. -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, relative to the twenty per cent. allowed for clerks in his Department for the last fiscal year. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Military offices at San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, in reference to an appropriation for buildings at San Francisco. December 12, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Revenue collected in Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th instant, transmitting copy of a report from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, relative to the amount of revenue collected in the State of Illinois for the six months ending November 30, 1867, &c. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Twenty per cent. -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, relative to the amount of twenty per cent. allowance to the clerks in his Department for the last fiscal year. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, transmitting certain papers relative to the central branch of the Union Pacific and San Francisco and St. Jose Railroad Company. December 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Albert M.D.C. Lusk. Message from the President of the United States, relating to the trial of Albert M.D.C. Lusk by a military commission. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Twenty per cent. compensation. Letter from the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the 11th instant, respecting the twenty per cent. additional compensation. December 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Joint Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Me-shin-go-me-sia band of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in regard to the issuing of patents to the Me-shin-go-me-sia band of Indians. December 13, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Otoe Indian reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the sale of a certain Indian reservation. December 12, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Louis M. Goldsborough. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th ultimo, relative to Louis M. Goldsborough. December 12, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Tonnage of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the cause of the diminution of the tonnage of the United States. December 10, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
H.B. Sainte-Marie. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, relative to a claim of Sainte-Marie for compensation for information furnished in the Surratt case. December 12, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations for survey of Indian lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to appropriations for survey of Indian reservations. December 17, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supervisors and local inspectors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 5th instant, relative to the expenditures for salaries of supervisors and local inspectors. December 10, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Twenty per cent. -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House as to the amount paid as extra compensation, under joint resolution of July 28, 1867, in the Navy Department. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Public buildings in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the condition of the public buildings in New Mexico. December 12, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Removal of Hon. E.M. Stanton and others. Letter from General Grant, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of date November 26, 1867, in relation to the removal of Hon. E.M. Stanton, Secretary of War, and Major General P.H. Sheridan, commander of the Fifth Military District, and of Major General D.E. Sickles, commander of the Second Military District, &c. December 17, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Engineer Department. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, recommending the passage of a resolution for the settlement of the accounts of certain officers of the Engineer Department. December 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Repairs of Capitol. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for further appropriations for repairs of the old portion of the Capitol. December 6, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Mexican affairs -- Maximilian. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th July last, relative to Maximilian. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pardons by the President. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting final report of the names of persons engaged in rebellion who have been pardoned by the President. December 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Leased buildings in St. Louis. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th ultimo, a statement of buildings rented in St. Louis. December 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
California and Nevada volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, relative to California and Nevada volunteers discharged in Arizona and New Mexico. December 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, in reference to the Military Academy. December 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations Post Office Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Postmaster General, relative to appropriations for the service of his Department. December 5, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting estimate of funds required for carrying on the Department of the Quartermaster General. December 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Schuylkill arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Quartermaster General, submitting plan and estimate for repair of the wharf at Schuylkill arsenal, Pennsylvania. December 3, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. 		51
Serial set 1331 Trial of Henry Wirz. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 16, 1866, transmitting a summary of the trial of Henry Wirz. December 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1332 Swamp lands in rebel states. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting reports from military commanders in southern military districts, relative to swamp lands granted to the states lately in rebellion and yet undisposed of. January 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Shaker Association of New Lebanon, N.Y. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in reply to a resolution of the House of the 12th ultimo, relative to the mode of taxing the Shaker Association of New Lebanon, New York. January 7, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Fort Covington. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting draught of a joint resolution for the sale of the site of Fort Covington, in the City of Baltimore. January 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Amendment to the Constitution. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, relative to the states ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as the 14th Article. January 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed
Revenue from distilled spirits. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th instant, relative to the amount of revenue collected from distilled spirits. December 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
General W.S. Hancock. Message from the President of the United States, recommending some recognition of the services of General Hancock, as commander of the Fifth Military District. December 18, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Twenty per cent. -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, relative to the twenty per cent. allowance to the clerks in his Department. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Terminal Central Pacific Railroad Co. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a report by the Chief of Engineers relative to a bill for the relief of the Terminal Central Pacific Railroad Company. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Adam Hardt. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a report of the Quartermaster General relative to the claim of Adam Hardt for money advanced to the crew of the steamer John Raine. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed
Duty on corks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the United States consul at Barcelona, relative to the export of corks from that port, and recommending a specific instead of an ad valorem duty on corks. January 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Military offices in New York. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Quartermaster General relative to the hiring of buildings in New York for military offices. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Chattanooga rolling mill. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting draught of a joint resolution for the sale of the Chattanooga rolling mill property, at Chattanooga, Tennessee. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Freedmen and taxation. Communication from the Commissioner of Freedmen's Affairs, transmitting petition of colored people of Kentucky in relation to unjust taxation by state authority. January 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Lands in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the survey of lands in the peninsula of Kenay, Alaska. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Gettysburg Asylum lottery. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in answer to a resolution of the House of 12th instant, relative to the Gettysburg Asylum lottery. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Assassination of President Lincoln. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of George H. Sharpe relative to the assassination of President Lincoln. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Estimate of appropriations. -- Paymaster General. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate of additional appropriations required by the Paymaster General. December 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Milliken, a returned rebel. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 5, 1867, transmitting report of General George H. Thomas relative to one Milliken, a returned rebel, arrested for violation of his parole. January 9, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
St. Louis arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Ordnance, suggesting the removal of the St. Louis arsenal to the Jefferson Barracks reservation. January 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Government funds in national banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 4th ultimo, transmitting statement of deposit of government funds in the national banks. January 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Indian trust funds. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting papers and report upon the condition of the Indian trust funds. December 18, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Pawtucket River. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting report respecting the improvement of the Pawtucket River. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Disbursements for Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a tabular statement of the disbursements for contingent and miscellaneous purposes for the Indian service for the year ending June 30, 1867. January 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Southern railroads. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a report, by the officer of the Quartermasters' Department having the same in charge, of certain information relative to southern railroads. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Southern Railroads and ordered to be printed.
Deputy collectors and assistant assessors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th ultimo, a communication from the First Comptroller, containing the names of deputy collectors and assistant assessors who have performed the duties of collectors and assessors, amount of compensation received by each, &c. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Department of Agriculture. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, in response to House resolution of the 9th of December, 1867. January 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
Militia of Memphis. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting the petition of certain members of the late militia of Memphis, Tennessee, and all information thereto. January 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Destitution of Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the great destitution of the Sioux Indians, near Devil's Lake, Dakota Territory. January 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Fort David Russell. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, transmitting a report relative to establishing an arsenal at Fort David Russell, in Dakota Territory. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Manufacture of arms. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting report of the Chief of Ordnance relative to the manufacture of arms at the Springfield armory during the year ending June 30, 1867. January 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Indian lands in Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th ultimo, transmitting report relative to the sale of certain Indian lands in Kansas. January 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Japanese treaty fund. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to the Japanese treaty fund. January 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Robert Buffum. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Judge Advocate General, enclosing a letter from Robert Buffum, late of the Twenty-first Ohio Volunteers, who volunteered to perform very hazardous service during the late war. January 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Bureau of refugees. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Freedmen, recommending that authority be granted by Congress for the transfer to the Bureau of Refugees of a quantity of desiccated mixed vegetables now on hand in the Subsistence Department. January 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Russian naval vessels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th ultimo, relative to interference of Russian war vessels with American whalers. January 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Steamer Nuestra Senora de la Regla. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the seizure of a Spanish steamer in 1861. January 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Maps. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from the Commissioner of the Land Office, relative to the publication of the maps accompanying and illustrating his annual report. December 19, 1867. -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Printing. 		38
Serial set 1333 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1867. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1334 Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1867. Volume II. 1
Serial set 1335 Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1867. Volume III. Illustrations. 1
Serial set 1336 Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1867. Volume IV. 1
Serial set 1337 Survey of Connecticut River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting Colonel Houston's report of the survey of Connecticut River. February 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Quapaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the suffering condition of the Quapaw Indians, and recommendations relative thereto. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Deficiencies in appropriations, Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting draught of appropriations required by that Department to supply deficiencies for the present fiscal year. January 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Illinois River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report on the survey of the Illinois River, by General J.H. Wilson, accompanying letter of Chief Engineer of January 25, 1868. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Choctaw country. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the survey of the eastern boundary of the Choctaw Indian country, with an estimate for the same. January 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Railroad land grants in the rebel states. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report relative to lands granted by Congress to southern states for railroad purposes. January 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Correspondence -- Grant and the President. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting correspondence between the President and General Grant, relative to the Secretary of War. February 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for State Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to an appropriation for copying clerks in his Department. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
John T. Cox. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report relative to the military service of J.T. Cox, late quartermaster First Regiment Home Guards. February 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Contracts by the Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department. February 4, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to supply deficiency in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. February 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States Statutes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a clause to be inserted in the appropriation bill for purchase of United States Statutes. January 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Disbursements -- contingent fund of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the State Department, in compliance with the act of August 26, 1842. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department and ordered to be printed.
Suits in New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th ultimo, relative to certain suits pending in New York City, known as the Champagne cases. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed.
Cherokee neutral lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 28th instant, relative to the Cherokee neutral lands in Kansas. January 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Claim of Choctaw Nation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to a claim by the Choctaw Nation of Indians against the United States, growing out of treaty stipulations. February 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Property seized in Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with the resolutions of the House of February 21 and March 8, 1867, reports in reference to property seized or taken possession of by the government in the State of Louisiana. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for Indian treaties. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to appropriations to carry out certain Indian treaties. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Port Clinton Harbor, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report by the Chief of Engineers, respecting the survey of the harbor of Port Clinton, Ohio, in compliance with the act of March 2, 1867. January 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Walter B. [i.e., D.] Plowden. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the petition of Walter B. [i.e., D.] Plowden, asking payment for his services as scout. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Suffering soldiers in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant, relative to alleged suffering of United States soldiers in Alaska. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
National bank currency. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, relative to the expense incurred by the United States government in printing currency for circulation to the national banks. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Duty on foreign stock. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, relative to the duty on importations of foreign stock. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency in appropriations for Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to supply deficiencies for certain Indian tribes. January 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Income tax. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 30th ultimo, relative to the number of persons paying income tax in each state, number of manufacturers, &c. February 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Coinage of five-cent pieces. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the coinage of nickel five-cent pieces at the branch Mint at New Orleans, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Director. January 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed.
Obstructions in Savannah River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 16th instant, relative to obstructions in Savannah River. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Loans by national banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 20th instant, relative to loans by national banks. January 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed.
Revised estimates -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting revised statement of the estimates of appropriations required for that Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Alaska. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the transfer of territory from Russia to the United States. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Revenue Cutter Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 30, relative to the Revenue Cutter Service. January 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Capture of Jefferson Davis. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting all information on file in that Department relative to the capture of Jefferson Davis. January 24, 1868. -- Read twice, referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed.
Special agents in Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 26 and 27, relative to special agents employed in that Department since June, 1866. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Sioux Indian reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of 22d ultimo, relative to the sale of the Sioux Indian reservation in Minnesota. February 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Iowa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the petition of the Iowa Indians to have certain funds directed. February 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of Missouri River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers, enclosing reports respecting the improvement of the Missouri River. February 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Contracts by Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of contracts and purchases made by the Ordnance Department during 1867, and of the Quartermasters' Department from the 1st to the 31st of December, 1867. February 4, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Famine in Sweden and Norway. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 28, 1868, relative to the famine in Sweden and Norway. February 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Trial of John H. Surratt. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 27th January, relative to the trial of John H. Surratt. February 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Soldiers and sailors. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 28th instant, relative to an alleged abolition of discrimination in favor of soldiers and sailors by the Navy Department. January 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
United States steamship Vanderbilt. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 22d ultimo, relative to the United States steamship Vanderbilt. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Dismal Swamp Canal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an opinion by the Attorney General relative to a proposed sale of the stock held by the United States in the Dismal Swamp Canal. January 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Revenue Cutter Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate of expenses of the Revenue Cutter Service for the fiscal year 1868-'69. February 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Forfeiture of lands granted for railroad purposes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Quartermaster General, relative to the forfeiture to the United States of all lands granted by Congress in 1856 to the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas, for railroad purposes. January 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for expenses of Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to defray expenses for delegation of Great and Little Osage Indians to Washington. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Ship timber. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 9, last, relative to the amount of lumber and ship timber on hand for the purpose of building vessels of war. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Survey of lands for Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations for survey of lands for benefit of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians. January 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed
Mails between New York and Philadelphia. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, relative to the midnight mails between New York and Philadelphia. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Report of Indian peace commissioners. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Indian peace commissioners. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Telegram from General Meade. Letter from the General of the Army transmitting telegram from Major General George G. Meade. January 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Harbors on Lake Ontario. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, relative to the condition of harbors at Oswego and Salmon River, on Lake Ontario. January 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Contingent fund of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting annual statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund in his Department. January 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed.
Revised estimates -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting revised estimates of appropriations for that Department for the ensuing fiscal year. January 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Ten-forty bonds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 21st instant, relative to the amount of United States ten-forty bonds issued or disposed of by the Treasury Department since October 1, 1867, to whom sold, &c. January 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Paris Universal Exposition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the "Paris Universal Exposition." January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Right of way -- Fort Leavenworth. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relative to right of way across Fort Leavenworth military reservation to Leavenworth and Des Moines Railroad. January 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Interest to Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the payment of interest to Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, under treaty stipulations. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Contracts by Engineer Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting list of contracts made by Engineer Department during the year 1867. January 30, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
President Lincoln's instructions to tax commissioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th ultimo, relative to President Lincoln's instructions to the tax commissioners of South Carolina, September 16, 1863. February 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 		59
Serial set 1338 Ordnance Department. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th March last, asking for information concerning the Ordnance Department and its transactions. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Ordnance and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1339 Pardons for making or passing counterfeit money, forgery and perjury. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th November last, transmitting list of pardons granted since April 14, 1865, for making and passing counterfeit money. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Number of vessels in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 27th ultimo, relative to the number of vessels in the Navy January 1, 1861, number of officers, expense of the Navy, &c. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
The President and General Grant. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th instant, transmitting copy of the President's reply to General Grant's letter of February 3, 1868. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
New Orleans councilmen. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, transmitting correspondence with General Hancock relative to the removal by General Hancock of councilmen of New Orleans. February 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Contracts by Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the acts of April 21, 1808, and July 17, 1862, statements of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department during January, 1868. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Transfer of jurisdiction over Indian affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the transfer to the Interior Department of jurisdiction over certain Indian affairs now exercised by the Treasury Department. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Penobscot River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the survey of the Penobscot River, in compliance with the act of June 23, 1866. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Light-house Board. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Light-house Board upon the subject of the beacon at Long Beach bar, Peconic Bay, New York. February 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Annuities to Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking for an appropriation to pay an agent for paying annuities to the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. February 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Railroad west side of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication relative to a project for constructing a railroad on the west side of the Mississippi River, in Louisiana. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Post Office at Penn Yan. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 1st instant, relative to the appointment of a special agent to take charge of the post office at Penn Yan, New York. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Court-martial of Second Assistant Engineer Sawyer. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 27, papers in the case of the court-martial of Second Assistant Engineer Sawyer, United States Navy. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Bingham's surge reliever. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of 27th ultimo, relative to Bingham's surge reliever. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Timber for the Navy. Message from the President of the United States, relative to depredations upon and the future care of the reservations of lands for the purpose of supplying timber for the United States Navy. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appraiser and treasurer of Savannah and Charleston. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an increase of salary to appraiser of Savannah, Georgia, and treasurer of Charleston, South Carolina. February 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Fort Leavenworth military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Quartermaster General relative to the sale of the Fort Leavenworth military reservation. February 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Commercial relations with Spain. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting draught of a bill relative to the commercial relations with Spain. February 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Sale of light-house sites. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Light-house Board relative to the sale of such light-house sites as are no longer necessary. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Middle Rock, New Haven Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the operations for removal of Middle Rock, New Haven Harbor. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Rights of American citizens. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 25, 1867, relative to trial and conviction of American citizens in England of Fenianism. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Creek Indian refugees. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations for the removal of the Creek Indian refugees to their old homes in the Creek country. February 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Russian America. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 19th December last, transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Southern mail contracts. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to southern mail contracts. February 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department and ordered to be printed. 		23
Serial set 1340 Annual report on foreign commerce for the year ending September 30, 1867. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1341 Appropriations for Sissiton and Wahpeton Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to carry out treaty stipulations with the Sissiton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota Indians. March 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Occupancy of San Juan Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the occupancy of San Juan Island, number of troops, &c. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Spirit meters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the commission to examine meters, &c. March 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Contents of a box in Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 6th instant, relative to the contents of a box in the Treasury vaults. March 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Expenditure contingent fund of Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statement of expenditure of contingent fund of the Navy Department for the year ending June 30, 1867. February 25, 1868. -- Read twice, referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Navy Department, and ordered to be printed.
Expenses of elections in First Military District. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from Major General Schofield, relative to expenses of holding elections in the First Military District. April 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Chamber of Commerce of Geneva. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Geneva, Switzerland, relative to American finances. April 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Post office building, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of March 6, relative to the proposed post office building in New York. April 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Ship canal around the Falls of the Ohio River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report relative to a ship canal around the Falls of the Ohio River. February 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed.
Samuel H. Moore. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th instant, transmitting papers in the case of Samuel H. Moore, late a private in the Fifty-seventh Regiment of Ohio Veteran Volunteers. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Estimates for the General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to estimates of appropriations required by the General Land Office for the year ending June 30, 1869. February 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates for surveying service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the proposed reduction of estimates of appropriations for the surveying service, for the year ending June 30, 1869. February 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Indian spoliation claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th February, 1868, relative to amounts of Indian spoliation claims in the Department of the Interior, growing out of the Indian war in Oregon, Washington and Montana territories. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting annual report of the President of Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company for the year 1867, in compliance with a resolution of the House of February 4, 1868. March 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Mails between Baltimore and New York. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th ultimo, relative to railroads between Baltimore and New York receiving greater compensation for the transportation of the mails than other first-class railroads. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Harbor at Michigan City. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, relative to the harbor at Michigan City, Indiana, and recommending an appropriation of $35,400 for that purpose. March 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Taunton River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from the Chief of Engineers, relative to the improvement of the Taunton River, Massachusetts, with a report thereon. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Pacific railway -- eastern division. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting application from the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division, for aid from Congress in extending that road to Fort Lyon. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for harbor and river improvements. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th instant, making revised and reduced estimates of appropriations required for harbor and river improvements for the year ending June 30, 1869. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Edmund Cooper. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to the resolution of the House inquiring why Edmund Cooper is acting as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. March 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Battery in New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, relative to the purchase of certain land on the battery in New York City for government purposes. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Pacific Electric Telegraph Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 12th instant, relative to contract with the Pacific Electric Telegraph Company. March 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report relative to the necessities of the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior, and recommending an appropriation for their relief. April 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Bounty to Eighty-fourth New York Volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of 26th ultimo, relative to the 84th New York Volunteers having received only $50 additional bounty. April 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Survey of the upper Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting General Warren's report of a survey of the upper Mississippi River. April 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Import duties on agricultural seeds, &c. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, transmitting a memorial of the Tennessee Horticultural Society, for the removal of import duties on agricultural seeds, &c., and approving the same. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Branch Mint at San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 20th instant, relative to the condition and management of the United States branch Mint at San Francisco, California. February 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed.
Counsel employed by the Attorney General. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th ultimo, relative to counsel employed by him, assistants to district attorneys, and compensation paid, &c. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Report on Treaty with Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 26, relating to report of commissioners under 50th article of treaty of 1866 with Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Life-saving inventions. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 15th of January, transmitting the report of the Commission of Life-saving Inventions, convened in New York City April 8, 1867. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Post office and sub-Treasury building in Boston. Letters from the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Treasury, approving the report of the commission to select a site for a building for post office and sub-Treasury in the City of Boston. March 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for Indian service in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimate for an appropriation for the Indian service in California incurred during the years 1860 to 1867. March 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed.
Contracts with Benjamin Holladay. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 21st ultimo, copies of all contracts with Benjamin Holladay to carry mails from the end of the Union Pacific Railroad to Denver City. March 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Subsistence of Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from Lieutenant General Sherman, relative to the subsistence of certain Indian tribes by the War Department, &c. May 26, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Removal of City Council of New Orleans. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of 9th instant, relative to the removal of the City Council of New Orleans and of Jefferson City, Louisiana. March 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
James B. Steedman. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d instant, asking for all the reasons assigned by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the removal of J.B. Steedman, United States collector in Louisiana. March 26, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses of foreign intercourse. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 20th last, relative to unexpended moneys appropriated by law for contingent expenses of foreign countries. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Trade with the British provinces. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, transmitting information as to the trade between the United States and the British North American provinces since the abrogation of the reciprocity treaty. March 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Indians of Aleutian Isles. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending that an appropriation be made to be expended in presents to the Indians of the Aleutian Isles, in Alaska. March 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Department of War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the President of the United States, relative to the Department of War. February 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, with leave to report at any time, and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations required for various bands of Sioux Indians of the Upper Missouri agency. February 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for Navajo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the Navajo Indians on the Bosque Redonao reservation in New Mexico. February 22, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Post office and U.S. courts in New York. Letter from the Postmaster General and Secretary of the Interior, in answer to joint resolution, approved January 22, 1867, transmitting a report of the commission to purchase a site for a post office and United States courts in the City of New York. February 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Labor in appraisers' department, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th ultimo, relative to contracts for labor in the appraisers' department in the City of New York. March 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th ultimo, transmitting the annual report of the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division, for the year 1867. March 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Expense of the Miantonomoh to Europe. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of 3d February, relative to the expense of the Miantonomoh on a recent trip to Europe. March 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Harbor at Wilson, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers, relative to the harbor at Wilson, Niagara County, New York, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th ultimo. March 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Silk and silk manufactures. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 18th ultimo, transmitting report of Elliot C. Cowdin, Esq., commissioner to the Paris Exposition of 1867, on silk and silk manufactures. March 26, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Rights of naturalized citizens in German states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 9th instant, relative to treaties with the German states concerning the rights of naturalized American citizens. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for destitute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report relative to removing certain destitute Cherokee Indians, scattered through the Indian Territory, to their homes in the Cherokee Country, with estimates of the appropriations needed therefor. March 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
New York Custom-house. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 26, asking for the amount paid for repairs on the New York Custom-house for the past two years. March 26, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Payment of soldiers' bounties. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the necessity of an appropriation to carry out the act to facilitate the payment of soldiers' bounties, lately approved by the President. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Alabama election. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 27th instant, transmitting a report by Major General Meade, relative to the State of Alabama. March 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations required for the different bands of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. March 26, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Light-house at Au Sable River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Light-house Board relative to the erection of a light-house at the mouth of the Au Sable River. March 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Soldiers on Pacific coast. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant, relative to the number of soldiers stationed at certain military posts on the Pacific coast. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates, by General Michler, of amounts required to supply deficiencies in appropriations for public buildings for the year ending June 30, 1868. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Legal services paid by State Department and duties of examiner of claims. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th ultimo, relative to amounts paid by the State Department since 1860 for legal services and the duties of the examiner of claims. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Sale of Fort Gratiot reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers relative to the sale of a portion of the Fort Gratiot military reservation. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Detection of frauds in postal and fractional currency. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant, relative to regulations for the detection of frauds in the printing of postal and fractional currency. March 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Commissions paid on the sale of bonds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House relative to commissions being paid on sale of bonds, to whom paid, &c. March 31, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Securities of national banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th instant, transmitting a report by the Treasurer of the United States, relative to national banks having changed their securities held in the Treasury, &c. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Bosque Redondo reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the unsuitableness of the Bosque Redondo reservation in New Mexico for the location of the Navajo Indians. April 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
Separate Customs district in Maine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report relative to the necessity of a separate Customs district in Maine. April 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Steamship Atlantic. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting correspondence between that Department and the district attorney of New York, relative to the steamship Atlantic. April 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Treaties with German states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the 9th ultimo relative to correspondence and negotiation relating to the rights of naturalized citizens in the German states. April 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Records for register of deeds. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to certain liabilities on account of records furnished for the use of the register of deeds for the District of Columbia. February 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
In relation to the Mint. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Director of the Mint relative to covering into the Treasury certain moneys, &c. under the provisions of Bill H.R. 685. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Niagara ship canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report by Colonel Blunt on the surveys for a ship canal to connect lakes Erie and Ontario. March 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Niagara Ship Canal.
Grant of lands to Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant, in reference to the grant of lands to Iowa for railroads, by act approved May 15, 1856. March 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. 		70
Serial set 1342 Mineral resources of the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of J. Ross Browne on the mineral resources of the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains. March 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1343 Antonio Pelletier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to the imprisonment and destruction of the property of Antonio Pelletier by the people and authorities of Hayti. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
Sale of public vessels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 12th of December last, relative to the sale of public vessels since the close of the rebellion. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Indian tribes in Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of A.R. Banks, relative to the destitute condition of various Indian tribes in Kansas. April 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to carry out treaty stipulations with the Pottawatomie Indians. May 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
United States ship Sabine. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 20th instant, in relation to the detention of the United States ship Sabine at New London. April 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appointments in the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 20th instant, the names of all persons who have applied for appointments, the office applied for, and the name of the member of Congress recommending the same. April 24, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from General H.H. Sibley, relative to the destitute condition of the Sioux Indians near Devil's Lake, Dakota Territory. April 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Clerks for the Patent Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the necessity of increased force of clerks and accommodations for said clerks in the Patent Office. April 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed.
Survey of the Potomac River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers, covering report by General Michler on the examination and survey of the Potomac River. May 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Canadian fisheries. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from George W. Brega, relative to the Canadian fisheries. May 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Boundary of Choctaw and Chickasaw country. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the survey of the eastern boundary of the Choctaw and Chickasaw country.
Survey of Reedy Island and Liston Point, Delaware River and bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting Chief of Engineer's report relative to survey of Reedy Island and Liston Point, in Delaware River and bay. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Vessels in Revenue Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the number of vessels in the Revenue Service, and the further requirements of the Service. April 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Harbor at Alton, Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 13th instant, relative to a report on the improvement of the harbor of Alton, Illinois. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Second Military District. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports relative to the condition of the Second Military District, and the views of the General of the Army relative to the questions presented therein. May 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Light-house at Port Austin. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Light-house Board relative to the establishment of a light-house at Port Austin, Michigan. April 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Votes cast for new constitutions. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of 11th instant, relative to the number of votes cast for several constitutions mentioned. May 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction, and ordered to be printed.
Expenses of Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of expenses of the Coast Survey for the year ending June 30, 1867. May 13, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
St. Clair Flats. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from the Chief of Engineers, asking an appropriation to preserve from decay the timber to be used in the dikes of the St. Clair Flats improvement. April 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Naval vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th of January last, relative to naval vessels. May 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Tax collected on distilled spirits. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant, transmitting a statement of taxes collected on distilled spirits since the 1st day of January last. April 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Judgments in the Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 4th instant, relative to judgments in the Court of Claims, when paid, &c. May 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
North Carolina and Louisiana. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents and papers relating to the proceedings in North Carolina and Louisiana to which they refer, viz: constitutions of those states. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Special agents Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 19, relative to the appointment of special agents. May 12, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Election in Arkansas. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 2d instant, transmitting Major General A.C. Gillem's report of the recent election in Arkansas, under the reconstruction laws. May 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and letter ordered to be printed. May 7, 1868. -- Ordered that the accompanying papers be printed.
Clerks in Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the 11th instant, transmitting a list of clerks appointed since April 1, by whom recommended, &c. May 13, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Tennessee River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the surveys of the Tennessee River, made in compliance with the act of March 2, 1867. March 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. April 30, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed.
Elections in southern states. Letter from the General of the Army, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th instant, transmitting reports of the district commanders, of the recent elections held in the states of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Louisiana. May 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 4th, last, transmitting report of the President of the Union Pacific Railroad, eastern division, for the years 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, and 1866. May 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Prize vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 30, relative to prize vessels. May 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
South Carolina and Arkansas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting all the papers that have been submitted to him relating to the proceedings to which they refer in the states of South Carolina and Arkansas. May 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Mineral resources east of the Rocky Mountains. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report on the mineral resources of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. May 2, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining, and ordered to be printed.
Amounts paid for legal services. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 11th of February, transmitting statements of amounts paid during each year since 1860 for legal services, &c. May 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Whiskey seized in New York and Brooklyn. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th of January, transmitting a statement of the quantity of whiskey seized in New York and Brooklyn, &c. May 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Sale of iron-clads. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th instant relative to the sale of iron-clads Oneoto and Catawba. May 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to printed.
Irrigation of public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant transmitting information relative to the most approved method of irrigation of public lands, &c. May 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 4, relative to reports of the Union Pacific and other railroads to be made according to law. February 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. February 26, 1868. -- Motion to reconsider the order to print. March 26, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed.
Destitute friendly Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the necessity of an appropriation of furnish supplies to destitute friendly Indians. April 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for friendly Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the necessity of an early appropriation for the purpose of subsisting friendly Indians. April 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Contracts by the Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department during the month of March, 1868, in compliance with the acts of April 21, 1808, and July 17, 1862. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Mercantile marine and commercial policy of Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th ultimo, relative to the mercantile marine and commercial policy of Great Britain. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Sales of gold. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th ultimo, statements of sales of gold, commissions paid, &c., since March, 1861. April 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. 		42
Serial set 1344 Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the Coast Survey report for the year 1867. May 6, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1345 Removal of Navajo and Ute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting telegram from Lieutenant General Sherman, relative to the removal of the Navajo and Ute Indians. June 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Elections in North Carolina and South Carolina. Letter from the General of the Army, transmitting, in further answer to a resolution of the House of the 13th ultimo, an abstract from General Canby, commanding Second Military District, relative to the recent election in North Carolina and South Carolina. June 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Disqualification of certain civil officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, a communication from the commanding general of the First Military District, relative to the disqualification of certain civil officers by the state convention. June 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Confederate property in Europe. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th November last, relative to certain efforts of that Department for the recovery of confederate property in Europe. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Motion to reconsider order to print pending. June 5, 1868. -- Stands referred and so much as in manuscript ordered to be printed.
Elections in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Letter from the General of the Army, transmitting, in further answer to a resolution of the House of the 13th ultimo, a report by General Meade relative to recent elections in the State of Georgia. Also, two general orders of General Canby, commanding 2d Military District, relative to elections in North Carolina and South Carolina. June 2, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting papers relating to proceedings in the State of Florida. May 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Bridge at Rock Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for a bridge to connect Rock Island Arsenal with the City of Rock Island, Illinois. June 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Custom-house at Toledo. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of 18th ult., relative to the Custom-house at Toledo, Ohio. June 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. June 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for public buildings and grounds. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from Chief of Engineers relative to an appropriation for public buildings and grounds. June 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Election in Alabama. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the General of the Army, with a report by Major General Meade, commanding 3d Military District, relative to the recent election in Alabama, supplemental to his report sent to the House on the twenty-seventh of March last. June 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Hayti. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th instant, a communication from the Secretary of the Navy relative to a naval force at Hayti. May 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Bergen Heights Arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting certain papers relative to the Bergen Heights Arsenal property, recommending its sale, as no longer needed by the government. June 9, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Great and Little Osage Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to a treaty now being negotiated with the Great and Little Osage Indians. June 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, to investigate, with authority to send for persons and papers, and ordered to be printed.
Brazil mail steamships. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of the sums paid without protest on the vessels of the United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company at the port of New York, amounting to $7,611 10. June 23, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Report of Commissioner of Education. Letter from the Commissioner of Education, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 2, 1867, his annual report. June 2, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for friendly Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to an appropriation for the relief of certain friendly Indians. May 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 		16
Serial set 1346 Receipts and expenditures of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the standing order of the House of Representatives, and act of August 26, 1842, an account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1866. June 24, 1868. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Damages to settlers in Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations for damages sustained by settlers in Niabrara township, Nebraska, by reason of locating Santee Sioux Indians on their lands, in 1866. July 1, 1866[8]. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Freedmen's affairs in Kentucky and Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 1st instant, report of Brevet Major General Carlin, for the last six months, relative to the condition of freedmen's affairs in Kentucky and Tennessee. July 7, 1868. -- Referred to Committee on Freedmen's Affairs. July 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 2d instant, transmitting report of Captain James B. Eads on the iron-clads of Europe and this country. July 6, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
General Dodge's report. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, a copy of General Dodge's report to the President of the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the year 1867. July 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Tract of land near New London, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the cession to the United States of a tract of land near New London, on the Thames River, Connecticut, recommending an appropriation in regard thereto. July 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Wharves in Oswego. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th ultimo, relative to the construction of wharves in the harbor of Oswego, New York. July 7, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Pay of deputy collectors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to allowing deputy collectors to receive pay for actual services performed. July 1, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for reconstruction. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates for appropriations required for the execution of the reconstruction laws. June 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Estimated diminution of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of the estimated diminution of the Army by various causes up to January 1, 1869, and July 1, of same year. June 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Treaty stipulations with Seneca Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with an estimate of appropriations necessary to carry out treaty stipulations with the Senecas and other Indian tribes. July 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to deficiency of appropriations for clerical service in that Department. July 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for treaty with Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information relative to Indian affairs in the central superintendency, and asking for appropriations to carry out treaty stipulations with certain Sioux Indians. June 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Removal of obstructions in the Delaware River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the removal of obstructions in the Delaware River. June 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Post office building in New York. Letter from the Supervising Architect of Treasury Department, in reply to a resolution of the House of 6th March directed to the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the proposed post office building and court-house in New York. June 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Bounties paid. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th and 22d instants, relative to the number of bounties paid under the act of July 28, 1866, since the 1st of January last. June 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Imprisonment of Warren and Costello. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 15th instant, relative to the imprisonment of Messrs. Warren and Costello in Great Britain. June 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Majors and captains in the Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the repeal of the act of June 28, 1866, reducing the number of officers in the Quartermasters' Department. June 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Custom-house buildings at Pittsburg. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communication from the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, relative to condition of the building used by the government at Pittsburg for a Custom-house, &c. June 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Diplomatic and consular system of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report on the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States. July 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Kickapoo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the Kickapoo Indians now in Mexico. July 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Troops on Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting a statement of the number of troops stationed on the Union Pacific Railroad. July 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
General orders -- reconstruction. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 3, 1868, communicating copies of all general and special orders promulgated by the several commanders of the military districts of the South for the execution of the reconstruction laws. July 18, 1868. -- Resolved, that there be printed so many of the general and special orders appertaining to reconstruction, transmitted from the War Department, as may appear to the Committee on Printing necessary to indicate the extent of powers exercised by the commanders of the military districts created by the reconstruction act of March 2, 1867.
Vessels bought, sold, and chartered by the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 27th of January, a report by the Quartermaster General, relative to the number of vessels bought, sold, and chartered by the United States since April, 1861. July 16, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Contracts for coal. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, relative to contracts for the purchase of coal. July 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Contracts by Quartermasters' Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of contracts made by the Quartermasters' Department for month ending June 30, 1868. July 18, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Amount paid for legal services by the Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of February 11, 1868, relative to amounts paid for legal services from 1860 to 1868. July 17, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Consul at Panama. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 24th instant, in regard to the absence of the consul at Panama from his post. July 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Light-house at Black Rock. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, with communication from the Light-house Board relative to a light-house at Black Rock, Connecticut. July 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Report of Paris Exposition. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the financial reports of N.M. Beckwith, United States Commissioner General to the Paris Exposition of 1867, and of J.C. Derby, Esq., general agent at New York. July 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
United States steamer Wampanoag. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 8th instant, relative to the trial of the United States steamer Wampanoag, and vessels of that class, with reports thereon. July 20, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Indian hostilities in California. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to certain expenses incurred by the State of California in Indian hostilities. June 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 		32
Serial set 1347 Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1867. 1