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Serial set 1387 Consolidated index of the Executive documents of the House of Representatives, from the Twenty-sixth to the Fortieth Congress, inclusive. Prepared under the direction of Edward McPherson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Fortieth Congress. 1
Serial set 1388 Assignees in bankruptcy. March 3, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Contract -- overland Pacific mails. February 27, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of tools by Theodore Zeller. January 5, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Claims of Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1491.) December 15, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed.
Whiskey frauds and administration of Internal Revenue Department. December 21, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Retrenchment.
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 370.) December 8, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed.
J.H. Christy and John A. Wimpy. January 15, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Switzler vs. Anderson. January 14, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Norman Wiard. January 13, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted.
Application under bankrupt act. January 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.
John E. Reeside. (To accompany H. Res. No. 418.) January 25, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
J.C.D. Blackburn. (To accompany H. Res. No. 449.) February 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
J. Francisco Chaves vs. Charles P. Clever. February 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Stationary contracts. February 3, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ventilation of the hall of the House of Representatives. February 10, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee.
Uniform system of bankruptcy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1510.) February 10, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.
Deficiency for Indian service in New Mexico. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1910.) February 9, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Adjustment and settlement of accounts against the government. February 16, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.
Department of Education. February 16, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Education and Labor.
Charles W. Whitney. (To accompany H. Res. No. 1964.) February 12, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Thomas A. Hamilton. February 18, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed
Mary J. Stone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 689.) February 11, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Contract -- overland Pacific mails. February 13, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Public Expenditures.
Simon Jones vs. James Mann, and Cleb S. Hunt vs. J. Willis Menard. February 17, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Richard M. Green. (To accompany H. Res. No. 1965.) February 12, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Army organization. February 26, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of tools for Philadelphia Navy Yard. February 26, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed, with the views of the minority.
Alaska investigation. February 27, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
J.S. Casement. February 23, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Contingent fund House of Representatives. February 27, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Accounts.
Postal telegraph. (To accompany Bills H.R. 1083, 1415, 1504, and 1689.) February 24, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Support of Indians. February 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
Jones, Fowler, Kirtland & Co. March 2, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Arrest of American citizens in Great Britain. March 2, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Prince Edward Island. March 2, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. Susan A. Shelby. March 1, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Walter D. Plowden. February 1, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Trust funds of Choctaw Indians. January 30, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Publishing notices in bankruptcy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1701.) January 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws.
International Pacific Railroad. (Bill H.R. No. 847.) February 2, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Edward Learned. January 12, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 		41
Serial set 1389 New York election frauds. February 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, with the views of the minority. 1
Serial set 1390 New York election frauds. March 1, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1391 Report on the treatment of prisoners of war, by the rebel authorities during the War of the Rebellion, to which are appended the testimony taken by the committee and official documents and statistics, etc. 1
Serial set 1392 Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Forty-first Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, March 4, 1869. In the ninety-fourth [i.e., ninety-third] year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 1393 Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a report of the government board of directors of the Union Pacific Railroad relative to the election of directors for the ensuing year. March 16, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, withdrawing his message of the 6th instant, requesting the passage of a joint resolution to relieve the Secretary of the Treasury from the disabilities imposed by section 8 of the act approved September 2, 1789. March 9, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a list of the public and private acts and resolutions passed at the third session of the 40th Congress. March 9, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, recommending that Alexander T. Stewart, appointed and confirmed to the office of Secretary of the Treasury, may be exempted from the operations of the eighth section of the act approved September 2, 1789. March 6, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, correspondence between James Buchanan, President of the United States, and Lewis Cass, Secretary of State, regarding the policy to be pursued to avert the war of the rebellion. March 30, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a report of the commissioners appointed under the 13th article of the treaty between the United States and the Senecas and mixed Senecas, Shawnees, and other Indians, concluded February 23, 1867, to ascertain and report the amount of money due by the United States to the Wyandott Indians. March 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, in relation to the restoration of the states which were engaged in the rebellion to their proper relations to the government and country. April 7, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Postmaster General, to the chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in relation to cheap ocean postage. April 6, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the military importance of San Juan Island. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. April 6, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, information in relation to contracts with Norman Wiard for the fabrication and delivery of ordnance. March 31, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. April 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, information whether the government of Venezuela has paid the first instalment due to American citizens under the award recently made by the mixed commission of the two governments. March 17, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 		11
Serial set 1394 Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of State upon claims against Great Britain. April 8, 1869. -- Read and ordered to lie upon the table. April 9, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1395 Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. 1
Serial set 1396 Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. 1
Serial set 1397 Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. 1
Serial set 1398 Correspondence concerning claims against Great Britain, transmitted to the Senate of the United States in answer to the resolutions of December 4 and 10, 1867, and of May 27, 1868. 1
Serial set 1399 Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Mineral Range Railroad. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the payment of the claims of citizens of that state for houses taken for the military service of the United States. March 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the New York and Antwerp Mail Steamship Co., asking that American steamships employed in carrying the mails may be released from the payment of all dues payable to the United States. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1869. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 94.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred a bill entitled "A Bill To Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act Granting Lands to Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Central Pacific Railroad in California to Portland in Oregon,' approved July 25, 1866," respectfully report...
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Chief of Engineers relative to guaranteeing the payment of certain bonds to be issued by the states of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi for the purpose of building and repairing the levees in said states. March 15, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 121.
Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, ratifying the Fifteenth Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. March 11, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1869. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 47.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the matter of S. & H. Sayles, respectfully report...
Petition of David J. Millard, praying payment of balance due him on a contract with the government for the manufacture of sabres. March 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the passage of the bill to establish a line of American steamships between the United States and Europe. March 9, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of Oliver Evans Woods, suggesting a plan for the safe delivery of letters. March 11, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1869. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 42.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Captain Orlando Brown, submit the following report...
Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, praying a confirmation of the Rio Grande land grant to the actual settlers who have occupied, improved, and lived upon said land for the last ten years, and against the confirmation of an old land grant, the conditions of which have not been complied with. March 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. March 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Lands Claims and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1869. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 232.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of the European and North American Railway Company, praying aid in the construction of a railroad...
Memorial of Lewis Downing, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, remonstrating against the settling of various Indian tribes on the Cherokee domain west of the 96th degree of west longitude. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of J. Gregory Smith, President of the Northern Pacific Railroad, addressed to Hon. George F. Edmunds, enclosing two communications in relation to the treaty with Great Britain concerning the island of San Juan. March 22, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1869. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 221.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of the sureties of Israel T. Canby, late receiver of public moneys at Crawfordsville, Indiana, having duly considered the same, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1869. Mr. Thayer made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 2.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Senate Joint Resolution No. 2, for the relief of John E. Reeside, having had the same under consideration, respectfully beg leave to report...
Memorial of A.L. Bogart, praying the introduction of Wilson's electric lighter over the Senate Chamber. April 3, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. April 5, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to navigation between the United States and Canada. April 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the harbor at the mouth of the Ontonagon River. March 29, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1869. Submitted by Mr. Sprague, to accompany the Bill S. 194, and ordered to be printed. The liberties and interests of the American people imperatively demand that scarcity of capital and high rates of interest for money shall cease...
Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of granting the right of way and aid for the purpose of building a railroad from the shore of Green Bay, or Bay De Noc, to the iron district in Menomonee County. March 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for improving the navigation of the Delaware River. March 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-first Congress. March 24, 1869.
Statement prepared in the Office of Internal Revenue in relation to tax on manufactured tobacco. April 3, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. No. 140.
Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 20, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 19, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 29, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XV. March 29, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1869. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, submitted the following report. The Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th of March, 1869, instructing them to "inquire into the mode of appointment and tenure of office of the subordinate officers of the Senate, and to report if any changes are desirable in the same," report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1869. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 260.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Polly Hunt, administratrix, and George W. Hunt, administrator of Walter Hunt, deceased, praying to be allowed a rehearing before the Commissioner of Patents of their application for an extension of patents for improvements in manufacturing paper collars, beg leave to make the following report thereon...
Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the passage of the law authorizing the holding of a term of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the District of Kansas, at Leavenworth City in that state. April 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying the organization of a single local government of the district, under the provisions of a law of Congress, similar to that proposed in the bill generally known as the Morrill Bill. March 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. April 7, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. 		33
Serial set 1400 Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States; being the first session of the Forty-first Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, March 4, 1869, in the ninety-third year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 1401 Paraguay difficulties. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of despatch of February last from William Van Vleck Lidgerwood, relative to events which have transpired in Paraguay. April 8, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Interest on the public debt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the payment of the interest on the public debt. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
S.A. Peugh. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter of S.A. Peugh relative to rent due him for the occupancy of his building by the Pension Office. March 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Destruction of merchant vessels. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the destruction, during the late war, by rebel vessels, of certain merchant vessels of the United States, and concerning the damages and claims arising therefrom. April 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Owen Thorn. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing copies of papers filed in his department relative to the claim of Owen Thorn. April 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Report of Samuel Purdy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of Samuel Purdy, special agent of the Treasury Department. April 9, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. 		6
Serial set 1402 Papers in the case of A.S. Wallace vs. W.D. Simpson, Fourth Congressional District, South Carolina. Ordered to be printed.
Penitentiary in Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah Territory, praying that the net proceeds of internal revenue be set aside for the erection of a penitentiary. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Papers in the case of Charles H. Van Wyck vs. George W. Greene, Eleventh Congressional District, New York.
Myers vs. Moffet. Papers in the case of Leonard Myers vs. John Moffet, relative to the contest for a seat in the 41st Congress as a representative from the Third District of Pennsylvania. March 5, 1869 [i.e., 1868]. --Ordered to be printed.
John Covode. Papers in the prima facie case from the 21st District, Pennsylvania.
Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States. Forty-first Congress, first session, commencing Thursday, March 4, 1869.
Papers in the case of S.L. Hoge vs. J.P. Reed, Third Congressional District, South Carolina.
Papers in the case of J.H. Sypher vs. Louis St. Martin, from the First Congressional District of Louisiana. Ordered to be printed.
List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Forty-first Congress, first session, commencing Thursday, March 4, 1869.
Losses by citizens of Kansas Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 115.) Memorial for indemnity from government for losses sustained by the citizens of Kansas Territory. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Papers in the case of C.B. Darrall vs. Adolphe Bailey, Third Congressional District, Louisiana.
Papers in the case of Frank Morey vs. G.W. McCranie, Fifth Congressional District of Louisiana.
Coin contracts. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to coin contracts. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Claim of Kansas. Statement in reference to the claim of the State of Kansas, for indemnification for expenses incurred in the support of her militia during the rebel invasion in 1864. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 112.) March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
North Carolina. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. March 17, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Rules of the Committee of Elections, House of Representatives. March 23, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Isaac Bolinger and Andrew C. Fondrin. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, requesting their senators and representatives in Congress to procure an appropriation for Isaac Bolinger and Andrew C. Fondrin. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb. Constitution of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, with all the acts of Congress relating to the institution, from its organization, February 16, 1857, to March 3, 1869. March 30, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
Condition of affairs in Georgia. Nelson Tift's rejoinder to the letter of Governor Bullock, relative to the condition of affairs in Georgia. April 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
St. James and Little Rock Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking for a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the St. James and Little Rock Railroad. March 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Town sites in Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah Territory, asking for a change of the act approved March 2, 1867, relating to town sites. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Amendment to the Constitution. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, ratifying the 15th article of the amendment to the Constitution. March 19, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the appropriation of pubic lands, &c. March 15, 1869. -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.
Robert C. Bliss and George F. Masterman. March 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Ninth census. Communications from Dr. Franklin B. Hough and others, relative to the ninth census of the United States. April 1, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ninth decennial census. Memorial of life insurance companies of the United States, relative to the taking of the decennial census of 1870. March 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Census and ordered to be printed.
Constitution and ordinances of the State of Mississippi. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 147.) March 19, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Survey of public lands in Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah Territory, asking for an appropriation for a resurvey of the public lands. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Indian depredations in Utah. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Utah Territory, praying for an appropriation to pay for Indian depredations and expenses incurred in suppressing Indian hostilities. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed with the accompanying papers.
Custom-house at St. Louis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 244.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing a communication from the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department relative to the Custom-house at St. Louis, Missouri. March 23, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. March 24, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Territorial library. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah Territory, asking for an appropriation to increase the territorial library. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
Constitution of the State of Texas. Constitution of the State of Texas, adopted by the constitutional convention convened under the reconstruction acts of Congress passed March 2, 1867, and the acts supplementary thereto; to be submitted for ratification or rejection at an election to take place on the first Monday of July, 1869. March 30, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations, new officers, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Forty-first Congress. II. Officers created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. April 10, 1869.
Reed and Simpson. Papers in the contested election cases of Reed and Simpson, Third and Fourth Congressional Districts, South Carolina. April 10, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Newsham vs. Ryan. Papers in the contested election case of Newsham vs. Ryan, from the Fourth Congressional District of Louisiana. March 30, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Secret sales of gold and bonds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 292.) Memorial from the business men and boards of trade of Chicago, New York, Boston and Philadelphia, relative to secret sales of gold and bonds by the Treasury Department. March 29, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. 		36
Serial set 1403 John B. Rodgers. April 7, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Myers vs. Moffet. April 6, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Joseph Anderson. March 24, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted.
Hoge vs. Reed. March 30, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Foster vs. Covode. March 26, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Wallace vs. Simpson. April 1, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Hunt vs. Sheldon. March 31, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Hoge vs. Reed. April 2, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations. April 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, made the special order for to-morrow (April 6) after the reading of the journal, and ordered to be printed.
Wallace vs. Simpson. April 5, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Sypher vs. St. Martin. April 6, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Morey vs. McCranie. April 6, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 		12
Serial set 1404 Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Forty-first Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1869, in the ninety-fourth year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 1405 Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 20, 1869, the reports of Captain Charles Bryant, late special agent of the Treasury Department for Alaska, and H.A. [i.e., H.H.] McIntyre, special agent of the Treasury Department. January 26, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, information in relation to orders restoring the lands in California previously withdrawn for the uses of the Southern Pacific Railroad. December 21, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 16, 1869, information in relation to the amount of land claimed, held, or occupied by the Navy Department, in the State of Florida, for naval or other purposes. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a statement showing the number of clerks employed in that Department during the last fiscal year, and the amount of compensation received by each. December 7, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of March 23, 1869, relative to the Fort Ridgely military reservation in Minnesota. December 13, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a report of the disbursements for the maintenance of peace among the various Indian tribes, under act of April 10, 1869. December 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a report from the Surgeon General of the expenditures of the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum. December 7, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Attorney General, communicating a list of persons employed by him to assist district attorneys in the discharge of their duties, and the amount of compensation paid to each. December 6, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, reports of the military commander of the district of which Georgia is a part, in regard to the political and civil condition of that state. December 9, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Attorney General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 22, 1869, a copy of the opinion of the Attorney General of July 29, 1869, relating to our national cemeteries in the lately rebellious states. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, information in relation to the lands claimed, held, or occupied by the Navy Department for naval or other purposes in the State of Louisiana. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. December 22, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, statements showing the number of desks, the number of clerks now employed in the War Department and its bureaus, the number employed during the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1869, and the amount of compensation paid. December 21, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1869, correspondence with the French government relative to a modification of the postal convention with France of March 2, 1857. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, correspondence between the United States and Great Britain concerning questions pending between the two countries since the rejection of the claims convention by the Senate. December 22, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in regard to the progress of the revolution in Cuba, and the political and civil condition of the island. December 20, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, information in relation to the present condition of the United States marine hospital and grounds in the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. December 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 22, 1869, information in relation to the United States arsenal buildings and grounds at Little Rock, Arkansas. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the harbor of San Diego, California. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, returning Bill S. No. 273, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Rollin White," with his objections. January 11, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 8, 1869, information relative to a reciprocity treaty on the subject of trade and commerce between the United States and the Dominion of Canada. January 10, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 9, 1869, information in relation to the present condition of the United States branch mint at New Orleans, Louisiana. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War, submitting to the Senate a draught of a bill to provide for the disposition of useless military reservations. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of expenditures made under the provisions of the act for the improvement of rivers and harbors of the United States between July 1, 1868, and November 30, 1869. January 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 9, 1869, information relating to the action which has been had in the District of Virginia under the act "authorizing the submission of the constitutions of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas to a vote of the people, and authorizing the election of state officers provided by the said constitutions, and members of Congress." January 10, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the contracts and purchases of the Ordnance Department during the year 1869. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War, in relation to a transfer of fund for sick and wounded soldiers to the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 19, 1869, information in relation to obstructions to navigation at the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 31, 1870, information in relation to the action of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in reference to the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 1, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Attorney General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st of January last, information in relation to opinions given by him concerning affairs in Georgia. February 1, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, a statement from the Special Commissioner of Revenue, relative to the cost of American pig-iron. January 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating the report of the Secretary of State, made in compliance with the requirements of an act entitled "An Act To Regulate the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States," approved August 18, 1856, relative to fees collected by consular officers. January 31, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 7th instant, the report of the agent of the United States to examine consular affairs, with reports of consular offices in France and Belgium. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Postmaster General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 3, 1870, copies of papers relating to the claim of Foster Blodgett as late postmaster at Augusta, Georgia. February 10, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 1, 1870, information relative to the number, location, and rent of buildings occupied by the Quartermaster's Department of the Army. February 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, a statement of the bonds issued to the various Pacific railroad companies. February 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 30, 1869, information in relation to the establishment of a branch of the Soldiers' Home on the Pacific coast. December 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating an estimate of funds required to defray the necessary expenses of a general council of certain Indians in the Indian Territory, as provided by treaties with the Cherokees, Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws, and Chickasaws. February 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th of January last, information in relation to the constructing a harbor light-house at the mouth of Aquina Bay, in the State of Oregon. February 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to Hon. Charles Sumner, United States Senate, transmitting a communication from John Bigelow, formerly United States consul at Paris, concerning the report of General Starring relative to the lease by him of certain property for the use of the consulate, and the transfer thereof to his successor. April 4, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 8, 1869, information relating to the presence of the honorable William McDougall at Pembina, in Dakota Territory, and the opposition by the inhabitants of Selkirk settlement to his assumption of the office of governor of the Northwest Territory. February 3, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed 		40
Serial set 1406 Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 14th instant, correspondence of Charles E. De Long, minister resident of the United States to Japan, relating to American interests in that country. February 28, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 13, 1869, papers in relation to the sale of certain lands in Kansas, known as the lands of the "Black Bob Band" of Shawnees. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, information concerning the recent engagement of Brevet Colonel Baker, United States Army, with the Piegan Indians in Montana. February 19, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 9th instant, information in relation to the claim of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Company to continue and extend its road, and to receive in aid of the construction thereof, lands and bonds from the United States. February 16, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 24, 1870, a list of officers commissioned by the Department of State, the compensation allowed to each of said appointments, and the state from where appointed. February 18, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in relation to the appropriations heretofore made to provide for the defense of certain suits now pending in the Court of Claims, known as the cotton cases. February 18, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, copy of the reports of the special agents of the Treasury Department appointed to examine the assay office in New York and the branch Mint in San Francisco, so far as the same relates to the subjects of assaying and refining. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 21, 1870, correspondence relating to the imprisonment of Mr. Davis Hatch by the Dominican government. March 1, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, information in relation to removing the United States branch Mint from the City of New Orleans to the City of New York, and in relation to the condition thereof. February 28, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, information in relation to the enforcement or attempt to enforce the payment of taxes by Cherokees on products manufactured in the Cherokee Nation and sold within the Indian Territory. February 28, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 16, 1869, information in relation to amount of land claimed, held, or occupied as military reservations in the State of Florida. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Postmaster General communicating, in compliance with two resolutions of the Senate, of the 8th instant, information relative to blank petitions recently sent from that department for the abolition of the franking privilege. February 28, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in obedience to law, the report of the inspector of national cemeteries of the United States for 1869. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, information as to what states have ratified the amendment known as the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. March 15, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 28, 1870, the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the survey of the harbor of Du Luth, at the head of Lake Superior. February 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 22, 1869, statements regarding the Revenue Marine Service. March 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, the report of the commander of the Department of Alaska upon the late bombardment of the Indian village at Wrangel, in that territory. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the manner in which the settlers upon the Black Bob Shawnee lands have interfered with the occupancy and disposition of the same. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, a copy of the report of S.N. Clark, special agent of the Freedmen's Bureau, upon the condition of the freedmen in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian nations. March 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States recommending early legislative action toward an increase of the commerce of the United States. March 24, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 15, 1870, information in relation to the iron-clad ships belonging to the Navy of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 24, 1870, information in relation to the marine hospital building at New Orleans. March 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, information in relation to the present condition of, and expenditures upon, the Custom-house at New Orleans, and the amount of appropriation required to complete the same. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, so much of the report of Vincent Colyer, special Indian commissioner, as relates to the Indian village of Wrangel, Alaska, showing the condition of that village previous to its recent bombardment by United States troops. March 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, a report of the Chief of Engineers concerning the survey and improvement of the upper Columbia River. April 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating a report from the Secretary of State, relative to results of the proceedings of the Joint Commission at Lima, under the convention between the United States and Peru, of 4th December, 1868, in relation to the claim of Esteban G. Montano, and recommending an appropriation to discharge the obligation of the United States in said case. April 15, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 15, 1870, information in relation to public lands in Louisiana. May 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 21, 1870, information in relation to the Indians of southeastern Oregon. May 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, information in relation to an organized band of persons at Cheyenne, in the Territory of Wyoming or vicinity, the number and designs of such persons. May 23, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, information in regard to officers of the Navy residing permanently or temporarily in Washington City; of officers of the Navy on duty in Washington at the date of the meeting of the present Congress; of officers of the Navy who have been ordered to report for special duty in Washington since that date; and of officers and members of the senior class of midshipmen attached to the Naval Academy at Annapolis who have visited Washington under orders or leave of absence since the date aforesaid. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Attorney General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 9, 1870, information in relation to the claim of Foster Blodgett for services as postmaster at Augusta, Georgia, while excluded from discharging the duties of that office. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, information in regard to the proceedings had in the State of Georgia in pursuance of the recent act of Congress entitled "An Act To Promote the Reconstruction of Georgia," and in relation to the organization of the legislature of that state since the passage of that act. February 14, 1870. -- Read, referred the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, information in relation to the value of Indian goods lost on the Missouri River above Omaha, during the last eight years, by means of the wrecking and destruction of steamboats. February 14, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States relative to the obligation of Congress to make the necessary appropriations to carry out the Indian treaties made by what is known as the Peace Commission of 1867. March 8, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury asking the immediate appropriation of $150,000, to meet the current expenses of the marine hospital establishment; also, the sum of $80,000, to place the hospitals in order. March 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information respecting the title of the United States to the branch Mint property in the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of February 4, 1870, a list of all the steamers engaged in transporting military stores and property of the United States, which have been destroyed on the Missouri River, north of Omaha, during the last five years, together with a statement of the value of the property lost by reason of the destruction of said steamers. March 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 4th instant, correspondence in regard to the so-called "Transcontinental Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company." March 10, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th of February last, information as to what legislation is necessary to insure the administration of justice and to protect American interests in China and Japan. March 10, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 28th instant, copies of two reports made by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, dated, respectively, October 9, 1867, and October 24, 1868. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating the proclamation of the Secretary of State of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and recommending the adoption of means to promote education throughout the country. March 30, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 10, 1870, a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office showing the amount and location of unsurveyed public lands in the State of Indiana, the value thereof, the amount of such lands disposed of in 1869, the price received therefor, the expense of maintaining the land office at Indianapolis, and the expediency of removing the same to the General Land Office at Washington City. April 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 6th instant, a statement of the Superintendent of the Census relating to the amount to be saved to the Treasury by dispensing with certain copies of the census returns required by the act of 1850. April 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 18, 1870, information in relation to a settlement with the Corliss Steam Engine Company for naval engines manufactured for the government. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 11, 1870, a statement of the number of foreign-built vessels, under enrollment or register, now employed in the commerce of the United States. April 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 10, 1870, information in relation to the Fort Ripley military reservation in Minnesota. May 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Postmaster General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, information in relation to postage statistics. May 23, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of this date, the report on the final completion of the Pacific Railroad. May 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant, information in relation to the passage of any English or Canadian steamer through the canal of the Sault Ste. Marie. May 23, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with a supplemental report of the commissioners appointed in accordance with the Senate amendment of the 13th article of the treaty of 23d of February, 1867, embracing the claims of the Wyandott Indians. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 		50