WASHINGTON, D. C., January 19, 1867. To the House of Representatives: I herewith communicate a report from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, in relation to the clerks of the Federal courts and the marshal of the United States for the district of North Carolina. ANDREW JOHNSON. To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War and the accompanying papers, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th ultimo, requesting copies of all papers in possession of the President touching the case of George St. Leger Grenfel. JANUARY 21, 1867 ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, January 23, 1867. To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 21st instant, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.* ANDREW JOHNSON. To the Senate of the United States: WASHINGTON, January 28, 1867. I transmit herewith a report † from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, in answer to the Senate's resolution of the 7th instant. ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, January 28, 1867. To the House of Representatives of the United States: In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th instant, in relation to the attempted compromise of certain suits instituted in the English courts in behalf of the United States against Fraser, Trenholm & Co., alleged agents of the so-called Confederate government, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents by which it was accompanied. ANDREW JOHNSON. *Correspondence with Mr. Motley, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Vienna, relative to his reported resignation. † Relating to an alleged emigration of citizens of the United States to the dominions of the Sublime Porte for the purpose of settling and acquiring landed property there. WASHINGTON, January 29, 1867. To the House of Representatives of the United States: I transmit herewith a report* from the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th instant. To the House of Representatives: ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, January 29, 1867. In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th ultimo and its request of the 28th instant for all correspondence, reports, and information in my possession in relation to the riot which occurred in the city of New Orleans on the 30th day of July last, I transmit herewith copies of telegraphic dispatches upon the subject, and reports from the Secretary of War, with the papers accompanying the same. ANDREW JOHNSON. To the House of Representatives: WASHINGTON, January 29, 1867. In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th of December last, requesting information upon the present condition of affairs in the Republic of Mexico, and of one of the 18th of the same month, desiring me to communicate to the House of Representatives copies of all correspondence on the subject of the evacuation of Mexico by the French troops not before officially published, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the papers accompanying it. ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, January 31, 1867. To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith reports from the heads of the several Executive Departments, containing the information in reference to appointments to office requested in the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives on the 6th of December last. ANDREW JOHNSON. EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 31, 1867. To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report by the Secretary of War of January 30, containing the information asked for in a resolution of the House of Stating that the Department of State has received no information concerning the removal of the Protestant Church or religious assembly meeting at the American embassy from the city of Rome by an order of that Government. Representatives of January 25, 1867, hereto annexed, respecting the execution of "An act providing for the appointment of a commissioner to examine and report upon certain claims of the State of Iowa," approved July 25, 1866. ANDREW JOHNSON. To the Senate of the United States: WASHINGTON, January 31, 1867. The accompanying reports from the heads of the several Executive Departments of the Government are submitted in compliance with a resolution of the Senate dated the 12th ultimo, inquiring whether any person appointed to an office required by law to be filled by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who was commissioned during the recess of the Senate, previous to the assembling of the present Congress, to fill a vacancy, has been continued in such office and permitted to discharge its functions, either by the granting of a new commission or otherwise, since the end of the session of the Senate on the 28th day of July last, without the submission of the name of such person to the Senate for its confirmation; and particularly whether a surveyor or naval officer of the port of Philadelphia has thus been continued in office without the consent of the Senate, and, if any such officer has performed the duties of that office, whether he has received any salary or compensation therefor. ANDREW JOHNSON. To the Senate of the United States: WASHINGTON, February 1, 1867. I herewith lay before the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty concluded the 29th day of August, 1866, between Alexander Cummings, governor of Colorado Territory and ex officio superintendent of Indian affairs, Hon. A. C. Hunt, and D. C. Oakes, United States Indian agent, duly authorized and appointed as commissioners for the purpose, and the chiefs and warriors of the Uintah Jampa, or Grand River, bands of Utah Indians. A letter of the Secretary of the Interior of the 31st of January, with copy of letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the 28th of January, 1867, together with a map showing the tract of country claimed by said Indians, accompany the treaty. To the Senate of the United States: ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, February 4, 1867. In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, requesting the Secretary of State to report what steps have been taken by him to secure to the United States the right to make the necessary surveys for an interoceanic ship canal through the territory of Colombia, I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State. To the Senate of the United States: ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, February 4, 1867. I herewith communicate a report from the Secretary of the Interior of this date, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the deputy marshals, bailiffs, and criers in the District of Columbia who have received compensation for the year 1866. To the Senate of the United States: ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, February 4, 1867. I transmit a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, on the subject of a treaty of reciprocity with the Hawaiian Islands. To the Senate of the United States: ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, February 5, 1867. I transmit herewith, in answer to the Senate's resolution of the 20 instant, a report from the Secretary of State, with an accompanying document.* ANDREW JOHNSON. To the House of Representatives: WASHINGTON, February 5, 1867. I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of yesterday, making inquiry as to the States which have ratified the amendment to the Constitution proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress. To the House of Representatives: ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, February 7, 1867. In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant, requesting me to communicate to that body any official correspondence which may have taken place with regard to the visit of Professor Agassiz to Brazil, I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State and the papers accompanying it. ANDREW JOHNSON. * Copy of the letter on which the Secretary of State founded his inquiries addressed to Mr. Motley, United States minister at Vienna, with regard to his reported conversation and opinions. |