Subject.

ATTORNEY GENERAL. LEtters of the—

Opinion of the, relative to the eviction by State courts of certain
purchasers of lands sold for taxes in the late insurrectionary States.
In relation to the practice of the Court of Claims in the matter of
remanding for further evidence or argument cases submitted to
its consideration, and of ordering new trials in cases decided by
the court; and submitting the draught of a bill to secure the
rights of the United States in that respect...
Attorneys. List of persons employed to assist district, letter Attor-
ney General.......

B.

Belgium. Report of the agent of the United States to examine consular
affairs, with reports of consular offices in France and..

Bigelow, John, letter of, concerning the report of F. A. Starring, agent
of the United States to examine consular affairs.

Big Horn Expedition. Message of the President of the United States
in relation to an organized band of persons at Cheyenne, Wyoming
Territory.

Black Bob Band of Shawnees. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior,
sale of certain lands in Kansas, known as the lands of the
Black Bob Shawnee lands. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, com-
municating information in relation to the manner in which the set-
tlers upon the, have interfered with the occupancy and disposition of
the same..

Blodgett, Foster, papers relating to the claim of, as late postmaster at
Augusta, Georgia. Letter of the Postmaster General..

Letter of the Attorney General...

Blow, Henry T., United States minister to Brazil, dispatch of, in relation
to the commercial interests of the United States with South America.
Message of the President of the United States..

Bonds issued to the various Pacific railroad companies, statement of the.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Bryant, Captain Charles, late special agent of the Treasury Department
for Alaska. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Bulk Head Rock, Providence River, Rhode Island. Report of the Chief
of Engineers on. Letter of the Secretary of War.

C.

California. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to orders
restoring the lands in, previously withdrawn for the uses of the !
Southern Pacific railroad..

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California. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a report of
the Chief of Engineers upon the harbor of San Diego
Canada. Message of the President of the United States relative to a
reciprocity treaty between the United States and.
Casey, James F, collector of customs at New Orleans.
Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the removal of.
Census, Superintendent of the. Statement 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.

Letter of the

Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Message of
the President of the United States in relation to the claim of the, to
continue and extend its road, and to receive in aid of the construction
thereof lands and bonds from the United States.......
Cherokees. (See Indians.)

Cherokees on products manufactured in the Cherokee Nation and sold
within the Indian Territory. Message of the President of the United
States, communicating information in relation to the enforcement or
attempt to enforce the payment of taxes by.

Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. Message of the President of the
United States in relation to an organized band of persons at.
Chickasaws. (See Indians.)

Subject.

China and Japan. Message of the President of the United States com-
municating information as to what legislation is necessary to insure
the administration of justice, and to protect American interests in....
Chinese coolies into the United States. Message of the President of the
United States in relation to the importation of.............

Chittenden, L. E., relative to the eviction by State courts of certain pur-
chasers of lands sold for taxes in the late insurrectionary States
Choctaws. (See Indians.)

Clark, S. N., special agent of the Freedmen's Bureau, report of, upon
the condition of the freedmen in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian
nations ..

Clerks employed in the Interior Department. Letter of the Secretary
of the Interior ...

Clerks employed in the War Department. Letter of the Secretary of
War

Clerks employed in the War Department. Letter of the Secretary of
War..

Columbia River. Letter of the Secretary of War concerning the survey
and improvement of the Upper..

Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, report of the
Surgeon General on expenditures of the. Letter of the Secretary of
the Interior.

Colyer, Vincent, special Indian commissioner. Report of, in relation to
the Indian village of Wrangel, Alaska, showing the condition of that
village previous to its recent bombardment by United States troops..
Commerce of the United States. Message of the President of the United
States recommending early legislative action toward an increase of
the....

Commerce of the United States. Letter of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury communicating a statement of the number of foreign-built vessels
under enrollment or register now employed in the...
Commercial interests of the United States with South America. Mes-
sage of the President of the United States communicating a copy of a
dispatch of Henry T. Blow, United States minister to Brazil, in rela-
tion to the

Commercial relations between the United States and the Spanish Ameri-
can States on this continent, and between those countries and other
nations. Message of the President of the United States in relation to
the condition of the

Commissioner of the General Land Office. Report showing the amount
and location of unsurveyed public lands in the State of Indiana
Constitution of the United States. Message of the President of the
United States in relation to the action of the legislature of Mississippi
in reference to the proposed fifteenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States. Message of the President of the
United States communicating information as to what States have
ratified the amendment known as the fifteenth amendment to the.
Constitution of the United States. Proclamation of the Secretary of
State of the ratification of the fifteenth amendment to the.
Consular affairs, report of the agent of the United States to examine.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Letter of John Bigelow concerning the report of the agent to
examine

Consular officers, fees collected by..

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Corliss Steam-Engine Company, for naval engines manufactured for the
government. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating
information in relation to a settlement with the
Cotton cases. Message of the President of the United States communi-
cating information in relation to the appropriations heretofore made
to provide for the defense of certain suits known as the
Court of Claims. Letter of the Attorney General in relation to the prac-
tice of the, in the matter of remanding for further evidence or argument
cases submitted to its consideration, and of ordering new trials in
cases decided by the court; and submitting the draught of a bill to
secure the rights of the United States in that respect...

Subject.

Creek Indians. (See Indians.)
Cuba, progress of the revolution in, and the political and civil condi- |
tion of the island. Message of the President of the United States..
Cuba. Message of the President of the United States, communicating
information and making certain recommendations in relation to the
existing insurrection in.

Cuba. Message of the President of the United States in relation to the
emancipation of slaves in.

Cuba. Message of the President of the United States in relation to the
seizure of American vessels and injuries to American citizens during
the hostilities in...

Custom-house at New Orleans. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury
communicating information in relation to the present condition of,
and expenditures upon the ....

D.

De Long, Charles E., correspondence of, relating to American interests
in Japan..

District Attorneys. (See Attorneys.)

Dominican government. Correspondence relating to the imprisonment
of Davis Hatch by the....

Dispatches of J. Somers Smith in relation to the imprisonment of
Davis Hatch by the....

Du Luth to Fort Bois reservation. Letter of the Secretary of War com-
municating a report upon the survey and cutting out of a road from...
Du Luth, at the head of Lake Superior. Letter of the Secretary of War
communicating the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the survey
of the harbor of....

E.

Education throughout the country. Message of the President of the
United States recommending the adoption of means to promote.
Engineers, report of the Chief of, upon the harbor of San Diego, Cali-
fornia. Letter of the Secretary of War...

Engineers, report of the Chief of, upon the harbor of Du Luth, at the
head of Lake Superior..

Engineers, report of the Chief of, concerning the survey and improve-
ment of the Upper Columbia River......

Engineers, report of the Chief of, relating to the Washington aqueduct..
Engineers, report of the Chief of, on Bulkhead Rock, Providence River,
Rhode Island....

Europe. Message of the President of the United States in relation to a
war between France and North Germany.

F.

Fees collected by consular officers...

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Fisher, George, deceased. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury rela-
tive to the settlement of the claim of the legal representatives of, for
the use and destruction of property in the Creek Indian war..
Florida. Letter of the Secretary of War relative to alleged occupation
of private property situate within the Fort Barrancas military reser-
vation..

Florida. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the amount
of land claimed, held or occupied by the Navy Department in..
Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to amount of land claimed,
held, or occupied as military reservations in the State of...
Florida." Message of the President of the United States returning with
his objections the bill (S. 476) entitled "An act to fix the status of
certain federal soldiers enlisting in the Union army from the States of
Alabama and..

Fort Barrancas military reservation. Letter of the Secretary of War
relative to the alleged occupation of private property situate within the.

Fort Ridgely military reservation in Minnesota. Report of the Secretary
of War...

Fort Ripley military reservation in Minnesota. Letter of the Secretary
of War in relation to the...

France. Letter of the Postmaster General, correspondence with the
French government relative to a modification of the postal convention
with, of March 2, 1857..

France. Reports of the agent of the United States to examine consular
affairs, with reports of consular offices in, and Belgium..

Letter of John Bigelow concerning the report of F. A. Starring..
Franking privilege. Letter of the Postmaster General relative to peti-
tions for the abolition of the...

Freedmen in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian nations. Report of S. N.
Clark upon the condition of the...

Fund for sick and wounded soldiers to the National Asylum for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers. Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to a
transfer of...

G.

Georgia. Reports of the military commander in regard to the political
and civil condition of...

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Georgia. Letter of the Attorney General in relation to opinions given
by him concerning affairs in.

Georgia. Message of the President of the United States in regard to the
proceedings had in the State of Georgia in pursuance of an 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..

Germany, correspondence relating to political questions in. Message
of the President of the United States..

Great Britain, correspondence between the United States and, concern-
ing questions pending between the two countries since the rejection of
the claims convention by the Senate. Message of the President of the
United States..

Great Britain, correspondence between the United States and, concern-
ing questions pending between the two countries...........

H.

Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company of Missouri, assent of the,
to the act of Congress approved July 1, 1862. Letter of the Secretary
of the Interior....

Harbor of San Diego, California, report of the Chief of Engineers upon
the. Letter of the Secretary of War.....

Hatch, Davis, correspondence relating to the imprisonment of. Message
of the President of the United States..

Dispatches of J. Somers Smith in relation to the imprisonment of.
Message of the President of the United States...

I.

Indiana, amount and location of unsurveyed public lands in the State
of. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior...
Indian appropriation bill, necessity of passing an. Message of the Pres-
ident of the United States....
Indian goods lost on the Missouri River above Omaha, during the last
eight years, by means of the wrecking and destruction of steamboats.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the value of...
Indian tribes. Disbursements for the maintenance of peace among the
various. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior..
Indian treaties made by what is known as the Peace Commission of 1867.
Message of the President of the United States relative to the obliga-
tions of Congress to make the necessary appropriations to carry out
the...

Subject.

Indians in the Indian Territory. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior
communicating an estimate of funds required to defray the necessary
expenses of a general council of certain, as provided by treaties with
the Cherokees, Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws, and Chickasaws...
Indians of Southeastern Oregon. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior
communicating information in relation to the..

Inspector of the national cemeteries of the United States for 1869. Letter
of the Secretary of War communicating the report of the..
Insurrectionary States. Opinion of the Attorney General and letter of
L. E. Chittenden relative to the eviction by State courts of certain
purchasers of lands sold for taxes in the late..

I.

INTERIOR. LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE—
Clerks employed in Interior Department....

Report of the Surgeon General; expenditures of the Columbia Hos-
pital for Women and Lying-in Asylum...

Disbursements for the maintenance of peace among the various In-
dian tribes, under act of April 10, 1869

In relation to orders restoring the lands in California previously
withdrawn for the uses of the Southern Pacific railroad
Estimate of funds required to defray the necessary expenses of a
general council of certain Indians in the Indian Territory, as pro-
vided by treaties with the Cherokees, Creeks, Seminoles, Choc-
taws, and Chickasaws

In relation to the sale of certain lands in Kansas, known as the lands
of the Black Bob band of Shawnees.

In relation to the value of Indian goods lost on the Missouri River,
above Omaha, during the last eight years, by means of the wreck-
ing and destruction of steamboats

In relation to the claims of the Central Branch Union Pacific Rail-
road Company

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Relative to the obligations of Congress to make the necessary ap-
propriations to carry out the Indian treaties made by what is
known as the Peace Commission of 1867..

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

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..

Reports made by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
Report of the commissioners appointed in accordance with the Sen-
ate amendment of the 13th article of the treaty of 23d of Feb-
ruary, 1867, embracing the claims of the Wyandott Indians...
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...

The amount and location of unsurveyed public lands in the State of
Indiana....

In relation to the Indians of Southeastern Oregon.
In relation to public lands in Louisiana..

In relation to an organized band of persons at Cheyenne, Territory
of Wyoming, or vicinity; the number and designs of such persons.
Report on the final completion of the Pacific railroad
In relation to the action of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
Company of Missouri, under the act entitled "An act to aid in
the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Mis-
souri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government
the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," ap-
proved July 1, 1862, and the assignment by said company of the
franchises conferred by the thirteenth section of said act; also, a
copy of a map of Kansas and Nebraska, showing the route of the
St. Joseph and Denver City railroad.