Subject.

Revenue, Special Commissioner of, statement relative to the cost of
American pig-iron. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury..
Rivers and harbors of the United States, expenditures made under
the provisions of the act for the improvement of, between July 1,
1868, and November 30, 1869. Letter of the Secretary of War....
Road from Du Luth to Fort Bois reservation. Letter of the Secretary
of War communicating a report upon the survey and cutting out a
Roumania. Message of the President of the United States relative to
the massacre of Israelites in

S.

St. Joseph and Denver City railroad. Letter of the Secretary of the
Interior, communicating a copy of a map of Kansas and Nebraska,
showing the route of the

San Diego, California, report of the Chief of Engineers upon the har-
bor of. Letter of the Secretary of War.

San Francisco. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating
a copy of the reports of the special agents of the Treasury Depart-
ment appointed to examine the assay office in New York and the
branch mint in, on the subjects of assaying and refining..
Sault Ste. Marie. Message of the President of the United States in re-
lation to the passage of an English or Canadian steamer through the
canal of the...

Selkirk settlement. Message of the President of the United States, com-
municating information relating to the presence of Hon. William
McDougall at Pembina, in Dakota Territory, and the opposition by
the inhabitants of, to his assumption of the office of governor of the
Northwest Territory.

Seminole Indians. (See Indians.)

Settlers upon the Black Bob Shawnee lands have interfered with the oc-
cupancy and disposition of the same. Letter of the Secretary of the
Interior, communicating information in relation to the manner in
which the..

Slaves in Cuba. Message of the President of the United States in re-
lation to the emancipation of....

Smith, J. Somers, dispatches of, in relation to the imprisonment of Davis
Hatch

Soldiers' Home on the Pacific Coast. Letter of the Secretary of War in
relation to the establishment of a branch of the

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South America. Message of the President of the United States, com-
municating a copy of a dispatch of Henry T. Blow, United States min-
ister to Brazil, in relation to the commercial interests of the United
States with

Southern Pacific railroad. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior in
relation to orders restoring the lands in California previously with-
drawn for the uses of the...

Spanish American States on this continent. Message of the President
of the United States in relation to the condition of the commercial
relations between the United States and the

Starring, F. A., agent of the United States to examine consular affairs,
report of..

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Letter of John Bigelow, concerning the report of..
State Department. Officers commissioned by the

State, Secretary of. Report made in compliance with the requirements
of an "Act to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the
United States," approved August 18, 1856, relative to fees collected by
consular officers

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STATE. LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF

Progress of the revolution in Cuba

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Correspondence between the United States and Great Britain con-
cerning questions pending between the two countries
Relating to the action had in the district of Virginia under the act
"authorizing the submission of the constitutions of Virginia,

STATE. LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF—

Missisisppi, and Texas to a vote of the people, and authorizing
the election of State offices provided by the said constitutions,
and members of Congress.

Relative to a reciprocity treaty on the subject of trade and com-
merce between the United States and the Dominion of Canada
Action of the legislature of Mississippi on the proposed fifteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

In relation to the presence of Hon. William McDougall at Pembina,
in Dakota Territory, and the opposition to his assumption of the
office of governor of the Northwest Territory

List of appointments and commissions issued from that department.'
Correspondence relating to the imprisonment of Davis Hatch by
the Dominican government.

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

Correspondence in regard to the Transcontinental, Memphis, El
Paso, and Pacific Railroad Company..

Proceedings under the convention between the United States and
Peru in relation to the claim of Esteban G. Montano

In relation to the passage of an English or Canadian steamer through
the canal of the Sault Ste. Marie

In relation to the commercial interests of the United States with
South America

Correspondence relating to political questions in Germany
Relative to the massacre of Israelites in Roumania.

In relation to the condition of the commercial relations between the
United States and the Spanish American States on this continent,
and between those countries and other nations.

In relation to the emancipation of slaves in Cuba..
Correspondence between the United States and Great Britain con-
cerning questions pending between the two countries

In relation to the importation of Chinese coolies into the United
States.

Steamboats 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, with a statement of the value of
the property lost by the destruction of said steamers. Letter of the
Secretary of War.

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

T.

Transcontinental, Memphis, El Paso, and Pacific Railroad Company, cor-
respondence in regard to the. Message of the President of the United
States

TREASURY. LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE-

Condition of the United States Marine Hospital and grounds in the
city of New Orleans, Louisiana..
Condition of the United States branch mint at New Orleans, Louis-
iana

Report of the agent of the United States to examine consular affairs,
with reports of consular officers in France and Belgium..
Letter 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 trans-
fer thereof to his successor.

Statement from the Special Commissioner of Revenue, relative to the
cost of American pig iron

Reports of Captain Charles Bryant, late special agent of the Treasury
Department for Alaska, and H. H. McIntyre, special agent of the
Treasury Department.

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In relation to constructing a harbor light-house at the mouth of
Aquina Bay, in the State of Oregon..

Statement of the bonds issued to the various Pacific railroad com-
panies....

TREASURY. LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE-

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..

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 assay-
ing and refining..

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...

Appropriation to meet the current expenses of the marine hospital
establishment..

Respecting the title of the United States to the branch mint property
in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana...

Statements regarding the revenue marine service....

In relation to the marine hospital building at New Orleans..

Present condition of, and expenditures upon the custom-house at
New Orleans, and the amount of appropriation to complete the same.
Statement of the number of foreign-built vessels, under enrollment
or register now employed in the commerce of the United States....
Report of the special commission appointed to consider and repert
upon the character of vessels best adapted for the revenue marine
service...

Copy of an opinion of the Attorney General, and a letter of L. E.
Chittenden, relative to the eviction by State courts of certain pur-
chasers of lands sold for taxes in the late insurrectionary States..
Relative to the settlement of the claim of the legal representatives
of George Fisher, deceased, for the use and destruction of property
in the Creek Indian war

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In relation to the removal of James F. Casey, as collector of customs
at New Orleans....

In relation to the proceeds of the sale of abandoned lands under the
act of June 7, 1862...

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

V.

Venezuela claims. (See Mis. Doc. No. 162, 2d sess. 41st Cong.)

Vessels under enrollment or register now employed in the commerce of
the United States. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury commu-
nicating a statement of the number of foreign-built...
Vessels best adapted for the revenue marine service. Letter of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury communicating a report of the special commission
appointed to consider and report upon the character of........
Virginia. Message of the President of the United States relating to the
action which has been had in the district of, 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...

W.

WAR. LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF-

Civil and political condition of Georgia..........

Relative to the Fort Ridgely military reservation in Minnesota..

Subject.

WAR. LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF-

Showing the number of desks and number of clerks employed in the
War Department and its bureaus during the year ending June 30,
1869...

Contracts and purchases of the Ordnance Department for 1869.
United States arsenal buildings and grounds at Little Rock, Ark-

ansas..

Draught of a bill to provide for the disposition of useless military |
reservations...

Transfer of fund for sick and wounded soldiers to the National
Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers...

Expenditures made under the provisions of the act for the improve-
ment of rivers and harbors of the United States between July 1,
1868, and November 30, 1869....

Report of the Chief of Engineers upon the harbor of San Diego, Cal-
ifornia...

In relation to obstructions to navigation at the Sonthwest Pass of
the Mississippi River...

In relation to the establishment of a branch of the Soldiers' Home
on the Pacific Coast...

Relative to the number, location, and rent of buildings occupied by
the Quartermaster's Department of the army.
Action had in Georgia under the act to promote reconstruction in that
State...

Concerning the recent engagement of Brevet Colonel Baker, United
States army, with the Piegan Indians in Montana...

In relation to amount of land claimed, held, or occupied as military
reservations in the State of Florida..

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, with a
statement of the value of the property lost by the destruction of
said steamers..

Report of the inspector of the national cemeteries of the United
States for 1869..

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

Report of the commander of the Department of Alaska upon the late
bombardment of the Indian village at Wrangel, in that Territory.
Report of S. N. Clark, special agent of the Freedmen's Bureau, upon
the condition of the freedmen in the Choctaw and Chickasaw In-
dian nations...
Concerning the survey and improvement of the Upper Columbia
River..

In relation to the Fort Ripley military reservation in Minnesota..
List of clerks employed in the War Department..
Report of the Chief of Engineers relating to the Washington Aque-
duct...

Report and survey of the officer acting as Commissioner of Public |
Buildings and Grounds, relative to the new Navy Yard bridge
across the Anacostia River...

Relative to the alleged occupation of private property situate within
the Fort Barrancas military reservation..

Upon the survey and cutting out of a road from Du Luth to Fort
Bois reservation.

Report of the Chief of Engineers on Bulkhead Rock, Providence
River, Rhode Island...

War Department, clerks employed in the. Letter of the Secretary of
War..

Secretary of War.

Clerks employed in the. Letter of the
War between France and North Germany.
the United States in relation to a...
Warren, Brevet Major General. Report upon the survey and cutting out
of a road from Du Luth to Fort Bois reservation.....

Message of the President of

Washington Aqueduct, report of the Chief of Engineers relating to the.
Letter of the Secretary of War....

Wells, David A., Special Commissioner of Revenue. Statement relative
to the cost of American pig iron..

White, Rollin. Message of the President of the United States returning
bill (S. 273) entitled "An act for the relief of Rollin White," with his
objections...
Wrangel, Alaska. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating the
report of the commander of the Department of Alaska upon the late
bombardment of the Indian village at

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating the report of
Vincent Colyer, special Indian commissioner, as relates to the In-
dian village of, showing the condition of that village previous to
its recent bombardment by United States troops..

Wyandott Indians. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicat-
ing the report of the commissioners appointed in accordance with the
Senate amendment of the thirteenth article of the treaty of 23d of
February, 1867, embracing the claims of the....