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But it is just to him to declare that, according to all my information, he is a zealous and faithful

The suits were first brought to my notice Standish & Ballard's bill, Mich. see p. 288 ante 479 by a letter

United States in the injunction suit to restrain the work at Hallett's Point, New York; and asking for my

You misunderstand my position.

According to my information, this was not the case until the 25th of October.

books and furniture here some two weeks before, I feel at liberty to pay from the time indicated in my

Sir: In answer to your letter of the 6th instant, requesting my views as to the expediency of complying

perplexity appears to have arisen from the use of the phrase "civil prosecution," which was quoted in my

While you have my warmest sympathy, I do not feel that it would be proper official action for me to arrest

A spirited, yes, a desperate contest with bad men is, in my judgment, the most expedient course for the

I can now only say, generally, that if, under the law, it will be in my power to give adequate compensation

Dear Sir: Your letter of the 16th ult. came in my absence.

charge of this Department out of which such a reward could be paid—and therefore it will not be in my

Sir: I think it my duty to transmit for your information the copy of an unofficial letter which I have

In my interview with a gentleman connected with the New York Times, I gave an outline of my observations

Whether his version of my conversation was accurate in all other particulars, I cannot at this moment

D. of Brighton, Illinois, an old friend of mine, has written to ask my aid in the following matter: Mrs

Sir: On my return from the south, I find your official and unofficial letters of Sept. 13, 1871, which

on the 18th of that month were answered by the Solicitor General, reserving a final answer until my

the Current, I do not feel at liberty to give further directions in this matter than are contained in my

that no matter affecting the Guano Islands in the Pacific Ocean, alleged to have been discovered by Captain

Prisons on the 3d page of my annual report presented last winter, a copy of which I enclose.

Dear Sir: On my return to Washington I find your letter of the 18th ultimo. I do not see how Mr.

the Government is in possession absolutely demand that the case shall be laid before a Grand Jury, my

acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your letter of the 25th inst. and its enclosures, in response to my

services rendered and expenses incurred by you while in the performance of official business under my

My dispatch of yesterday was written in the Supreme Court Room while I was engaged in the argument of

I hope you will give yourself no uneasiness upon the matter of your retainer, and promise my personal

In reply I regret to have to say that my absence from the city at that time will be impracticable.

Sir: Referring to my letter addressed to you under date of the 3d instant, relative to the case of Charles

Talbot's brief, I preferred to make one of my own, and have done so, and will send it to the branch printing

I regret that it is not in my power to comply with your request. Very respectfully, A. J.

Tennessee—and that the act on account of which he is prosecuted was done during the rebellion, while he was Captain

: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant, transmitting, for my

Newcomb, amounting to $101, for expenses incurred in securing the deposition of Captain James Speed,

Loring, Captain 3d Michigan Volunteers, on account of "two and three years Volunteers."

of the 5th instant, referred to the Attorney General by your endorsement of this date, has received my

the subject of a supposed murder of two Indians, near Alexandria, Minnesota, and to enclose a copy of my

Sir: Referring to my letter to you under date of the 24th ult. relative to the escape from jail of the

I write now to say that my omission to answer it immediately was from no indifference to the affairs

Sir: Your letter of the 16th ultimo asks for my opinion whether the keeper of the harbor Light House

of the assets of the bank for ratable distribution, or is the property of the Government, should, in my

careful perusal, it fails to satisfy me that I should reverse the determination I expressed to you in my

Sir: In order that there may be no mistakes as to my position in regard to a rehearing upon the questions

presented by the Interior Department, p. 225 for my opinion in relation to the asserted rights of the

made by that time, I cannot promise to hear it at all, in view of the engagements which press upon my

however, I should find no cause for such suspicion, the opinion already prepared may be considered as my

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 5th inst., inviting my attention

M. for the War Dept., and requesting my views as to the reasonableness of the same.

Sir: On the 6th day of Aug. 1871, you requested my opinion upon the question whether Henry S.

The company is dissatisfied with my opinion, and asks a rehearing.

Louisiana, for falsely personating one Brown, a soldier to whom bounty money was due—and requesting my

Sir: I have just returned from Philadelphia, and find your letter of the 16th instant upon my desk. salary

Cochran, of the 28th inst. with my certificate, as required by law. Very respectfully, &c. A. T.

Sir: The case of John Pierce, brought to my notice by your letter of the 23d inst. shall receive immediate

Sir: There is no fund under my control appropriated for paying such services as are described in your

Sir: Referring to my letter to you of July 19, 1871, in reference to the Internal Revenue Compromise