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awaiting the action of the Executive upon his sentence,"— and your letter of May 4, 1869, again calling my
the important and difficult questions which may arise upon the case, I think it sufficient to express my
In my letter of May 26th I informed you that the question whether the compensation should be paid by
10th proximo, I request that you will submit to me as soon as possible your opinion on the matter for my
behalf of the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at Ionia, Mich. more than the sum indicated in my
From all my information I incline to think that Mr.
who had been appointed by the Department of the Interior as agent of certain Indians, and requesting my
I am resolved to do all in my power to make these prosecutions energetic and successful.
addressed to him under the impression that he is now acting as Attorney General—which is not the fact, as my
Wesson has been brought to my attention by several written and verbal communications.
Brown in my letter of August 21st, as now addressed to yourself. Very respectfully, A. T.
Patton whom you were authorized in my letter of the 1st instant to prosecute in the State Courts of New
But if authentically advised that no real cause for prosecution exists, the direction in my letter of
And I beg you in that case, as a precaution against any detective in Fla. slip in my memory, to remind
Texas. for the Mexican Commission—and to say, in reply, that no answer to my communication has been received
In my letter of the 29th of August last I directed you, in pursuance of a suggestion from the War Department
done by him as military duty while provost marshal for the Fourth District of Wisconsin, and inviting my
As he invites my criticism I transmit herewith his draft of the joint resolution, with an interlineation
As you have referred the matter to my decision, I will make this change;—leaving the compensation for
I should be glad to comply with his request for a detective, but the fund at my command for detective
Sir: Though your letter of the 5th instant deeply moves my sympathy, it is impossible for me to interfere
Although you were informed in my letter of the 23rd of November last that I did not intend to authorize
you to subject the Government to expense in the inquiry directed in my letter of August 30th last, I
Sir: Your letter of the 12th instant enclosing a communication from Captain Gillespie, Engineer of the
Dear Sir: It is not in my power to furnish you any extended report of criminal cases in the U.S. courts
But it is my rule to direct compensation for no unauthorized services.
I enclose the account without my certificate for the reasons that it does not show where the services
I desire to add my own personal tribute to your worth and character as an officer of the United States—as
In my classification which I advised in my letter of the 10th ultimo, it was my intention that all persons
The furnishing of professional defence went to the very verge of what I understand to be my authority
To go further, and pay costs out of any funds under my control, seems to me unauthorized.
Sir: In answer to your letter of the 5th instant, I have to say that I am daily at my office and receive
Yet such is the pressure on my time from the multitude of visitors at this season, and other causes,
It was my supposition from your previous communication that the offences which you alleged were perpetuated
of Judge Trigg, and have desired that I should make known to you the effect of that statement upon my
My letter of the 28th ultimo, addressed to you at Knoxville, in the case of Mr.
repeat that you seem to understand your Commission as requiring a much larger expenditure than was in my
regulations issued by this Department to Marshals, relative to executing their bonds, you enquire whether in my
instructions from this Department to the District Attorney of Dakota, I have the honor to enclose a copy of my
in the Supreme Court, on error to the Circuit Court for your District, for the purpose of preparing my
Please forward the list called for in my letter of the 14th instant. A. T.
the suggestions which you have made on that subject are entirely reasonable, and if it shall be in my
Of course whatever may be my interest as a citizen in the politics of the South generally, and of Alabama
I am unable at this distance, and with my limited information to determine whether the transactions in
I refer to this simply to show my indisposition to advise the removal of an officer upon unproved charges
The transaction which has been lately brought to my notice in the Thomas case obliged me to suggest to
I was not moved in the slightest degree by any thing in the Stokes and Beatty case, but my action was
taken from my own views of propriety, without any suggestion whatever any suggestion whatever from the
In my judgement, the judicial force of the United States can be advantageously increased in the South
I am not quite certain whether a recommendation on the subject would be proper in my official report,
My original direction, following the request in the letter received from your Department was confined
I hope I was not understood in my previous letter any suspicion that your conduct had not been dictated
Remak seems to have been made in good faith by Captain Hagen, and that the services were cannot pay S
Delano has referred the matter to my "favorable consideration."
all cases been obliged to decline approving said accounts; and must therefore in your case adhere to my
I must therefore decline to give you account of my official sanction. Very respectfully, A. T.
to file a map of their route, etc., has been withdrawn, and that therefore there is no necessity for my
This Opinion was then considered by me as my final action upon the subject.
argument upon such facts, not intending to reëxamine the questions unless such facts should be brought to my
Co. not at any request, but, as I suppose, for my convenience in the event that cause for revising the
My consent to hear further argument on new facts was not intended as a recall of the Opinion, or as a
answer to your letter of the 31st ultimo, requesting me to transmit to the Secretary of the Interior my
Still, I am not absolutely certain that my construction is right, and you do well to make the point.
My judgment concurs with yours as to the expediency of prompt arrests, but Mr.
I have directed that he apply for information to Captain Loyd Wheaton, of the 20th Manitoba expedition
Have you found an Act of the Legislature ceding jurisdiction, as I suggested in my letter of April 5th
Dear Sir: I return with my thanks the letter of the Attorney General to the Postmaster General of the