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In respect to the interest of Captain Goodwin, no difficulty is perceived.

It is not perceived that Captain Goodwin is to blame for this, but it is equally difficult to see how

Overman Captain Corps of Engineers, Austin, Texas.

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

I advise that Captain Craig enter into personal communication with the District Attorney on the subject

the 6th inst. relative to proceedings pending in your District "to confiscate the property of the Captain

Joseph Conrad, Captain 29th U. S.

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

Captain W. H. Dietz, Kingston, Tenn.

I have directed that he apply for information to Captain Loyd Wheaton, of the 20th Manitoba expedition

Sir: Your letter of the 12th instant enclosing a communication from Captain Gillespie, Engineer of the

that Court in favor of the State of Georgia, against yourself, General Meade, General Ruger, and Captain

Stanton that he, as well as yourself, wished me to appear in my official capacity to argue the motions

Upon the present motion, I feel no sort of embarrassment in resisting it in consequence of my known opinions

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

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

Remak seems to have been made in good faith by Captain Hagen, and that the services were cannot pay S

If Captain Cullen is a man of such worth and general good repute as seems probable from the telegram.

earliest convenience, to return my answers thereto in writing.

Before my appointment to my present office, I was a lawyer.

In my youth, before my first entering the public service, I had not adopted a permanent occupation. 5

I was educated by my parents, and by solitary study. 6.

The law clerk's hours are similar to my own.

to file a map of their route, etc., has been withdrawn, and that therefore there is no necessity for my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

Willard, would in any degree affect my official action in that matter.

Perhaps it is not possible for one in your circumstances to view such cases as they appear to one in my

so disproportioned a share of attention given to it, and which was cheerfully given, (on account of my

But this was only a passing impulse on my part, and I desire you to feel that I retain no unkindness

or the mere addition of respectable names to the list of petitioners, will not produce a change in my

Solicitor of the Treasury, requesting my advice upon certain questions arising upon the claim of the

My predecessors have repeatedly declined to give opinions at the instance of other officers than those

Should you desire my opinion upon the law of the case, it will afford me pleasure to consider the questions

involved, and communicate to my views in regard to them.

What I may find it possible, or think it my duty to do, in regard to a personal participation in the

matter at Richmond, it is quite out of my power at present to determine; as my preparations for the ensuing

term of the Supreme Court of the United States, on special assignment, requiring my personal attendance

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

My letters to Mr. Courtney of the 2d and 21st of November last are hereto annexed, marked A and B .

The prosecutions referred to in my letters were for frauds upon Internal Revenue, as I then understood

Upon my inquiring whether he was expecting to obtain the consent of these accusers to the submission

Attorney Courtney— and these, and these alone, were the reasons for my direction of the suspension or

Eckel, and until my examination of the case, and my final directions thereupon, that the indictment in

Egins is strongly pressed upon my attention as justly requiring the interposition of the Executive clemency

I should not take the liberty of again referring the subject to you, after your reply to my former reference

examination of the affidavits presented to me, on behalf of the prisoner made a considerable impression upon my

I am unwilling however to proceed upon my own impression in this regard, notwithstanding my respect for

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

Sir: Your reply of the 6th to my letter of the 4th inst. in regard to the employment of counsel for the

As I have already stated, my inquiries addressed to you were made at the request of the Secretary of

Esq.,—undertake the management of this defence, a reasonable compensation, founded on the basis of my

have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th ultimo, requesting me to give you my

While I would be very happy to give my individual opinion upon this subject, if I were possessed of the

which is one of fact and not of law, and therefore not within the scope of the authority and duty of 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

In my opinion, the appointment of such an officer is desirable for many considerations.

Since my connection with the Department of Justice, I have had occasion to observe that a large proportion

in the views expressed by you to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and have the honor to add my

The questions of law upon which my opinion is requested are not stated, and there is among the papers

I, therefore, feel under the necessity of returning the papers to you, and of asking that, if my opinion

of the claim, a statement of the facts of the case, and of the questions of law upon which you wish my

Perry, & Co., against the United States—in which you request my opinion upon the legal questions involved

among the papers—nor, indeed, any statement from an official source of the precise questions on which my

Comptroller, or may be agreed upon, together with the questions of law arising thereon, touching which my

opinion is desired, I shall be happy to consider the questions, and give my opinion.

My dear Sir: I have received two communications from you, having date, respectively, January 28th, ult

the 4th inst. that you have some purpose of publishing these letters—and you intimate a desire for my

either officially or personally, I cannot consent to be made a party, and should decline, if I had my

Sir: Your letter of the 15th Dec. inst. calls my attention to a certain course of proceedings of Mr.

Your letter also calls my attention to the supposed authority which you had, in consequence of or in

In a personal interview during your visit to Washington immediately after my reception of your letter

of making good the assurances of the government, in this sense and to this extent, I considered it my

I beg to enclose a copy of my letter to the Dist. Attorney, for your information.

the representative of the claimants, to agree upon such a presentation of the facts as will raise for my

Should this anticipation be realized, it will be my pleasure as well as my duty, to give early consideration

Richardson & Co. for refunding certain Internal Revenue taxes, in which you ask my opinion "as to whether

agreed statement of facts in the papers, and no statement of facts to be assumed by me on which to give my

—I will therefore thank you to so state the questions of law upon which my opinion is desired, as will

In my classification which I advised in my letter of the 10th ultimo, it was my intention that all persons

I must beg to observe upon this,— supposing of course, it is my Department to which you refer—nothing

It is my rule to give notice to the officer concerned of any charges affecting his reputation as a man

more safely drawn the conclusion, when you learn that charges have been filed, that they did not, in my

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of my commission as Attorney General of the United States

I herewith enclose my oath of allegiance, duly executed.

My dear Sir: In reply to your note of 12th inst., desiring, as counsel for the Commercial Nav'g'n Co.

, an interview with me during my expected visit to New York, I beg to say that I shall be pleased to

entitled to a cancellation of the bond, nor to a discharge from the payment of the tax; and you ask my

—If, on a reëxamination of the case, you still desire my opinion, I shall be happy to give it; but as

it can easily be submitted to a court for its decision, if my opinion of it is not necessary for purposes

On that day, the Solicitor of Internal Revenue came into my office and said to me that the Supervisor

—There is in my Department no list of U. S.

With the facts you state in your letter, I understand very well what impression my telegram made upon

if the statistics of crime, &c., are forwarded by the 15th instant, they will reach me in time for my

Please accept my thanks for crime statistics S. C. your courtesy and attention in this matter.

Sirs: On account of my absence from Washington, your letter of the 6th ult, in relation to the case of

Hastings and others, and your claim for a retainer for services therein, has just been brought to my

Be pleased to accept my thanks for your courtesy and attention in this matter, although I regret to say

that the statistics reached me the day after my report was submitted to Congress, and was therefore

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th inst. requesting my opinion

McKeon, and return them herewith, with the endorsement of my opinion thereon.

Waterman against the United States, brought to my notice in my letter of criminal proceedings agt G.

Sir: After my letter of yesterday, relative to the case of United States, vs .

The circumstances which I mentioned in my former letter on this subject, however, render it practically

Letcher, came to my hands only this morning, in consequence of my absence from the city.

that he will be in attendance at the Court in Richmond, prepared to make the arrangement suggested in my

The term commences on Monday, the 23d inst., I learn, and not the 25th as has heretofore been my impression

rendered in relation to the title of League Island, sent to me in your letter of the 5th ultimo for my

opinion as to the reasonableness of the charge; and to say that in my opinion Fifteen hundred dollars

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