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result, in a great degree, of inquiries orally made by me of persons from the Territory who came to my
In reply, I have to say that no official intelligence is in my possession, upon the subject,—and the
Overman Captain Corps of Engineers, Austin, Texas.
While this force may be sufficient for the purely clerical needs of the office it is not, in my opinion
Sir: I respectfully call your attention to my letter to you of the 6th inst. relating to the suit of
I have not before me a copy of the concurrent resolution—but, if I had, it would not be my official duty
The questions you ask are not such as, in my opinion, it is his duty to answer.
It was the purpose of my letter of the 13th inst. to inform you politely of a result, and I did not then
He does not answer my letter directed to him at Salem, and I do not know where he is to be found.
I shall send all the evidence in my power, if any more is found.
Your return to Illinois for the purpose of settling your private business would meet my entire approval
continuously in them, ready to attend to whatever official duties may present themselves, and that in my
Sir: I am sorry to say that it hardly seems to me to belong to my official duty to attempt an answer
you find in the Territory—but fear that it is hardly practicable to remedy it by the transmission of my
Sir: I have the honor to enclose to you a copy of a letter from my assistant at the Court of Claims,
interests of the Government to incur the small expense suggested in the letter.— There is no fund under my
Sir: Your letter of the 8th instant, requesting to be furnished with a copy of correspondence between my
As an original question, I should have had grave doubts upon it; but I did not think it my duty to suggest
received, is one clearly within the range of the instructions given to him, and the District Attorney; and my
Sir: I have received your telegram of the 12th inst. in reply to my letter of the 10th inst. both relating
By this grant, the United States have, in my opinion, acquired a valid title to the land described.
I do not wish to preclude myself by my action in these cases from reconsidering the question whether
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
decided to accept in discharge of their liability in a suit pending in court, with your approval, and my
Sir: Your letter of the 6th inst. submits for my consideration the Internal Revenue case of A. W.
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.
shall be able to find some one as faithful and attentive to take your place; and with the assurance of my
United States to give credit in compromising suits of this character—and I feel constrained to withhold my
recommend the acceptance of the offer in the terms in which it is made, for the reasons I have given in my
I have no right to give you my opinion upon these questions.
administration of the law, the Dept. of the Treasury establishes the rule it will follow; and it is my
that the joint resolution passed by Congress is not the resolution of which a copy was enclosed in my
If this cannot be done, I do not feel at liberty to make any other proposal than that contained in my
If he will show you my letter, which it will be entirely agreeable to me to permit, you will probably
Sir: I have received your letter of the 24th ult. and the accompanying papers, submitting for my consideration
The only object which my predecessor could have had in referring the subject to the U. S.
Attorney, and to give that officer the instructions contained in my letter to him.
Attorney for the District of Georgia, by my predecessor, directing him to dismiss all suits and proceedings
undetermined, under the Acts mentioned, I see no reason to doubt that they are embraced by the instructions of my
to make any new case for the consideration of the Court, I do not see, as at present advised, that my
I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of the opinion of my predecessor, Mr.
As I desire to do my duty under that resolution, I wish to be informed by any person who has knowledge
In reply I have the honor to refer to an opinion given to the President by my predecessor in office,
It appears from a letter of my predecessor to the Dist.
This subject was referred to my Department by the President, was duly considered, and a Report thereon
Seward, Secretary of State, of August 14, 1868, to my predecessor, Mr.
You will find that my predecessor, Mr.
Attorney for Georgia: "I deem it my duty to report that it is currently rumored that the U. S.
I deem it my duty to report that it is currently rumored that the U. S.
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.
such directions respecting the proceedings allowed to as I may deem expedient, or to express to you my
I regard the subject of your letter, and the request for my advice and direction in the premises, as
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.
If you approve a reversal of the judgment, it will be my pleasure to carry that desire into effect.
entries of certain lands at East Laginaw, Mich., by Charles Rodd and Henry Peter, which has received my
Schley having my entire confidence, as well as your own, I concur in your suggestion that they be employed
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
Before undertaking to comply with the requisition upon me of this Resolution, which it would be my pleasure
—It will, therefore, be entirely out of my power to furnish any part of this information concerning convictions
information, sought for the means of comparison between the convictions and pardons, & as it is wholly out of my
to the Senate to submit myself to its direction as to whether the partial information which it is in my
the Court of Claims, which has been dismissed with your consent, pursuant to the advice contained in my