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building of the "Grande Admiral," from the year 1853 to 1856, I regret to inform you that it is out of my
But there may be, in this case, circumstances of justifiable exception to my general rule—and if such
appeal from the Court of Claims, No 2662 on the docket of Court of Claims, and you will prepare for my
Superintendent of Mail Depredations, Post Office Department, enclosing for my information copies of correspondence
Sir: The enclosed copy of a letter addressed by me this day to the Secretary of War, shows my views of
Sir: Referring to my letter to you of July 19, 1871, in reference to the Internal Revenue Compromise
Department, enclosing for my information copies of correspondence in relation to James Gilmore, an escaped
Cochran, of the 28th inst. with my certificate, as required by law. Very respectfully, &c. A. T.
The company is dissatisfied with my opinion, and asks a rehearing.
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.
Louisiana, for falsely personating one Brown, a soldier to whom bounty money was due—and requesting my
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 5th inst., inviting my attention
of the assets of the bank for ratable distribution, or is the property of the Government, should, in my
Sir: Referring to my letter to you under date of the 24th ult. relative to the escape from jail of the
the subject of a supposed murder of two Indians, near Alexandria, Minnesota, and to enclose a copy of my
of the 5th instant, referred to the Attorney General by your endorsement of this date, has received 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."
: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant, transmitting, for my
Tennessee—and that the act on account of which he is prosecuted was done during the rebellion, while he was Captain
Talbot's brief, I preferred to make one of my own, and have done so, and will send it to the branch printing
Sir: Referring to my letter addressed to you under date of the 3d instant, relative to the case of Charles
My dispatch of yesterday was written in the Supreme Court Room while I was engaged in the argument of
acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your letter of the 25th inst. and its enclosures, in response to my
D. of Brighton, Illinois, an old friend of mine, has written to ask my aid in the following matter: Mrs
charge of this Department out of which such a reward could be paid—and therefore it will not be in my
I can now only say, generally, that if, under the law, it will be in my power to give adequate compensation
Sir: I think it my duty to transmit for your information the copy of an unofficial letter which I have
Dear Sir: Your letter of the 16th ult. came in my absence.
Sir: In answer to your letter of the 6th instant, requesting my views as to the expediency of complying
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
Dear Sir: I return with my thanks the letter of the Attorney General to the Postmaster General of the
But it is just to him to declare that, according to all my information, he is a zealous and faithful
I have directed that he apply for information to Captain Loyd Wheaton, of the 20th Manitoba expedition
Remak seems to have been made in good faith by Captain Hagen, and that the services were cannot pay S
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
My original direction, following the request in the letter received from your Department was confined
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
Prisons on the 3d page of my annual report presented last winter, a copy of which I enclose.
I enclose the account without my certificate for the reasons that it does not show where the services
But it is my rule to direct compensation for no unauthorized services.
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
I should be glad to comply with his request for a detective, but the fund at my command for detective
done by him as military duty while provost marshal for the Fourth District of Wisconsin, and inviting my
And I beg you in that case, as a precaution against any detective in Fla. slip in my memory, to remind
As he invites my criticism I transmit herewith his draft of the joint resolution, with an interlineation