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Delano has referred the matter to my "favorable consideration."

Sir: I have received your letter of the 3d instant, requesting my opinion upon the legality of the call

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

From all my information I incline to think that Mr.

I enclose the account without my certificate for the reasons that it does not show where the services

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

Superintendent of Mail Depredations, Post Office Department, enclosing for my information copies of correspondence

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.

It is therefore not in my power to furnish you with any information upon the subject of the missing contents

Have you found an Act of the Legislature ceding jurisdiction, as I suggested in my letter of April 5th

desire a leave of absence, but I cannot yield to them without an example that would seriously impair my

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

My dear Sir: I have received yours of the 18th instant.

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

My suggestion is that you apply to the District Attorney of the United States for Wyoming Territory for

Please forward the list called for in my letter of the 14th instant. A. T.

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

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

Sir: A note from the clerk of your Committee, dated yesterday, requests my opinion as to the necessity

As he invites my criticism I transmit herewith his draft of the joint resolution, with an interlineation

Sir: The enclosed copy of a letter addressed by me this day to the Secretary of War, shows my views of

You will carry with you my best wishes for your success in life, and my thanks for the efficiency with

request in your letter of this date, the leave of absence granted to you for the month of June next in my

Her appeal, by the absence of exaggerations and other commendatory circumstances, has deeply moved my

this Department, I do not feel authorized, under existing laws, to pay for it out of any funds under my

a letter from me to the District Attorney of the Western District of Arkansas, will disclose to you my

Dear sir: I find on my table the copy of your recommendations from Mr. Blaine and Mr. Bingham.

regulations issued by this Department to Marshals, relative to executing their bonds, you enquire whether in my

Sir: I enclose herewith a copy of my Opinion of the 21st ultimo, as to the appellate jurisdiction of

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

It was continued, according to my recollection, at the special instance of defendant's counsel.

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

of Judge Trigg, and have desired that I should make known to you the effect of that statement upon my

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,

the suggestions which you have made on that subject are entirely reasonable, and if it shall be in 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

I regret that they were received too late for my Annual Report, which the law requires to be made in

Sir: On account of my absence from Washington at the time, your letter of Sept. 21st last, was not immediately

If not, immediately upon my return. Very respectfully, &c. A. T.

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

Sir: On account of my absence from Washington, yours of the 27th of December has not received an earlier

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

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,

Sir: The Secretary of War has called my attention to certain suits pending in the Circuit Courts of the

Virginia, approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Rothschilds, of the 17th of May, 1867, in my

In reply I have to say that I do not feel at liberty to permit the use of my official title for the purpose

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

And I beg you in that case, as a precaution against any detective in Fla. slip in my memory, to remind

I desire, therefore, that you will prepare for my signature the proper papers withdrawing the appeal.