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Documents with report of the Secretary of the Interior-Con.
Report of the Commissioner of Pensions, with annual report
Secretary Interior ....

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Report of the board of visitors of the hospital for the in-
sane for 1860-'61, with report Secretary Interior.......
Report of the board of directors of the Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, with report Secretary
Interior...

Report of the metropolitan board of police, with report of
Secretary of the Interior...

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Tables of meteorological observations, &c......

Tables of comparison of barometers....

On the lunar tides of the north and northwestern lakes....

Tables of astronomical observations and determining lati-
tude and longitude

Survey of the northern and northwestern lakes.....

On the lake harbor improvements......

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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, with the annual message

of the President United States

List of documents with said report

On re-enforcing Fort Pickens ................

On actions at Acquia creek

On action at Pig Point

On capture of privateer Savannah..........

On action at Mathias Point and death of Com'r Ward.
On participation of the marines at battle of Bull Run..
On destruction of ten vessels in Black river

On bombardment of Galveston...

On action at Hatteras inlet...
On action at Norfolk, Missouri..
On burning the privateer Judah
On destruction of Fort Ocracoke
On affairs at Ship island...

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On the taking of Tybee island

On burning schooner in Swan's Cug creek, N. C..
On action at Eddyville, Tennessee..
On action at Belmont, Missouri.

On burning vessels at Curritoman creek and action
On action with rebel steamer at Hatteras inlet....

On expedition to Port Royal, South Carolina...
Congratulatory letter of Secretary of the Navy........
Report of Major Reynolds, commanding marines on said
expedition.....

On capture of privateer Beauregard....

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Captain Wilkes's report on capture of Messrs. Mason and
Slidell...

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List of vessels built or building at navy yards and under
contract for the navy

List of vessels purchased by the Navy Department for
naval purposes..

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List of vessels purchased for sinking to close certain ports.
Report of Geo. D. Morgan, purchasing agent, with state-
ment of vessels purchased

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Report of the board on iron-clad vessels.

Statement of vessels seized, captured, and destroyed by
vessels in the naval service

Reports of Chiefs of Bureaus and accompanying papers
List of deaths, resignations, and dismissals, 1861..
Report of the Superintendent of the Naval Academy..
Estimates for office of Secretary of the Navy...
Report of estimates for Bureau of Yards and Docks
Report of estimates for Bureau of Ordnance and Hydro-
graphy....

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Report of estimates for Bureau of Construction, Equip-
ment, and Repair......

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REPORT FROM THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, with the the annual mes-
sage of the President of the United States

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REPORT FROM The Postmaster GENERAL, &c.—Continued.
Additional articles to postal convention of March 2, 1857,
between the General Post Office of the United States
and the General Post Office of France
Additional articles between the Post Office of the United
States and the General Post Office of Prussia
Report of the Second Assistant Postmaster General, with
table of the mail service in the several States and Ter-
ritories in 1861 ....

Railroad service in operation in 1861..

Steamboat service in operation in 1861

Table of mail routes and service where contractors were
disloyal, contracts annulled, and new contractors de-
signated

Statement of dead letters containing money

Statement of dead letters with articles of value other
than money...

Statement of revenue and expenditures for nine years,
(1853 to 1861, inclusive,) and estimates for 1862-'63.
Report of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office
Department

With statements showing the receipts and expenditures

in loyal States, in the rebellious States, and in foreign
mail service, in 1861....

MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:

In answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 5, 1861,
with the charges and finding of the court of inquiry in
the case of Colonel Dixon S. Miles, U. S army
Transmitting correspondence of the Secretary of State and
authorities of Great Britain and France relative to the
removal of James M. Mason and John Slidell from the
British steamer Trent

Transmitting correspondence between the minister of Aus-
tria and the Secretary of State of the United States rela-
tive to the same as above....
Transmitting correspondence between the minister of Prussia
and the Secretary of State relative to the same as above..
In answer to a resolution of the Senate of February 5, 1862,
relative to the presentation of American citizens to the
court of France
Transmitting copy of an instruction from Prince Gortchacow
to the minister of Russia in the United States, and a note
to the Secretary of State relative to the removal of James
M. Mason and John Slidell from the British steamer Trent.
Transmitting two letters from the Major King of Siam to
the President, with certain presents, and the President's

answer

Transmitting a despatch to Secretary of State from United

States minister at Lisbon relative to measures adopted by
Portugal to encourage the growth of cotton in its African
possessions

Transmitting instruction from the King of Italy to his min-
ister in United States, and answer from the Secretary of
State, relative to removal of James M. Mason and John
Slidell from the British steamer Trent..

In answer to resolution of Senate of 11th March, 1862, with
report from Secretary of State, relative to railway systems
in Europe
Transmitting a communication of 21st December, 1861, to
the Secretary of State, by the governor of Nevada, relative
to the affairs of that Territory...

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MESSAGES FROM The President of the United States—Continued.
Informing Congress that he had approved and signed the
"Act for the release of certain persons held to service or
labor in the District of Columbia," and recommending an
amendatory act

With correspondence between the Secretary of State and
Benjamin E. Brewster relative to the arrest of Simon
Cameron, late Secretary of War, at suit of Pierce Butler,
for false imprisonment...

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 21st April,
1862, in relation to the arrest of Brigadier General Stone..
Transmitting a petition of citizens of Oregon and Washington
Territory, and a report of Third Auditor of the Treasury,
relative to Indian war claims in that State and Territory ..
Recommending that Captain D. G. Farragut receive a vote
of thanks of Congress for his services and gallantry in the
capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and city of New
Orleans, and destruction of various rebel gunboats, rams, &c.
Transmitting a list of naval officers in command of vessels
engaged in said operations, under command of Flag-Officer
Farragut

In relation to a resolution of the House of Representatives
censuring Hon. Simon Cameron, late Secretary of War....
In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 14th May,
1862, calling for information in relation to the arrest of
persons in Kentucky since 1st September, 1861, and their
imprisonment beyond the limits of that State...
Transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States
and her Britannic Majesty for the suppression of the African
slave trade

Returning to the Senate the bill (S. 193) "to repeal that
part of an act of Congress that prohibits the circulation of
bank notes of a less denomination than five dollars in the
District of Columbia," with his objections. (Velo) -----
Transmitting a draft of a bill to compensate any State which
may abolish slavery within its limits, and recommending
its passage

Informing Congress that he had approved the "Bill to sup-
press insurrection, punish treason and rebellion, to seize
and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other pur-
poses," and the joint resolution explanatory of said act....
Recommending that some suitable acknowledgment be made
to Cornelius Vanderbilt for the valuable present to the
United States of the steamer "Vanderbilt.

REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, in answer to resolution of
the Senate of the 18th December, 1861, relative to law
requiring passports of passengers going direct from New
York to San Francisco

In answer to resolution of the Senate of the 10th of January,
1862, relative to number, names, and residences of all
consuls and commercial agents appointed under the act of
August 2, 1861

In answer to resolution of Senate of 26th March, 1862, with
correspondence between Department of State and Hon.
Franklin Pierce, ex-President of the United States, relative
to a supposed conspiracy against the United States
In answer to a resolution of the Senate of June 12, 1862,
relative to the amount of money paid to States of Maine
and Massachusetts for yielding their assent under the Ash-
burton treaty establishing the boundary line between the
United States and British possessions in North America...

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REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:

Annual, on the finances....

In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 9th December,
1861, calling for information in relation to employment
of a special agent in Minnesota..

In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 29th July,
1861, relative to the payments, under the act of Congress
of March 28, 1848, for the relief of the heirs of John
Paul Jones....

In answer to a resolution of the Senate of 24th February,
1862, as to what officers in collection and protection of the
revenue may be discontinued without detriment to the
public service.....

In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 25th March,
1862, with statement of the quantity and value of the
articles of merchandise imported into the United States
from the British North American colonies in 1859, 1860,
and 1861, under the treaty of reciprocity...

In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th June,
1862, with statement of the amounts paid to the marshals
of the United States for the District of Columbia for the
year ending 30th June, 1861.............

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:

Communicating, in obedience to law, the annual statement
required by act of 1st May, 1820, the amounts appro-
priated, the balances, transfers, the amounts applicable to
1861, the amounts drawn or carried to surplus fund, and
balances remaining on 30th June, 1861, for the service of
that department.....

In answer to a resolution of the Senate of January 30, 1862,
relative to contracts made in office of Commissioner of In-
dian Affairs for the transportation of goods for the Indians.
In answer to a resolution of the Senate of 27th March, 1862,
in relation to the slave vessel the bark Augusta
In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 18th April,
1862, relative to amounts paid for legal and other services
for investigating land titles in the State of California in
1857-'58,-'59, 1860, and 1861

In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 19th May,
1862, relative to persons arrested in the southern district
of New York, from 1852 to 1862, charged with being en-
gaged in the slave trade; and also the names and number
of vessels arrested and bonded in the same time in that
district, charged with being engaged in the slave trade....
In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 30th June,
1862, with correspondence with the War Department on
the subject of imprisonment of soldiers and volunteers in
the penitentiary in the District of Columbia..

In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 29th May.
1862, with reports of W. H. Walsh and Wm. H. Coombs,
relative to the " half-breed Kaw lands," on the Kansas
river, in the State of Kansas....

REPORTS FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

In answer to resolution of the Senate of the 11th December,
1861, relative to aid rendered by the pay department to
volunteers to transmit to their homes part of their pay, &c.
In answer to resolution of Senate of the 17th of December,
1861, relative to the raising and employing volunteer
militia in the State of Missouri..

In answer to resolution of the Senate of the 6th of January,
1862, relative to the appointment of brigade sutler of the
brigade commanded by General Daniel E. Sickles

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