WAR. LETTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF-

Property of the United States in the possession of the War Depart-

ment
Report of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel B. Holabird of a reconnois-

sance made by him in the department of Dakota in 1869.
Relative to an alleged and unlawful traffic with rebels in the State

of Texas during the late war, entered into by Harris Hoyt, Byron

Spragne, and others, part 1.
In relation to an aileged unlawful trattic on the part of Messrs. Hoyt,
Sprague, and others, with insurgents in the State of Texas, part

2
Relative to the probable cost of the improvement of the Umpqua

and Willamette Rivers, in Oregon
In relation to the donation of bronze cannon to monumental associ-

ations
Claims of Jordan & Mc Pike
Contraets of the Quartermaster's Department during the year end-

ing December 31, 1-70
Outrages committed by lawless bands in the State of Tennessee.
Contracts aud purchases of the Ordnance Department during the

past year
Report of the Chief of Engineers upon the improvement of the Cape

Fear River...
Ontrages committed upon citizens of the State of South Carolina.
Application of R. L. M. Camden for military protection for employés

of an association engaged in gold mining in South Carolina
Report of the Chief of Engineers upon the survey of Charleston

Harbor
In relation to the non-execution of the act of July 14, 1-70, requiring

the laying of a water-main from the reservoir to Capitol Hill

through the cities of Washington and Georgetown
Report of the Engineer Bureau on the proposed ship-canal from Fort

St. Philip to Breton Island..
Report of General Pope upon the enlargement of the military post

and depot at Fort Leavenworth..
Letter from Joseph Richerson, complaining that he has been driven

from his home in Kentucky by the so-called Ku-Klux Klan
Military depot at Fort Leavenworth.
Improvement of the Mississippi River from Alton to the mouth of

the Maramice River...
Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane upon the Yellowstone expe-

dition of 1870...
War Department, inventory of property of the United States in the pos-

session of the Letter of the Secretary of War....
Washington and Georgetowy, reports of the board of trustees of colored

schools of. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior
Water-main from the reservoir to Capitol Hill through the cities of

Washington and Georgetown. Letter of the Secretary of War, in re-
lation to the non-execution of the act of July 14, 1871), requiring the
laying of a..
Willamette and Umpqua Rivers, in Oregon. Letter of the Secretary of

War, relative to the probable cost of the improvenient of the
Tea Indians. (See Indiaus.)

Y.

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3d Session.

No. 36.

TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS

CONCLI'DED

BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AND OTHER POWERS,

SINCE JULY 4. 1776.

WITH NOTES SHOWING WHAT TREATIES OR PARTS OF TREATIES HAVE BEEN ABROGATED,

AND DECISIONS THEREUPON.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1871.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

February 20, 1871. Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) That there be printed the usual number of copies of “Treaties and Conventions” as reported to the Senate from the State Department, and in addition thereto one thousand copies for the use of the State Department, one thousand copies for the use of the Senate, and two thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives. Attest:

GEO. C. GORHAM, Secretary, By W. J. MCDONALD, Chief Clerk.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

March 1, 1871. Resolved, That the House concur in the foregoing resolution in relation to the printing of Treaties and Conventions. Attest:

EDWARD MCPHERSON, Clerk.

In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 22, 1870, copies

of all treaties and conventions (except postal conventions) entered into by the United States, the ratification uchereof has been crchanged.

FEBRUARY 2, 1871.-Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to

be printed.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Washington, February 1, 1871. SIR: In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 22d December, requesting the Secretary of State "to prepare and transmit to the Senate copies of all the treaties and conventions (except postal conventions) entered into by the United States, the ratification whereof has been exchanged, with notes indicating such treaties or conventions or such parts of treaties or conventions as have been changed or abrogated," I have the honor to transmit the accompanying copies of treaties and conventions as called for by said resolution. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

HAMILTON FISH. Hon. SCHUYLER COLFAX,

President of the Senate.