13. The number of letters and newspapers exchanged between the
United States and France.

14. The number of letters and newspapers exchanged between the
United States and Belgium....

15. The number of letters and newspapers exchanged between the
United States and Bremen

16. The number of letters and newspapers exchanged between the
United States and Hamburg

17. The revenue to the United States, also to the United States Post
Office Department, by the Cunard line.

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18. The closed mail account...

19. The receipts and disbursements in closed mails between the United
States and Prussia

20. A statement of the letters and newspapers, with the several post-
ages, conveyed by the various ocean lines of steamers..

21. The amount of postages on mails exchanged between the United
States and British Provinces..

22. The postal account of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland with the United States..

23. The account of the Kingdom of Prussia with the United States.
24. The account of the general post office of Belgium with the U. States.
25. The account of the general post office of France with the U. States..
26. The account of the post office of Bremen with the United States...
27. The account of the post office of Hamburg with the United States.
Statements are likewise appended showing the postal balances due to
foreign governments; also statements showing the amounts due to
the various lines of ocean steamers for sea and inland postages..
Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the postal expenditures for the
year ending June 30, 1864. Letter from the

Postmaster General, relative to the cost of transporting the mails between
Washington city and New York. Letter from the..

Postmaster General, reporting fines and deductions from pay of contractors
for the year ending June 30, 1862. Letter from the
Postmaster General, transmitting annual report of the Post Office Department.
Letter from the...

Papers accompanying the above.

1. An abstract of the offers received under the advertisement of February
4, 1862, and of contracts made on routes established by the act of Feb-
ruary 27, 1861, the service to commence on the 1st of July, 1862, and
terminate June 30, 1865, in the States of New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York; on the 30th of June, 1864,
in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Ohio; and on the 36th of
June, 1863, in Virginia, (western counties)

This statement also includes all transfers allowed and contracts negotiated
in the same States and others.

2. An abstract of the offers received under the advertisment of November
30, 1861, inviting proposals for conveying the mail in the States of Ken-
tucky, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Min-
nesota, Kansas, and the Territories of Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota,
for the contract term of four years from July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1866,
and a report of the contracts made in pursuance thereof...

3. An abstract of the offers received under the advertisement of October 30,
1861, inviting proposals in the States of California and Oregon, and the
Territories of Washington, Utah, and New Mexico, for the same contract
term, July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1865, and of contracts made..
4. A statement of all the land and water mails established or ordered within
the year preceding July 1, 1862, other than those let to contract at the
annual lettings..

These abstracts (3 and 4) embrace the routes in the States named created
by the act of February 27, 1861.

5. A report of allowances made to contractors for additional services within
the same year.

6. A report of curtailments of mail service and pay ordered within the same
year

Title.

President of the United States, in relation to the collision between the United
States war steamer San Jaci nto and the French brig Jules et Marie. Mes-
sage from the...

President of the United States on the state of the Union, with accompanying
documents and reports. Annual message of the...

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President of the United States, recommending a vote of thanks to Commander
John L. Worden for skill and gallantry exhibited in the battle between the
Monitor and Merrimack. Message from the.....
President of the United States, recommending a vote of thanks to Lieutenant
Commander George U. Morris for valor and heroism in his defence of the
United States sloop-of-war Cumberland. Message from the.....
President of the United States, relative to the arrest of persons on board the
rebel brig Sumter, at Tangier. Message from the....
President of the United States, relative to swords formerly the property of
General David E. Twiggs. Message from the....

President of the United States, relative to publications presented by the British
Museum to the Library of Congress. Message from the..
President of the United States, relative to the alleged interference of our min-
ister to Mexico in favor of the French. Message from the....
President of the United States, relative to the temporary appointment of heads
of departments, in case of death, absence, or sickness. Message from the..
President of the United States, transmitting correspondence of the minister of
the Hanseatic republics relative to an international agricultural exhibition
at Hamburg. Message from the.....

President of the United States, relative to our minister at New Granada.
Message from the...

President of the United States, on signing the joint resolution for the imme-
diate payment of the army and navy of the United States. Message from

the

President of the United States, recommending a vote of thanks to Acting Rear-
Admiral David D. Porter for brilliant services in attacking Arkansas Post.
Message from the....

President of the United States, transmitting information upon the present
condition of Mexico. Message from the

President of the United States, respecting the cause of the recent outbreaks
of the Indian tribes in the Northwest. Message from the.

Statement of

the receipts and expenditures under the direction of the Commissioner of...

Q.

Prize matters. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, with reference to.
Provisions and Clothing, in the navy, for the year ending June 30, 1864.
Estimates for appropriations for the support of the Bureau of..
Public Buildings. Annual report of the Commissioner of..
Public Buildings, from November 1, 1861, to June 30, 1862.

Quartermaster General of the United States. Annual report of the....
Quartermaster General, transmitting estimates for appropriations for the
support of the Quartermaster General's department for the year ending
June 30, 1864. Letter from the.....

S.

San Jacinto and the French brig Jules et Marie. Message from the President
of the United States, relative to the collision between the United States
war steamer

Seamen registered in the several ports of entry of the United States for the
year ending September 30, 1862. Letter from the Secretary of State, show-
ing the number of...

Slaves in the disloyal States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury,
relative to the employment and sustenance of.

Soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to delays in the
payment of money due to

Soldiers, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury giving further in-
formation relative to the delay in the payment of..

Soldiers on the pay-roll of the army. Letter from the Secretary of War,
relative to the number of.

Sta te, transmitting statement showing the number of seamen registered in the
several ports of entry in the United States for the year ending September
30, 1862. Letter from the Secretary of.
State, relative to the expenditure of the contingent fund of the State Depart-
ment. Letter from the Secretary of....

State, transmitting annual statement of the arrival of passengers for the year
ending December 31, 1862. Letter from the Secretary of..

State, transmitting a report on the commercial relations of the United States
with fo eign countries for the year ending September 30, 1862. Letter
from the Secretary of

State Department upon foreign affairs. Correspondence of the..

State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State relative to the expendi-
ture of the contingent fund of the....

Esti-

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Statistics in connexion with the Department of the Interior. Letter from
the Secretary of the Interior relative to establishing a bureau of...
Steam Engineering, in the navy, for the year ending June 30, 1864.
mates for appropriations for the support of the Bureau of.
Sumter, at Tangier. Message from the President of the United States rela-
tive to the arrest of persons on board the rebel brig..
Superintendent of the Washington Aqueduct. Report of the..
Superintendent, transmitting estimates for the support of the government hos-
pital for the insane for the year ending June 30, 1864. Letter from the..
Superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern superintendency. Letter
from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the accounts of the...
Superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern superintendency. Letter
from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting the accounts of the..
Surgeon General of the United States. Annual report of the..
Surgeon General, transmitting estimates for appropriations for the support of
the Surgeon General's department for the year ending June 30, 1864. Let-
ter from the..

Surveyor general of Wisconsin and Iowa. Annual report of the.

Surveyor general of Minnesota. Annual report of the..

Surveyor general of Missouri. Annual report of the..

Surveyor general of Dakota. Annual report of the..
Surveyor general of Kansas and Nebraska.

Surveyor general of Colorado and Utah..

Surveyor general of New Mexico. Annual report of the..

Surveyor general of California. Annual report of the....
Surveyor general of Oregon. Annual report of the...

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83

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96

112

117

133

144

150

Letter from the

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Surveyor general of Washington Territory. Annual report of the..
Sutlers and non-combatants held as prisoners at Richmond.
Secretary of War relative to

T.

Transportation of troops, munitions of war, &c. Letter from the Secretary
of War relative to the..

Treasurer of the Metropolitan Police, transmitting estimates for appropriations
for the support of the Metropolitan Police for the year ending June 30, 1864.
Letfrom the..

Treasurer of the United States, transmitting a report of the receipts and dis-
bursements of the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30,
1864. Letter from the

Treasury, transmitting estimates for additional appropriations required to com-
plete the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863, and previous years.
Letter from the Secretary of the..

Treasury, transmitting estimates for appropriations, specific and indefinite,
made by former acts of Congress, which may be required for the service of
the last three quarters of the year ending June 30, 1863. Letter from the
Register of the..

Treasury, transmitting estimates for appropriations for the year ending June
30, 1864. Letter from the Secretary of the..

Treasury Department for the year ending June 30, 1862. Letter from the
Secretary of the Treasury relative to the expenditure of the contingent fund
of the.

Treasury, relative to delays in the payment of money due to soldiers. Letter
from the Secretary of the......

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Treasury, transmitting annual report of the condition of the banks in the
United States. Letter from the Secretary of the

Treasury, relative to the United States loan created in 1841, &c. Letter from
the Secretary of the....

Treasury, giving further information relative to the delay in the payment of
soldiers, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the...

Treasury, relative to money received by the revenue officers of New York
under the fifth section of the act of May 20, 1862. Letter from the Secretary
of the....

Treasury, transmitting a list of clerks employed in the Treasury Department,
with compensation paid to each. Letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury, relative to the employment and sustenance of slaves in the disloyal
States. Letter from the Secretary of the...

Estimates for

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Estimates for

Topographical engineers, for the year ending June 30, 1864.
appropriations for the support of the corps of..
Topographical engineers, for the year ending June 30, 1864.
appropriations required for the support of the bureau of.
Twiggs, David E., General. Message from the President of the United States
relative to swords formerly the property of..

U.

Utah. Annual report of the surveyor general of Colarado and.

Utah Territory for the year ending June 30, 1862. Estimates of goods and
other expenses for the support of the Indian agency in.....

2 1 112

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Utah Territory. Account of Peter Boyce, Indian farm agent at Corn creek.. 4

V.

Volunteers in the service of the United States for the year ending June 30,
1864. Estimates for appropriations for the pay of.....

W.

War. Annual report of the Secretary of..

Papers accompanying the above.

Report of the General-in-chief ...

Preliminary report of the operations of the Army of the Potomac since

No. 1. Statement of horses, mules, wagons, ambulances, &c., &c.,
purchased during the fiscal year 1862 and to September 30, 1862....
No. 2. Issues from the manufacturing and purchasing depots, and by
States, during the fiscal year 1861-'62, and the amount on hand June
30, 1862..

No. 3. Copy of letter from General Totten to Lieutenant General Scott
on the need of a fleet of gunboats..

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No. 4. Copy of contract for gunboats on the western rivers...
No. 5. List of gunboats, mortar boats, tugs, and other vessels composing
the gunboat fleet..

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No. 6. List of rams composing the ram fleet..

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No. 7. Stations, June 30, 1862, of the principal officers of the quarter
master's department, both regular and volunteer, with their duties...
No. 8. Copy of Quartermaster General's letter to the Secretary of War,
May 23, 1862, in regard to estimate for gunboat and ram fleet .....

Title.

No. 9. Copy of letter of Thomas A. Scott of July 12, 1861, relative to
settlement with railroad companies....

No. 10. Report of committee as to rates to the government for transporta-
tion of passengers and supplies..

No. 11. Regulations adopted in accordance with recommendation of the
convention of railroad managers, for the guidance of the officers of the
Quartermaster General's office in the settlement of accounts with rail-
road and transportation companies

No. 12. Copy of letter from Thomas A. Scott, Assistant Secretary of
War, of October 12, 1861, relative to settling the accounts of the Bal-
timore and Ohio Railroad Company..

No. 13. Copy of letter of the Quartermaster General to the Secretary of
War, September 11, 1862, in regard to continuing the mode of settle-
ment with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, as directed April 4,
1862, (approved by the Secretary of War)..

No. 14. Copy of letter of the Quartermaster General to the Secretary of
War, November 3, 1862, on the same subject as No. 13...
War, transmitting estimates for additional appropriations required for the
service of the department for the year ending June 30, 1863. Letter from
the Secretary of..

War, transmitting estimates for appropriations for the support of the War
Department for the year ending June 30, 1864. Letter from the Secretary of
War, relative to providing additional means for the preservation and storage
of ordnance supplies. Letter from the Secretary of

War, relative to sutlers and non-combatants held as prisoners at Richmond.
Letter from the Secretary of

War, transmitting a copy of the report of the visitors to the Military Acad-
emy at West Point in June last. Letter from the Secretary of..

War, relative to the number of soldiers on the pay-roll of the army. Letter
from the Secretary of..

War, relative to certain property seized by the military governor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia as the property of a rebel. Letter from the Secretary of
War, relative to generals who are not assigned to any command. Letter from
the Secretary of...

War, relative to paroles granted to rebel officers. Letter from the Secretary of
War, relative to the claim of John Hutchinson for damages sustained at the
hands of the government. Letter from the Secretary of..

War, reporting the names, number, &c., of brigadier and major generals not
assigned to actual command. Letter from the Secretary of.
War, transmitting a copy of the proceedings of the court-martial for the trial
of Major General Fitz John Porter. Letter from the Secretary of
War, relative to the transportation of troops, munitions of war, &c. Letter
from the Secretary of ...

War, transmitting the report of Captain J. L. Fisk, of the expedition to escort
emigrants from Fort Abercrombie to Fort Benton, &c. Letter from the Sec-
retary of...

War, transmitting a copy of the report of Major General John Pope, concern-
ing the operations of the Army of Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of..
War, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the military es-
tablishment for the year 1862. Letter from the Secretary of..
Warden of the penitentiary. Annual report of the..

Washington Territory. Annual report of the surveyor general of.
Washington Aqueduct. Report of the superintendent of the..

White Crow. Letter from O. H. Irish, Indian agent, relative to an appro-
priation to pay the claim of.......

White Crow. Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the
payment of the claim of....

Wisconsin and Iowa. Annual report of the surveyor general of..

Worden, John L., commander, for skill and gallantry exhibited in the
battle between the Monitor and Merrimack. Message from the President
of the United States recommending a vote of thanks to..

Y.

Yards and Docks, for the year ending June 30, 1864. Estimates for appro-
priations for the support of the Bureau of...