We have some peculiar interests in Nicaragua, on account of our right to build a canal there and establish a naval station.

You have six locks now completed, and where those six locks operate, the success of the system of slack water has been demonstrated.

I can see no reason why additional ground should not be purchased for 'the proper accommodation and safety' of a large proportion of the public buildings completed and in process of erection.

I am satisfied that the appropriation of $75,000 for a building at Youngstown is at present not justified.

the roads have not been built, and yet an attempt is made to claim the lands

It is further stated in a communication from the promoter of this bill that--There is not a Federal public building in the State of Ohio east of the line drawn on the accompanying map from Cleveland through Columbus to Cincinnati.

The portion of the said railroad line which reaches from Rolla to Lebanon be repaired, extended, and completed, so as to be made available for the military uses of the Government, as speedily as may be.

The public safety does require that the railroad line called and known as the Southwest Branch of the Pacific Railroad in the State of Missouri be repaired, extended, and completed.

The said line from Rolla to and across Little Piney be first completed, and as soon as possible.

You are authorized to do whatever you may deem expedient to open for use in the shortest possible time all military railroads now or hereafter required in said department;

You are also authorized to take possession of and use all railroads, engines, cars, buildings, machinery, and appurtenances within the geographical limits of the Department of the Rappahannock.

Containing the report of Lieutenant Meigs, of the Engineer Corps, on the surveys, projects, and estimates for supplying the cities of Washington and Georgetown with an unfailing and abundant supply of water

The urgent demands of the service for the Gulf of Mexico and the substitution of iron for wood in the construction of ships plainly point to the establishment of a navy-yard at some suitable place on the Mississippi.

Relating to the macadamizing of Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D, C.

The communication of the Secretary of War and the accompanying report of the colonel of Topographical Engineers are respectfully submitted in reply to the resolution of the 15th of June last, calling for a plan and estimate for the improvement of Pennsylvania avenue west of the President's square and for the construction of a stone bridge across Rock Creek, etc.