"In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 26th instant. requesting a copy of any correspondence which may have taken place between me and workingmen in England, I transmit the papers ment..."
"The pay of a passed midshipman on the retired list from $788 to $350 per annum, or less than half of previous rate."
"I have the honor to inclose herewith a letter of the 24th instant from the Secretary of War, by which it appears that there are 438 assistant quartermasters, 387 commissaries of subsistence, and 343 a..."
"I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,"
"I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends."
"I do therefore nominate Captain Stephen C. Rowan to be a commodore in the Navy on the active list from the 7th February, 1863."
"Commander David D. Porter to be a captain in the Navy on the active list from the 7th February, 1863."
"I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to its ratification, an additional article to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of the 7th of April, 1862, for the suppress..."
"I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate thereon, a treaty made and concluded on the 3d day of February, 1863, between W.W. Ross, commissioner on the part of the United States,..."
"I herewith communicate to the House of Representatives, in answer to their resolution of the 18th of December last, a report from the Secretary of the Interior, containing all the information in the p..."
"To the Senate of the United States:I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 12th instant, the accompanying report * from the Secretary of State."
"For his omission to perform his whole duty on that occasion and the injury thereby inflicted on the service and the country, his name was stricken from the list of naval officers and he was dismissed ..."