I transmit herewith reports from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney-General, prepared in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 17th December last, requesting information in reference to the seizure and confiscation of property.
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The excuse you make in a subsequent paragraph of that letter of the 28th ultimo, that afterwards you changed your views as to what would be a proper course, has nothing to do with the point now under consideration.
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to depredations upon and the future care of the reservations of lands for the purpose of supplying timber for the Navy of the United States.
The extraordinary character of your letter of the 3d instant would seem to preclude any reply on my part.
As requested in this communication, General Grant is instructed in writing not to obey any order from the War Department assumed to be issued by the direction of the President unless such order is known by the General Commanding the armies…
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