ANDREW JOHNSON.

[Footnote 34:  Relating to the famine in Sweden and Norway.]

WASHINGTON, February 10, 1868.

To the House of Representatives: 

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.”

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 10, 1868.

To the House of Representatives: 

In reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 1st instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Postmaster-General, in reference to the appointment of a special agent to take charge of the post-office at Penn Yan, in the State of New York.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, February 10, 1868.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with the accompanying papers, on the subject of a transfer of the Peninsula and Bay of Samana to the United States.  The advice and consent of the Senate to the transfer, upon the terms proposed in the draft of a convention with the Dominican Republic, are requested.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, February 10, 1868.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I submit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, the accompanying consular convention between the United States and the Government of His Majesty the King of Italy.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 10, 1868.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit herewith a report from the Attorney-General, prepared in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 30th ultimo, requesting information as to the number of justices of the peace now in commission in each ward, respectively, of the city of Washington.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, February 10, 1868.

To the House of Representatives: 

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th of November, 1867, calling for information in relation to the trial and conviction of American citizens in Great Britain and Ireland for the two years last past, I transmit a partial report from the Secretary of State, which is accompanied by a portion of the papers called for by the resolution.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 11, 1868.

To the House of Representatives: 

In compliance with the resolution adopted yesterday by the House of Representatives, requesting any further correspondence the President “may have had with General U.S.  Grant, in addition to that heretofore submitted, on the subject of the recent vacation by the latter of the War Office,” I transmit herewith a copy of a communication addressed to General Grant on the 10th instant, together with a copy of the accompanying papers.