To the House of Representatives: EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, May 2, 1882. In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th of January last, calling for correspondence respecting the condition of Israelites in Russia, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State and its accompanying papers. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, To the Senate and House of Representatives: Washington, May 2, 1882. I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in which he requests that an appropriation of $108,000 be made for constructing a fireproof roof over the south and east wings of the building occupied by the Department of the Interior. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, May 2, 1882. To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith, in response to the resolution of the Senate of the 18th ultimo, a report of the Secretary of State, with copies of certain diplomatic correspondence* with Spain in 1876, called for by that resolution. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 5, 1882. To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior of the 3d instant, with accompanying papers, in relation to a proposed amendment of the act of the 15th December, 1880, providing for the disposal of the Fort Dodge Military Reservation, Kans. The subject is commended to the consideration of Congress. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 9, 1882. To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a letter from the Superintendent of Census, submitting an estimate for an appropriation of $80,000 to defray the expenses of the Census Office during the remainder of the present fiscal year. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. *Relating to United States citizens condemned to death in Cuba, etc. EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 9, 1882. To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, submitting an estimate for a special appropriation of $3,200 for completing an exhibit of all the private land claims in the State of Louisiana. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 11, 1882. To the Senate and House of Representatives: I submit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a copy of a letter from the governor of Arizona, in which he requests that an appropriation of $2,000 be made for the contingent expenses of the Territory for the next fiscal year. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 15, 1882. To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions inviting attention to the fact that the "deficiency" appropriation of $16,000,000 to meet the June payment of army pensions should be available as early as the 25th instant if practicable, in order to avoid any delay in payment. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 15, 1882. To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a communication, dated the 11th instant, from the Secretary of the Interior, together with estimate of appropriation and accompanying papers, to provide, in accordance with treaty stipulations and existing laws, for the payment of certain interest due the Osage Indians. The subject is presented for the consideration of Congress. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 15, 1882. To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, with accompaLying papers, submitted in response to the Senate resolution of the 21st of March last, requesting a copy of instructions given to Mr. George F. THE DEATH OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. No year of Grant's heroic life was more heroic than the last one. In 1884, the business firm with which he was nominally connected went into bankruptcy, and in old age the hero of the Civil War and ex-President found himself facing the world penniless. He had developed cancer of the throat, the shadow of death was already upon him, his power of speech was gone, and the constant pain from which he suffered was intense-but without a word of complaint he set himself doggedly to the task of providing for his wife after his death. The form which his efforts took was his autobiography; and despite the circumstances under which it was written, so fair and so comprehensive is it that it has remained a masterpiece of its kind. Students of history will be fond of comparing Grant's efforts with those of Sir Walter Scott under similar circumstances. In July, 1885, it was apparent that the end was at hand. Grant was removed to Mount McGregor, near Saratoga Springs, New York, and there he died on July 23, 1885. Seward, when minister to China, concerning Chinese immigration, etc., and Mr. Seward's dispatches on that subject. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. To the House of Representatives: EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 18, 1882. I transmit herewith a concluding report from the Secretary of State of the 17th instant, and its accompanying papers, relative to Thomas Shields and Charles Weber, who were imprisoned at Apan, Mexico, and whose cases formed the subject of the resolution of the House of Representatives of February 6, 1882. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, May 18, 1882. To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanied by a copy of the correspondence referred to in Senate resolution of the 26th ultimo, in relation to the Japanese indemnity. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 22, 1882. To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, dated 18th instant, and accompanying report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the necessity for buildings at the Mescalero Agency, N. Mex., and for an appropriation for the support, civilization, etc., of the Apaches at the Mescalero and Jicarilla agencies, together with an estimate for the same, in the form of a proposed clause for insertion in the sundry civil bill now pending for consideration in committee. The subject is presented for the consideration of Congress. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 22, 1882. To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior of the 18th instant, with accompanying papers, submitting the draft of a proposed clause for insertion in one of the pending appropriation bills, to provide for the payment for improvements made by certain settlers on the Round Valley Indian Reservation, in California, as appraised under the act approved March 3, 1873. The subject is presented for the consideration of Congress. 153 CHESTER A. ARTHUR. |