To  the  Senate  oj  the  United  States:

I  transmit  herewith  a  communication  from  the  Secretary  of  War,  upon
the  subject  of  the  resolution  of  the  Senate  of  the  21st  instant,  requesting
a  copy  of  the  report  of  Brevet  Major- General  William  S.  Harney  upon  the
Sioux  and  other  Indians  congregated  under  treaties  made  with  them  by
the  special  peace  commission.  ANDREW  JOHNSON.
Washington,  January  ^p,  i86g.
To  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States:

I  transmit  to  the  House  of  Representatives,  in  answer  to  a  resolution
of  the  House  of  Representatives  without  date,  received  at  the  Executive
Mansion  on  the  loth  of  December,  calling  for  correspondence  in  relation
to  the  cases  of  Messrs.  Costello  and  Warren,  naturalized  citizens  of  the
United  States  imprisoned  in  Great  Britain,  a  report  from  the  Secretary
of  State  and  the  papers  to  which  it  refers.
ANDREW  JOHNSON.
Executive  Mansion,  fanuary  2p,  i86g.
To  the  Senate  of  the  United  States:

I  herewith  lay  before  the  Senate,  for  its  consideration  in  connection
with  the  treaty  with  the  New  York  Indians  concluded  November  4, 1868,
which  is  now  before  that  body  for  its  constitutional  action,  an  additional
article  of  said  treaty  as  an  amendment.
A  communication,  dated  the  28th  instant,  from  the  Secretary  of  the
Interior,  and  a  copy  of  a  report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs,
explaining  the  object  of  the  amendment,  are  also  herewith  transmitted.
ANDREW  JOHNSON.
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Washington,  February  i,  i86g.
To  the  House  of  Representatives:

In  answer  to  the  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the
1 6th  of  December  last,  in  relation  to  the  arrest  of  American  citizens  in
Paraguay,  I  transmit  a  report  of  the  Secretary  of  State.
ANDREW  JOHNSON.
