tion of the House of Representatives of the 16th
of December last, calling for information relative to the condition of
affairs in Louisiana, and what, if any, action has been taken in regard
thereto, I herewith transmit the report of the Attorney-General and the
papers by which it is accompanied.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, _January 22, 1873_.

_To the Senate of the United States:_

I transmit herewith to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to
ratification, an additional article to the treaty between the United
States and Her Britannic Majesty of the 8th of May, 1871.

U.S. GRANT.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 31, 1873_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_

In compliance with section 2 of the act approved July 11, 1870, entitled
"An act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses
of the Government for the year ending June 30, 1871, and for other
purposes," I have the honor to submit herewith a letter of the Secretary
of the Treasury relative to the consular agent[72] appointed under
authority of said act, together with the amounts paid such agent, and to
transmit the report of the said agent upon the consular service of the
United States.

U.S. GRANT.

[Footnote 72: De B. Randolph Keim.]

WASHINGTON, _February 8, 1873_.

_To the House of Representatives:_

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 29th
of January, requesting information in relation to the case of Bernhard
Bernstein,[73] I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State
upon that subject, with accompanying documents.

U.S. GRANT.

[Footnote 73: Claim against Russia for illegal arrest and imprisonment.]

WASHINGTON, _February 13, 1873_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State and
accompanying papers.[74]

U.S. GRANT.

[Footnote 74: Report of the United States commissioner to the
International Penitentiary Congress of London, and appendix containing
summary of proceedings of the National Prison Congress of Baltimore.]

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 14, 1873_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_

I consider it my duty to call the attention of Congress to the condition
of affairs in the Territory of Utah, and to the dangers likely to arise
if it continues during the coming recess, from a threatened conflict
between the Federal and Territorial authorities.

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