Michael C. Kerr, of Indiana.
A man of great intellectual endowments, large culture, great probity and
earnestness in his devotion to the public interests, has passed from the
position, power, and usefulness to which he had been recently called.
The body over which he had been selected to preside not being in
session to render its tribute of affection and respect to the memory of
the deceased, the President invites the people of the United States to a
solemn recognition of the public and private worth and the services of a
pure and eminent character.
U.S. GRANT.
By the President:
JOHN L. CADWALADER,
_Acting Secretary of State_.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _November 23, 1876_.
A joint resolution adopted by Congress August 5, 1876, declares that--
Whereas it is ascertained that the hostile Indians of the Northwest are
largely equipped with arms which require special metallic cartridges,
and that such special ammunition is in large part supplied to such
hostile Indians, directly or indirectly, through traders and others in
the Indian country: Therefore,
_Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled_, That the President of the
United States is hereby authorized and requested to take such measures
as in his judgment may be necessary to prevent such special metallic
ammunition being conveyed to such hostile Indians, and is further
authorized to declare the same contraband of war in such district of
country as he may designate during the continuance of hostilities.
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