SENATE CHAMBER, January 7, 1861.
Hon. SECRETARY OF WAR:
SIR: We addressed a letter to your Department a week past, asking certain information interesting to be known to us in connection with our public duty, and not having received a reply we beg leave to call your attention to it, and to ask as early an answer as may be convenient to you.
Respectfully yours,
D. L. YULEE.
S. R. MALLORY.