Always aiming at an amicable adjustment of the dispute, both parties have entertained and repeatedly urged upon each other a desire that each should exercise its rights, whatever it considered them to be, in such a manner as to avoid…

I herewith transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, in answer to their resolution of the 1st instant.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: I transmit herewith to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, together with the documents which accompanied it, in answer to the resolution of the 28th…

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th December last, I communicate to the Senate a report

To the House of Representatives of the United States: I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, in answer to a resolution of that body bearing date on the 28th ultimo.

Relating to the commerce and navigation carried on within the Turkish dominions and in the Pashalic of Egypt.

I transmit herewith the report of the commissioners appointed under the act of 28th of June last and the supplementary act of July following to test the usefulness of inventions to improve and render safe the boilers of steam engines…

The propriety of new legislation regulating the whole matter by express laws seems very apparent.

I transmit herewith a communication received from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of the balances reported on the books of the Treasury against collecting and disbursing agents of the Government,

to which I beg leave to invite the early attention of Congress.

Their resolution of the 22d instant.

To the Senate of the United States: I herewith transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State.

I transmit for the consideration of the Senate with a view to its ratification a convention for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the United States upon the Government of the Mexican Republic

I transmit a treaty negotiated with the New York Indians, which was submitted to your body in June last and amended.

It will be seen by the accompanying papers that of this tribe, the most important of those concerned, the assent of only 42 out of 81 chiefs has been obtained.

In respect to all the tribes except the Senecas the result of this application has been entirely satisfactory.

The amendments have, in pursuance of the requirement of the Senate, been submitted to each of the tribes, assembled in council, for their free and voluntary assent or dissent thereto.

I deem it advisable under these circumstances to submit the treaty in its modified form to the Senate, for its advice in regard of the sufficiency of the assent of the Senecas to the amendments proposed.