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

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.

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.

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 to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of War.

Containing so much of the information called for by said resolution as could be furnished by his Department.

The propriety of some additional legislation on this subject seems obvious.

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, calling for information as to the proceedings under the act of Congress of the 28th of June last, providing for examinations of inventions designed to prevent…

I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury

It seems also that the task of making the final examination into the justice of the awards might advantageously be devolved upon some other officer or tribunal than the Secretary of the Treasury.

The period when the evidence on the claims shall be closed ought, in my opinion, to be limited, as they are already of long standing.

struct that the existing humane provisions of the laws for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States may be extended