Millard Fillmore: “In my opinion no further legislation is necessary to effect either object.”

I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a consular convention concluded in this city on the 23d instant between the United States and His Majesty the Emperor of the French.

In reply to the resolution of your honorable body of the 5th instant, I herewith communicate a report of the Secretary of the Interior giving the information required.

Lieutenant Herndon's report of the exploration of the valley of the Amazon and its tributaries

It is deemed advisable by the Department that our diplomatic relations with the States of Central America should be placed on a higher and more efficient footing.