I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolutions of the 20th of December and of the 9th instant, the inclosed copies of papers from the Department of State, with an accompanying list.

I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to their resolution of the 14th instant.

The proceeding of Captain Jones in taking possession of the town of Monterey, in the possessions of Mexico, was entirely of his own authority, and not in consequence of any orders or instructions of any kind given to him by the Government of the United States.

The duties which the Constitution and the laws devolve on the President must be performed by him under his official responsibility, and he is not at liberty to disregard high interests or thwart important public objects by untimely publications made against his own judgment, by whomsoever such publications may be requested.

For that proceeding he has been recalled, and the letter recalling him will be found among the papers herewith communicated.

The proper objects of taxation are peculiarly within the discretion of the Legislature, while it is the duty of the Executive to keep Congress duly advised of the state of the Treasury and to admonish it of any danger which there may be ground to apprehend of a failure in the means of meeting the expenditures authorized by law.

The public faith in this or in all things else ought to be placed beyond question and beyond contingency.

Any failure in this respect not produced by unforeseen causes could only be regarded by our common constituents as a serious neglect of the public interests.

The issue of one note in redemption of another is not the payment of a debt.

To the House of Representatives:In order to enable Congress to approve or disapprove the selection of a site for a Western armory made by the board of commissioners appointed by me for that purpose pursuant to the act of September 9, 1841, I transmit herewith their report and proceedings, as required by that act.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to their resolution of the 28th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State.