Although it is stipulated by the terms of the first article of the convention that the commissioner on the part of this Government shall be appointed by the President of the United States, it is not understood that this stipulation was…

Containing the report of Lieutenant Meigs, of the Engineer Corps, on the surveys, projects, and estimates for supplying the cities of Washington and Georgetown with an unfailing and abundant supply of water

I respectfully concur in the recommendation made by the Secretary.

In compliance with your resolution of the 19th of February instant, I herewith communicate a report from the Secretary of War

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, relative to the fisheries on the coasts of Florida, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State and the documents which accompanied it.

To the Senate of the United States

The importance of the measure seemed to require an exposition somewhat in detail of the grounds on which it is recommended.

This measure meets my approbation.

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.

I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Navy

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

Made by him in connection with Lieutenant Lardner Gibbon, under instructions from the Navy Department

Having in my message to Congress at the opening of the session adverted to the pending negotiations between this Government and that of Great Britain relative to the fisheries and commercial reciprocity with the British American Provinces

To the Senate and House of Representatives

I transmit for the information of Congress the accompanying report from the Department of State on the present state of the negotiations

I respectfully invite the attention of the two Houses to the suggestion in the latter part of the report

I have thought it expedient, in submitting them to the Senate with a view to their advice and consent to the ratification of the treaty in its present form, to have the entire instrument taken into a continuous draft, as well the…

I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents which accompanied it.