WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6, 1839.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: 

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[47] from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, in answer to a resolution of that body bearing date on the 28th ultimo.

M. VAN BUREN.

[Footnote 47:  Relating to the demand upon the British Government for satisfaction for the burning of the steamboat Caroline and murdering of unarmed citizens on board, at Schlosser, N.Y., December 29, 1837.]

WASHINGTON, February 6, 1839.

To the Senate of the United States: 

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th December last, I communicate to the Senate a report[48] from the Secretary of State, accompanying copies of the correspondence called for by said resolution.

M. VAN BUREN.

[Footnote 48:  Relating to the commerce and navigation carried on within the Turkish dominions and in the Pashalic of Egypt.]

WASHINGTON, February 6, 1839.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SIR:  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 against explosions.

M. VAN BUREN.

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 9, 1839.

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 ultimo, requesting information touching certain particulars in the territorial relations of the United States and Great Britain on this continent.

M. VAN BUREN.

WASHINGTON, February 13, 1839.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I herewith transmit to the Senate a report[49] from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, in answer to their resolution of the 1st instant.

M. VAN BUREN.

[Footnote 49:  Relating to compensation by Great Britain in the cases of the brigs Enterprise, Encomium, and Comet, slaves on board which were forcibly seized and detained by local authorities of Bermuda and Bahama islands.]

WASHINGTON, February 16, 1839.

To the Senate: 

I transmit for the constitutional action of the Senate treaties recently concluded with the Creek, Osage, and Iowa tribes of Indians, with communications from the Department of War.

M. VAN BUREN.

WASHINGTON, February 19, 1839.

To the House of Representatives: 

I transmit a report from the War Department in relation to the investigations had by the commissioners under the resolution of 1st July, 1836, on the sales of reservations of deceased Creek Indians.