JOHN FORSYTH,

Secretary of State of the United States of North America.

H.S.  FOX,

Her Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

WASHINGTON, February 27, 1839.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: 

In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant, requesting information on the subject of the existing relations between the United States and the Mexican Republic, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, to whom the resolution was referred, and the documents by which the report was accompanied.

M. VAN BUREN.

WASHINGTON, February 28, 1839.

To the House of Representatives: 

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied by a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and other documents therein referred to, touching certain information directed to be communicated to the House of Representatives by a resolution dated the 7th of July last.[52]

M. VAN BUREN.

[Footnote 52:  Relating to attempts to keep down the price of public lands.]

WASHINGTON, February 28, 1839.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: 

I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of War, respecting the importance of requiring the officers who may be employed to take the next general census to make a return of the names and ages of pensioners, and, for the reasons given by the Secretary of War, I recommend the subject for your favorable consideration.

M. VAN BUREN.

WASHINGTON, March 1, 1839.

To the Senate of the United States: 

Understanding from the decision of the Senate that the regulation of the Navy Department requiring that a commander “shall serve in active employ as such one year before he can be promoted to a captain” does not under the circumstances of the case constitute an objection to the promotion of Commander Robert F. Stockton, I nominate him to be a captain in the Navy from the 8th of December, 1838, at the same time renominating Commanders Isaac McKeever and John P. Zantzingers to be captains in the Navy, the former from the 8th of December, 1838, and the latter from the 22d of December, 1838, and withdrawing the nomination of Commander William D. Salter.

M. VAN BUREN.

WASHINGTON, March 1, 1839.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I have received the resolution of the Senate of this day, upon the subject of a communication made to you by the Postmaster-General on the 27th ultimo,[53] and have the satisfaction of laying before the Senate the accompanying letter from that officer, in which he fully disclaims any intended disrespect to the Senate in the communication referred to.