M. VAN BUREN.

WASHINGTON, February 17, 1838.

To the Senate: 

I transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of
War, respecting a treaty now before you with the Stockbridge and Munsee
Indians.

M. VAN BUREN.

WASHINGTON, March, 1838.

Hon. J.K.  POLK,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

SIR:  The inclosed report and accompanying papers from the Secretary of War contain all the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, respecting the present state of the campaign in Florida and the disposition of the Indians to treat for peace.

Very respectfully, your most obedient servant,

M. VAN BUREN.

WASHINGTON, March 12, 1838.

To the House of Representatives: 

I transmit for the consideration of Congress a report from the Secretary of State, with the accompanying documents, relative to an application made by the minister of France in behalf of Captain Beziers for remuneration for services in saving the captain and crew of an American vessel wrecked in the bay of Cadiz in the year 1825.

I am happy to evince my high sense of the humane and intrepid conduct of Captain Beziers by presenting his case to Congress, to whom alone it belongs to determine upon the expediency of granting his request.

M. VAN BUREN.

WASHINGTON, March 13, 1838.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: 

In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of February, I transmit a report[23] of the Secretary of State, with the accompanying documents, which contain the information requested.

M. VAN BUREN.

[Footnote 23:  Relating to a ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien.]

WASHINGTON, March 14, 1838.

The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE: 

I transmit to the Senate a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and His Majesty the King of Greece, concluded at London on the 22d day of December last, together with a copy of the documents relating to the negotiation of the same, for the constitutional consideration of the Senate in reference to its ratification.

M. VAN BUREN.

WASHINGTON, March 15, 1838.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: 

In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, I transmit a report[24] from the Secretary of State, to whom the resolution was referred, with the documents by which the said report was accompanied.

M. VAN BUREN.

[Footnote 24:  Relating to the prosecution of the claim of the United States to the bequest made by James Smithson.]

WASHINGTON, March, 1838.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: