36th Congress, ) SENATE. ( Ex. Doc. 



2c? Session. \ / No. 10. ' 



MESSAGE 



FROM THE 



PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 



COMMUNICATING, 



In compliance with resolutions of the Senate, information upon the subject 

 of the Aves Island. 



February 25, 1861. — Read, and ordered to be printed. 



March 2, 1861. — Ordered, That 2,500 extra copies of the message of the President of the 

 United States, communicating, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate of the 17th and 

 18th February, 1858, correspondence relative to the Aves Island, be printed for the use of 

 the Senate. 



To the Senate of the United States : 



In compliance with the resolutions of the Senate of the 17th and 

 18th February, 1858, requesting information upon the subject of the 

 Aves island, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, and the 

 documents which accompanied it. 



Washington, February 23, 1861. 



JAMES B-UCHANAN. 



Department of State, 

 Washington, February 23, 1861. 

 The Secretary of State, to whom was referred the resolution of the 

 Senate of the 17th February, 1858, requesting the President, "if not 

 incompatible with the public interests, to cause to be furnished to the 

 Senate all the correspondence, papers, and documents on file in the 

 Department of State, in original or in copy, in the case of Philo S. 

 Shelton and Sampson & Tappan, respecting 'Shelton's' or ^Aves' 

 island, not heretofore furnished by said department to the Senate;" 

 and the supplementary resolution of the 18th February, requesting, in 

 addition, to be furnished with "all the correspondence, papers, and 

 documents on file in the Department of State, in original or copy, 

 relative to the cases of Lang & Delano, and Wheelwright & Cobb, 

 respecting the island of Aves^ in i^'^ai4fe%«air-s?!n','T5o-t heretofore 

 furnished by said department," has?, the hofatA'lijJ&y befole the Presi- 

 dent the papers mentioned in the subjoined list; 



Oif 



Kespectfully submitted. 

 The President. 



LABORATO jy g_ IbLACK. 



UBRA 



WOODS HOLE, ^1k33. \ 



