I transmit a letter from the Secretary of War, accompanied by a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, on the subject of granting to the Chickasaw Indians subsistence for the further term of seven months. Should it be the pleasure of the Senate to give its sanction to the measure suggested by the Commissioner for this purpose, my own will not be withheld. M. VAN BUREN. WASHINGTON, _January 7, 1839_. _To the Senate of the United States_: In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 20th December last, I communicate to the Senate reports from the several Executive Departments, containing the information[42] called for by said resolution. M. VAN BUREN. [Footnote 42: Copies of orders and instructions issued since April 14, 1836, relative to the kind of money and bank notes to be paid out on account of the United States.] WASHINGTON, _January 9, 1839_. The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. SIR: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, calling for information in regard to the examinations of inventions designed to prevent the calamities resulting from the explosion of steam boilers, directed by the acts of Congress of the 28th of June and the 9th of July last. M. VAN BUREN. WASHINGTON, _January 10, 1839_. _To the House of Representatives_: I communicate to the House of Representatives, in compliance with its resolution of the 3d instant, reports[43] from the Secretaries of State and War, containing all the information called for by said resolution now in possession of the Executive. M. VAN BUREN. [Footnote 43: Relating to the invasion of the southwestern frontier of the United States by an armed force from the Republic of Texas.] WASHINGTON, _January 11, 1839_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the Senate of yesterday's date, calling for information respecting the agreement between him and the United States Bank of Pennsylvania on the subject of the sale or payment of certain bonds of that institution held by the United States, and respecting the disposition made of the proceeds thereof. M. VAN BUREN. WASHINGTON, _January 15, 1839_. _To the Senate of the United States_: In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th of July last, I transmit reports[44] from the several Departments of the Government to which that resolution was referred. M. VAN BUREN. [Footnote 44: Transmitting statements of cases in which a per centum has been allowed to public officers on disbursements of public moneys.] WASHINGTON, _January 16, 1839_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_: