I communicate to the House of Representatives, in reply to their resolution of the 25th of February last, a report from the Secretary of State, together with the correspondence of George W. Slacum, late consul of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, with the Department of State, relating to the African slave trade. JAMES K. POLK. WASHINGTON, _December 22, 1845_. _To the Congress of the United States_: I transmit to Congress a communication from the Secretary of State, with a statement of the expenditures from the appropriation made by the act entitled "An act providing the means of future intercourse between the United States and the Government of China," approved the 3d of March, 1843. JAMES K. POLK. WASHINGTON, _January 3, 1846_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit to the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating the information called for by their resolution of the 18th of December, 1845, in relation to the "number of agents now employed for the preservation of timber, their salaries, the authority of law under which they are paid, and the allowances of every description made within the last twenty years in the settlement of the accounts of said agents." JAMES K. POLK. WASHINGTON, _January 6, 1846_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I communicate to the Senate the information called for by their resolution of December 31, 1845, "requesting the President to cause to be communicated to the Senate copies of the correspondence between the Attorney-General and the Solicitor of the Treasury and the judicial officers of Florida in relation to the authority of the Territorial judges as Federal judges since the 3d of March, 1845." JAMES K. POLK. WASHINGTON, _January 12, 1846_. _To the Senate of the United States:_ I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list[2] of promotions and appointments in the Army of the United States to the several grades annexed to their names, as proposed by the Secretary of War. JAMES K. POLK. [Footnote 2: Omitted.] WAR DEPARTMENT, _January 8, 1846_. _The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES._ SIR: I have the honor respectfully to propose for your approbation the annexed list[3] of officers for promotion and persons for appointment in the Army of the United States. I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, W.L. MARCY [Footnote 3: Omitted.] ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, _Washington, January 8, 1846_. Hon. W.L. Marcy, _Secretary of War_,