I transmit to the Senate a translation of a note addressed to the Secretary of State on the 1st instant by General P. A. Herran, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Granadian Confederation, with a translation of the communication accompanying that note from the special commissioner of that Republic, together with a copy of a letter from the special commissioner of the United States of the 26th ultimo, under the convention of the 10th September, 1857, setting forth the impracticability of disposing of the cases submitted to the joint commission now in session under the convention within the period prescribed therein. I recommend, therefore, that the Senate consent to the extension of time for ---- days from and after the expiration of the time limited by the convention. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, _March 3, 1862_. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I transmit herewith a communication[4] of the Secretary of War, inclosing a report of the Adjutant-General, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d of January, 1862. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. [Footnote 4: Relating to assignment of officers of the Army to duty.] WASHINGTON, _March 5, 1862_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I submit to the Senate, for its consideration, a copy of a message addressed to that body by my immediate predecessor on the 12th February, 1861, relating to the award made by the joint commission under the convention between the United States and Paraguay of the 4th February, 1859, together with the original "journal of the proceedings" of the commission and a printed copy of the "statements and arguments--and for the Republic," and request the advice of the Senate as to the final acquiescence in or rejection of the award of the commissioner by the Government of the United States. As the "journal" is an original document, pertaining to the archives of the Department of State, it is proper, when the Senate shall have arrived at a conclusion on the subject, that the volume be returned to the custody of the Secretary of State. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. MARCH 6, 1862. _Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives_: I recommend the adoption of a joint resolution by your honorable bodies, which shall be substantially as follows: _Resolved_, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.