[Footnote 14: On the subject of a ship canal between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans.]
WASHINGTON, _December 23, 1851_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary
of State, in answer to the first part[15] of a resolution of the 15th
December, 1851, and also a report from the Secretary of the Navy, in
answer to the remaining part[16] of the same resolution.