WASHINGTON, _January 29, 1849_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I communicate herewith a report of the Secretary of State, with the
accompanying documents, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the
21st December, 1848, requesting the President "to communicate to the
Senate (if, in his opinion, not incompatible with the public service) a
copy of the dispatches transmitted to the Secretary of State in August
last by the resident minister at Rio de Janeiro in reference to the
service and general conduct of Commodore G.W. Storer, commander in chief
of the United States naval forces on the coast of Brazil."