WASHINGTON, _March 2, 1849_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I communicate herewith a report of the Secretary of State, together
with the accompanying papers, in compliance with the resolution of the
House of Representatives of the 23d of December, 1848, requesting the
President "to cause to be transmitted to the House, if compatible with
the public interest, the correspondence of George W. Gordon, late, and
Gorham Parks, the present, consul of the United States at Rio de
Janeiro, with the Department of State on the subject of the African
slave trade; also any unpublished correspondence on the same subject
by the Hon. Henry A. Wise, our late minister to Brazil."