The President of the United States to ———, Senator for the State of ———.
By virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, I hereby convene the Senate of the United States to meet in the Senate Chamber on the 4th day of March next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to receive any communication the President of the United States may think it his duty to make.
ANDREW JACKSON.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
February 15, 1837.
Major-General ALEXANDER MACOMB,
President of the Court of Inquiry, etc.
SIR: I have the honor to inclose a copy of the opinion of the President of the United States on the proceedings of the court of inquiry of which you are president, relative to the campaign against the Creek Indians, and, in compliance with the direction at the close thereof, to transmit herewith those proceedings, with the documentary evidence referred to therein, for the further action of the court.
Very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
B.F. BUTLER,
Secretary of War ad interim.
P.S.—The proceedings and a portion of the documents accompany this. The balance of the documents (except Nos. 204 and 209, which will be sent to-morrow) are in a separate package, and sent by the same mail.