JAMES BUCHANAN.

[Footnote 2:  Instructions to William B. Reed, United States commissioner to China.]

WASHINGTON, April 21, 1858.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I herewith transmit the reports of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying papers,[3] in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 19th of January last.

JAMES BUCHANAN.

[Footnote 3:  Relating to the African slave trade and to movements of the French Government to establish a colony in the possessions of that Government from the coast of Africa.]

WASHINGTON, April 28, 1858.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 24th ultimo, requesting information relative to the seizure in the Valley of Sitana, in Peru, by authorities of Chile of a sum of money belonging to citizens of the United States.

JAMES BUCHANAN.

WASHINGTON, May 1, 1858.

To the Senate of the United States: 

In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 24th ultimo, I herewith transmit a report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.[4]

JAMES BUCHANAN.

[Footnote 4:  Relating to outrages committed against the family of Walter Dickson, an American citizen residing at Jaffa, Palestine.]

WASHINGTON, May, 1858.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate, a treaty negotiated with the Ponca tribe of Indians on the 12th of March, 1858, with the accompanying documents from the Department of the Interior.

JAMES BUCHANAN.

WASHINGTON, May 3, 1858.

To the House of Representatives: 

In compliance with the resolutions of the House of Representatives of the 19th January, 1857, and 3d February, 1858, I herewith transmit the report of the Secretary of the Interior, with accompanying documents.[5]

JAMES BUCHANAN.

[Footnote 5:  Relating to Indian affairs in Oregon and Washington Territories and to the official conduct of Anson Dart, superintendent of Indian affairs in Oregon Territory.]

WASHINGTON, May 6, 1858.

To the House of Representatives: 

In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d of February, 1858, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, with all papers and correspondence[6] so far as the same is afforded by the files of the Department.

JAMES BUCHANAN.

[Footnote 6:  Relating to Indian affairs in Oregon and Washington Territories and to the official conduct of Anson Dart, superintendent of Indian affairs in Oregon Territory.]

WASHINGTON CITY, May 13, 1858.