FRANKLIN PIERCE.

[Footnote 15:  Relating to violations of the rights of American citizens by Spanish authorities and their refusal to allow United States vessels to enter ports of Cuba, etc.]

WASHINGTON, April 5, 1854.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit herewith a report[16] from the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the Senate in executive session of the 3d instant.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

[Footnote 16:  Relating to expeditions organized in California for the invasion of Sonora, Mexico.]

WASHINGTON, April 8, 1854.

To the House of Representatives: 

I transmit herewith to the House of Representatives a report[17] of the
Secretary of State, in answer to their resolution of the 3d instant.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

[Footnote 17:  Stating that the correspondence relative to the refusal by the authorities of Cuba to permit the United States mail steamer Crescent City to land mail and passengers at Havana had been transmitted with the message to the House of April 5, 1854.]

WASHINGTON, April 10, 1854

To the Senate of the United States: 

I communicate to the Senate herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by the articles of a convention recently entered into for an exchange of country for the future residence of the Winnebago Indians, and recommend their ratification with the amendment suggested by the Secretary of the Interior.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

WASHINGTON, April 11, 1854.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit herewith a report[18] from the Secretary of State, in reply to the Senate’s resolution of yesterday passed in executive session.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

[Footnote 18:  Relating to claims growing out of the eleventh article of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.]

WASHINGTON, April 12, 1854.

To the House of Representatives: 

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents,[19] in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

[Footnote 19:  Correspondence relative to the seizure of Martin Koszta by Austrian authorities at Smyrna.]

WASHINGTON, April 13, 1854.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit herewith a report[20] from the Secretary of State, in reply to the resolution of the Senate adopted in executive session yesterday.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

[Footnote 20:  Relating to the abrogation of the eleventh article of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, etc.]

WASHINGTON, April 24, 1854.

To the Senate of the United States: