TABLE

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EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS

PRINTED BY ORDER OF

THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS,

Letter from Mr. Cass, Secretary of State, to Mr. Mason, United
States minister to France, in relation to rights of neutral
nations

Mexican affairs.

Letter of Mr. McLane to Mr. Cass, May 7, 1859, relating to the
murder of Americans at Tacubaya.
Memorial of Charles P. Stone to Mr. Cass, August 25, 1859, re-
lating to his expulsion from Sonora......
Letter of Mr. Reintree to Mr. Cass, September 24, 1859, re-
lating to interference in suits in which foreigners are con-
cerned....

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Same to same, November 5, 1859, relating to the murder of Or-
mond Chase, at Tepic, by order of General Marquez.................

Verification of nationality of shipping.

Letter, (extract,) Mr. Dallas to Mr. Cass, with inclosures, De-
cember 16, 1858.........

Letter, same to same, with an inclosure, December 24, 1858.
Memorandum from the Count de Sartiges, (translation)....
Letter, the Count de Sartiges to Mr. Cass, (translation,) Decem-

ber 26, 1858

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Letter, Mr. Cass to the Count de Sartiges, January 25, 1859......
Letter, Lord Napier to Mr. Cass, (with inclosure,) February 3,
1859..

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Letter, Mr. Cass to Mr. Dallas, February 23, 1859.....

Letter, Lord Napier to Mr. Cass, (with inclosure,) March 12,

1859

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Letter, the Count de Sartiges to same, (translation,) March 12,

1859....

Letter, Mr. Cass to Mr. Dallas, March 15, 1859

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Subject.

Messages of the President of the United States-Continued.
Letter, Mr. Dallas to Mr. Cass, March 18, 1859, (extract).
British and French naval instructions, March 23, 1859...
Letter, the Count de Sartiges to Mr. Cass, May 9, 1859.
Letter, Lord Lyons to same, May 9, 1859....
Letter, Mr. Cass to Lord Lyons, May 12, 1859..

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Letter, same to the Count de Sartiges, May 12, 1859

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Memorandum from Lord Lyons, May 14, 1859..

Letter, Mr. Cass to Mr. Dallas, May 14, 1859...

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Letter, same to Lord Lyons, (with inclosure,) July 18, 1859....
Letter, same to Mr. Dallas, July 23, 1859

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(See Annual reports of the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury,
Interior, War, Navy, Postmaster General, and Attorney
General, accompanying the President's annual message, with
accompanying documents, under their respective heads.)
Communicating correspondence in relation to an outrage committed on
an American family at Perugia, in the Pontifical States
Assigning his reasons for not approving a bill entitled "An act making
an appropriation for deepening the channel over the St. Clair
flats, in the State of Michigan," passed at the last session of
Congress.........
Communicating a copy of a letter from the chargé d'affaires ad in-
terim of the United States in China, and of the regulations for
consular courts which accompanied it........

Assigning his reasons for not approving a resolution of Congress, passed
on the last day of the session, in relation to the removal of ob-
structions to the navigation of the Mississippi river.....
Communicating the correspondence of Lieutenant General Scott, in
reference to the Island of San Juan, and of Brigadier General
Harney, in command of the military department of Oregon.........
Communicating four memorials of residents at and near the eastern

slope of the Rocky Mountains, praying the extinguishment of
the Indian title; a survey and sale of the public lands; the es-
tablishment of an assay office, and the erection of a new Terri-
tory from contiguous portions of New Mexico, Utah, Kansas,
and Nebraska, with his recommendations in relation thereto......
Communicating information with regard to the present condition of the

work of marking the boundary, pursuant to the first article of the
treaty of 1846, between the United States and Great Britain.......)
Communicating information in relation to the heating and ventilating

of the Capitol extension, the Post Office Department, and other
public buildings in course of construction, &c..........
Communicating a letter from the Governor of Texas, concerning the
alleged hostilities existing on the Rio Grande between the citizens
or military authorities of Mexico and that State..........
Communicating information in relation to the marble columns for the
portico of the Capitol extension......
Communicating further correspondence in relation to the hostilities on
the Rio Grande......

Communicating a report of the Secretary of the Navy, accompanied by
copies of instructions given to the officers of the United States
naval forces on the coast of Mexico, to protect the persons and
property of the citizens of the United States; and copies of the
official reports of Captain Jarvis and Commander Turner, of the
capture of two Mexican war steamers, and the causes which led
to said capture

Communicating the instructions to and dispatches from the late and
present ministers in China, down to the period of exchange of
the ratifications of the treaty of Tientsin, and also the instruc-
tions of Mr. Parker, of February, 1857......
Communicating the instructions and correspondence relative to the
uniform or costume of persons in the diplomatic or consular
service.......

Communicating the correspondence between the judges of Utah and
the Attorney General, or President, with reference to the legal
proceedings and condition of affairs in that Territory.....

Subject.

Messages of the President of the United States-Continued.
Communicating information in regard to the occupation, by American

citizens, of the Island of Navasa, in the West Indies......
(See list of accompanying papers at page 2 of same.)
Communicating correspondence, &c., in regard to the compulsory en-
listment of citizens of the United States in the army of Prussia...
(See list of accompanying documents at page 4 of same.)
Communicating the instructions given to Mr. McLane, when appointed
minister to China .........

Returning, with his objections, the bill for the relief of Arthur Edwards
and his associates.......

Communicating correspondence, &c., in relation to the massacre at
Mountain Meadows, and other massacres in Utah Territory......
(See lists of accompanying papers at pages 2 and 39 of same.)
In relation to the capture of the slaver Wildfire, on the coast of Cuba,
by Lieutenant Craven, of the United States steamer Mohawk.....

Reports and correspondence of the Secretary of State, viz:

In relation to the rights of neutral nations upon the ocean..........
In relation to Mexican affairs.......

In relation to the verification of the nationality of shipping..
In relation to an alleged outrage perpetrated by soldiers on an Ameri-
can family at Perugia, in the Pontifical States
Communicating a statement of the fees received by the consular officers
of the United States for the year 1858, the tariff of consular fees,
and a list of all consular officers on December 31, 1859, with
other papers.
Communicating to the President information with regard to the present
condition of the work of marking the boundary, pursuant to the
first article of the treaty between the United States and Great
Britain, of June 15, 1846.......

Communicating the correspondence with the United States minister in

Japan, concerning the proposed diplomatic mission from Japan
to the United States......

Transmitting to the President of the United States the instructions to
and dispatches from the late and present ministers to China,
down to the period of the exchange of ratifications of the treaty
of Tientsin; and also a copy of the instructions of February,
1857, to Mr. Parker, former commissioner to China..........
Transmitting to the President the instructions and correspondence
relative to the uniform or costume of persons in the diplomatic
or consular service..........
Communicating to the President of the United States information in re-

gard to the occupation, by American citizens, of the Island of
Navasa, in the West Indies..............

Communicating to the President the correspondence, &c., between the

governments of the United States and Prussia, on the subject of
compulsory enlistment of American citizens in the Prussian army.
Communicating the instructions to Mr. McLane when appointed min-
ister to China ...

In relation to a bill for the modification of the act of August 11, 1848,
"to carry into effect certain provisions in the treaties between
the United States and China, and the Ottoman Porte, giving cer-
tain judicial powers to ministers and consuls of the United States
in those countries..

Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, viz:

Communicating a report of the Register of the Treasury, showing the
unexpended amount of the fund set apart by the treaty of Gua-
dalupe Hidalgo for the payment of claims of citizens of the
United States.........

Transmitting a report of the Register of the Treasury of the com-
merce and navigation of the United States, for the year end-
ing June 30, 1859...........

Subject.

Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury-Continued.
On the state of the finances for the year ending June 30, 1859.....

Accompanying Statements, &c., viz:

Statement of the receipts and expenditures for the year ending June
30, 1859......

Statement of the receipts and expenditures for the quarter of the
fiscal year 1860 ending September 30, 1859.....
Statement, showing the amount of the public debt on July 1,
1858, also the amount of the public debt on July 1, 1859,
including treasury notes issued under act of December
23, 1857..

Statement of the quantity and value of iron and steel, and manu-
factures thereof, imported into the United States during
the fiscal years ending June 30, 1856, 1857, 1858, and
1859......
Statement of the value of merchandise imported during the fiscal
years ending June 30, 1856, 1857, 1858, and 1859, respect-
ively, with the duties accruing thereon; also the value of
articles imported free of duty during the same period,
including those made free by the act of March 3, 1857.....
Statement of the average monthly and annual prices of certain

leading articles of domestic produce at New York for the
years ending June 30, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, and 1859......
Statement of the value of foreign merchandise imported into, and
the value of foreign merchandise and domestic produce
exported from, the United States during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1859....

Statement of the imports and exports of specie and bullion; the
imports entered for consumption and specie and bullion;
the domestic exports and specie and bullion; the excess
of specie and bullion exports over specie and bullion im-
ports, and the excess of specie and bullion imports over
specie and bullion exports

Statement of the circulating debt of the banks of the United
States, and the specie in their possession from 1848 to
1859......

Statement of the values of articles of foreign production imported
into the United States from, and the exports of foreign
merchandise and domestic produce to, certain countries
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1859.......
Statement, in answer to resolutions of the House calling for in-
formation in reference to the export and import trade of
the United States with Great Britain and France for a
series of years last past.........

Annual report of the Director of the Mint for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1859, and accompanying tables.......
Report of the engineer in charge of construction of custom-
houses, court-houses, post offices, marine hospitals, and
other public buildings confided to the charge of the
Treasury Department.

Statement of the receipts and expenditures of the marine hospital
fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen in the ports
of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1859..
Report of the First Auditor on the operations of his office.......
Report of the Second Auditor on the operations of his office....
Report of the Third Auditor on the operations of his office......
Report of the Fourth Auditor on the operations of his office......
Report of the Fifth Auditor on the operations of his office........
Report of the Sixth Auditor on the operations of his office........
Report of the First Comptroller on the operations of his office...
Report of the Second Comptroller on the operations of his office.
Report of the Commissioner of Customs on the operations of his
office

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Subject.

Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury-Continued.
Report of the Treasurer on the operations of his office.......
Report of the Solicitor on the operations of his office....
Report of the Register on the operations of his office.....
Report of supervising inspectors of steamboats......
Report of the Light-house Board.......

Statement of amount due under treaties with various Indian tribes,
payable on time....

Statement of amount of stock held in trust by the United States
for the Chickasaw national fund and Smithsonian Institu-
tion.....

Statement of balance of various other trust funds..

Statement of the gold and silver coinage at the Mint of the Uni-
ted States annually from its establishment in 1792, and
including the coinage of the branch mints and the essay
office, (New York,) from their organization to June 30,
1859.....
Statement of the amount of coin and bullion imported and ex-
ported annually from 1821 to 1859, inclusive; also the
amount of importation over exportation, and of exporta-
tion over importation during the same years........
Statement of the gross value of exports and imports from the
beginning of the government to June 30, 1859.........
Statement of the amount of tonnage of the United States an-
nually, from 1789 to June 30, 1859; also the registered
and enrolled and licensed tonnage employed in steam
navigation each year

Statement of the revenue collected from the beginning of the
government to June 30, 1859, under the several heads of
customs, public lands, and miscellaneous sources, in-
cluding loans and treasury notes; also the expenditures
during the same period, and the particular tariff and price
of lands under which the revenue from those sources was
collected.....
Statement of the value of manufactured articles of domestic pro-
duce exported to foreign countries from June 30, 1846, to
June 30, 1859.....

Statement of the value of foreign merchandise imported, reëx-
ported, and consumed annually, from 1821 to 1859, inclu-
sive, and also the estimated population and rate of con-
sumption per capita during the same period...
Statement of the total value of imports, and the imports con-

sumed in the United States, exclusive of specie, during
each fiscal year from 1821 to 1859; showing, also, the
value of foreign and domestic exports, exclusive of spe-
cie, and the tonnage employed during the same period......
Statement (summary) of the exports of domestic produce, &c.,

of the United States annually from 1847 to 1859, inclusive..
Statement of the value of certain articles imported annually from
June 30, 1844, to June 30, 1859, (after deducting reëx-
portations,) and the amount of duty which accrued on
each during the same periods, respectively
Statement of the value of foreign merchandise and domestic pro-
duce exported annually from 1821 to 1859, inclusive.....
Statement of the quantity of wine, spirits, &c., imported an-
nually from 1843 to 1859, inclusive......

Statement of the value of imports annually from 1821 to 1859......
Statement of the value of dutiable merchandise reëxported an-
nually from 1821 to 1859, inclusive; and showing, also,
the value reëxported from warehouse, under act of Au-
gust, 1846...........

Statement of the aggregate value of breadstuffs and provisions
exported annually from 1821 to 1859.........

Statement of the quantity and value of cotton exported annually
from 1821 to 1859, inclusive, and the average price per
pound.........

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