FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, December 29, 1856.
To the Senate of the United States:
In compliance with, a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, requesting the President "to communicate to the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interest, such information as he may have concerning the present condition and prospects of a proposed plan for connecting by submarine wires the magnetic telegraph lines on this continent and Europe," I transmit the accompanying report from the Secretary of State.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, January 6, 1857.
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers,[66] in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, January 12, 1857.