FRANKLIN PIERCE.
SPECIAL MESSAGES.
WASHINGTON, December 5, 1854.
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to approval, a compact between the United States and the royal Government of Lew Chew, entered into at Napa on the 11th day of July last, for securing certain privileges to vessels of the United States resorting to the Lew Chew Islands.
A copy of the instructions of the Secretary of State upon the subject is also herewith transmitted.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, December 5, 1894.
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a convention for regulating the right of inheriting and acquiring property, concluded in this city on the 21st day of August last between the United States and His Highness the Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg.