WASHINGTON, March 12, 1860.
To the Senate of the United States:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 6th ultimo, requesting copies of the instructions to and dispatches from the late and from the present minister of the United States in China down to the period of the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of Tien-tsin, and also a copy of the instructions from the Department of State of February, 1857, to Mr. Parker, former commissioner in China, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the papers by which it was accompanied.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
WASHINGTON, March 15, 1860.
To the Senate of the United States:
Referring to my communication of the 5th instant to the Senate, in answer to its resolution of the 23d February, calling for any "communication which may have been received from the governor of Texas, and the documents accompanying it, concerning alleged hostilities now existing on the Rio Grande," I have the honor herewith to submit for the consideration of that body the following papers:
Dispatch from the Secretary of War to the governor of Texas, dated 28th February, 1860.
Dispatch from the governor of Texas to the Secretary of War, dated 8th March, 1860.
Dispatch from Acting Secretary of War to the governor of Texas, dated 14th March, 1860.