Special.

House Journal.

141

over, and the grounds of such exactions, and the practicability of obtaining for American shipping an exemption therefrom.

A report of the correspondence between the Department of
State and our minister near the government of Brazil in
relation to the opening of the Amazon river, and the con-
tracting of a reciprocity or other treaty.

1858, Jan.

6

No time specified.

1858, Jan.

6

A report of all correspondence upon the subject of our relations with Spain not heretofore made public.

House Journal.

141

No time specified.

1858, Jan.

18

House Journal.

195

No time specified.

A report of all correspondence (not yet published) between
the government of the United States and the government
of France (including that of our minister at the court of
France) upon the subject of the abolition of privateering,
and the exemption of private property from capture upon
the high seas.

Information relative to negotiations with foreign governments
since 1850 for the right of free worship and honorable
burial to American citizens resident in or travelling through
their dominions, and what governments have rejected these
propositions, and the reasons assigned therefor.

Report relative to the condition of the work across the isthmus
of Tehuantepec, which has been prosecuted under the Sloo
grant, and all the instructions heretofore given by the
Executive to the minister of the United States in Mexico
affecting the operations of the said Sloo, and whether the
said grant has passed into the hands of other parties under
the advice of the Executive; if so, who said party is, and
upon what terms said party has acquired the claim. And

By what authority.

Page.

When expected to be made.

and Costa Rica, dated July 25, 1858; also such correspond-
ence, or any part thereof, that Mr. Jones may have had
in said capacity with the Department of State, as the publi-
cation will be, in the opinion of the President, not incon-
sistent with the public interest; also, any correspondence
or any facts that may be in the knowledge of the executive
departments of the government on which could have been
based the following "declaration" of Juan R. Mora and
Thomas Martinez, under the name of " the supreme chiefs
of the two republics of Nicaragua and Costa Rica," dated
at Rivas, May 1, 1858, impeaching official agents of the
United States, viz: "That hitherto all the official.
agents of
the United States at Nicaragua have been the accomplices
and auxiliaries of the invaders, acting as masters, and
audaciously hoisting the flag of the United States in all
parts where, as at San Juan del Sur, the flag of Nicaragua
only ought to float, and openly menaced Central America
with an inevitable annexation." Also, whether any apology
or explanation that has been given to this government, on
the part of said "supreme chiefs," includes a withdrawal
of the impeachment so made against "official agents of the
United States ;" and also, as far as may be consistent
with the public interest, any apology or explanation that
the authorities of Costa Rica and Nicaragua may have made
with reference to said declaration.

5 A report of all the correspondence relating to the propositions
on maritime law and neutral rights by the congress of
Paris, April 16, 1856.

12 Report of such despatches as were received at the Department
of State from the legation of the United States in London,
bearing date of March, 1856; and also of the despatch of