WASHINGTON, _April 3, 1856_. _To the Senate of the United States_: In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 27th ultimo, requesting additional documents relating to the condition of affairs in Kansas Territory, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, to whom the resolution was referred. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, _April 9, 1856_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives_: In execution of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the accommodation of the courts of the United States for the district of Maryland and for a post-office at Baltimore city, Md.," approved February 17, 1855, I communicate herewith, for the consideration of Congress, copies of conditional contracts which I have caused to be executed for two sites, with buildings thereon, together with plans and estimates for fitting up and furnishing the same. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, _April 9, 1856_. _To the House of Representatives_: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying document,[56] in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant. FRANKLIN PIERCE. [Footnote 56: Dispatch from the United States minister at Naples relative to the saving from shipwreck of certain American vessels and their crews by officers of the Neapolitan navy and marine service.] WASHINGTON, _April 10th, 1856_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of the Interior, with accompanying documents, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th ultimo. The documents, it is believed, contain all the information in the Executive Departments upon the subject[57] to which the resolution refers. FRANKLIN PIERCE. [Footnote 57: Claim of Richard W. Thompson for alleged services to the Menominee Indians.] WASHINGTON, _April, 1856_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_: I communicate to Congress herewith a letter from the Secretary of the Interior and a copy of a conditional contract entered into, under instructions from that Department, for the purchase of a lot and the building thereon, for the use of the United States courts at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, and recommend that an appropriation of $78,000 be made to complete the same. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, _April 14, 1856_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of War, with the accompanying documents, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, respecting "the steps pursued in execution of the clause of the act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government, approved March 3, 1855, which provides for the construction of an armory for the District of Columbia." The selection of the site was made after a full hearing of the parties interested and a personal examination by myself of all the sites suggested as suitable for the purpose.