EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, June 14, 1888_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith, in response to a resolution of the Senate of
the 11th instant, a report of the Secretary of State, to whom said
resolution was addressed, together with a copy of the letter addressed
by William H. Seward, Secretary of State, to the governors of certain
States of the Union, under date of October 14, 1861, as described in
said resolution.