EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 8, 1889_.
_To the Senate_:
In response to the resolution of the Senate of the 23d ultimo, directing
the Secretary of State to transmit to that body copies of all
correspondence on the files of his Department relative to the case of
the ship _Bridgewater_, I transmit herewith, being of the opinion
that it is not incompatible with the public interest to do so, a report
from the Secretary of State, accompanying which is the correspondence
referred to.