WASHINGTON, _January 11, 1855_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant,
requesting "a statement of the names of the ministers, chargés
d'affaires, and the secretaries of legation of the United States
appointed since the 4th of March, 1849, together with the dates of
their commissions, the time of the commencement of their compensation,
of their departure for their posts, and of their entering upon their
official duties thereat," I transmit the accompanying report from the
Secretary of State.