[The same message was addressed to the President of the Senate.]
WASHINGTON, _March 3, 1865_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I herewith transmit to Congress a report, dated 1st instant, with the
accompanying papers, received from the Secretary of State in compliance
with the requirements of the eighteenth section of the act entitled "An
act to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United
States," approved August 18, 1856.