WASHINGTON, _December 11, 1865_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit a report of this date from the Secretary of State, and the
papers referred to therein, concerning the Universal Exposition to be
held at Paris in the year 1867, in which the United States have been
invited by the Government of France to take part. I commend the subject
to your early and favorable consideration.