Sir:  In  reply  to  the  resolution  of  the  Senate  dated  February  14,  1865,
I  transmit  herewith  a  communication  from  the  Secretary  of  War,  for-
warding a  copy  of  the  report  of  the  court  of  inquiry  ' '  in  respect  to  the
explosion  of  the  mine  in  front  of  Petersburg. ' '

I  am,  sir,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant,

ABRAHAM  LINCOLN.
Washington,  D.  C,  March  2,  1865.
Hon.  Schuyler  Colfax,

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives:

I  transmit  herewith  the  report  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  which,  with
my  permission,  has  been  delayed  until  the  present  time  to  enable  the
Lieutenant-General  to  furnish  his  report.  ^    LINCOLN

[The  same  me&sage  was  addressed  to  the  President  of  the  Senate.]

Washington,  March  j,  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.  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN.
VETO  MESSAGE.*

Executive  Mansion,  January  5,  1865.
To  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States:

I  herewith  return  to  your  honorable  body,  in  which  it  originated,  a
"Joint  resolution  to  correct  certain  clerical  errors  in  the  internal-revenue
act,"  without  my  approval.
My  reason  for  so  doing  is  that  I  am  informed  that  this  joint  resolution

*  Pocket  veto.
