In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of yesterday, respecting the recent destruction by fire of the Church of the Compania at Santiago, Chile, and the efforts of citizens of the United States to rescue the victims of the conflagration, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with the papers accompanying it.
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