[Circular.—No. 9.], March 17, 1862.

[Circular.—No. 9.]

Sir: I am directed to inform you that the
regulation of the department of the 19th of August, 1861, by which “no
person was allowed to go abroad from a port of the United States without
a passport either from this department or countersigned by the Secretary
of State, nor any person allowed to land in the United States without a
passport from a minister or consul of the United States, or, if a
foreigner, from his own government, countersigned by such minister or
consul;” also, the regulation requiring the “loyalty of all Americans
applying for passports or visas to be tested under oath,” are hereby
rescinded; the causes which required the issue of the above regulations
having, it is to be hoped, ceased to exist.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,