U.S.  GRANT.

WASHINGTON, December 8, 1870.

To the House of Representatives of the United States:

In answer to its resolution of the 1st of July, 1870, I transmit to the
House of Representatives a report[32] from the Secretary of State.

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 32:  Stating that the correspondence relative to the arrest and detention of American fishing vessels in the Straits of Canso by armed vessels flying the British flag had been communicated to Congress with the President’s annual message on the 5th instant.]

WASHINGTON, December 8, 1870.

To the Senate of the United States:

In answer to a resolution of the 5th instant, I transmit to the Senate a report[33] from the Secretary of State.

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 33:  Stating that the correspondence with the United States minister at Paris relative to the Franco-Prussian war had been communicated with the President’s annual message on the 5th instant.]

WASHINGTON, December 12, 1870.

To the Senate of the United States:

I submit to the Senate, for their consideration with a view to ratification, a convention relating to naturalization between the United States and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, signed at Vienna on the 20th of September, 1870, which is accompanied by the papers mentioned in the subjoined list.

U.S.  GRANT.

WASHINGTON, December 13, 1870.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of June 14, 1870, a report from the Secretary of State and the papers[34] by which it was accompanied.

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 34:  Relating to charges for messages made by the International Ocean Telegraph Company.]

WASHINGTON, December 15, 1870.

To the House of Representatives:

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of April, 1869, I herewith transmit a report[35] from the Secretary of State.

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 35:  Stating that all the correspondence relative to the condition of affairs in Paraguay believed to be required by the public interest had been made public.]

WASHINGTON, December 15, 1870.

To the House of Representatives:

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 20th of January last, I herewith transmit a report[36] from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 36:  Stating that the claim for indemnity in the case of the ship Canada, wrecked on the coast of Brazil in 1865, had been referred to the British minister as arbiter, and submitting a summary of the case, correspondence connected with it, and a copy of the award of the arbiter.]