U.S.  GRANT.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, June 25, 1870.

To the Senate of the United States:

In answer to the resolution of the 22d instant, requesting to be furnished with “proposals received from any company or citizens of the United States for constructing and placing iron steamships in transatlantic service,” I transmit herewith the only proposal of that nature received by me.

U.S.  GRANT.

WASHINGTON, July 9, 1870.

To the Senate of the United States:

In answer to the resolutions of the Senate of the 26th of May and of the 14th of June last, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State thereupon, and the papers[25] by which it was accompanied.

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 25:  Lists of American vessels seized by Spanish authorities in Cuba; of American citizens executed and imprisoned in Cuba; of American citizens whose property was confiscated or embargoed in Cuba, and of decrees under which the Spanish authorities acted, and correspondence showing steps taken by the United States Government in reference thereto.]

WASHINGTON, July 12, 1870.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to ratification, a convention between the United States and Austria, concerning the rights, privileges, and immunities of consuls in the two countries, signed at Washington on the 11th instant.

U.S.  GRANT.

WASHINGTON, July 13, 1870.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 8th instant, a report from the Secretary of State and the papers[26] which accompanied it.

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 26:  Instructions to the minister to Spain stating the basis on which the United States offered its good offices for the purpose of terminating the war in Cuba, correspondence relative thereto, etc.]

WASHINGTON, July 13, 1870.

To the Senate of the United States:

In answer to their resolution of the 8th instant, I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State and the papers[27] which accompanied it.

U.S.  GRANT.

[Footnote 27:  Correspondence between the United States and Great Britain concerning questions pending between the two countries.]

WASHINGTON, July 14, 1870.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 7th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.

U.S.  GRANT.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, July 14, 1870.