June last,
together with correspondence upon the subject, of which a list is
annexed.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, _December 6, 1870_.

_To the Senate of the United States:_

I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to
ratification, a treaty for the extradition of criminals fugitives from
justice between the United States and the Republic of Peru, signed at
Lima on the 12th day of September last. As this treaty contains some
stipulations of an unusual character, the special attention of the
Senate is called to them.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, _December 6, 1870_.

_To the Senate of the United States:_

I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to
ratification, a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between
the United States of America and the Republic of Peru, signed at the
city of Lima on the 6th day of September last, together with the
correspondence in relation thereto, a list of which is annexed.

U.S. GRANT.

WASHINGTON, _December 6, 1870_.

_To the Senate of the United States:_

Referring to my message of the 1st of February last, transmitting to
the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty
between the United States and the United States of Colombia for the
construction of an interoceanic canal across the Isthmus of Panama or
Darien, signed at Bogota on the 26th of January last, I herewith submit
correspondence upon the subject between the Secretary of State and the
minister of the United States at Bogota, a list of which is hereto
appended.

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