I suggest to Congress the propriety of further postponing the time for
adjournment, with the view of considering the questions herein
communicated.
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, _July 15, 1870_.
_To the Senate of the United States:_
In answer to their resolution of the 9th instant, I transmit a report[28]
from the Secretary of State and the papers which accompanied it.
U.S. GRANT.
[Footnote 28: Relating to the importation of Chinese coolies into the
United States.]
VETO MESSAGES.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., January 11, 1870_.
_To the Senate of the United States:_
I return herewith without my approval Senate bill No. 273, entitled
"An act for the relief of Rollin White," for the reasons set forth in
the accompanying communication, dated December n, 1869, from the Chief
of Ordnance.
U.S. GRANT.
ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT, _Washington, December 11, 1869_.
Hon. W.W. BELKNAP,
_Secretary of War_.
SIR: In the year 1855 Rollin White obtained letters patent for
improvements in repeating pistols, in (among other things) extending the
chambers of the rotating cylinder through to the rear, so as to enable
the chambers to be charged at the rear by hand or by a self-acting
charger.
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