The Arkansas advocate., 1833-01-02

By the report the S;ecretary of State. | coInmahicated to you on the 25th June last, you were informed ofthe condition al reduction, obtained by the Minister of
 the United States, at Madrid, of tiie au-
 ties on tonnage levied on American ship ping in the ports ofSpain. The condition 1 ei that reduction haying been complied with on our part, by the act passed tie i 18th uf sJuty last, l have the satisfaction
 to morn yon that onr ships pay no higher i duties Tn the continental ports of Spain, i than are levied on titeir na ion al vessels.
 The demands agaiEst Portugal for ile- 1 gal captures til the block ad es of 1ferceira, khave been allowedto the full amount of tie accounts presented by the claimants, and 1 payment was promised 10 be made III three ] Inst alments The first Of these !ias been paid; the second. although due, Lad not
 al the date of our last advices, been re- eeivetiH; owing, it was alleged, to embar- rassments in the finances consequent on
 the civil war in which that nation Is en- i gageti-
 The payments stipulated by the Conyen- 1 ton with Denmark, have heen pnnctuai- 1y made, and the amount is ready for dis tribntion among tic claimants as soon as
 the board now sitting s5taiihave perform cd their functions.
 z N5 f0As s tsi'tt D uhi idSt4 aa tes tloiif our Charge d'Alaires atNapies, that go-
 geTament had still delayed the satisfaction dne to oHr eltlzens, but, at that date, the
 effect of the last instructions was not
 net ksown. Despatches from thence arc
 hourly expected, and the result will be
 Communicated 10 you without clay.
 With the rest of Europe, our relations,
 political and co;nfncrcsal, yemain n uRchap- ged eG8tiations are going on, to put on peruancnt basis the li5eFal systems of commerce. uow carried on between us and tie Empire Of Russia. he treaty concluded with Austrais executed by His
 Imperial Majesty, with the most perfect good iaith,--and al VIC have DO diplomatic agent at bis court, he personally inquired into and corrected proceeding ofsosne of | his suhaltern officers, to the injury of our Consul in one of his ports.
 Our treaty with tic sublime Porte Is producing it's expected effects on our com- merce. New markets are opening for our commodities, and more extensive range
 for the employ yment eff oar ships. 4 slight augmentation of the duties on our com-
 ueree, inconsistent with the spirit of tlic
 treaty, had been imposed; but on tie re-. pres entaion of onr Charge | 'A fairs 1t las
 9eeh promptly withdrawn, and v now en- Joy Inc trade and navigation Of the Black
 Sea, and fall the ports belonging to the Turkish Empire and Asia, the most perfect equality with all foreign nations. l wisil= earnestly, that in announcing to
 you the Continuance of friendship, and the
 increase of,a profitable commercial inter-
 course with Mexico, with Central Ameri-
 ca, and the States Of the South, could
 accompany If with thc assurance that they
 all are blessed with flat internal tranguil-
 hty and foreign peace which their heroic devotion to the cause of their Indcpen- deace merits, In Mexico, a sanguina,y struggle is now carried on, which has
 caused some Embarrassment to our com. merce j; but both parties profess the most
 friendly disposition towards us. To the
 terInina aiion of this contest, VIC look for
 the establishment of that secure inter-
 course, so aecessary to nations w hose ter
 ritories are cOntiGaous. How important
 twill Dc 10 us, we may calculate from tho
 fact, that even iD this unfavorable stale
 of tlisngs, our maratime commerce has in creased, and an internal trad by cara
 saas, from. St Louis to Santa Fe, under theprot tectionaof escorts furnished by the government, is carried on Go great advan- tage, anslsts daily increasing. he agents proyld edsfar by the treaty with this power, to | aesignate the boundaries which IL cs- Itablisled, have been named on our part ]; butsone Of the evils of tho civil war now ra- ging there has been, tliat the appointment | of those with whom they were to cooper.
 ate has not been announced to ns
 The government ofCentraI America has expelled from its territorysthe party which 5aefae time since disturbed its peace. Be= sirous of fostering favorable disposition i towards us, which has on more than one occasion been evinced by this interesting ! year, to establish diplomatic intercourse with them; but theadeath of the distin- guished citizen whom had appointed for | that purpose, has retarded the execntion of measures from which l hopedmuclt ad- vantage to otlr commerce. The union of 1 the three Fstates which formed the Iiepub- l lie of Colombia has been dissolved ; but 1 they all, il Is believed consid CT them
 selves as separately bound by the treaty
 which was made in their federal capacity. The Minister accredited 10 the Fedora
 ton, continues in that charactersnearsth i goyerprnent Of New Gsepada and hopes were entertained, that new Union would
 beformed between the separate States, at 1 least, for purposes of foreign intercourse. l Our Minister has been instructed to use l his good ofiices, whenever they shall l be desired, 10 produce the reunion so
 mncl, to be wished, for the domestic tram
 qnillity of the parties, and the security Il and facility of foreign commerce.
 4 Some agitalions naturally attendant on I an infant reign have prevailed in the Elm
 pire of Brazil, wliici, have had the usual I effect upon commercial operations and }, while they suspended the consideration, ol i, claims created on similar occasions, they T have given rise 10 new complaints on the [ part of our citizens. A proper considers
 ton for caIamities and difficulties of this nature has mad usiess urgent and peremp