Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1838-12-15

long to their citizens or subjects respectively,
may, reciprocally frequent, without any hind
rance whatever, the interior seas, CULTS har-
bors, and creeks upon the coast mentioned for
the purpose offishing and trading with the ma.
tives Of the country" The reasons assigned
for declining to renew the protislons OF this
article, are, briefly, that the only use made by
! our citizens ofthe privlage it secures to them,
has been to supply the Indians with splrituous
liquors, ammunition, and firearms; that this
traffic has been excluded from the Russian
trade: and as the supplies furnished from the
United States are injurious to the Russian es-
tablIshments7o on the northwest coast, and cal
culated to produce complaints between the two
Governments, His Imperial Majesty thinks 1T
for the interest of both countries not to. accede
to the proposition made by the American Gov
ernment for the renewal of the article last re-
lferred to. 'l j23l'e yHt pr 1877 g9di .mlf .
| The correspondence herewith communicated
will show the grounds upon which we contend
that the citizens Of the United States have,5in-
dependent of the provisions Of the convention
of 1894, a right TO trade with the natives upon
the coast in question, at unoccupied places, Ii
able. however,, it is admitted, to be at any
time extinguished by the creation of Russian
establishments at such points. This right is
denied by the Russian Government, which as
serts that, by the operation of the treaty of
1 1924, each party agreed to waive the general
/ right to land on the vacant coasts on the re-
spectiye sides of the degree of latitude referred
to, and accepted, in lieu thereof the mutual
privilege mentioned in the fourth article.
The capital and tonnage employed by our citi-
zens in trade with the northwest coasts of
America, will, perhaps on adverting to the
official statements of the commerce and navi-
CATION ofthe United States for the last few
years, be deemed too inconsderable in amount
to attract much attention; yet the subJectmay,
in other respects, deserve the careful consider
alton of ofCongress. 'eah sfR 2el lsar tg.
regret to state that the blockade of the
principal ports on the eastern coast OF Mexico,
which, in consequence of differences between
that Republic and France, was instituted in
May last, unfortunately still continues, enfor-
ced by competent French naval force, and is
necessarily embarrassing to our own trade in
the gulf, in common with that ofother nations.
! Every disposition, however, is believed TO ex-
ist on the part of the French Government, to
| render this measure as little onerous as prac-
| ticable to the interests of the citizens of the
United States, and to those of neutral COM
merce; and it is to be hoped that an early set
tlement of the difficulties between France and
Mexico, will soon re-establsh the harmonious
relations formerly subsisting between them,
and again open the ports ofthat Republic to the
vessels of all friendly nations. ,.7i-Ta sa
! A convention for marking that part of the
boundary between the United States and the
Republic of Texas, which extends from the
mouth ofthe Sabine to the Red river, was con-
cluded and signed at this city on the G5th of
April last. |. has since been ratified by both
Governments; and seasonable measures will
be taken to carry it into effect on the part of
the United States. ..7 atat dolby ;die
| The application of that Republic for admis-
sion into thic Union, made In August, 1887,
and which was declined for reasons already
made known to you, has been formally with
drawn, as will appear from the accompanying
copy Of the note of the Minister Plenipotentia-
ry Of Texas, which was presented to the Sec
retary ofstate on the occasion ofthe exchange
of the rati6cations OF the convention above
mentioned 1 1+' $50 .e' 2al ui s.tau
Copies of the convention with Texas, of n
commercial treaty concluded with the King of
Greece, and ofa similar treaty with the Peru
Bolivian Confederation, the ratifcations of
which have been recently exchanged, accom-
pany this message for the information Of Con-
gress, and for such Legislative enactments as
may be found necessary or expedient, in rea
tion to either ofthern. je Pm .1.l. a
To watch over and foster the interests of a
gradually increasing and widely extended COM
merce; to guard the rights of american citi-
zens, whom business, or pleasure, or other mo-
lives may tempt into distant clmes, and at the
| l<,o
tual respect and good will which experience
has proved so beneficial in international inter-
course, the Government of the United States
has deemed it expedent, from time to time, to
establish diplomatic connections with different
foreign states, by the appointment OF repre-
sentatives to reside within their respective ter
ritories. am gratifed to be enabled to an.
nounce to you that, since the close of your
last session, these relations have been opened
under the happiest auspices with Austria and
the Two Scilies; thatiDew nominations have
been made in the respective missions of Russia,
Brazil, Belgium, and Sweden and Norway, lin
this country; and thatfa Minister Extraordi-
nary has been recei9ed, accredited to this Co.
vernnent from Argentine Confederation. dl q
Anexposition ofthe fiscal affairs of the Co.
vernment, and of their condition for the past
year, willb made to you by the Secretary of
the Treasury. 1 e2 yo 5g T99 . ot a ,sat
I The available balance in the Treasury, on
the Isl Of January next, is estimated at S2,-
765,S4g. The receipts Of the year, from Gus
toms and lands, will probably amount to $2O,-
6l5, 598. These usual sources ofrevenue have
been increased by an issue Of Treasury notes;
of which less than eight millions ofdollars, in
GLIDING interest and principal, will be outstand-
/ ing at the end Of the year, and by the sale Of
one of the bonds Of the bank Of the United
States, for $2s54,87l. The aggregate Of
means from these and other sources, with the