Litchfield enquirer., 1838-12-13

respectively. may reciprocally frequent, without any hindrance whatever, the interior seas, gulfs, harbors, and creeks upon the coast mentioned in the preceding article, for the purpose of fishing and trading with the natives of the country" The reasons as- signed for declining to renew the provisions of this article. are, briefly, that the only use made by our citizens of the privilege it se- cures to them, has been to supply the Indians with spirituous liquors, ammunition, and firearms that this traffic has been exclud- ed from the Russian trade and as the SUD- plies furnished from the United States are in- furious to the Russian establishments on the northwest coast, and calculated to produce complaints between the two Governments, His Imperial Majesty thinks it for the inter- est of both countries not to accede to the proposition nude by the American Govern ment for the renewal of the article last refer reG to.
 The correspondence herewith communi- cated will show the grounds upon which we contend that the citizens of the United States have, independent of the provisions of the convention of 1924, right to trade with the natives upon the coast in question, at unoc- cupied places, liable, however, it is admit ted, to be at any time extinguished by the creation of Russian establishments at such
 
 Government, which asserts that, by the ope- ration of the treaty of 1924, each party agreed to waive the general right to land on the vacant coasts on the respective sides of the degree of latitude referred to, and accept ed, in lieu thereof, the mutual privileges mem toned in the fourth article. The capital and tonnage employed by our citizens in their trade with the northwest coast of America, will, perhaps, on adverting to the official statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the last few years, be deemed too inconsiderable in amount to at- | tract much attention; yet the subject may, in other respects, deserve the careful consid- eration of Congress.
 ! I regret to state that the blockade of the principal ports on the eastern coast of MeXi- co, which, in consequence of differences be- tween that Republic and France, was insti- tuted in May last, unfortunately still contin- ues, enforced by a competent French naval | force, and is necessarily embarrassing to our trade in the gulf, in common with that of ott- | CT nations Every disposition, however, is l believed to exist on the part of the French 1 Government, to render this measure as little 1 onerous as practicable to the interests of the citizens of the United States, and to those of neutral commerce i; and it is to be hoped that an early settlement of the difficulties be- ! tween France and Mexico, will soon re-es- tablish the harmonious relations formerly subsisting between them, and again open the ports of that Republic to tho vessels of all friendly nations. "f
 A convention for marking that part of the boundary between the United States and the Republic of Texas, which extends from the mouth of the Sabine to the Red river, was concluded and signed at this city on the 25th of April last. It has since been ratified by both Governments: and seasonabe meas ures will be taken 10 carry it into effect on the part of the United States.
 The application of that Republic for ad- mission into this Union, made in August, 1857, and which was declined for reasons already made known to you, has been formally with- drawn, as will appear from the accompany ing copy of the note of the Minister Plenipo- tentiary of Texas, which was presented to the Secretary of State on the occasion of the exchange of the notifications of the conven- tion above mentioned. @7
 Copies of the convention with Texas of a commercial treaty concluded with the King of Greece, and of similar treaty with the Peru Bolivian Confederation the notifications of which have been recently exchanged, ac- company this message for the information of Congress, and for such legislative enactments as may be found necessary or expedient in relation to either of them.
 To watch over and foster the interests of Q gradually increasing and widely extended commerce to guard the rights of American citizens, whom business, or pleasure, or other motives, may tempt into distant climes, and at the same time to cultivate those sentiments of mutual respect and good will which expe- rience has proved so beneficial in intcrna- tional intercourse, the Government of the I,1st Lo, ;t time to time, to establish diplomatic connec. tions with different foreign States, by the ap- pointment of representatives to reside within their respective territories. am gratified to be enabled to announce to you that, since the close of your last session, these relations have been opened under the happiest auspi- ces with Austria and the Two Sicilies that new nominations have been made in the res- pective missions of Russia, Brazil, Belgium, and Sweden and Norway, in this country; and that Minister Extraordinary has been received, accredited to this Government from the Argentine Confederation.
 An exposition of the fiscal affairs of the Government, and of their condition for the past year, will be made to you by the Secre- tary of the Treasury.
 The available balance in the Treasury, on the 1st of January next, is estimated at $2,- 765,342. The receipts of the year, from GUS toms, and lands, will probably amount to $2O,6l5.590. These usual sources of reven- ue have been increased by an issue of Treas ury notes; of which less than eight millions ct dollars, including interest and principal, vii be outstanding at the end of the year, and by tHe sale of one of the bonds of the Bank of the Cnited States, for $2,254 ST. The aggregate ofmeans from these and oth- CT sources, with inc balance on hand on the lst of January last has been applied to the payment of appropriations by Congress- The whole expenditure for the year on thelr account. including the redemption of more than eight millions of Treasury notes, con- stltutes an aggregate of about forty millions