Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-12-17

progress was interrupted hy the Inc!einency
! of the season, and Will resume their laoofs
as soon as practicable in the ensuing year.
1t is understood tina, their respective eS-
amiLalions will throw new light upon the
sub iect in controversy, and sctVe to remove
any erroneous impressions witch may
have been made elsewhere pref idlclal TO
the rights OF the United States. II was,
among other reasons, with view Of pre-
ventin. the emba,rassmenis which, IN our
peculiar system otgovernmeht, impede ana
complicate negotiations involving the ter
ritorial rights of the State that thought
| it my duty as YOU have been informed on
previous occasion, to propose to the triIish
Government, through IT'S minister at w ash
inoton, that early steps should be taken to
adjust the points Of difference on the line OF
| boundary from the entrance oil Lake Supe-
rior to the most northwestern point OF the
Lake of the Woods, by the arblti alton OF
friendly Power, in conformity with the sew
enth article of the treaty OF Client. No
answer has yet been returned 10y the BRIT
ish Government to this proposition.
With Austria, France, Prussia, Russia,
and the remaining Powers of Europe, am
to be of the most friendly character With
Belgium, a treaty Of commerce and naviga-
ton based on liberal principles of reciprocl-
ty and equality, was concluded in March
last, and having been ratified by the Bel
gian Government, will be duly laid before
the Senate. 1t is subject of congra,na-
ton that i provides for the satisfactory ad-
justment of long standing question OF con-
troversy ; thus removing the only obstacle
which could obstruct the friendly and mu-
tually advantageous intercourse between the
two nations. A messenger has been des-
patched with the Hanoverian treaty to Der
| lin, where, according to stipulation. the
notifications are to be exchanged. am
happy to announce to you that, after many
delays and difficulties "A treaty of commerce
and navigation between the United States
and Portugal, was concluded and signed
at Lisbon, on the 26lh Of August last, by
the PlenlpoleDtiaries of the two Goveln-
ments. Its stipulatlons are founded upon
those principles of mutual hberall,y and
advantage which the United States have
always sought to make the basis OF their
intercourse with Foreign Powers, and i, is
hoped they will tend to foster and strength
en- the commercial intercourse OF the two
countries.
Under the appropriation Of The last ses-
sion OF Congress, an agent has been sent
To Germany for the purpose of promoting
The interests of the tobacco trade.
The commissioners appointed under the
convention for the adjustment of claims Of
citizens of the United States upon Mexico
b.,, mud ,,r,o,,i1a1 OF tnabipuipn
III August last the papers in the possession
of the Government, relating to those claims |,
were communicated 10 the board. The |
claims not embraced by that convention are |
now the sub ecl Of negotiation between the |
two Governments, through the medium of
our Minister at Mexico.
Nothing has occurred to disturb the har-
mony of our relations with the different
Governments OF South America. regret,
however TO be obliged to inform you that
the claims OF our citizens upon the late Re-
public at Columbia have not yet been sat
isfed by the separate Governments into
which it has been resolved
The charge daffairs at Brazil having ex-
pressed the intention of his Government not
to prolong the treaty of 1928, it will cease
to be obligatory upon either party on the
18th day of December iS4l, when the ex-
tended commercial intercourse between the
United States and that vast empire will no
longer be regulated by express sipuaions.
1t affords me pleasure 10 communicate
to YOU that the Government of Chill has
entered into an agreement TO indemnify The
claimants in the case of the Macedonian,
for American property seized in 1919; and
to add. that information has also been re-
ceived which jnsilfies the hope Of all early
adjustment Of the remaining claims upon
that Government
The commissioners appointed in pursu-
ance Of the convention between the United
States and Texas, for making the boundary
between them, have, according TO the last
report received from our commissioners,
surveyed and established the whole extent
of the boundary north along the western
bank Of the Sabine river, from its entrance
into the Gulf of Mexico to the thirty second
degree of north latitude. The commission
adjourned on the 18th of June last, TO reas-
sembe on the LIST of November for the pur-
pose Of establishing accurately the inter-
section of the thirty second degree of ati-
tude with the western bank of the Sabine,
and the meridian line thence to Red river.
1t is presumed that the work will be con-
cluded in the present season.
The present sound condition ofthe Gnan-
ces, and the success with " hich embarrass-
Al =.