The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-12-15

/ mlssinneTS, p the amount oi nine hundred
.nl IMenly-rigll llaoasaai SIX handTed
and tweniy-eight dOllars and eighly-eighl
rents. Other claims. in which The =.
grnodnt sought 70 be recovered vas three
Millions northumberland thiriy-six ihou
sand eighI hundred and lhiriy-sesen dnl-
lars and I've cents. were Submitted 70 the
hoard TOO lale fssr ils consideration. The
minister nf Lhe United States n Mexico
has been daily authorized 10 make demand
for the payment nf the awards according
10 the terms nf he convention, and The
provisions OF The aci Of Congress Of The
18th Of Jane. 1910. lie Ia. also been
instructed 10 conmaniraie 10 that govern
menI The expectations of the Government
of the United States in relation 10 ihnse
claims which were not disposed Of &C
eording 10 ihe provisions Of the conven-
lion. and all other citizens Of the Uni
teri STATES against he Mexican Govern
mcnt.
lie has also been furnished with other
instructions. 10 be followed BY him IN
case the Government Of Mexico should
not find itself IN = condition TO make pre-
sent payment 0fIhe amount Of the awards
in specie or lis equivalent
4 | am happy to be able 10 say that in
hrmasion. which is esteemed favorable,
both 10 Just satisfaction Of The awards,
and = reasonable provisionfo olherelsims,
!. has been recently received from Mr..
Thompson, the Minister Of The United
States. who has promptly and efficiently
executed the instructions Of his Govern
meni in regard 10 this important subject.
i The citizens Of the United States who
accompanied the late Texan expedition
IN Santa Fe, and who were wrongfnlly
taken prisoners Of war in Mexico. have
all been liberated.
A correspondence has taken place be.
tween the Department Of Stale and The
Mexican Minister Of Foreign Affairs, %
on the complaint Of Mexico that citizens
Of the United States were permitted "a
give aid TO ,he.inhabilants Of Texas in the
war existing between her and that Re
/ public. Copies Of this correspondence
are herewith communicated TO Congress,
I together with copies of letters on the
same subject. addressed to the Diploma
tic, rarps az Mexico, ny the American Mi
mister and Mexican Secretary of State.
Mexico has thought proper to reeipro-
cate the mission of the United States 10
thar Government by accrediiing to This a
Minister of the same rank as that Of the
representative Of the United States in
Mexico. From the circumstances con.
neci.d with his mission, favorable re-
suits are anticipated from it. II is so OBJ.
viously for the interest of both countries
as neighbors and friends that all Just eau
ses of mutual dissatisfaction should be re.
moved, that il is 10 be hoped neither will
omit or delay ths employment Of any
practicable and honorable means to &C.
! complish that end. s.~.@<..s
The affairs pending between this Go.
vernmeni ard several others Of the States
Of this hemisphere formerly under the
dominion Of Span, have again, within
the past year, been materially obstructed
by the military revolutions and conflicts
in those countries.
The ratiiicaiions of the Treaty between
the United Slsles and the Republic oil
Ecuador, of the 18th ofJune. 1889, have
been exchanged, and that instrument has
been dGly promulgated on the part Of this
Government Copies are now commu.
nicated 10 Congress with view to ell
able that body to make such changes in
the laws applicable to our intercourse
with that Republic, as may be deemed
requisite.
Provision has been made by the CO.
vernnIent Of Chilli for the payment of the
claim on account of the illegal detention
of the brig Warrior at Copuimbo, in ] $40.
This Government has reason TO expect
that other claims Of orr citizens against
Chill, will be fastened TO a final and sa-
tisfactory close.
The Empire of Brazil has 70: been al.
together exempt from those commissions
which so constantly afliici the neighbor.
ing republics. Disturbances which re.
Gently broke ont are, however, now un-
derstood to be quoted. But these occur.
rences, by threatening the stability of the
Governments, or by causing incessan
and violent changes in them, or in The
persons who administer them, tend great
ly to relard provisions for just indemnity
for losses and injuries suffered by indivi'
dual subjects or citizens Of other States,
The Government Of the United States
will feel il to be its duty, however, "a
consent to no delay, not unavoidable, in
making satisfaction for wrongs and inju'
ries sustained by its own citizens. Many
wears having, in some cases, elapsed, 4
decisive and effecunal course of proceed
ing will be demanded of the respective
governments against whom claims have
been preferred.
| The vexatious, hartassing anil expen'
sive war which so long prevailed with
the Indian tribes inhabiling the peninsula
Of Florida, has happily been terminated
whereby our army has been relieved from
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