The Arkansas banner., 1849-10-09
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 The French Difficulty. The Republic of ,he 20ih inst, contains . Iopg I aeeonrt ot ths difficulty between our government and M. Poussin, the French Minister. From this it appezfs that the 9th ol February last M Pous- sin addressed note te Mir. Buehanan, then Seere- taFy of State. on behalf of a Ftenehman, A. Port, who claimed to be indemnifed for the daIoages sas- taiBed by ths ac;s of certain American agents in Mexico. ISls application was an appeal from the l sentence or miIi,aty court at Paebls No answer was returned by Mir. Bacbsnan. but subsequently, when Mir. Clayton was called 10 act the subject, he respectfully intimaied to the Minister that there vas no reason to the judgment of the court. uh MaTch 18th. M. Poussin addressed another Dote to the Secretary of State in which he aniinaverted wiih some severity the testimony given the court oi inquiry by distiuga shed neIean officer On the 10th oi ArEil Mr. Clayton replied respect ially, eonirovertiDg the position of the Minister On the 18th of April Mir. Clayton received another note from M. Poussin. in which the Minister i1- hulged In strain of invective evidently intended o 6e highly offensive to the Amenean government The correspondence immediately submitted by the Secretary of State the President who directed h'tn to lose nc time in requesting M- Pcussfn 10 reFar to Washington wiihOnt unnecessary delay The offensive note was dated st Washington, while M. Poassih absent 10 New York upwards Of two hundred miles distant iIom Washington. One offensive passage was the following; The government Of the United States must be convinced that it is more honorable to aequt, iay, debt con tTaced during war; under the pressure of necessity than to evade it's payment by endeavoriog to brand the character of an honest man. The same note contained an attack upon high military officer. charging him, in effect, with perjury before. the military court and an attack upon the distinguished omcers composing 'he court, who were charged with permitting that officer " 10 carry out. wi,hnuslnter ruption has string of calumaies incredible" iteSesed with an insinuation that the State Department had become the ofgan of a criminal accusation, without proofs, against Mir. Port.
 It was m reply 10 this communication, that on the Zlst of April MT. Clayton addressed MI. Poussin the following note:
 DEPARTMENT oF STATE, , l Washington, April 2I, lS49. { p-On the afternoon of the 18th ult., com muncAtion from you, dated Washington. April - lS49, (withcut show wing the day on which II was written,) received at this oiice relative to the claim of Mir. Port on the government of the United States. and having just had ccasion 10 address you private note, learn. through The messenger who was despatched to deliver it. that you have been for the last two weeks, absent from Washington, and that'he period of yonf return hher from New York was quite uncertain.
 Under these circumsts nces, after peTusai of your note which was laid before me this morning I lose not a moment in requesting you to repair to this city without unnecessary delay.
 have the honor to be- very respectfully sir vonr obedent servant, JOHN M CLAYTON Mr. WILLIAM HE'LL PoUssIN.
 The letter of the Mnsterwas subsequently, with. drawn and returned with the objectionable parts exPunged, when the matter was dropped for the time.
 On the l2th day of May, however, Mr Poussin, m diplomatic note, represented 10 the State De partment that--
 Mr. Carpenter, the commander of the American war steamer Iris, alter hastenrg 10 the assistance Of the French ship Eugenie, of Havre, which had struck on the bank of Rso, near the anchorage of Anton LZardo, advanced claims wholly inaimissi- be, account of remuneration for his services and to secure their aequital, detained the Eugene for two or three days In consequence of he energetic remonsrances of M. Lavallee, and the honorable Intervention Of the Consul Of the Uniied States al Vera Cruz. Commodore Carpenter desisled from his pretenons. 1 Mr. Poussin proceeded to say that
 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of France reqnes- ted hin to address to the Cabinet of Washing gton, the most serious observations on the abuse ot author fly committed by this officer, Tn illegally detaining the ship Eugenie.
 1 He concluded bis note with the following re. mark
 You will easily comprehend, MT. Secretary of State, ho@ important It is that such occurrer ces should not be repeated, and that severe blame, al least, should be laid those who thus considered themselves empowered 10 substitute arbitrary meas ures for justice and doubt not that you will with out delay give satisfaction 10 the just complaints of 1 the French Republic.
 1 This note was submitted to the Navy Department, and in answer to its charges Com'r Carpenter ad- dressed two notes 10 the Secretary of the Navy, which were delivered to the State Department, and transmitted 10 the French Minister, with the hope " that they woaid remove any misappI ehension which might exist on he part of the French gOvern- rnent, relative 10 his conduct on the occasion in question:"
 IL appears from the explanation that Com'r Car pendeT and hs sailors had saved the Eugenie from ! a very perilous position, from which he claimed salvage, but subsequently, delivered the vessel 10 the captain. IL under these circumstances that
 Mir Poussin wrote the note of the 30th of May last
 which follows:
 | LEGATION OF FRANCE, }
 Washington, Hay 30. lsI9. { 1 SI-i received the 26th of May the note