New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-18
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
NETWORK. FRIDAY. MAY IL.
The Diplomatic Smuggling Case.

wehave received from Hon. II w ELLswoRTH,
u. s. Charge Adaires in Sweden, e py
ofs circular letter, dated Stockholm, April %
in which be disproves, as It seems 70 rs satislac-
torly. the charge Of smuggling or attempting 10
smsssls goods through the Swedish Custom
House We give below the essential sart Of bis
letter
Having ordered late in toe Autumn-ss has BEEN ny
prkcrc for several yesTs-household ProFlsig(I -
wearing apparel a. supplies Tor Winter was ii!oIeu
By my agent that these articles iOgethe, - -.
BOOKS designed for my private AoIaiJ ~ ~, -
for he Ieea.ion would be forwarded II reaoy "a zoe
seboonsr 1lnsaf YaL intended % reacn StocAnoltl
-srv in December Application ~as therefore made
for he admission Of these articles when were parcl
lsrlv descroed. Ny boxes, however, were not reaay
for The AnaAut Var a. the time n her departure
few DAYS after the arrival u me Almslt a.
The schooner " Fnkeen reached the port d stock
holm. having on board number u boxes VIVA no
direction whatever bat the shipping marx and IN
anstznSd bill OF lsding referring them % my address
On the transfer Of these DOzes 70 the Custom o1 70
where fret saw them perceived a. once tas' ihey
DID no., probably, contain what expecteds ana name
dssly mentioned tina suspicion % the Inspector o. ne
Customs The boxes which we're opened ~ ny nlie'
ton contained nothing ordered by ne nienaeH loi my
use, ~ M ts1 de9re, c1ryesDonf'ng ~iM my 'so'
Inn They were therefore instantsneously reg~ci-1
and handed over 70 the Custom House auihorue.-
Ia icw days letter was receive from the .nipPf
Of these goods stating that their arTYa4 vas
nv blunder Of ms clerk who amid a large plumber u
boxes m arked had sent the wrong ones and mat my
articles stl remsined a. Lubeck where they must We
Winter bound until the Spring and desiring resh y.
rnent Of those forwarded through error This letter
a. once delivered % The proper suthouues. q J. ol
with another one stll more pressing "hlcn arrived
soon after Ay connection with the articles, a. iaf a.,
any such existed from the fact that they we're addressed
10 me was severed AZ the moment Of ny disclaimer
The insinuation that sitempt was made a. mi"c
proeniaiio1 IL even moro ridiculous than ne pre-
tended modification Of the American Presidents
nd III EKf4lel
HOuse no sucn attempt Be made A. % arncles "a
United tree Of duty for minister. The boxes "HicA
contain them must Invariably 0Dead aud the contents
jovrnailsd At tie Cas0a H1se Jsfyr deii.Ut Nothing
therefore, but the bsscst maligniiy could inshuhe
suspicion involving the character o. numerous ihi ~
officers at the same time Win my own NJ ass-a.t
ZION IL TOO ridiculous 70 be discussed ior moment
Even had the boxes Of the Fnheten" contained the
goods | was expecting would not have rcceiFeo
them order for articles coming from inc Ai'i"ah'
Val"
II will appear therefore, from pcru'al OF nc docu
Tncnts annexed
,slafmed or attempted be BY meDut were found 70
contain nothing spOnong even with my expected ar
ices They ns,anianeouy surrendered 10 tie Cus-
tom House authorities, my Intention being unes' any CIT
cumstances, 10 have nothing 10 do with them
a. That no gsiveDreseatgfioH was attempted oL col.n
have been made under The regulations Of me custom
House. ,
III Thai the Government, 70 which am accredited,
has aerer for moment entertained the remoiesi suspicion
injurious 10 my character but mat ON me contrary U IL
and the Custom House authOnties-who Of colfse were
The infeYesfed-have borne constant Testimony To u
promptness and good faith which acted
Such IL the evidence offer 20 silence the ISLANDERS Of
an insidious newspaper publication IN An article 10"
baseness and asy Of which shows it, parentagc 70 De
similar attack in the columns OF the Sndags1tdd
low and scurrlous PRINT established in this city op
pose in fact, the testimony Of the Swedish Government
10 the mall gnsnt efforts Of private eneny-one VINO j.
well known 20 me.
The document, annexed consist OF letter from
Baron Manderstr6m, Chief Secretary at the Min
istry Of Foreign Affairs, fully confirming Mr. Els
worth's statement a similar letter from Baron
Stiernsld, the Minister in which he says he had
informed the Swedish Charge at Washington that
no doubt could be entertained Of Mr.. Els perfect
innocence Of the malicious charges against him,
which he says first appeared in an obscure and
scunilous Sunday paper in Stockholm, and were
never copied ia any Government journal Of an
oficisl statement of the Custom House authori-
ties and finally, two letters from the merchant at
Lubec who forwarded the packages. the copie sand
TRANSACTIONS Of all being properly attested as cor
rect. We see nothing wanting in this reiutation,
and until something more than assertions is pro
duoed on the other side, shall rejoice that the
character Of Mr. Ellsworth and the honor of the
country stand relieved from sspersions 50 foul
and injurious.