The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-10-03

SIN Of he 2lsi 81 April MS sfiiien. -
no,e contains liz snly I,s<sSon ~ ne s"r- !
,esnon,lrncr. On he Psn oflhe Secretary
az S,a,e. y HIGH II sas PFeie0ded roniain-
81 80 ans eseeplioAshle. and which
Inc Minister Il Foreign Ailans - france
has rharaeseIiIed a. :. an lmPeIious sam
mons See lie noie n The 2isi Of
Ap,L IN The correspondence.
VI. De Tocqneyille. u will be perceived,
Ia NOT. m Ms nese 10 Mr.. Rush, under. /
taken 10 designate any other PaH Of Nj.
ciayion's correspondence rs erineIng thai
tone &c acerhily and liarshness with ~hirh
he SAYS he has been :. "a painfully impress.
ed" than the note Of The 2lsi Of April.
written Tor the inhuleeni purpose q allow.
ing The French Minister I" FeiraeI The
mos, offensive passage IN his Roie. Tins
note 20 Mr.. P0ussin Inc French Minister
oI FOREIGN Affairs rharaeierzes rs one
/" which, estimated with certain degree
Of susceptibility, might have seemed -
lie rather an imperiOns summons Than
diplomatic invitation.
In the inieyicM between Mr.. Ponssln
and Mr.. Secretary CLAYTON which follow
ed the SecrelaTy's note Of The 2lst April.
Mr.. g.. informed linn that his letter was
highly offensive. and illal II contained
language whirll This Government conld
mol admit. and That he was permitted.
rom . friendly feeling. 10 Withdraw hs
nole for The purpose indicated. The n"ie
was accordingly Withdrawn for the pur.
pose of a,ailing himself oI the oIirr; and
! on The following day il was returned. The
most fiensi,e passagr 10 i shown al Tie
) close or The letter IN tie correspondence
/ beng reiracled aud cxpnnged. Anxious
In maintain our amt able relations with
{ France. The President linen permitted This
!. matter 10 drop. and The correspondence ~
, regard 10 the claim Of Mr. Pou was thus
!. finally disposed o. II was the Prrsi-
|. dents earnest hope thai MIR. Ponssln had
( received an admnniiion that would have
. served The happy purpose u pIecludns
] any further collisions.
\ But he was mol long permitted to rhe.
0 rislI thai delusion. On The l2lh day 81
E May last. Mr. Poussin, IN diplomatic
J. nole. represented TO the Department tas
I will be seen IN the correspondence that
4 Mr.. Carpenter. The commander 81 the
American war.sleamer his, alter hasten.
il ing 10 the assistance Of The French sh1
I, Eugene. 81 IIayre. which had slrurk ~
Il the hank Of RIsn, near The anchorage o
n Anton l.izardn, advanced claims who'll,
Ii .inadmiss.blc on account of remuneration
c, FOR his services and. 10 secure their ac'
D. 3. quillal. detained the Eugcnia for Two el
5. three days. In consequence 81 the ener'
v pe,ic circumstances Of NJ. Lavallee, and
a The honorable intervention Of the Consul
4, Of the United States al Vera Cruz, Com
\. mandei Carpenter desisted ilnm hls pre-
ID tensions" NJ. Poussln proceeded Il
G. say tina, /" The Minister Of Foreign Attain
al of France requested him 10 address I,
70 the Cabinet Of Washington the most Sc
&C rious observations on The abuse ol aniho
of .ri,y committed By this officer in illegal
D. .ly OBTAINING The ship Engenic. III
ad then concluded his note with TIC iolio's
n. ing remark: !" You will easily comprt
er bend, Mr.. Secretary ofStaie, how impoI
Ct. liant il is thai such occurrences shout
nj no; be repeated. and that severe blame
10 AT least, should be laid on lhose VIII
10 thus considered themselves empowerc
nd 10 substitute arbitrary measures Tor Jn:
o. iice, and doubt moi that yon will. will
d. i. out delay, give satisfaction tn tie ln'
m complaints nf the French Republic.
nc This nole, unaccoInpanird, as IL vas, b
of any testimony To justify the charge again
ed Comman Ter Carpenter, AMI 10 enable ii
N. Government Of the United States Ia forl
IN. Judgment as TO what punishment shoul
ed be inflicted on the officer who had thu
offended the French Republic, ";
CHI promptly referred To The Navy Depar
ID ment. for the purpose Of ascertaining u
IA facts upon which his condemnation VI
ri. demanded. On the 2I,h May, the Seer
ill tary Of the Navy, in reply, tranimiited
MI, The Department Of State all the evident
in in his possession. and that consisted on
his Of two letters from Commander Carpei
der himself, The one dated New Orlean
III. the 10Th November, 1915, the other Ne
RI, York The 10Th May. ls49. In The emit
anl absence Of testimony 10 contradict Il
liz statements of the Commander. and of d
ir- knowledge Of the existence Of any testim
,at ny that could contradict them, the Pre-.
Ter den, thought that The Observation-Disclosures,
"a against which this Government has new
Of known an impnlaion. made il incuInhe
no on him To submit io the French Mni>l
il the explanations given BY Command
M Carpenter, and 10 express a, the sar
TO time the hope " that they would reno
any misapprehension which might c
Isl Isl on the part Of The French Cover
oil .menl relative 10 his conduct ON the orc
i'm sion in question" BY referring to u
Of note, which is also in the coirespo
.o II deserves to be mentioned here, as hayi
ne some bearing upon the allegal imperiousness
NJ the summons" by the Secretary Of State to
is Poussin 10 come from New York to Washingt
IN. for the purpose of comforting with him, that, in
- years 1916, 1892, 1872 and in $40, two Of The
w. cases being under the Secretaryship Of Mr. w,
y s,er and Mr.. Forsyth, and the last being un.
an that of Mr.. Clayton, Circulars were addressed
led this Government to the Representatives Of
il reign Powers in the United States, requesti
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