The Arkansas banner., 1850-07-16
KossutA and his compatriots.

| The Washington correspondent of lbe PhiadsI. PAia BOlsstin gives tbe following facts relative to the action sf President aylOr for the relief of the hangarlan patriots; $ i Mr. Marsh, Minister 10 Turkey. under instrue- Iioa from this Governaleut wrote to tn. Minister Of Foreign AHsifs Of the Porte . note ea the Huh oI Msrcn last, which cOutsiu-d this clause: G The Presidsntot the United States of America participating ia the phiaushrepic sentiments by which hts Imperial Majesty the Sultan has been actaated u his noae and generous ireatreBt of th. Hungarian refugees. has directed the undersigned. Mia'sier redient of the uuied States to iatrreede with his Majesty u their behalf and to offer them through his MaJcSiy, secure asylum in ths United States. together with free passage ts Amsrica by any American public ship which may be about 10 return h0Eas ! he undersigne ned Is happy to make this ottice of humanity the subject or hs first off ciaI communication 10 the Su blme Porte aud s-zes tue earliest moment after his auuis nee of reception 10 fuh his iSs.roctiOns by formally reQesiinV, in the name Oi the American GeyefnRseat and People that kossulh, late chief executive el;csr o! Hun gary aud his companions al present detained by the Turkish authorities st BrOussa, may be permitted to take passage for the United Siatss oa board an American vessel Gf war now in the Mediocre mean and about to sail Tor home
 This vessei was the steamer Mississippi, which MT Marsh, under constructive authority, had de- ta1ed for that purpose. On the 18th of March -- T. brief official reply 10 ts note. of which the su ed is the esseAIiai part
 The sublime Porte wilI cer,ainy offer no obsta- ce or difficulty 10 liie departure. whatever place they please, of such of the Ilungarans as are not inpIcaiea nor IS there any objection to those un- glrians and Poies whose naJnss are not registered tn the list given to the Sublime Porte by tue Aus. t:SR Government, or who arc not otherwise itnpi- cstsd. Proiing by the hospitality thus offered by the Uuited States of Ameiiea- Yei, in cosequepce i of the off:r spontaneously made by the Sublime Forte, il bound itself 10 keep in the Ottoman co- mini0ns, under certain conditions which it is DOW endeavor to to arrasge those oi the chiefs of the said peopie whose names are entered on that list and in the view e aetiag with sincerity and probty in it's intercourse aud relations with other friendly governments, aud maintaining it's given word il is obligatory on the part of his imperial Majesty the Sultan, To execute thst offer. Under these circum- stances, the Ottoman government deems itself com PeIled to decline permitting said chiefs to proceed to America.
 "tSigned,) FL SAID MEHEMtp EMIK ALL"
 Mir. NJ ,rsh subsequently, sids: '' learn that the substance of my note was communicated 10 the Austrian aud Russian Ministers al Consta utinople and that they urged by the Porte to consent 10 the emigratio6 of the hungariau refugees to Americs, but without effect 1 am happy to add. that l believe Baron fsccO, tie highly respectable Minister of the king of sardinia at Con iantinople supported application with great Zeal. and sup pose also. that the British Ambassador threw his in- fius1Iee into the same scale.
 Ls' am now by DO means without hope that Kos suth ana his friends will be speedily released uBIess Austria internationally accepts the Sustan's oifsr of deteatiOh for single year, which there IS h. tie reason 10 suppo'e she will do
 The terms Of the Sultan's offer were that Kos sulh and thirty olhsrs should be sent Asia Mi nor, and there deaiued for year. where the rvsi- due ,20o in number. should be kept al Choumla for the same period and then released"