Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-12-14

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7 lsoon be expected, il is hoped t'at no fiistf
i er iinpelirnents will be expert rtenced inth
| Ipronlpt transaction Of business betWee
$ the two Governments.
Z Citizens Of the United STATES have III,
e deftaken the connexion Of the twt, ocean
: by mefns of a Rairoad acrosstlie Isthniu
7 Of Tehtiantepee, under ufohtzof The Mex
] iran Government to citizpn:of that Re
: pubic. 1t is Understood thaf a thorou 4
! survey Of tie course If ihe cDtamnnicatsl
, Is inpreparation, and there's every reasof
to expect that it will bs prosecuted witt
: IcIiaraclefistic energy, especially when flia
! Government shall have eoiisalfeI to aurt
stiptilations With tile Government Of the
United states as Tiny be iiecaHiaFy - i'm
} part a feeling Of sectfity to those a'ho may
! embark their property in the enterprise
Negotiations arc piiiilsng for the accom-,
/ p'ishment of that ohjeft, arid q hope l.
confidently entertained that, when the
Government Of Mexieo Shall become dui,
sensible Of the advnilta gss which THAT
country caiuiot fail to dfiya from the
work, and learn that the Government Of
the United States desires that the right OF
sovereignty Of NJ ,xito III the iSthlnns shall
remain ulimpairel, the stipuatibns refer
red to will be agreed to will aacfity
| BY the last advices from Mexico it
wouldappear, however, That that Govern
ment enerttiins strong oljeetipas to some
Of the stipnatinns which the pafties con-
carned iii the project or the railroad deem
necessary for their protection and security.
Further con I'D ,ration, it is TO lie hoped, O
sone notification of terms, may yet re-
coil.iie tile differences existing between
the wo Government III this re- spect.
| Fresh INSTRUCTIONS have recsftv been
given to the Minister Of the United State /
i'll Mexico, WHO is prosecuting the subject
with prompIitnde aud ability.
| Although the negotiations with Portu-
gal, for the payment of Claims of citizens
ofthe United States again t that Govern
| neht. have not yet resulted in fortna
treaty, yet proposition made by the
| Government of Portugal for the final ad
justlneiit aud payment Of those claims, liza j
| recently been accepted Oh the part of the
| United states. It gives me easure IL
SLY that Mr.. Clay, to whom the liz gotta
ton OH the part Of the United States la
been entrusted, discharged tle duties oil
his. appointment with ability AMI discre-
tiu4, acting railways within the Instructions
ofAis Government.
1tis expected that a regular convention
will be Immediate y negotiated for carrying
| the a agreenient between the two Govern
ments into effect.
The commissioners appointed Under the
act of Congress for carrying iuto effect the
convention with Brazil, of the 9Th OF
January, 1919. has entered upon the per-
fornlance OF the duties imposed upon hlin
by that act It is hoped ttr,t those duties
may be completed within the time wlli3l,
it prescribes. The documents, however
which the Imperial Government by the
third article Of the Convention, stipua'el@
to furnish 10 the Government ofihe Tn tel
Stares, have ilot yet beeu feeeivel Asit
is presumed that these documents 4iii lr
Essential for the correct disposition Of the
ella Alis, il may become lisasssary for Con.
gress to extend the period limited for tile
duration of the commission. The sun,
stipulated by the 4th article Of the conven
eion to he paid to this Government ila-
been received.
The collection i'll the ports Of the United
States of discriminating duties up,n the
vessels of Chill and tl,sf car .soes has been
suspended, pursuant to the provision. Of
the act of. Con sress of til, 9th Of May,
1923. It is to De hoped that this MEASURE
will in1part fresh impulse 10 the m
uierce between the two COUNTRIES, which
of late, aud especially since our acquisition
of California, has, to THE ntutua advantage
of the parties, been miIcll augmantel.
Perurian gHaao has hecous so desirable
All article to the agricultural interests of
the United States. that IL the duty of the
Ioverllnentto TO employ all the means pro-
perly III It's power for the pafpose of can-
sing that article to be imported into the
country ut reasonabie price. Nothins
will be omitted OH my part towards ac-
complislliny this desirable etil. an per-
-nadel that III removing any restraints oil
this traf3u the Peruvian goveFilmpn, viii
promote its own best interests, wiiile3iI
will afford proof Of a friendly disposition
towards this country, Which wifba duty
appreciated.
The treaty between the United States
and His Majesty the kin5 Of the Iawaiian
Islands, which has recently ben male
public, will, it is believed, iiavea bmssi-
ciai effect upon tile relations between tie
two countries.
The re- afions between tho te paftsofihe
Is AMI Of 81. Domingo, whieli were former
" coionies Of Spain aud Frame, resptc
The proximity Of that iSlaild to The Unitea
States, aud the delicate questions involved |
in tile existing controversy ther.,, rendef ii i
desirable that it should lie perhnanenfy |
and speedily aljn<tsl. The Interests os |
and of gensfal cona!erce also
demaii this aud as intinlations of tI1s |
same sediment have been received ffon
other Governments, ii ii hoped that some
pan may soon lie devised to effect the OH |
lect in a nanner likely to give genera
Tie Government of the
United States viii not fail. ny The exer-
else of al proper friendly Offices, ID lo all
ii its pewer to pul an end 10 the destrac-
tive war Which has ragged between the
different parts Of the islalld, AMI 10 secure /
to them both the benefits Of peace AMI |
commerce.
I refer you to the report Of the Secretary
Of the Treasury for detailed statement 81 |
tile finances.
Tie Iotd recei,ts ii the Treasury, f,r /
The year enlins 30th Of jane lat. were
forty-seven lniiiions four hundred aid