The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-12-04

=" "PPty W SfiusfoAe iOT an
appropriation TO defrsy the EXPENSE tb,rsor oa
tho part Of the United siaies. Your srt.oi;a, ~
this subject Is accordingly invited snd A n,n,,a,
appropriation recommended
Convention inr The adjustment Of claim, ,,l
citizens OF tie United States against PORTUGAL b,,
been concluded, aud tlIs ratification, hay. been
exchanged. The first insiainenl of the am.,nn,
70 DO pad by Portugal lell due on the 30,h N
oepteinher last, aud has been paid.
lDe president Of tho French Republic. sccofd.
lhP 70 ihe provisions Of the coryentlnu bn. been
so'ee'eu as arbiler ia ths case of the General
An'uonsi and las signiiied that be accepts the
"us' and the high sallsiactiOn be feels IN acting
Is Tue common friend Of tNo nations. with which
'ahce IL unlled by sentiments Of sincere aud
l1e turkish government has expressed ;ls
.''1,AS 'or Tue klud reception given to tie Sui.
'au agent Amin Bey, OU tLs Uccasiun Of hi re
Tuu' ~ ''st 10 the Uniiei States. On tho 2glh Of
q sso"'uary last despatch was addressed by the
secretary OF State TO MI Marsh. the American
M'n'S'cr al Constanlnople, instrue,ing him to.ask
" y, "e inrAish Government permission for tho
sar'aiis, then imprisoned within the doinin
IONS "I the Sublime Porte. to remove 70 this
ceunry' Oh the Ord Of March last both Houses
Ui ,i Congress passed resolution requesting the
resident to authorize tue employment Of pubic
vessel 10 convey 10 this country Louis Kos.uih and
MS associates in captivity.
he Instruction above referred to was comp,ied
WIN and the Turkish Government having reeas
Gu 1nVennr Kossuth aud his companinn, from
prison., On the 10Th OF September Inst. they en-
parked on board oftle United States steam friga,e
mississippi which was selected to carry into er.
Iect Tue resolution Of Congress Governor Kos.
SUN Ieit tho Mississippi at Gibraltar br tbs pur-
pose OF mAkinsa visir TO England. aud may short
y De expected in New York. By commuuica.
t'pnS 10 The Department OF State, ho has express.
eu MS grateful Acknowledgements Tor tho iuicrpo.
si'ioh oi this Government in behalf uf himself
ahd associates. This country has been Justly re
earded as safe asylum for those whom political
o'eh'S nave eIlled from their own homes iu Eu.
roPoi and It is recommended to Congress TO con.
''uerln what manor Governor KoaIuth and his
companions. brought hther by It's authority shall
De received and treated.
IL earnestly 10 be hoped that the differences
"h'eh have for Sone limo past beon pending be.
tween Tho governments of the Freuch republic
ana 'hat OF the Sandwich Islands may be peace
any and duraby adjusted. 50 as TO secure the
independence Of those issndS. Long belore the
events which have Of late impaired 50 much
importance t. the possessions of the United States
on The Pacific, we acknowledged the indepond.
ence ol the Hawaiian government. This Govern
meat was hrst In taklng that step aud several Of
inc leading powers of Europe Immediately fol.
lowed. We wero Influenced in this measure 10y
!he existing and prospective Importance Of tho
Islands as Il place Of refuge and refreshment for
our vessels engaged in the whale fishery, und By
lhe consideration that they Iie ia the course Of
Ine great trade which must, al NO dstaut day
be carried on between the western coast Of North
America and Eastern Asia.
We wore also influenced by desire that those
Islands shauld not pass under the control Of amy
other great maritime Stale. but should remain iu
oh independent condition, aud so be accessible
aud useful TO the commerce Of oil other nations
need not say that the Importance oil these
considerations hGs been greatly enhanced by the
sudden aud vast deveIopoment which tho iutei eSts
81 the United States have aituiued in California
md Oregon; aud the policy heretofore adopted in
regard to those Islands will DO steadily pursued.
II is gratifying not only to those who consider
Inc commercial interests Of nations, but also 10 al!
who iaVor the PROCESS oi Knowledge and the
diffusion OF religion, 10 see a community emerge
from savage state aud ul:an susL a degree 0 fci.
l.Izatun in those distant seas.
II Is nrch to be deplored that tho Internal tran.
guilty nf the Mexican republic should again be
seriously disturbal for, since the ponce between
Ihat rephbiie and the United States, it had enjoy.
ed such comparative repose that the most iayora-
Die anticiPations tOr the iuturo might, with n de-
gree oi confidence, lave been INDUCED These,
however, have been thwNrted by the recent out
break in the State Of TamGulipas On the right
'uuG dI tile Rio Bravo. Having rccsyed ntUr.
nation that persons from the United S.1tes bad
'nSch part in the iusarecluA, and apprvheujiDg
ina Their example might 10 lDllowed by others,
cansed orders 10 be issued for tho pdrpose ul
preventing any hostile expeditions ugn!n5t Mexico
rom being sOt on iont in violation Of the laws ol
The United States. / likewise issued a procla.
nation upon the subjecta copy Of which Is nero.
with lald before you. This appeared 10 be rsnd
erod imperative by the obligations Of treatiss
aud the general duties Of good neighborhood.
In my last annual lnessage informed Congress
hat Citizens of tho United States had undertaken
HE conhexion Of tue two oceauG Ivy mcano Of rail.
'na ncross the lsihmus of Tehuautepec under q
grant Of tie Mexican government 10 Il citizen OF
lhat rebuclici aud that this enterprise would be
probably prosecuted with energy whenever Mex
co should consent 10 such stipuatuns with
The Government Of the United States as should
mpart sling Of security 10 those who should
invest their property in the enterprise.
convention between the two guysrnnonls
Tor the accomplishment Of that end has Leon tat.
lied by this Government, and ouy awaits the dc.
cislon OF the Congress aud the Executive uG that
republic.
some unexpected difficulties and delays hnve
arisen in tho ratification Of that convention by
Mexico. but it is 10 be presumed that her decision
Will be governed by just aud enlightened views,
IS well OF her own interests and obligations.
Ia negotiating On this important subject
his Government has had in view ore, and
'nly one, object. That object has been and
y. tho construction or attainment of II passage
rom ocean to ocean, the shorteat and best way
or travellers aud merchandise. aud equally open
o all the world 1t has sought to obtain no tor.
ltorlnl acquisition nor any advantages peculiar
. llselE and i, would see, with tho greaIest re.
,re;, that Mexico shonld oppose my obstacle to
no accomplishment OF an enterprise which prom
sea so much convenience to the whole commercial
world and such eminent advantages To Mexico
herself Impressed with these sentiments aud
hese Convctions.lhe Government will continue TO
'Xevt all proper efforts 10 bring about the mecca.
AIRY arrangement with the republic of Mexico for
he speedy completion Of tho work.
For some months past the republic of Nicar
qua has been the theatre ofone of those civil con-
usinns, from which the cause of free institutions.
nd the general prosperity and social progress of
he States of Central America. hnve SO often and
o severely suffered. Until quiet shall have been
estored and government apparently stable
hall hnve been organized no advance can pru.
enly be made in diSposing oflhe questions pend.
ng between the two countries.
am happy to announce that au interoceanic
from the mouth Of the ST. Jnhn to
ho Pacitic has been so far accomplished as that
'assengers have actually traversed it, aud mer.
han lie has beon transported over il; and when
ho canal shall have been completed, according to
TO original plan, the means of communication
will be further improved.
1t is understood that a cunsilorablo part Of the