Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-12-07


engaged in the negotiation from desire to place the
great work Of q ship canal between the two oeeans
under one jurisdiction, and to establish The impoE-
tant port Of San Juan de Nicaragua under the gov.
eEnment Of a civilized power. The proposition in
question was assented TO by COSTA RIGA and the
Mosquito Indians. lthas not proved equally ac
ceptable to Nicaragua, bnt it is to be hoped that
the further negotiations on the subject which are
in train will be carried on In thatSpnt OF co1cili
alton and compromise which ought always to pre-
vail on suc occaIions, and that they will lead 10
satisfactory result,
have the satisfaction to inform you that the e1-
ecutiVe government Of Venezuela has aeknowlsi
edged some claims of citizens Of the United States
which have foI many yean past been urged by
our charge d. RffaiTes at Caraecas- 1t Is hoped
that the same sense of justice will actunte the
Congress Of that Republic in providing the means
for their payment.
The recent revolution in Buenos AyTes and the
confedeTated States having opened the prospect Of
an improved state of things in that quarter, the
government Of Great Rritain and France determin
ed 70 negotiate with the chief of the neW Confed-
tracy for the free access OF their commerce to the
extensive countres watered by the tributaries of
the La Plata; and they gave friendly notice Of
this purpose to the United States, that we might
If we thought proper to pursue the same course.
In compliance with tbs invitation, our minister at
Rio Janeiro and our charge datfaires at BuenoS
AyTes have been fully authorized to conclude
treaties with the newly organized Confederation,
orthe States composing it. The delays which
have taken place IN the formation Of the new gov
eminent have as yet prevented the execution of
those Instructions; but there is every reason to
hope that these vast countries will be eventually
opened TO our commerce. t.'
A treaty of commerce has been concluded be-
tween the United States and the Oriental Repub-
lie of Uruguay, which will be laid before the
Senate. Should this convention go into operation,
it will open to the commercial enterprise of our
citizens a country of great extent and unsurpassed
in natural resources, but from which foreign ma
ticns have hitherto been almost wholly excluded.
The correspondence of the late Secretary Of
State with the Peruvian charge daffaires relative
to the LoboS Islands was communicated to Con-
greSs toward the close Of the last session. Since
that time further investigation of the subject,
the doubts which had been entertained of the title
of Peru to those Islands have been removed; and
have deemed 1t Just that the temporary wrong
which had been unintentionally done her, from
want OF information, should be repaired by an un-
reserved acknowledgement OF her sovereignty.
have the satisfaction TO inform you that The
cUurSe pursued by Peru has been creditable to the
liberalityof her government. Before it was known
| by her that her title would be acknowledged at
Washington, her Minister Of Foreign Affairs had
authorized our charge dafaires at Lima 10 an
nounce TO the American vessels which had gone to
the LoboS for gunno, that the Peruvian Govern
ment was willing TO freight them on its own &c
count. This intention has been carried into eff
feet by the Peruvian Minister here, by an arrange
ment which is believed to be advantageous TO the
parties in interest.
Our settlements on the shores of the aPcifc
have already given great extension, and in some
respects a new direction, to our commerce in that
ocean. direct and Tapidly-increasing inter-
| course has sprung up with Eastern Asia. The
waters of the Northern Pacific, even into the
Arctic Sea, have of late years been frequented
by our whal1men. The application of steam to
the general purposes of navigation is becoming
daily more common, and makes it desirable to
obtain fuel and other necessary supplies at con-
| Venient points on the route between GAsia and
our Pacific shores. Our unfortunate country
men who from time to time suffer shipwreck on
the coasts of the eastern entitled 10 pro-
lection. Besides these specific objects, the gen.
eral prosperity of our states on the pacific re-
QuiTes that an attempt should be maue to open
the opposite regions Of Asia to a mutually bene-
fetal intercourse. 1t is obvions that this at
tempt could be made by no power to so great ad-
vantage as by the United States, whose constitu-
tIonal system excludes every idea of distant col.
onial dependencies. have accordingly Ueen led
TO order appropriate naval force to Japan,
under the command of discreet and intelligent
officer or the highest rank known 10 our service.
| He is instructed to endeaYor to obtain from the
government OF that country some relaxation OF
the inhospitable and anti-Social system which it
has pursued for about two centuries. He has
been directed particularly to demonstrate in the
strongest language against the cruel Treatment to
which our shipwTecked mariners have often been
subjected and to insist that they shall be treated
with humanity. He is instructed however, at
the same time, to give that government the am
plest assurances that the objects of the United
States are such and such only as have indica-
ted and that the expedition is friendly and peace
full. Notwithstanding the jealousy with which
the governments of Eastern Asia regard all over
lures from foreigners, am not without hopes Of
a beneficial result of the expedition. Should it
be crowned with success, the advantages will
not be confined to the United States, but, as in
the case of China, will be equally enjoyed by all
the other maritime powers. have much salts
faction in stating that in all the steps pTepoTato
~ to this expedition, the government 1.-THE Uni
ted Stetes has been materially aided by the good
offices of the king of the Netherlands, the only
European power having any commercial relations
with Japan.
In passing from this survey of our foreign Tela-
tionS, invite the attention of Congress to theI
condition Of that department of the Government
entrusted. Our Intercourse with foreign powers
has oflate years greatly increased, both in conse
quence OF our own growth and the introduction
Of many new states into the family Of nations
In this way the Department Of State has become
oYerburdened. II has, by the recent extablish-
ment of the Department OF the Interior, been re-
lieved of some portion of the domestic business.
II the residue at the business of that kind, such
as the distribution of Congressional documents,
the keeping, publishing and distribution of the
laws of the United States, the execution Of the
copyright law the subject Of repTieyes and par-
donS, and some other subjects relating to interior
administration, should be transferred from the
Department OF State, it would unquestionably be
for the benefit Of the public service. would
also suggest that the building appropriated to the
State Department is not ire-pTO0f; that there is
reason to think there are defects in its coustruC-
ton, and that the archleVeS Of the Government
in charge Of the Department. with the precious
collections ofthe manuscript papers Of Washing
ton. Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, and Monroe,
are exposed to destruction by fire., A similar re-
mark may be made oft the buildings appropriated
TO the War and Navy Departments.
The condition of the Treasury is exhibited in
the annualreport from that Department
The cash receipts into the Treasury for the ifs
cal year ending the S0th June last exclusive of the
trust funds, were forty-nine millions, seven hun
dred and twenty eight thousand three hundred and
eighty-six dollars and eighty nine cents, (49, 72s
$50, s9) and the expenditures fol- the same PERIOD
likewise exclusive of trust funds, were forty-six