The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-12-14

Clvl ~ ei. b; liz proposition in
op< was assented to by Costa
and the Mosquito Indians. 1t
ot proved equally acceptable to
sfasna, bu. it is to be hoped that
Sfe further negotiations ON the sub
I Jcct which are in train will be carried
on i'll that spirit of Cancellation and
comprise which ought always to
prevail OH such occasions, and that
they will lead to a satisfactory result.
have the satisfaction to inform you
that the executive government of We
nczuela has acknowledged some claims
OF the citizens of the United States.
which have for many years past been
urged by our charge d'ailiaircs at Ca
raccas. Its hoped that the same sense
OF Justice will actuate the Congress of
the Republic in providing tho means
of their payment.
The recent revolution in Bucnos
| Ayres and the contGdcratcd States hay
ing opened the prospect ofan improved
state of things in that quarter, the Go
vcrnmcnt Of Great Britain and France
determined to negotiate with the chief
of the new Contedcracy for the free &C
cess OF their commerce to the extensive
countries watcrcd by the tributaries of
the La Plata, and they gave friendly
notice of this purnosc to the United
States. that we might if we thought
proper pursue the same course. In
compliance with this invitation, our
minister of Rio Janciro and our charge
d'allaires at Bucnos Ayrcs have been
fully authorized to conclude treaties
with the newly organized Confcdcra-
ton, or the States comprising it. The
delays which have taken place in the
formation of the new government have
us 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.
a treaty of commerce has been con
cludcd between the United States and
the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,
which will be laid before the Senate.
Should this Convention 60 into opera
ton. it will open to the commercial cn-
tcrpriSc of our citizens Il country Of
great extent and unsurpassed in natur-
al resources, but from which foreign
nations have hitherto been almost Who'll
ly excluded
The correspondence of the Secretary
OF State with the Peruvian charge dat.
falrcs relative to the Iohos Islands was
communicated TO Congress towards the
close OF the last session. Since that
time, on further investigation of the
subject, the doubts which had been en-
tcrtaincd of the title Of Peru to those
islands have been removed: and have
| deemed it Just that the temporary
wrong which had been unintcntio,,aIy
done her sovereignty.
have the satisfaction to inform YOU
that the course pursued by Peru has
been crcditable to the libcrality of her
government. Before it was known bv
her that her title would be acknowledge
ed at Washington, her Minister of
Foreign Affairs has authorized our
charge dati;lires to Lima to announce
to the American vessels which had
gone TO the l-obos for guano, that the
Peruvian government was willing to
freight them on its own account. This
intention has been carried into effect
10y the Peruvian Minister here, by an
arrangement which is believed to be
advantageous to the parties in interest
! Our settlements on the shores of the
Pacific have already given great ex-
tension, and some respects q new di-
rectIon, TO our commerce in that ocean.
y direct and rapily increasing inter
course has spr"ng up with Eastern
Asia. The waters OF the Northern Pa
cific, even into the Arctic sea, have Of
late years been frcJlcntcd by our
whalemen. 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 convenient
points on the route between Asia and
our Pacific shores Our unfortunate
countrymcn who from time to time
suffer shipwrcck Oh the coasts of the
eastern seas are entitled to protection.
Besides these specific objects, the gen
cral prosperity OF our States on the
Pacific requires that an attempt should
he made to open the opposite regions
of Asia to a mutually beneficial inter
course. 1t is obvious that this attempt
could be made by no power to SO great
advantage as by the United States.
whose constitutional system excludes
every idea Of distatnt colonial dcpcn-
dcncirs.
have accordingly been led to order
an appropriate naval force to japan,
under the command of discreet and
intelligent officer of the highest rank
known to our service. lie is instruct
cd to cndcavor to obtain from the gov
crnmcnt of that country some rcIaya-
ton of the inhospilablc and ant-social
system which il hes pursued for about
two centuries. lie has been directed
particularly 10 demonstrate in the
strongest language against the cruel
treatment TO which our shipwrcckcd
mariners have often been subjected. and
TO insist that thcv shall he trnotoJ ,r;tb