Washington telegraph., 1853-09-14

~ hHlHaih ulal 'hlt Hhefhl TN N#4 =. Ff
scushly the delieaoy Of u po'if 4
which he was placed aud Va. muci 8 h.
rassed how To act ht The op.aion. aa I'D.
vice Of onr Charge d Aliiircs al CONSTANT.
nupe confirmed by the claim Of the prison.
cr Ia American protection, decided tie cap.
tain. not huatumlly that the faur,e d per.
il or Of battle if need be, Wa The course
Of duty
1 $ SUR Sr l.orls, SMYRNA
July :. lSi3
wrote You that one Martin Cosa, a
Hungarian refugee had been iurcibly taken
on boari an Austrian brie.oi.war. aud con.
inei in double irons Although he WAS
mol citizen of the l'niiel Slaics, still he
had mBdc his declaration Of intention of mp.
plieation ia apply to heeumc such Ciw.
lngralam knowing that certain death would
await the mau II be ,lould l. carried 10
Ausiria. determined, if possible, to saye
him il lie eauld da il without compromising
our fag, Orlcts had been ir.ncd to the
Austrian Consul to carry the man away On
the 10Th Il june Capt lnguhan hear.
ing tli, On the 2slh, sant his rrolesi that
the man must MT lie carried away uu.
III il was fully sftllcl whether of nul Mar.
lin Cu,ta was an American,
0n the morning Of the 29ih, our slip
mad+ ,ail and lure down toward the Au..
trian brig and anchored near, - We could
watch aud sec tlal the man was not carried
or TIE Au,irians, thinking TINT We wcre
going To take the man, made every rhoIar-
alton TO feeciye us During the maniue
the Austrian captain seui word that the man
would not h. sent away Letters came The
,ame lay ffom Mr. Brown the charge
+ dAilaircs al iHffiim at Couslanliunplc
stating thai Costa sas citizen of tie tui.
/ ted States. aud a, such was entitled In pro.
lection from our country Well as things
stood. the Captain Wus in douli how 10 act,
hut asked that further time might he allow.
Cd 50 n, to hear from Mr. Marsh, who was
daily expected at Cppiaui;nople The
Autrians gave until Last Saturday, the 2nd
Of july Other letters came frm Cousan.
iiuuplc, but iill Captain lneIaham Nas in
dnnLt. aud alcr little conversation with
the consul the captain aud tie consul went
IN loiri the Austrian lrig.ofwar 10 .cc
. Martin Co,'l Ancr somc conversation.
/ Martin Costa demanded protection from the
American aig Capt lncriham thou told
him he should have IT, The captain aud
consul returned on board uf our .lip, aud
the captain sent word 10 the Au,iriiu that
be demanded Martin Costa by I O'Clock il
the evening After this was known. ire.
mcnluu. cNciicmen, spread throughout the
ship all hands were called to quarters 10
mstc preparations ior acIinn; the Zig guns
were loaded, cuta..cs, smHll.afms, boarding
pixies, aud everything ready lor an engage.
meut. The surgeon. brought cut their in.
,irumrnts. ready to cut olI leg. patch ~
wounds. DC.
The shore was crowded with people To
witness the cnragomci, a. they thought the
hluody work was ruing 10 take place. Th"
news spread like wild.drc throughout Smyr.
ma. and the people were as much excited o,
We were. Delegation, cane oT 20 the sbip to
see il something could not be done 70 pre-.
vent an action Ancr four or I'D hour,
I (happily for all pariics.) the NuH con and
Austrian consuls came TO cn promise /;
7 that j., the Austrian consul, vi bid iull
control of the man. consented q ~ llaiiin
Costa should be delivered up INF ih' hnn4s
| uf tho French consul, who cons nicl t0iak !
charge ot nim, unlii NcNWug was iidF
settled ly the two Governments as 10 WI
had clnm to the man Vol, ahor t'hs
wss settled, Of course we MI brcaihed MD
frcor than We did before. No doubt but
many lives would have been lot on both
sides. Although our gun, were mnfh lar
ger than the Au.iriin-, still at iho near
quarter we intended fighting their guns
would have been Just rs destructive as ours.
\ The Austrian force consisted Of one brig oi
sixteen guns, one schooner Of ten guns, aud
three mail steamers, which would no doubt
have assisted in the engagement. SO you
sec their force was much larger than ours.
There WAS general rejoicing after the mat
tcl was settled and the american citizen.
il Smyrna gave a dinner to Capt lugra.
ham and his officers on the l.h Of July -
There was iollidcalion, and there was a
popping Of bottle-corks instead Of the big
guns. Last night we gave a ball on board
to some Of the residents Of Smyrna. who
have been very kind to US since our arrival
IN port
Salcratus is said to be injurious to the