Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-12-15

fersit to her local authorities In Cuba for in
\ vestigation, and postpones an answer till she
j has heard from those authorities. To avoid
these Irritating and vexatious delays, propo-
sition has been made to provide for direct
! appeal for redress to the captain general by
our CONSUL in behalf of our injured fellow-cit-
4 Nens.1 Hitherto, the government of Spain
hasdeclmed to ehteriinto any such arrange
\ mHnt. This course on her part is deeply re-
1 GREETED :; tor, without some arrangements of
this kind, the good understanding between the
two countries may be exposed to occasional
| interrnptionss Our minister at Madrid is in
strueted to renew the proposition, and to press
/ it again upon the consideration of her Catholic
majesty a governments. =ssasE goffaarjai nE
H. sFor,several years Spain has beencalling the
4 attention of this government to claim for
losses, by some of her subjects, in the case OF
the schooner Anistad. This claim is believed
to rest on the obligations imposed by our ex-
listing treaty with that country Its Justice
was admitted, in our diplomatic correspondence
with the Spanish government, as early as
i March, l647 and one of my predecessors, in
his annual message of thatlye recommended
that provision should be made for its payment.
In January last it was again submitted to con-
gress by therexecutive. Ii has received a fa-
vorable consideration by committees of both
branches, but as yet there has been no final
action upon it'll conceive that good faith re-
quires Its prompt adjustment, and present it
to your early and favorable consideration. @
i Martin koszta, Hungarian by birth; came
to this country in 1850, and declared his in
tentien, in due form of law, to become citi-
zen of the United. States. After remaining
here nearly twofyears he visited Turkey
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on board an Austrian brig of war, then lying
in the harbor of that place, and there confined
in irons, with the avowed design to take him
into the dominions of Austria Our consul at
Smyrna and legation at Constantinople inter
posed for his release, but their efforts were
Intellectual. While thus imprisoned, Com
mander Ingtaham, with the United States
ship-of-war st. Louis, arrived at Smyrna, and,
after inquiring into the circumstances of the
case, came to the conclusion that Koszta
was entitled to the protection of this govern
ment, and took energetic and prompt meas
ures for his release. Under an arrangement
between the agents of the United States and
of Austria he was transferred to the custody
of the French consul-general, at Smyrna, there
TO remain until he should be disposed of by
the mutual agreement of the consuls of the re-
spectiye governments at that place. Pursuant
to that agreement he has been released, and
is now on his way to the United States. The
emperor of Austria has made the conduct of
our officers who took part in this transaction
subject of grave complaint Regarding Koszta
as still his subject, and claiming right to
seize him within the limits of the Turkish
empire, he has demanded of this government
its consent to the surrender of the prisoner, a
disavowal of the acts of its agents, and satis-
faction for the alleged outrage. .ds, .a. ,,1
After a careful consideration of the case,
came to the conclusion that Koszta.was seized
without legal authority at Smyrna; that he
was wrongfully detained on board of the Aus
trian brig of war that, at the time of his
seizure he was clothed with the nationality of
the United States and that the acts of our
officers, under the circumstances of the case,
were justifable, and their conduct has been
fully approved by me, and compliance with
the several demands Of the Emperor Of Aus
tria has been declined afihi'f
For more full account Of this transaction
and my views in regard to it, refer the cor
respondence between the charge d'affaires of
Austria and the Secretary of State, which is
herewith transmitted The principles and
policy, therein maintained on the part of the
United States, will, whenever proper occa-
sion occurs, be applied and enforced. r
The condition of China. at this time, rem
ders it probable that some important changes
will occur In that vast empire, which will
lead to more unrestricted intercourse with
it. The commissioner to that country, who
has been recently appointed, is instructed to
avail himself of all occasions to open and ex-
tend our commercial relations, not only with
the empire of China, but with other Asiatic
nations ~ iil Z -,s vii@sisat rn 5i .nil ai
I In 1859, an expedition was sent to Japan,
under the command Of Com. Perry, for the
purpose of opening commercial intercourse
with that empire. Intelligence has been re-
ceived Of his arrival there, and of his having
made known to the emperor of Japan the OBJ
ject of his visit; but it is not yet ascertained
how far the emperor will be disposed to aban-
don his restrictive policy, and open that popu-
lous country to a commercial intercourse with
the United States. 7-iigs -nnsgss Eflu
1t has been my earnest desire to maintain
friendly intercourse with the governments up
on this continent, and to aid them in pre-
serving good understanding among them
selves. With Mexico, dispute has arisen as
to the true, boundary line between our terrific
ry of New Mexico and the Mexican state Of
chihuahua. A former commissioner of the
United States, employed in running that line
pursuant to the treaty Of ofGuadaloupe Hidalgo,
made serious mistake in determining the ini-
tial point on the Rio Grande; but, inasmuch as
his decision was clearly departure from the
directions for tracing the boundary contained
in that treaty, and was not concurred in by the
surveyor appointed on the part of the United
States, whose concurrence was necessary to
give validity to that decision, this government
is not, concluded thereby: but that of Mexico
takes different view Of the subject.
There are also other questions of considera-
bic magnitude pending between the two re-
.publics. Our minister in Mexico has ample
instructions to adjust them. Negotiations
have been opened, but sufficient progress has
not been made therein to enable me to speak
of the probable result. Impressed with the
importance of maintaining amicable relations
with that republic, and of yielding with lber-
ality to all her just claims, il is reasonable to
expect that an arrangement mutually satisfae-
tory TO both countries may be concluded, and a
lasting friendship between them confirmed and
perpetuated.
Congress having provided for full mission
to the States of Central America, minister
was sent thither in July last. As yet he has
had time to visit only one Of these States,
(Nicaragua) where he was received in the
most friendly manner. 1t is hoped that his
| presence and good offices will have benign
effect in composing the dissensions which pre-
yaii among them, and in establishing still
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