Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-08-18

The matter was referred to the Legation at
Constantinople. Mr.. Brown, our Charge DAT
fairies, in the absence of Mr.. Marsh managed
the thing. admirably. The Austrian minister
was firm, and so was Mr.. d. Turkey was q
neutral country, and not Austria. The man
had regular papers from the authorities in
New York testifying that he had renowned
all allegiance to Austria, and declared himself
a citizen Of the United States. The American
Consul and Capt. Ingraham Of the st. Louis
were instructed to continue to demand the
man. In the meantime plan was discovered
by which he was 60 be- secretly removed at
night from the brig of war to an Austrian
steamer near by, and sent off to Trieste. Capt.
Ingraham Immediately hauled his vessel in be-
tween the brig and steamer, and kept good
lookout. A special messenger was at length
sent by our Legation to Smyrna with despatch
es, which led the captain of the st. Louis once
more to visit the brig, and in presence OF her
captain to interrogate the Hungarian as to the
allegiance he acknowledges. The man an
swered promptly and fully as before, that he
owns no allegiance to any power on earth but
the government Of the United States, and that
it was his purpose to return there soon. Capt
Ingraham then peremptorily demanded the
man as his. The Austrian captain refused
The American gave an interval OF three hours
for him to consider the matter telling him that at
that at the end of that time if the man was not
| given up the corst consequences toouM toLtoto !;
and with this, he returned to his ship. He
had suggested, by the way, that if the Austrian
chose, the Hungarian should be sent to the
consul of some friendly power.
Here was rather novel predieament for the
captain of the ST. Louis to find himself in
He had gone too far to back out, SO he stood
his ground like man. On one side of him
was an Austrian brig of-war, and on the other
an Austrian corvette and two or three Austrian
steamers near by. The man must be delivered
up in three hours, or a specimen of American
thunder would boom over the Mediterranean
Capt. Ingraham cleared his decks for action.
His big guns were all shotted, the cutlasses
and pixies brought out for the boarders, and in
a very short space of time the brave Yankee
tars on board the st. Louis, with the stars and
stripes waving over them were ready to fight
them all A correspondent of the Boston
Traveller says
This utimatum Of the Americans was now
spread through Smyrna, and Of course the
greatest excitement prevailed. Thousands and
tens of thousands of people came hocking to
the shore. The European residents were run
ming, each to his own consul, to beg that some
thing might be done to prevent the threatening
catastrophe. Just as the three hours tcere about
expiring, the prisoner was seen coming over
the side of the brig. He was put into a boat
and carried to the French Consulate where he
was left, by consent of the American Consul.
on the condition that he is not to be delivered
either to the Austrians or Americans, except
by written order signed by the consuls of
both nations. Thus the question is to be fl
nally settled by the governments at home
The moment the prisoner touched the shore,
the tens of thousands who there assem-
bled, shouted hurah for Capt. Ingraham and
hurrah for America Our country was never
so popular here as it is at present. All classes
united in branding the act of the Austrians as
a most cruel and shameful outrage, and now
all unite in praising the Americans for their
firmness and courage in delivering the poor
victim from the hands of his kidnappers. No
pretcnce of a charge was brought against him,
except that he was Hungarian