Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-10-04

riaa -s.a.S ~ WAsHlNcroN, Aug. 90, 1853.
The undersigned, Charge d. Affairs OF his Males
ty the Emperor of Austria has been instructed 10
address this official note to the honorable Secretary
Of State IN relation toH the difficulties which have
occurred between the agents Of the two Govern
E ments at the port OF Smyrna.
~ The facts which came to pass on that occasion
are of public notoIiety aud the undersigned thinks
he may confne himselfin his comments thereon to
the most prominent points. Our Consul General,
Mr.. de Weckbecker, exercising the right Of lprls-
diction which has been GUARANTEED by treaties to
the consular agents Of Austria IN the East relative
TO their countfyme, had caused to be arrested and
and conveyed on boprd. the Austrian brig -of-war
''Huszar' the Hungarian refugee Martin kosza.
who, residing at one time in the interior at kpta-
.hia had left Turkey IN company with hoSsuth, and
who, after having pledged himself in writing not
to set foot on Ottoman territory, broke that pledge
by returning some months since to Smyrna. Tins
arrest gave cause to some reclamations which mr.
OhleY, United States Consul, conformity with tue
commander Of the American sloop- of-war asst.
Louis" anchored in the roads before Smyrna
deemed it incumbent upon themselves to address
to Mr.. de Weckbecker, baSing their demands upon
the fact that the Aforesaid hoSZta haVlngS accOIn-
ing to Them caused himself to be naturallZedin the
United States was entitled TO the protection of the
American authorities. Upon this the Consul Get
eraI of the Emperor, accompanied by The American
Consul and the Amencan commander IePaHeu on
hoard the tuszar,'' and these two funcionaries
had II in their power to convince themselves from
the declarations of the prisoner himself, that the
latter had not acquired the quallty oil clIZeh OF I'VE
United States,t and that he was not even PROVIDED
with an American passport.
ION his own part the Charge d fairs ad interim
of the United States at Constautinople addressed
communication, on the 9th Of June, to the lmpe-
rial InteTnuncio, (MiniSter0 the object OF which
WIS to ask for the release OF KoStZa, upon The plea
that he Iad taken some steps to be admitted as an
American citizen. Baron de Bruck replied to this
request on the same day, refusing to comply with
il. Two days after Mr.. Brown returned again to
the charge nv forwarding to MIR. de BTuck cory
OF declaration purpoTtIng to have been signed by
Koszta in New York, on the 3tst of July last, and
which the Charge d'A1aires of the Union seems to
regard sufficient to imply the naturalization oil that
refugee in Anetica. The lnternunclo replied that
it was impossible for him 10 alter his determination
as he could not consider tile individual in question
as belonging to foreign jurisdiction so long as the
ties which bound him to his country were not le-
gally dissolved. Hs- trn
The undersigned thinks it proper to embody with
the very text of this note copy Of the document
above mentioned, which has served as the basis to
all the extraordinary proceedings both on the part
of Dir. Brown and that of the COMMANDER OF the
st. Louis. Here 1t is: s5st,
Declaration made By Martin Kos=ta Of allegiance
49,. to Lhs Government of the United States.
l. Martin KoSzta, do declare on oath that 1t IS
bona fde my intsntionto become citizen OF the
United States, and to renounce forever all ale
glance and fidelity to all and every foreign prince,
potentate, State, and sovereignty whatever, and
particularly to the Emperor Of Austria.
Sworn in open court this 3lst day of July, 1852,
before me, clerk Of the court, &c. =
T., clerk of the court Of, being court
ofTecopi, having the common law jurisdiction and
clerk and seal, do certify that the above IS true
copy of the original DECLARATION OF Mr.. koszta to
become citizen OF the United STATES remaining
opened in my Office.
In testimony whereof have hereunto subscri-
se4E, H. ST. bed my name and affixed the seal OF
the said court the 3lst day of July,