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uto ".,hcut the Intervention Of these officers Nhu
dctivc thcr authority from the Porte, ate believed
t' hAvo boon extremely few. Nrl q III entirely
clrndostinc character.
kostts'a arrest. which took plaza On the 2l,t of
Juna, hn,ng become publicly known, tho attention
Of Mr. Obey, American consul ut Snytnn, was
drawn to the case, not NJ tho iu'tanco of EoVta,
vLo thaa far had uey,r dreamed that h. Lai any
right to the protection of the consoate but on "a.
contrary had declared that be would live md die
Hungarian, bat BY tfird persons. Mr.. Uht!, 81
be writes 10 the Ii gait under date Of june 2Ith,
called upon the IurFiah governor aai iuai ted, That
kos4ta "had really an h0,0,,an ptsprt, he wa
"entitlcd to the protection Of The United STATE,
"and uHder the SHp,styoa, requested the Erycrno,
"to have him dcIi cred up to the consulate" Ju,
he did not ask the Plcha to interpo.cd any cti1
r-on7d. Two Or three day after, the United S'gtsg
corvette st. L,ui; having VI the time nnircd
at smyrna, Mr.. Obey and anl Captain In .r0ham,
commander Of the St. Louis, went on board t.e
Austrian big where Kcszta was confined aad. t.
use the words Of the letter above quoted, (" iuAj
"tLAt kosttl had only the declaration 0lrcuIy re-
ferred IT," loi bis intention OF becoming citiaeu
Of the United State7,l "hiti u eOur5t DERIVED Is
"ot al fieM Of ,lia,ag has rcitaSc. The facts hay-
been reported to Mir. Brown then acting charge d.
affaires he immediately made application, both to
the Turkish government I'D to Nh de Bluck, Aus.
TRAN IaternunciO 1T Constantinople, for kos7ta's
! release, and having, upon due examination, come
to the conclusion which thel American government
has very properly nctioned that Kos7ta might
avail himself Of American protection, anl eons..
quently, that Mr. oAey'. decision to the contrary
Capt Ingrahaln expressing the opinion tia! he
Capt Insrahan) had ri ght t, demand The rcea.e
of koszta, and advising him. in case OF refusal, "'
stake him out Of the o'ssi By farce" Upon this al
vice alone Captain Ingraham proceeded, and in hi,
written demand to the Austrian commander, he
expressly stated r.at' he acting by dr,,t.,a Of
| the Ameicaa Lcfatipa at CohstaatnolIe lie uiso
employed similar language in his Subsequent report
to the Legation OF his proce odings.
On the Pad OF July, a convention was entered
| into between Mr. ulHcv and the Austrian consul.
general, by which the two consulatcs requested the
| French Consul-rcncral to receive KosNa into cus.
"todv in hi. prison. de prendre koslta en- depot
dams Sc, prisonsl and stipulated, that the French
| consulate should not deliver up tine prisoner ( lie
detenu exceut upon the Joint deland of the Amer.
| lean and Austrian consul,.
On the 5th Of July, Mr.. Marsh, who had been for
| some months absent from Constantinople under
| .neeial instructions from the State Department.
returned to his post and resumed the charge of the
Legation. From this moment the negotiations and
correspondence on the subject were conducted solely
by him, he alone ia responsible for. all the suisse
quent and neglects Of the Legation in the prem
Uses, and you run risk in assuring your readers,
that he prefers to bear the burden Of his own deln
| quences rather than to share it with any other
| person.
| Negotiations both oral and written now ensued
between Mr.. Marsh and Mr.. de Bruek, and these
resulted in arrangement for Koszta'. return to
the United States, which has been carried into effect
as will be seen hereafter.
Koszts himself, the American consul at Smyrna,
and others, have complained loudly Of the terms
Of the arrangement concluded between the American
and Austrian Legations, but it is believed, that
candid persons whose sympathies have been excited
| by the supposed wrongs which this stranger has
suffered at the hands Of American functionnry,
will do Mr.. Marsh the Justice to admit, that
their indignation has been without good cause when
they learn, that not only Mr.. Marsh's propose! to
Mr. de Bruck, but even the most Objectionable fca-
ture of Mr.. de Brucks letter accepting that proposal
precise accordance oh suggestions Of M h0ssia
hinstt, communicated through and approved by Mr.
! Consul Ofiey
1t should be noticed, that Mr.. Brown acting in
! harmony with what he knew to be Mr. Kosz;a's de-
clared wishes, had in his communications to the
Porte and to the Austrian Legation, only asked that
he be permitted to to the United State, aud
the tenor of this demand had been duly eomrnugi-
sad e. both How and b,fG q