Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-01-03

the governments interested, including the Uni
ted States, to be represented in Convention to
assemble for the purpose of receiving and con-
sidering the proposition which she intends to
submit for the capitalization of the Sound Dues
and the distribution of the sum to be paid as
communication among the governments, according
to the respective proportions of their maritime
commerce to and from the Baltic.
have declined, in behalf of the United Sta
tes to accept this invitation, for the most cogen
reasons One is, that Denmark does not offer
TO submit to the Convention the question of her
right to levy the Sound Dues. Secondly, that
if the Convention were allowed to, take cogn-
zance of that particular question, still it would
not be competent to deal with the great interra-
tional principle involved, which effects the
rights in other cases of navigation and CONNER
cial freedom, AS well as that of access to the Bal
tic Above all, by the express terms of the pro-
position, it is contemplated that the eonsidcra-
ton of the Sound Dues shall be csmmingled
with and made subservient to a matter wholly
extraneous. to-wit: the balance of power among
the governments ofsEurope. While, however
rejecting the proposition and insisting on the
right of free transit to and from the Baltic, !
have expressed to Denmark Willingness on the
part of the IT, S. to share equally with other adj
vantaces which commerce shall hereafter derive
| from expenditures made by her for the improve.
ment and safety of the navigation of the Sound
or Baltic / lay before You herewith sundry do
cuments on the subject. in which my views are
more fully disclosed Should no satisfactory ar
engagements be soon concluded, | shall agein call
your attention to the subject, with recommen-
dation of such measures as may appear to be re-
quired to assert and secure the rights of the U
States. so far as they are effected bs the preten-
! sions of Denmark.
| announce with much qualification that since
the adjournment of the last Congress the ques-
| ton existing between this government and that
Of France, respecting the French Consul at San
Francisco has been satisfactorily determined
and that the relations of the two governments
continue to be of the most friendly nature
| A question also, which has been pending for
several wears between the Kingdom of Greece
and the u. S., growing out of the seqnestration
| by public authorities ofthat country of property
| belonging to ibe present American Consul III
Athens and which has been the subject of very
earnest discussion heretofore. has recently been
settled 10 the satisfaction of both governments
! With Spain, peaceful relations are still main.
tanned, and some srogless has been made in Sc.
curing the redress of wrongs complained of by
this Government Spain has not only disvowed
and disapproved Of the coudnct of those who IL
| legally detained the steamer Black Uarrior ri
! Havana, but has also paid the sum claimed as
indemnity for the loss thereby inflicted on citi
| Zens of the II. s. III consequence of the de-
structrye hurricane which visited Cuba in 1914
the supreme authorities of that Island issued q
decree permitting the importation, for the peri
cd of Tx months, of certain building materials
and provisions, but revoked it when about hall
| the period had elapsed, to the injury of the cit
| liens of tho u. S.. who had proceeded TO act or
the faith of that decree. The Spanish Govern
ment refused ndemnfcation to the parties I'M
! til recently, when it was asscnted to and pay
ment promised as soon as the amount due can
| be ascertained The satisfaction claimed fol
/ the arrest and search of the steamer FL Dorado
has not yet been accorded, but there is reason to
believe that it will be, and that matter with
othersc continues to be urged on the attention o.
the Spanish Government / do not abandon the
hope of concluding with Spaiu some general ar
rangement which, if it do not wholly prevent the
recurrence of difficulties in Cuba, will render
them less frequent anc whenever they shall oc
cnr facilitate their more speedy settlement,
| The interpretation of this Government has been
invoked by many of it's ciiixens account Of
injuries done to their persons and property foi
WHICH the Mexican Republic is responsible
The unhappy situation of that country for some
time past has not allowed its government to give
due consideration to claims for private repara
! ton and has appeared to call for and Justify
some forhcarance in such cases on the part ;o
this Government. But if the revolutionary
movement which have lately occurred in that
| Republic end in the organization of a stable
Government. urgent appeals to its justice will
| then be made, and Ii may be hoped with sue
cess, for the redress of ali complaints of oui
citizens.
In regard to the American Republics. which
| from their proximity and other considerations
have peculiar relations to this Government, while
it has been my constant aim strictly to observe
all the obligations of political friendship and o.
good ncighborhood, obstacles to this have ariser
in some of them from their own insufficient pow
er to check lawless irruptions which in effect
throws most of the task on the u. S. Thus it is
that the distracted internal condition of the State
of Nicaragua has made it incumbent on me to APP.
peal to the good faith of our citizens to abstain
! from unlawful interference in its affairs and to a.
dept preventive measures to the same end, which
on similar occasion had the best results in re-
assuring the peace of the Mexican States of So
nora and Lower California.
Since the last session of congress, n treaty OF
amity; commerce and navigation and for the
surrender of fugitive criminals; with the King.
| dom of the Two Sicilies; treaty of friendship
of commerce and navigation with Nicaragua,
and a convention of commercial reciprocity with
the Hawaiin Government. have been negotiated
The latter Kingdom and the State of Nicaragua
have also acceeded TO declaration, recognizing
AS international rights the principles contained
! in the convention between the United States and
Russia, July 22d, 1854. These trcatises and
conventions will be laid before the Senate for
ratification.
The statements made in my last annual Mes
sage, respecting the anticipated receipts and ex-
penditurcs of the Treasury, have Heen substan-
TALLY verified. 1t appears from the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury that the receipts dur
ing the fiscal year ending June lst, 1885, from
ali sources, were $55, $3.50, and that the pub
! lie expenditures for the same period. exclusive
of payments on account of the public debt, am
ounted TO $50 365, 593. During tho same peri
cd the payments is made in redemption of the
public debt, including interest and premium,
amounting to S9,544,52S. The balance i'll the
Treasury at the beginning of the present fiscal
year, July 1st, ';5, was $lS 1896 Receipts
for the first quarter, and the estimated receipts
for the remaining three quarters, amount togeth-
err TO 367 ,9lS 734; thus aftording in all, as the
available resources of the current fiscal year the
sum of $S6,0127lG.
If the expenditures of the first quarter Of the
current fiscal year be added to the expenditures
for the remaining three quarters estimated by
the Secretary of Treasury, the sum total will be
S6,226, SAC, thereby leaving an estimated bal
ance in the Treasury July 9Th 1856 of $40, 562, :
3SS Al The above estimated expenditures of
the present fiscal year, included $3,001.c59 to
meet the last nstalment of the $IU'J0,00 pro-
vided for by the late Treaty with Mexico, and
the 81 ,S50, 0U0, appropriated on the account of
the debt due to Texas, which two sums make an
aggregate of so, $4,000, and reduce the expen-
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