New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-09


pondencs has hitherto been carried conserving u
matter but unless some result is soon had the perma
Of our friendly relations with that Government vii
be in jeopardy Some fears as the termination Of thu
are expressed especially account
The violations Of the neutrality laws which hare occurred
id this country BY the SCENTS and with the consent o.
the British Tho facts In the case and enc
international law applicable thersto are given Of length
Inssmuoh as the matter is Of general interest thar
anything else contained In the message We give 1t IN
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snef haDr the public rights and the municipal law Of
the United States solicitude
tanned BY this yeas slnce The British
foreigners the military service Of Great Britain No
thing on tho Of the act or in its public history ndi-
Gated that British Government proposed attempt
recruitment In the United States NOR did II ever give
intiation Of such intention this government TWAS
matter Of SURPRISE therefore, to find subsequently, that
the peraons within the United States to
proceed Halifax, in the British province of Scotia
there enlist in the service Of Great Britain going
with little no disguise Ordinary legal
steps Immediately taken to srrest punish parties
concerned and 80 put on end to acts Infringing the
nicipal law and to our sovereignty Mean
while suitable representations she subject ad-
dressed to the British Governments.
Thereupon 1t became known, BY the admission of the
British Government ITSELF that the attempt to draw re-
eruts from this country Originated with it, had
its approval and sanction it also appeared that the
public agents in it had stringent instructions
violate the municipal law Of the United States
It is difficult to understand how it should have been
supposed that troops could be raised here by Great Britain
without violation q the munciRalaw The uumistakable
object the law was to prevent every such act which,
performed must be either in violation Of ths law in
studied evasion Of and in either alternative the act
done would be alike Injurious to the sovereignty OF
United States II 5;3 .rf5.ss5ts{55t
Ii the meantime the matter acquired additional impor
ance the in the United States being
discontinued and the disclosure of the fact that they
were prosecuted upon asystematie plan devised by oh
cial authority that recruiting rendezvous had been
opened in our principal cities and depos for the
he
whole business conducted under the supervision and BY
the regular cooperation Of British officers civil and mill
tary come in the North American Provinces some in
the United States The completely Of those officers in an
undertaking, which could only accomplished by defy
ing our aWs throwing suspicion attitude Of
tality ana disregarding territorial rights Is conou
sVe proved by the evidence ELECTED the trial Of such
Of their agents as have been and convicted
Some Of the officers thus implicated are of high official
pcaton, and many Of them beyond our jurisdictions so
that legal proceedings could not reach the of the
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These considerations and the fact that the cause of
complaint was not casual occurrence but deb-
crate design, entered upon with full knowledge of our
public funconares mpeled to present the case to
the British government in order to secure, not only
cessation Of the wrong but its repatriation The subject
10 still under discussions the result Of which Will be
inundated to you in due time.
The subject Of the Sound Dues next brought forward
and general of the negotiations relative to them
is given The President says:
I1emain Of the opinion that the United States ought
much because Of their amount which is secondary
matter but because it in effect the recognition Of the
right Of Denmark to treat one Of the great maritime
highways Of nations close and the navigation
it privilege for which tribute may be imposed upon
those who have occasion to use it, e. %#a "A 49,
Mhis Government on former occasion not unlike the
present, sgnazed its determination to maintain the
freedom Of the and Of the channels
navigation. The Barbary States had, for long time,
coerced the payment of tribute from all nations whose
ships equented the Mediterranean. To the last demand
Of aue payment made by them, the United States al
other nations returned the explicit answer that we pre-
ferred trbutean thus opened the way to the re-
lief Of the commerce Of the world from gnouainous
tax long submitted to by the powerful nations Of
Europe Il t9.&l Ill., e4 g$ MI s3 4t5F4f IN =
The state Of affairs with France is briefly alluded to as
amicabe and the adjustment of troubles with Greece
mentioned. Our difficulties with Spain have been nd
used by the latter Power consentng to make PREPARATION
for damages sustained by citizens With regard to
Mexico Government has been very liberal on account
Of the unsettled state of affairs there but, IL the
utonery movements which have lately occurred in that
Republic In the organization of stable
urgent appeals to its Justice will then be made and 1T
may be hoped with success for the redress of all COM
plants of our citizens.'' 4aH he g#s2# f5S&
With regard to Nicaragua, the President says i&sss
In regard to the American Republics which from their
proximity and other have peculiar rea
tons to this Government while it has been my constant
aim strictly to observe all the obligations Of political
friendship and of good neghborhood obstacles to this
power to check awess irruptions which in effect throR
most Of the task the United States Thus it IL that
the distracted internal condition Of the State Of Nicara
qua has made 1t Incumbent to appeal to the good
faith Of cur citizens to abstain from nterven
ton In its AFFAIRS and to adopt preventive measures to
the same end which, similar occasion, had the best
results in reassrng the of the Mexican States of
Sonora and Lower California. ,sa Il .3.1 r. K
Treaties Of amity and commerce have been made with
the two sicies, with Nicaragua and the Hawaiian King
DOM The condition Of the treasury department is re-
| ferred to at length: VS. SsU GI {ts G@& Is
It appears from the report Of the Secretary of the
Treasury that the receipts during the last year
ending June 49, 1866, from all sources were sixtyfve
million three thousand nine hundred and thirty oiars
that the public expenditures for the same period
elusive of payments Rccount of the public debt
amounted to fftysix mlion three hundred and sixty
i've thousand three hundred and ninetyhree dollars
During the PERIOD the payments made in redemu.
ton Of the public debit including interest premium
amounted to nine million eight hundred and forty.four
thousand FIVE hundred and twenty -eght dollars.
The balance in the Treasury at the beginning of the
present fiscal year, July 1st 1856 eighteen million
nine hundred and thirty-one thousand mine hundred
and seventsx dollars the receipts for the first
and the estimated receipts for the remang three quar-
ters amount together, to sxyaeven million nine
bred and eighteen thousand hundred and thirty
four dollars thus aording In ALL the available re-
sources Of the current fiscal year the of eghtysx
million eight hundred and ty-sx thousand seven hun
bred and Ten dollars. --
If to the actual expenditures the frat quarter of the
current fiscal be added the probable expenditures
the remaining estimated by the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury the total will be seventyone
million two hundred and twentysy thousand eight hun.
dred and fortysx dollars, thereby leaving estimated
balance IN the treasury, July ls 1856 of fifteen mil
lion six hundred and twenty three thousand eight hun
dred and sxty-three dollars and forty one cents.
In the above estimated expenditures OF the present
fscal are included three million dollars to meet the
last installment of the ten millions provided for in the
late treaty with Mexico, and million hundred
and y thousand dollars appropriated OF the
debt due to Texas, which two make aggregate
amount Of ten million seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, and reduce the expenditures actual estimated
for ordinary objects of the year, to the of sixty
million four hundred and seventy six thousand dollars
The amount OF the public debt, at the
OF the present fiscal year. forty million five hundred
and eghtythree thousand six hundred and thirty-one
dollars and deduction being made of subsequent pay
ments the whole public debt of the Federal Government
remaining at this time is less than forty million dollars
The remnant Of certain other Government stocks,
amounting to two hundred aud forty three thousand
dollars referred to in my last message outstanding
since been paid.
The army and navy are reviewed their present force
and occupation gyen and the reorganization of the
mer strenuousy recommended The Postohlcs Depart
is stated to have expended for the last fiscal year
dollars The report Of the Secretary of the Interior is
summed up in the following statement:
The aggregate of public sold during the last
fiscal year. located with military script land warrants
taken up under grants for roads and selected swamp
lands by States is twentyfou million Eve hundred and
hityeeFen thousand four hundred and nine of
which this portion sold was fifteen million hundred
and tWeutynine thousand i've hundred and twenty
acres yielding in receipts the Of eleven million four
hundred and eighty.fve thousand three hundred and
eighty dollars Ia the period of time eight million
seven hundred and twenty three thousand eight hundred
and httytour acres have been surveyed but in conde-
ration Of the quantity already subject to enry add