, 1865-01-06

~ "ss' us.M""et*3 ~ ~ tnHiNt HEl VI Vic
rtse9meht tosn"9 lioatillies a.lopto! BY thu brazilian
Rsma,,1,osn aa,,s Of l9 cirepmstanees which. prccalcd
tra,.saetlcn l!solt IL incomplete. Xt Tic satnS 5
corrcsponisnso t1!at 4 msy 'avs el!cite hctwccn1
In this etaKo Of Tho tnater tllo President thinks
pl9pcr tMnt yer should Inform Tho Minister for
r0fFn'gn Anit. tlat o gre not 1ndiaposud 10
70 foteusf m waatoycr 4tnsti9na 1isy ari.c out Of
y. n oeGomf and friendly eptrl1 Il that spirit
s,in Sn,c no aaoptea W Ills Imperial Maastys Gov.
cfruehI
"'t. sit, yous obcdIcnt s.crvant,
an. nAnnozA TO Nh. pxwAnp.
fIrnna1stInnl
1aS*,aa a1,,.L,.: LkaAr,sx ;2 o: !. .n.As'1,l IA
Tho tntnrs!!gnct, chargo d'A1a1ros al tnt<rlnt
OF ~ 'Ae Eiaturor of l'raxti, luy jNst Eeca!vol
oraefs !f1''l hlb uoycFnlnent to adlrrxs hiWaelf,
Msfm Mn.,Y, m1ay, 20 sh.t OF ti.o rnlied satsa o1
Son9snt s1 ~ EraSi!y one on Tho morning Of ~ NJ
isy iy e. Wf@e, r. ss 10 ,o r. pots 81 TIC saga Of
actt. belonging TO tho Navy or tho Union, al nct
III ~ ; sitolaoa o. tlc terrific
ea!arsa M that po,t ~9sIe already had 6cea iyiag
steamer Florida for tho purpose, declared by her
eommanaer % 10 ne frcsidcnt Of the Province, to
supply acraen With altmentary provisions aud
eoI M aga P ~ dePa's some innes o. nor maehinerY;
the policy ofnentrality which The empire resolved
a. 70 aaoPt s,t On e question IN which unfortunately
lie Instructions IN s rsspcct @ issa:d by tbe G I@
pcrial Government on the 43d Of june Of TIC year
onnE s ~ H. @ 70 ne apReanon o. ne een,
hours fof falling in Supplies, and dxsns, M il epen.
dence on he fnal examination By tho engineer Of
tEe tines whtch neeea9aitre o. IF resiaae q
tnai'pensable for the completion Of thc repaira.
est sas aqeof II i e. e3se With 5 g1at
avoid any conflict between the tho hostiie stsam-
crs;
e aeea qnass The bat
the tnthore aide, al lie request Of her coaander
Nh9, Fepostpg on the faith with which, without
ae t iGsn[ GaS1 s o te Province could
sasasS saol Re fsai
SSesssl: .s'@A' pA'' u A' ''s" '' ILLS
e1s;a otss nc to asy hat As coon the Con-
American cons Wo SHsfea .as nost IT Eah the
dent dspateh Claiming that the Flo11da M should i
~. pc aamlttGa to Tree prattquc, and that On the
hst IT, yessel had IN 90 a,!eS fof this
violated ne @ neutrality Of tile Emp,re by making
Sp.arses ans IN 1854 near tho Island Of Fernando d.
ae Such e3agrc.ated nrctcrs,ons ton,.,. ou ,,...
aseqasIon as between the Imperial Government and
ercn 1lsinnni ~ ~ 'ne cn'tea states. could not lc
tal,ty SOLICITED By thc commander of the Florida,
Mo1ia naFe M Min1Fngsd not oniy the duties Of
+: considering that steamer, coming from Tcne-
[ne, aaa oecn u aaye at sea, !Vas unproyided with
t anu "ata maehlnesS IN the ver5 worst condi-
Afterwards, the President hasing stated to The
Tagstv gonsg raa1 9e hGRe from his honor and
settle with the commander OF the Wachusott, that
he ahonld fcsrect the neutrality and sovereignty
Of tlc Empire, he was answered atllrmativcly. the
Go9hn! M 9is plgafnS NJ WORD Of honer Things were
o he q atefnoon as,s q oiog tao ill., t.
thn WaeSnssti a"n snGo q eons dag e Of
resecd through The Brazilian vessels Of wor and
approached dc Florida. ''''@
veite as5g acFosS S s 9oTs 9r hc Brazilian cor
that he must anchor, hat as he did not attend to
w. Fa,ia i1nnnon =, Y ard continued to approaeh the
muskotry. the commander Of ths naval division Of
the Empire, stationed tn those waters, sent an of.
aeer 10 board the Wachusett and inform her com.
would open fire upon her II she should att,ck tho
Florlda. Tho Brazilian officer wns not allowed to
make fa:t 70 he Waehusett but the efcer Of tlo
nothing more, and hat ho Eae goinc to return TO
bis anchorage. Tho conmanter Of Tie Brnxfijan
division ton t1,0t1rbt nroprr il rr1itv ia ;ntf,n
tlun {v f1rirC n r1in nun1 ,vf,fci, - Scnmrinsn u
1cnec followed between the two ehins, Waclnsctt
nn1 Florida.
lartn on Loart which the ct'fnm,SJcr ~ t. r.
yjsioi, i,o hnstr is f,nc IN t,anM M g. .ne Ht
her, and alo cIoss 10 H. unro ~ ,, ~, ae y sidG os
and tho corvette thu acnmssst Ti'' .sn terMeG" ,er
wlirclr. ""~"97''> e''prc" ncs
nowi6rinimi ,lte ,nrn",s ''f t"n t n'GtefsinR.
o Waciest, iron, tiio "E nesi"n M 'e M ,,t}n S1 w.. @
wla, iMi,t moving ownr,, hui waa nn,.inn a1,sni oa
scrt tlnt in sci ehs IN siccrv 'Ge f'r t eo,l' o,,
el1nrarc, ilts complying VIII, c tramrc Hr t"a1a a'
1,nt fw n,utci,is n1trrwnrs. nrr"ntvi..s III,
cr ,ai is Wacas"tt ". ~ 'ni 1M 1 t, Giseoy.
iy ,Ira,!r of to'K caSic "''' ''s "e' u III u"
c,'ns H. nuei ~ Gstsaornaty W. attonipt, tho