Rising Sun Times, Volume 1, Number 57, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 13 December 1834 — Page 2

State oft.) do a:..i Michigan: iasistins that it is ininiv

the I . a jail

ial

;:v-tie.:i, depending up-v.i coni:;.u ; and a already enacted, and over uh.ch ( 'ons-ress has no jurisdiction- and the firmer contending that it is a emotion

;i dative discretion am! cx;ed,Fei the pus-nose '! ontih-g U

".. m bv t ho G vicr.il Goveri.rr.o: ! in.- .i.-iwn;''.

j t ; i ...'.ei.mt has recer.klv bee

. i operations under vcn favorable circum- j you for such legislation as may ,e four.. I-Miico-. The stock in all tin; Branch- necessary to enable those interested t

-rive the bench! ot it.

of L-

' paesion ( the parties. I 1

I : : e p : v iih

t-.e report ot the oanv.ii a ' contaiai:. the ar .

' St': u:r.;'

ra ia ami. a S Ti)! ! cSe

w:. r-1

e, t: exti: ta la;.,; Ice:. o: y have :v

SVCs Jl:l!

rcis'i t!'i

i ft'..: .' a;

cum :;-.: suhahitej to them oy tt.o ..e Cl'.fioa from Ohio a ad Michigan. T.. deep interest our State has ia the i:v ortant rpio.-tioit will suggest to on tin. propriety of calling the uttot.'ion of oui

delegation ia vongiess to t!

a c;

'.- ;: I . oa the 5 ia lb: 'i'.as " e e to i i . t'a: ia

partn piisiu e i k I W li aith s u: .! " " ; i - i i i i

a 1!

ia Cmigiess to t! o r-a! ; !. ! ;.

'. I roquesiiro; them 1o ur.i.e wi;h these ! a,-, d. to i i-m.-vc O.iio and I.hno.s in bringing it to a j 1 1 ; i : f.o.ai nm-mi e. dv detcr:iih..ation bv Centres-, the ! i i h. half of ihe

it invite tribunal fori'? d-.-ei-i

t ' I " " "

nbsion inta tl

oa!y ! But ! c u ri n

aoim. ! rnei i

: ting

.:.: I"

ra ''Tlio!:S

ii ( Jo t-i aa:eat

I!. ;s !aan:: ns. t :iU"i oi i'.

tin

!.. Li! i e. wh.ieh il!v suceisstal. I i.eai i v all liieii" V.;bar-a. and a'uc. i i' t!;e ui eat "ale of tia- river. aha.!l COO.000 .. !,"( . r, i- el i-, a it r.'i'vaxetits f: aa t

l,,..t 1

was -i:!a-eriled by indi-iii-taiiiient paid as re-

vidur,!-. ai d t

uaireii i)v tac Ci.arlOi". i ae Soaa au

thor.2 ai for ta.e pavra.'-'iit of stock aliott d to lae State, aaiouatiag to five

aa.idie1 thau-and dollar-, was obtai

at a pivmiun of one aad

Vieldinci to the force of circumstances, ai d io the wise conn-els of time .!... ...... .... i, .

ana ev.H;n"a( e, ui.u j-e-" . i ins uu.-i.

I ! es ! 'd i.o

inlerrujH tiio r onstnerec.

l.-,tirrr to oecunv that iraaa-! tr.o (jov ernavrts of tuo-.-t

i.eO i 1 a

ive la'adi edtiis . new

which s'ae stood !o t..e i of tai- I I-aa jaere

i.o-:; loll li

Governments established ia this i ted

.-iid liberal, and have hccn.vvit'a nvai'a d (ideiitv ana ro iprocnl auv ;;.t;;;e. na a-nuloni-ly fulti'dc d. Intestine dissentient have too f;;jouentlv occurred to mar the pro.-poi it ,

,,l i i ........ he iMi'.oiii a e m aat .t- , ; ! i a

tlicm

tr-

i ii. i

per ci a! . on live nor ee:,l. stock, tnaivinu i he an so a -re,

save tae ureal

ae-

e sera et

the amount bo

tioa of siatmu t C'i t.a-.i in

the w:iv ior ti.e ivstoration he e;;sa;;:"- sessioa of the Lea"';?- i n,oi v iu tween t'aose who have

i iiare wail ie tt'.e pe riovi oi a new ;p- j ccan ... same a..v.-! ne.r'.ios.men.t of t tie tnembcis ot the ben- , bv v 'i:i!iv.n inteicst

. tii'En

! .1,

rowe A-

ci ;i ei . u-

. I '. e

tee, s. w .. are a oieu s. piY-less ti".e s.iine

.m tlie smne l.u:seaue.

W'lil lie

necessarv. dnrinu the present

es,io.',to nv ike p.rovisioa far taking an iaiia. ration ef the free white male ii!; a; itan!s throughout the Suite, above

' .. ...... . i .t..; v.v.o vnnrs. nrrna r:i-

t - ;

le Ui'.ilcd Sla'o

instrumental

Oar

;;: ve vth)::

n i;Clic;y

niivl nai nei! oia '

in ; i;va eo-aiii r . s

a f. :.r.:.! ; rl.r.m. lej d--pc:.de::v., and u f-om that ouari-r e- ! rl;ii"!e(i. ilio n io; vi

that tlase iHiin ries tare, will le di-ii:

: e

e i . o

to (

:ct t!

OVi

; ; n

-ood work, will lie persevered ia wi

lU-v are deemed u-efal to tbe parties

.in.l eair e

tlnve n- :'er:hl vation oi" w liiv i

!'. I.

a oi

i-a la. p:l.'iiikiii ap-

w !

S Set! Iv kl. V O; ures-

I I. a i i ( II i:

v oar sp i a! con-id-a r

n aa cq-i d fiot'avj; hciV.re th oaes!io;i j

will r. lander liave j sri-.Ji iioa over i i

I'.o sv.' ;pct; it will then he a .pivslion ofL'a.ai uy ami j n i-.!ieiiaa L. tween States, to be determined !v t'i Supreav Coart of the United States, tr.o-t proba!dy after a protracted and vexatioas litiia:io:i. An nvhli ion d reason v.!;y every ex?r:iaa s!:o!ih! be ir.i.leon tile part of this State to hl::z this qneslion to a spec Iv ett'e:vio;.t i-, lb. it atho mouth of tin; Maumec river and the term;:. ahoa of the Wab e-h ,u,d laie can .1. lie within the limits claim-d bv

Heal vjn-ra

. ai:vl prvn.pi- y.

a'ie

i a i w v' can

ar :! i,o. i an, r-.tTosnarv

i rte.'.ddv o'asi rv'tnu toe p:ae-

;n-! s O! ..r i iW

li v ! 1! ' It- (it !1

!e eh e tia in-'. hi s,

tOPeiieel iiie ssue.i ;;ai

!.) uea' ial acceptance with the

people. It is our business and d ity to testi r ;:!:d oncour.me e.lacatien. and we shonh' ll.i : fori- siao:-ai-!y ca-1'';:-or to a.i kj-t ei ir Leisl ttioa t- tlie pi -ct.Siar site. tii a aad eiiv annstanees o ih j--o. !e : -v.-u their jm j. .dices oisht t " reuard.-d, so ftr a not entirely

' i.e a ,r0 i I l i ;ii v -oae

toi v to that measure.

hi nnrsaanee c( th j-int resolutions JofC

las: ses.-ioe, rttnive to tie.: tnsu ; mating oalies ievna to t.i. ti:vaa;.ies w ithin the Slate, a-; of our n;.iiation, in Cuba

.-i tae r i:a e

viisiiiterestevlncss na.tin-, cor.s ana

ucs to he teit and unuerj-ioo-.. iwe..ei m n;e mi

to o;;nu a vail toe uiscrnr.-! tor.t t.n?

prejudice j that M ine u;d I'-.rte, ; ihmt reid

ontrres.-

'a:i :;p ci

Cs time aa i i-

v . ; ; a

Ik v.. H'n ! eh- i:.f da:-, r a i e; -

i h.ai: :;pect '. a rod bv i ai for their l!e olio I h) i e, U . K - i ii i il - :; i:;a a na-

1 on

in i.io hope

ia e

bece aoM.untei' to make the i Ilico, has been tr;m-mit!evi to the Miu- j ir.ent of unwort'iy

' I ' ! v.

s they ' . x limitations and enuuiries pro;

oos

blir ot the I'iuteii State.

ramiea'ed ti t!kO

No iu'.e

ii i.,k if..i:io w oeo rectuvt'J. Wii be : t e e-aii

!..h! b. ;hr.- v.-ai. i die Qucei

The Commissioner on th.e Michigan j eeipt has ct icacac k i i.i.-i.".'..

jioait, ti is iu n actively eturatreu me oi .-Mate

pe.st sea-oa ia a'-nlyinsr the apnropria

at . lll'i

i 1 ', to : C"'!" . i 1 ;ent m j to eo

1 . :

d tl

ei.oe e-i lis re- ; m

u dejiai tnami : oi s i - ! o ; i r i

hi;

he: to-, ;';r he fatal eift

u i , 1 i e-1

If the present condition cf theroua- J reap;: ah With all tho.-c coverna.c

tion of thirty thousand dollars made j try permits the government to rna.e a ! and u hh that of Ih a::d. no oni-xpv et.od

A r.in.irt Imm I h.-cl raielal and enlarged oxnmiaallOll jI c!a:;:'ves h

!y (- ta,; e;a nit the too com

r p.e-eal r- ; a fn oi ite Ik aii

io:i rrre;-! ner-

fuichiuaa. it is m-ist pro'i.a

w;i susne.ikl all

)h that o:,;,

it c-'..-i.i'i oaipli

.t w iC-..

it oi'ject to !)k

c o op :r.

a ia

I i i e

wo;:;, until the controversy is .-eUieu

and from the proceedim: of a in -etin f same of the public odh er- and ei;i-

' i

joai taal suiai is tiae!r

zer.?, it w

i.iicatioii. 1 hert'wiih 1 a "heforo vou the repel l of the A-'j itant General of th.. Slate of Ma-sac ha-L tts to the Legislature on the s ihi 'et of the M.htia,and a!-o .h.mt H :sahith:,- of t'i,; States of M nxl.in 1 .ml North C iroliiia. reeo-nm ::;'!. fir

..loption, ov tor!rcs.o.

e:n taat wit; eoa ii,z tae dun

hk.-ve the p. ople frean the !ni i

ext-'.in'' nvit:v1 ot or-ianiz:.''' t!i

l:t;a uu.tr t;.e Male

n uni.-uau sys-

... a

re-

Mi-

mnii: ia tae crec

son, has been hi fir. the mat; ria

o ulitv, a n; vt sub-t

us dtjrin i l!;e past seairhly satisfactory. Thus Is used are of ti;e he !

: ! the work is do:.e ia the iiiti.il manner. There is no

y.-X but the buil.iire will be ouvdet:l liy t'ae time stip..'. ated ia the contract, l'xp -rie:.re ha already shown, that il w;ll be ab-oh.telv neccs-avy fr the L";::-! ite.re toad-)pt sar'i cdlectua! M?anre to piev :.t the o:k froai beirer w.aatonly impaired an deiaccd.

Vf i ; !i the i xee; r ; ora i I v hi la..;

the I. ..ha , .;i !i? denatien

but tii.it v. hie!) is reerved

i:t, ;s a.-

i.ion i one i-i:, ;i:i I:

Z to the State w ithm

( i .e re i nan

tee! s o !:er sianv evn:i s 1; is

is ;i !v a

til the -re

1 inirsiii!.' this cour.-e.

ree.ie.- certainty of success, 'P'.i::'.-; at ..;n o n.ost per-

enter'oraiCe: that lacir lulnre intercouise with the United S;ates will be

Mates, and sailed to the v irenm- j

d opinio.

a ttv d (rem ours.

1 1 j ; : k i v

of a people d:'di

important Unit some me

re riuni MikOlit oi

some

aecountabihty in t

ll.u county Seminar

vz a

e man-

th.ids.

i-lsl sesslk)!)

ollha r wiil aho be laid before you. A

law of ihe last session makes it the duty cf the Board doing comity business ia the several counties through which this road passes, to disfiict and cause it to lie woike.l under the direction of the Supeia isoi s, in the same manner that oilier roads are worked. As il is

io probable lent the. labor thus appli-

ied. will in all instances .c in conform-

; ity to the n!a:i of the Commissioner, and j with all

may ia same instances, materially inter- j in Washington before the sessio: fere, wish it, will it not be well to aulho- i Supreme Court, to be used in ti

careiiil and cniargeu (xnmma the true interests of these im;

portions of its dominions, no doubt is

...

Oil oi r-rtik.il

li!

oei a

lie can ontii;;-, so llr

rize tliv Commissioner to instruct the Supervisor a- to the places and in.au-

ist.iiiees, itjey are entirely ner of .iivplx ing t i.e labor of the hands?

squandered and lost. It is believed ! Ia vomoiian-e with a duty imposed t:i d at present, tin aie n.ore eia-riilly j by a joi-.it rv solution of the last Legisp iid oer than f-)i met ly, to the iru-tees, j i a tare, I had die honor of addressing a

out n ei e Sk ii : seems lo i.e son, e strati

tat ih'.y attending iheiii,

note to the Hon. John Tipton, to ascertain o:i what terms he would surrender to the Slate (lie Tippeeano:- Battle

hoe oi Sea unary a i u.-tee. and vesting Ground, and now- lav before you his

g- si the proprhty of abolishing the of

County 'I

lii tl.

u:ah r tiie snpervi-ioa of the Board do- i ;liargt

roasurer, roplv. profieriitg to transfer it without

mg con

mi. -mess. '1 he law of 1 831, j in the character of guardians of (he

proviue a lima lor tie encourage- ipuanc weal vou have convei.ed tor the

r.eni oi common scnoois, directs inai transaction ot business, involving ones-

t .

and Jots on which the tax-

itioiis of dnp inteicst to our fellow ci-

es rem tin unpaid, shall annually be j lizens, and kaowmg lio oilier restraints et rtiiied by the Collectors to the School than those imposed by our constitution, Commissioners of the several counties, jit will be for ou to adopt, or reject at who "hall charge such lands and lots j pleasure, the suggestions 1 have thought with a penal; y of tifty per cent, on tin i it my duty to make. If other measures, amount of taxes due thereon, and one j in the least calculated to promote the

hunuied per cent, per annum until t..e i prosperity of our citiz.ms , or the honor

boiiO, shall, (taring our t'ebbera-

same is pan! ; School Coma. Treasurer of

ami tanner ivuuiros the

t he

loners to cerulv to the tmns.

taie. on or bel.ae

is n" n so T..e . will fan. to the si

ath day oi Dec. annuailx . the a.nn.unt

i.m

on tiieir bot.k-c!:arir-al wit'n

mem - a -i 'i

mi d report of t'ae : ou with the partieiil

atioii of ti:e f ind. r. om tli ?. rep irt of th.e isiior, the Stale Ihi-on continues to be managed iti a manner highly satisf iclory. I herewith I iv befare you a c.omaiunicatioa I'ror.ti the supcrinlendatit, proposing to surrender the Priso:., on tb.e ground tht the (flark Circuit (four!, at its M y term, discharged a convict on a writ of Habeas Corpus, who entered upon his second term of service and w as there d tained by the kee;- r, f t having escaped from prison during his fir-l term of service; that b.i: g tie punish:;, -at imposed by the C'J:h see. of the act relative to Crime and l aa-i-hmont, approved February 10, 1331. The Constitution of the State, secureto every individual the right of a trial by a jury cf his cmntry, an.l forbids the impo-iti on of such ponahh ia the snmi, uy manner con'cmpl.ited by that section. I therefore entertain no doubt of tin, correctness of the derision of the Coait, an l red r the subject, with the

proposition o ine ouper'.ntendent, to

il pa menl of tax

the sun.

emanate from your better judge- , the y shall receive my cordial rt ;:nd concurrence-. T. XOBLF.

nti:sni:xT'? it ss(;r.

i I vx i... iti i i.e ear tor tlie redemption 1 r,, ., ois ica lane.:, ia tbe car 1 03 . re-1 and ll.xnc ,'.f Jltpn .-

4 mv dot v at tr d session, it

h asut ' to congratulate vou again up

turns w.ie received tmt trom 2 -oun- t 1 n pet i.r imng my !u(y at tbe opening ties, and ihr ihe ear 1 333, i!:.- Cotu- of vour pre-ent session, it gives me

dies only, mam

ou tbe prospered condition of our be-

inis-ioners lor

any ic-lurn; and ot toe returns recei

ved. tbe greater number were vet v im- j loved country. Divine Ihov htei.ee ' nations.

perh.ct .a .d un atisfaetory. There is favored us w i;h general health, with no penalty piescrihod tor the non-pei- i rich rew inds in the field of agriculture

for: St, !

placed upon a more just an

basis. The Florida archives have not yet been selected and deliveied. Ueccnt older have: he-en sent, to t lie agent e! the United Slates at Havana, to return

tt thev be

i of the. ;e legal

epiestioi.s there pending, to which the government is a party. Internal tranquility ishapily restored to Portugal. Tiie distracted state of the country rendered unavoidable the postponement of a final payment of the

pist laims oi our citizen, v Jur i;ptomalic relations will be soon resumed. and the long subsisting friendship with1 that power a .lord the strongest guarantee that the balance due will receive prompt attention. The first instalment eluc under the convention of indemnity with the King of the two Siciliie, has been duly received, and an otler has been made (o extinguish the whole by a prompt payment an oiler 1 did not consider myself authorized to accept, as the indemnification provided is the exclusive properly of individual citizens of the United States. The original adjustment of our claims, and the anxiety displayed to fulfil at once the stipulations made for ihe payment of them are highly honorable to the Government of the Tw o Sicilie-. When it is recollected that thev weie the result of the ii justice of an intrusive power, temporarilv dominant in its territory, a repugnance to acknowledge and lo pay which would have been neither unnatural nor unexpected, the circumstances cannot fail to ex all its character for justice and good faith in the e)os of ali

'.v e occ e,;

during the prose

ses of just complhn! hav

v oar.

1.',

l iOlii

c-p.;e:i! c::tiarhen upon

ne pari n

e 1 1 . z mos f;

United

is ( ! th

en (.so ii regular

1 :

Oil.

... ,1

iS-ii uk' ii s n

regions. nt:d

as or pa.rtisa:

tainst the e-iablished a'! ca--es. retu c sen! a-

co iMdei ..p,.in ot tiie legislature.

c .... I ... .J . 1. .... l I i

. i . . i i ii.i . ii . il .'ill i i

'! V . l IV

f-a-sale i ept tho-o in Monr-e count , the unexpired lease on which, il was lhvjrht would bring a hotter inteie-t than t'ae pro- e ds of ihe land; .and ia i.d.litiaa to that veaon it ba- ;a-ea ascertained that another I t cf la:.. I w.il scrv d and belon:; lo the S dine, which was not named in the act f Conyres a it t In t . zing that sale. Tin' pio-ceed-of the' s .ie ia Washington comity amou .1 - ;.e.r .S'lOOD. () the Fr ncii l.-.k lesei ve, . 5 J ) ;. res won sold al an average piiceof two ih !ii two cents per arte, amounting to ten thousand nine li'iad.ed and eighty-eight doll il-, eighty c'ml, leaving near i 2, ) acres lo be di-p';ed of to iudivid -.Mi- at pa iv ate sale-. Tie Pott v at! ami e Iiolians, resident

a ra -

ate, ;il' making

pre;

ti-nt to r:.j.)v.j to tic territoiy a-:sig:

lata e of lliis vhity m the part cf the land in every ! ranch of labor, and with i .... w 1 . i - e

e liooi V oma.l-sioaer. It is rorom- ; oeaei lo euli iv.-( mot I'vlrml the v.-in-

mt n-ied. la it it be made the duty of j ou resources w hich employ the virtue some ot the xecutive tlliv ers. to turn-! ;md et.terprize of our citizens. Let i-b t he Si hi-.d Coannissioi.ers w ith suit- e trust thai ia surveying a scene so able !-.rms fer s ieh report-, ami impo--j ;laHeri:g to our tree institution, our a pen. ahy i-r fiilingio certify a requi- ! joint vh liberations to preserve them red; and al-o the duty of the- Troasn-jmav be crowi.ed with suceess. rer to ce rtify to th" Pi os.r ut i :.g Attor- Oar Foreign Relationscontinuc, w ith ii-ysaIldciu.qu.r.tComniissioneis,wih- but few exception, to maintain the fain ti! ir i t p et.ve urcuits. The fund i vorable aspect whn !i ihey bore in my that would m i ue to tiie several coun- j last annual message, and promise lo extie s iu the State from this source, if, tend tho-e advantages which the prinprepeilv managed, vveu-dd be very con-joiplos that regulate our intercourse siderable, and a it is re linopii-hi.! on I w ith other nations are so welleaiculaled the part of tbe Slate from it principal j to secure. sour-'e. of leveiiue, it is the duty of tbe j The question of the Northeastern b gi-la'uie to see that the provision ol i Boundary i-f still pending with Gteat th: law ..it sti h tlv complied w ith, and i Britain, "mid tiie proposition made in lint the f.iiid i faithfully applied to the I accordance with the resolution of the

purpose lor whie u it is granted. I he . Senate for the establishment of a line

;avv contemplates tnat Legi-Iatie prov i-:oit shall be made for the sale of such lands as snail remain unredeemed three

according to the treaty of 1703, has

not r.een accepted by that government. Beheving thai every disnositioti is felt

. . -i .... . . . . ... .

vear.-; nut u is ovniem, liiat unless ail ,on hoth sides to adjust this perplexing

it . req i:sios oi iiie iav are compueei with, no valil title will pa-s by such -ale; ami unle.-s proper retuii.s .are pr.unptly mule, Ihe situation of such 1 in.!-, will become involved in alniot im xtrie.d le confusion and uncertainty, aod will mate rially a(h t tbe revenue of the Stale. Aoaie fal rev ision of the law istbe rclore recommended. My views in reference to our Probate System and the act regulating the practice in our Circuit Courts, as tx-pres-ed in my ommunication to the last 1 iegi-lature, remain unchanged, and the subject is again earnestly recommended to your attention. The Statu Bank has just commenced

question to the satisfaction of ali the

parlies interested in it, the hope is yet indulged that it may be cdected on the basis of that proposition. With the Government of Austria, Russia, Prussia, Holland, Sweden and Denmark, the best understanding exists. Commerce, with all, U fostered and protected by reciprocal gooal will, under the sanction of liberal conventional or legal provisions. In the midst of her internal difficulties, the Queen of Spain h.is ratified the convention for the payment of the claims of our citizens arising since 1819. tt is in the course of execution on her part, and a copy of it is now laid before

State. onn

action of th- c. authorities of the sometimes from t of tlrnse in .-urn ; Governments-. 1;

tion have been, or will he mr.de, and as their political a (fair art in a settled position, it i-1 xpecf ed that our fi iend'y remonstrances will be followed by adequate redress. The Govonmvmt of fdexico made known in December last the appoint-met-.t of Commissioners and a Surveyor, on its part, to ran in conjunction with ours, the Bnundaiy line botween its territories and the United Shif::s. ;md excused the delay for (ho teaon; anticipated the prevalence ef civil war. Tiie Commissioner -and Surveyors oet having met within the time :'ito:i.,!ed by the tieatv, a new nmnsv nn til became necessary, and our Charge el' Affaires was instructed, in January hist, to negotiate, in 31exico, an article additional to the pre-existing treaty. This instruction was acknowledged', an I no difficulty was apprehended in (he accomplishment of that o! ject. Bv information just received, that additional article to the treaty will he obtained, .and transmitted to this cotinti y, a -onn a it can receive the ratification of the Mexican Congress. The re union of (he three Strte of Now Grenada, Venezuela aid Founder, forming (lie republic ot Cohnr.hm'.st rtrs every day (( hero mo more probable. Tbe ( ommbsior.ei s of the Iv.n ih.-d are understood In be no.v t .ertotial i;,,T a ju-t division of the obligation. rentracted by th-'tn whoa unite-. 1 under one government. The civil war in Fquudor, it is believed ha prevented even the appointment ef a commissioner em

its parf.

The Treaty of Amity and Commerce j propo.-o, :it an rat

nelwecn the United States and ut, 'h in a nio".-- for. tl

urn, brought to your notice in my last annual message, a, sanctioned by the Senate, bat the ratification ef which had not been exchanged, owing lo a de lay in its reception at Brussels, and a subsequent absence of the Belgian Minister of Foreign Allah's, has beet:, after mature deliberation, finally disavowed by thai Government, as inconsistent with the powers and instructions given to their minister who negotiated it. This disavowal was entire ly unexpected, as the liberal principles embodied in the convention and w hich form the ground-work of the objections to it, were perfectly satisfactory to the Bel gium representative, and were supposed to be not only within the powers granted, but expressly conformable to the instructions given to him. An oiler, not yet accepted, has been made by Belgium to renew hegocialions for a treaty less liberal in its provisions, on questions of general maritime law. Our new !) established relations with the Sublime Porte promise; to be- useful to our commerce, and satisfactory in every respect to (his Government. Our intercourse with the Barbary Powers continue without important' change, except the present political stale of Algiers has induced me to terminate the residence there of a salaried consul, and lo substitute an ordinary consulate, to remain so long as the place continues in the possession of France. Our first treaty with one of those powers tbe Kmperor of Morocco was formed in WOd, and was limited to fifiy years. The period has almost expired". I shall take measures to renew it with greater satisfaction, as its stipulations arc just

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diplomatic agent to Venezuela. The importance of the eomim rct of that country to the United Stales, and the large claims of our citizens upon the government, nrhing before and since tl.e division of Columbia, tendering it ia mv judgment improper to delav this step. Our representatives to Central America, Peru, and Brazil, are either at, or on their way lo their respective posts. From the Argentine republic, from which ;i minister was expected to this government, nothing further has been heard. Occasion has been taken on the departure of a new consul to Buenos Ayres, to remind that government, that its long delayed minister, whose appointment had been make known to us, had not .arrived. It becomes my unpleasant duly lo inform ou (hut this pacific and highly gratifying picture of our foreign relations, doe s not include these with France at this time. It is not possible that any government and people could be more sincerely desirous of e onciliating a just .and friendly iuleiourse with another nation, than are most of the United Slates with theirancient ally and friend. This disposition is founded as well on the most grateful and honorable recollections associated with our struggle lor Independence, ;is upon a well grounded conv iction that it is consonant w ith the hue policy of both. The People of the United States could not, therefore, see without the deepest regret, even a temporary interruption of the Iriendly relations bet w ecu the (wo countries; a regret which would I am sure, be greatly aggravated, if there ihonhi