The Wabash Courier, Volume 3, Number 16, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 December 1834 — Page 2

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,Th« treat of Pfrwdent't Message, pcetVof which ha**

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sq«*e*e in thi* we«W) jrw»t« at from givin* anj »f Hedetails c"f«nf f(«l ««'r

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"fftwfc. TheJates* IVoni lnd»art*|»olw re"jurrcot tbit «K« members hnte commencd leyis niwl we ulw perceive, with pleasure, that liberal spirit pervades tone of "**tie incipient mrHMirrs. The most important lucrfwesent, hf

bern made in behalf of a

grand system of Ifitfrnal Improvement. bjr Mr V*wt««, of Jeo»»nfr« Con»«y. **d wbieh, if followed tip, m««t lend to |jrtm|$resi»lt». A resolution Introdnced tlH* (fWitTemnn goea to aa-

thorite the Committee on Internal IwproremenU In rejWJrt a bill Authorizing the Caftnl Fond ^^Commissioners korrosir, ®n the faith of the 'ftitte of Indiana, one millioo four bawfffed »th»«wiro«l dollar*. Europe or elsesrhere, pr»*rided the interest on tbe *amo ahall^not exceed *4t per cent, per annum, reimbursable anjr time •after thirty years, and within fiftj years, pledging the three per cent- ftitTd for payment of the *intf rest on the

borrowed, to A advanced a*

'needed ip the conduction of rail roads,from and Ho the following points. to wit From EsansSUlti to Lafayette $200,000: from Lafayette to 'Michigan City $200,000 from Madison to In*diun*polis $150,060 from Indianapolis te La•fnyettf $156,000 from or near the Falls of the "•Ohio, to point of intersection en the Madison •smi Indianapolis mil road,near Colombo* $100,r, i000i from Lawrencebargh to Indiaaapolis $150,« #|000} from New AfSany to Terre H.»ate $180,•00ft from Levenworth to a point of intersection

«on the New Albany and Terre Hante rail road, at or near where the same may cro»» the ea»t •fork of White river $70,000 from ronnewille H*tb« oonnty o%Hun ting ton $900,000.''

Though the iam proposed to be borrowed is Urge, considering every thing, we arc pleased to

the matter agitated, believing that public

opinion wifcMoon point oat the nxpedicncy or inexpediency of the measure. We are at a lots to §*$'know, however, why something has not been prompt) ted for the White Water and Ohio Canal, a -(..-seork Which, we apprehend, all will concede to

Use of great importance to one

of

the most desirn-

wjble portions of the State. We hope to see this |last measure urged with seal, laying aside *11 sec-|-1t»onal considerations, at those who legislate |p!»AottM do. and as they tefW do, if fit to repjjpsent intelligent people. The whole subject of a ^udioious system of Internal Improvement, by

JBtate authority, boing now fairly before our State «. -.Legislature, we look forward to the deliberaf." %ioni of both braucbjs IfyerepT with some an* ptf.

Sfr. V^tlson of Vigft, from the select commit*Tt«e to whioh petition on that subject was re- .• /orised, hns reported a bill in the lower House to *r«penl a part of the first section of an net locat-

IIMM IIHI FIIMJI TIM HAIITI FAR

and passed tin a icetfcd reading.

The New York Evening 1'ust and the Times, the tWotoadjng Administration prints in the city of New Yoik, are quarreling already overthei •spoils'. They ngrccd to suspend the war, until the elenticro was over, und then fight out their own- battle. They have commenced, and from |^he speeiment W§ give bolow, it is likely to be fe rocious cuougk. Hoar what the Post say* of one ieflhs Kililori of the Time*: ^, ''We look U|oa him asjbcaealh contempt—as an emp

Xjr, inflated coxcomb—-n fiBHture without heart, and _*• I without so«l-«a thing in the composition of which the has iiwtbruied a aobler (Milthan nature."

The Times hat the following is relation to his brother of the Post:

"Itwasan evil day for the rost. when its amiable and vhigh itiiiulrU senioreditor was driven, hy disgutt or oth l»r causes to Kur«|ie,and a wore evil any for our party. ,J*heii the second of it* journal* was left to its present %mnn|teni«nt. A mill-stone almost has been nbout their necks, for the reckless wildnessof itscmiasels, the ..roama blarknuatdism of its invective, and the brutal groyne** of iu prrsonslities, diove fiom us more friends t»» disgust, att buudted fold than it ha* ever won converts bf its awuuieiits. Kur four months past the once proud

F.vrning Fo»i has ulnyed echo to the Man, and Thersites (for it was Wor#e loan Cobbett) to all parties."

ftj" We are iudebt«d to the polite attention of Jlesir*. Em»o, KI\NA«O, and M'CAKTV, Rcpmentativas from this 9t»te, for copics of the President's Message, dvlwsred at the opening of the present Congress.

A Pennsylvania paper nominHtes Mr. Georgt Krtamtr, ft caudidaje for the Uuited States Sonalet .1

A man, onlling himself Christian Smith, and representing hi instil as between 80 a ad 90 years of age, hut who looked eanoh younger, went a short time since into the village of Norristown, Pa., aiul after residing there a dny or two. walked out and shot himself to death with a pistol. li-iLJU I. lUrio L. SWAIH,(Whig) b*»s been re-elrwted Governor of North Carolina, by the Legislature of that State. The Jackson men made violent efforts tn defeat hi at. Win, D. Moaeley was their eamlidat«v.

r.: Or. Linn, has been re-elected to the It. S, Seaat«, by the Missouri Legislature, without serious opposition.

The

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Occupied Sy a portion of the Presi KrfMigs mlsilft the naal variety. We IK reltaotantly to postpone Hi# pabIt oat ton of portion of that document, owing to bur columns being pra-u«o«pied. It will bs coa pleted is our seat.

ft»m MtJtiem.—By the •ohooaer 8ao^

which arrived from Mexico, we learu a new rerotation had broken out in Chiapas, whioti Ute gm rnment has taken decisive measures to put •Iowa. Troops wef% marching aader the eomtttnmitaf ttararal Vicayne against that plaoe, as *•11 as the state AiTGttadaUjara whioh sras also tn a stnta of revolt. The iahnhttanis of the state

Jnlisoe have addressed ttHworial to tl« Presidont, Santa Anna, for a efeaitfe of governaHHtt. Dots ben A la ma a i* to be iae^sted with the seeretarjrship of foreign afkirs, aed Gea- Toraa is to be appouted Postmaster (General.

A correspondent of tbe Philadelphia N. Gesetsassve that npnn the best cakulatioa hats able to make, the Jarksoa majority in tfceanxt Hosw of Repreeentntfvaa ^wilinoteK«v#dtw«. Tbe Journal of Commerce think* will be a murh lasgvr a#»jvmtv.

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The following Bote, from one of our moet en-

terprisiog

Pork buyer*, is published with great

pleasure. It shews that Vigo county, though opposed to a certain class of politicians, can sometimes tike wh»U hog." In this instawW at least, she promises to br trnt lfttte behind the best of them. Fanner CAST** deserves praise^ for Ibis production of his care, and holds out an fXcetlentPe*ample to othfN who may torn their ittsstion to this branch of husbandry.

TFURg »AUTE, DEC. 15,1834.

ItlR^T^ve th'» day porrhased from Mr. Jowjthsa Carter, of Otter Cre«k

Prairie. in

33S poaads 329

VigoCoiriHy. »l«t»«:r

of P%», tw«oty month* old, weighing a«U, each, »ol%ws

j' 4*)$-

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Two ro«njf folks were lutely'mawled *t Cheltenham, perfcetije blind, and the briH*»mairl. who Itil them, p«rtially

M.

Lore is cerUinl/ blind in this case, at all

events. ••The bride love hHp^fcr her blind bridegroom lirhi, And a Mind bridesmsid girts the bridegroom ejit'

Two French artists are bsiHy at work at Moor*h*dabad. India, casting )a^an gods injbronse^—This is rather andoing the exertioas of aii*iionaries.

The number of travellers thisveaain iteamers on the Rhine, between Mayeoce and Cologne, was 120.000. Mr. .Rack-house, under Secretary of State, goinjr^/fer* ward on his borse at too gieat speed, the animal fell farfc'Wards and the rider under biui, near tori-grave square, receiving considerable injury near the backboat, which, howevei, wu not of so grave a. nature a* to prevent hini getting back to his house without much difficulty.

The tablet turned—There is a man going about Lontfon preaching to groepes of people and calling himself a missionary fioiu Mahouiiued to convert the Eogtish heathen.

Mr. Shutt, the newstfpe'noiisry magistral! at Mary lehene, has eloeed the doors aniniit one of the re-portere. from some bone of contention that existed between them.

The Poles of the duchy of Posen are still crtfMr persecuted. Tiro Polish gentlemen recently marrHH were put in jkrieon for sending relief to their brcthern abroad. The nobles are so heavily finedvthat they have to sell their estates, and even the tunib of ooe of the family was ransacked for arms.

The cholera has broken out at the Preach establishment at Oran, near Algiers. V. .. J,."..,--A »tock-broker at Rochelle. oftlie name of Naudin, after having issued forged bills of exchange to the amount of800,000 mines, has absconded, leaving the whole town in a state ofdesolatioa.

Affairs in Portugal are quiet, and her finances in good condition. The dianibers are determined to give full liberty to the press. The frallant Duke of Terccira is at the head of the war department, and is a check to the ambition of his rival Saluanha. Ss

Much stir etisU at'Constantinople, looking lifee pre'parations en the pait of Russia far a warlike movement The Sultan is very unpopular, and comidered a tool ef the autocrat.

A letter from Algiers, dated 27th ult., anaounces the arrival of Mr. Thomas Campbell, author of" The Pleasures of ope," Ac., in that colony.

A remarkable phenomenon has been observed in the neighborhood of Frankfoit. It is a sudden malady among the mice, thousaods of which are found dead oi dying in the fields.

The ££!!ent and tpt spirited Duches d'Angonleme, imhtiTiB^iBiinrthinnnftHir-''to

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"je

on|y

father-in-law remain in Bohemia. Sir John Hobhouse, who has been above three months a Cabinet Minister, is said to have becu only twice at his office.

The way they are slaying hogs in Ohio this season is "to kill." Over a thousand men in Cincinnati nloneare engaged in culling and tailing them. The poor porkers stand no chance and steam machines are to be brought into action to kill thamoff the faster.

The Oneida N. Y. Democrat hints, that we should call our vice president and heads of departments Right Honorable." first step to royalty.

A drunken fellow near Chamhersburg (Pa.) smothered himself to death by running his head into a puddle of mud. When found, a whiskev jug laid beside niui.

A Dr. Hetrison, of Paris, has invented a new instrument called a Sphygmometer, to determine the pulsations of the heart ana arteries to the naked ere. "m

The seven towers of Constantinople, once the terror of foreign anihassadoi*.. where they were imprisoned when a war broke out between their countries and the Porte, ate now used as a hospital for the poorGieeks.

At a late fire at Dieppe, there being a dearth of water, the flames were extinguished by several barrels ofcider The morality of this ingenious thought uieiits ao eulogium froui our temperance societies.

Two French generals of the name of Rousseau, the on Iv two of the same name and rank in the army, recently died in France, on the same day, and at the same age'

In consequence of the death of the Ranjee of Jeypore every Hindoo who enters the city is to have hit head shaved, and also his whiskers and mustachois, to the no small discomfiture of the exquisites.

Mori is to succeed Spaguolstti as leader at the King's Thsatre. Sir Astley Cooper. Bart, is on a visit to Paris, where he took bis seat at ibe Institute as a corresponding mem ber.

A young midshipman by the name of Corlyli,'"has eently been convicted in London, to the great ioi row of his respected relatives, of purloining various articles from hi* benefactor. Sir C. Forbes, and raising money upon them at a pawnbroker's. ring a thander storm near Mont Saint Vincent, France, three persons who were shooting, found theii double-barrelled fowling-piaces, with parrussion locks, want off spontaneously.

Professor Person being once at a dinner party, whe»* the conversation tamed upon Capt. Cook, and his celebrated voyages round the world, aa igt.oranl person, in order to contribute his mite tosrards the social intercourse, asked him. Pray, sras Cook killed on bis irst »vaget1 1 believe he was," answered Porson, though he did not mil tared on a

Pre«Wcnt»

_ed

FeUou-CUiiSmu of ihe Senate «itd of the House of Represent*!****:

0 IN

pefforming

MJ

doty

of your present

prospt roiis

try

fit

them may

At $3 per 100 lbs. making 106 dollars cento.

ninety-two

3^64 poaads—makieg an average of npwiirds of 356 ., JOH* D. EARLY. iwk3*,

Summary

The population of Pari* is 78i.000,,occupying »,000 heo*es.

AL

the

be crowrned

OPENING

SESSION,

it gives

«*»E PLEA­

sure to coneratulale joo again upon

the

condition of our beloved coun­

DIVINE

Providence has favored

wilh general health, with rich rewaids in the

*Id?

of

agriculture

establishment of a Itne according to the treaty"of

1783,

as

»»nd

in every

branch of lahor, and with peace to cullitate and extend the various

resourres

which employ the virttieand entfrpriseof our citizens. Let us trust that, in surveying a scene so flattering to oar free institutions, our joint deliberations to

Our foreign relations continue, With but few exceptions, to maintain the favorable aspect which they bore in my last annoal message,

and

promise to extend those ad­

vantages which the principles th»t

QUESTION

proposition

v.

has not been accepted by

ihut government. Bt-lieving that every

DISPOSITION I*1 FT'It ON

(hit) PURPLE*injEPqu*9tion

boih^ides to adjust

to

WitMhe

$IE

now

legislation

satisfaction

of all the parlies inleresied in it, the hope is yet indulged that it may be effected on the basis of that proposition.

Governments of Austria,Rus­

sia, Prussia, Holland. Sweden, and Denmark, the best understanding exists. Commerce, with all.

WATERED

In the midst

and protected

by reciprocal good will, under the sanction of liberal conventional or legal provisions.

of

her interna] difficulties,

the Queen of Sp«in has ratified the Convention for the payment of the claims of our citizens arising since

1819.

laid before you for such

as may be found necessary

enable those interested to derive the benefits of it. Yielding to the fort of circumstance?, and to the wise counsels of time and experience, that power has

great satisfaction of stating to you that in preparing the way for the restoration

harmony between those who have sprung from the same ancestors, who are allied by

^common

tire disinterestedntss continues to be felt and understood.

The

The first

*the

mind it much, bat immediately an-

A hmrd csurl to opus,—A crier in one of the county courts, tboagh be had been sow* time in office was so stupid, that be never could learn his lesson properly and seldom opened tha court without committing wim blunder. Crier." said the clerk ooe day. the coart. and see that you do it correctly.**

"**openitas

lit do

well as the case will admit of." replied ibe crier, valletall. and pteparing bis month for tha triJe 6 nat thts is the dest hard court to op** I ni

'yes ever

3"

Fnglith papers mention the dfseovetr of a large tract tjNfuj sacallent landjKxne of which tMnbered.in Vaa Diemaa's Land, an greet dbttacs from Mobart Town.

P»i+rr q/Tm**ie—Amoajr ihe nper* singers recently arrived at Paris, say* the Nsntncaet Inqnrrer, Awn tbe land of metodr. is Madenmisslle »li* Sriii. If English names with an ItaGaa pronuneiatinm, mean aay tki(|, Miss Grisi most be an excaedisc smooth article

Fresehile tbe sserii of sosqr eras lost la

'i' jTbeveeel charms of Madam Aasba Bat As

it noavbt can move tbe ankers* se easy th* oily voice of Ma'aaaaclle Grisi.

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PAT AND THE YASKERs*

Pat—aa eld joker* and Yankee moresiy* Os^aridtaf togethei. a gallows passu! by, Savs the Yankee to Pat if I don't make too frea. Give the galkiws it* dne. prar where woeMyen be!"

Why, honey,* said Pat,-«|*h (bai's easily kaowa, Pd be riding to tosra—by myaeff—aN atona.**

..,AV4t: THE GAMt^TER. Urn Gammtn I ease sits an his And, horrid tlMS^k msthiaks I see Snip an sad fr*«ity raHws ta hit eve. With Uambliat hand ha thrtwrvthe variant fa{

Heloms.keea Too rwdiw psww Iw

CSIWKM

b«nr:

-a setf^destrarefwia lassnirr

He dies—a w^wmysr-Ha

XN

'STH,

acit of

to the ptejudice of

Government of

placed upon a

Congress

countervail the disciiminating duties, levi-

tho

morte just

to

Queen. No

and liberal

The Florida archives have not

The

instalment due under the con­

vention of indemnity with the King of ihe Two Sicilies, has been duly received,«tnd an offer has been made to extinguish

whole by a prompt payment—an oflTer did not consider myself authorized to ac cept,

as the

indemnification provided is ihe

exclusive property of individual citizens of

United States. SThe original adjust ment ot our claims, and

Sktlie*.

When

it is

wci% the result of

the injustice

FAIL

to

for treaty less liberal in ils provisions, on questioaaof general maritime law.

Our newly

'ESTABLISHED4

powers—the

formed in

PRESERVE

with success,

regu

late our intercourse wilh other nations are so well calculated to secure. The

of the northeastern boun­

dary is still pending wilh Great Britain, and lhe

unworthy

It is in

the course of execution on her part, and a copy of it is

to

FINALLY

?he

rcoolved no

longer to occupy Ihe unnatural-position in which

stood to the new governments

established in this hemisphere.

I

have the

O(-

interests, profess the same reli­

gion, and speak the stme language, the United States hrtve been actively instrumental, Our efforts to effect this good work, will be persevered in while

deemed useful

The

KNOH-N

.they

are

to the parties, and our en­

of civil war.

'Surveyors

OIY 'W^ER'A'TON,

ted to the Minister of the United States at Madiid, to

be

in

7/(41

been transmit­

communicated to the

intelli­

gence of its receipt h.IS yet reached the Department of State, If the present condition of the country pernlits the Government to make a careful and enlarged examination of the

-true

interests of these

important portions of its dominions, no doubt is entertained thai their future intercourse with the United Slates

basis.

Y«yt

been

selected and delivered. Recent orders have been sent to the agent of the United Slates at Havana, to return

with nllthat

can obtain, so that they may be in Washington before the. session of Ihe

Court, to be used in the legal

there pending, to which the Government is a party. Internal tranquillity is happily restored to Portugal.

LV

Supreme

QUESTIONS

distracted state of the

country rendered unavoidable the postponement of a final payment of the just claims of our citizens. Our diplomatic relations will be soon resumed, and

long subsisting friendship with that

missioner on its part.

1

propose,

the

OUR

ca,

of an

tmsiee powei, temporarily dominant in its territory, a repugnance lo acknowledge and to pay which would have been neither unnnttmi) nor unexpected, the circumstances cannot

«-X-IT

justice

^'"The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United Stales and Belgium, brought to your notice in my last annual menage, as sanctioned by the Senate, but the raiiticatiotis of which had not been exchanged. owing to a delay in its reception at Brussels, and a subsequent ahtrnce of the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, bat been, alter mature deliberation, finally disavowed by that Government inconsistent wilh the powers and instructions given to tbeii minister who negotiated it. This disavowal was entirely unexpected, as the literal principles embodied in tbe convention, ami which form tbe grouodwork of tbe objections ta it, were perfectly satisfactory to the Belgtao representative, and were supposed to be not only witiua tbe powers granted, but expressly conformable to tbe instructions given to

Aaofier, not yet accepted, has been »«de by Btlgttno to renew negotiation*

in-

iis

ajjd goodt mh

nations.^

character for

in the eyes of all

.BAM

TelaUonS

wTlh

the Sublime Prirte promise to be useful to our commerce, and satisfactory in

and to

continnes in the possiiision of

France. Our first treaty

^BBED

EVERJ.

respect to this Government. |ur, intercourse with the Barbary Powers continue* without imggpvtant change,except that the present political state of Algiers has induced me to terminate the residence there of a salaried consul,

wfvh

mean time

distrust of their own capacity

for the enjoyment of liberty,to commit the common error of purchasing present repose by bestowing on some favorite leader the fatal gift of irresponsible power—will not be realized, Wilh all these Governments, and with that of Brazil, no unexpected changes in our relations have occurred during the present year. Frequent cause of just complaint have arisen upon the part of the citizens of the United States—sometimes from the irregular action of ihe constituted subordinate authorities of the maritime regions, and some times from the leaders of partisans of those in arms against the established Csovern ment*. In all casts, representations have been, or will be made,and as soon as iheir political affairs are in a settled position, it is expected that our friendly remonstrances will be followed by adequate redress.

Government of Mexico made

in December last the appointment

of Commissioners and a Surveyor, on its part,to run,in conjunction with ours, the boundary Line between its territories and the United States,& excu?ed the delay

committed by

1800-7

subslUute an

ordinary consulate, to remain so long as the place

ONE

1786,

of

these

Empemr of

MONACO—WAS

and was limited to fifty

yenrs. That period has almost expired. I

shall take measures to renew it with the greater satisfaction, as its stipulations are just and liberalT and have been, with mutual fidelity and reciprocal advantage, scrupulously fulfilled.

Intestine dissensions have too frequently occurred to mar the prosperity, interrupt the commerce, and distract the Government of most of this hemi phere,

have

made in accordance

wilh Ihe resolution of the

Senate for

Che

yet near

a

which

separated themselves from Spain.— When a firm and permanent understanding with the parent country, shall have produced a formal acknowledgement ot their independence, and the idea of danger from lhat quarter can be no longer entertained, the friends of freedom expect that those countries, so favored by nature, ill be distinguished for their love of justice and their devotion to those peaceful arts, the assiduous cultivation of which confers honor upon nations and gives value to human life. In the,

cees, as to

I

confi­

dently hope, that the apprehensions entertained,that some of the people of these luxuriant'regions may be tempted, in a moment of

the reasons anticipated—the prevalence oneyenr next following the

not having met within the time

stipulated by the treaty, a new arrangement became necessary, and our Charge d'Affairs was instructed, in

negotiate in Mexico an article additional to the pre-existing treaty.

country, as

will

be

This

of the three States of

New Grenada, Venezula

and Equador,

forming the Republic of Colombia, seems every day to become more improbable.— The Commissioners of the two first arc understood to be now negotiating just division of

the obligations contracted by them

when united under one Government.

The

civil war in Equador, it is believed, has prevented even the appointment of

a

Com­

in the proper form, the appointment of a diplomatic agent to Venezuela. The importance of

the commerce

to

Power

affords the strongest guarantee that the bulxnce due will receive prompt attention.

representatives to Central Ameri

Peru

the

and Brazil, are either at,

vernment, nothing further

Occasion has

of a new Consul

the anxiety dis

played to fulfil at once the stipulations made for the payment of them, are highly honorable to ihe Government of the

Two

recollected that they

It

conciliating a just and friendly intercourse with another nation, than

United

STATES

This disposition is founded, as well on the most grateful and honorable recollections associated with our struggle for independence, as upon well grounded conviction, that it is consonant with the true policy of both. Tbe people of tbe United States could not, there lore, see without tbe deepest regret, even a temporary interruption of the friendly relations, between the two countries—a regret which would, 1 am sure be greatly aggravated if there should turn out to be acy reasonable ground for attributing sach a Result to any act of omission or commission on our part. I derive,there fore, the highest satisfaction from being able to assure you, that the whole coutse of this Government, has been characterized by a spirit so conciliatory and forbearing, as Is make it impossible that our justice and moderation should be questioned, whatever may be the conseqoeqpes of a longer perseverance, on the part of the French

or on

their way to, their respective posts. From the Argentine Republic, from which a minister was expected

been taken, on Ihe departure

to

Buenos

onttinon (o satisfy (lie

conceded clafaol of. «tt| citizens. S^-THE

histort of the

ACCUMULATED

aggressions

authority of the

vernments of France between

has been

familiar

rendered,LOO

quarter of a

regarded it as among my first duties to cause one moreeffort

£O

leave no reasonable ground

doubt,that settlement of a character quite as liberal as that which was subsequently made, would have been effected, bad not the revolution, hy which the negotiation was cut off*, taken place.

WERE

most deliberate and thorough examination of the whole subject,a treaty between the two governments was concluded and signed at Paris on the 4th of July,

which it was stipulated that

PROPERLY,

instalment to be paid Mat the expiration of

frniryffiera ligations of this convention, and the

others at successive intervals of a year^ne after another,

'ill

To

January

the amount

la.-t,to

centum thereupon,

instruc­

tion was acknowledged,and no difficulty was apprehended in the accomplishment of that object. By information just re ceived that additional article to the treaty will be obtained and transmitted

to this

soon as it enn receive

fication of the

tbe rati­

Mexican Congress

The re-union

citizens, that the sum of one million, five hundred thousand francs should be paid to tin: government of Franco, in six annual instalments, lo be deducted out of the annual sums which France had agreed to pay, interest thereupon being in like manner computed from the day of ihe exchange of the ratifications. In addition to this slipu lation, important advantages were secured to

France by

"The

at an early period^ to submit

of

that country

the United States, and the large claims of our citizens upon the Go/ernmenl, arising before and since the division of Colombia, rendering it, in my opiniop,|nr prop^r longer to delay ihe step.

*,[„

which shall not

maintained,

to

this

GO

has been

heaid

Avres, to re

mind that Government, that its long de layed Minister, whose appointment had been made known to us, bad not arriv ed.

becomes my unpleasant doty to inform you that this pacific and highly gratifying picture of our Foreign relations, does not include those with France at this time. It is not possible that any Government and people could be'more

in case

U.

States should think

those general rates in a

tablish on

sincerely desirous of

are those of tbe

with their

cotton."

ancient ally.

Ait was necestt to full and fair ei ed, with the most

and un-

TOPA#*

commerce,

EXISTING Go­

TN

years,

painfully

to Atncricans, to make it»

tton either net eseary or desirable,

be sufficient here to remark, that there

IT WILL

for many years, been scarcely a single administration of the French Government by whom the justice and legality ol tl.E^||aim»' of our citizens to indemnity, weie not,to a very considerable extent,

tions

admitted and

century

be made to satisfy

France, thit a just and liberal settlement of our claims,was as well due to her own honor as to their incontestable validity.— The negotiation for this purpose

was

to

The discussions

were resumed with the piesent Government, and the result showed, that we were not wrong in supposing that an event

which the two governments were made to approach each other so much nearer in their political principles and by which the motives for the most liberal and friendly intercourse

H|

engages to pay

to the rules it shall determine 1'and it

also stipulated on the part of the French Government, that this twenty-five millions of francs should

*be

annual instalments of four millionsone fciun dred and sixty-sixihousandsix hundred and sixty-six francs and sixty-six centimes each, into the hands of such person or peisons as shnll be authorized by the Government

the United Stntes to receive it."

/or

arc

TYCHANY

of

the whole shall be paid

of each of

ments shall be added

the said instal

interest at four per

AS

upon the other in

stalinents then remaining unpaid the said interest

TO

be computed from ihe

day of exchange of the present convention." It was also stipulated on the part of the United States, for the purpose of being completely liberated from all thereclama tious presented by

France

on behalf

of

its

the following article, viz:—

wines of France from and after the exchange of the ratifications of the present Convention, shall be admitted to consumption in the

SINTER

of the Union, at duties

excced the

by the gallon,

following rates

(such

as

it is used at present

for wines in the United States.) to wit: six cents for red wines in casks ten cents for white wines in tskg and tweuty-twocents for wines of all sorts in bottles.

The pro­

portions existing between tbe duties on the French wines thus reduced, and ihe general rates of the tariff which went into operation the first of January,

to carry tbe irwty »nct on their piift, countperfect confidence, oar

equal fidelity and promptitude on

BETWEEN TTE

power, in B»rilt

has been

wasted in ineffectual negotiations to secure it. Deeply sensible of injurious effects resulting from this state of things upon the interests and character of both nations,

good understanding

com­

menced with the late Government of France, and

was prosecuted with such sue

the

of the French^government. In

sonable expectation we have been,

to inform you, wholly disappointed.

legislative provision has been made

France for

has

TILL*?

and continued in session until the 21bt

that month,

of the indemnity was payable on the

February,

1833,

lhat

so greatly multiplied

could exercise no othef than a salutary influence upon the neogtiation«,

^After

the

1831,

"the

to be found In the published

of thHt hodlj

:,

mid

of the

1829,

shall be

the Government

of

the

proper

the most

fo diminisl

new tariffl In corv?

sideration of this stipulation, which shall be binding on the

U.

States for ten

French Government abandons the reclamations which

it

the

8th

of

the

treaty

patch

the

had formed in relation to

article

of

Louisiana, it engages, moreover,

to

ratifications of the present Convention/hall be broufht directly then to France by the vessels of the United States, or bv French vessels, tbe same duties as on

This treaty was duly ratified in the manner prescribed by the constitutions of both countries, and the ratification was ex changed at tbe City of Washington, on tbe 2d of February, 1832. On accounts of commercial stipulations it was, in fire days thereafter, laid before the Congress of tbe United States, which proceeded to enact such laws favorable to the commerce of France as were necessary to

es­

the long staple cottqps of the

States, which,

U.

after the exchange of the

tnort

IF

carry

full execution—and France has,

it jnto

ftna

eriod to the present, been in the unreitricted enjoyment of the valuable privileges that were thus secured to her. The faith, of the French nation having been thus solomenly pledged, through its constitutional organ, for Ute liquidation and ultimate payment of the long deferred claims of tbe citizeds, as also for the adjustment of other points of great and reciprocal benefits to both countries, and tbe United Slate# baring, with a fidelity and promptitude by which their conduct will, I trust,

that

part

this REA*

I REWRETV

as it respects the indemnity to be fkttd, ot the commercial

cured

change of ratifications, no application was made to the Chambers for the required «pfftopriation and in consequence ef no ap-

nriation,

instalment, was dishonored by the Minister of Finance, and tbe U.

thereby involved in much

The

withitading the omission to pay

U.

by

French

Government, in order to liberate itself from all the reclamations preferred against it by citizcns of the United States, for unlawful seizures,captures,sequestrations,or destruction of their vessels, cargoes, orother

putiefe until the

a sum of

twenty-five million of francs to the United States,^vhouhalldistribute it among those entitled toil, in the manner and

'6th

A

was

paid at

NO?

by

the execution of the

treaty*

benefit to

TO theJJnited

be»*e*

Stutes, and the rela­

United States and that

HHPL1,'

in a situation

thereof, are placed

THR«^6TF|M®

interrupt the

YUDBTTAF

so long and

so happily, existed Sitweeft Jlhe two nations.

-JT J*

1

stipulations it hasfso

to with the

:•.. *.

Not only has the

1

FRENCH^

The French Chambers

Government

been thus wanting in the performance

of

nolemenly entered in-'

U.

States, but

H# omhslon#

have been marked by circumstance which* would seem to leave us without satisfactory evidentes,lhat such performance will cer? tainly take phce at a future period. Ad* vice of the exchange of ratifications reached Paris prior to the 8th April,

183S!.-—

were then sitting^

of

and although one instalment

£D

of

one year after the ex­

having then been made, the

of the

U.

States

Government for

States

controversy*—

next session of the Chambers com* merited on the 10th Nov., 1832, and con* tinned until the 35th April,

1833#NOT*

the

the necessary appropriations

were not

first in­

stalment had been made the subject of earnest remonstrance on our part, tbe treaty with the

States and a

bill making

tot

laid before the

xecute

it*

Chamber ef OT

of

tinued

April,

months,after its meetiftg/and only

nearly five

days before the close^of the session.

bill

was

read and referred

new bill was introduced tbe

month of April,

Paris

in six

rfecessarjr appropriation.

of

Tbe

first

ninetcM)

Tho

to a committee,

but there was no further action upon it,— The next sesion of theChamper*commenced on the 29th of

April,

until

according

1833,

the

and cone

M&LH

of June

following.

N?

11

th

June, but nothing important wn* done in relation to it during the session.

1834,

of

IN

the

pearly three

years

after the signature of the treaty, the final action of the French Chambers upon the bill to carry the treaty into effect wasobr tained, arid resulted in a

refusal of the

The

grounds upon which the bill was

avotreU

rtiiected^

DEBI?^

no

can

FT

be necessary to satisfy Congress of their utter insufficiency. Although the gross amount of the claims of our citizens is probably greater than will be ultimately allowwd by the commissioners, sufficient

nevertheless, shown to render it absolute* ly certain that the indemnity falls farshort of the

actual amount

IF,

of

independently

our

just

cMms*

of the question of dama­

ges and interest for the detention.

the settlement involved a

respect

That

sacrifice

in thia

was well known nt the time—A

sacrifiec which was cheerfully acouie ced in by the different branchesof the Federal Government,*hose action upon the treaty was required, from a sincere

desire

void further collision upou this

disturbing

subject, and

to

pectation that the general relations be* tween the two countries would be inprov« ed thereby,

The refusal'to'Vote

the news

of which

Minister in Paris about the 15th dny

May last, might have been considered Ihe final determination of

diate communication

A-

old and

in the confident

ex­

the appropriation/

1/'

was received from

our

of

the French

Govern"

ment not lo execute the stipulations of

treaty—and

the

would have justified an imme-'

'of

the fprt to Con­

gress, with a recommendalion of such ul~ timate measures as the interest and honoif of ihe United

States

quire. But with the news

"K.

might seem to re-'

of

Chambers

tbe refusal

to make the appropiia-

lion, were conveyed the regrets oi

King, nod a decleration that a national vessel should be fourth wilh sent out, with? instructions to the

France should be called together, and tbe proposition for an appropriation laid before them: that all the constitutional powers of the King and his Cabinet should be exerted to accomplish the object

that the result should be made known

enough to be

tlaplc

TH#

French Minister

to

give*,

ample explanations of the

pasty

nd the strongest assurances for tbe future/ tfter a long passage,

the

vessel

years,the

French

cession of

promised des­

arrived.

BY

The pledges

given'

Minister upon

receipt of bisf

jiistructions, were, that as soon after tbe. election of the new members as the charter would permit, tbe legislative Chambers* of

and

sion. Relying upon these pledget, AN| not doubting that the acknowledged justice of our claims, the promised exertions

the King and his Cabinet,and, above ajlv tlwt sacred regard lor the national FAUH and honor, for which the French ha farter baa been so distinguished, would ttcwsm early execution of

the

ear-R

communicated

to

Congress

at the commencement of the present

SE*:-

I regret to say that the pledges made tr.ee I

i«*

of

treaty fe att its parts*

1 did not deem it necessupy ta call the ak tention of Congress ta tbe subject tbe last session.

IS

lavi

through the Minister of France have not been redeemed. The new Chamber met on tbe 31st July last, and although (he subject of fulfilling treaties was alluded to in the speech from the throne, no attempt was made by tbe King or his Cabinet to procure an appropriation to cam it iq(t) execution. The reasons given for this omis««n. altboo^ they might

be

considered

efficient in an ordinary case^are net con-

w^btbe

expectations founded upog

V*