ti.rrj:Y' rf;' . 7. -i, ti ~ ..,- ; ,.:?2 . ii:,' •i ., -.. - :- , :, . ..., THE riTISEU GAZETTEi --- , S , II]gIELED-trze.wHrrsa..co PIT - Wulf 011.42 n. TUESDAY MDERING, SEPT: 25, ISO. ;4, ybitserssee lust paw. ass mit pigistor Ts . Isgraphle !sows. Z.t 1 , .= id every Whig votes see to this at once.. Ext. sable the list put up in you election distrit IS your name is =Mums, have yourself ni Immediately—tor if vet are not assessed at least two slays before the election, or have not paid aiMer Comaty tax" within two yeas peat, 0:1 will lawless vote. c.t:4wa:y~ ~~.~•:+ha_Rf QT IllbuTstblatobbg iAaTtutiscoss sun Wino Ting , Bonsoglisispd Townships wult, a the biog. Inui=libe Supplied with hokum at the office ql the J Ayer, k Z d h 'eiti j Mt; i . applie d (e a k we re ' tbe Daily Arneeiet. • The nig of Pinsb rub a the same of the Deily tette; and*. Boroughs and Townships between tiO , Jilleueeigutiela end Allegheny nears will be ouPplifid : Vre candidates. By order of the obtaminee. spat Hoax M. gotaos—We are pleased to lain that ooi noble candidate for Canal CommissinMi to, Haar M. Fuiw is expected in this eliyi this week, moat probably on Wednesday, ninl that arrangements will be made to give himyje• opportunity of addressing the people on the great Isaacs before the voters of the Commonaregint this mane Government and the French Minister, and With the French Government direct, which we gi day, will be rettd, with avidity on all hands. Motombout this correspondence, Mr. Clayton relnazkably OfitifteoUO, MOO does not permit stissio olionsive Of Etta unkind exprenioa td fill frnk his pen. M. De TocquevOle, with osident with to throw blame oa both sides, is do ==l thii,poirt of the American Secretary. .. . ..Tltfkl, on: Government acted perfectly right, i. sestr-Mil , Stlhe offensive language of M. Pothisin : and went to the extremity of dismissing him i:Oe. the French cioremment bad refused to motif their:Dog committed, will be assented to by 4vtry good tittles of whatever ptuty. : What irfil It the result of this difseall, it is not esay to Uronjeeture. The question teats on the Set whether the French Government !lam ceded purposely to insult the Goventmentni tb. United States, or whether it now approves tf th • =ad= or M. Po...in. If no, we vuy coticiud• that she French atstbereiea are not *verde, wax, and that their conduct has been the res dlt of • design. The Satirmar• Amerman remarloo,‘-- qt In in this virtual sanction of M. remain 's canna that the only point of a serious mange it to be fend. Nor need that be a ground of nppre. benshni, unless it be really true that the extMordm ary design to make a quarrel with this Rephblic is deliberately entertained by the French Govern ment. It is difficult to believe that; yet in i . belly difficult to believe that the offensive detneanonr of M. Ponsala was adopted by him and sanetioned by his gooemment under rho notion that tha:Ainer.. nan people could be safely insulted. There never was a wane ealculation than that of Labia Na. pzdeon if he mooned upon an acquisition of credit and salts at home as the roan of inns:Ammo here." The North 4astrlcan thinks mere to stooling pre sumption to believe that M. Pousate's twe one• eve notes were written under inotreteticiint from house, and that the conduct of the French Mite. later denotes a preconceived intention: by no means favorable to peace. • 'the New Font Comau-rtal, a very sober and m aleness paper, hex the following, remarki On the subject si A very general interest is neutrally airaltened touching the resolution of the questiondWhether this diplomatic quarrel is to become that is, whether a war between France:lnd the United States is robe the amsequence. .re habitually no great believers te the proliability of war, but it Deems to no this the remati gene. rally made by the journals, and adopted is the quite official article from the Republic, sitgicsting its improbability in the p -rwei—nt case, proceeds from an erroneous basis. F.very body says that this is merely a diplomatic estrangement, oat •,sf which no necessity for war can grow. A Bat we take it that th e question is not; whether thereinany necessity for war. There wad no ne cessity for Major Poussin to be discouriedes and offensive la ho intercourse web our Government; there was no neemolty for the Franck. Govern ment to add the slight of paying no anetnidin to the delicate appal of nor Government against his rudeness; there woe BO necessity for day of the multiplied assaults of the French Government upon the principles of Republicanism. The true question is, amerding m oor judgmerd, whether the French Government dies not manifest an on. friendly, an aggressive spirit in as recent voodoo . toward the United States The point to be considered is, not ‘)hat noon,- Bitroow requires the Government oftlie te d States to do, or Who!. necessity met Tequoie e Government of France to do tierenfter, but what the Government of France is likely to do , what its disposition and temper, or Ito view of policy, may prompt it-to do. And it is here we. find roe ten to *epeese that the issue may he Seeman. F we suppose there can be no queilloran the mind of any rational an that the emoting dispooition of the French Governotrot toward the United Stenos, is unfriendly, whether arisinifiom views of European policy, or, ns tamtgasted by mime of nor journals, from the severity with Which the settons of that Government Lome been almost uni versally censured in this country. Fahoos cations leading to-this conclusion have been point ed oat; bet without referring to thent,Ttfte coot lo • sion may be arrived at, we thir:, the conduct of Major Pressen himself. Even supplosioir tbnt his first discoonexy, in the affair of Monnieur Port, was the result merely of petulant:id; Originating perhaps in a fit of indigestion, we can hardly bes hews that &second, more offensive, Would be tom mined at ao early SI day. online theregwas, reason to believe that It would be dtspleuing to e h own Government.; especially when it is o f in toted that Meijer Poneslo did not receive hiSialinointment from that Government, but from its Predecemor." Oca liarr.—ln the ticklish state::6f our affairs with Pram, it is tolerating to knoW' bow large a force we have in commission, ready'. for active dtast. Exclusive of a number of v.Mitiels i ordc. ably, that can be fitted out eopeditiiMily, the fol.. lowing statement furnishes the qtlot,iii now mand ibles—.ls the Li Afediternosson--OcrunitritiOn. 50 guns; Independence, 56; Comberimid, 561 Jamestown, IldispiwipOi (steamer) 10 heavy potion.; Ene, 16-152—1,700 men. In the North Sea—St. LasemsoceeN) guns. In Afriers—Portsmouth, 22 gunN ycirktomn. 10; Intuit Adams, 20; Porpoise, 10; Beffibilda, 10 73.-553 men. In Brasil—Brandywine, 50; St. touts, 20-70. Sow Spoadros—Ratitan,s4l; &Moog., 22; Al. hum, Germ.town, 22; Flirt, S;iNjater Witch, 1; Wren, 3; Allegheny, 2.-126.-049 melt. At New York—Vincennes, 22, itedy in a few de* • At Norfolk—Perry, 8. Fan Anneal and forty tia.,yons4 l -1 . sot a (titling been, with yankee sailors to man tied,. Oar force la the Meditemnean, it will be seet4iS grate large. TUE WRIST I% ft iteltaloAD. The enquiry has been made of rat times wahm number, during the pest summerieWhy the Rad road has not been placed under coitiram between this and Beaver. The pressure of travel on that line of communication is enormous:, h as every one knows, occupying, during the 101 water in the Ohio River, between theme potet6 ;three or four lines of regular stage., and, met*than a dozen hacks, carnage., and omnannmilild convey the passengers from the one to the ;504daily, through out the semmar.l The estimated fitimbor of Inv , oilers to and fro, earls day, being ene less than 150 or 300 both ways per diems An fiTtiount of travel which would alone authorize the irolistrucoon of a Railroad, and remunerate at thozmio of 10 or 12 per cent. fee the outlay, todependdit of the vast tearoom of travel that would bef iodated by its completion. There is no more ititpimant and val uable direction for the prosecution f interests of this city, IA all its aspects, comitaircial and man. ufacttultur, than the affording realms to the con t!lgnalan which occurs at the plinth of Beaver, to reach this city, and the wanton which repels a mail customers from our dives. The enqui ries, therefore, are natural, whi la not the Ball mad between these points in etttlarl progress a t this moment, We have taken wine palm to ad vise ourselves on the ,abject, a 4 d shave been giv en to understand from an auttkatte dM.C., that the only obstacle in the way, is the fact, thin the sabemirairm by the eines a not Ami evadable, the Wei of the Bonds therein, butte limited by the Ordinances to the latiof June, 4E60, and =De 1112c1019the7 cannot be aceotira4l ' ntil that:period Info's.. ~pith i th the Bonds the , t l o site will be pat ender mitred, and completed fit: pee year. The M question then, simply one of - ev.• will the cities withhold their bean. which 414. way are only Idan of their credit, as the Onitany pay. their interest, and let this important 445/11 he over two jean, when by rot issue of *mow, the work 'to Beaver be finished to a xliat from this day 1 We li:we're:it, and andidentittrue that speedy . 'tution will take place on thus littoral:a question, wino Foseible detriment mu mulatto either of the cities, Atm piecing the Bonds iy lie hands of the Company ix a purpose of snollibviott, sotagnitude and value, u tigo completion of3itrt section of th e radron4 is adtnitted to ba CA alli*ds. .41 ' 5 r lfiftMbeitlay with the Preatch Xthisteer. The Washington peporvf hut Saturday, tthe entire official iiiirrespondence relating to Diplomatin misanderstanding between the bovernment of the United States, and the Min.. ,ker of France to this country. This correspandenee is too long for OW COI• tlaieli,at present, even Were NA pubaeaeou CO hire desirable. Much of it refers to discs:along in relation to trinuneas transaetions in Mexico, with which the public wilt fed very littl4 interest. We therefore have taken the trouble of making a ay- nopais of it, giving every thing which bean upon tthe difficulty which hen enured the disminion of M. Pounin. Letter I, lo from M. Poulain to Mr. Buchanan, dated Feb.l, 1549, in which he slates that he was charged by lull government with the prosecution of a claim wallet the government of the Caned States, brought by a Frenchman named A. Pon, for indemaileation damages sustained by 'lint from acts ofagenta of the United States' army In Mexico. Letter 2, is from M. Pousam, to Mr. Clayton, dated March 21, aching whether any decision had been had in M. Pone's ease. Letter 3, IA from M. Poossie to Ms. Clayton, do ted Much 29, Raking the same question all in the previous loner, and stating that Mr. Port ma. in town to the great disadvantage of his business. Letter 4, is from Mr. Clayton to M. POUSSiII, and is dated, March 29, stating that he had care fully examined the papers in the cam demanding his attention and had come to the "concias:en that Mr. Port had no Just cause to be dissatisfied with the award of the military court of inquiry which MM== Suing the conflicting chums to the tobacco in con trovetay. Under these turcumstauces, no suß.• cunt reason is perceived for disturbing the decis ion of that court." Letter 5, is from M. Poussin. to Mr. Clayton, du led March 30, stating that the claimant , M. Porte, did not attack the whole effect of the decision of the Court at Puebla, hut claimed indemnification for his loss. It also contained a long argument in favor of M. Port's clam. In nos letter acme severe .imadverstorus are made upon the testimony of Colonel Childs, mho had been examined before the court, m Mexico, as a witness. Letter 8, is from Mr. Clayton to M. Poussin, dated April ID, and is an reply to M. Ponsain's ar gument in the previous letter. 'ot concludes as fol. loam— “These, sir, ere the fvoondsfm my opinion, th; the =Mary Court at Pueblo, in decreeing to Mr. Port a restitution of the money which he hod paid for the tobacco, with interest thereon, has rendered him substantial justice, nod that it was no port 01 their duty, nor is it now the duty of thin Goverti• meat, to guaranty the specriLation• made by him In an article purchased under such aro:trash/aces I This opinion is not, in my lodgment, shaken by the TEIIIIfk• contained in your note. Letter '7 is from M. Ponssin to Mr. Clayton, and is the one which contained much that was of to the Government. We give tt enUr as Wows:— Lte•TION or FILLICS, WJAIIMGTON, April —, 18110 To the lion. John 151. Clisrven, in ra nt, recelved on the lOth iastant, the whichyou dme th honor to addreas to answer to on di e wherein I presented the principal rename which should, in my opinion, induce yet to admit the claim of M. A. Pert. You endeavor to establish in that letter thnt M. Port knew, at the moment when he became the purchaser of the tobacco, that it was the property of M. Dornereq,oed not of the United Statm. then, proceeding upon thin hypothesis, you go on to my that M. Port, so far from being entitled to retai -1 bursement of the sums lost by him, an consequence of the annulment of the sale made by him to M. Abed* did not even deserve to have restored to hiu. the sums Which he had paid into the hands of Quartermaster Webster as the puce of what he had bought from the United . Permit me, Mr. Secretary ta t ter s , to observe to you that, in reamiag thus, you go, rather singu larly, beyond the decision of the court martial held at Puebla on the 17th of November, 1847. This military court, which permitted Col. Childs tocarrr oat, without interruption, his string of calumrues Incredible, WI. certainly by nomeans over favorable to M. Port, yet it mimed to recog nise to M. Port that bad tools which, in your Dona ion, might relieve the United States Government from the charge of returning to this Frenchman the sums paid by him iwo the American coffers, and employed for the support of the army. It is among the evidence given before this couri. , which did not admit the charge of bad faith, that you seek for proofs of that bad faith. You rite with this object the quesuotis addressed by M. Port to M. Domenaq, and the answers given by the latter. It would be easy, Mr. Secretary of State, OF me, by slamming each word ci La.! Tuition of the inquiries, to establish beyond goes lion that, so far from its beteg against us. it serve effectually to overthrow , the allegations of Colone Childs; but I shall limit myself to no account c the explanations given on this subje F ct by M. Do mercy himself to the Legation of rance. on it, 12th of April, 1819. M. Ddrnercti then deelareil: 1. That,whde In Pueblehe gave no notice what aoever, in a direct manner, to NI Port, bet day of the sale of the five hundred hal-- 2. That, while at Puebla, he did not, except the 19th of October, address to Col. Childs sects tory his claims, which, from reasons mat we di. and V/1•11,Lt0I to learn, remained without 3. That the conversant. between M. Port, anti the son of the Spanish Consul, to which allusion was made in the court of Puebla, may haverlat ed, not to the five hundred bales of tobacco already bought by M. Port, tint to the other lots of the same tobacco. These declarations, air, are in support of those of M. Port. I do not, therefore, tIegILIOO to be lieve that. taking into conaidenumn the different proofs which favor M. Port, and admitting, on the other hand, that a man should always be consid ered as acting in good faith until the contrary be proved, you will acknowledge the good faith of M. Port. I have yet, tar, to 'answer two objections which you have made to the reasoning contained in my letter of the 30th. When 1 told you that M Port It not o tot.= 'larder, I meant this in answer to the deposition 01 CaL col o Childs where he uses thews words. W doe's is pinion that M Port has rendered lumaeli guilty of collusion moth kw secretary; that they bad a criminal understanding with each other, to spec ulate in the tobacco, to the injury of the first pur chaser, Domereq. His reason for this opinion is that so large a quantity of tobacco could not hav, been sold in Puebla without the tact being know to all the tobacco dealers." My reasouing was this: A man not habitual engaged In the tobacco trade, but who entered to it once only when seduced by oprortim may very fairly be supposed to be ignorant of special operations of that business, which tabs dealers alone are interested in learning; but LIM. Port were a tobacco dealer, does it neer rily follow, aa Col. Childs conclodes, that he have engaged in a criminal understanding M. Wengieraki, and hove rendered himself of colloidal! Really, str, if there is in all traqualufed assertion, it is not mine, but rho, Childs, which you have not hesitated to enders Finally, Mr. Secretary of State, I said, in my note of the 30th, that M. Poet quitted Puebla; on the 10th of September, and did not return until the 15th of October, 1847. You answer, that this as- Bettina( mine Is not supported by any evidence. and ylliu therefore consider yourself minified in re jecting it entirely. 1 shall therefore annex to this letter Nome documents, the mere reading of which should convince you of the reality of the statement made by me; and you will also see that the Lega tion of France, which would never consent to be come the organ of a criminal accusation, without proofs does not venture—without prattle—te ad `Mine an assertion of afoot of the most innocent stature. Allow me to hope, Mr. Secretary of State, that Nis letter may be the last of a correspondesue, which has been already too long, on an affair so clear. iThe Crottemment of the United too- must b e convinced that It is more honorable t M o ac. quit fairly a debt contracted during war, under the premiss of necessity, than to avoid its payment by endeavoring to brand the character of an hon. est man Al Accept, pray you, air, the ammo-nec of my high comideratiOn. GUILLAUME TELL POUSSIN. Letter S is from Mr. Clayton to M. Poulain, who was at New York, and is dated Apnl 21. It re quests M. Pousain to "repair to Waatuustou with out nustectawary delay." CM M. Poussin's return, he bad an interview with Mr. Clayton, in which he was told that hi. lad letter was highly offensive, and that it oon tained language which our government could not { admit, and he was permitted to withdraw it, for the ptivolus of expunging the ohiemmnable pas sage. M. Penmen availed himself of the permia .{ool, and withdrew the letter, and the next day returned it with the most offensive pasaage ex- ilutStrd, at to shown in the brackets above. A.. I ions to mainline our amicable relations with France, the President thee permitted this matter to drop, and the conespondeocc in regard to the claim of Mr. Port was thee tinnily disposed of. It was Me President'. earnest hope that M. Po.. tip had received an admonition that would have served the happy purpose of precluding any furth er collision. Latter V, Ls from M. Ponsain toMr.'„Chtyton, and isms (allots , ' • Litarencer or FIANCZ tr Tins UKITCD WASIIINGTON, May 12, 1619. Ea: I have just received from the Minister of Foreign Affairs a report which bad been addressed to the Whirler of Marine by M. Lavelle, the riot ing coaxal of the Republic at Vera Cruz, from which it apparel:that Mr. Carpendee, the comman der of the American amine-timer Iris, Oae hasten ing to the antrum* of the Preach ship Eugenie, of Ham, which kw] struck on the mak of Rim, *This *tits embraced in brackets wu tabu• candy withdrawn by M. Poulain. near the anchorage of Acton Lthirdo, advanced clams comity thatelminable on amount of remiss , meson for his services end w macre their . o gult• tai, be detained the Eugenie (a stir embargo seer r Eurasia) for two or three day.. In consequence of the energetic reafanzamcee of M. Lavelle, and the honorable information of the consul of the Milted State, to Vets Cruz, Commander Carpen- der desisted from hie pretensions. The Minister of Foreign Affair. requests me to address to the Cabinet of Washington the mast op tions observations on the steam of authonty com mitted by this °dicer, in illegally detalmeg the ship Eugenia You will easily comprehend, Mr. Secretary of State, how important it is that such occurrences should not be repeated, and that severe blame, at least, should be laid on those who thus considered themselves empowered to enbetimta arbitrvy measures for mance; and I doubt not that you will, without delay, give satisfaction to the Past nom• plaints of the French Republic. I embrace this occasion, Mr. Secretary of State, o renew the arourance ot my high consideratkm. GUILLAUME TELL POUSSLY. To the lion. J. M. CLMON, Secretary of State. Letter 10, m from Mr. Clayton to M. Poossm, and is dated May T 3,1519, and awe., as follows: The Secretary of the Navy, to whom a innate• ton of your note was sent, has corumuoicated to his Department Commander Carpenter's espial*. non the mreomatmors attending his rescue of the Eugenie, a copy of which explanation I have the honor herewith to enclose to you; and treat that it will remove any misapprebenaions which may exist on the part of the French Government tele. Pie to hs conduct on the occasion in question. Letter 11, is from Id. Poulain to-Mr. Clayton us follows - - LwasYr. or Fesitcs. Wsaturtormt, May 30,1519.5 Ste I received on the 25. of May the u which you did me the honor to address to me the same day, in answer to mine tolling upon fly Government of the United Stales to disavow tht conduct of Commander Carpender, of the Amen can war rummer Ins, loomed. the French ship Et genie, of Havre, which had ran open the bank Rico, neer the anchorage of Anton Linardo. The etplanstions given by Commander Carper der ore not of a nature, Mt. Secretary of St. such onto dispel the discontent which his proceed. Cage has caused to my Government. He consider ed, u be say*, and he still considers, that the lase was one of salvage; that the nightie: em 4l:hr. by him as the saver of the velem! saved, powered him to keep possession of her soul hts extravagant pre tensions were folly entailed; but his opinions have little interest in our eyes, when we have to con demn his conduct. I called on the Cabinet of NV.hington, Mr. Sea retary of State, in the name of the French Gov. ernenent, to addresa revere reproof to that officer ofthe Amerman navy, in order that the error which he has commiued on a point inenleng the dignity of your national manila might not be repeated I hereafter. From your answer. Mr. Secretary of State, I am unibminedely induced to believe that your Gov ernment subscribes to the strange doctrines preferr ed by Commander Csrpend , r, of the war steamer Ma; and I hove only to protest, in the name of my Government, agenstlthose:doctnnes. I have the honor to be, with distinguished con sidensuont your meet obedient Dereallt. GUILLAUME TELL POUSSIN. To the Hon. J. M. CLarron, Secretary of State. Letter 12, is Mr. Clayton's reply, to wit DerelleleVet 1 11 1 Soars, Wasemorcer, June 5, 1519. Sin The note which you addressed to nee on the 30th nit, echnowledmng the receipt of my let ter to you of the 25th, transmuting Cornmandee Carpender'• explanatton of the circumstances at. tending his rescue of the French ship Eugenie, or Havre, was duly received, and will be comment. csied. together with the rest of the correspondena between you and this Department on the subject to the Minister of the United States In France with metro..s to submit it to the couludernuot of the French Government. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, you obedient servant. Mr. Ww Tax. Foram Letter 13, ta from Mr. Clayton to °En. Mtnita France, as Wows— • DISAIITYWCI • or STAfri., Wastuscrron, June J, 1 91 9. i Sir—You will receive with this despatch, a copy of a correspondence that Mu recently passed be tween this Department and M. Fermata. the tone of which, on the Minister's part, ts regarded as of. (easier to the American Government, and cannot, it IS presumed, meet the approbation of the Gov ernment of the republic which he represents_ From these papers you will learn that. m October of last year, Commander Carpender, of the United Stairs Navy, commanding the Muted States war steamer Iris, had the Rand fortune to rescue the French barque Eugenie, of Havre, which had struck on the bank of Rae, near the anchorage Anton Lizardo, on the coast of Mexico. Under the babel that the case was one which Justly en titled his officers and men to talvage, the com mander canoed the rescued vessel to be moored in safety near the Ins, until he could comnannicate with the consignee, Senor Gomez, at Vera Cruz. but, atter waiting tbrsy hours, and receiving no answer from the consignee, he determined to de- Ileer, and did deliver, the barque over to the charge of ber captain. In the opinion he enter tamed respecting the right to salvage, Comnsande Carrsender orss supported by Mr. Clifford, on Meister in Mexico. and his whole conduct w ['Proved by that Minter. On the 11t4 ultimo, M. podsn. under instruc pone from bar government, addressed e represent• bon of this subject in a note to this Department, •uiplaining in strong terms, of what be considered rtetrary and illegal conduct on the part of the oinnuutier of the Ira suggeating that that °trivet toold be severely blessed, and asking that speedy satisfaction should be given to the Just complaint. of the French republic_ The Department not no time in planing in M Panama'. pdaseasion the explanations of Corn mender Carnender, which dad been obtained Do the Navy Department , and, in communists them, the hope mu expressed that they would move.all miupprehension on the part of the Freu government in regard to the conduct of the A me can officer. Commander Carpeader and his ore had actually used the French barque sad hr crew from imminent peril, tt not certain destractiot and for thts signal service Commander Carpeede ham received. not mented thuks. but censure en/ indignant antmadverstou from the minister of the nation to which the vesul belongs . But M. Poussm himself arm nut satisfied with the explanattou furnlshed, mad without conde wending to refer the matter to his government, and await their instructions, he declared the explus nons to be not of a nature calculated to dispel ffit discontent Mans governmud. Having also lades to bring upon Commander Carpender the Weer. reproof of this Government for an alleged error .eomuntted," as M. Po oson rashly asserts. 'on s point in volvine the &Knit v of your tour) national ;nanny," ice Munster taunts the Government of the United'Htatea wain subscribing to the erroneons doctrtbes" of the Commander. against sontch doc trines he therefore proceeds to protest in the name of his Government. The attention of this Government would not, perhaps. have been SO Wrongly attracted to the tone and temper of Mr. Poulain, exceptioneble as they are. had not that Minister, on a previous oc =Sion, and that quite recently, made Creel highly insulting language in a ode he &Mimed to this Government, under date of the 15th April last, the offensive pornona of which he woo afterwards io duluntly coffered to withdraw. l• resolving to overlook this mark of disrespect, the Department Was guided by a sincere desire to omit nothing which would tend to promote the friendly and har monious relations of the two governments. But at Wet same lime not feeling disposed to COUntes name cornmunicuuons from any quarter which question or impugn the honor and drgnity of the Amerman Government, the President has deem ed it proper to direct me to transmit to you the ac cf/mpanytng correspondence, which he wishes you to transmit to the French Government. Ton will readily perceive that the language objected to, and the temper which M. Founts has not been able to conceal, must neuesartly tend to obstruct dip. lotuato intercourse, and are cement/ally calculated to embarrass, ratter than to promote a friendly dis. canton of questions that concern the honor and interest. of the two republics. 1 am, sir, reapealnlly, VOW obedient servant. JOHN M. CLAYTON. RAMA. Ruan, Esq.,6te. Letter 14, is from Hon. Reverdy Johnenn, Attorney General, to Mr. Clayton, and is dated /one 20, 1949. It contains at length an opinion as to the right of Commander Carpender to de. wind Waage, and concludes as follows. `lf each considerations be well founded—end who can doubt it?—it might prove a peril°. e spen meat for France to a adopt the role, and obtain its recognition by the other notions of the world, that no salvage shall be allowed to those who might rescue French lira and properly upon the ocean from impending destruction. There is, however, no such rule now existing, and 1 a m very clear in the opinion that the CAW helure me was one for salvage." Letter 15, is from Mr. Rush to Mr. Clayton, da ted Paris, August 13, stating that he had, in fulfill ment of his instructions, submitted the corresporti deuce tormented to him to the French Government, end that be now had the honor to enclose the reply of the French Mousier of Foreign Athos. LETTER 18. Mr. do Toopioolik to Mr. Roth . [Tomolawn.) Poeta August 41,1849. Sr. I have received with the letter which y r. did me the honor to write to me on the 7th of last month, the copy of the correspondence which has token place between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United States and the Min. inter ot France at Washington, upon the subject of two claims, which toe latter bad been charged to present to the Federal Government; One against the irregular detention of the Preach chip I Eu genie, by Commodore Carpender, off Vera Cron; and the other for the purpose of asking tor an in demnification in favor of M. Port, • French men, chant, for the abrogation of the sale of a certain quantity of tobacco struck of to biro by the cont. mender of the American forces at Pueblo. Trews two affair. have hitherto been &wooed at Washington, where they are to be concluded, It is not my province to examine their merits. Be sides, I am too certain of the integrity of the Gov ernment of the Union to doubt that it will ultimate ly seknowledge every claim founded in right; and, on its part, it cannot think that the Frvneh Govern. ment allows itself to be drawn, by the desire of protesting 111 11421010, to =prat plitlllliol3l tea justice of 'Wilms not been demon anted to it. These mentimeetsof reciprocal confidence being of • nature to avert and prevent, in the direttasinmt of = interests. those rinseeptibillties and rith.- dings which cannot fail to complicate them, we have seen with an much astonishmenras regret the tom which the communications es changed between our envoy and Mr. Clayton have taken. Even befine I bad received the letter which you have written me to call my attention to them, M. Pompon had transmitted copies of them to me. I had been painfully impressed to find in that correspondence a tone of acerbity and harahneas very little conformable to the friendly relations between the two countries, but I ought to say, without entering into useless reeriminstloasy without seeking for the aide whence the first mid i ries proceeded, it had appeared to me that this ob servation was not alone applicable to the letters , written by the Minister of France. M. Pousan. doubtless misconstruing some ex pressions in those which have been addressed to him by the Secretary of State, believed be mw in them a want of respect, for which he miss have mutilated his resentment with too much spirit; bet if a plumage of his letter of the of April may have hart Mr. Clayton, it seems to me mat there is no longer any ground to take advantage of it, mutat him after he has consented to withdraw it; and he has given a pretty signal proof of his con ciliatory spirit in abstaining from animadversion open an expression in the answer addressed to Sam by that minister on the 21st of April, which, estimated with a certain degree of susceptibility. might have seemed to be rather an imperious MI6, mons than a IliplOalatia invitation. Furthermore. sir, it is not necessary for me to • . • .. - . tell you that I entirely concur in the opinion which you express upon not deviating, in negotia. title'', from the observances and forms of a benev olent courtesy. I invite M. Pourisin never to forget this rule in his intercoms, with the Government of the United Stntes, and I rim sore that, if it he reciprocated. the observance of it will be rendered easy to him. Receive, sir, the assurance of the high considers thou with which I have the honor to be, your very bumble and very obedient servant, IS DE TOCQUEVILLE. LETTER 17. Thd Secrotary of Stara of the Untied Flaw to Ilftrtsster of Forage 'Affairs of I:row, Darrarairsi or ST,. Weoprioron, Sept. h, M. Aura Dr. Toeuttenrut, Minister ofrForeign A fr e t r , of the French Republic. Sir—l have received a desoeteh from Mr. Rosh, the American minister In Pane, of the 1311, of Aug. covering a note from you to Mot, dated the fhb of that mouth. Both have been anbutitted to the President. 'gob the correapoadence to which they relate. As Mr. Rush to returning home, nod Mr. Rives, mho ham been appointed to succeed him Dr Minister to France, ho probe* not yet arrived in Pans, I hasten to avail myself of the only means of communication between the governments we represent, by addressing you directly on the sub- Atm of your note. You acknowledge the receipt of the correspond ence "which took place between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Untied States and the Minister of France at Washington," from which it must have been obvious to your mind that the latter had repeatedly and gratuitously addressed communications to this Government, highly offen sive and Mrtrourteons, both in manner and in sob. stance. That correspondence was ouhnoitted simply enable your Government to decide upon the pi per course to he taken in regard to os own Mtn ter You appear to have considered the 01.,..11 , as one which called upon you to construct apology or that Minister, by Indisertuanately censuring legit names to the correspandenee. You were not invited to decode as an arbiter upon the mode in which the American Government conducted that correspondence, which 'OM not only courteous and respectful in terns, hut entirely noeseepuonable in spirit; and you could not have failed to observe that this Department had not. In any instance, descendel to reeruntnation, whether useless or otherwise, with Mr. !Mouton_ Should the correspondence of any Minister 01 thin Republic prove insulung to the (needly lhov erriment of France, that Government Is WO eO3 trident of our desire to matritain kind retail°oa sat' t to doubt that the President of the United Stair would feel It to he n high duty to extol:one the complaint, and to render a prompt and propel 11t0.01 , 101 for the Injury. Rot the issue presentee in the correspondence of air. P. 1.1.11 cannot he evaded by any charge of recrtminations. If Um charge can he made with any •05 , 10 w of truth, le it be separately presented, and it will be prompt( and most respectfully considered. The Prostdent instructs me to say to your ex cellency that, as from the whole tone of your corn munieatton to Mr Rush, which has atrock en with much coronae. werold seem that the do en opectful language of the French Minster et West mama. has been received with indulge-nee. no held worthy of palliation by the dlsonguished Ma later et Foreign Affairs of France, woo has moil fasted ma dispreestima to redress the wrong, be, the Chief Magistrate of the Caned States, fee himself new at perfect liberty, and is fuel coo strained, with a view to preclude opportimar winch might be legato abused, to perform, anthoi any further delay. au unpleasant duty, Mom he had hoped his friendly appeal to the Frenseh Government would has a relieved hue This Government is the guardian of as wart tab or, and, as oa all occasions it seeks to svml -giv ing cause of odenee, sel will it never submit to in teniinoal dear...peel. By the time ibis letter reach es your excellency, Mr. P• 12•7413 will have been in formed that no further correspondence mil he held with him by the Executive of the ales. and that every proper facility er.h Sc offered hall should be desire to return to Feancet The President further mammas me to express to your Excellency the (rendly Perattri