List of papers accompanying the report of the Secretary of State to Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Martinez, December 11, 1837. Mr. Martinez to Mr. Forsyth, December 23, 1837.b Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Martinez, December 30, 1837. Mr. Martinez to Mr. Forsyth, January 18, 1838. Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Martinez. 3 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 11, 1837. The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to present to Mr. Martinez, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Mexican republic, authenticated copies of further papers relating to complaints of citizens of the United States against Mexico; accompanied by a summary statement of the grievance in each case, and a list of the documents in support of it. The undersigned will thank Mr. Martinez to forward these papers to his Government, and avails himself of this occasion to renew to him the assurances of his very distinguished consideration. Señor Don FRANCISCO PIZARRO MARTINEZ, &c. JOHN FORSYTH. THOMAS POWELL Claims nine thousand five hundred and seven dollars and ninety cents of the Mexican Government, on account of an alleged wrongful seizure of his property by officers of Mexico, in the neighborhood of De Wit's colony in Texas, in the autumn of 1826. Papers. The claimant to the Secretary of State, New Orleans, August 3, 1837. Claimant's account against the Mexican Government, sworn to before W. Y. Lewis, notary public, New Orleans. Register of the schooner Escambia. Manifest of her cargo. Manifest of the cargo of the schooner Despatch. Invoice of cargo of schooner Escambia. Affidavit of Matthew F. Maher, before Hugh K. Gordon, notary public, New Orleans. Policy of insurance on the cargo of the schooner Escambia. Agreement between the claimant and George Elderkin, master of the Escambia. Supplementary invoice of the cargo of the Escambia. Inventory of the effects seized by Martin Deleon. F. Maher's account with the claimant. F. Wyatt's account against the claimant. Oliver H. Strother's assignment of his account to W. Hardy. .A William W. Smith's account against the claimant. Receipt of W. W. Smith. John McHenry's account against the claimant. Affidavit of John McHenry, before James Kerr, agent for Green De Wit, empresario, October 18, 1827. Affidavit of Byrd Lockhart, before James Kerr, agent, February 20, 1828. Affidavit of Richard Morgan, before James Kerr, agent, October 20,1827. Proceedings (in Spanish) of the Mexican officers against the property of the claimant. William Liddle's account against Doctor Oldivar. Affidavit of Hugh Young, before Hugh K. Gordon, notary public, New Orleans, April 20, 1828. Certificate of H. Johnson, Governor of Louisiana. Account of William Liddle against Doctor Oldivar, and letter of Hugh Young to him, April 23, 1826. J. H. Eells's account against the claimant. ་་ Affidavit of Thomas D. Eells and George. Elderkin, before Jesse H. Hyde, notary public, Mobile, March 17, 1827. Inventory of the contents of three trunks left on board the schooner Escambia, by a passenger calling himself Doctor Joseph Lucien Freeman Oldivar. Affidavit of Thomas D. Eells and George Elderkin, respecting the above, before J. H. Hyde, notary public, Mobile, February 27, 1827. Certificate of Thomas S. Kennedy, April 17, 1827. Certificate of James Pitot. Certificate of H. Johnson, Governor of Louisiana. Record of proceedings in the city court of New Orleans against José Olivarez, for.larceny. Certificate of Thomas S. Kennedy, clerk, and J. Pitot, judge of that court. W. Trumbull to the claimants, February 22, 1826. Victoria Feijos to the same, October 18, 1827. The claimant to Don José Sancédo, January 30, 1828. Translation of the same. G. Gorton to the claimant, March 26, 1829. J. DURAND, A. M. BORDUZAT, JETE AND HARGOUS, BORIE AND LAGUERENNE, AND P. S. LAGUERENNE, citizens of the United States, Claim twenty-six thousand five hundred and fifty dollars and thirty-two cents, for losses alleged to have been sustained by them in consequence of the sacking of the Parian, of Mexico, on the 4th December, 1828. The demand in this case is supported by a statement of the loss sustained, to which is subjoined a certificate of its correctness, dated Mexico, 12th October, 1837, and signed by W. S. Parrott, Theodore Ducoing, and James H. Farrington, citizens of the United States. RUFUS FURNAGE. This individual was a passenger on board the schooner Martha, captured by the Mexican public armed schooner Montezuma, in Galveston bay, in May, 1835. He represents that he was harshly treated while a prisoner in the hands of the Mexican authorities, and claims therefor of the Mexican Government a pecuniary recompense of six thousand five hundred dollars. The only paper in his case is his memorial to the Secretary of State of the United States, sworn to on the 3d of October, 1837, before James Ross, notary public, Shelby county, Tennessee. SCHOONER LOUISIANA. Thomas Powell claims of the Mexican Government thirteen thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and fifty cents, on account of the capture of the schooner Louisiana and her cargo (owned entirely by him) by the Mexican brig of war General Tenan. Affidavit of J. C. Pierce, the master, and David Morris, the mate of the vessel, before C. P. Jackson, judge, New Orleans, May 13, 1837. The claimant's account against the Mexican Government, sworn to before W. Y. Lewis, notary public, New Orleans, June 19, 1837. The claimant to Mr. Forsyth, August 3, 1837. MALCOLM, SANDEMAN, & Co. These persons représent that they were shippers of goods to the amount of $624.48 on board the schooner Julius Cæsar, captured in the spring of 1837 by the Mexican public armed brig General Tenan, and they claim that sum of the Mexican Government. Papers. Copy of invoice, sworn to on the 11th November, 1837, by Robert Sandeman, before W. Y. Lewis, notary public, New Orleans. Malcolm, Sandeman, and Co. to Mr. Forsyth, November 13, 1837. Mr. Martinez to Mr. Forsyth. MEXICAN LEGATION, Washington, December 11, 1837. SIR: In the late annual message of his excellency the President of the United States to Congress, there occurs the following paragraph: "I regret, therefore, the more deeply to have found in the recent communications of that Government [the Mexican] so little reason to hope that any future efforts of mine for the accomplishment of those desirable objects would be successful." Aware that, after so decided an expression of the feelings of the Executive, my presence can be of no practical utility in Washington, I beg leave to inform you that I am about to return to the bosom of my family in New Orleans, where any communications can reach me with very little delay. Availing myself of the present opportunity of renewing to the honorable Secretary of State the assurances of my personal consideration and esteem, I have the honor to subscribe myself his most obedient humble servant, FRANC. PIZARRO MARTINEZ. To the Hon. JOHN FORSYTH, &c. Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Martinez. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 12, 1837. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday's date, announcing your intention to repair to New Orleans, and requesting that communications may be addressed to you at that place. In reply, I have the honor to acquaint you that your request will be attended to; and I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you the assurances of my great consideration." Señor Don FRANCISCO MARTINEZ, &c. JOHN FORSYTH. Mr. Martinez to Mr. Forsyth. LEGACION MEXICANA, Diciembre 13 de 1837. MUY SEÑOR MIO: Antier tuve el honor de recibir la nota que con aquella fecha me dirigio V. E. acompañandome copias auténticas de reclamaciones presentadas contra el Gobierno Mexicano á ese Departamento, por los ciudadanos de estos Estados, J. Durand, A. M. Borduzat, Jete y Hargous, Borie y Laguerenne, y P. S. Laguerenne, Thomas Powell, Malcolm, Sandeman, y Compaña, Rufus Furnage, y Thomas Powell. En 5 del presente, salió de Filadelfia para Tampico la goleta Susan," por cuyo buque transmiti al Ministerio de Relaciones Esteriores |