Schwartz to Commander Ingraham._

His Imperial Majesty's brig Hussar,
To Smyrna, July 2d, 1853.
THE COMMANDER OF THE UNITED STATES SHIP ST. LOUIS,
Present.

Sir: I have the honor to refer you to my letter of the 28th
ultimo, in which I stated that I depend altogether upon the
Consul General in the matter respecting the prisoner Martin
Coszta. I shall send him your letter of this day, and request him
to come to an understanding with you himself.

I protest against all violence toward His Imperial Majesty's brig
"Hussar," or schooner "Artimesia," and shall consider it as a
hostile step for which I would hold you altogether responsible.

I have the honor to subscribe myself, with great respect, your
obedient servant,
SCHWARTZ.

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_S. N. Brown to Commander Ingraham._

To Legation of the United States,
COMMANDER INGRAHAM, Pera, June 28th, 1853.
United States Corvette St. Louis.

Dear Sir: I send you a copy of my letter to the Austrian
Internuncio (Minister) on the subject of the detention of Martin
Coszta on board the Austrian brig Hussar; which will serve to
show my views of the transaction better than I could do in a
note.

The public here are quite as indignant at the brutal conduct of
the Austrian Consul as they were in Smyrna. Mussulman, Christian
and Jew execrate the conduct of the Consul, and accuse him as the
cause of the bloodshed which resulted from the brutal arrest and
treatment of Coszta. The Porte would have been much pleased had
you taken him from the Austrian brig, and I regret that it was
not done on the ground that he had renounced all allegiance to
the Austrian Emperor, and taken an oath of allegiance to the
government of the United States.

He certainly is not an Austrian subject, and he as certainly (p. 358)
can claim no other allegiance to any other power, than to
that of the United States. It is not uncommon for persons
having received official copies of their declaration of
allegiance to procure an American passport stating this fact, in
which all protection and satisfaction is assured them from
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