The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-06-23


ARTICLE 18th.
All ether mefehaa1z an things nei
oonpfeheuded the AZ icirs Of co1iraband
explicitly enumerated I'D ciissiird - 4.
bose, shalt b. ibid aud III tered II
free, aud subjects uf free aud lawful com.
mere, 50 that they ny be carried ait
transported ~ Ia" lrrrst manner by boil
The contracting parties. even Il places be-
longing 10 IA enemy, excepting only those
pieces which a. at tlst tine besirged ui
blocked up aud - avoid al doub, ia ihi.
Particular, ii IS declared that those places
only are brsieged or blockaded which
are actually attacked by bcllisrtcnt force
capable of preventing Tie eutry Of the neu-
trail.
ARTICLE 10th.
The articles Of coufdb1nd before eBu-
metatrd ). classified, which may be found
IN = vessel hound f,r an -nemy's port, shall
be subject to detention and confscation,
leaving free the rest Of the cargo aud the
ship, that the owners may dispose of THIN
rs they see proper. No vessel Of either Of
the nations shall be detained on Inc high
seas On account Of hasins az beard art
eirs Of contraband, whenever the master,
I'ldilB ~ 1hlliIfhl - III Sdil NtsHfI, VIII
drllverup the article Of cautrahaud to the
captor, unless the quantity OF such Articles
be So great aud of So large bulk, thai
they cannot be- received on hoard the cap
turing ship without great lncous eti;eoce E;
bnt IA this aud IN all other cases of Just de
t-nton, the vessel detained shall be sent
IL The nearest convenient and safe port, for
tliai and Judgment, according 10 law.
ARTICLE i7th.
Ard Whereas il frequently happens that
vessels, sail foi = port or place belonging
10 an enemy, "iIhnut knowing that the
same is hesirgrd, bluckaded ot invested, il
Is agreed. that every vessel go circnm stan
ced may be turned away from such port
or place, but shall not be d taioed, nor
shall any part of the cargo, ii not conlra-
h rad, be c"pGscaied unless, after warning
Of such blockade or investment from the
commanding officer of the biockadiuS for
eos, she hall agtlp attempt t. enter bat
she sh5Il be permitted IL ~ to any other
port OF place she shall think proper, Nor
shall any ,ess.el Of either, that may have
entered into such port before the came was
actually br-ieg d, blockaded or invested,
BY the other be restrained from quitting
'nch place with her cargo, nor if found
herein atterthc recollection and surrender,
,hall such vessel or her cargo he liable IN
.ophscat0n, hui they shall be restored to
he owners thereof.
ARTICLE l9th.
In order to prfyept all kind of disorder
II the visiting and examination of the ships
md rargocs Of both the contracting parties
III the high seas, they have agreed mutu-
lily, that whenever vessel of " Ar public
II private, shali meet with a neuira! ofthe
'th"r contracting party, the first shall re-
nam ont of cannon shot, and may send its
1nat with two or three men only IN order
u execute TIE said examination Of the pa
nprs concerning the ownership and cargo
IF the vessel without causing the least ex-
,sH;0u, violence or i'll treatment, for which
the commanders Of the said armed ships
3 lall b. responsible With tfrir persons and
property for which purpose the cotn-
Of said private armed vessels shall
before receiving their COMMISSIONS, give
security to answer Tor all the da-
maGts they may commit. And II Is ex-
prrsely agreed that the neutral party shall
IN uo cast be required IL 50 on board the
examining vessel. for the purpose of cxhl-
biting her papers, or for any other purpose
whatever.
ARTICLE 10Th.
To avoid all kind of ycxation and abase
in the examination Of the papers relating L
the ownership OF the vessels belonging to
the citizens Of the two contracting palties,
thy agreed, and d. agree, chat in case
one OF them should I've engaged in war, the
china aoi VCseals bpl,urinp la the q - IN
Of the other must be furnished with SEA
letters or passports, expressing die iIahle,
property, aud bulk Of the ship, as also the
ma ne aud place of hobitation of the master
or commander of said vessel. IN order
that it may thereby appear that the
ship really and truly belongs 10 the q.