The Arkansas advocate., 1832-11-14

l on board SucA enemies vessels shall ha held and considered as enemies proper. ", and as such shall be liable to deten. lon ard confiseatioil, except such pro- peTty as was put oil board such vessel before the declaration of war, or even afterwards If 1t were done without the knowledge of it; but the contracting parties agree that four months having elapsed after the declaration. their cit izens siliiii not plead ignorance thereof: on tbe contrary, 1.-the flag of the neu- tral does not protect the enemy's pro- perty, in that case the goods and mer. chandises embarked in such .enemv,s vessel shall be free.
 ARTICLE XVIII.
 This liberty of commerce and naviea- ton shallextend to all kinds of merchant dlse, excepting those only which are distinguished by the name of contra band; and under this name of contra band or prohibited goods. shall be com prehended, first, cannons, mortars, how ltzers, swivels, blunderbusses, muskets, tusees, rifles. carbines. pistols. bikes. swords sabres, lanees, spears, halberts; and granades, bombs, powder, matches, balls, and all other things belonging to. the use of these arms: secondly, buck lers, ,helmets, breast-plates, coats of mail, infantry belts, and clothes made up in military form, and for a military use; thirdly, cavalry belts and horses with their furniture; fourthly, and gene rally, all kinds ofaEms. and instruments oi Iron, steel, brass and copper or of any other materials manufactured, prepared and formed expressly to make war by sea or land.
 l ARTICLE XIX.
 A Il other merchandise and things not conprehendedin the articles of contra band expressly enumerated and classifi- cd as above, shall De held and consider ed as free and subjects of free and law iul commerce, so that they may be car ried and transported in the freest man. nsr by both the contracting parties, even 10 places belonging 10 an enemy, excepting only those places which are at that time besieged or bloekaded; and to avoid all doubtin that particular, it IS declared that those places oplyare beseged or blockaded, which are actu- ally besieeed or blockaded by belliger- ent force capable of preventing the en- try of the neutral.
 ARTICLE XX.
 The articles of contraband before en-. umerated and classified, which may be iound ina vessel bound for the enemy's port, slrall be subjec, to detention and consiscation, leaving free the rest of the cargo and the vessel, that the own CTS may dispose of them as they see pro- per. No vessels of eitherof the two nations shall be detained on the high seas on account of having on board arti- cles of contraband, wheneyer.the mas ter, captain, or supercargo of said vessel will deliver up the articles of contra band 10 the captor, unless the quantity of such articles be so great and of so large bulk, that they cannot be re- ceived on board the capturing vessel without great Inconvenience; but in l this, and in ali other cases. of just defen- tion, the vessel detained shall be sent 10 1 the nearest convenient and safe port for trial and judgment, according to 1 iaw.
 ARTICLE XXI.
 And, whereas 1t frequently happens that vessels sail for a port or place be- longing to an enemy without knowing that the same is besieged, blockaded, or invested, it is agreed that every vessel so situated may be turned away from such port or place, but shall not be de- tained; nor shall any part of her car go, ifnot contraband, be confiscated, unless, after warning of such blockade or investment fromthe commanding off cer of the blockading force, she should again attempt to enter the aforesaid port; but she shall be permitted to go 1 to any other port or place she may think proper. Nor shall any vessel of either of the contracting parties, that may have entered into such port before the same was actually besleged, blockaded, orinycsted by the other, be restrained from quitting such place with her car 20; nor if found therein after the sur render, shall such vessel or her cargo 1 be liable te confiscation, but she shall be restored to the owner thereof.
 ARTICLE XXI.
 1 inorder to prevent all kinds of disor- 1 der in the visiting and examination of the vessels and cargoes of both the con- tracting parties on the high seas, they