Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-02-14
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ASIA.

letter to the Secretary OF state enuHeIdteS the
following advantages obtained in the treaty nego-
tiated BY him, and ratified by the Senate:
l. The Tariff on certain American products
is reduced, and goods contraband, on subjects of
monopoly, are defined.
2. Duties are payable in cash, and the Con
sui is released from security for their payment
O. Provision is made in the amplest manner
for trade from port to port in China.
4. The personal dignity and security of Con-
suls or other agents of the United States Govern
ment, are secured.
5. Various stipulations for the convenience OF
our commerce, in relation to the payment OF dll-
ties, are agreed upon
6. Not only dwelling houses and magazines,
but churches, cemeteries and hospitals, may be
erected at any of the five ports
y The sale of books to Americans and their
instruction by any whom they may choose, are
legalized,
8. All American citizens in China are to be
subject only to the jurisdiction of their own gov
eminent.
9. American citizens in China to be protected
by the Chinese Government.
10. The perfect neutrality of our flag, and
every thing it covers, is guaranteed.
IL. Vessels stranded on the coast of China to
be protected and relieved.
IL. Perfect equality in correspondence be-
tween civil military and naval officers of the U.
States and China, to be observed
Is. No presents to be demanded by either
government of the other.
a. Ships ofwa to be received at all times
Courteously in the ports of China.
Is. The privilege of direct communication
with the Chinese Government is secured.
I6. Citizens of the United Stated engaged in
the Opium trade, or any other contraband trade,
to receive no protection from our Government.
The ship Paul Jones from Canton, Oct. LIST,
arrived at New York, brings intelligence that the
Treaty concluded by Mr.. Gushing had been rat
flied by the Emperor
The Observer of the Rhine states, from Jeru-
salem, that the Protestant Bishop of that city has
received full permission from the Sultan to build
an Evangelical Church on Mount Sion, and
that the work of conversion is making great
progress.
EUROPE.
The number of thieves who pursue their pro-
fession in Paris, according to M, Gisquet, is
$4,000, and of these, 600 would not hesitate to
add murder to the robbery.
A letter from Christiana states that there has
been received from one of the mines, a mass of
silver ore, weighing 1850 pounds, which will
probably yield $40 lbs of pure silver
The beautiful tower of Suasburgh Cathedral,
the highest in the world, has given way upwards
of six feet from the perpendicular, and its imme-
diate fall is anticipated.
Tscheck, the man who discharged the pistol
at the King of Prussia was executed on the 18th
ut., but the breaking alive on the wheel was
dispensed with.
There are in France, says one of the journals
$500 actors and 1900 actresses, and 10000
individuals attached in one way or another to the
theatres.
ENGLAND.-The amount of the British Debt
on the 5th of JAN l843, was near 81 600, 600
900.
The English papers complain of the extreme
GOODNESS of the season, which exceeds anything
known there for many years.
Letters received from Treblsond, on the 18th
of November, announce that DR. Wolff had ar
rived in safety at Teheran on his way to Eng
land.
AMERICA.
TExAs-A New Orleans paper of Jan. 25
reports the following sales ofTexas stock in tina
market:
A very active demand yesterday for Texa
funds, and sales to the extent of over $780, 90
were made at a considerable advance on our pre-
vious figures Red backs closed at IL l-2 t
&c.: 19c. This improvement is owing entire
ly to the more favorable prospects of annexation
which it rs now expected will be carried at til
present session Of Congress,
The President of the Republic of Texas, D
Arson Jones, u.s. as we learn from one who kne
him in early life, native Of Berkshire Mas
He lived with his family, when boy,in Lenno,
the shire town of Berkshire and was remarke
as fine promising lad, of manly deportmel
and amiable temper.-The family aiterwart
removed to Philadelphia
SHIPwREcks IN l944.-The Sailors Mag
zine states that the number of vessels lost durin
the last year, as far as heard from, amount
.|Vo, anu lUo lives lost, nearly oil upon our U"
coast. In l943, 304 vessels and GAP liv
were lost May not the decrease in the de
truction of life and property, be safely attribute
to the moral improvement of the seamen! 30 We
sells are still missing, and the wrecks of sever
more have been passed at sea, whose sad sto
may never be told.
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Dom stic COmpemd.
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