The Arkansas banner., 1846-10-28

niasle public, so the end slfEt the sane and. every elausna and article flgstedf may he ob- served and fulfilled witil keoi Iaiahb by ,he United Ssaies and tho citizens lhereof.
 ln witness whereof, have hereHnt0 set my hand, aud caused the seal of tle United Statcs io ba affixed. 8s
 Done q the city af Washington, this thirsy-
 first day of March, in she year of
 our Lord. one thonsand eight hun tsEAL.I dred and Gofty-six, and of he insIe-
 pendshcs of ahe Bnivet Sl=srs, tlie
 sevehtieth.
 JAMES K. POLK. By the President
 N. B. TmsT. .3cfiHg s.,
 Seervtary ef Siafe. CONVENTION WITH THE GRAND DUcHY or TIE DROfT D'AUBAINE AND or TAX ES ON EMIGRATION. By ths Presidsnt tAe Uaitsd States ef -ameriea !:
 A PROCLAMATION. Whereas Convention between the uniie,l States of America and His Royal High ness the Grand Duke of Hesse was con cluled and signed by their Plenipo,satia- ries, at Berlin, on the twenty sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and foriy-four, which Convention, being in the French and English languages, is, word for word, as follows:
 Conpenfion for the msissai aboliiion cf fhs droh d'aaba,ns and tares oR emigration beiseea he United States of .anseriea aud thc Grand Dnchy 0f Hcssc
 The United States of America on the one part, and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke ol Hesse, on the other part, being equally desi- rous of removing the restrictions which ex- ist ip their territories upon ihe acquisition and transfer of property by their respective citizens and subjects, have agreed to enter into negotiation for this purpose.
 For the attainment of this desirable object, the President of the United States of Ame- rica has conferred full powers on Henry Wheaton, their Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo,entiary ai the Court of His Majesty the King of Prussia, and his Royal tlighness the Grand Duke of Hesse upon Baron Shaefier-B Befnstein his Chamberlain, Colonel, Aidcde-camp, and Minister Resi- dent near His Majesty the King of Prussia, who, after having exchanged their said full powers, found in duo and proper form, have agreed to the following articles:
 ARTICLE !.
 Every kind of droit d'aubaine, droit de retraite, and droit de detraction, or tax on emigration, is, hereby, and shall remain abol- ished, between the two contracting parties, their Sla.es, citizens, and subjects, respee- lively.
 ARTlcLE II.
 Where, on the death of any person hold ing any property within the territories of one party, such real property, would, by the laws of the land, descend on a subject or citizens of the other, were he not disquali- fled by alienage, such citizen or subject shall be allowed term of two years to sell the same--which term may be reasonably pro- longed according to circumslances---and to withdraw the proceeds thereof, without mo- les,alion, and exempt from all dniies of de- traction on the part of the Government of the respective States.
 ARTICLE IT.
 The citizens or subjects of each of the contracting parties shall have power to dis pose of their personal property within the States of the other, by testament, donation or otherwise, and their heirs, being citizens or subjects of the other contracting party, shall succeed to their said personal proper ty, whether by testament or a6 inieaaio, and may take possession thereof. either by them- selves or by others acting for them, and dis pose of the same at their pleasure, paying such duties only as the inhabitants of the country where the said property lies shall be liable to pay iu like cases.
 @t ARTICLE ".
 In case of the abserce of the heirs, the same care shall Do taken, provisionally, of such real or personal property as would be taken in like case of property belonging to the natives of the country, until the lave ful owner, or the person who has right to sell the same, according so article second, may take measures to receive or dispose of the inheritance.
 ARTICLE V. /l f any dispute should arise between dif- ferent claimants to the same inheritance, they suaH o6 ueClucu, tu Ne iast bc<Sss, SsSesss-l ing to the laws aad by ,he judges of the country where the property Is situated
 ARTICLE VI.
 This Convention shall De ratified by the President of the United States of America,I by and with the advice and consent of their Senate, and by His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse, and the notifications shall be exchanged q. Berlin, within the ssnn ol SIX months from the daie o. the signature here-I of, or sooner if possible.
 In faiih of which, the respective Pienipo- teniisfies have signed the above articles, both in French and English, and have ihere- 10 affixed their seals; declaring, nevertheless iha. the signing in both languages shail no. hereafter be cited as precedent. nor i'll any way operate to the prejudice, .sf the enntrac- ting parties. Done in quadruplicaie, in the city of Ber-l lin, on tho swensy-six,h day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight