The Arkansas banner., 1848-05-23

W hffE3s eutNentoN betWFerA fAc U. StaffS Aasriea and sAe feitTd DtreeteFy ct fh< S~tss Confederation ws eaaeiuiei ana slguesi at Inc eity of " as ag'oa. by tAeiF respecttvs niPeleniisres oa the esgbteeafh day of Mat, on- taoa<ama eishi kaBired ssd foFty-s ven: whieh eens sniian, heinR la fie Ensii.h Aad fFeseA l.agasgss, is, ~OFd for wSrd. follows.
 The PrrsSlen, q he United S,s,ss of An~r,ea. snd the Federal Directory of the Swizs CoafsdcfA- tiSR, sniHatcd by the desire ss secure and extend, hy an amiea5le Convention, tho reIatiaas happily existing hstwecn tha twa Touutfies have. 10 thss effect appoia'e, t'eif Pieniposesiiarics to w,t the President of the Uaitei stsies ef Amesica, James Bachanan, Secretary ef State of tho United States and the Federal Directory of the Swiss Ces- feleEsiioa, \. (. Cszeaoye, Swiss Consai at Alex. aadsia; wko 4fter the exeharge of their fail pow CTS. found ia good and dae fotm. have agreed apoa and sigaed the fallowtnE ar,ices;
 Article |.
 The citizens Of e@eh ans ef .he hirs eoHfractlRg parties shall have power o dseos~ sf ses persoAai property, wsthin the jari.die'ion et the efber, ei Ibsf by testament. doaation aA faieSfaf8. of in any eher manner; ana their heis being eitireHs ef the Oher party. shali tahsrt al @lch personai tsssS, Whetaef sby testament, sb futsStsfs, and they may take POSsesstoa of the same, efsheF per sonafiy, or bF attorney. and dispose ol them they may tsiuk prDref. paying to the respective govern neais osseT ehsFses than these ts whieh tse fa- asltanis of the country in sbsch the said P opesty shall be t0nBd world be liable is similar Case Hs, in the afsnce ef saek h +, D, ifs, tie same care shall he taken of the property that wo0i be taken, ia the lIks easc for the preservation of tns proper ty of eitzsn of the sane coRafry, aai the taw- fai proprietor xhl have hsd time ta take measures for pOssessng himseif of he same; and in case any dispute ezla arise bstTeen claimants Co fhe same saecesses, ss o h4 pFop~rfy thereof. The question shall he decs6ed according te the lass. and by the judges of the coaary ia which ihe property l. sat- ! nafed.
 1 Article II. If, by the death of Person owEing real prapsIty in the erri'ory of one of the bigh eoaraetag rar- ties. such property should deScead, either by the laws of he lasy, ty sestasnenfary GiSpos lien, io citizen of the o'hsT party. who oa accsan, of his being aish, eoait not b. permitted ta retaia the se;as possession of saeh property teTm of not lsss than three years shall Ae allowed to hg 10 pose of such property. and to ceilec; and withdraw the proceeds thereof, whnat iayiag to the govern rDeDt any ether ehsrgrS than thsee which, in a similar esse would be psit by an lhabitist of tas ccaatry nj which such real property may be siiHa- ted.
 1 Article III.
 The present esavenuoa shaIi be in force for 'he term oi twelve years fom the date hereof; sa faf- ther, aHiil the end oi twelve months aiter the gov eriIne ni of the United States, the part. ci that of tbe Swiss Confederation on the other. shall hsye given notice of is int=ntOa of terminating the same.
 This Convention shah bc ratifei. and the rat6- eaft3rs shall be exchanged at Washington, withla twelve months aiter is date, or sooner, If possible Ia faith whereof. the respective PienIpotenfaries have signed the present Convention. and have there Hn'o afixezl ibsu seals
 Done at W ashiaZtoa this eighteenth day of May
 A. D. IsI1, and of tie Ind~pen6vDce Sf the utl ! led States the seventy first.
 X JAMES BUCHANAN, tL- g.. i ANT. CHS. CAZENOvE, H. g. And whereas the satf eoHventijn has been duiJ ratified both parts. and the respective "a ihe1ioEs If the xebansed at tSe city of W azhing
 ton, on the thiId day OT May. tbousand eigh hundred and fsrty-sisht. hv James Buchanan, Sec
 retary of State of the United States and As'. Chs
 Cszsnove. Swiss eonssl al Alexandria. on 'he Pas of their respective governments:
 ! Now. thereiors, be II known, tbas !, JANts k PctK Presideat of the United States el America
 have caused the said convention to be TnAte pHbbc
 70 the end that the sasne aad eferY clause and aFl cle thereof may be observed and faihle with goc. faith by the United States and the etiE=Es thereof l h witHsss whereof. have beresniO set m'
 hand and caused the seal of tae UBi'e Stasss fo b , alfred.
 Done st the city of Washing'op this fourth day Q May, iH tSr year of our Lord one thoasan' ! eight hundred and fossy eight, and of tn 1 H. 'l Independence of the URi'ed States Of An erica the seventy-seesed. JAMES K. POLK By the PreSiiesi:
 1 J.MEs HAsAS Secretary cfSsat@.