The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-08-18

be left free, that the owners may dispose of
them as they see proper. No vessel of either
of the contracting parties shall be detained
on the high seas on account Of having on
board articles Of contraband, whenever the
master, captain, or supercargo Of said vessel
will deliver up the articles of contraband to
the caltcr, unless, indeed, the quantity of
such articles be so great, or Of so large bulk,
that they cannot he received on board the
capturing vessel without great Inconvenience
but in this and all other cases of Just dctcn-
ton, the vessel detained shall be sent to the
nearest convenient and SAT. port, for trial and
J idi m mt according to law.
ARTICLE XXyI.
And whereas 1t frequently happens that
vessels sail for port or place belonging to an
enemy without knowing that the same is be
sieged, blockaded, or invested, it is agreed
that every vessel SO crcumstanced may be
turned away from such port or place, but
shall not BE- detained, nor shall any part of her
cargo, if not contraband, be coniiscatcd UNI
less, after having been warned of such block
adc or investment by n commanding officer of
vessel forming part of the bockadng forces,
she again attempt to enter but she shall be
permitted to 60 to any other port or place
the master or supcrcargO may think proper.
Nor shall any vessel of either party that may
have entered into such port or place before
the same was actually bcscgcd blockaded.
or invested by the other, be restrained from
leaving it with her cargo nor, iffound there
in b,forc or after the reduction and surrender,
shall such vessel or her cargo be liable to seiz
urc, conliscation, or any demand on the score
of redemption or restitution but the owners
thereof shall remain in the undisturbed pos
session Ofther property. And if any vessel
having thus entered the port before the block
ade took place shall take on board cargo
after the blockade be established, and attempt
to depart, she may be warned by the block
aiding forces to return to the bockadcd port,
and discharge the said cargo and if, after
receiving such warning, the vessel shall per
siSt in going ont with the cargo, she shall be
liable to the same consequences as in the case
Of n vessel attempting to enter blockaded
port after having been warned off by the
blOckading forces
Article XXVII.
To prevent disorder and irrcgularity in Wis
ting and examining the vessels and cargoes
Of both the contracting parties on the high
seas, they have agreed, mutually, that when
ever a vessel of war, public or private, shall
meet with a neutral of the other party, the
former shall remain mt the greatest distance
compatible with the possibility and safety of
making the visit, under the circumstances OF
wind and sea and the deg c, of suspicion at
tending the vessel to he visited, and shall send
one of her small boats, with 10 more men
than may be necessary to execute the said cx-
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