The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-08-18

BETWEEN TIE UNITED STATES OF AMERIcj
AND 1.-THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN, DONE Al
KANAGAwA THE 3lsr DAY OF MARCH I,
THE YEAR OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
1884, AND OF KAYEr THE SEVENTH YEAR
THIRD MONTH AND THIRD DAY.
The United States Of America and tn,
Empire OF Japan, desiring to establish fra
lasting and sincere friendship between the
two nations, have resolved to fix, in a manner
clear and positive, by means of treaty o.
general convention of peace and amity, the
rules which shall In future be mutually OBJ
served in the intercourse of their respective
countries; for which most desirable object
the President Of the United States has con.
ferred siull powers on his Commissioner
Matthew Calbraith Perry, special ambassador
of the United States to Japan, and the angus,
Sovereign OF Japan has given similar full
powers to his Commissioners. Havashi dai.
garku noskani, lido, Prince Of Tsus; Sima
lzawa, Prince of Mma.Saki, and Adono
member of the Board Of Revenue--and the
said commissioners, after having exchanged
their said full powers, and duly considered
the premises, have agreed to the following
articles:
ART. There shall be a perfect, per.
manent, and universal peace and sincere
cordial amity between the United States Of
America on the one par! and the Empire Of
japan on the other part, and between their
people respectively, without exception OF
persons or places.
ART. 1.-The port of Smoda, in the
Principally of Idzu, aud the port of Khkoda-
de, in the Principally of Matsmai, are grant
ed By the Japanese as ports for the rece ption
of American ships where they can be sup.
piled with wood, water, provisions and coal,
and other articles their necessities may re-
quire, as fair as the Japanese have them.--
The time for opening the first named port is
Immediately on signing this treaty: the last
named port is to be opened Immediately aft
er the same day in the ensuing Japanese
year. NorE,-A tariff of prices shall be
given by the japanese officers of the things
which they can furnish, payment for which
shall be made in gold and silver coin.
ART. llI.-Whenever ships of the United
States are thrown or wrecked on the coast
OF Japan, the japanese vessels will assist
them and carry their crews to Simoda or
llackodadc, and hand them over to their
countrymen, appointed to receive them: and
whatever article the shipwrecked may have
preserved, shall likewise be restored, and the
expenses incurred in the rescue and support
of American and japanese who may thus be
thrown upon the shores of either nation, are
not to be refunded.
ART. 1V.-Those shipwrecked persons and
other citizens of the United States shall be
free as in other countries, and not be sub
jected to confinement, but shall be amenable
to just laws.
ART. V.--Shipwrecked mariners and other
citizens of the United States, temporarily
living at Simoda or Hakodade, shall not be
subject to such restrictions and confinement
as the Dutch and Chinese are at Nagasaki,
but shall be free at Simoda to 90 where they
tlease within the limits of seven Japanese
miles Cor rD from small island in the har-
Dor of Smoda, marked on the accompanying
part hereto appended, and shall in like man.
ner be free to go where they please at
Hakodade, within the limits to be defined
after the visit of the United States squadron
to that place.
ART. VI.--If there be any other sort of
goods wanted or any business which shall
require to be arranged, there shall be careful
deliberation between the parties, in order to
settle such matters.
ART. Wilt is agreed that ships of the
United States resorting to the ports open to
them, shall be permitted to exchange gold g.
silver coin and articles of goods for other
articles of goods, under such regulations as
shall be temporarily established by the ia
panese government for that purpose. 1t is
stipulated, however, that the ships of the
United States shall be permitted to carry
away whatever articles they are unwilling to
exchange.
ART. Wildwood, water, proysi ons !,
coal and goods required, shall only be procur-
ed through the agency Of japanese officers
appointed for that purpose, and in no other
manner.
ART. IX--It is agreed that If ar any
future day the government of Japan shall
grant to any other nation or nations privileges
and advantages which are snot herein guar
anteed TO the United States and the citizens
thereof, that these same privileges and ad-
vantages shall be granted likewise to the
United States and persons thereof, without
any consultation or delay.
ART. X.-Ships of the United States shall
be permitted to resort to no other ports of
Japan but Simoda and Hakodade, unless in
distress or forced by stress OF weather,
ART. XI.-There shall be appointed by
the government of the United States con-
suls or agents to reside in Smoda, at any
time after the expiration Of eighteen months
from the date OF the signing of this treaty,
provided that either of the two governments
deem suck arrangement necessary.
ART. XIl.-The present convention hav-
ing been concluded and duly signed, shall be
obliged by and faithfully observed by the
United States of America and Japan, and by
the citizens and subject of each respective
Power; and it is to be ratified and approved
by the President of the United States, by g.
with the advice and consent of the Senate
thereof, and by the august sovereign Of ia
pan; and the ratification shall be excha nged
within eighteen months from the date of the
| signature thereof, or sooner il practicable.