M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-05-22
The TreatY ofPeace.


Second-All territories conquered or oc-
cupied during the war shall be reciprocally
evacuated as sUon as possible.
ThiTd-Russia restores to Turkey Kars |
and all others part Of the Ottoman terrific
ny.
Eourth-The Allies restore to Russia the
towns and ports Of Sebastopol, Balaklava,
Kamiesch, Eupatoria and Kertsch. Articles
9th 9th 9TH 9Th are wanting.
I Nipth-The Sultan communicates to the |
PoweS Ahs JirrnaH granting equality to
Christians 'whichSthe contracting Powers !
must approve of, but divsst themselves of
all rights thereby toifterfere in the internal
administration of the Government of the
Ottoman Empire.
Tenth-The Convention or the 18th July, ,l84l |
closing the Bosphorus and Dardanelles is re-
affirmed.
Eleventh-The Black Sea is neutIalized and
forever forbidden to all ships Of war Of every
Power adjoining or distant, with the excep-
tions specified in articles Ia and 10.
TyelfthyzTrade shall be free in the waters
and ports oethe Black Sea, subject only to
police, regulations, Russia and Turkey ad-
mit{ng Consuls to all peIts on its shoies.
? thirteenth The Black Sea being neutral
ytzed, d,stfonghSids become useless-consequent-
ly Turkey aDd Russia agea neither to con-
structMOr preserve any military maritime
arsenals on t1e coast.
Z Fourteentfi-The Convention regulating
the fofce ofShips for coast service is eonclu.
ded individually between Turkey aDd Russia
but iSNppended to tlAs treaty. amy cannot
be aKepd without general assent r.
Fifteenth-The act Of oftheICongtesgeG vi
emma relative to river nsEjsaioi is applied
to the Danube and its mouths, and lis ffee-
dom becomes part Of the la% of the En-
p'ss.r sis,tenth-ro carry into 6:ct AAG IS
FrauSyAustria, Great BritaiHP Russia
and FuIkey, appoint each-6 delegate to put
!be River in a uavigable state, from Isatcha
10 TIA.
Seventeenth--Austria, Bavaria, Turkey
and Wurtemburg, each add delegate to the
Commission of the Principalities, TO form a
permanent Commission for the purpose of
keeping the River navigable, and to superin-
tend its police.
Eighteenth--The general Commission will
be dissolved in two years, and the permanent
Commission take its place.
Nineteenth--Each ofthe contracting Pow.
ers may station two small ships at the mouth
of The Danube.
Twentieth-Russia assents to the rectifca
tion OF the Bessarabian frontier. The ne W
frontier starts from the Black Sea, one mile
East of Lake Boarna Sola to the Akemann
Road, along which it extends to the valley OF
Trajan, passing South Of Belgrade, and reas-
cending the River Yalpack TO Savatsika, and
terminates at Karmari on the River Pruth.
Elsewhere it is unchanged,
Twenty-frst-The ceded territory is an.
nexed to Moldavia.
Twenty y-second--Moldavia and Wallachia
continue under the sovereignty of Turkey,
with the guarantee Of all the contracting
Powers that no Power shall claim the indi.
vidual right OF interference.
j Twenty -third-The Porte qua rantees to
the said Principalities the continuance of
the freedom Of religion and commerce. The
contracting Powers appoint Commission
to meet Immediately at Bucharest to report
on the present condition and wants of the
PrinCipalities.
Twenty y-fourth-Thp Porte will immediate.
ly convoke Divan in each Principality, to
learn the wishes of the people as to their de-
finite organization.
Twenty fifth Minutes thereof shall be
sent to Paris, where the Constitution shall
be framed, which the Porte shall promul-
gate.
Twenty-sixth-The Principalities shall
maintain militia, land may construct works
oi defence approved by the Porte.
Twenty-seventh--lf the internal tranquil
ty OF the Principalities be disturbed, the
Porte must consult the contracting Powers
and cannot employ. armed intervention with.
out their consent.
Twenty-eighth-Servia continues a de.
pendency of the Porte, under the guarantee
: OF the Powers, and retains its national ad.
ministration, and freedom Of religion and
trade.
Twenty-ninth-The right ofgarrison in Ser.
via Is reserved to the Porte, but 10 armed
Intervention is permitted without the con.
sent of the Powers.
Thirtieth--Russa and Turkey retain their
possessions in Asia percisely as before the
war but their frontiers are to be marked out
BY survey.
Thrty-first--The evacuation Of Turkey by
the Allied and Austrian forces sha II take
place as soon as convenient. The time anI
manner of such evacuation shall be the sub
lect OF private arrangement between each OF
the Powers and Turkey.
Thirty .second-Until new arrangement Is
shall be made, trade shall go on as before the
war.
Thirty third A convention Contents
secreD concluded between France, England
and Russia respecting the Aland Isles shall
be appended to this treaty.
Thrty-fourth-The ntidcations shall be ex-
changed at Paris, within four weeks.
The following is the subs tance Of the mis-
sing article of the treaty of peace
Article 5 grants full and entire amnesty
to those of their subjects who may have been
compromised by any participation whatever
in theevents of the war in favor OF the enemy
and it is expressly understood that such am
nesty shall extend to the subjects of each Of
the beligerant parties who may have entered
during the war to be in the services Of one or
the other beligerants.
Article 6 Prisoners Of war shall be given
up on either side.
Article 2 declares the Sublime Porte ad-
mitted to participate in the advantages of
the public law and system Of Europe. Their
majesties engaged each on his own part to
respect the independence and territorial integ-
rity Of the Ottoman Empire, and guarantee
in common a strict observance Of that engage
ment, and will in consequence, consider any
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