Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-09-29

America and his Majesty the Shah of Persia, was concluded and signed by their respective penipoten ,iarits at Constantnople the 18th day of Decen- ger iasC winch treaty being ill the English and Per slah languages is, word for word as fellows:
 III Iie name of God, the Clement and the Mercif1l-
 ne President of the United States of North Ame-
 c" ana ms Majesty exalted as the planet Saturn: ehe sovereign to whom the sun serves AS standnr1. whoSe sPendor and magnifcence equal to that of thc sRles; the sublime sovereign the monarch whose Hfinlcs are as numerous as the stars whose raatno calls 10 mind that Of Jeinshil: whose maenifronrn etuais that ot Darius: the heir of the crown and Paria 4i the hayanians, the sublime Emperor of ail peing both equally and sincerely desirous of rro,na.g reiations of friendship between the two sroatr f e, which they wish to strengthen by vantsoora ritienqship and commerce reciprocay sd- the tvo bih eiui to the citizens and subjects of @ rno lii9h con facting parties have for tb;S rnr pose named for their plenipotentiar;as " A- t'A
 The President of the United Statos of No..l ,, lca carroll spence minister resident of the nitsd ntaCeS near the sublime Porte; and his Mniot tba Emperor of all Persia his excellencv EnIi tHe farfukh k haa, ambassador of his imperial MnS. the shah decorated with the portrait of the $bef With the great cordon blue, and bearer of the girdla oi diamonds. etc.. etc.. etc.. etc
 And the said plenpotentiaries having exchanoed ther full powers, which found to be in proper and due form have agreed upon the following articles:
 ARTICLE l: There shall be hereafter a sincere and constant good understanding between the government and citlzens of the United States of North America and the Persian empire and all Persian subjects
 ARTICLE II. The ambassadors or diplomatic aoents whom It may please either of the two high contract ing Parues to send and maintain the other shul De received and treated they and all those conposin thelr missions, the ambassadors and diplomatic agents of the most favored nations are received and treated III the two respective countres and they shall enJoy there in all respects the same prerogayes and immunties
 ARTICLE III. The citizens and subjects of the two hgh contracting parties, travellers merchants manu- lecturers and others, who may reside in the territory of either country, shall he respected and efficiently protected by the authorities of the country and their agents, ana treated m all respects the subjects and cltlzeus of the most favored nation are treated
 They may reciprocally bring by land or by sea into either country and export from it, all kinds of mer- chandlse and products, and sell, exchange. or buy ana transport tn to all places n the territories of either Of the high contracting partes It being how ever understood that the merchants of either nation who shall engage in the internal commerce of either country, snail be governed in respect to such com nerce oy the laws of the country in which such com nefcc IS earned on; and in case either of the high contracting powers shall hereafter grant other pri yi ieGes concerning such internal commerce to the cti ms or subjects of other governments the same shall be equally granted to the merchants of either nation engaged Tn such internal commerce within the terri tories of the other.
 ARTICLE ". The merchandise imported or ex- ported by the respective citizens or subjects of the TWO hi5h contracting parties shall pay in either country on thcr arrival departure other duties than those which charged in ei her of the coun- trieS on the merchandise products imported or ex- ported ny the merchants and subjects of the most favored nation, and no exceptional tax under any name or preeXt whatever shall be collected on them Tn either of the two countries
 ARTICLE V. All suits and disputes arising in Per Na between Persian sub is and citizens of the ui- It Hates shall be carried before the Persian trbu- nal to which such matters are usuallv referred t inc place where consul agent Of the United States may reside, and shall be discussed and decided ac- ~9fuIhs tO eqmty ln the pre@enae ot an employee of the consul or agent of the United States
 All smts and disputes which may arise in the em- pre- oi Pe'sit between citizens of the Unilel States shall be referred entirely for trial and for adudca- iGn to the consul or agent of the United States re- siding Tn the province wherein such suits and dis PueG may have arisen, or in the province nearest to United States.
 All suits and disputes occurring in Persia between the citizens of the United States and the subjects of other foreign powers, shall be tried and adiulieatei oy thc lnefhedaton of their respective consuls or
 In the United States. Per.an Subjects in all dis pules arising between themselves or be tween them ant citizens of the United States or foreigners shall o5 Juoged according t. the rules adopted in the Chi t NtateS respecting the subjects of the most favored nation.
 Persian subjects resling in the United States, and titz'As "f the United States resi- ling in Persia shal when charged with criminal offences. be tried and judged III Persia and the United States in the same manner the subjects and citizens of the most favored nation residing in either of the above-nen- toned countries
 ARTICLE VI. In case of citizen or subject of ei- thcr of the contracting parties dynr within the fer ritories of the ohor hs effects shall be delivered m integraIly to the family partners in business of the dceased and in h. has o relations or part ners, his effects in either cauntrv shall be delivered up to the consul agnt of the nation of which the deceased was subject citizen, so that he may dis pose Of them in accordance with the laws of his country.
 ARTICLE VII. For the protection of their citizens or Suoects ana their commerce respectively anu in order to facilitate good and equitable relations be- tween the citizens and subjects of the two countries me two nigh contracting parties the right to hhh'ah dlpiomatc agent It either seat of gov erhment and to name each three consuls in either country; those of the United States shall reside at ieher"n, Bender Bushir and Tauris; those of Per sla, at W Washington. New York, and New Orleans
 The conSuis of the high contracting parte, shall reclprocaiiy enjoy in the territories of the other where theIr re>idencies shall bs established the re- sPect, privileges and immuniCies granted in either country to the consuls of tn. most favored nation
 ne d'poinaue agent or eonsuls of the United States Sh"l. not protect secretly publicly he subjects of the Persian government, anl they shall never suffer a departure from the principles here laid down and agreed tp by mutual consent.
 And 1t Is further underotood, that if any of those consus shall engage in trade they shall be subjected to the same laws and uSages to which private in4i vltuas ot their nation engaged in commercial p,lr- sutH m the same place subjected.
 And it is also understood by the high contracting parties that the ii iplomatc and con-ular agents of the United States shall not employ greater number of doine>teS than is allowed by treaty to those of Russia residing in Persia.
 ARTICLE VIII. Ani the high contracting parties agree that the present treaty of friendship and com nerce cemcn ed by the sincere good feeling and the confidence which exists between the governments of the United States and Persia shall be in force fur the term of ten yeaIs from the exchange of its ratifca- tlon and if. before the expiration Of the first ten yeaTss neither of the high contracting parties shall have announced. by off ia notification to the other its intention to arrest the operation of said treaty it shall remain binding for year beyond that time, and so on unJil the expiration of twelve months, which will follow similar notification. whatever the time may be at which it may take place; and the penipotentaries Of the two high contracting parties further agree to exchange the notifications ot th3ir repectve governments Constantinople in the space or SIX months or earlier, if practicable.
 III II llth of which, the respective pcnipoentiares o the two high contracting parties have signed the present treaty and have attached their seals to it.
 Done m duplicate in Persian and English the 18th gay of December, 1856, and of the Hjerch the 18th noPlei R pp ,r sn ' ~
 EMiN UL MoLK FARRUHK KHAN. l.. s.i
 And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratified o ootn p'r1s and the respective notifications of the same were exchanged in the city of Constantiuople on the 18th of June last: f'O
 Now, therefore, be it known that I. JAMES RIr- ChA AN, President of the United States of America nave caused the said treaty to be made public to the eio taV te same and every clause and article there or may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof
 In witne-s whereof have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiy ed.
 Bone at the city of Washington, this 18th dav
 of Au -us5 in the year of our Lord 1857.
 h. S. and of the independence of the United
 States of America the e2.
 JAMES BUCHANAN
 By the President:
 LEWIS CAss, Secretary cf Stqte.
 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED