Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-07-03

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by either from the other party. this
treaty shall altogether cease and de-
terminc.
In witness whereof the respective
plenipotentiarics have signed the pre-
sent treaty, and have hercunto affixed
the seal of their arms.
Done at Washington the seventh
day Of April in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and six
ty-two.
H. s WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
l.. g. LYoSs.
Inner A) 10 the treaty betresn the I'M
ted States of America and Great Brit
ain for the Suppression Of the AFRICAN
Stare trade, signed at Washington o,
The serenM day Of April, 1862.
Instructions for the ships Of the Uni
ted States and British navics en-.
ployed to prevent the African slave
trade.
ARTICLE I.
The commander of any ship belong
ing to the Uui,ed States or British ma
w which shall be furnished with these
instructions shall have right to
search and detain any United States
or British merchant vessel which shall
be actually engaged, or suspected tc
he engaged, in the African slave trade,
or to be fitted out for the purpose
thereof, or to have been engaged in
such trade during the voyage in which
she may be met with by such ship OF
the United States or British navy and
such commander shall thercupon bring
or send such merchant vessel (save in
the case provided for in article fifth OF
these Instructions as soon as possible,
for Judgment, before one of the three
mixed courts of justice established in
virtue of the fourth article Of the said
treaty, that is to say:
Ii the vessel shall be detained on
the coast of Africa, she shall be
brought before that one Of the two
mixed courts of Justice to be establish
cd at the Cape Of Good Hope and at
Sierra Leone, which may be nearest
to the place of detention, o: which the
captor, on his own responsibility, may
think can be soonest reached from
such place.
If the vessel shall be detained on
the coast of the Island of Cuba, she
shall be brought before the mixed
court of New York
-. .-. ARTICLE IT, ...
Whenever a ship of either of the
two navics, duly authorized as aforc-
said, shall meet q merchant vessel
liable to be searched under the pro-
visions Of the said treaty, the search
shall be conducted with the courtesy
and consideration which ought to lie
observed between allied and friendly
nations 4; and the search shall, in all
cases, be made by an officer holding
a rank not lower than that of lieu
tenapt in the navy, or by the officer
who at the time shall DC second in
command Of the ship by which such
search is made.
ARTICLE III.
The commander Of any ship of the
two navics, duly authorized as afore-
said, who may detain any merchant
vessel, i'm pursuance Of the tenor OF
the present Instructions, shah leave
on board the vessel SO detained the
ma stcr, the mate, or boatswain, and
two or three, at least, of tho crew,
the whole of the negroes, if any, and
all the cargo. The captor shall, a,
the time Of detention. draw up, in
writing, a declaration, which shall
exhibit the state in which he found
the detained vessel; such declara
ton shall be signed by himself and
shall be given in or sent, together
with the captured vessel, to the mixed
court Of justice before which such
vessel shall be carried or sent for ad
Indication. He shall deliver to tht
master of the detained vessel sign
ed and certified list of the paper.
found on board the same, as well a.
IA certificate Of the number of negroc.
found on board at the moment of de
! tcntion.
In the declaration Which the capto
is hereby required to make, as well al
! in the certified list Of the papers sci
zcd, and in the certificate Of the mum
Der of negroes found on board the de
tanned vessel, he shall insert his owl
name and surname, the name Of tht
capturing ship, and the latitude anC
longitude of the place where the de
tention shall have been made.
The officer in charge of the detained
vessel shall, at the time of bringing
the vessels papers into the mike,
court of Justice, deliver into the cour
certificate signed by himself, am
1 verified on oath, stating any change
which may have taken place in IL
srect to the vessel, her crew, the ne
groes if any, ard her cargo, betwce
the period of her detention and til
time OF delivering in such paper.
I..a,.-.s...af ARTICLE ".
! II Urgent reasons, arising from tn
length of the voyage, the state {
health Of the negroes, or any othe