Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-10-10

only the rates established by the present cOn-
yention.
Mnls for the United States of America shall
be made up at regular intervals by the Mexican
post Office aud dispatched to ports of the Uni
ted States; and, in the snme manner, mails for
Mexico shah be made up at regular intervals by
the United States post office, and dispatched to
ports In Mexico.
ARTICLE VII.
The United Mexican States engage to grant
to the United States Of America the transit, in
closed mails, free from any postage, duties, i'm
posts, detention, or examination Whatever
through the United Mexican States or any of
their possessions or territories, Of letters, news
papers, printed pamphlets, or other printed
matter, forwarded from the United States of
America or any of their possessions territories
to any other possession or territory of the United
States Of America, OF to any foreign country, or
from any foreign country, or possession or terri
tory OF the United States of America, to the
United States Of America, their possessions or
territories
A mail agent of the United Sntes of America
shall be permitted 10 accompany the closed
mails in their transit.
The United States of America, on their pnrt,
engage to grant to the United Mexican States
the transit, in closed mails, free from any post
age, duties, imposts, detention. or examination
whatever, through the United States Of America,
or any of their possessions or territories, of let
ters newspapers, printed pamphlets, other
| printed matter, forwarded from the United
Mexican States, or any of their possessions or
territories to any other Mexican possession or
territory. or to any foreign country, or from
any foreign country, or Mexican possession or
territory, TO the United Mexican States, their
possessions or territories.
mail agent Of Mexico shnll he permitted to
accompany the closed mails in their transit.
ARTICLE VIII.
The means Of makicg the transit of closed
mails under the stipulAtiOns of Article seventh
of the present Convention, shall be arranged
between tho general post office department Of
the two countries, subject to the appreciation Of
each Government, respectively.
ARTICLE TX.
| In case of the misfortune of war between the
two nations the mail service of the two post
Offices shall continue without impediment or
molestation unit six weeks after notification
shall have been made on the part of either OF
the two Governments mud delivered to the othef,
that the service is to be disc0ntinued and III
such case the mail packets Of the two countries
| shall be permitted to return freely, and under
special protection, to their respective ports.
ARTICLE X.
The respective post Office regulations and
/ rates Of postage of each Ot the contracting par
lies shall be communicated to, anu all matters
of detail arising out of the stpuations of this
convention shall he settled between the General
| Post Office Departments Of the two republics AS
soon as possible after the exchange OF the rati-
| tlcatons of the present convention.
| 1t IL alpo agreed TINT the measures of detail
referred to in this article may lie modified by
the two General Post Office Departments when
ever by mutual CONSENT those departments shall
have decided that such notifications would be
beneficial TO the post Office service of the two
countries; aud Mexico proposes, as soon as
her means of internal transportation will permit,
to reduce her present rates of inland postage.
ARTICLE XI
The present convention shall continue in force
until it shall he abrogated by the mutual con-
sent Of the two contracting parties, or until one
Of them shall have given twelve months preyi-
GUS notice to the other of desire to abroEate it.
ARTICLE XII
This convention shall lie ratified in oonlor-
nifty with the constitutions Of the two countries,
nnd the lat,iications shall be- exchanged at the
city OF Mexico within six months from the date
hereof, or earlier if possible.
In witness whereof we, the Pleninotentiariet
of the United States Of America and Of the Uni
ted Mexican Slater, have signed and sealed
these presents.
Done in the city of Mexico, on the eleventh
lny of December, in the year Of our Lord Que
thousand eight hundred and sixiy-one, the
eighty sixth Of the independence of the United
States of America, and the forty first of that Of
the United Mexican States.
/ THOMAS cURWlN. T.. =.
SEB'N LERDO DE TEJADA. l. =.
And whereas the snid Convention has
been duly ratified on both parts, and th'
respective ralfcatons of the snue were exchang
ed in the city Of Mexico on the twentieth ult-
mo:
Now, therefore, be 1t known that |, ABRA
HAM LINCOLN, President of the United States
Of America, have caus the said Convention to b
made public, to the end that the same, AM
every clause aud article thereof may be observed
ani fulfilled with guod faith by the United State
, md the citizens thereof
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set IN.
1 hand aud caused the seal Of the United States l.
/ lie affixed
Done at the city of Washington, thi
, twentieth OF June, IN the year O
our Lord one thousand eight hun
I l.. p. dred anI sixty-two, and of the Ia
dependence of the United States {
r America the eighty.sxth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President;