The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-24

Y upon EoOAS OF Nue I nlteu otateht pfluE
the produce or manufacture Of the United
States Of America, whether in vessels Of
the United States or other vessels, nor
upon any goods the produce or manulac-
ture Of any other foreign country carried
in vessels Of the United States, when the
same shall pass through The Striats Of the
Dardanelles, or Of Che BOsphorus, whether
such goods shall pass through those
Straits in the vessels that brought them
or shall have been transhipped to other
vessels; OF whether, after having been
sold for exportation, they shall, Gor cer-
tain limited time, be landed, in order "a
be placed in other vessels for the cOniin
nance of their veJ age In the latter case,
The goods in question shall be deposited
At Constantinople, in the magazine Of
the custom hOuse, called transit maya
zines /; and, in any other places where
there is no entrcpot, they shall he placed
under the charge Of the administration
of the customs.
ARTICLE MI.
The Sublime Porte, desiring to grant,
by means of gradual concessions, all fa-
cilities in its power 10 transit by land, il
is stipulated and agreed that the duty OF
three per cent. levied up TO this time on
articles imported into the Ottoman En-
Ipire, in their passage through the Otto
man Empire to other countries, shall be
reduced h tlco per- celH payable as the
duty Of three per cent. has been paid hith-
erto, ON arriving in the Ottoman domin-
ions; and at the end Of eight Year,, to
be reckoned from the day Of the exchange
OF the ratification of the present treaty,
70 a fixed and definite tax of one per cent,
which shall be levied, as is TO be the case
with respect TO Ottoman produce export
ed, 70 deiray the expense OF registration.
The Sublime Porte, at The same time,
declares that il reserves TO itself the right
70 establish, by special enactment, the
measures TO be adopted for the prevention
OF fraud.
ARTICLE XIII
Citizens of the United States of Ame-
rica, or their agents, trading in goods the
produce or manufacture of foreign ooun-
tries, shall be subject 20 the same taxes
and enjoy the same rights, privileges, and
immuniiies, as foreign subjects dealing
in goods the produce or manufacture Of
their own country.
ARTICLE XIV.
An exception 10 the stipulatiOns laid
down in the fifth article shall be made in
regard to tobacco in any shape whatever,
and also in regard 10 salt, which two ar
ticles shall cease TO be included among
those which the citizens Of the United
States OF America are permitted TO i'm
port into the Ottoman dominions.
Citizens of the United States, however,
or their agents, buying or selling tobae-
co or salt for consumption in the Ottoman
empire, shall be subject to the same regu-
latiOns and shall pay the same duties as
the most favored Ottoman subject trading
in the two articles aforesaid; and further
more, as a compensation for the prohibi
ton Of the two articles above mentioned.
no duty whatsoever shall in future b.
levied on those articles when exported
from The Ottoman Empire by citizens ot
the United States.
Citizens of tho United States shall
nevertheless, DO bound 10 declare th,
quantity of tobacco and salt thus ex,
ported to the proper custom-house au.
thorities, who shall, as heretofore, hav,
the right TO watch over the export Of thes,
articles, without thereby being entitled :,
levy any tax thereon on any pretenc,
whatsoever.
ARTICLE XIV.
tis understood between The two con,
tracting parties that the Sublime Port,
reserves 10 itself the faculty and right o
issuing a general prohibition against th,
I importation into the Ottoman Empire o
gunpowdor, cannon, arms Of war, or mill
tary stores, but such prohibition will no
come into operation until Il shall havt
been officially notified, and will apply
only TO the articles mentioned in the de-
cree enacting the prohibition. Any o
these articles which have not been 3,
! specifically prohibited, shall, on beinl
imported into the Ottoman Empire, b.
subject 10 the local regulatisns, unless thu
legation Of the United States Of Americi
shall think III 10 apply for a specia
license, which will in that case be granted
J provided no valid objection thereto can
be alleged Gunpowder in particular
when allowed TO be imported, will b.
{ liable to the following stipulations:
l. Il shall not be sold by citizens 0
+ the United States in quantities exceedinl
! the quantities prescribed by the lOca
regulations.
2 When a cargo or a large quantity o
} gunpOwdor arrives in an Ottoman port
, on board a vessel of the United States
/ such vessel shall be anchored at a par
I ticular spot 10 be designated by the lOca
. authorities, aud the gunpowder shal
, thence be conveyed, under the inspection
r Of such authorities, 10 dep0is, or liuin
places designated by the Government, :
, which the parties interested shall haY
= access under due regulations.
} FOwling pieces, pistols, and ornaments
l or fancy weapons, as also small quaint
ties Of gunpoWder for sporting, reserves
for private use, shall not be subject 10 ih
, stipulations Of the present article.
r ARTICLE XVI
}, The frmans required for She merchan
4 vessels Of the United States Of Americi
in passing through the DardaRelles am
= the Bosphorus, shall always be delivere
8 IN such manner as 10 occasion 10 sue
g vessels the least possible delay
s ARTICLE XVII.
B The captains of merchant vessels Z
p the United States laden with goods dcs
. tined for the Ottoman Empire shall
obliged, smmediately on their arrival 4
y the port Of their destination, to depos
}, In the custom-house Of said port a iru
v copv Of their manifest
e ARTICLE XVIII
Contraband goods will be liable 10 cor
fscation by the Ottoman treasury; but
-s report. or Drooe5 uajal Of the alleged a.
.s OF contraband, must, so soon as the sal
Re goods are seized by the authorities, I
'r drawn up and communicated TO the cor