The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-08
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SHIPS OF THE UNITED STATE
AND BRITISH NAvIEs EMPLOYED no PREVENT TIL
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE,

ART I. The commander of any ship belonging
to the United States or British Navy 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 suspected to be engaged, in the African
slave trade, to be fitted out for tile purposes
thereof or have been engaged in such trade dur ng
tho voyage in which she may be met with by such
ship of the United State British navy; and
such commander shall thereupon bring or sendsuch
merchant-veSsel (save in the provided for in
tcle V. of these instructions) as possible,
judgement, before one of the three mixed courts
of Justice established in virtue of the WITH article
of the said treaty, that is to say:
If the vessel shall be detained on the coast of At
rca she shall be brought before that one the two
mixed courts of justice to be established at the
Cape of Good Hope and at Sierra Leone, which may
be nearest to place OF detention, or which the
captOr, on his own responsibility, may think can
be onest 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 justice at ew York.
ART. H. Whenever a ship Of either of the two
navics, duly authorized aforesaid, shall meet a
merchant vessel liable to be searched under the
provisions of the said treaty, the search shall be
conducted with the courtesy and consideration
| which ought to be observed betw en- allied and
friendly nations and the search shall in all cases.
be Nlade.by officer holdini a rank not lower than
that of lieutenat in the navy; by the officer
| who at the time shall beisecond in command of the
| ship by which such search is made.
| ART III. The commander of any ship of the
| two navies, duly authorized as Aforesaid, who may
detain any merchant-vessel, in pursuance of the
tenor of the present instructions shall leave OF
board the vessel so detained, the master the mate
or boatswan, and Two three, least of the crew
the whole Of the negroes if any, and all the cargo
The captor shall, at the time of detention draw up
in writing, declaration, which shall exhibir the
state in which he fund the detained vessel; such
| declaration shall be signed by himself, and shall
| be given. in sent, together with the captured
vessel to mixed court ofjustce before which sucf
vessel shall be carried sent for adjudication lie
shall deliverto the master of the detained vessel
signed unidentified list of the papers found boarC
| the same, as we'll a certificate of the number o
| negroes found on board at the moment of deten
| ton.
| In the declaration which the captor is hereby re-
auired to make as well as in the certified list of thu
| papers seized, and in the certificate of the humble
| of negroes found on board the detained vessel h
| shall insert his own name and surname, the mann
| of the capturing ship, and the latitude and longi
tude of the place where detention shall have beer
| made.
The officer in charge of the detained vessel shall
ct the time of bringing the vessels papers into th
mixed court of justice, deliver into the the court
certificate signed by himself, and verified oath
stating any changes which may have taken plac
in respect to the vessel her crew. the negroes am
ana her cargo, between the period of her detention
ana the time OF delivering in such paper.
| ART. ". If urgent reasons, arising from tn
length OF theyoyage the of health OF negroes
any other caus should require that either tn
whole or portion of such negroes should be olsen
barked before the vessel can arrive at the pla a
which one Of the mixed courts of Justice is estab