The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-26

the purposes of this treaty, DO deemed
vessels Of the United States and Ottoman
vessels, respectively.
ARTIorr M.
No charge whatsoever shall be mado
upon goods OF the United States, being
the produce OF manufacture Of the United
States Of America, whether in vessels Of
the United States or other vessels, nor
upon any goods the produce or manufao-
ture Of any other foreign country carried
In vessels Of the United Statos, when the
same shall pass through the Striai6 Of the
Dardanelles, or Of the Bosphorus, whether
such goods shall pass through those
Straits in the vessels that brought them,
or shall have been transhipped TO other
vessels or whether, after having been
sold for expectation, they shall, for cer-
tain limited time, be landed, in order 10
be placed in other vessels for the contin-
uance Of their voyage. 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 cntrcpot, they shall be placed
under the charge Of the administration
Of the customs.
ARTICLE XII.
The Sublime Porte, desiring to grant,
! by means Of gradual concessions, all IA
cilities in its power TO 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-
pire, in their passage through the Otto
man Empire to other countries, shall be
reduced 10 t,Co pen cent, 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, 60
be rcckoned from the day OF tho exchange
of the ratification of the present treaty,
TO fixed and definite tax of one per cent,
which shall be levied, as is TO be Che case
with respect 10 Ottoman produce export
ed, 10 defray the expense Of registration.
The Sublime Porte, at the same time,
declares that il reserves to itself the right
to establish, by a special enactment, the
measures TO he adopted for the prevention
of fraud
ARTICLE NH.
Citizens of the United States Of Anne
RIGA, or their agents, trading in goods the
! produce or manufacture of foreign coun-
tries, shall be subject TO the same taxes
and enjoy the same rights, privileges, aud
immunities, as foreign subjects dealing
| in goods the produce or manufacture Of
| their own country.
ARTICLE XIV.
An exception TO the stipulations laid
! down in the fifth article shall be made in
regard TO tobacco in any shape whatever,
and also in regard TO salt, which two ar
ticles shall cease TO be included among
those which the citizens of the United
States of America are permitted TO inn
port into the Ottoman dominions.
Citizens of the United States, however,
or their agents, buying or selling tobac-
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 be
levied on those articles when exported
from the Ottoman Empire by citizens Of
the United States.
Citizens of the United States shall
nevertheless, be bound to declare tht
quantity Of tobacco aud salt thus ex.
ported TO the proper custOm-house au.
thorities, who shall, as heretofore, have
the right to watch over the export of thes,
articles, without thereby being entitled :,
levy any tax thereon on any pretenc,
whatsoever.
ARTICLE XIV.
lie understood between the two con.
tracing parties that the Sublime Port,
reserves TO itself the faculty and right o
issuing a general prohibition against Tn,
importation into tho Ottoman Empire o
gunpoWder, cannon, arms Of war, OF mill
tary stores, but such prohibition will no
come into operation until il shall havr
been officially notified, and will apply
only 20 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 regulations, unless thl
legation Of the United States Of Americl
shall think fit 10 apply for specia
/. license, which will in that case be granted
, provided no valid objection thereto car
J be alleged. Gunpowder in particular
! when allowed 20 be imported, will b
T liable to the following stipulations;
l. 1t shall not be sold by citizens o
the United States in quantities exceeding
the quantities prescribed by the loca
! regulations.
2. When a cargo or a large quantity 0
, | gunpOWder arrives In an Ottoman p0rl
2 on board vessel of the United State,
4 such vessel shall be anchored at a par
? ticular spot, TO be designated by the loca
= authorities, and the gunpOwder shal
, thence be conveyed, under the inspeotiO
r Of such authorities, 10 dspois, or fittin
: places designated by the Government, Z
) which the parties interested shall haY
. access under due regulations.
Q FOwling pieces, pistols, and ornaments
l or fSncy weapons, as also small quaint
ties OF gunp0wder for sporting reserve
for private use, shall not be subject TO th
:, stipulations Of the present article
r ARTICLE XyI.
!, The fruiaas required for iho morchar
d vessels OF the United States Of Americi
% in passing through the DardaHelles an
j. the Bosphorus, shall always be deliyere
q in such manner as 10 occasion 10 sue
10 vessels the least possible delay.
IS ARTICLE XVII.
:, The captains Of merchant vessels
j. the United States laden with goods de-
j. tined for the Ottoman Empire shall I
Obliged, Immediately on their arrival
y the port Of their destination, 10 dePos
8, in the custom-hou Of said port a ir,
y copy Of their manifest.
q ARTICLE xviii
Contraband goods win be liable 10 cor
flscation BY the Ottoman treasury; bat