The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-27

States n .aBas11ol and Great Britain for
The suppression Of De AfiJtdn slave tF1ds
signed at Washington on he SttRh aay Of
Apul, 1862. I a "r1H.. .-I
Instructions for the ships Of the United
States and British navies employed 70
prevent the African slave trade
ARTICLE l.
The commander Of any ship belonging
10 the United States or British navy
which shall be furnished with these in
structions shall have right TO search and
detain any United States or British mer-
chant vessel which shall be actually en-
gagged, or suspected TO be engaged, in the
African slave trade, or 10 be fitted out for
the purpose thereof, or 10 have been en-
gagged 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 thereup0n
bring or send such merchant vessel (save
in the case provided for in article fifth of
these instructons) as soon as possible, for
judgment, before one Of the three mixed
courts of justice established in virtue OF
the fourth article of tho said treaty, that
is to say:
ltRthe vessel shall be detained on the
coast Of Africa, she shall be brought be-
fore that one of the two mixed courts Of
Justice to be established at the Cape Of
Good Hope, and at Sierra Leone, which
may be nearest to the place of de-
tention or which the captor, on his own
responsibility, may think can be soonest
reached from such place. .
If the vessel shall be detained on the
cast OF the Island Of Cuba, she shall be
brought before the mixed court of Justice
at Now York.
ARTICLE H.
Whenever a ship of either of the two
navics, duly authorized as aforesaid shall
meet a merchant vessel liable 20 be
searched under the provisions of tho said
treaty, the search shall be conducted with
the courtesy and consideration which
ought TO be observed between allied and
friendly nations; and the search shall, in
all cases, be made by an officer holding a
rank not lower than that of licutenantin
the navy, or by the officer who at the time
shall be second in command of the ship
by which the search is made.
ARTICLE III.
The commander OF any ship Of the two
navics, duly authorized as aforesaid, who
may detain any merchant vessel, in pur-
suance of the tenor of the present instruo-
tions, shall leave on board the vessel so
detained the master, the mate, or boat
swain, and two or three, at 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 writ
ing, declaration, which shall exhibit
the state in which he found the detained
vessel such declaration shall be signed
by himself and shall be given in or sent,
together with the captured vessel, 10 the
mixed court Of justice before which such
vessel shall be carried or sent for adiu-
| dication. He shall deliver 20 the master
Of the detained vessel a signed and cer-
tilted list Of the papers found on board
| the same, as well as a certificate Of the
number Of negroes found on board al the
moment Of detention.
In the declaration which the captor is
| hereby required to make, as well as in
the certified list of the papers seized, and
| in the certificate Of The number of negroes
| found on board the detained vessel, he
shall insert his own name and surname,
| the name Of the capturing ship, and the
latitude and longitude Of the place where
the detention shall have been made.
The officer in charge Of the detained
vessel shall, at the time of bringing tho
vessels papers into the mixed court Of
| Justice, deliver into the court n ceriin-
cate signed by himself, aud verified on
oath, stating any change which may
have taken place in respect 10 the yes
sci, her crew, the negroes il any, and
her cargo between the period Of her de-
tention and.thc time Of delivering in such
paper.
ARTICLE ~
If urgent reasons arising from the
length of the voyage, the state Of health
OF the negroes, or any other cause should
require that either the whole or portion Of
such negroes shonld be disembarked be-
fore the vessel can arrive al the place az
which one Of the mixed courts Of Justice
is established the commander Of the
capturing ships may take upon himself
the responsibility of 30 disembarking me-
groes. provided, the necessity Of the dis
embarkatiOn, and the causes thereof be
stated in a certificate in proper form
Such certificate should be drawn up aud
entered at the time on the log-bOok Of
the detained vessel.
ARTICLE v.
In case any merchant vessel, detained
in pursuance of the present instructions,
should prove 10 be unworthy, or in such
a condition as not 10 be taken 10 one OF the
three ports were the mixed courts Of us
tice are to be established 10 pursuance
Of the treaty of this date, the comman
der Of the detained cruiser may take upon
himselfthe responsibility Of abandoning
or destroying her, provided the exact
causes which made such a step impera-
lively necessary be stated IN certificate
verified on oath. Such certificate shall
be drawn up and formally executed In du-
plicate at the time.
In case Of the abandonment or des
truction Of a detained vessel, the master
and crew, together with the negroes and
papers found on board, and one copy OF
+ the sworn certificate mentioned In IA,
preceding paragraph Of this article, shall
be sent and delivered 10 the proper mix
ed court justice at the earliest possibl,
, moment
The undersigned plenipnientsrios have
agreed, IN conformity Win the eleventh A.
ticle Of the treaty signed by them on Mi
day, that the present instructions shal
[ be annexed 10 the said treaty, and b.
E considered 40 integral part thereof
Done At Washington the seventh daJ
: Of April, in The year OF our Lord on'
} thouand eight hundred and sixty two