Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-08-21

may detaln any merchant vessel in nurst,-
Auee OF the tenor OF the present instrucj
lions, shall leave on board the vessel 90
detained the master. the mate, or boat
swain, and two or three, At least of the
crew: the Whole Of she negroes, if any, aud
All the cargo. The capt0r shall at the
time OF detention, draw up, ia wiring. n
declaration which shall exhibit the state
IN which he found the detained vessel;
such declaration shall be signed by him
SET and shall be given in or scot together
Wlh the captnrel vessel, TO the mixed
court OF justice before which such vessel
snAil oe carried or. sent for adjudication
He shall deliver to the-master of the de-
tanned vessel a signed and certified list Of
tne papers found on board the same, as
wen as q certificate of the number Of ne
gtoes found on board at the moment of de-
In the declaration which the eanior is
required to make, as we'll as the eertid-d.
list OF the papers seized, and in the certif-
cate ot the number of negroes found on
ooard tue detained vessel, be shalt insert
hts own name and surname, the name of
The capturing ship, and the latitude and
longitude Of the plsce where the detention
shall have been made.
Z Tue officer in charge of the detained vess
sci shall, at the time of bringing the vessels
papers into the mixed court of ofjuslice, de-
iiver ,i, into is the court certificate signed by
himself, and verified on oath. statIng sty
onanges which may have taken place in re-
spect 70 the 'yrssei, her crew. .itr ,I-s.r.,ssr
IT any, and, her cargo, between the period
OF her detention and the time of delivering
in such paper.
-- ARTICLE ",
p II urgent reasons, arising from the length
of the Wnu uenaf ri - =
groes' or any other cause, should REQUIRE
that either the whole or . portion of such
negroes should be disembsrked before the
SssSel can arrive at the place at which one
OF the mixed courts of justice is estabiish-
eu' the commander OF the capturing shin
may take upon himself the responsibility r.
OF so disseminating the negroes, provided
the necessity of the embarkation, and the
causes thereof, be stated in a certificate in
proper form. Such certificate shall be
drawn up and entered at the time on the
iog-nook OF the detained vessel. 8. -,
!. .t,5 sfi,- ARTIcLE v.
In case any merchant vessel, detained in
pursuance of the present instruetions,
shoutd prove TO be unseaworthy. or in sue
condition as not to be taken 10 one of thu
three ports where the mixed courts of Ius-
tiee are to be established 10 pursuance of
tue treatyiof this date, the commander of
tne. OBTAINING cruiser may take upon him
sen the responsibility Of abandoning or de-
stroying her, provided the exact cqnses
which made such step imperatIVely me-
cessary 6estated in a CerlIbcate verified oulr
oath. Such certificate rbaiI be drawn op .
aud formally executed in duplicate at The
, In casetof the abandonment or isstruc.
tion OF detniued vessel, tho master, and d
crew, together with the negroes and papers
fouud on board, aud one copy of the sEorn
certificate mentioned in the preceding par.
agraph of this article, suaiI be sent and de-
liEeTed to the proper mixed court Of justice
Rt the earliest possible moment.
The undersigned plenipotentiaries have
agreed, in conformity with the eleventh
article-of the treaty signed by Them on ibis
day, thSt the present instructions shall be
annexed to the saio treaty, aud be consid-
cred an integral part thereof.
Done at Washington the seventh day of
APRIL, in theyear of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty Two. = iao.l Iacs
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