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

4 to the master, the owner or any other person
interested in the equipment or in the lading
even though she should not be cOndsmueQ
by the mixed court of justice ~, -.
ARTICLE VIZ,
It is agreed between the two high con-
tracing parties that in all cases 10 which
a vessel shall be detained under this treaty
by their respective cruisers as having been
engaged in the African slave ,trade, or as
having been fitted out for the purposes
thereof, and shall consequently be adiudg-
ed and condemned by one Of the mixed
courts of Justice 10 be established as afore-
said, the said vessel shall, Immediately af-
ter its condemnation, be broken up entire
", and shall be sold IL separate paris, af-
ter having been so broken up, unless either
of the two Governments should wish to
purchase her fol the nse of its naSy, at a
\ prize to be fixed by a competent person
chosen for that purpose by the mixed court
of justice, in which case the Government
whose cruiser shall have detsIued the con
demued vessel shall have the FIRST option Of
purchase. ia 90
~ ARTICLE X.
The captain. master, pilot, and crew of
any vessel condemned by the mixed courts
of justice shall be punished according to
the laws of the country TO which such Ves-
sci belongs, as shall also the owner or
owners and ithe persons interested in
her equipment or cargo, unless they prove
that ihey had no participation in the enter
prise.
Forthis purpose the two high contract
ing parties agree that, in so1far as lit may
not be attended With grievous expense and
Inconvenience, the master and crew of any
vessel which may be condemned by SEN
tence of one of the mixed courts of justice,
as well as any other persons found Ou board
the vessel, shall be sent auddelil cred up to
the Jurisdiction of the nation under whose
| flag the condemned vessel was sailing at
the time of capture; and that the Witnesses
and proofs necessary to establish the guilt
of such masier, crew, or other persons,
shall also be sent with them.
The same course shall be pursued with
! regard to subjects or citizens of either con-
tractiDg party who may be found by
cruiser of the other on BOARD vessel of
any third Power, or on board a vessel sail
ing without ftg or papers, which may be
condemned by any competent court for
having engaged in the African slave
trade. hss7r fa rs=-a 5ist
TEenegroes who are found on board Of
q vessel condemned by the mixed courts of
justice, in conformity with the siipulations
of this treaty, shall be placed AZ the dispo-
sal of the Government whose cruiser has
made the capture; they shall beimmediete-
y set at liberty, and shall remain free, ihe
GOyernmeutto whom they have bseu deIiv-
ere'l guarantying their liberty.
40 ARTICLE xI.
The acts or instruments annexed to this
treaty, and which it is mutually agreed
shall form IN integral part thereof, are rs
follows:
(A) distractions for the ships of the ma
yies of both nations, destined to preveft
(D.l Regulations for the mixed courts of
Justice. - -.-a ...5,.,n .5-.s Al
ARTICLE XII.
The present treaty shall be ratified, and
the rati6cations thereof shail'be exchanged
at London in six months from Ihis date, or
sooner if possible. 1t shall continue and
remain in full force for the term OF ten
years from the day of exchange of the rat
iications, and further, uuTilthe end of one
year after either of the contracting parties
shall have given notice TO the other of. its
intention to terminate the same, each OF
the contracting parties reserving 10 itself
the right of giving such notice TO the 9th
er at the end OF said term of ten years.
!Audit is hereby agreed between them Ihat,
on the expirntion'Of Of one year after such no.
tice shall have been received by either from
the other party, this treaty shall altogether
cease and ,determine-s sat - irrld ifs1
Iu witness whereof the respective pleni-
potentiaries have signed the present treaty,
and have herennto affixed the seal of their
arms. 1sff -ra 3ss5 4ol E3as. -sa s5z 481.
Done at Washington the seventh day of
April, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred aud sixty-two.' d r1du s-n
b. .EAi Il s ] WILLIAM H. SEWARD
s,ta us sLYONS.siap n!a5 tpa 'ssr
Annex "a to the treaty between the uni
ted States and Great Britain for the sup
preston of the African slave atr4iie,i
signed at atWashington on theiseVeuth day
of April, 1862. silassf ft5s- biaoF
-iisni aFea1 -'u--.ra EiiJ - lGaIt5iFJ
Instructions for the ships of the United
States and British nAvies employed d
TO prevent the African slave trade-di ~
i2 p ARTicLb.i.. . i.,.2 i.,1.' = e. &
The commander Of any ship belonging
to the United States or British navy which
shall be fnrnished with these instruetions
shall have right 10 search and detain- anyi
| United States or British merchant vessel
which shall be actually engaged, or sus
peeted 10 be Engaged, in the African slave
trade, or 10 be fitted out for tho purpose
Ithepeof, or to have been engaged 10 such,
trade duFipg the voyage in Which she may
be, met with by such ship of the United
States or British navy and such cnmmAn-
der shall thereUpOn ,bripg OF send such
lmerchant vessel fsave in the case oyided
for in article fifth of these instruclions) as
soon as possible, for judgment, before one
of the three mixed courts Of justice establ