Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-07
IgalIg gateltlgeatet.
OFFICIAL.


Treaty of Commerce and NaVigation Jetsesea
the United .StafeJ and ne Ottoman En-
pre-. Concluded a. C5astaHtiaoyEs, Feb
Tuzry -, 1852, Ratification exchanged
al C0RJfGEtjFeYie, June ). 1862. Pro-
et1iasd 6g tie Prssfdeat Of III Uaited
Sfgtss, jay 2, 1862
81 ZEE EEEsrDEST or THE CBTTEo sTaTEz OF A~ELtcI
A PROCLAMATION
WHEEEAs 4 treaty Of commerce. aud navigation b.
tEseE CE!Gs1 Stafes q Anerca and the Ottoman
kisp3re ~ oonelude and signed by tbeiE reecsiVs
pIzaIp5t-sttarlssa n CoastAsfiBople "a the tweaty
nth cay II February lasT which treaty in the EDS-
lish language, i uoEd fOr uoEd as foll0vs:
Treaty Of Commerce and SAEiEati5n between the
UnI4ed states OF AueTics and the utto1za1 Empire
TnA United Srsrss Of Anse:Eea the one part, and
TiEs 90 the oIher slET, 5=isS -qusily animated By
the dssire Of exteBdio axe eOnsereAl relations be
tUeeo their respective cguntrieS haze RZTe-d, f0E
thi= paIP5=e 70 conc Uds treaty Of ero1.erre and
NAVIGATION, Az have u1e1 Their resfetige plel-
ipstentizris= thzi is 70 say The President q me
usitsd ststes o. America i5a Joy Igrris, riilis
ter re-i1SuS the sublime porte5 aud H. lmpsFial
Majesty the Sultan % the Ottoman K1rdrr- hi high
Msbum=d Er1is Asi IA-tal minister 81 ioLtlsn
Aair- d=sratei will the imperial orders ofthe Otfo-
Iazase in BTIsnts sizjsdie- and oTter Of Merit Of
the Fr-t Cast and The grand er=ses Of several for
sfS1 uT4sE- sho- after bGTn communicated 70 each
ofer IL respective fii! IJeE-- fonnd il good sd
d.. fJ-un have azrest Gp5u tie fJIloEiaE aFzicIes=
Article l. All rights, riEiie=z, aad iEHEnunities-
which hare been conferred the CITIZENS " vessels
oIthe Cli;zd state ofAaercn By The iEety already
LRtsInau empire, Cs1nErmsd, and Grsyer,
9Th the exception Of tho=a elau-z Of the sid treaty
ShieI Is the OIjst efthe FEe,=ai treaty 70 n1iiy@
and il ia p3tegTer, sHFrss-!S stipulated that AL
rights. privileges, iGslDEtie Nkich tue sublime
Porte nov grants, isy hereafter rast TO, suer
TO be euj0ye by the uileetz -hiI=, eon1ulsrce, OF
navigation u any other foreign power, shall Re
equally granted 10 and eHeTeiel and enjoyed By the
cIGtZ Veszei- commerce, and uaTiEItiOn OF the
Ua.Ied states Of America
AraeFsea Or their euts siaI be pfEgIittei 70 Pur-
all Is
possessions. iAhe- her tor II purpose u iatsrual trade
or ofeEpJrtatisn) all articles without any exception
whatsoever, the pT01urs Manufacture Of the sad
empire aud Po-ssszioEs- ard the sublime Porte hAT-
in in virtue Il the second article OF THE suYe1Iion
Commerce of the 10th Of AGgust, Is s. with Great
Britain, formally ensas u abolish III foon9Polie= Of
zEueltrAI produce. Of other articles what
sosEsE' as wen a. Al permits sLE Fels n Tue
local gyTern9rs, eitheE frte ur tse Of any article"
or IN us removal from place 10 Another Eheu
purchased. any attempt compel tie citizens O1 tbe
United States Of Am=riea T. receive such permits
In IA TIE Local CTeInOus shall be considered
ihhastiOh ofthe treaty, aud the sublime Po.te shah
Immediately punish with severity any Viziers, 81
other ers who shall have been guilty Of sash mis-
cOuduct and shall TeDdsT fall jusfic the eitiLeus
Of The United states Of Amerlc. for all Losses or p-
ries which they may duly prove themselves TO have
Article 3. Ifauy articles Of Ottoman produce or
seture he purchased by citizens Of the United
States Of America their gents fJr the purpose u
ceiling the for internal consumption in Turkey,
the said citizens their agents, shaH pay nj thB
purchase AID saie Of sdeh articles and in
oil Ira1e therein, the same duties that paid ia
similar bN the favored Class u
Ottoman subjects, OF Of Foreigners in the Internal
trade Of the ottoman empire
Article I. No othsr.oT higher duties charges
Ahall be imposed in the douiuons aHd posses.i Of
ether Of the CONTRACTING IEties the eEpJFtltiOn
any article 10 thsd0niohs aud possessions OF the
other, -uch may be payable the
portaiiOn Of the like ar icls to ans other foreign
untLYi nor shall any prohibition be inp@sed on the
possessions Of eth Of the contracting powers To
the dOminiona aud pBs-es5ious Of the other, which
shah not equally extend to The eIportltion Of the
1ka nrfNT Ie In "a I'll
No charge Suty whatsoever will be demanded
any article Of Ottoman produce OF manufacture
purchased by citizens Of the United States Of Ame
ca their ageats, either 1t the place where such
article is purchased in its transit from that place
to the place Whsnce it i exported At which 1t i be
subject to an export duty not exceeding eight per
cent, calculated On Th= VAue At the place Of ship
msnt, $40 iAyaoLs on q an n .It.ciss
which shau once have paid TINS duty shall not again
be liable To the same duty. however they may have
changed hands within any part Of the ottoman
Its Furthermore agreed, that the duty of eight
per above mentioned will be Annually reduced
haaIIy reduced to . fixed duty Of one per cent. I'D
TaOrem, destined 70 cover the general expenses OF
Standardization and control.
Article s. No other or higher duties shalt be Impe
sed the importation into the Unitsd States Of
America ofany article the produce manufacture Of
the dOmiuiOns and possessions Of His Imperial 9Iajes
ty the Sultan from whatever place arriving, whether
by by land; and her or tigher duties shall
and POSSESSIONS Of Ills Imperial MJesty. Of any arrI-
Gle the pTOinee Manufacture OF the United states
OF America, from whatever Place arriving than are
may be payable the like article the produce or
manufacture Of any other foreign Country, shall
any prohibition be maintained or imposed the i'm
portation OF any article, the Prdace manuf4eture
Of the dOmniOns and OF either Of the
tracing parties int the donions AID possessions
Of the other, which shall not equally extend to the
importation Of the like articles being the produce
manufacture Of any other country.
HIS Imperial AsiesEy fur her engages that, saTe a.
hereinafter excepted, he will prohibit the i'm
p3rtzti3u into ms dJniuioug and posz3ssi1n- %
srtiel. the praInee and mAuufa.turs OF rhe United
faEe OF Erlna
thai the duties to be imposed every article the
produce nlaaufscturs OF the United States q
Anerea Imported into the empire and possessions Of
His Imperial Aai=sty the sultan, zI8u ctse ex-
coed QUE nKed rate q eight per cent ad vAlorm
thereto such rate shall be eaentte upon the val
ne Of sueh articles at the wharf and shAH be paya-
ote Al tue time OF iheIt Oens Anaeli II Drought D.
sea, or tthr hrst custom house they may reach,
brought by land.
Ifihese articles, AFTER having paid the import duty
OF eight per sold either At the place their
arrival or In the interim eou1try neither the
buyer the seller shall be charged with any fur
thsr duty in rePeet them. aud IL such article.
should not be sold for consumption in tho Ottoman
empire, but should be reeIp Etrd Eithit the space
eandise In transit By land and be treated as statd
hsreinafter in Artcle IL, u this treaty; the admins
tratiOl OF the customs being bound TO restore the
hme ofthelr XpOrtation, to tia merchant, who
shall be required 10 furnish proof that the goods IL
question have paid the import dIty Of eight cent
the difference between thSt duty itbe duty levied
on EQod IN transit by land a. set forth in the atisl
Article'6. It Is uad5r.tOod that any article lh,
produce InAnufLctur- Of foreign country intetd
dc for importation Into the United PTinsPalities %
Moldo-Waliaeha or into the principally OF servia
which shall pass through any Their part of the otto
man empire, Nill NOT be liable 70 the payment 10
customs duty until Il teh,s thVss princiPalties
AND, the other hand, that any article Of foreign
produce or manufacture passing through those prn
cipaiitIes. but destined 10 other part Of the
Ottoman pirc will not be liable the payment OF
customs duty until su,h article reaches the first
tom house under the direct administration Of the
SubH me Porte.
The same CUurse shall be followed with respect /,
any article the produce manufacllre OF thos'
prIneipalties, we'll with respect any Artifli
the produce manufacture Of any other portion O
the OTTOMAN empire, Intended for expectations: such
articles viii be liable TO the payment Of custom,
dutes-ihe former 10 the custom-huuse of the AfuFe
said PrueipaHtes and the latter the Ottoman Gus
tom hoRses the object icing that neither import
export dntiss HhAil in any be payable than
Article I. The sub jects and citizens OF tho con
tract nE parties sham enjoy, in the iominions and