Nebraska advertiser., 1863-06-25

conFtS OF luSttce iOrmeu Dy an equdi AumuOt VI AHui
vidnals of the two ma ions named by this purPos'
by their respective GoAeraments. These courts
shall reside one at Supra Leone, one at the Cape O.
Good Hope and one at New York. ~
But each Of the two high contracting parties re-
serves to itself the right Of changing at its pleasure
the place of residence of the court or courts held
within its own territories.
+ These courts shall Judge the causes submitted t.
them according to the provisions Of the present
treaty and according to the regulations and %instruc-
tions which are annexed TO the present treaty, and
which are considered an integral part thereof; and
there shall be no appeal from their decision.
Art. 5. In case the commanding offices Of any oil
the ships of the navies of either country duly COM
missel according to the provisions Of the first arti-
Gle IF this treaty shall deviate in any respect from
the stipulations of the said treaty or from the in
s~tructions annexed to it, the Government which
shalt conceive itself to be wrou5ed thereby shall be
entitled TO demand reparatiOn; and in such case the
Government to which such commanding officer may
belong binds itself TO cause inquiry to be made into
the subject of the complaint and to inhiet upon the
said officers o punishment proportioned to any will
full transgressiOn which he mny be proved to have
committed.
Art. 6. 1t is hereby further mutually agreed
that every American or British merchant vessel
which shall be secrched by virtue of the present
treaty may lawfully be detained and sent or brought
before the mixed courts Of justice established in
pursuance of lne provisions thereof if in her equip
ment there shall be found any Of the things herein
after mentioned namely.
First. Matches with open g~ratings instead of the
close matches, which are usual in merchant vessels.
Second. Divisions or bulk heads in the hold or
on deck in greater number than are necessary for
vessels engaged in lawful trade.
Third. Spare plans fitted for laying down as a
second or slave deck.
Fourth. Shaekles' bolts or handouts.
Fifth. Alarger quantity OF water IN casks or in
tanks than is requisite for the consumption Of the
vessel as a merchant vrssel.
Sixth. An extraordinary number of water casks,
or of other vessels for holding liquid; unless the
master shall produce a certificate from the custom
house at the place from which be cleared outwaGds,
stating that n sufficient security had been given by
the owners of such vessel that such extra quantity
Of casks or of other vessels should be used only to
hold palm oil or for other purposes of lawful COM
merce.
Seventh. A greater number of mess tubs or kids
than requisite for the use Of the crew of the vessel
as a merchant vessel.
Eighth. A boiler. or other cooking apparatus of
an unusual size and larger than requisite for the use
Of the crew of the vessel as a merchant vessel. or
more than one boiler, or other cooking apparatus of
the ordinary size.
Ninth. An extraordinary quantity of rice of the
ilur of Grail of manioc or Cassada commonly called
article Of food whatever beyond the probable wants
f the crew: unless such rice Rour farinha maize,
Indian corn or ether articles of food be entered on
he manifest as part of the cargo for trade.
Tenth. A quantity of mats or mating greater
han is necessary for the use of the crew of the ves-
el as a merchant vessel; unless such mats or mat
ing be entered on the manifest rs part Of the cargo
or trade.
If it be proved that any one or more articles above
pecihed is or are board during the voyage in which
he vessel was captured that fact shall be cOnsiderep
5 prima facie evidence that the vessel was employ
4 IN tho Afr am Slaan frada and she shall in cOu- /
eouence be CONDEMNED and declared lawful prize,
lnless the master or owners shall furnish clear and
conference.-the evidence proving to the satisfaction
f the mixed cOart Of justice, that at the time of
detention or capture tho vessel was employed
n n lawful undertaking and that such of the differ
mt articles above specified as were found on board
It the time of dstsnt on or as may have been en-
during the voyage on which she was engag-
& when captured were Indispensable for the lawful
bject of her voyage.
Art. Z. If any one Of tbs articles specified in the
eeceding article as grounds for cOndemnation
hOUld be found on board of her during the voyage
n which she was captured no compensation for los
es damages or expenses consequent upon the de-
of such vessel shall in any case be granted
ither to the master, the owner or any other person
in the equipment or in the lading even
she should not be cOndsmel by the mixed
curt of justice.
Art. 8. 1t is agreed between the two high con
racting parties. that!in all cases in which a vessel
hall be detained under this treaty by their respee-
cruisers, as having been engaged in the Afri-
an slave trade, or as having been fitted out for the
imposes thereof and shall consequently be Odiudg-
d and condemned by one Of tho mixed courts of
to be established as aforesaid the said vessel
hall Immediately af IT'S condemnation be broken up
ntirely. and shall be sold in separate parts, after
aving been so bruken up; unless either Of the two
governments should wish to purchase her for the
lse Of its navy, at a price to be fixed BY a compe-
ant parsaD choSan fr thu I pllrnocp hy foa uniVod |
curt of justice in which case the Government
hose cruiser shall have detained the the condemned
essal shall have the first option Of purchase.
Ar. 9. The captain master pilot and crew Of any
e 81 condemned by the mixed courts of Justice
be punished according to thelaws of the cOun-
~ to which such v ssel belongs as shall also the
wner or owners and the persons interested in her
quipment or cargo, anless they prove that they had
o par;i in'io1 Ia the enterprise.
For this purpose the two high contracting parties
gree that in So far as it may not be attended with
TievOus cxuense and Inconvenience, the master and
rev Of q y vessel which may be condemned by a
enteBce IF enc Of the mixed courts If justice as
as any otLer persons found on board the vessel
beseEt and delivered up t. the jurisdiction on
he nation under whose Gag the condemned vessel
as sailing at the time of capture and tnat the wit
uses and proofs necessary to established the guilt
such master cr9w or other persons shall also be
mt with them. i'll
The same course shall be pursued with regard to
objects or citizens of either contracting parto who
lay be found by a cruiser of the other on baarl q
any third power, or on board a vessel sailing
ithout flag or papers, which m1y be condemned by
ny competent comet for having engaged in abe At
can slave trade.
Art. 10. The negroes who are found on board of
lch a vessel condemned by the mixed courts of JUS
&c, in conformity with the stipulatiOns of this
eaty, shall be placed at the dirposal Of the Gov
'nment whose cruiser has, made the cupture; thty
hall Immediately be sst at liberty, and shall remain
zee, the Government to whom they have been de-
vered guaranlying their liberty.
Art. il. The acts or instruments annexed to this
'eaty. end which is murually agreed shall form an
ltegral part theroJ, are as follows:
(A.) Instructions for the ships of the naVies of
.atiODs, destined 70 prevent the African slave trade.
(A,) Regulations for the mixed courts of Justice.
Art. IL. The presen treaty shall be ratified, agd
le notifications thereof shall be exchanged at LoR-
ID in six months from this date,or soonee if pos
bic. Il soall continue and renal in full force for
lie term of ten years from the day Of exchange of
10 Publications, and further, until the end o. one
ear after either of the contracting parties shall
ave given notice to the othe of its intentions to
,rminate the same, each of the contracting parties
serving to itielf the right of giving such notice
the other at the end of said term Of ten years:
nd it is hereby agreed between them, that, on the
Of one year after such nOtide shall have
cen received by eirher from the other party, this
eaty shall altogether cease AMI determine.
In witness whereof the respostiVe plenipotenti-
have signed the prerent treaty, and have there
lto affixed the seal Of their arms
Done at Washington the seventh daf Of April
the yeaEof our Lord one thousand eight bubd-
lei WILLIAM h. SEWARD.
IT.. e. Irons.
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mex LA) to the treaty between the United