Nebraska advertiser., 1863-06-11

manner to exchan &c them; neither sail they be
allowed to purachse provisions except such as shall
be necessary to their going to the next por OF that
prince or State from which the have received their
commissions.
Art. 25. No citizen Of Venszusla shall apply for
or take any commission or letters Of nlarque for
arming any ship or ships to act as privateers against
the said United States or any Of them OF against
the citizens people or inhabitants of any 0fthem, OF
against the properly Of any Of the inhib. t3nts efsany
OF them from any prince or State with which the
said United States shall be at war: nOa shall any
Or inhabitant of the said Unitep States, or any Of
them apply for or take aay commission o. letters of
marque for arming any ship or ships to act as pri-
vateers against the citizens or Inhabitants Of Vene-
zaela or any of them Orthe property OF amy Of them
from any prince or state with which the said Re-
public shall be ut war, and if any person Of either
nation shall take such commissions or letters of
marque be shall be punished according to thoir res
pcctive laws.
Art. 26. The high contracting parties grant to
each other the liberty of having IN the ports of the
other cousuls or vsee- consuls Of their own appoint
ment who shall enjoy the same privileges and pow
ers as those of the most favored nation: but II any OF
the said consul or vice cOnsuls shall carry on trade,
they shall be subjected to the same laws ana uSageS
to which private individuals OF their nation are
iugjecte in the same place.
IL is understood that whenever! teither OF the two
contrasting paeties shall select a citizen of the other
for a consular agent, to 70 side 81 any ports or com
mercial places eff the lat ter such consul or agent sh9
continue to be regarded, Notwithstanding ms wall
ty of n foreign consul, as a citizen OF the nation 70
which he belongs and consequently shall be SUBJECT
to the laws and regulations to which natives are
subjected in the place or his re sidencei This oeiIga-
tion, ~sshowever. shal | in no respect embarrass the ex-
ercise of his consular functions or affect the iDyiOla-
bility of the consular archives.
The said conSIls and vicO consuls shall have the
light as such TO sit as judges and arbitratOrs in such
L1.r - d4-o.u A. II
crews Of the vessels belong to Ohe nation whose in
terests are committed to their charge without the
interference of the local authorities, unless their as
sistanee should be ieqnired or the conduct of the
crews or of the captain should disturb the order or
tranquility Of the country 1t IS however under
stood that this species or judgement or arbitrator
shall not dsprive the eOntending parties of the right
4hey have to resort On thar return to thu judicial
authority of their own country.
The said consuls and vice consdls arc authorized
to require the assistance of the local authorities for
the arrest and imprisonment of the deserters from
tbr shipOf war and merchant vessels of theta eoun-
try. For this purpose thep shall apply TO the com
petent tribunals, judges and officers, and shall in
writing. demand such d~eserters proving by the ex-
hibitiOn Of the the registers of the vessel, the mus
ter rolls of the crews or by any other official dOcu-
ments that such individuals formed part of tae crew
and on this claim being substantiated the surrender
shall not be refused. Such desertsrs when arrested
shall be placed at the disposal Of the cohsdls and
vice eonSuls, and may be confined in the public pri-
sons at ther equests and costs of those who shall
claim them in or to be sent to the vessels to which
they belong, or to others Of the same cOuntry.-But
If not sent back within three months OF the day of
their arrest thep shall be set at liberty and shall
not again be arresced for the same cause. HoWeveF
if the deserter shall be found to have committed any
crime or offence his surrender may be delayed until
the tribunal before which his case shall be pending
shall have pronounced its sentence and such sem
tenee shall have been carried into effect.
Art. 81, The United States Of America and the
Republic Of Venezuela On acquisitions made in their
name through the medium Cftheir respective deplO-
matte and consular agents, shall deliver up to jns-
ticc persons who being charged with the crimes
enumerated in the following article committed with
in the jurisdiction of the requiring party shall seek
asylum or shall be found within the territories of
the other: Provided, That this shall be done only
when the fact Of the commission Of the crime shall
be SO established as to justify their apprehension Of
commitment for trial if the crime had been commit
ted in the country where the persons so accused
shall be found; in all Of which the tribunals of said
country shall proceed and decide according to their
own laws.
Art. %. Persons shall be delivered up according
to the provisions of this convention who. rshaIlbe
charged with any Of the frlloWing crimes to Wit:mUr
der Including assassination parrioide infanticide,
and poisening;) attempt to commit murder; rape:
forgery y; the oOUnterfeitinJ of money; arson; robbery
with violance intimidation, or forcible entry of an
inhabited house, piracy, embezzlement by public
officers, or by persons hired or salaried, to the detri
ment Of their employers, when these crimes are sub
ject to infamous punishment.
Art. 20. Ga the part Of each country the surren-
shall be made only by the authority Of the executive
thereof. The expenses of detention and delivery
efeetet in virtue Of the preceding articles, shall be
at the cost of the party making the demand.
Art 80. The provisions of the afUregOing articles
relating to the surrender ~offugitive Grim mails shall
not apply to Offences committed before the date here
of nor to those eff q political character.
Art. 81. This concluded for the term Of eight year
dating from the exchange Of the rattle BtiOns; and if
one year before the expiration of that period Meth
er of the contracting parties fhall have announced,
by an official notification its intention to the other to
the operations to said convention it shall con-
sinue binding for twelve months which W i'll follow
a similar declaration whatever the tsme at which it
may take place. .srofsoE -s.IIa
Art. 80. This convention shall be submitted on
both sides to the approval and ratification of the res
pective competent authorities of each of the con-
parties and the TatiicatiOns shall be ex-
at Caracas as soon as circumstances shall
admit. = ----v-- - ------ .--
In faith whereof the respective pIenipotentiaries
have signed-the aforegoing articles in the English
and Spanish languages and they have hereunto-
our seals.
Done in duplicate at the city Of Caracas, this TWEEN
ty sjventhday Of August in the year one thousand
hundred and sixty.
b. A.IUkRIN. E-A Er y. s.
Hill PEDRO DE LAS CASAS. T.. 81
And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratif-
ed on both parts and the respective aatiications of
the same were exchanged in the city of Caracas on
the ninth day Of August last:
Now therefore be it known that l., ABRAHAM
L4NC0LN, President of the United States Of Amer
have caused the siad convention to be made
public to the same that the same and every clase
article thereof, may be. observed and fulfilled
with good faith by the United Strtes and the citi-
zens thereof.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be
fE
Done at the city of Washington this twenty-sixth
day of January, in the year os our Lord
( L. g.. one thousand eight hundred and s~ixty-One
and Of the independence of the United
States the eighty-sixth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President: q ILgA , e
WILLIAM IL. SEWARD, Secretary Of State;