The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-11-24
acknowledge such communications promptly and

capital of his Majesty the Emperor OF China, and
there confer with a member of the Privy Council,
or any other high officer of equal rank deputed
Tor that purpose, on matters OF common interest
and advantage. His visits snail not exceed one in
eacn year, and he shall complete his business
without unnecessary delay. He shall be allowed
| to 10 by land or come to the mouth of the Peiho
shall inform the authorities at that place in order
that boats may be provided for him To 90 on his
journey. He Is not to take advanta of this stip-
uation to request visits to the capital on trivial
| occasions. Whenever he means to proceed TO the
capital, he shall communicate, in writing, his in
tention to the Board of Rites at the capital, and
ther, upon the said Board snail give the necessal
directions to facilitate his Journey and give him
1 necessary protection and respect ON his way. On
his arrival at the capital, he shall be furnished
with suitable residence prepared for him, and
| he shall defray his own EXPENSES and his entire
suite shall not exceed twenty persons, exclusive
| be engaged in trade
Article vi Ii any time his Majesty the EN-
peror of China shall, by treaty voluntarily made
of any friendly nation to reside at his capital for
a long or short time, then, without any further
consultation or express permission, the represen
| tative OF the United States in China shall have
| the same privilege.
Article VII The superior authorities of the
| United States and of China in corresponding to-
gether shall do so on terms of equality and in
form of mutual communication, (chaunwui. y
The consuls and the local officers, civil and mil.
tary, in corresponding together shall likewise
| ploy the style and form OF mutual communica-
| tion, (chauhwui.) When Inferior officers of the
one government address superior officers Of the
other they shall do SO in the style and form of
| memorial, (chin chin.) Private individuals, in
addressing superior officers, shall employ the
style of petition (pinching.) In shall any
terms or style be used suffered which shall be
offensive disrespectful to either party. And it
| is agreed tnat no presents, under any preteXt or
| form whatever, shall ever be demanded OF the
| United States by China, or OF China by the Uni
| ted States
Article VIII. In all future personal intercourse
! between the representative of the United States
| of America and the governors general or COVER
! nors, the interviews shall be had the official
! residence Of the said officers at their Temporal
ry residence, at the residence OF the represen-
tative of the United States of America, which
| ever may be agreed upon between them; nor
shall they make any prctext for declining these
interviews current matters snail be discussed
| by CORES spondencc, not to give the trouble
! OF personal meeting
| Article TX. Whenever national vessels of the
| United States of America i'll cruising along the
| coast and among tine ports opened for trade Tor
protection of the commerce of theiI country or
for the advancement OF science, shall arrive at
near any of the ports of China, commanders of
| sa ships and the superior local authorities OF
government snail, if ii be necessary, mold inter
| course Oh terms of equality and courtesy, in to
ken the friendly relations of their res pective
nations and the said vessels shall enjoy all suit
able facilities on the part OF the Chinese govern
ncnt i'll procuring provisions or other supplies
and making necessary repairs. Aud the United
States of America a.srea that in of the ship
wreck of any American vessel, and its being pill
laged by pirates, or in case any American vessel
| shall be pillaged or captured by pirates on the
|
wrecked, the national vessels of the United States
shall pursue the said pirates, and it captured de-
liver them over for trial and punishment:
| Article X The United States of America shall
| have the right to appoint consuls and other com
mercal agents for the protection of trade, TO re-
| side at sucn places in the dominions of China as
shall be agreed to be opened; who shall hold oth-
| cial intercourse and correspondence with the To-
cal officers of the Chinese government, "a consul
| or vice-consul in charge taking rank with an in
tendant OF circuit perfectly either personally
or in writing, as occasions may require, on terms
of equality and reciprocal respect. And the con
| sulS nd local officers shall employ the style of
mutual communication. If the officers of either
nation are disrespectfully treated aggrieyed in
any way by the other authorities, they have the
| right to make representation of the same to the
| superior officers of the respective governments
who shall see that full inquiry and strict justice
| shall be had in the premises. And the said con-
suls and agents shall carefully avoid all acts Of
| offence to the officers and people OF China. On
the arrival of consul duly accredited at any port
| in China 1t shall be the duty OF the minister of
the United Suites to notify the same to the gov
ernor-general of the province where such porch
is, who shall forthwith recognize the said consul
and grant him authority to act.
Article XII. All citizens of the United States of
America in China, peaeeaby tending to their
affairs being placed on a common footing of ami
ty and good will with subjects of China, shall
ceive and enjoy for themselves and everything ap
pertaining to them the protection of the local au
thorities of government, who shall defend them
from all insult injury of any sort Ii their
dwellings or property be threatened or attacked
by mods, ncendiaries, or other violent or lawless
persons, the local officers, requistion of the
consul, shall Immediately despatch a military
force to disperse the rioters, apprehend the gull
ty individuals, and punish them with the utmost
rigor oil the law. Subjects of China guilty of
any criminal act towards citizens of the United
States shall be punished by the Chinese authori-
ties according to the laws OF China and citizens
of the United States either on shore or i'll any
merchant vessel, who may insult, trouble, or
wound the persons or injurie the property OF
Chinese, commit any other improper act in
China, shall be punished only by the consul or
other public functionary thereto authorized ac-
cording to the laws OF the United States. Arrests
in order to trial may be made by either the
Chinese or the United State- authorities
Article XII. Citizens of the United States,
siding or sojourning at any of the ports open to
foreign commerce, shall be permitted to rent
houses and places OF business, hire sites
which they can themselves build houses or hos
pitfalls, churches and cemeteries. The parties in
terested can fix the rent by mutual and equitable
agreement the proprietors shall not demand an
exorbitant price, nor shall the local authorities
interfere, unless there be objections offered
on the part of the inhabitants respecting the
place. The legal fees to the officers for APPLYING
their seal shall be paid The cities OF the Uni
ted States shall not unreasonably Insist on partc-
ular spots, but each party shall conduct with
justice and moderation Any dcsecration of the
cemeteries by natives of China shall be severely
punished according to Jaw At the places where
the ships of the United States anchor, or their
citizens reside, the merchants seamen, others
can freely pass and repass in the immediate neigh
borhood but, in order to the preservation of the
public peace, they shall not 90 into the country
to the villages and marts to sell their goods un-
lawfully, in fraud OF the revenue.
Article XIII. Ii any vessel OF the United States
be wrecked stranded on the coast of China, and
be subjected to plunder or other damage, the
proper officers OF government, on receiving in
formation of the fact, shall Immediately adopt
measures for its relief and security; the persons
on board shall receive friendly treatment, and be
enabled to repair at once to the nearest port and
shall enjoy all ia, ities for obtaining supplies of
provisions and water. If the merchant vessels of
the United States, while within the waters over
which the Chinese government exercises jurisdic-
ton, be PLUMB by robbers pirates, then the
Chinese local authorities, civil and military, on
| receiving information thereof, shall arrest the
said robbers or pirates, and punish them accord
ing to law, and shall cause all the property which
can be recovered to be restored to tie owners or
placed in the hands of the consul. If, by reason
of the extent of territory and numerous popula-
ton of China, it shall in any happen that the
robbers cannot be apprehended, and the property
only in part recovered, the Chinese government
shall not make indemnity for the goods lost but
if it shall be proved that the local authorities
have been in collision with the robbers, the same
shall be communicated to the superior authorities
for memorializing the Throne, and these officers
shall be severely punished, and their property be
confiscated to repay the losses
Article XIV. The citizens of the United States
are permitted to frequent the ports and cities of
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