The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-04

ate SOLOMON FooTE was elected President
of the Senate, pro tenpore, on the eighteenth,
day of July, and continued SO to act until the
close of the session. GALUsHA A. GROW,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Each of the contracting parties shall have the
right, IA year before the expiration of that term,
to demand the revision of the tariff But if, du-
ring the seventh year, neither the one nor the
other of The contracting parties shall avail itself
of this right the tariff then existing shall continue
to have the force of law for years more, da-
ting from the day of the expiration of the seven
preceding years; and the same shall be the case
with respect to every successive period of seven
years.
Article XIII. The present treaty shall be rat
flied, and the ratiications shall be exchanged at
Constantinople in three calendar months, or
sooner, if possible, and shall be carried into
cutiOn when ratified.
Done at ,Constantinople, the twenty fifth
EDWARD JOY MORRIS, H. 81
And whereas, the said Treaty has been duly
ratified on both parts, and the respective ratif-
cations of the same were exchanged at Constan-
tinople, on the fifth ultimo, by Edward Joy Nor
ris minister resident of the United States at the
Sublime Porte, and by his 'Highness Mehemed
Emin Aali Pacha, minister of Eoreign Affairs of
His Imperial Majesty the Sultan of the Ottoman
Empire, on the part of their respective Govern
ments:
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham
Lincoln, President of the United States of Amer
lea, have caused the said Treaty to be made pub
lic to the end that the same and every article
and clause thereof, may be observed and fulfilled
with good faith by the United States and the citi-
In witness whereof haye hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States to
be atfiGd.
Done at the city of Washington this til e
second day of July, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
IL. s. and sixty-two, and OF the independence
OF the United States of America the
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
William H. Seward, Sec. of State
Treaty between the United States and Great
Britain for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.
Concluded at Washington, April z, 1862 Rati-
tications exchanged at London, May 25, 1862.
Proclaimed by the President of the United
States June z, 1862:
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA:
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS treaty between the United States of
America and her Majesty the Queen of the United
Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland con-
cluded and signed by their respective Plenipo-
tentiarieS at the city OF Washington, on
seventh day of April last, which treaty is, word
for word, as follows:
Treaty between the United States ofAmerica and
her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom
OF Great Britain and Ireland, for the suppress
sion of the African slave trade.
The United States of America and her Majesty
the Queen OF the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland being Gesirous to render more
cffectual the means hitherto adopted for the sup
preston of the slave trade carried on upon the
coast of Africa have deemed it expedient to con-
cude treaty for that purpose, and have named
as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:
The President of the United States of America,
William II. Seward, Secretary of State;
And her Majesty the Queen OF the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland the right hon
orablc Richard Bickerton Pencil, Lord Lyons, a
peer of her United Kingdom, knight grand cross
of her most honorable Order of the Bath, and her
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to the United States of America;
Who, alter having communicated to each other
their respective full powers, found in good and
due form, have agreed upon and concluded the
following articles
Article 1. The two high contracting parties
mutually consent that those ships of their respec-
tive navies which shall be provided with special
instructions for that PURPOSE as hereinafter men-
toned, may visit such merchant vessels OF the
two nations may, upon reasonable grounds, be
suspected OF being engaged in the African slave
trade, or of having been fitted out for that pur-
pose; of having, during the voyage ON which
they are met by the said cruisers, been engaged
in the African slave trade, contrary to the pro
visions of this treaty; and that such cruisers may
detain, and send OF carry away, such vessels, in
order that they may be brought to trial i'll the
manner hereinafte, agreed upon.
In order to fix the reciprocal right of search in
such manner as shall be adapted to the attain
ment of the object of this treaty, and at the same
time avoid doubts, disputes, and complaints, the
manner and according to the rules following:
First. 1t shall never be exercised except by yes
sells of war, authorized expressly for that object
according to the stipulations of this treaty.
Secondly. The right of search shall in no casc
be exercised with respect to a vessel of the navy
of either of the two Powers but shall be exercis
ed only as regards mcrchant-vessels; and it shall
not be exercised by vessel of war of either con-
tracting party within the limits of settlement
or port, nor within the territorial waters Oh the
other party.
Thirdly. Whenever merchant-vessel is search
ed by ship of war, the commander of the said
ship shall, in the act of doing, exhibit to the
commander of the mcrchant-vessel the special in
structions by which he is duly authorized to
search and shall deliver to such commander a
certificate, signed by himself, stating his rank in
the naval service of his country, and the name OF
the vessel he commands and also declaring that
the only object of the search is to ascertain
whether the vessel is employed in the African
slave trade, or is fitted up for the said trade
When the search is made by an officer of the
iser who is not the commander, such officer shall
exhibit to the captain of the merchant-vessel
copy of the aforementioned special instructions,
signed by the commander of the cruiser; and he
shall in like manner deliver certificate signed
by himself stating his rank in the navy, the name
OF the commander by whose orders he proceeds
to make the search, that OF the cruiser in which
he sails and the object of the Search above de-
scribed. If it appears from the search that the
papers of the vessel in regular order, and that
it is employed on lawful objects, the officer shall
enter in the log book of the vessel that the search
has been made in pursuance of the aforesaid
special Instructions; and the vessel shall be left
at liberty to pursue its voyage. The rank of the
officer who makes the search must not be less than
that of Lieutenant in the navy, unless the COM
mand either by reason of death or other cause is
at the time held by an officer of interior rank.
Fourthly. The reciprocal right of search and
detention shall be exercised only within the dis
tance of two hundred miles from Ihe coast of At
RIGA, and to the southwark of the thirty ty-second
parallel of north latitude, and within thirty leagues
from the coast of the Island of Cuba.
Article II. In order to regulate the mode OF
carrying the provisions of the preceding article
into execution, it is agreed
First That all the ships of the navies of the
two nations which shall be hereafter employed to
prev vent the African slave trade shall be furnished
by their respective Governments with copy of
the present treaty. ofthe instructions for cruisers
annexed thereto, lmarked A, and of the regula-
tions for the mixed courts of justice annexed
thereto, (marked b. which annexes respectively !
shall be considered as integral parts OF the present
treaty.
Secondly. That each of the high contracting
parties shall, from time to time, communicate to