The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-02-07
WASHINGTON.
WEEKLY CURRENCY STATEMENT.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The amount of frac-
tiona currency received from the Printing
Bureau of the Treasury DEPARTMENT for the
week ending to-day was $4,000; shipments,
$247 900; mutilated cur. currency burned during In
74S SEQ: bank currency issued for bills de-
stroved during the week, S188, 270; balance due
for mutiated notes. $248 067; ban9 circulation
outstanding. $299, 592 ,3S1; fractional currency
redeemed and destroyed during the week,
$552, 300.
WAITING ORDERS
All the officers unattached are relieved from
duty in the 4th military district and ordered to
their homes to await orders.
ORDERED TO INDIAN DUTY.
The folio wing officers now unattached are
detailed for duty az Indian agents and ordered
to report to Commissioner Parker for assign
ment and instructions:-CaptD d. M. Sells and
First Lieut.. w. r. Bourne; Brevet Capt. B.
has been relieved from duty at the War De-
partment and ordered to duty as Abide
Camp to Gen. Howard, Commissioner at the
Freedmen's Bureau; First Lieut.. VIM. Stone,
unattached, is ordered to duty in the War De-
partment.
RECALL OF MIR. EWING
There is now no doubt that Minister Hugh
Ewing will be recalled from the Hague, his
friends having ceased their efforts for his re-
tention.
THE CHINESE TREATY.
The President will, on Monday, issue proc
lamation of ratification of the treaty between
the United States and China, and giving the
full text of the same.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6-The President yester-
day issued proclamation announcing the rat
iticatiOn of the additional treaty with China,
and communicating its provisions. The first
article provides that, in making concessions to
citizens or subjects of foreign powers of the
privilege of residing on certain tracts of land
or privileges to certain waters of the Empire
of China, the Emperor by no means relin-
quishes his right of eminent domain. He
agrees that no such concession shall be con-
strued to give to any power or party which
may be at war with the United States the
right to attack the citizens of the United
States in their property within said lands aud
waters. It is also agreed that the United
States shall abstain from attacking Extensively
the citizens or subjects of any foreign power
with whom they may be at war, and the right
of jurisdiction Of the Chinese GOvernm ent
over persons and property is retained, except
as far as that right may have been expressly
relinquished by treaty.
ART. 2.-Provides that any privilege or i'm
munity in respect to trade or navigation with
in the Chinese dominion, which may not have
been stipulated for by treaty, shall be subject
to the discretion of the Chinese government
ART 3-Authorizes the Emperor of China
so appoint cOnsuls at United ates ports, who
shall enjoy the immunities and privileges of
the consuls of Great Britain and Russia.
ART. 4-Guarantees certain liberties of con-
science to American citizens in China and to
citizens of China in America, and exempts
them from all disability or prosecution on ac-
count of religious faith or worship in either
country; and provides that cemeteries for the
dead shall be held in respect and free from dis
turbance and ordinations
ART. 5-Provides for the absolute freedom of
emigration, and the emigrations of citizens of
both countries, and that the taking of citizens
of either country to the other without their
free and voluntary consent shall be made pc
nal offence.
ed States visiting or residing in China the same
privileges, immunities or exemptions in respect
to the travel or residence as may there be en-
joyed by citizens or subjects of the most favor
ed nations, and the reciprocal privileges to the
citizens of China and the United States; but
this stipulation is not to be construed in either
the naturalization.
ART. Provides for the reciprocal enjoy
ment by citizens of the two countries of the
public and educational institutions and the
control of either which are enjoyed in the re-
spective countries by the subjects of the most
favored nations. 1t also gives the privilege of
establishing and maintaing schools within the
empire of China, at those places where for
eigners are by treaty permitted to reside, and
Chinese citizens are to enjoy the same privi-
leges and immanities in the United States.
ART 8-The United States always discam-
ing and discouraging all practices of unneces-
sary dictation and intervention by one nation
in the affairs or domestic administration of an
other, do hereby freely disclaim and disavow
any intention or right to interfere in the do
nestle administration of China in regard to
the construction of railroads, telegraphs or
other material internal improvements. On
the other hand His Majesty the Emperor of
China reserves to himself the right to decide
the time, manner and circumstances of intro
ducing such improvements within his domn-
IONS With this mutual understanding it is
agreed by the contracting parties that if any
time hereafter His Imperial Majesty shall de-
termine to construct or cause to be constructed
works of this character within the empire and
shall make application to the United States or
sny other western power for facilities to car
ry out that policy, the United States will in
that case designate and authorize suitable en-
gineers to be employed by the Chinese Gov
ernment, and will recommend to other nations
an eqnal compliance with such application;
the Chinese Government in that case protect
ing such engineers in their person and proper
ty, and paying them reasonable compensa-
ton for their services.