New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-27

courts Of justice. The said courts shall
nevertheless have the power, and it shall bt
their duty. to proceed with all practicable
dispatch to the final determination of al
causes and proceedings which may b
pending, and undetermined in them, OF
either Of them, at the time Of receiving no
tice Of the ratification OF this convention.
ARTICLE II.
The jurisdiction heretofore exercised BY
| the said mixed courts in pursuance Of the
provisions Of the said treaty shall, after thu
exchange Of the notifications Of the presen,
additional convention, be exercised by the
courts of the high contracting parties &C
| cOrding to their respective modes of pro
cedure in matters of maritime prize anG
| all the provisions of the said treaty with re
gard to the sending or bringing in of cap
tured vessels for adjudication before the
said mixed courts, and with regard to thu
adjudication Of such vessels by the sale
courts, and the rules Of evidence to be ap
1 piled and the proceedings consequent OF
such adjudication, shall apply, mutatis mu
| tandis, to the courts of the high contracting
parties. 1t is, however. provided that there
may be an appeal from the decision Of any
court Of the high contracting parties, in thu
same manner as by the Law OF the country
cases Of maritime prize.
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| 1t ia agreed that in case Of an American
| merchant vessel searched by British
| cruiser being detained as having been en-
gagged in the African slave trade, or az
having been fitted OFT for the purposes
thereof, she shall be sent to New York OF
Key West, whichever shall be most acces.
sible for adjudication, or shall be handed
over to an United States cruiser, if one
should be available in the neighborhoOd OF
the capture; and that in the corresponding
case Of British merchant vessel searched by
| having been engaged in the African slave
trade, or as having been fitted out tor the
purposes thereof, she shall be sent for adju-
! dicatiOn to the nearest or most accessible
| British colony, or shall be handed over to o
British cruiser, if one should be available
in the neighborhood Of the capture,
| All the witnesses and proofs necessary
| to establish the guilt Of the master, crew,
| or other persons found on board Of any
| such vessel, shall be sent aHd handed over
with the vessel itself. in order to be pro-
duced to the court before which such vessel
or persons may be brought for trial
All negroes, or others, necessary wit
nessees excepted, who may be on board
either an American or q British vessel for
the purpose Of being consigned to slavery,
shall be handed over to the nearest British
authority. They shall he Immediately set
at liberty, and shall remain free, her Bri-
fannie Majesty guaranteeing their liberty.
With regard to such of those negroes, or
others, as may be sent in with the detained
vessel as necessary witnesses, the govern
ment to which they may have been delivered
shall set them at liberty as soon as their
testimony shall no longer be required, and
shall guarantee their liberty.
Where a detained vessel is handed over
e l. ,fIo sv,
charge, and other necessary witnesses and
proofs, shall accompany the vessel.
ARTICLE ~.
1t is mutually agreed that the instructions
for the ships of the navies of both nations
destined to prevent the African slave trade,
which are annexed to this convention, shall
form an integral part thereof, and shall
have the same force and effect as if they
had been annexed to the treaty Of the sew
enth Of April, 1862, IN lieu of the instruc
tons forming annex a 20 that treaty.
ARTICLE V.
In all other respects the stipulations Of
the treaty Of April 7. 1867. shall remain in
full force and effect until terminated by
notice given by one of the nigh contracting
parties to the other. in the manner pre-
ecribed by Article XII thereof.
ARTICLE VI.
The high contracting. parties engage to
communicate the present convention to the
mixed courts of justice, and to the officers
in command of their respective cruisers,
and to give them the requisite instructions
in pursuance thereof, with the least possible
delay.
ARTICLE VII.
The present additional convention shall
have the same duration as the treaty Of the
no od nj
article thereto OF the seventeenth OF Feb
ruary, 1868. It shall be ratified, and the
notifications shall be exchanged at London
as soon as possible.
In witness whereof, the respective pleni-
potentiaries have signed the same, and have
affixed thereto their respective seals.
Done at Washington, the third day of
june in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy.
EDWARD THORNTON.
ANNEX TO THE ADDITIONAL CON
VENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA AND GREAT
BRITAIN, FOR THE SUPPRESSION
OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
SIGNED AT WASHINGTON ON THE
THIRD DAY OF JUNE, 1870.
Instructions for the ships Of the
United States and British navies EN-
ployed to prevent the African slave trade.
AETICLEI
The commander Of any ship belonging to
the United States or British navy, which
shall he furnished with these instructions.
shall have q right to search and detain any
United States or British merchant vessel
which shall be actually engaged, or sus-
pected to be engaged in the African slave
trade, or to be fitted out for the purposes
thereof, or to have been engaged in such
trade during the voyage in which che may
he met with by such ship of the United
States or British navy; and such COM
mander shall thereupOn bring or send
such merchant vessel (save in the case pro-
vided for in Article v of these instruc-
tiOns) as soon as possible for Judgment, in
the manner provided by Article III of the
additional convention Of this date, that is
to say:
In the case Of an American vessel searched
and detained as aforesaid by British
cruiser, she shall be sent to New York or
Key West. whichever shall be most accessi-
BILE, or to handed over to an United
States cruiser, if one should be available in
the ncighborhOod Of the capture.
In the case Of British vessel searched
and detained as aforesaid by an United
States cruiser, she shal be sent to the near
est or most accessible British colony, or
shall be handed over to British cruiser. if
One should be available in the neighbOrboOd
Of the capture.
ARTICLE II.
Whenever ship of either OF the
two nayies. duly authorized as
aforesaid shall meet merchant
vessel liable to be searched under the
provisions of the treaty of the seventh of
April, 1862, and of this additional cOnven-
<;ny, tho unarcI, cha III no cOuduc tod with tho