Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-21

certain that the opponents oi
Napoleon regarded him as their lead.
err, and he was put forward by the
conservative press as a candidate for
the Presidency. The coup d'etdt oi
December, 1851, prevented his candi-
dacy from amounting to anything.
Soon after he was arrested and i'm
prisoned, but was soon released. He
then retired to Belgium, where he re-
mained in exile until recently, when
he returned to France. Notwithstand-
ing his opposition to the Emperor, he
has always been highly esteemed by
Napoleon, who, in 1883, promoted
him to the rank Of Grand Officer OF
the Legion of Honor. His reconcilia-
tion with the Emperor and present
position as a supporter of France in
the war with Prussia are facts whose
importance cannot be overestimated.
While General Changarnier, on ac-
count of his advanced age, can hardly
be expected to take the field in active
warfare, he will, as commander of the
reserves, undoubtedly render great
service to France, and be a valuable
addition to the military councils of
the Emperor.
The Neutral Trads--.-What Articles Are
CeRtrahand Of War.
The following text of the agreement
respecting maritime law, now binding
upon both belligerents, will be of in
terest at the present time:
Declaration respecting Maritime
Law, signed by the Plenipotentiaries
Of Great Britain, Austria, France,
Prussia, Russia, Sardinia and Turkey,
assemble in Congress at Paris, April
l6, 1856:
1.-THE PlenipOtentiaries who signed
the Treaty OF Paris of the 30th March,
1856, assembled in Conference, con-
sidering-
"Tbat Maritime Law, in time of
war, has long been the subject of de-
plorable dispute;
"That the uncertainty of law, and
of the duties in such matters, gives
rise to difference of opinion between
neutrals and belligerents, which may
occasion serious difficulties, and even
conflicts;
"That it is consequently advanta-
geous to establish a uniform doctrine
on so important point;
'That the Plenipotentiaries assem-
bled in Congress at Paris cannot bet
ter respond to the intention by which
their Governments are animated ths
by seeking to introduce into interna-
tiOnal relations fixed principles in this
respect.
"The above mentioned PlenipOten-
tiaries, being duly authorized, resolved
to concert among themselves as to the
means of attaining this object; and,
having come to an agreement, have
adopted the following solemn declara-
ton:
81. Privateering is, and remains,
abolisbed.
"2. 'Hhe neutral flag covers enemy's
goods, with the exception of contra
band of war. .
"3. Neutral goods, with the excep-
ton Of contraband of war, are not
liable to capture under enemy's flag.
"a. BlOckades, in order to be bind
ing, must be effective; that is TO say,
by force sufficient really
to prevent access to the coast of the
enemy.
"The Governments of the under
signed plenipOtentiaries engage to
bring the present declaration to the
knowledge of the States which have
not taken part in the Congress of
Paris, and to invite them to accede to
it.
Convinced that the maxims which
they now proclaim cannot but
be received with gratitude by the
whole world, the undersigned plen-
ipotentiaries doubt not that the ef-
forts of their Governments to obtain
the general adoption thereof will be
with full success.
1.-The present declaration is not and
shall not be binding, except between
those powers who have acceded, or
shall accede to it.
"DOne at Paris, the sixteenth of
April, one thousand eight hundred
and tifty-siX.
(Signed)
BuOl Schauenstein, Hatzfeldt,