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?- . . r - -.... - :.- - .V-. - - - ' ' " . -.1: " LIBERTY LTSrr TJNIOIS", NOW .AJVjO FOREVER, ONE -AJVjO IlVSEI-A.RuA.BlL,E. Daniel Webster. - - VOL. I. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1866. NO. 109 W. W. HOLDEN. J- W. HOLDEN. W. W. HOLDEN & SON", EDITORS OF THE STANDARD, And authorized publisher of Hie Laws of the United State. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. TERMS Cash m Advance. Tri-Weekly paper, 1 year Z& 00 ' " 6 months 3 50 : " 3 " a 00 Weekly paper, 1 year 3 0 " " C months 1 50 s " 1 00 " " 5 copies 1 year 12 00 K 1 " 22 00 To those who get up clubs of five or more sub scribers one copy, gratis, will be furnished. A cross X murk on the paper indicates the ex piration of the subscription. RATES OP ADVERTISING. Ten lines or one inch space to constitute a square. One square, one insertion, $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, 50 Liberal deduction made, by special contract, to large advertisers. Court advertisements will be charged 25 per cent, higher than the regular rates. Special Notices charged 50 per cent, higher than ordinary advertisements. For advertisements inserted irregularly, 25 per cent higher than usual rates will be charged. No paper in the South has advertising facilities superior to the Standard. Letters must be addressed to W. W. HOLDEN & SON, Raleigh, N. C. Shereifp Sai.ks ix Alabama. A correspondent, writing from Tuscaloosa, Ala., to a Northern paper, says ; A little business in the court house led me to enquire into the financial con dition of this country, and I learn that sheriff sales are becoming so common that almost uo purchasers are found for the valuable lands and other property exposed for sale. A gentleman informed me that some twenty farmers had been Bold out lately, lands bringing less than one dollar per acre. A sad instance of the reverse of fortune produced by the war was mentioned in the case of the Mr. Prewett, of this county, whose es tate was sold out on the first Monday in this month. At the breaking out of the war he was the wealthiest citizen of Tuscaloosa county, lie owned three hundred and sixty slaves, and. large tracts of land. lie had large sums of money out at interest, secured by mor gage of negro property and land. lie was a homespun and economical coun tryman, who bought everything at the lowest price for cash. He paid his phy sician's bill before the doctor left the house. When General Croxton came to Tuscaloosa he took from this old man some forty head ot horses and mules, all his money, provisions, etc., which was his first calamity. Next came eman cipation, which swept his slave proper ty. Xext came the breaking up of all men to whom Prewett had loaned money, or for whom he took security. Finally an execution was levied on his property for a few thousand dollars, and all "his real estate was sold under the sheriff's hammer for six. hundred dollars !" A TOEREADOR GORED TO DeATII. A fatal accident at a bull fight a V Es pagnol occurred in the old Roman circus, at Xismes, on the 2nd. A torreador, named Mateo Cabrear, was run through the chest by one of the bulls, and killed on the spot. The Moniteur da lioir gives the following account of the oc currence : " It was evident when the very first bull appeared that the preten ded Spanish torreadors, or at least some of them, either knew nothing of their dangerous business, or were in such a 6tate of excitement as to lose their heads. They irritated the bulls in most unnecessary ways, and their rashness wasonly equalled by their awkwardness. At the beginning of the performance the bulls, which, though good enough for our amateurs, were tame creatures indeed when compared with the genuine furious Spanish animals, knocked over several of the torreadors, though with out hurting them. With the fourth bull the unfortunate Cabrea attempted the hoop gaine. But instead of watching the bull's movements, and holding the hoop on one side so as to avoid the rush. he held it in both hands exactly before nis breast, and the bull alter running his horns through the paper, transfited the man. The other torreadors in the circus rushed to their comrade and picked him up. They opened his waist coat to see where he was hurt. Sup ported by them he walked two or three steps, then slipped from their hands and f-11 heavily. A torrent of blood gushed from his breast and he was quite dead. Tue sight of the blood caused great emotion among the audience, and sever al women fainted." A Showeb of Insects. The Ne braska City News says a shower of min ute insects visited that place on the 24th of last month. The News says : " The air was filled with winged insects, re sembling in their flight the blow of the Cottonwood, borne by the winds of spring. When viewed in the rays of the sun a heavy fall of snow seemed im pending. The&e curious little insects were in two strata tbefupper stratum passed a direct course to the west, im pelled by the stiff east wind which had neen prevailing for some days. The lower layer was moving in every direc tion, home of them would strike against the house sides, others again would sail towards the earth, as if with the purpose of alit'ing, but if any lit upon the ground, they could only be seen while looking towards the sun." Bismarck's Personal. Appearance. The European correspondent of the New World, who won quite a reputation as a spi cy dashing writer during the war, says when he applied to Bismarck tor a pass, the latter stated that he had purposed leaving all such business' to the discretion of the field com manders ; but, said he, smiling, " when one has come so far, and iroia a people we like so well as the Americans, he stall have it" The corrspondent gives the following free and easy sketch of the great Prussian's per sonal appearance : Barbaric in stature as in method, measur ing evenly six feet two iaches in height, and weighing not less than two hundred anil fif ty pounds, Count Bismarck is entirely a Prus sian in physiognomy, and his port and strength are feudal in their imperiousness. Seated in an office chamber of the great ikiilons or King's palace, with clerks in the anterooms, couriers in spurs at the hall,reudy to carry his orders, a table before hiui filled with blanks, reports, and newspaper, and the light from the screened windows falling fairly on his seated figure, you behold, in common business dress, a man who might pass'for fifty year of age, half bald, smooth of face, save a short and heavy moustache of grayish brown, that quite overlooks the hard-shut, ponderous mouth and a nose of insignificant length, but broad and proud nostriled. His flesh is in excess, so that around the eyes it is puffy and creased, and his short, stony, and undirnpled chin drops a huge double-fold upon his breast. Ilia eyebrows are jagged ; if they were heavier over those blood-shotten eyes he would be terrible. At the back of his deep cheeks a pair of stiff bull-dog's ears stand out to stop all the winds and their rumors, and his hands and feet, that are determined even in rest, are large enough to win a woman's cen sure. So dark that he looks freckled away from the light ; so listful and yet so massive that lie looks like a panther in granite, this man would better befit a baron's trencher, where his vassals cat aud tremble, than sit here on the waxed floors of a modern palace doing desk duty. Flowers in France. Rose trees, we are informed, are cultivated in France in open fields, like cabbages and carrots, and the trade in them is said to be immense. From a recent report we derive the following stat istics :T here are 500,000 rose trees near Oi leans, 200,000 near Metz, 1,000,000 near Au gers, 1,500,000 near Lyons, 2,000,000 near Paris, and 2,000,000 in the commune of Brie-Comt'i-liobert. No wonder that flowers arc so much loved in France, when rose trees alone are cultivated on this extensive scale. In many districts in the Empire the gardens are ricii in beauty, and the yards of the cot tages are fragrant with bloom. A large and attractive rose garden in the out-skirts ot Paris was recently destroyed, as a new boul evard was run throuh it, and its beauty thus sacrificed to the march of enterprise and im provement. Flowers are a cheap luxury, and their cultivation should be encouraged in every land. They have refining influence aud create a love for home. Through all tile weary pilgrimage of years, bright visions are tr.;:is.ired of the early home where honey suckles clambered over the door, and roses bloomed along the gravel walks and beneath the open window. Iris the love ot homes and home associations that render nation, strong, and this love strengthens with ears Tile days of childhood are recalled with pleasure, and every thought of home becomes sacreil to the heart. The memory Is dear, and love, though a subtile tie, thus is made a bond of strength. When danger threatens, 'home and country" become the rallying cry, and brave hearts and brave bands unite in defence of the land of birth. Emancipation of the Danish Serfs. It is seldom that the pen of history can in dite praises of royalty or of regard of a mon arch for the happiness' of his people. Among the few names in a bright record is that of Frederick VI. of Denmark, in whose reign the abolition of serfdom was brought about. Everybody and everything were against the royal reformer and two or three wise coun sellors who cordially co-operated with him. Public protests, intrigues, clamor, nothing affected him. He overcame all without a single explosion of vivacity, leaviug the law to act, and never puting himself forward more than the emergency required. Few victories have been so memorable as the tranquil enfranchisment of an unhappy peo ple fioin the most degrading bonds to which man can be subjected. Proof was given at the same time to the entire nation that the proprietors, their former landlords, lost none of their real advantages ; nay, they gained in the end by an arrangement at once just and satisfactory for the master and his de pendents. To Denmark, under the rule of Frederick VI., must e awarded the honor of being the first Power to prohibit the slave trade in 1792, and to abolish slavery in 1803. A Bee-Tamer. The following is a des cription of a bee-charmer who has been ex citing great interest at the State fair at Sara toga : ' ' One of the greatest attractions on the ground was a great honey-bee monger,whose hat, while on his head was covered with bees, which appeared like a small swarm on a bush. He handled bees as if they were harm less flies. They crawled all over his person, in his hair, and on his face, and he put some of them in his mouth and blew them out, and handled them at pleasure. And what was most remarkable is, they were strange bees, attracted from the woods or from col onies in the country. Immense crowds of people hung around him, continually asking questions and purchasing the secret of col lecting bees from the forest or robbing their neighbors of their busy workers by remain ing quietly at home. When every bee was shaken from his hat and it was returned to his head, the buzzing swarm about In in would quickly return, completely covering his hat. The superintendent interfered, as he affirmed that such an exhibition drew away too many people. m Personal. Mr. Edward L. Plumb, who has been ap pointed Secretary of our Legation in Mexi co, is admirably qualified for that position. He has spent several years in Mexico, and part of them in qonnection with our Embas sy, and is thoroughly familiar, not only with the public men and public affairs of that country, but especially with the recent com plicated political changes which have occur curred. He speaks the language, has an agreeable address, and marked ability. His selection is eminently judicious, and will prove of essential aid to our new Minister. We understand that he will leave on the Suiquehanna to-day, with Hon. . Mr. Camp bell, and Gen. Sherman, for Vera Cruz. N. T. Time. The Missouri Legislature stands as follows : Senate. 2(5 Radicals and 8 Conservatives : House, 90 Radicals and 43 Conservative s. OFFICIAL. JAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. P.ned -it the Second Session of the Tliirty-seventh Congress, which wan begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, oh Monday, the second day of Pecanber, A. D. 1801, and inded on. Thursday, the 17 th day of July, A. D. 1862. PROCLOM a TIONS. Abraham Lincoln, President. Hannibal Ham lin, Vice President, and President of the Sen ate. Solomon Foote was eleeted President of the Senate, pro tempore, on the eightenth, day of July, and continued so to act until the close of the. session. Galcsha A Grow, Speaker of the House of Representatives. concluded. article v. The commission herein provided shall terminate its labors in nine months from and including the day of its orgauizatiou. They shall keep an ac curate record of all their proceedings, and they may appoint a secretary, versed in the knowledge of the English and of the Spanish languages, to assist in tin: transaction ot their business. And, for the conduct of such business, they are hereby authorized to make all necessary and iawful rules. article vi. The proceedings of this com mi sion shall be final and conclusive, with respect to all the claims of citizens of the United States, which, having ac crued prior to the date of this convention, nniy be brought before it for adjustment ; and the United States agree forever to release the Government of the Republic of Costa Riea lrom any farther ac countability for claims which shall be rejected, cither by the board of commissioners, or by the arbitrator, or umpire aforesaid ; or for such as, being allowed bj either the board or the umpire, the Government of Costa Kica thall have provid ed for and sutislied in the manner agreed upon in the fourth article. ARTICLE VII. In the event, however, that upon the tormina tiou of the labors of said commission stipulated for iu the tilth article of this convention, any case or euscs should be pending before the umpire, and awaiting his decision, it is hereby understood and agreed by the two contracting parties that, though the board of commissioners may, by such limita tion, have terminated tln-ir : mou, said umpire is hereby authorized :nd empowered to proceed to make his decision or award in such case or cases pending as aforesaid ; and, upon his certificate thereof, in each case, transmitted to each ot the two Governments, mentioning the amount of in demnity, if sucli shall have been allowed by him, together with the rate of interest specified by the fourth article, such decision or award shall be taken and held to be binding and conclusive, and it sliall work the same ctfect as though it had been made by both the commissioners under their on agreement, or by them upon decision of the case or of the cases, respectively, pronounced by tne umpire of said board, during the period prescrib ed for its sessions : Provided, however. That a decision on every case that may be peudiug at the termination of the labors of the board shall be given by tiie umpire within sixty days from their liual adjournment; aud that at the expiration of the said oixty days the authority and power here by granted to said umpire shall cease. AKT1CLE VIII Each government shall pay its own commis sioners; but t'.ie umpire, as well as the incidental expenses ol t.ie commission, includingthedel'rayal of the services of a secretary, who may be ap pointed under the tilty article, shall be paid one half by the United States, and the other half by tue Republic ot Costa Rica. ARTICLE IX. The present convention shall be approved and ratified by the President ol the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent ol the Senate of the said States; and by the Presi dent of the Republic of Costa liicu, with the con sent and approbation ot the Supreme Legislative Power oi'sairt Republic ; and the ratifications shall be exchanged in the city of Washington, within the space of eight moi.ths from the date of the signature hereof, or sooner if possible. Iu faith whereof, and by virtue of ourresp- ctive full powers, we, the tiudersigued, have siguedthe present conventioi , in duplicate, and have here unto affixed our seals. Done at the city of San Jose, on the second day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and in the eighty -fourth year of the in dependence of the United States of America, aud ot the independence of Costa Rica the thirty ninth. ALKX'R DIMITRT. l. s. MANUEL J. CAKAZO, L. s. FRAX'CO M. YGLESIAS, l. s. And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifica tions of the same were exchanged at Washington on the 9th instant, the time specified for that pur pose by the ninth article having been extended by the contracting parties : Now, therefore, be it known that I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States of America, have caused the 6aid convention to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this eleventh day of November, in the year of our Lord l. s.j oue thousand eiirht hundred and sixty one, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-bixth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President : William H. Sewabd, Secretary of State. Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Venezuela. Amity, Commerce, Navigation, and surrender of Fugitives. Con cluded at Caracas, August 27, 1800. Ratified by the President of the United States, February 26, 1861. Exchange of Ratifications, August 9, 1801. Proclaimed by the President of the United States, Sept. 25, 18C1. BY TUB FKESLDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, and for the surrender of fugitive crim inals, between the United States of America aud the Republic ol Venezuela, was concluded and signed ut Caracas, on the twenty-seventh day ol August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, which treaty being in the English and Spanish languages, is word tor word as lollows : The United States of America and the Republic of Venezuela, equally animated with the desire of maintaining the cordial relations, and of tighten ing, if possible, the bonds of friendship between the two countries, as well as to augment by all the means at their disposal, the commercial iuter course of their respective citizens, have mutually resolved to conclude a general convention ot amity, commerce and navigation, aud for the sur render ol fugitive criminals. For this purpose, they have appointed as their pleuipotciiliaries, to wit: the President of the United States, Edward A. Turpin, Minister Resident near die Government of Venezuela; and the President of Venezuela, Pedro de Las Cabas, Secretary of State in tue De partment of Foreign Relations, who, altera com munication of their respective full powers, have agreed to the following articles : ARTICLE L It is the intention of the high contracting parties that there shall continue to be a firm, inviolable, and universal peace, and a true and sincere friend ship between the Republics of the United States of America and Venezuela, and between their respec tive countries, territories, cities, towns, and peo ple, without exception of persons or places. If, unfortuuately, the two nations should become in volved in war, one with the other, the term of six months after the declaration thereof shall be al lowed to the merchants, aud other citizens and inhabitants respectively, on each side, during which time they shall be at liberty to withdraw themselves, with their effects and movables; which they shal have the right o carry away, send away, or sell, as they please, witheut tilts least obstruc tion ; nor shall their effects, much less their per sons, be seized during such term of six months ; on the contrary, passports shall be valid for a term necessary for their return, and shall be giveu to them for their vessels and the eflecta which thej may wish to carry with thtm or send away, and sucli passports shall be a safe conduct against the insults and captures, which privateers may at tempt against their persons and effects, and the money, debts, shares in the public funds, or in banks, or any other property, personal or real, belonging to the citizens of the one party in the territories of the other shall not be confiscated or sequestrated. ARTICLE II. The citizens ol each of the high contracting parties, residing or established in the territory of the other, shall be exempt li-om all compulsory military service by sea or by land, and from all f orced loans or military exactions or requisitions ; nor shall they be compelled to pay any contribu tions whatever higher or other taan those that are or may be paid by native citizens. ARTICLB IIL The citizens of the contracting parties shall be permitted to enter, sojourn, settle, and reside in all parts of said territories, and such as may wish to engage in business shall have the right to hire and occupy warehonscs, provided they submit to the laws, as well general as special, relative to the rights of travelling, residiug, or tradiug. While they conform to tue laws and regulations in force, they shall be at liberty to manage themselves their own business, subject to the jurisdiction of either party, as well iu respect to the consign ment and sale of their goods by wholesale or re tail, as with respect to the loading, unloading, and sending off their ships. They may also em ploy sucli agents or brokers as they may deem proper, aud shall in all these cases be treated as the citizens ot the country wherein they reside; it being, nevertheless, distinctly understood that they suall be subject to such laws and legulations also in respect to wholesale or retail. They shall have free access to the tribunals of Justice, in cases to which they may be a party, on the same terms which are granted by the laws and usage of the couuiry to native citizens; lor which pur poses they may employ in defence of their inter ests and rights such advocates, attorneys, and other ageuts as they may think proper. ARTICLE IV. The citizens of each of the high contracting parties, residing in the other, shall enjoy the most perfect liberty of conscience. They shall be subjected to uo iucouveuienees whatever on account of their religious belief. Nor shall they in any manner be annoyed or disturbed in the exercise of their religious worship iu private houses, or in the chapels and places which they may select for that purpose, provided that, in so doing, they observe the decorum due to the laws, usages, and customs of the country. It is like wise agreed that the citizens of the one country dying in the territory of the other, may be in terred cither in the ordinary cemeteries, or in such otl ers as may be selected for that purpose by their own government, or by their per&oua) friends or representatives, with the consent t,f the local aut.iorities. All such cemeteries and funeral proecssious going to or returning from them, shall be protected from violation or dis tui O.mcc. ARTICLR V. The citizens of each of the high contracting Xarties, within the jurisdiction ot tue ottier, shall have power to disjiose of their personal property by sale, donation, lestauient, or otherwise; and t.ieir personal representatives, being citizens of tne ot.ier contracting party, shall succeed lotheir personal property, whether by testament or ab intcstafo. j hey may take possession thereof, either by themselves or others acting for them, at their pleasure, and dispose of the same, paying such duty only as the citizens of the country wherein the said personal property is situated, shall be subject to pay in like cases. Iu tiie ub-M-ncc of a personal representative, the same care shall be taken of the property as by law would be taken of the property of a native iu a similar ease, whilst t' e lawful owner may take measures for securing it. If aquestiou should arise among claimants as to righttul ownership of the proper ty, the same shall be finally decided by the ju dicial tribunal of the country in wuicli it is situ ated. When on the decease of any person holding real estate within the territory of oue party, such real estate would by the law of the land descend on a citizen of the other were he not disqualified by alienage, the longest term which the laws of the country in which it Is situ ted will permit, shail be accorded to him to dispose of the same ; nor shall he be subjected, in doing so, to higher or otiier dues, than if he were a citizen of the country wherein such real estate is situated. ARTICLE VI. The high contracting parties hereby agree that whatever kind ol produce, manufactures, or mer chandise of auy foreign country can be, from time to time, lawfully imported into the United States in their own vessels, ma' also be imported in the vessels of Venezuela, and no higher or oth er duties upon the tonnage or cargo of the ves sels shall be levied or collected, whether the im- linportatioii be made iu a vessel under the nag ol the United States or a vessel under the flag of Venezuela. And reciprocally whatever kind ot produce, manufactures, or merchandise of any forcigu country can be, from time to time, law lully imported into Venezuela in her own vessels may also be imported in vessels of the United States, mid no hig! er or other duties upon the tonnage or cargo of the vessel shall be levied or collected, whether the importation be made in a vessel under the Hag of Venezuela, or under the flag of the United States. Whatever can be lawfully exported or re-exported by one party in its own vessels, to any foreign country, may in like manner be exported or re exported iu the vessels of the other; and the same duties, bounties, and drawbacks shall be cclletcd and anowed, whether such expiration or re-expiration be made iu vessels of the oneor theother. Nor shall higher or other charges of any kind be imposed iu the ports of any party on vessels ol the other, than are orshall be payable in the same port by national vessels. ARTICLE VII. The proceeding article is not applicable to the coasting trade of the contracting parties, which is respectively reserved by each exclusively for its own citizens. But vessels of cither country shall be allowed to discharge a part of their cargoes at one port, and proceed to any other port or ports in the ter ritories of the other to discharge the remainder, without paying higher or other port charges or tonnage dues than would be paid by national ves sels in such cases, so long ns this liberty shall be concccded to any foreign vessels by the laws ol both countries. ARTICLE VIIL For the better understanding of the prceed'ng stipulations, it has been agreed that every vessel belonging exclusively to a citizen or citizens of Venezuela, and whose captain is also a citizen of the same,, such vessel having also complied wi h all the other requisites established by law to ac quire such national character, though the con struction and crew are or may be foreign, shall be considered, for all the objects of this treaty, as a Venezuelan vessel. ARTICLE IX. No higher or other duty shall be imposed on the importation into the United States ot any ar ticle the growth, produce, or manufacture of Ve nezuela, or of her fisheries ; and no higher or other duty shall be imposed on the importation into Venezuela of any article the growth, produce or manufacture of the United States or their fish eries, than are or shall be payable on the like ar ticles the growth, produce, or manufactured' any other foreign country or its fisheries. No other or higher duties or charges shall be imposed in the United States on the exportation of any article to Venezuela, nor iu Venezuela, on the exportation of auy article to the United States, than such as are or shall be payable on the expor tation of the like article to any other foreign country-No prohibition shall be imposed on the impor tation of any article the growth, produce, or ma nufacture of the United States or their fisheries, or of Venezuela and her fisheries, from or to the ports ol the United States or Venezuela, which shall not equally extended to every other foreign country. If, however, either party shall hereaf ter grant to any other nation auy particular favor in navigation or commerce, i shall immediately become coinon to the other party, freely, where it sliall be freely grauted to such other nation, or ior the same equivalent, when the grant shall be conditional. ABTICCE x. : Should oneof the high contracting parties here after impose discriminating duties upon the pro- uuLir vi mijr isLijcr ijauou, tue otuer puny euu" at liberty to determine the manner of establish- ; . i , r . . . . .i ,i . .n t iu,4 due uijgiu uj unu proaucts lntcoucu IU cmvi the country by which the discriminating duties are imposed. ARTICLE XL When any vessel of cither party shall be wreck ed, stranded, or otherwise damaged on the coasts, or within the jurisdiction of the other, their res pective citizens shall receive as well for them selves as for their vessels and effects the same as sistance whidh would be due to the inhabitants of the country where the accident happeued, and they shall be liable to pay the same charges aud dues of salvage as the said inhabitants would be liable to pay in like case. If the repairs which a stranded vessel may re quire shall render it necessary that the whole or auy part of ber cargo should be unloaded, no du ties of custom, charges, or foes on such cargo as may be carried away shall be paid, except such as are payable in like case by national ves sel. It is understood nevertheless that if, while the vessel is under repair, the cargo shall be un laden and kept in a place of deposit destined for the reception of goods, the duties on which have not bceu paid, the cargo shall be liable to the charges aud fees lawfully due to the keepers of such warehouses. ARTICLE XII. It shall be lawful for the citizens of either country to sail with their ships and merchandise, (contraband goods always excepted,) from any port whatever, to any port of the enemy of the other, and to sail and trade with their ships and merchandise, with perfect security and liberty, from the countries, ports, and places of those who are enemies of either party, without any opposi tion or disturbance whatsoever, and to pass not only directly from the places and ports from the enemy aforementioned, to neutral ports and pla ces, but also from one place belonging to an ene my to another place belonging an enemy, whether they be or be not under the jurisdiction of the same Power, unices such ports or places be effec tually blokaded, besieged, or invested. And whereas if frequently happens that vessels sail for a port or place belonging to an enemy without knowing that the same is either besieged,, blockaded, or invested, it is agreed that every vessel so circumstanced may be turned away from such port or place, but she shall not be detained, nor any part of her cargo, (if not contraband,) be confiscated, unless, after notice of such blockade or investment, she shall again attempt to enter; but she shall be permitted to go to any otherport or place she shall think proper; provided the same be not blockaded, or invested. Nor shall a ny vessel of either of the parties that may have entered into such port or place before the same was actually besieged, blockaded, or invested by the other, be restrained by quitting such place with her cargo, nor, if found therein after the re duction and surrender of such place, shall such vessel or her cargo be liable to confiscation, but they shall be restored to the owners thereof. " ARTICLE XIII. In order to regulate what shall be deemed con traband of war, there shall be comprised under that denomination, gunpowder, saltpetre, petards, matches, balls, bombs, grenades, carcasses, pikes, halberts, swords, belts, pistols, holsters, cavalry saddles aud furniture, cannons mortars, theircar riages and beds, and generally all kinds of arms, ammunition of war, and instruments fit for the use of troops; all the above articles, whenever they are destined to the port of an enemy, arehe rebv declared to be contraband, and just obiects of confiscation ; but the vessel iu which they are laden, and the rcoidue of the cargo, shall beVon sidcred tree, and not in any manner infected by the prohibited goods, whether boloughig to the same or a different owner. ARTICLE XIV. It is hereby stipulated - hat free ships shall give a freedom to goods, and that everything shall be deemed tree and exempt which shall be found on board the ships belonging to the citizens of either of the contracting parties, although the whole lading, or any part thereof, should appertain to t.ie eueniies of either, coutiabaud goods being al ways excepted. It is also agreed, in like manner, that the same liberty be extended to persons who are on board free ship, with this effect, that al though they be enemies to either party, they are uot to be taken out of that tree ship unless they are soldiers, and in actual service of the enemy. ARTICLE xv. In time of war the merchant ships belonging to the citizens of either of the contracting parties which shall be bound to a port ot the enemy of one of the parties, and concerning whose voyage and the articles of their cargo there shall be just grounds of suspicion, shall be obliged to exhibit, as well upon the high seas as in the ports or roads, not only their passports but likewise their certificates, showing that their goods are not ot the quality ot those'which are specified to be con traband in the thirteenth article of the present convention. ARTICLE XVI. And that captures on light suspicions may be avoided, aud injuries thence arising prevented, it is airreed that when one party shall be ensrasred in war, and the other party be neutral, the ships of the neutral party shall be turnishea with pass ports, that it may appear thereby that the ships really belong to the citizens of the neutral party; they shall be valid for any number of voyages, but shall be reuewed every year that is, if the ship happens to return home in the space of a year. If t lie ships are laden they shall be provi ded, not only with the passports above mention ed, but also with certificates, so that it may be known whether they carry any contraband goods. No other paper shall be required, any usage or ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding. Aud it it shall not appear lrom the said certificates that there are contraband goods on board, the ships shall be permitted to proceed on their voy age. If it shall appear from the certificates that there are contraband goods on board any such ship, and the commander of the same shall offer to deliver them up the offer shall be accepted, and a receipt lor the same shall be given, and the ship shal' be at liberty to pursue its voyage unless the quantity of the contraband goods be greater than can conveniently be received on board the 6hip-of-war or privateer, in which case, as in all other coses of just detention, the ship shall be carried into the nearest safe and convenient port for the delivery of the same. If any ship shad uot be furnished with such passport or certificates as are above required lor the same, such case m be examined by a proper judge or tribunal, aud if it shall appear from other documents or proofs, admissible bj' the usage of nations, that the ship belongs to the citi zens or subjects of the neutral party, it shall not be confiscated, but shall be released with her car go, (contraband goods excepted,) and be permit ted to proceed on her voyage. If the roaster of a ship, named in the passport, should happen to die, or be removed by any other other cause, and another put in his place, the ship and cargo shall, nevertheless, be equally secure, aud the passport remain in full force. ARTICLE XVII. If the ships of the citizens of either of the par ties shall be met wnu on tue nign seas, oy any ship-of-war or privateer ot the other, for the avoi ing of any disorder, the said ships-of-war or privateers shall remain out of cannon shot, and may send their boats on board the merchant ship which t hey shall so meet with, and may enter her to the number of two or three men only, to whom the master or commander of such ship shall ex hibit his passport concerning the property of the ship; and it is expressly agreed that the neutral party shall in no case be required to go on board the examining ves elforthe purpose of exhibit ing his papers, or-for aiiy other examination whatever. ARTICLE XVIII. It is expressly agreed by the high contracting parties that the stipulations above mentioned, relative to the conduct to be observed on the sea by the cruisers of the belligerent party towards the ships of the neutral party, shall be applicable only to ships sailing without convoy, and when the said ships shall be convoyed, it being the in tention of the piuties to observe all the regards due to the protection of the flag displayed by public ships, it shall not be lawful to visit them ; bnttheveibal declaration of the commander of the convoy that the ships he convoys belong to the nation whose flag he carries, and that they have no contraband goods on board, shall be con sidered by the respective cruisers as fully suffi cient; the two parties reciprocally eugaging not to admit under the protection of their convoys ships which shall have on board contraband goods destined to an enemy. ARTICLE XIX. In all cases where vessels shall be captured, or detained to be carried into port, under preteuce ot carrying to the enemy contraband goods, the captor shall give a receipt for such of the papers of the vessel as he shall retain, which receipt shall be annexed to a copy of the 6aid papers ; and it shall be unlawful to break up or open the hatches, chests, trunks, casks, bales, or vessels found on board, or remove the smallest part of the good , unless the lading be brought on shore in presence ol the competent officers, and an in ventory be made by them of the same. Nor shall it be lawful to sell, exchange, or alienate the said articles ot contraband in any manner, unless there shall bar been lawlnl process, and the com petent judges shall have pronounced against such goods sentence of confiscation. ARTICLE XX. And in such time of war, that proper care may be taken ot the vessel and cargo, and embezzle ment prevented, it is agreed that it shall not be lawful to remove the master, commander, or su percargo of auy captured ship from on board thereof, during the time the ship may be at sea after her capture, or pending the proceedings agaiust her, or her cargo, or anything relating thereto ; and in all cases where a vessel of the citizens of either party shall be captured or seized and held for Adjudication, her officers, passengers, and crew sliall be hospitably treated ; they shall not be imprisoned or deprived of any part ol their wearing apparel, nor of the possession and use of their money, not exceedingfor the captain, supercargo, aud mate five hundred dollars each, and lor the sailors aud passengers one hundred dollars each. ARTICLE XXI. It is further agreed that in all cases the estab lished courts for prize causes, iu the country to which the prizes may be conducted, shall alone take cognizance of them. And whenever such tribunal of either of the parties shall pronounce judgment against any vessel, or goods, or prop ty claimed by the citizens ot the other party, the sentenee or decree shall mention the reasons or motives on which the same shall have been foun ded, and an authenticated copy of the sentence or decree, aud of ail the proceedings iu the case, shall, if demanded, be delivered to the command er or agent of the said vessel without any delay, he paying the legal fees for the same. ARTICLE XXII. And that more abundant care may be taken for the security ol the citizens of the contracting parties, and to prevent their suffering injuries, all commanders of ships-of-war and privateers, aud all others the said citizens shall forbear doing any damage to those of the other party, or commit ting auy outrage against them, and if they act to the contrary they shall be punished, and shali also be bound In their persons and estates to make satisfaction and reparation for ail damages, aud the interest thereof, of whatever nature the said damages may be. For this cause all commanders of nrivateers. before they receive their commissions, shall here- j itnei uc uuiiguu iu ive, ueiore a t-uuipcieni. juuie sufficient security by at least two responsible sureties, who have no interest in the said priva tcer, each of whom, together with Hie said com mander, shall be jotutfy and severally bound in the sum of seven thousand dollars, or of nine thousand four hundred dollars Veneznleu cur rency, or if said ship be provided with above one hundred and fifty seamcu or soldiers, in the sum of fourteen thousand dollars, or eighteen thou sand eight hundred dollars Venezuelan currency, to satisly all damages and injuries which the said privateer, or her officers or men, er auy tf them, may do or commit during her cruise, contrary to the tenor of this convention, or to the laws and instructions for regulating their conduct; and, further, that in all cases of aggressions, said com mission shall be revoked and annulled. ARTICLE XXIII. When the ships-of-war of the two contracting parties or those belouging to their citizens wbicn are armed in war shall be admitted to cuter with their prizes the ports of either ot the two parties, the said public or private ships, as well as their prizes, shall not be obliged to pay any duty either to tue oimcrs ot the place, the jiulircs, or any others; nor shall such prizes, when they come to and enter the ports of either party, be arrested or or seizea, nor shall the omcers ot the place make examination concerning the lawfulness of such prizes, but they may hoist sail at any time and depart and carry their prizes to the places ex pressed iu their commissions, which the com manders of such ships-of-war shall be obliged to show. It is understood, however, that the priv ileges conferred by teis article shall not extend beyond those allowed by law or by treaty with the most favored nations. ARTICLE XXrV. It shall not be law ful for any foreign privateers who have commissions from any prince or State in enmity with either nation to lit their ships in the ports ol cither, to sell their prizes, or iu any manner to exchange them; neither shall they be allowed to purchase provisions, except such as shall he necessary to their going to the next port ot that prince or State from which they have re ceived their cammissions. ARTICLE XXV. No citizen of Venezuela shall apply for or take any commission or letters of marque for arming any ship or shins to act as privateers against the said United States, or any of them or against the citizens, people, or inhabitants ot tne said United States, or any of them, or against the property of any ot the inhabitants ol any oi them, lrom any prince or State with which the said United States shall be at war ; nor shall auy citizen or inhabitant ot the said Lmted states, or any ot them, apply for or take any commission or letters of marque tor arming any ship or ships to act as privateers against the citizens or inhabitants of Venezuela, or any of them, or the property of auy of them, from any prince or State with which the said Re public shall be at war; and if any person of either nation shall take such commissions or letters ol marque, he shall be punished according to their respective laws. ARTICLE XXVI. The high contracting parties grant to each other the liberty of having in the ports of the other consuls or vice-cousuls of their own appointment, who shall enjoy the same privileges and powers as those of the most fav red nation ; but it any of the said consuls or vice consuls shall carry on trade, they shall be subjected to the same laws and usages to which private individuals ot their nation are subjected iuthe same place. It is understood that whenever either of the two contracting parties shall select a citizen of the other for a consular agent, to reside in any ports or commercial places ot the latter, such consul or agent shall continue to be regarded, notwith standing his quality ol a forcigu consul, as a citi zen of tue nation to which he belongs, and conse quently shall be subject to the laws and regula tions to which natives are subjected in the place of his residence. This obligation, however, shall in no respect embarrass the exercise ot his con sular functions or affect the inviolability of the consular archives. The said consuls and vice-consuls shall have the right, as such, to sit as judges and arbitrators in such differences as may irise between the masters and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation whose interests arc committed to their charge without the interference of the local authorities, unless their assistance should be required, or the conduct of the crews or of the captain should dis turb the order or tranquility of the country. It is, however, understood that this species 01 judg ment or arbitration shall not deprive the contend ing parties of tiie right they have to resort, on their return, to the judicial authority of their own country. The said consuls and vice-consuls are authoriz ed to require the assistance ol the local authori ties for the arrest and imprisonment of the de serters from the ships of-war and merchant ves sels of their country. For this purpose they shalT apply to the competent tribunals, judges, and officers, and shall, in writing, demand such de serters, proving by the exhibition ot the registers of the vessels, the muster rolls of the crews, or by any other official documents, that such indi viduals formed part of the crews; and on this claim being substantiated the surrender shall not be refused. Such deserters, when arrested, shall be placed at the disposal of the consuls and vice consuls, and may be confined in the public prisons at the request and cost of those who shall claim them, in order to be sent to the vessels to which they belong, or to others of the same country. But if not sent back within three months of the day of their arrest, they 6hall be set at liberty, and shall uot again be arrested forthe same cause. However, if the deserter shall be foand to have committed any crime or offence, his surrender may be delayed until the tribunal before which his case shall he pending shall have pronounced its sentence and such sentence shall have been carried into effect.' ARTICLE XXVII. The United States of America and the Republic of Venezuela, on requisitions made in their name through the medium of their respective diplo matic and consular agents, shall deliver up to justice persons who, being charged with the crimes enumerated in the following article, committed within the jurisdiction of the requiring party, shall seek asylum or shall be found within the ter ritories of the other : Provided, That this shall be done only when the fact of the commission ot the crime 6ball be so established as to justify their apprehension and commitment lor trial, if the crime had bcn committed in the country where the persons so accused shall be found ; in all of which the tribunals of said country shall proceed and decide according to their own laws. ARTICLE XKVIIL Persona shall be delivered up, according to the provisions ot this convention, who shall be charg ed with any of the ollowing crimes, to wli :. , murder, (including assassination, parricide, in--fanticide, and poisoning; attempt to commit mni der ; rape ; torgerv ; the counterfeiting of money; arson ; robbery with violence, intimidation, or forcible ent ry of an inhabited house ; piracy ; em bezzlement by public officers, or by persons hired . or salaried, to the detriment of their employers, when these crimes are subject to infamous punish ' ment. - : ' ARTICLE XXIX. v. :. On the part of each country the surrender shal be madu only by the authority of the executive thereof. The expenses ol detention and delivery effected in virtue of the preceding articles, eh all u' be at the cost of the party making the demand. ARTICLE xxx. The provisions of the aforegoing articles relat- ' ing to the surrender of fugitive criminals shall not , apply to offences committed before the date here- of, nor to those of a political character. ARTICLE XXXI. This convention is conclnded for the term of eight years, dating from the exchange of the rati fications ; aud if one year before the expiration of that period neither of the contracting parties shall have announced, by an official notification, its In tention to the other to arrest the operations of said convention, it shall continue binding for twelve months longer, and so on, from year to year, until the expiration of the twelve months which will follow a similar declaration, whatever the time at which it may take place. ARTICLE XX XII. This convention shall be submitted on both sides to the approval and ratification of the re spective competent authorities of each ot the con tracting parties, and the ratifications shall be ex changed at Caracas, as soon as circumstances shall . admit. Iu faith whereof the respective plenipotentia ries have signed the aforegoiug articles, in the English and Spanish languages, and they have hereunto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate, at the city of Caracas, this .. twenty-seventh auy of August, in the year of our . Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty. E. A. TURPIN. L. . PEDRO DE LAS CASAS. i -l And whereas the soid treaty has been duly rati fied on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged in the city of Caracas on the ninth day of August last: Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham. Lincoln, President of the United States of Ameri ca, have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same, aud every clause and article thereof, may be observed und" fulfilled by the United States and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-liith day of July, in the yearof l. s.J our Lord one thousand eight hundred . and sixty-one, aud of the independence of the United States of America the eighty-sixth. ABRAHA LINCOLN. By the President: William II. Seward, Secretary of State. Treaty between ttc United States of America and the Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indi..ns of the Up per Arkansas River. Concluded, February 18, 1761. Ratified, with amendment, August 6, 1801. Amendment accepted, October 29, 1861. Proclaimed, December 5, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Ol" AMERICA : To all and Singular to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: JThereas, a treaty was made and conclnded at Fo-t Wise, in the Territory of Kansas, on the eighteenth day ot February, in the year one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-one, by and between Albert G. Boone and F. B." Culver, commission ers on the part of the United States, and the: ben - ' alter named chief's and delegates of the confeder a ed aribes of Arapahoe aud Cheyenne Indians of the Upper Arkansas River, they being duly au thorized thereto by said tribes, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit : Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at Fort Wise, in the Territory of Kansas, on the eighteenth day of February, in the ' yearof our Lord one thousand eight hundred and' sixty-one, by and between Albert G. Boone aud ' F. B. Culver, commissioners on the part ot the United States, and the following named chiefs and delegates, representing the confederated tribes of Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians of the Upper Arkansas Eiver, viz: Little Raven, Storm, Shave-Head, and Big Mouth, (on the part of the Arupahoes,) and Black Kettle, White Antelope, Lean Bear, Little Wolf, Tall Bear, and Lett Band or Namos, (on the part of the Cheyennes,) they being thereto duly authorized by said confedera ted tribes of Indians. Article 1st. The said chiefs and delegates of said Arapahoe and Cheyenne tribes of Indians do hereby cede und relinquish to the United States all the lands now owned possessed, or claimed by them, wherever situated, except a tract to be reserved for the use of said tribes located within the following described boundaries, to wit: Be ginning at the mouth of the Sandy Fork of the Arkansas River, and extending westwardly along the said river to the mouth ot Purgatory River; thence along the west bank of the Purgatory River to the northarn boundary ol the Territory of New Mexico ; thence west along said bounda ry to a point where a line drawn due south from a point on the Arkansas River, five miles east of the mouth of the Huerfano River, would inter sect said northern boundary of New Mexico ; thence due north from that point on said bound- ary to the Sandy Fork to the place of beginning. The Arapahoca and Cheyennes, being desirous of promoting settled habits of industry and en terprise amongst themselves, by abolishing the tenure in common by which they now bold their ' lrnds, and by assigning limited quantities thereof in severalty to the individual members of the re spective tribes, to be cultivated and improved -for their individual use and benefit, it is hereby . agreed and stipulated that the tract of country contained within the boundary above described, shall be set apart and retained by them for the purposes aforesaid. - According to an understanding among them selves, it is hereby agreed between the United States and the said tribes that the said reservation shall be surveyed and divided by a line to be ran due north from a point on the northern boundary of New Mexico, fifteen miles west of the Purga tory River, and extending to the Sandy Fork of the Arkansas River, which said line shall estab lish the eastern boundary of that portion of the reservation, to be hereafter occupied by the Chey ennes, and the western boundary of that portion ol 6aid reservation to be hereafter occupied by the. Arapahoes. Article 2d. Out of the lands so set apart and. retained there shall be assigned to each member of said tribes, without distinction of age or sex, a tract of forty acres, to include. In every case, as far as practicable, a reasonable portion of timber and water ; one hundred and sixty acres of said retained lands shall also be 6et apart and appro-' priated to the use and occupancy of the agent j lor the time being, of said tribes; and one nun-1 dred and sixty acres shall also be reserved out of. each division of the retained tract for the estab-, lisbment and support of schools for the education of the youth of the tribes. ' ' ' The location of the tract, the aasigment of which is provided for in this article, shall be made in as regular and compact a manner as possible, and so as to admit of a distinct and well defined exterior boundary, embracing the whole of them, and any intermediate portions of parcels of land or water not Included in or made part of the tracts assigned in severalty. ' All such intermediate parcels of land and water shall be owned in common by the tribe occupying that portion of the reservation within the limlta of which said parcels of land and water may be included ; but iu case of increase in the tribe, or other cause rendering it necessary or expedient, the said intermediate parcels of laud shall be sub ject to distribution and assigmcnt in such mannef as the Secretary of the Interior may prescibe and direct. The whole of the lands, assigned and nnasslgn ed, embraced within the exterior boundary here in designated, shall constitute and be known a the Reservation ot the Arapahoes and Cheyennes ' of the Upper Arkansas ; and all laws whtth have been or may be passed by the Congress of the Uj nited States regulating trade and intercourse with Indian tribes, shall have full force and effect over the same, and no white person, except as shall be in the employment ot the United States, shall be allowed to reside or go upon any portion of i said reservation without the written permission of the superintendent of the ceiralsupintendecy, ojr of the agent of the tribes. - TO BE COKTUrCWV e