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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF NcA TR^EANS
« 11 1 11 ■ "'*
I im ANI> THE UNITED STATES.
tn th* Senate, Mr. Brr< a * • ,**'J
following joint resolution
Whlkea*. The island ol Cuba i
aad ,• t,u« snuggling tor miej
ba-rj uii I'trodvm lot all, wi hout regard to
feire. ■ffilor and previous * uiiu;i »u. ami
Wherea-. The Spauish government sus
tain? tue war against the Cubans with a
view to keep iu force the institution <♦. sla
very ami tiie slave trade: atol
\\ a-. i heir repie~eutati es in that
unfortunate island have lorceil into slae* i t
again more tliau o i.oOO uo u who were set
free by their lormer owners (the C u nan.-,
and tliV liiey force into slavery all colored
prisoners of war who were or had been set
free hr tue Cubans; and
Whereas. The Dpan:-h authorities in
Cuba regardless of the disposition or the
Spanish Cortes, ordering that the new horn
colored persons are to be considered free,
•do allow and give their sanction to the sale
of said infants, regardless and in defiance
of the human and philanthropic sentiments
of all civilized peoples: and .
Whereas, The government of the Lotted.
States, fir reasons which we can not con
oeive, nave, against the desire ot a majority
of its people, given to the Spanish govern
ment material aid against the Cubans,
thereby aiding aud assisting in the continu
ation ot said barbarous institution of slavery
at our own doors with great prejudice to
trad. : and^
peoi
Whereas, The people of the I cited
States have suffered during four long years
the calamities of a ter: line internecine war
for the abolition of said institution: and
Whereas. We, the free people o! the
United Siates, can not see with indifference
the brutal, cruel and inhuman condition of
•our fellow-men, suffering tor the same cause
the ruo»t atrocious peisecutioU'i therefore.
Resolved. That the Senate and House of
Hepresontalives ol the Stat-* ol Louisiana,
in ileueral Assembly convened, actuated
and animated by the most noble and hu
mane sentiments, con :Uer it their duty to
urge upon Congress our desires that their
efforts should be put forth looking to a
speedv suppression ot slavery in tiie island
ot Cuba: and furthermore, that we con
sider that the allowance to the Cuban gov
ernment by the government of the United
States, of the same privileges allowed to
ths Spanish government, would tend to
the oesired emancipation .U slaves in
the unfortunate island ot Cuba, and that
we would see with grat i neat ion and
joy any decided and effective measures
taken by our government to that effect; and
furthermore, that we feci conlidentof the
support and countenance, ol the civilized
world, as well as the approbation and en
couragement of every lover of humanity,
especially of the people of the United
•States, iu this our desires to demand the
wiping away of the last vestige of slavery
now axis ing on the American continent, as
well as to destroy the odious bonds of
slavery m 'he island ot Cuba, iu which
uu/asanus of rational beings are now groan
ing, as the victims of brute force and the
most shameful criminal traffic which the
enemies of liberty have ever invented.
In support of this resolution Mr. Burch
made the following speech:
Mr. President, slavery in the island of
Cuba presents two sides to this impoitant
First—The relatioi of the United States
m its support of Spaoi-h rule in Cuba, and
the coiise.pient assismice to the Spanish
government iu its maintenance of suiverv
oa that island, which ol it-eli is ol more
importance to the American people than is
generally estimated.
Secondly—The iniquity anu injustice ot
the Spanish governm ni. seeking i>y armed
force to maintain and perpetuate this ac
cursed system on that uulortunate island.
Concerning the first proposition. I do not
propose to make any extended remarks,
leaving it to the rulers ot the American
people to determine whether they will be
responsible for the maintenance of African
slavery under Spanish rule. I will say, how
ever, that it is perfectly competent and cor
rect for the government of the United States
to judge when the insiulection iu Cuba lias
passed into a civil war. that war having
for its ends and obhe's tli« throwing off
the shackles of human slavery, forced upon
one man by another, supported by noearthljr
reason than that "might makes right;'' this
••might" is backed by Spanish muskets in
S'.autsU hands, aided ai:J strengthened by
: ssistance given to the Spanish govern
ment by th. United Slates, i here can be tie
ffi.ubt ot tiiis judgm . cl. the part ot the
United states, lor tin law ot nations clearly
defines l..' •■■uiJition*. and •-.cb govern
ment can decide for;'self when such n
war. Thin conflict
stween the Spanish
oiiacteristics ol reci
••h we copy the lol
u; a prominent jour
'• met, tinrifr
;■) ra se50,001)
rtiot emerges into a • i
eu the island ol Cube
authorities and the <
has assumt d all the •
a w ar. In proof of i
lowing conclusions u
nal in this city:
t. The patriots ha ve l..
ar.i.s They claim an ability
if tiiev had arms lor them.
That The v«ry first acts <d' the patriots
was to declare the slaves free—the equality
o: :h- blacks and whites on terms of unity.
;i. That they have no idea of any surren
der to i he Spanish government, whose
known rule ol wart .re is undistinguished
,i . : ictiun without regard to age or sex.
4. That the resources of the country will
enable the patriots to continue the war in
definitely.
That the pendency of the Alabama
claims was deemed a restraint upon the
a non ol our government iu recognizing
■ bell gerenoy of the combatants.
l- o ir y ears of a v • •. rivaling the strug
c> far American independence, sustained
v an uuarmed but resolu t aud deter
n ned people against he whole maritime
and military power ot s -am. eou.d not pass
0 . w • ut < xcitii .■ the attei ion of the
world, and above all. . ie people of America:
v • ij be p ru ted to be sei t onal,
1 > colored people >: • ■ • I'uiteU Sta es,
vv. •>. having.just erne:g.-d from the horrors
lad o.iii'iirities ot American -.ai»■ ijv. know
o no race of people cm Hod's earth either so
•auiottnnate or ignobh :•• to iuln- Slavery
a:ul .:- • * ucumitun* curses. No. sir. s •
s our love for liberty, that we
glad vi ices witn the serfs of
their libciatinn Horn their task
ross lrou. i if lire to the. V, c-t
uutvi r
ir.ug'.e
id ,-.?;a
in .cater
I mi.a :
mi
ls.aiuts aud shout witii joy with the
disei thrslh t being-. mol then,
g nearer our ireeu country to Cuba,
• cow grappling in deathly strife with
villa-headed monster s.a very, utnl
.i- oh jests of the special benefits of
r. lend, if necessary, on; lortuncs. our
md our sacred honors, tea' she may
finah.v i 'in in tile
ud
-ho are
11 nia\
i'll
it. Tii.it we
o, Spanish
only. The
engagediu
honor <•:
h.: represt
• I -, and a
is in
UOuU
I . •' -
e lorever
■ alleged, M
s»re meddling in the affair- i
g ivcrnn - nt. from om s'.audp
whole Spanish govin.ment
enforcing slavery up. u the
island i . Cuba: but such, f
tact. To the everlasting
Spaniards, there are some u
t.ve turn who denounce sh
its uidiolders. American s
t o 'cuotlgh. but Span-a
victims of brute force and
1 and criminal trad e wh •
<•: greed aud cupidity Las ever invented."
s inish slavery is made up of pme. uua!
loved wickedness: i: spans neither age.
S' v n r color: it defies competition and
9 uu> comparison, and upon that uufortu
c ite island slavery, under soaniah ruie.lies
9 aied .• ••tt. and stand- ;n the mdi-piitalde
!>• «.-e—ion of a detestable pic-ouiiueiiie. In
order to show that by n,e passage ot th:
reeoliit:ou we but second t: o earnest up
J -al Ot ertaiu Span, lids. « h» i. vc Sou :u
n 'tie t':.> l->s. but liberty more, and who
a D seeching their t. it.metit t- >..•-••
li- persecution of th
v hose only crime Is ti
n fie.-i: ti. rather :
We call the atteution
tat ns froa the sp » delivered in 1
• - wish Cortes a 1 . > responding j
to tin- s-nat.-• ou the :. • > • :i . : j
m the l-iaud et Cuba. j
- . S«ni r e. ot • set it • :
i tmnoi Dia t •• • "The J
tiiat I ng to in- J
di t a loDg speech up. u it. -iui r i ha'e no
in ten t ion •: going dect -y • M u stion. ;
but on : v to express t
-liter the period vf icdr y •* 4 whi-.w Lij j
elapsed since our glorious revolution, one
of whose first mottoes was freedom for th
slave. Spain still bears the disgrace of bein;
the only civilized country which upholds
slavery in its territory. It m iv be truly
said that it is not Spauish territory, since,
wherever slavery exists can not be .Spanish
soil. • • • And yet in Cuba we see all
trampled on desjioticitlly. aud a system of
slavery in force which is a disgrace to any
nation ''
In the Senate, on the eighteenth of Oc
tober, Senor Ed ward o B°not said:
A few years ago 1 knew irrie or nu'liing
of colonial questions. I was aware only
that in the colonies slavery flourished, and
the generous spirit of this age made me ab
hor and curse our mlamous colonial sys
in. But the minority of the constituent
Cortes allotted to me the special study ot
the Cuban aud Porto Rican estimates, aud
1 ilien saw that .Spain sustained iu the An
tilles a shameful crime that pervades every
thing corrupts everything, exercises over
everything a deadly influence and dis
honors us throughout civilization.
Iu speaking of Cuba this gentleman said:
Cuba is groaning under the scourge o!
arbitrary power No code, no constitu
tion, the principles ot modern law are
trampled iu the dust, and the ancient laws
are disregarded. Children are immolated,
judgment is passed oa the dead, the inno
cent suffer lor tiie guilty, human ears are
fried and eaten, the only power is brute
force, the vile greed ot bail officials, anil
the infamy of pirates and slavers. The in
alienable rights of the Cubans have been
torn from them by unrighteous, tyran
nical and iniquitous laws, and they
had the right to protest, which they have
dona ai sie first instance, and then it was
very natural * * * I now enter
into the black quest ion Spain has reserved
to herself the sad privilege of upholding
slavery, but the fact is, my lords, that ever
since April. 13b), the insurrectionists have
made a constitution, and iu one of its ar
ticles is decreed the immediate abolition of
slavery. The insurrectionists from the very
fact of being so, have let their slaves go
free, but the government, in virtue of the
extraordinary proceeding of appropriation,
haa been converting these freedmen into
slaves, and their number Las already
reached the respectable total of fifty thou
sand men or more. What, then, does the
government intend to do with these fifty
thousand slaves, and why doe* Spain keep
free men iu slavery, thus making slave* of
men that aie free instead of giving freedom
to slaves? Iu speaking of article five of the
preparatory act, for the abolition of slavery,
this gentleman said: "The article admits ot
no doubt, and declares that ail slaves, who
from any cause belong to the State, shall he
free.'' In speaking of the present system of
slavery ou the isSaud ot Cuba. Le said:
"Formerly the parents could purchase the
mauumission oi an unbornjihild for twenty
five dollars, and for double that sum couid
emancipate a child under one year oi age;
this right is now denied them, and they are
subjected to a servitude which i» an
opprobrious aggravation of the old slavery.''
Formerly the guardianship o? children
belonged to parents, now it belong* to the
slave owner. Formerly the owner of slaves
barn since 1817. the year when the treaty
was signed with England, was at any time
xposeii to the intervention of a humane
authority, which might say. ••set that u gro
at liberty, pay the laborer his hire, and re
compense him and his children for the
harm you have done them iu depriving
them of their freedom, wldle you answer
for your crime as a pirate and a slaver."
The slaveholder of to day car. frauquidy
live on the toil «f bis negroes, bv virtue of
a Spanish act organizing slavery—a law or
ganizing a crime- Iu defense of the Cubans
lor thus uprising against the Spauish go
vernment, he said—iusteadof saving as you
propose to say, iu «fleet—' Cabans lay
down your arms, aud we, who have never
fulfilled any of the promises we have made
you, will give you back the rights that we
could never deprive you of" We should
say: • Cubans, here are your lights, now
lay down your arms, and let us embrace
and be brothers, living happily together iu
the bosom of our national unity."
Ou the sixteenth day of October. 187ti,
Senor Gala said: "There iCaba) in a
Spanish province and w ith Spanish sub
jects (I am not sure whether the negroes
are so considered. I should almost imagine
not. seeing the barbarous treatment tiiey
are subjected to), during the rule of a de
mocratic government, a government that
recognizes the unconditional aud inalien
able character of right, liberty of the sub
ject is subordinated to enable us civilized
men. who deserve to be called savages, to
jlitaiu our comfort* aud our luxuries iu
jxehange for the blood aud tears of poor
negroes, who have no rights at all. Can
tin re t.c »ai 1 to be a spark of liberalism iu
iveruine.nt wit.eh allow* a nag!.: clave
to rest in-Cab« I
Ii the House «>{ if pr-? n tlta?ive» on the
!i::ii of October, 1B72, Seuoi Orense said:
• Slavery is in every war incompatible.
in?
with the interests ot the revolu
Tso the honor of Spain. • • •
D i« most urgent, then, that we should
abolish slavery at one blow, adopting at
tie: same time the necessary measures for
the preservation of order aud the protec
tion of respectable vested interests."
Iu the Spanish Congress, on the four
teenth ot October. 1812, Don Nicholas Sal
tuaron, delivered a speech on this subject,
and said: "I come m the name of right, for
the welfare of the colonies, and lor the
sake ot our own honor, to ask you to hasten
at once to abolish slavery without indem
nity; to say to Cuba that you give them
these reforms of your own accord; that our
soldiers carry at their bayonet points lib
erty for the blacks, who uphold and help
the insurrection. Grant to the Cubans the
assurance that iu the future they shall live
like a free people, at liberty to unite their
destinies to those of Spain, which hence
forward should have no other wish than to
seek to educate them aud tit them tor the
noble life of modern civilization. And this
consummation. f.eutlemea. iu-tead ot Spain
aspiring to be the organ of Latin-America
id the old «outui. at, aud bringing lutlier
word cl the democratic institutions,
only posei!il • in those countries, which
have drained Their independence by
breaking the bonds of monarchy: instead
of contributing more than any oi the na
tions ot Europe to prepare the union aud
all lance ol the two continents, whereby we
might in time say to America. * Gur errors
and iaults ars now expiatnl; we oppressed
and p!undated you.and our power decayed,
youi civil discords being stiii standing cou
ut muatiou ol our tule. but henceforward
v.e will woik more than ever to spread
among yon European civilization, and by
thus sowing liberty and culture in a hith
erto proscribed race, we shall emulate the
Anglo-Saxon in contributing to the aggran
dizement oi the m w continent, where a
> -nor San.'
face to face, who cruelly reminds me that I
belong to a .'ouutry which still has bonds
men and allows slavery, my face blushes
with shame, aud I would fain have iu my
hands—in these poor. w. ak hands—strength
enough to crush at a blow—at one great
blow—:h,.' three tailed standard that you
i mservativi s have been obliged to with
draw fiom t!;e .'••tnusul.i. but want sti.l to
brandish ii < • —• ish, Isay, at
on< stroke tho * shame 1 chains >f slavery
which so u'lroc' us. Not another woru,
gentlemen. If you love .justice, it yon love
truth, it you want to act for the real honor
ol Spain, 1 pray you to dj justice to our
colonial brothers."
11 . ■ ■ twentv-seventh of < t >t»er, 1872,
Senor Ganido. in auswer to a demand for
more troops by the span.-a government to
it down the Cuban insurrection, said:
• ■ i say y t want 1 1
*», : to •. . tin Cub it. in
t ..... • >u !..»* ..I:* adv ex •
I'.'.U
but
it. b -hit
lift v 1
• tiiat
' line
:non
do with Cuba is. not to send twelve tlrou
sand more men from Spain. .: • • ten i k
from Cnha Uithec-the twelve tin ...
•u.crt which *re ■ iriug it: what you
must d h Cuba is. to send her liberty.
,i itgn it deal libetty at
tracts mollifies and renders thankful its
: pient. Let, then, liberty be sent thither,
nd allot the Cut ..ns to g . •: Ives
iik< the res oi the Spanish provin —. lean
S'-., you: that the qi'O-V .* U .'a is.
* m •
j unity
of prop
c ]'icp ires
it more
vili ;a
lion.'"
>a nisi
Congri
s. on the
euth of
S7J,
i.-hamed
ot' Spain
or her
oi 8i a
very ou
he l-iaud o
f Cuba.
o'.nu
said "I
must confe
**s gen
at ev<
ry time
I meet a fi
send your twelve thousand men there, as
vou have sent many times twelve thousand
already during the last four vears. but you
will not settle tbe question, for all that. *
• * Against tyranny there is always tbe
right of rebellion, and we who. lor fifty
years, were always iising agaiust despotism,
can not deny the right of rising to those
whom we ourselves oppress. Instead of
sending twelve thousand men to settle the
Cuban question, the Republican party
would sett e it by federation, giving the
Cubans tbe liberty we bad ourselves: for if
the insurrectionists cry • Death to Spain!'
it is because Spain means to them oppres
sion. tyranny aud plunder."
Mr. President, we have made these
lengthy quotations in order to caii the at
tention ot this body to the inspired bursts
of eloquence, love of liberty, wisdom and
patriotism predominating in the bosoms
of these distinguished orators, conspicuous
for their commanding positions in their
government. It carries us back to the days
when Chatham, Burke, Clarkson, O'Con
nell and Wilber force pleaded with Great
Britain to cease her persecutions of her
colonies iu North America and the West
India islands; when Phillips, Garrison.
Webster, Clay, Smith, and a host of other
American philanthropists raised their
powerful voices in pleadings to their gov
ernment to strike from the limbs of four
millions of human beings withiu her limits
the shackles of slavery. The right of the
United States to interfere at this state of af
airs in Cuba can not be doubted, and it should
be speedy and efficacious. Cuba, the gem
of the Ant lies, groans beneath the burden
of the task masters, and her grievous plead
ings are borne to our ears, through and by
the medium of her patriots ami defenders,
who for four years have stood up manfully
and heroically against the maritime aud
military power of Spain. America can not
close her ears to these cries, or be deaf to
the entreaties of these people, asking for
even a moiety of those inalienable rights
aud privileges so lately bestowed upon
their more fortunate freed brethren. An
enlightened press has torn asunder the veil
which has hidden the horrors of Spanish
slavery on the Island of Cuba from the
eyes ot tiie civilized world, and laid
bare the iniquitous designs of Spain
upon that land; of the heroic strugge
of these Cuban patriots in defense of
their homes, their liberties and their fami
lies, and if the comments of an enlightened
and an unbiased press are not sufficient to
urge upon this government its duty to give
to Cuba ma^eriai aid and assistance in this
her struggle for 'Tight against might:''
surely the undeniable truths, powerful and
authoritative words of iUusirious Span
iards—whom tub one can doubt—should
prove sufficient incentives to induce this
government to afford efficacious and, il nec
essary, an immediate interference with the
unfortunate complication* now existing in
Cuba. We have the tight to do this, since
such an interference is founded on the law
of nations, which gives to each government
the right to decide when an insurrection,
such as ia now going on in Cuba, reaches
the condition of civil war.
In conclusion, Mr. President, if the United
States government refuses to assume the
responsibility of an interference in this ease,
the least that it can do at present is to
place these Cuban patriots on the same
footing that it has the Spanish govern
ment. 1: has allowed the latter govern
ment facilities to construct and purchase
twenty-five or thirty gunboats, arms, am
munition. etc., tor the purpose of assisting
Spain in ner iniquitous ciusade against the
Cuban patriots—these lovers of liberty.
Surely justice and boner, to say nothing of
the vaunted love of liberty of tae American
people, should iuduee tbe government to
give aid and comfort to thi3 struggling
people. To say to them, "Your struggle for
liberty has been our struggle for liberty;
your efforts to free yourselves from the
yoke ot Spanish tyranny is similar to that
of ours when we struggled to tree ourselves
from the yoke of British tyranny. While
we yield unwillingly, though necessarily,
to Spain means to enforce her might, we
yield to Cuba more willingly and readily
means to enforce her right." Such a policy
assumed by this government toward
Cuba, accompanied with the genuine
weil known sympathies of the Ameri
can people, together with the indorn
itable energy and determination of the
natives of Cuba to free themselves, will
prove more powerful than ali the forces
which Spain couid bring to bear against
them, for "thrice i* he armed who hath hi*
quarrel just." As regards the complica
tions on the island of Cuba, the United
States government ha° a great responsibili
ty resting upon it. With a firm reliance
upon the liberty-loving sentiments of her
people, through'and by the humanitarian
principle embodied iu the emancipation of
of he: own slaves, may she be induced to
afford to this enslaved people the succor
so earnestly lie*, celled. With this. Cuba
can not but succeed, anil we may all live to
see the consummation of these beneficent
undertakings, and from the ashes of slave
ry may they advance to the full fruits of
civilization, engaged in the cairn occupa
tion of industry, governed by a mild, just
ami equitable administration ot laws
framed by her own people, and enjoying
and exeriising a true and sincere religion,
and joining to these choice blessings the at
tributes of science, literature and art, shed
over the country of their nativity such
radiant beams and flashes as will torever
dispel thF darkness which hovered over
tberr pathway during their transit from
slavery to liberty. Then. Mr. President and
members of the Senate, in the name of
liberty, justice and humanity, I ask the
adoption by this body of this joint resolu
tion.
AJIUSE.UENT-*
Academy of.Music.
The latest New York Thompson bur
lesque of "Rubin Hood, or the Maid that
was Arch and the Youth that was Archer."
will be produced this evening for the
second time. During the evening the Lirtle
Midgett will appear on the stage. To-mor
row evening, second benefit of Miss Lydia
Thompson
Mf. tdiaries Theatre.
The engagement of the Lingard combina
tion will close next .Sunday night. The
new comedy • Kind to a Fault," and Lin
gard's new comic opera of "Los Ladroues,"
stiii hold the boards at tbe Obi Drury and
draw finely. To-morrow evening, farewell
benefit of Mr. ami Mrs. William Horace
Lingard. Grand Lingard ruatiuee Datin',
day.
• arietie* Theatre.
The musical and romantic drama of "Guy
Mannering" will be put on again this even
ing. and Miss Charlotte Cushman will ap
pear in her great impersonation of Meg
Merriiies, which will run to-morrow evening
ami for tbe Saturday matinee. Mocil
evening Miss Cushman a- Ludg
Macbeth
and Lawrence Barrot
as Macbeth.
Opera
House,
The first of the seri
■s of Rubiiistc
in eon
cert? will be given
at tbe Opera
Hou»e
next Monday evening
. ou which oci
asion a
brilliant programme
will be pri sent
•d. Tiie
sale ot seats will commence to-da\ at the
Opera House and at Grunewald's music
store. The second convert next Wednes
day
of
'i,.
Fi iday evening
next week, and the first ami only
grand gain K. binstein matinee on Sutuiday
afternoon, the first of February.
llollpr SkntinK.
The first grand monthly reception of the
Roller Skating Association at Exposition
ilaii la-t night was a brilliant affair. To
night the New Orleans Club soiree will be
held at Carondelet ball. Exposition build
ing, for members and invited guests. Grand
assembly in Carondelet hall Saturday
evening. Saturday morning from ten to
twelve o'clock in Carondelet h;*ll for chil
dren. parents and teachers. Instruction
for holies ami childret; other mornings iiotn
ten to twelve o'clock
The c ir.'rv drained fy !!• i riv. r
'• t gth of • miles, by average width ot
7b. thus making the area of the valley
t . ■ square mil —• sj we •: country
same - .* • <: Louisiana. Under
the staked plain, the head branches ol the
t-i*.spread out a 100 miles, and nowfa i
j* the valley wider. From the spurs of this
plain, and from th< Wh uta bills just 1 low,
lied ri: et gets - ri In A rise :. m the
extreme 1 ads is alt rys very t .. and in
■i:, at.» more permanence.
•7. I>eC • 1 va is 1 Turing on "Tire First
1;. >y." The first baby is enough to make a
man lect ire * v- . : „. Ac : - A :...■ sev
LAWS OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
* No. I t.
.lOIiNU RESOLUTION
Requesting the Senators and members of
the House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana to urge the passage of a
civil rights bill, insuring the civil rights
of all American citizens, through Con
gress.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Louis
iana in General Assembly convened. That
the members of the House of Representa
tives anil Senators of the State of Louisiana
in Congress be requested to urge the pass
age through Congress of a civil rights bill
that will insure all classes of citizens
throughout the entire land.
(Signed) CHARLES W. LOWELL.
Speaker of the House ol Representatives,
(Signed) C. C. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President'of the
Senate.
Approved January 22, 1873.
(Signed) WILLIAM P. KELLOGG,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
William Weeks.
Assistant Secretary of State.
IVo. lfl.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Requesting the Senators and Representa
tives iu Congress to obtain a United
States judicial district in North Louis
isiana.
Whekeas, That part of the State of Lou
isiana situated north of the mouth of Red
river is upon an average five hundred miles
from the city of New Orleans, wfiere the
United States District and Circuit Courts
are held for the entire State, which makes
it exceedingly exjiensive to those who have
business in those courts who reside In Noith
Louisiana, and operates as a virtual aban
donment of the enforcement of the laws of
the United States, civil or criminal, in
that portion of the State; therefore, be it
Resolved, That our Senator* and Repre
sentative* in Congress of the United
States be requested ?i» use their best
efforts to obtain the creation of a
United States judicial district in North
Louisiana as a matter of great public in
terest to the United States ami the citizens
residing in that part of tbe State.
(Signed) CHARLES \V. LOWELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) C. €, ANTOINE.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved January S?-', 1873.
(Signed) WILLIAM P. KELLOGG,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
William Weeks,
Assistant Secretary of State.
fNo. »:{.
AN ACT
To amen ! an act making an appropriation
to pay the mileage and j>ef diem of the
members, salaries of officers and em
ployes aud the contingent expenses of the
extra session convened and commenced
December 9, 1872, of the Third General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, by
appropriating and providing for the sale of
seventy-five thousand dollars ol legislative
warrants, and declaring the manner of
disbursing the amount realized by the
sale of saiil warrants or for their redemp
tion, approved January 10, 1873.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened.
That the term of ten days within which the
Auditor of Public Accounts and the State
Treasurer are to invite sealed proposals for
the purchase of warrants issued under said
act be extended to twenty days from the pas
sage of said act, aud that this act take ef
fect from and after its passage.
(Signed) CHARLES W. LOWELL.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) G. C. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and Ptesiden! of the
Senate.
Approved January 20. 187:7.
(Signed) WILLIAM P. KELLOGG.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
William Week*.
A-rtisfant Secretary of State.
No. II.
AN ACT
To Tegulute proceedings in contestations
between persons claiming .* judicial
office.
Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana iu General Assembly con
vened, That in any case in which a person
may have been appointed to the office of
judge of any court in this State, ami shall
have been c-ontirmed by the Senate and
commissioned thereto, or shall have been
elected, and in pursuance of such election
shall have been commissioned, such com
mission shall be prima facie proof of the
right of such persons to immediately hold
and exercise such office.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.. That
if any.person being an incumbent ot such
office' shall refuse to vacate the same, aud
turn the same over to the person so com
missioned, such person so commis
sioned, shall have the right to proceed
by rule before the court of competent
jurisdiction to have himself declared to be
entitled to such office, and to be inducted
therein. Such rule shall be taken contra
dictorily with such incumbent, and shall
be made returnable within twenty-four
hours, and shall be tried immediately with
out jury, and by preference over all matter
or causes depending in such court, or that
may be brought in such court, and the
judgment thereon shall be signed the same
day of rendition.
Sec 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That
either party to such rule may take an ap
peal from the judgment thereon, but such
appeal shall be applied for within one legal
dav from the rendition of the judgment on
such rule, and shall be made re
turnable to tha Supreme Court
within two days. The appeal shall
be taken n;> by the Supreme Court by
preference over all other ci^es, imme
diately on the application of either party,
and the judgment thereon shall become
final after the expiration of one legal day.
whether judicial or not.
Sec. !. Be it further enacted, etc.. That
all laws or parts of laws conflicting with
this act shall be and are hereby repealed,
so far as they conflict with this act. and
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
(Signed) CHARLES W. LOWELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) C. C. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Apnroved January 15, 1873.
(Signed) WILLIAM P. KELLOGG.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
P. G. Deslonde, Secretary of State.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Extending the time of the extraordinary
session of the Genera! Assembly.
Whereas. The proclamation of his ex
co lie
ner tiie Governor of Louisian
a, co
nven
iiiii t
e General Assembly iu extr
aurd
mary
on December 'J, 1872, limits
the
term
then
of to the period of ten davs:
and
W
la rcas. Subjects referred to the Of
■neral
As?e
mhly.by Tiie respective me
i-8 of
Aeting Governor P. B. S Pirchback demand
immediate attention and action, and for
this and other necessary purposes arising
from the revolutionary action of H. C. War
moth and his abettors at Lyceum Ilall,
make an extension of the session beyond
ten days necessary: therefore, be it
Rrsolv. d by the Smote ami House of
Representativ.-s of the State of Louisiana,
in General Assembly convened. That the
present ssion ol the General Assemtily be
and is, are irding to the provisions of the
law by which the same is convened, thereby
.'xt* a :• i to and including the first Monday
in January, 18f3, at twelve o'clock M.. un
irss ti.,- busine*- on hand h ing finished,
said G ceral A-- tnbh* should adjourn at
an earlier day; a 4 that this j int red >lu
1 take • fleet from and alter the ap
proval of tfie Governoi.
----- ' CHARLES W. LoWEl.L.
Dim iker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) A- B. HARRIS,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved December 13. 1872.
P. B. S. PLNCHBACK,
Aciicg Governor oi the State ot Louisiana.
A true copv:
1 . B. Mentz.
Adrian: Dccretaiy oi state.
OFFICIAL.
I. iw* of the United State* Passed at the
Hecond **e**ion of the Forty-First
Congress.
[General Nature —No. 132.1
An act making appropriations for the repair,
preservation and completion of certain
public works on rivers and harbors and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States ol
America in Congress assembled. That the
following sums ot monev be and are hereby
appropriated, to be paid out of any nione'v
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
to be expended under the direction of the
Secretary of War. for the repair, preserva
tion and completion of the following public
works hereinafter named :
For the improvement of Du Luth harbor,
Minnesota, fifty thousand dollars; provided,
that no part ot said sum shall be expended
so as to injure the harbor ot Superior city,
Wisconsin.
For the improvement of Superior City
harbor, Wisconsin, titty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Marquette har
bor. Michigan, fifty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Menomonee har
bor, Michigan and Wisconsin, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Ahnapee harbor,
Wisconsin, twenty five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Two Rivers har
bor. Wisconsin, twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
Fer the improvement of Oak Orchard
harbor. New York, two thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For the Improvement of the Monongaliela
river between Morgantown anil New Ge
neva, in accordance with the plan sub
mitted by General A. A. Humphreys iu his
report to the House of Representatives
dated February fourteenth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two,twenty-five thousand
dollars.
For the improvement of the Ohio river,
and the harbors thereof, including the re
pair of the Cumberland dam, two hundred
thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Osage river,
Missouri, twenty-live thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Currant river.
Missouri, five thousand dollar*.
For the continuing the work on the canal
at the fulls of the Ohio 1 river, three hundred
Thousand dollars. And the Secretary ol
War is hereby directed to report to Con
gress. at its next session, or sooner, if prac
ticable, the condition of said canal, and the
provisions necessary to relieve the same
from incumbrance, with a view to such legis
lation as will render the same free to com
merce at the earliest practicable period,
subject only to such tolls as may be neces
sary for the superintendence and repair
thereof, which shall not, after the passage
of this act, exceed live cents per ton.
For the improvement of Sheboygan har
bor. Wisconsin, eighteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Port Washing
ton harbor, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dol
lars.
For the improvement of Kenosha harbor,
W isconsin, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Chicago harbor,
Illinois, ninery thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Calumet harbor,
Illinois, forty thousand dollars.
For the improvement ol Michigan City
harbor. Indiana, fifty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of New Buffalo har
bor, Michigan, five thousand dollars.
For payment to the Green Bay and Mis
sissippi Canal Company, for so much ot all
and singular its property and rights of
property In and to the line of water
communication between the Wisconsin
river and the mouth of the Fox river,
including its locks, dams, canals, and
franchises, as were under the act of
Congress tor the improvement of water
communication between the Mississippi
river and Lake Michigan by the Wis
consin and Fox rivers, approved July sev
enth. eighteen hundred and seventy, re
ported by tbe Secretary of War 'to be
needed, in his communication to the House
of Representatives dated March eightii,
eighteen hundred ami seventy-two. one hun
dred and forty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Frankfort harbor,
Michigan. Ten thousand dollars
For the improvement of Manistee barfior.
Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Pere Marquette
harbor. Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Pentwater hat
bur, Micoigan, thirty thousand dollars.
For the. improvement of White River har
bor. Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement ot Muskegoij har
bor. Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Grand Haven
harbor. Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Black Lake har
bor. Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Saugatuck har
bor. fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of South Haven hav
bor. Michigan, twelve thousand dollar*.
For the improvement of Saint Joseph har
bor. Michigan, three thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Saint Mary's
fiver and Saint Mary's Falls canal, Michi
gan, three hundred thousand dollars, ot
which sum fifteen thousand dollars may be
applied to secure the right ot way.
For the improvement of Cheboygan har
bor. Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Au Sable river,
Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Harbor of Re
fuge, on Lake Huron, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For the improvement of the mouth of
Black river, in Saint Clair river, Michigan,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Saint Clair flats.
Michigan, four thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Toledo harbor,
Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Dunkirk harbor.
New York, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the _ improvement of Port Clinton
harbor, Ohio, eight thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Rocky rivet
harbor, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Maumee river
above Toledo, Ohio, seven thousand dollars;
For the improvement of Monroe harbor,
Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Buffalo harbor.
New York, seventy-five thousand dollars;
and the unexpended balance heretofore ap
propriated for building sea-'Wai! at Buffalo.
For the improvement of Oicott harbor.
New York, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Pultnevviile liar
bor. New York, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Little. Sodus har
bor, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Big Sodus har
bor, New Y ork, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Oswego harbor,
New York, one hundred thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Ogdensburgh
haibor, New Y'ork, tea thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Plattsburgh har
bor. New York, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Burlington har
bor, Vermont, thirty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Otter creek, Ver
mont, from Verge lines to its outlet on Lake
Champlain, ten thousand dollars.
For dredge and snag boats on the upper
Mississippi river, forty-two thousand dol
For the improvement of the Minnesota
river, Minnesota, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Des Moines
rapids, Mississippi river, four hundred
thousand dollars.
h or the improvement ot the Rock Island
rapids. Mississippi river, fifty thousand
dollars.
For the preservation ot the falls of Saint
Anthony. Minnesota, anil the navigation of
the Mississippi river ibove the same, fifty
thousand dollars.
For improvement of the Mississippi, Mis
souri and Arkansas rivers, ninety thousand
dollars: lor improvement of the Little Mis
souri river, ten thousand dollars; for im
provement of the Ouachita river, in Ar
kansas, sixty thousand dollars: and further
improvement ol the Ouachita river, iu
Louisiana, forty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Mississippi
river between the mouth of the Illinois
nvi i i-.iiii t lie nwutli of the Missouri river,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
t or the improvement of the Mississippi
river between the month ot the Missouri
river and the month of the Merriui tc river,
one hundred thousand dollars.
For the improvement ol the Waba.-k
riy. r, Indiana, commencing a: its mouth,
fifty thousand dollars.
For tiie continuation of the work now in
progress on the Tennessee river, below Ckat
taroi gu. including the Muscle suoals. fiitr
;.. isand dollars.
r.-; tu<? improvetueaS of the Tennessee
river, between Knoxville and Chattanooga,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Cumberland
river, in Tennessee, twenty thousand dol
For the improvement of the mouth of the
Mississippi river. Louisiana, one hundred
ami fifty rive thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Tones bayou,
Louisiana, twenty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Calcasieu pass,
in the State of Louisiana, fifteen thousand
dollars. .
For the improvement of bar m Galves
ton bay, ten thousand dollars, and for im
provement of the harbor ot Galveston,
Texas, thirty-one thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Cypress bayou,
near Jefferson, Texas, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Tangipahoa
river, Louisiana, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For removing the raft in Red river, Lou
isiana, one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars.
For removing the wreck of the gunboat
Oregon in the Chifuncte river, Louisiana,
six thousand dollars.
For dredging the bar at the mouth of the
harbor of Cedar Keys, Florida, seven thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For dredging the bar at the mouth of
Saint John's river, Florida, ten thousand
dollars.
For the improvement of Mobile harbor
and bay, Alabama, seventy-five thousand
dollars.
For the improvement of the ship channel
in Charleston harbor, South Carolina,
thirty-eight thousand seven hundred dol
lars.
For removing obstructions in Ashepoo
river, South Carolina, one thousand three
hundred dollar-; aud the amount ot the ap
propriation made by act of Congress ap
proved July eleventh, eighteen hundred
and seventy, for removing obstructions iu
Town creek, near Charleston. South Caro
lina, wliieh remains unexpended, is hereby
appropriated to remove wrecks obstructing
navigation iu Stouo river, South Carolina,
near Church flats.
For the improvement of Savannah har
bor and river, Georgia, fifty thousand dol
lars.
For the improvement of the entrance to
the harbor ol Baltimore, in Patapseo river,
ami Chesapeake hay, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For the improvement of the Rappahan
nock river, below Fredericksburg, Virginia,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the James river,
Virginia, fifty thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Appomattox
river below' Petersburg, Virginia, forty
thousand dollars.
For the improvement ot Aquia creek, Vir
ginia, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For the improvement of Aceotink creek,
Virginia, live thousand dollars.
For the improvement of the Roanoke
river below Weldon, North Carolina, tea
thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Cape Pear river,
below Wilmington, North Carolina, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Queenstown
harbor, Maryland, six thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Worton harbor.
Maryland, twelve thousand dollars.
Fur the improvement of Cambridge har«
bor. Maryland, ten thousand dollars.
For removal of rocks at New Haven
harbor. Connecticut, flfteeeir thousand
dollars.
For the improvement of Northeast river,
Maryland, ten thousand dollars.
For the improvement of Wicomico river,
Maryland, five thousand dollars.
* For clearing and improving the channel
of the Schuylkill river front its mouth to
the Chestnut street bridge, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, forty thousand dollars, of
which sum sufficient is to be used for re
moving the rock between Locust street and
the said bridge.
For the improvement of Wilmington
harbor, Delaware, ten thousand dollars
For the repair of pier of the ice harbor at
New Castle, Delaware, and for building a
new pier at said harbor, twenty-seven thou
sand dollars.
For the improvement of Delaware river,
between Trenton and Bordentown, New
Jersey, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Cocheco river within
the town of Dover, New Hampshire, ten
thousand dollars.
For improvement of Black River harbor,
Ohio, twenty thousand dollars.
For surveys aud examinations, with a
view to the iii*provcnieut of rivers aud har
bors, one hundred ami fifty thousand dol
lar*.
Sec. f. That the Secretary of War is here
by directed to cause examinations or sur
veys, or both, to be made at the following
points, namely: At Keyport harbor. New
Jersey: channel between Staten island and
New Jersey: «t Cohansey creek, New Jer
sey; at Bear creek, Lake Ontario, New
York: at Waddington harbor, New Y'ork:
for a breakwater at Rouse's psint, on Lake
Champlain, New York; at Port Austin and
Port Crescent. Michigan; at the mouth o!
Pensaukie rivet', Wisconsin; at Waukegan
harbor, Illinois; the Maehias river, Maine:
at Wickford harbor and Newport harbor,
Rhode Island; the ear-t side of Providence
river, between Field's point ami Fox point,
Rhode Island; at Port Orford, Oregon; at
EsGri* bay, 8au Louis, Obispo county, Cali
fornia; tbe mouths of Nomoni creek and
Occoquan river, Y'irgiuia; the bay or sound
from Delaware line through Worcester
county to Chincoteague inlet, Vir
ginia. with a view to an inlet at or
near a place called the Hommacks; for a
ship canal between the waters of Galves
ton bay and Daline lake, Texas; Chester
river at Kent island narrows, Maryland;
St. Francis river, from Greenville down.
Missouri; Gasconade river, Missouri; Toni
bigbee river, between Fulton and Colum
bus, Mississippi; harbor of Cedar Keys and
channel to same, Florida; Niantic river,
Connecticut; the bars at the outlet of Sa
bine pass. Texas; the Mississippi river, be
tween tin* mouth of the Missouri river and
the mouth:ff the Ohio river: west end oi
the pass at and near Bio Buck point, Texas:
the bar at The mouth of Sabine river, in
.Sabine lake, anil to extend up tiie main
channel of -aid ri\ er to the town ot Belzora:
at the mouth of the Nuches river, in Sabine
lake, and to extend up the main channel oi
said river to tbe town of Boonville. at tbe
point w here tiie Angelica river falls into
the Nuches river, ami to extend v,p the
main channel of said river to tbe town ol
Pattouia, Texas; at the mouth of the Trie
ity river, in Galveston bay. and to extend
up the main channel of said river to the
town of Magnolia, Texas; Washington har
bor, North Carolina, Edcnton harbor. North
Carolina; mouth of Mackwy's creek. North
Carolina; Chippewa river, up to Chippewa
falls, Wisconsin; harboratSWanton, Vermont,
harbor at Galveston, Texas; at Apalachicola
river, from Chattahooche, Florida, to Apa
laebicola; at Chattahooche river, from
Columbus, Georgia, to Chattahooche, Flor
ida: at Flint liver, from Albany, Georgia,
to Chattahooche, Florida; for survey oi
breakwater at Milford, Connecticut; mouth
of Pine li ver, Michigan; the harbor of San
Diego, California: mouth of 11 rand Calumet
l iver, Indiana: Great Kanawha river, from
tiie great falls to the mouth, Wi ,-t Y irginia:
to complete the survey of the James river
and Kanawha canal; lor survey of Camden
harbor. Marne; lor a sea wall or breakwater
•i? Trinidad harbor, California; of the chan
m i ami bank at entrance of Salem harbor;
on Merrimack river, Massachusetts, from
Haverhill to Newbury port, including Duck
Hole and Currier shoal.-; tbe New river,
from the month of Greenbrier, in West Vir
ftinia, to the lead mines, in Wythe county.
\ irginia; at St. Helena bar, in the Columton
river, Oregon; for survey'for the removal
ot wrecks ol gunboats, steamers ami other
obstructions placed in Y'azoo river during
tiie war, and tor the resurvey of Savannah
harbor; the Delaware river between Tien
ton and Easton; for the survey of the river
St. Mary's, in Ohio and Imiiaha; for tiie
survey oi tiie Minnesota river above tue
mouth of the Yellow Medicine, Minnesota
Sec. 3. That in the examinations or sur
revs of all poin's mentioned in tiie fore
going section, the Secretary of War be d:
reeled to ascertain, as far as practicable
jhe amount of tonnage tf commercial ba-i
nes* «lur: ; the previous year at each point
together with snchotli* f tact- as bear upofi
tiie question of the contemplated Improve
ment, and that he communicate the same
togetl • ;• with Tiis report of tbe examii.u'.
trey of snch point, to Congress; pro
riled, that so tuuch of the amount here
with appropriated for the survey of rivers
and bBt'.oj* as is requisite for contingen
t es tu ir be d foi - ud purpose
*'-i 1 j. J *i»g II j).«.
OFFICIAL.
TREATIES AND PROCLAMATION'S.
Postal Convention between tha Uniteil
States of America and the Republic ' 0 f
Ecuador. i 1
The undersigned. John A. J. Creswel!
Postmaster General of the United States of
America, in virtue of the powers vested in
him by law. aud Antonio Flores, minister
oi the Republic of Ecuador at Washington
in the name of bis government, and bv
virtue of the powers which lie lias formally
presented to this effect, have agreed upon
the following articles, to wit:
wrung.y s
turned to
charge.
ARTICLE VI.
The Post Department of the United,
States shall establish, iu conf-rmitv with
the arrangement* in force at the time, the
condition* upon which the Post Depart
ment of Ecuador may exchange, in open
mails, the correspondence originating in
Ecuador ami destined for countries to which
the United States, may serve as an in-enno
diary; but such correspondence shall only
be charged with the international postage
established by this convention, augmented
. • ■ stage rates i :
United States and the country of destina
tion. find any other tax tor exterior service.
The Post Department of the United States
eliaii furnish the Post Department ot Ecua
dor with a list stating the foreign countries
to which tiie iore:gn postage and the
amount-, thereof ma t >■ absolute'v pre
i can be left unpaid, and shall modi
i li-t from time to tiim . n» tbe exi
gencies ot its loreign post
quire.
ffiitd. 1
tv sue
Ii conic
ur;:
Hereunto annexe
trie- with whi'-h
and conditions e
change ruriespi
United Suites
Corresp
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patching exehan
lying the aiii 'i.ii
Spates, and tae 1
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pain promptly to tue l mted
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office, n
ndei such i> gulation? as thi i
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escribe. Such quartetly sta:
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ARTfCLE til.
Left*
r* in FS'ilj*. t?
ARTICLE i.
An exchange ot mails _ shall hereafter
take place between the United States of
America and the Republic of Ecuador, bv
the ordinary means of communication via
the Isthmus of Panama, the government of
the United States to be at the expense of
the transportation thereof between New
York anil Panama. San Francisco aad
Panama, so long as direct service by
United States steamers, including the
Isthmus transit, is maintained under exist
ing conditions; and the government of
Ecuador to be at the ex; ease of the trans
portion thereof between Panama and
Ecuador so long as the present or other
similar arrangement for the ocean mail ser
vice between Panama and Eeuador is con
tinued. The correspondence so exchanged
shall comprise:
1. Letters ami manuscripts subject by the
laws of either couutry to letter rate of post
age.
2. Newspapers and prints of ail kinds,
in sheets, m p impiilets. and in books, sheets
of music, engravings, lithographs, photo
graphs, drawings, maps aud plans, andsueh
correspondence may be exchanged, whether
originating in either ot said countries and
destined for the other, or originating in or
destined for foreign countries to which they
may respectively serve as intermediaries.
ARTICLE II.
New York and ban Francisco shall be
the offices of exchange on the side ef the
United States, and Guayaquil and Manta
shall be the offices of exchange on the side
of Eeuador, for all mails transmitted be
tween the two countries under this arrange
ment; and all mail matter transmitted in
either direction between tiie respective of
fices of exchange shall be forwarded in
closed bags or pouches, under seal, ad
dressed to the corresponding exchange of
fice, and the mails so dispatched from
either country to the other shall be for
warded to the United States consul ami
resident mail agent at Panama, who is here
by designated as tbe agent of the two gov
ernments for receiving the bags or pouches
at that port from either direction, and lor
dispatching the same to their respective ul
timate destinations.
The two Post Departments may. at any
time, discontinue either oi' said offices of ex
change or establish others.
article in.
' The standard weight for the single rate
of postage and rule of progression shall be:
1 For letters, or manuscripts subject by
law to letter rate of postage, one-half
ounce (avoirdupois).
2. For all other correspondence men
tioned in the second paragraph of .the first
article, that which each country shall adopt
for the mails which it dispatches to the
other, adapted to the convenience and hab
its of its interior administration: but each
country shailgive notice to the other of the
standard weight it adopts, and of any sub
sequent change thereof The weight stated
by the dispatching exchange office shall
always be accepted, except in case.* of
manifest error.
ARTICLE IV.
No accounts shall be kept between the
Postotfice Departments of the two countries
on the international correspondence, writ
ten or printed, exchanged between them,
but each country shall levy, collect and re
tain to its own use the following postal
charges, viz:
1. The postage to be charged and col
lected in the United States on each letter,
or manuscript, subject to letter postage,
mailed iu the United States, ami addressed
to any place in the Republic ol Ecuador,
shall'be twenty cents. United States
currency, per each weight of half an ounce
or fraction of half an ounce; and the post
age to be charged and collected in Eeuador
on each letter, or manuscript subject to let
ter postage, mailed in Ecuador ami ad
dressed to any place iu the United States of
America, shall be two reals, or the fifth
part ol a dollar (hard). Ecuador currency,
the same to be in each ease in lull of all
charges whatever to the [dace of destination
in either country. Either country, however,
is at liberty to reduce tills charge, but not
to increase it without the previous assent of
the other.
2. Un all other correspondence mentioned
in the second paragraph of the first article
the Post Departments ot the United Status
and Ecuador may respectively levy, collect,
and retain to their separate and exclusive
use such rates ol postage adapted to the;r
interior administration aud to the cost ot
sea transportation a* they shall deem ad
visable. But each office shall give notice to
the, other of the rates it adopts, and ot any
subsequent change thereof.
Newspapers and other correspondence of
the class leferred to in the pieced ing para
graph shall be sent in narrow bands or
covers, open at the sides or ends, so that
that they Yuay be easily examined ; and
packages of such correspondence shall be
subject to tbe laws and tegulations ol each
country in regard to their liability to pay'
customs duty, if containing dutiable goods,
or to be rated with letter postage when
containing written matter, or for any other
cause specified in said laws and regulations.
ARTICLE V.
Letters, afid other communications in
manuscript, which, from any.cause, can not
be delivered to their address, after the ex
piration of a proper period to effect theirde
iivery. shall be reciprocally returned every
mouth, unopened aud without charge, to
the Postoffice Department of the dispatch
ing country; bit newspapers, aad all other
articles ot pritred matter, shall not b- re
turned. but remain, at the disposal of the
receiving office
Letters erroneously traumitted. or
Id reseed, shall be promptly re
la*: dispatching office without
t:rvice mat re
tire
,c- ri quirements ot
, a table marked A is
numerating the coun
d specifying the terms
hieii. Ecuador may ex
no* by v ay of the
I thi' ( la-s must be ac
tor bill from the dis
•L...e of Ecuador, speci
ie" thereon to the United
.ving exchange office of
the United Stat<-s shall return by next pout
to such dispatching exchange office an ac
knowledgment of r*.....ipt and verification
tbereol. which letter hills an j acknowl
edgment* receipt shall he in«ontormitd
to the an els B and C, J. , nto ant»x»4
and shall* as ip *. s 'c c