Newspaper Page Text
SATURDAY, Oflobcr 6, tydy*
GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE
N :: Q \
INDEPENDENT REGISTER.
—« | i '*'•.) *'•
• ■ . 4 ' | f *
FREEDOM ° f the PRESS, .and TRIAL bj JURY, to remain inviolate forever. = Cenftitmion of Georgia.
AUGUSTA: Printed iy JOHN E SMITH, Printer to tbettaU, l£ays , Ms of InulUgence,
Ad rtijements, Lc. will be gratefully received , and every kind of Printing perfumed.
Tbe UNITED STATES of AMERICA,
In CONGRESS Assembled,
Tta/l <wbo Jhall Jet tbtje Prtfenti , Greeting.
(Continued from our last, No. LIII.)
Xm-TF a <hip of war of either party shall put
JL into a port of the other and salute, it
ihall he returned from the fort with an equal num
ber of guns, not with more or less.
XIV. The commerceof the United States (hall
be on the fame footing as is the commerAp with
Spain, or as that with the most favored nation for
the time being, and their citizens shall be refpefted
and esteemed, and have full liberty to pass and re
pafs our country and Tea ports whenever they
please, without interruption.
XV. Merchants of both countries shall employ
only such interpreters, and such other persons to
assist them in their business, as they shall think
-proper. No commander of a vessel shall trans
port his cargo on board another vessel ; he shall
not be detained in port longer than he may think
proper; and all persons employed in loading or
unloading goods, or ih any other labour whatever,
shall be paid at the cuftamary rates, not more and
not less. #
XVI. In case of a war between the parties, the
prisoners are not to be made Haves, but to be ex
changed one for another, captain for captain, of
ficer for officer, and one private man for another;
and if there shall prove a deficiency on either fide,
shall he made up by the payment of one hun
dred Mexican dollars for each person wanting; and
it is agreed that all prisoners shall be exchanged in
twelve months from the time of their being taken,
and that this exchange may be effiefted by a mer
chant, or any other person authorised by either of
the parties. * *'
XVII. Merchants shall not he compelled to buy
cr fell any kind of goods but such as they shall
think proper; and may buy and fell all forts of
merchandize but such as are prohibited to the other
Xhriftian nations.
XVIII, All goods shall be weighed and examin
ed before they are font on board,'and to avoid all
detention of vessels, no examination fit all after
wards be made, unlefis it ffiall fir ft be pToved, that
contraband goods have been font on board, in which
case the persons who took the contraband goods eta
■ board, shall be punished according to the usage
and custom of the country, and no other persons
whatever shall be injured, nor shall the ship or
cargo incur any penalty or damage whatever.
XIX. No vessel shall be detained in port on any
pretence whatever, nor be bbliged to take on board
any article without the consent of the 'commander,
„ who shall be at full liberty to agree for the freight
of any goods he takes oh board.
XX. If any of the citizens of the United States
*of any persons under their proteftion, fliall have
any disputes with each other, the Consul shall de
cide between the parties, and whenever the Con
sul fliall' require any aid, or assistance from our
governmeht, to enforce his decisions, it shall bc
"ainmedfateiy granted to* him. i; ' ''
XXI. : a citizen of the United States should
or wound a Moor, or on the contrary, if aj
„ Moor lhall kill or wound a citizen of the United
Jgtates,' the law of the country fliall take place,
s . ami eqpaljuftice fbaH be rendered, the Consul as
. at the trial, and if any delinquent fliall
make fiis escape, the Couful fhhll*not lie anfwer
iable-for him in any manner whatever. i -
XXII. If an American titizen fliall d;^j n o ur
‘ country, and no will fnall appear, einfui thaU
take o| C«««s, % It««« ft»H b(
no Consul, the effects shall be deposited in the hands
of fume person worthy of trust, until the party
fliall appear whe has a right to demand them, but
if the heir to the person dcceafed be preient, the
property shall be delivered to him without inter
ruption ; and if a will lhall appear, the property
fliall defeend agreeable to that will, as soon as the
Consul shall declare the validity thereof.
XXIII. The Consuls of the United States of
America, shall relide in any sea port of our do
minions that they fliall think proper; and they fliall
be refyefled, and enjoy all the privileges which
the Consuls of any other nation enjoy, and if any
of the citizens of the United States fliall contrad
any debts or engagements, the Consul fliall not be
in anv manner accountable for them, unless he
fliall have given a promise in writing for the pay
ment or fulfilling thereof, without which promise
in writing, no application to him for any redress
fliall be made.
XXIV, If any differences fliall arise by either
party infringing on any of the articles of this
Treaty, peace and harmony shall remain, not
withstanding in the fulleft force, until a friendly
application shall be made for an arrangement, and
until that application shall be rejeded, no appeal
fliall be made to arras. And if a war lhall break
out between the parties, nine months lhall be
granted to all the fubjeds of both parties, to dis
pose of their effeds and retire with their property.
And it is further declared, that whatever indul
gence in trade or otherwise, shall be granted to
;any of the Chtiftian powers, the citizens of the
United States fliall be equally entitled to them.
XXV. This Treaty shall continue in full force,
with the help of God, for fifty years.
We have delivered this book into the hands of
she before mentioned Thomas Barclay, on the fir ft
day of the blessed month of Ramadan, in the year
one thousand two hundred.
I CERTIFY that the annexed is a true copy of
*he translation made by Ilaac Cordoza Nunez, In
lerpreterat Morocco, of the Treaty between the
Emperor of Morocco and the United States of
•America.
(Signed) THOMAS BARCLAY.
V i ’ V, 1 t M *,?*.' I
additional article.
Grace to -be on 'y GOD.
I THE Under-written, the Servant of God,
Taber Ben Abdelkack Fennifh, do certify, that his
Imperial Majesty, my matter, (whom God pre
serve) having concluded a Treaty of Peace and
Commerce with the United States of America,
has ordered me, the better to complete it, and ia.
addition to the tenth article of the Treaty, to de
clare, “ That, if any vessel belonging to the
“ United States shall be in any of the ports ofhi9
t “ Majesty’s dominions, or within gun shot of his
“ forts, she fliall be protected as much as poflible,
“ and ho vessel whatever, belonging either to
“ Moorifti or Christian poweTS, wjth whom the
( “ United States may be at war, shall be permitted
** to follow or engage her, as we now deem the
“ citizens of America our good .friends.*
And, in obedience to his Majefty*s commands,
I certify this declaration, by putting my hand and
leal to it, on the isfh day of Ramadan, in &e year
' one thousand two hundred. r
The ferv dl )tof the King,; my matter,
I whom God preflerve, ■ ;
TAREK BEN AfeDELKACK FENNISH.
‘ ‘ * ' • '• I'lOl iit ,• rr. j
I tfo certify that the above is a true copy of the
made. at Mprocca, hjr Ism Sprdoza
THE
• I
f r - ; »
Nunez, Interpreter, nf a declaration made and
signed by Sidi Hage Taher Fennilh, in addition to
the Treaty between the Emperor of Morocco and
the United States of Ameiica, which declaration
the said Tahei t ennidi made by the exprcl's direc
tions of his Majefly. >
(Signed) THOMAS BARCLAY.
And whereas the said John Adams and Thomas
Jeffcrfon, miniflers plenipotentiary aforefaid, by
writing under their refpeCtivehands and seals, duly
made and executed by the said John Adams, on
t he 25th January, 1787, and by the said Tomas
jefferfui, on the ift day of January, 1787, did
approve and conclude the said treaty, and every
article and clause therein contained, reserving the
fame nevertheless to the United States in Congrcft
affemblcd., for their final ratification.
NOW BE IT KNOWN, That we the said
United States of America in Congress aiTembled,
have accepted, approved, ratified and confitlhed,
and by these presents do accept, approve, ratify
and confirm the said treaty, and every article and
clause thereof.
LIST TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we have
caUfcd our Seal to be hereunto tiflixed; WIT
NESS his Excellency ARTHUR ST CLAIR,
our President, attheCity of New-York, thi»
Eighteenth day of July, in the year of our
Lord, -One Thotrfand Seven Hundred and
Eighty-Seven, and iu the Twelfth year of our
. . and Independence
' CHARLES THOMSON, Sec’ry.
V V 3^
Savannah-, September 13* T 7^7*
THE r/rturn their vrateful thanks
to their friends and tire public, for their past
/favours in the K.' r ,
ConmMon & Fac*
tor age Eufwejs,
And beg leave to fbfir* >be : r f> tbe r attention fit
that line of Wfuifife* They have it io their power
to fuppb. their employers with a variety of necessity
artijcles ? op the lowcft terms, and which they Will
make a point of'doinc, fhouldthey bfc so dirie&ed.
• And as tbey.e*peift employment only by irdnlWy,
attention and pynCualitv, all perform doing busi
ness with them ,p>ay depend on the
ance of thefe* essential poims
4 1 MONTFOR P: & PTNPER*
_ - ; ait ■: -
The SU-BSC R I B E R S hater
ot , fx r n'ti lo •! ; , f* j
For Sale,
£i ’ . f w br_' ' __ r-i
a cl u ...A N y,l T r . fit
IRON& sjut,
rrc; r trbr: ■ 0; >
' For which the Paper Medium of the State will be
taken in payment. w
3 ROSS t CURRIE.
vtik
- : ' ; ' * 1 -
Writing Paper
I*o be fold at the Printing-Oftc*. 1 kewife>
Blank Deeds of Conveyance* and -Bonds*-
1 *'•■ v‘ •*■ ** V * : ** 1
[No. LIV.]