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BY AUTHORITY. IAVVB OF THE UNITED STATES. Reciprocity Treaty with (treat Britain, June 5, 185-1. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a treaty between the United States ol America and her Majesty the. Queen of the United Kingdom o< Grral Britain and Ireland, was concluded and signed ft their respective plenipotentiaries at Washington, on the rth day Jf June last, which treaty is, word tor word, a> follows: r . ,r, , . ~ , The government of the United biates being equally de sirous with her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain t ,! avoid furthrr misunderstanding between their respective citizens and subjects, in regard to tbo extent of the right ot fishing on the coasts of British North America, secured to each by article 1 of a convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed at London on the 20ih , day of October, 1818 ; and baing also desirous to regulate j the commerce and navigation between their respective j territories and people, and more especially between her ; Majesty's possessions in North America and the United j .States, in such manner a< to render the same reciprocally beneficial and satisfactory, have, respectively, named pleni potentiaries to confer and agre u thereupon—that is to say, the President of the United Stales ol America, William L. Marcy, Secretary of State of the United States, and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Greai Britain and Ireland, James, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Lord Bruce and Elgin, a peer of the United Kingdom, Knight of the most ancient and most nob’e Order of the Thistle, anti governor-general in and over all her Britannic Majesty’s provinces oti the continent of North America, and in and over the island of Prince Edward—who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:— Article 1. It is agreed by the high contracting parties that, in addition to the liberty secured to the United States fishermen by the abovementioned convention of October 20, 1818, of taking, curing, and drying fish on certain coasts of the British North American colonics therein de fined, the inhabitants of the United States shall have, in common with the subjects of her Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind, except shell-fish, on the i sea-coasts and shores, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince, Ed’ ward’s Island, and of the several islands thereunto adja cent, without being rea* rioted to any distance from the shore, with permission to land upon the coasts and shores of those colonies and the islands thereof, and also upon the Maglalen Islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish: provided that, in bo doing, they do not j interfere with the rights of private property, or with Bri- I tirh fishermen, in the peaceable use of any part of the said ! coast in their occupancy for the same purpose. It is understood that the above-mentioned lil>erty applies ; solely to the sea fishery, and that the salmon anti shad j fisheries, and all fisheries in rivers and the months of ri- ; Vers, are hereby reserved, exclusively, for British fishermen, j And it is further agreed, that in order to prevent or set- j tie any disputes as to the places to which the reservation • of exclusive right to British fishermen, contained in this i article, and that of fishermen of the United States, con- ! tained in the next succeeding article, apply, each of the high contracting parties, on the application of j either to the other, shall, within six mouths thereafter, ap- ; point a commissioner. The said commissioners, before proceeding to any business, shall make and subscribe, a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and ac cording to justice and equity, without fear, favor, or affec tion to their own country, upon all such places as are in tended to he reserved and excluded from the. common li berty of fishing, under this and the next succeeding article, and uoh declaration shall be entered on the record of their proceeding. The commissioUers shall name some third person to act ns an arbitrator or umpire in any case or cases on which they may themselves and fler in opinion. If they should not be able to agree upon the name of such third person, they shall each name a person, and it shall be determined by lot which of the two persons so named shall be the arbitrator <>r umpire in cases ot difference or disagreement between • It® commissioners. The person so to he chosen to be ar bitrator or umpire shall, before proceeding to act as such in any case, make and subscribe a solemn declaration in a form similar to that which shall already have been made and subscribed by the commissioners, which shall be en tered on the record of their proceedings. In the event of the death, absence, or incapacity of either of the commiss ioners, or of ihe arbitrator or umpire, or of their or It is omitting, declining, or ceasing to act as such commissioner, or arbitrator or umpire, or another and different person shall sioner, arbi tra tor/or ‘ uni pi re’ uH Ii e place arid’steatf oT’IKe person so originally appointed or named as aforesaid, and ahall make and subscribe such declaration as aforesaid. Such commissioners shall proceed to examine the coasts j of the North American provinces and of the United States, ! embraced within the provisions of the first and second ar- I tides of this treaty, and shall designate the places reserved ! by the said articles from Ihe common right of fishing there- ! in. The (fermion of the commissioners and of the arbitrator or umpire shall ha given in writing in each case, and shall be signed by them respectively. The high contracting parties hereby solemnly engage to consider the decision of the commissioners conjointly, or of the arbitrator or umpire, as the case may be, as absolutely final and conclusive in each case decided upon by them or him respectively. Article 2. It is agreed by the high contracting parties that British subjects shall have, in common with the citi zens of the United States, the liberty to take fish of every kind, except shell-fish, on the eastern sea coasts and shored ot the United States north of the 36th parallel of north latitude, and on the shores of the several islands thereunto adjacent, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks of the said sea-coasts and shores of the United States and of the raid islands, without being restricted to any distance from the shore, with permission to land upon the said (.oasts of the United State? arid of the islands aforesaid, for the purpose qt drying their nets and curing their fish: provided that, in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with the fishermen of the United States, in the peaceable use of anv part of the said coasts m their occupancy for the same purpose. It is understood that the above mentioned liberty applies solely to the sea-fishery, and that salmon and sliarl fisheries and all fisheries in rivers and months of rivers, are hereby reserved exclusively for fishermen of the United States, Article 3. It is agreed that the articles enumerated in the schedule hereunto annexed, being the growrii and pro duce of the aforesaid British colonies or of the United Mates, shall he admitted into each country, respectively lreeofduty:— ” SCHEDULE. Crain, flour, and brp.adtuti’s, of all kinds. Animals of all kinds. Fresh, smoked, and salted meats. Cotton*wool, seeds, and vegetables. Undried fruits, dried fruits. Fish of all kinds. Products of fish, and of all other creatures living in the water. “ Poultry, eggs. Hides, furs, skins, or tails, undressed. Stone or marble, in its crude or ufnvrought state Slate. Butter, cheese, tallow. Lard, horns, manures. Ores of metals, of all kinds. Coal. Pitch, tar, turpentine, ashes. limber and lumber of all kinds, round, hewed, and sawed, unmanufactured in whole or in part Firewood. Plants, shrubs, and trees. Pelts, wool. Fish oil. Hire, broomcorn, and bark. Gypsum, ground or onground. Dyesniffc WrOUiiht ’ or u 'iwrcught burr or grindstones. ’ Flai, hemp, and tow , unmanufactured Unmanufactured tobacco. i Rags.- ARTICLR 4. It is agreed tint tl> I Iheßiv r*St U s' ,ed S '' iteS B, i all - ,M,v t, ’ riebt tonavigate ! •h ? Lnwrem and ‘he canals in Canada used as | ihe means ot commumcatine between the -rear lakes and tue Atlantic Ocean, with their w.wT. c and c . i hilly and freely as the subject only to the same tolls and other ,V ** are, or may hereafter Ik-, ejected t,“ her mTw”'. Z IT jeeti ; it being understood, however, tliat the eminent retains the right of suspending this orivil<r U ' ’ do. notice the,?„f to the It i8 turthar agreed, that if at any time the British <™v. ‘■.rrnient ahouid exercise die said reserved riirHr ti “ ■non, of th, ITnited Slates hnv^ilm ,_ ,g ’ ,f - 1 f “ ft t, the operation of arlicie 3of the e reset.i Su r fßr a9 , !i,e “ ,ov ‘ l * c of Canada is afiecio<h W /. y * NO * ■* * !; e of the tree navigation I*B Inh'r if W T7 ° r r/ he 7 im,s mfl V continue. P further agreed (hat British subjects shall him Vis r L, ae w„h !£.*££ River S? f °" g l , hy pr,vM ' 5 * 5 navigating to- Kner St. Lawrence, secured to American citizens by the “ ct of l?M,ch.Hsr, and act'of 1855. ch. lli Cttrrv t F out the provisio nos this treaty. *’ 5 ’ above clause of the present article, shall continue; and the government of the United States further engages to urge upon the State governments to secure to the subjects of her Britannic Majesty the use of the several State ca nab, on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the Uni ted States. And it is further agreed, that no export duty, or other duty, shall be levied on lumber or timber of any kind cut on that portion of the American territory in the State of Maine* watered by the Rives St. John and its tributaries, and floated down that river to the sea, when the same is ■>biiin-il *.< the United States from the province of New Brunswick. Article 5. The present treaty shall take effect as soon j as the laws required to carry it into operation shall have j been passed by the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain • nd by the*Provincial Parliaments of those of the British j North American colonies which are affected by th ; s treaty j on the one hand, anti by the Congress of the Luffed States | on the other. Such assent having been given, the treaty j -hall remain in force for ten years from the date at which it may come into operation, and further, until the expiration ; of twelve months after either of the high contracting par- j ties shall give police to tin- other of its wish to terminate j the same ; each of the high contracting parties be ng at I liberty to give such notice to the. other at the end of the j said term of ten years, or at any time afterwards. It is clearly understood, however, that this stipulation is i riot intended to affect,the reservation made by article 4of j the present treaty, with regard to the right of temporarily • suspending the operation of articles 3 and 4 thereof. Article fi. And it is hereby further agreed, that the provisions and stipulations of the foregoing articles sha 1 j extend to the island of Newfoundland, so lar as they are j applicable to that colony. But if the Imperial Parliament, j the Provincial Parliament of Newfoundland, or the Con- j gress of the United States, shall not embrace in their laws enacted for carrying this treaty into effect, the colony of Newfoundland, then this article shall be of no effect : but the omission to make provision bv law to give it effect, by either of the legislative bodies aforesaid, shall not in any way impair the remaining articles of this treaty. Article 7. The present treaty shall be duly ratified, and the mutual exchange of ratifications shall take p'ace in Washington, within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. in faith whereof, we, the respeltive plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty, and have hereunto affixed onr seals. Done in triplicate, at Washington, the fifth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty four. W. L. MARCY. r L . s .] ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, [l. s ] And whereas the said treaty lias been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged in this city on the ilth instant, by William L. Marcy, Secretary of State of the United States, and John F. Cramplon, Esq’re. her Britannic Majesty’s envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to this govern ment, on the part of their respective governments: I 1 .Now, therefore, be it known, that I, FRANKLIN PIERCE, President of the United States'of America, have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be oh-. , served and fulfilled with good faith by the United States i and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof, I nave hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, t his eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand . ; eight hundred and fifty four, and of the inJepen deuce of the United States the seventy ninth. FRANKLIN PIERCE. By the President: W. L. Marcy, Secreary of State. BY THE PRESIDENT OF Tllfi UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by an act of the Congress of the United States, approved the fifth day of August,one thousand eight hund red and fifty four, entitled “Au act to carry into effect a treaty between the United States and Great Britain, signed on the fifth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty four,” | it is provided that, whenever the President of the United | States shall receive satisfactory evidence that the Imperial | Parliament of Great Britain and the Provincial Parliaments ! of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Ed j ward’s Island have passed laws, on their part, to give full | effect to tho provisions of the said treaty, he is authorized j to issue his proclamation declaring that he has sucli evi dence : And whereas satisfactory information has been received by me that the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and the Provincial Parliaments of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward’s Island have passed laws, on their part, to give lull effect to the provisions of the trea tv aforesaid : ’ Now, therefore, I, FRANKLIN PIERCE, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and pro claim that, from this dale, the following articles, being the Brunswick, Nova Scotia, an j* Pri nee ‘ Visa waVcf 5 a a h"u— to w it: grain, flour, and breadstuffs of all kinds ; animals of all kinds; fresh, snicked, and salted meats; cotton wool ; seeds and vegetables; undried fruits; dried fruits ; fish of all kinds ; pre ducts offish and all other creatures living in the water; poultry; eggs; hides; furs, skins, or tails undressed ; stone or marble in its crude or unwrought state ; slate ; butter, cheese, tallow ; lard ; horns ; ma nures ; ores of metals of all kinds ; coal; pitch, tar, tur pentine ; ashes, timber and lumber of all kinds, round, hewed, and sawed, unmanufactured in whole or in part; firewood, plants, shrubs, and trees; pelts; wool; fish oil • rice ; broomcorn and bark ; gypsum, ground or unground : hewn, or wrought, or unwrought burr, or grindstones ; dye stuffs ; flax, hemp, and tow, unmanufactured tobacco; rags ; —shall bo introduced into the United States free of duty, so long as the said treaty shall remain in force ; sub ject, however, to be suspended in relation to the. trade with Canada, on the condition mentioned in the fourth article of the said treaty ; and that all the other provisions of the said treaty shall go into effect and bo observed on the part of the United States. Given under my hand, at the City ol Washington, the . sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one 1 ” thousand eight hundred and fitly five, and of the in dependence of the United States the seventy ninth „ , „ FRANKLIN PIERCE. By the President: W. L. Marcy, Secretary of State. Compact with Leic Chew, July 11, 1854. TV THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a compact between the United States of Ameri ca and tho royal government of Lew Chew was entered in to at Napa, by their respective plenipotentiaries on the ele venth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, which compact is word lor word as follows: Hereafter, whenever citizens of the United States come to Lew Chew, they shall be treated with great courtesy and friendship. Whatever articles these people ask for, wheth er from the officers or people, which the country can fur nish, shall be sold to them ; nor shall the authorities inter pose any prohibitory regulations to the people selling, and whatever either party may wish to buy shall be exchanged at reasonable prices. Whenever ships of the United States shall come into any ! liarbor in Lew Chew they shall be supplied with wood and I water at reasonable prices ; but if they wish to get other articles they shall be purchasable only at Napa. & ! If ships of the United States are wrecked on Great Law ! Chew, or on islands under the juiisdiction of the royal -ov > eminent ol Lew Chew, the local authorities shall dispatch j parsons to assist in saving life and property, and preserve what can ba brought ashore till the ships” of that nation shall come to take away ail that may have been saved • and the expenses incurred in rescuing these unfortunate per i sons shall be refunded by the nation they belong to. Whenever persons front ships of the United States come : ashore in Lew Chew, they shall be at liberty to ramble where they please without hindrance* or bavin- officials sent to follow them, or to spy what they do ; but if thev violently go into houses, or trifle with women, or force peo ple to sell them things, or do other such like illegal uet> they shall be arrested by the local officers, but not maltreat ed, and shall be reported to the captain of the ship to which they belong for punishment bv him. At Tuinai is a burial ground for the citizens of the United States, where their graves and tombsshall not be molested The government of Lew Chew shall appoint skillful pilots, who shall be on the lookout for ships appearing off the island, and if one is seen coming towards Napa, they shall go out in good boats beyond the reets to conduct her in to a secure anchorage, for which service the captain shall pay the pilot five dollais, and the same for going out of the harbor beyond the reefs. Whenever ships anchor at Napa, the officers shall furnish them with wood at the rate of three thousand six hundred copper cash per thousand catties ; and with water at the rate of 600 copper cash (43 cents) for one thousand eatti-s, or six barrels full, each containing 30 American gallons. * j Signed in the English au I Chinese languages) by Coin ! modern Matthew C. Perry, commander in chief of the United States naval forces m the East India, China,, and Japan seas, and special envoy to Japan k>r the United States; and by Sho ru ting,superintendent of affairs ; I su li kwan) in” Lew Chew ; and Ba Rio si, treasurer of Lew Chew, at Shni, lor tire -overument ol Low Chew, and copies exchanged this 11th day of July, 1854, or the reign Hien sung. 4tii year, 6th moon, 17th day, at the Town Hull of Napa. . . . C. M. PERRY. And whereas the said compact has been duly tali tied on both parts: Now* therefore, be it known tliat I, FRANKLIN j PIERCE, President of the United States of America, have caused the said compact to be made public, to the end that the same anil every clause and article thereof may he ob served and fulfilled with good faith by tho United State3 and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of YVashington.this ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight huod rr red and* fifty-five, and of tho independence of the t- “ ‘ J United .States of America the seventy ninth FRANKLIN PIERCE. By the President : W. L. Marcy, Secretary of State : Extradition Treaty ivitk Bavaria , Sept. 12, 1855. EY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a convention between the United States of j’ America and the Kingdom of Bavaria was concluded and 1 signed at London, by their respective plenipotentiaries, on 1 the twelfth day of September, one thousand eight hundred j and fifty three; which convention, being in the English and German languages, is word for word, as follows: Convention for the Mutual Extradition of Fugitives Jrom Justice, in certain Cases, concluded between the Government of the United States, on the one part, and the Kingdom oj Bavaria, on the other part. The United States of America and his Majesty the King ot Bavaria, actuated by an equal desire to further the ad ministration of justice, and to prevent the commission of j crimes in their respective countries, taking into eonsidera- ; non that the increased means of communication between Europe and America facilitate the escape of offenders, and j that, consequently, provision ought to be made in order that ; the ends of justice shall not be defeated, have determined j to conclude an arrangement destined to regulate the course to be observed in all cases with reference to the extradition of such individuals as, having committed any of the often- j ees hereafter enumerated, in one country, shall have taken refuge w ithin tire territories of the other. The constitution and laws of Bavaria, however, not allowing the Bavarian j I government to surrender their own .subjects tor trial before ; Ia foreign court of justice, a strict reciprocity requires that j I the government ot the United States shall be held equally j | free from any obligation to surrender citizens of the United j 1 States. j For which purposes the high contracting powers have ’ | appointed as their plenipotentiaries: | The President of the United States, James Buchanan, j envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the j United States at the court of the United Kingdom of Great ! Britain and Ireland. His Majesty the King of Bavaria, Augustus Baron de \ Cetto, his said Majesty’s chamberlain, envoy extraordinary ■ and minister plenipotentiary at the court of her Majesty, ! the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 1 Ireland, knight commander of the order for merit of the i Bavarian Crown and of the order for merit of St. Michael, j knight grand cross of the royal Grecian order of our Sa- I viour : Who, after reciprocal communication of their respective ! full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed to I the following articles: j Article I,—The government of the United States and ‘ j the Bavarian government promise and engage, upon mutu , al requisitions by them or their ministers, officers, or autho j ritics, respectively made, to deliver up to justice all persons ! who, being charged with the crime of murder, or assault ! with intent to commit murder, or piracy, or arson, or rob ‘ bery, or forgery, or the utterance oi forged papers, or the ; fabrication or circulation of counterfeit money, whether j coin or paper money, or the embezzlement of public mo ! neys, committed within the jurisdiction of either party, shall : seek an asylum, or shall be found within the territories of ; the other ; provided that this shall only be done upon such evidence oi criminality as, according to the laws of the j place where the fugitive or person eo charged shall be found, i would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if i the crime or offence had there been committed ; and the respective judges and other magistrates of the two govern j ments shall have power, jurisdiction, and authority, upon complaint made under oath, to issue a warrant for the ap prehension of the fugitive or person so charged, that he may be brought before such judges or other magistrates respectively, to the end that the evidence of criminality may be heard and considered; and if, on such hearing, the evidence be deemed sufficient to sustain the charge, it shall be the duly of the examining judge or magistrate to certily the same to the proper executive authority, that a warrant may issue for the surrender of such fugitive. The expense of such appreheusion and delivery shall bo borne and defiayed by the party who makes the requisition ! and receives the fugitive. I Article 2. —The stipulations of this convention shrill I be applied to any other State of the German Confedera ! tion which may hereafter declare its accession thereto, i *T,jnrnTv 3—None <*f the contracting parties shall he I bound to deliver up its own citizens or utrj w w ii lf . I stipulations of this convention. i Article 4—Whenever any person accused of any of i the crimes enumerated in this convention, shall have com mitted anew crime in the territories of the State where he has sought an asylum or shall be found, such person shall not be delivered up under the stipulations of this convention until he shall have been tried and shall have received the punishment due to such new crime, or shall have been ac quitted thereof. ; Article fi —The present convention shall continue in ’ force until the first ot January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight; and if neither party shall have given to the : other six months’ previous notice of its intention then to j terminate the same, it shall further remain in force until the j of twelve month?, after either of the high contracting I parties shall have given notice to the other of such inten j tion ; each of the high contracting parties reserving to itself | the right of giving such notice to the other at any time af j ter the expiration of the said first day of January, one : thousand eight hundred and fifty eight. Article 6.—The present convention shall be ratified by ! the President, bv and with the advice and consent of the j Senate of the United States, and by the government of Ba : varia, and tho ratifications snail be exchanged iu London within fifteen months from the date hereof, or sooner if possible. j In faith whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this convention and have hereunto affixed their seals, j Done in duplicate,in London, the twelfth day oi .Septem ber, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, and the i seventy eighth year of the independence of the United ; : Slates. JA\l ES BUC HAN AN, [l. s. ! AUG. DE CETTO, [i.. s j And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at London, on the first instant, by James Buchanan, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentia ry of the United States, and Augustus Baron de Cetto, en voy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of hi? Ma jesty the King of Bavaria, at the court of the United King dom of’ Great Britain and Ireland, on the part of their res pective governments: Now, therefore, be it known, that I, FRANKLIN PIERCE, President of the United States of America, have caused the said 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 eighteenth day of November, in tiie year of our Lord one thousand - „ i eight hundred and fifty lour, and of the indepeu *■ * deuce of the United States of America the seventy ninth. FRANKLIN PIERCE. By the President : W. L. Marcy, Seeretary of State : Treaty with Argentine Confederation , July i!7, 1853. BY THE PRESIDENT OF TIIE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Wh-reas a Treaty, between the United States of Atneri* j ea and the Argentine Confederation, was concluded and ; signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries, at San Jose, on | the twenty seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty three ; which treaty being in the English and Spanish lan guages, is, word for word, as tollows : Treaty of Friendship, Commerce., and Navigation , he ttreen the United Staten and the Argentine Confedera tion. ~ Commercial intercourse having been for some time estab lished between the United States and the Argentine Con federation, it seem? good lor the security as well as the encouragement of such commercial intercourse, and for maintenance of good understanding between the two gov ernments, that the rela’ions now subsisting between them should be regularly acknowledged and confirmed by the signing o: a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navig-i ----tion. ror this purpose they have nominated their respec tive plenipotentiaries, that is to say r The President of the United States, Robert C. Sobeock, euvoy extraordinary, and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Brazil, and John S. Pendleton, charge d'aftaira of the United States to the Argentine Confedera- | tion ; and hie excellency the provisional director of the ■ Argentine Con federation ."Doctor Don Salvador Maria del ! Carril, aud Doctor Dou .lone Benjaniiu Gorosliasrc ; Who, after having communicated to each other their full j powers, found iu good‘and duo form, liave agreed upon the following article?: M. Article 1. There shail be perpetual amity between the United States and their citizens on the oue part, and the Argentine Confederation and its citizens on the other part. Article 2. There shall be between all the territories of the United States and all the territories of the Argentine Confederation a reciprocal freedom of commerce. The citizens of the two countries, respectively, shall have liber ty, freely and securely,to come with their ships and cargoes to all places, ports, and rivers, in the territoiiea of either, to which other foreigners, or the ships or cargoes of any other foreign nation or State, iifre, or may be, permitted to come ; to enter into the same, and to remain aud reside in any part thereof respectively ; to hire and occupy houses and warehouses, for the purposes ol their residence and commerce ; to trade in all kinds of produce, manufactures, and merchandise of .lawful commerce ; and generally to enjoy, in all their business, the most complete protection and security, subject to the general laws aud usages ot the two countries respectively, In like manner, the respective ships of war, and post office or passenger packets of the two countries, shall have liberty, freely and securely, to come to all harbors, rivers, and places to which other for eign ships of war and packets are, or may be, permitted to come ; to enter into the same ; to anchor and remain there and relit, subject always to the laws and usages of the two countries respectively. Article 3. The two high contracting parties agree that any favor, exemption, privilege, or immunity whatever, in matters of commerce or navigation, which either of them has actually granted, or may hereafter grant, to the citizens or subjects ot any other government, nation, or State, siiail ; extend, in identity of cases and circumstances, to the citi zens of the other contracting party, gratuitously, if the j concession in favor of that other government, nation, or ; State, shall have been gratuitous ; or, in return for an equiv ; alent compensation, if the concession shail have Ireen con ditional. Article 4. No higher or other duties shall he imposed j on the importation into the territories of either of the two j* contracting parties, of any article of the growth, produce, , or manufacture ot the territories of the other contracting 1 party, than are, or shall he, payable on the like article of j any other foreign country; nor shall any other or higher j duties or charges be imposed in the territories of either of i the contracting parties, on the exportation of any article to tiie territories of the other, than such as are, or shall be, 1 payable on the exportation of the like article to any other foreign country ; nor shall any prohibition be imposed upon the importation or exportation of any article of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the territories of either of the contracting parties, to or from the territories of the other, which shall not equally extend to the like article of any ! other foreign country. Article 5. No oilier or higher duties *>r charges, on I account of tonnage, light or harbor dues, pilotage, salvage j in case of average or shipwreck, or any other local charges, i shall be imposed in the ports of the two contracting parties, on the vessels of the other, than those payable in the same ports on its own vessels. Article 6. The same duties shall be paid, and the same drawbacks and bounties allowed, upon the importation or exportation of any article into or from the territories of the United States, or into or from the territories of the Ar gentine Confederation, whether such importation or expor tation be made in vessels of the United States, or in vessels ! of the Argentine Confederation. Artici.e 7. The contracting parties agree to consider I and treat, as vessels of the United States and ot the Argen ! tine Confederation, all those which, being furnished by the j competent authority with a regular passport or sea-letter, : shall, under the then existing law's and regulations of either • of the two governments, be recognized fully and bona fide. ; as national vessels, by that country to whieli they respcc j lively belong. Article 8. All merchants, commanders of ships, aud | others, citizens of the United States, shall have full liberty, j j in all the territories of the Argentine Confederation, to j j manage their own affairs themselves, or to commit them : | to the management of whomsoever they ploase, as broker, | factor, agent, or interpreter, nor shall they be obliged to j { employ any other persons in those capacities than those j j employed by citizens of the Argentine Confederation, nor j j to pay them any other salary or remuneration than 3uch as j j is paid in like cases by citizens of the Argentine Confeder- j I ation. And absolute freedom shall be allowed in all cases, ! j to the buyer and seller, to bargain and fix lire price of any ; j goods, w’ares, or merchandise imported into, or exported : I from, the Argentine Confederation, as they shall see good— j I observing the laws and established customs of the country, j • Tho same rights and privileges, in all respects, shall be en- j j joyed in the territories of the United States, by the citizens j j of” the Argentine Confederation. The citizens of the two I i contracting parties shall reciprocally receive and enjoy full i : and perfect protection ior their persons and property, and I shall have free and open access to the courts of justice in • j the said countries respectively, for the. prosecution and da- j ! fence of their just rights, and they shall be at liberty to cm- j | ploy in all cases such advocates, attorneys, or agents, as ; ! they may think proper ; and they shall enjoy, in this res- j | peet, tho same rights and privileges therein, as native citi- ‘ j zens. i Article 9. In whatever relates to the police of tho ports, the lading and unlading of ships, the safety of the merchandise, goods, and effects, and to the acquiring and disposing of property of every sort and denomination, either by sale, donation, exchange, testament, or in any other manner whatsoever, as also to the administration of justice, the citizens of the two contracting parties shall reciprocally enjoy the same privileges, liberties, and rights, as native citizens; and they shall not be charged in any of those respects, with any higher imposts of duties than those which are paid, or may be paid, by native citizens—submit ting, of course, to the local laws and regulations of each country respectively. If any citizen of either of the two contracting parlies shall die without will or testament, in any ot the territories of the other, the consul-general, or consul of the nation to which the deceased belonged, or the representative of such consul-general or consul, in his absence, shall have the right to intervene in the possession, administration, and judicial liquidation of the estate of the deceased, conformably with the laws of the country, for the benefit of the creditors and legal heirs. Article 10. The citizens of the United States residing in tire Argentine Confederation, and the citizens of the Ar gentine Confederation residing in tire United States, shall be exempted from all compulsory military service whatso ever, whether by sea or by land, and from all forced loans, requisitions, or military exactions'; and they shall not be compelled, under any pretext whatever, to pay any ordina ry charges, requisitions, or taxes, greater than those, that are paid by native citizens, ol‘the contracting parties res pective'v. Article 11. It shall bo free tor each of the two eon , trading parties to appoint consuls, for the protection of I trade, to reside in any of the territories of the other paity ; ; but, before any consul shall act as such, he shall, in the usual form, be approved and admitted by the‘government to which he is sent ; and either of the contracting parties ! may except from the residence of consuls such particular i places as they judge fit to be excepted. The archives and papers of the consulates oi the respec ; live governments shall be respected inviolably, and under I no pretext whatever shall any magistrate, or any of the local authorities, seize, or in any way interfere with them. The diplomatic agents and consuls of the Argentine : Confederation shall enjoy, in the territories oi’ the United States, whatever privileges, exemptions, and immunities are, or shall be, granted to agents of the same rank, belonging to the most favored nation ; and, in like manner, the diplo matic agents and consuls of the United States, in the terri tories ot the Argentine Confederation, shall enjoy, accord ing to the strictest reciprocity, whatever privileges, exemp- i lions, and immunities are, or may be, granted in the Argen- i tine Confederation, to the diplomatic agents and consuls of : the most favored nation. Article 12. tor the better security ot commerce be- ‘< tween the United States and the Argentine Confederation, ! it is agreed that if, at any time, any interruption of friendly j commercial intercourse, or any rupture,should unfortunate- ! Jy take place between the two contracting parties, the eiti- i zens ot either of them, residing in the territories of the i other, shall have the privilege of remaining and continuing J their trade or occupation therein, without any manner of I interruption, so long as they behave peaceably, and commit no offence against the laws ; and their effects and property, j whether entrusted to individuals or to the State, shall not : be liable to seizure or sequestration, or to any other demands | than those which may be made upon the like effects or pro perty heloogiig to the native inhabitants of the State iu ‘ which such citizens may reside. ; Article 13. The citizens of the United States, and the ; citizens of the Argentine Confederation, respectively, le nding in any of the territories of the other party, shall eu ! joy, in their houses, persons, and properties, the lull pro tection of the government. i They shall not be disturbed, molested, or annoyed in any manner, on account of their religious belief, nor in the pro ! per exercise of their peculiar worship, either within their • own houses, or in their own churches or chapels, which ! they shall be at liberty to build and maintain, in convenient j situation®, to be approved of by the local government, in- ’ ferfering in no way with, hut respecting the religion and ; customs <<!, the country in which they reside. Liberty ; shall also be granted to the citizens of either of the con trading parties, to bury those who may die in the territories of the other, in burial places of their own, which, in the same manner, may be i’ree ! y established and maintained. Article 14. The present treaty shall be ratified on the 1 part ot the government of the United States within llftceii months lrom the date, and within three days by his excel- i leney, the provisional director of the Argentine Confedar- < atiou, who will also present it to the firs* legislative Cou : gross of the Con federation, for their approval. The ratifications shall be exchanged at the seat of j?ov- j eminent of the Argentine Confederation, within the term | oi’eighteen months. la witneas whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty, and affixed loereto their seah Done at San Jo*e, on the twenty seventh day of lolv j,, | the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- ROBERT C, SCHENCK, , r .. S .j JNO. S. PENDELTON, f T „ <?.] SALVADOR MA. DEL CAUttIL, it,, s.j JOSE B. UOROSTIAUA. (L . 3 /j And, whereas, the said treaty has been duly ratilied oti both parts, and the respective ratifications ot rhe same wore exchanged ill tho city cl 1 aruuu, on the thirtieth duv of December last: Now', therefore *be it knowuu that J, r RANKLIN’ PIERCE. President of the United States of America, have caused tho said treaty to ho made public, to the end that tho same, and every clause and article tlierr Oi, may ne ob served and fulfilled by the United States, and the citizens th l-f testimony whereof, I have hereunto set niy hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the citv ot *Washington,thrt ninth cay ot April, in the year of our Lord one thouaaud eight hund red and fifty five, and of the Independence of the a. S • Unted States, .be PIERCE. fly the President : . VV. L. Marcy, Secretary ol State. ‘l'reaty with Great Britain> July 1/, 1854. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a convention between the United States ot ! America and her Botanic Majesty, was concluded and | signed hv their respective plenipotentiaries, at \\ ashington, j on tho seventeenth day ol July last, which convention i , word for word, as felloWs: , 0 . . - Whereas a convention was concluded on the bin day ot ♦Pebruary, 1833, between the United States of America ami her Britannic Majesty, for the settlement of outstanding claims, bv a mixed commission, limited to endure for twelve months from the day of the first meeting ot tho* conmii - i sioners: and whereas doubts have arisen as to the practica bility of the business of the said commission being conclud ed within the period assigned, the,President ot the United State?, and her Majesty the Queen ut the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, are desirous that the time ori ginally fixed for the duration of the commission should bo extended, and to this end have named plenipotentiaries to agree upon the best mode ol effecting tnis object that, is t- say : the President of the United States, the Honorable William L. Marcy, Secretary of State of the United States ; j and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great j Britain and Ireland, John Fiennes Crampton, Esq., her i Majesty’s envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary i at Washington, who have agreed as follows: Article 1. The high contracting parties agree that tho time limited in the convention above referred to for the ter mination of the commission, shall be extended for a period not exceeding four months from the 13th of September next, should such extension be deemed necessary by tho commissioners, or the umpire, in case of their disagreement; it being agreed that nothing contained in this article shall in anywise alter or extend the time originally fixed in the. said convention for the presentation of claims to the com missioners. Article 2. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, as soon as possible within four months from the date thereof. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals ol their J arms. ! Done at Washington, the seventeenth day of July, in { the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and r.fty I lour. W. L. MARCY, [l. a ] JOHN F. CRAMPTON,<I. s.i And whereas tho said convention has been duly ratified ou botii parts, and the respective ratifications ot the same were exchanged at London on tho eighteenth ultimo, by James Buchanan, E.-q. envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Great Britain, and the Earl of Oaruudon, her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Atikirs, on (he puit of tfieir lespeetive governments : Now, therefore, bo it known, that J, FRANKLIN PIERCE, President of the United States of America, havo ! caused the said convention to be made public, to the end j that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may bo j observed and fulfilled w'ith good faith by the United Slates, ; aud the citizens thereof. [ in witness whereof, L have hereunto so? my hand, and I caused the seal of the United States to be affixed, i Done at the city of Washington, this eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord cue thousand ;r, s i eight hundred and fifty four, mid of the indepen ! l "’ dunce oi the United States the seventy ninth, j FRANKLIN PIERCE, j Ext the President : ; \V. L. .Marcy, Secretary of State . Come it ion with Russia, July 22, 1854. S HY THE rdEStEENT OF THE UJHTJiJJ STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. i Whereas a convention, between the United States of i America and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russia?, j was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentia* | ries, at Washington, on the 22a day of July last; which | convention, being in the Engiish and French languages, is, I word lor word, as follows: | The United States of America and bis Majesty the Eni | purer ot ail the Russia?, equally animated w ith a desire to ; maintain, and to preserve from all harm, the relations of | good understanding which have at all times so happily i subsisted between themselves, as also between the inhabi tant? ot their respective State.-, have- mutually agreed to perpetuate, by means of a formal convention, me principles of the right of neutrals at sea, which they recognize as in dispensable conditions of all freedom ot navigation and maritime trade, l'or this purpose, the President of tho Unil- and .States has conferred lull powers on W illiam L. Marcy. Secretary of State of die United States; and his Majesty the Emperor ot all the Kussias has eomerred like powers on Mr. Edwutd de Sloeekl, Counsellor of State, knight of the orders of Sto. Anne, of the 2d class, of St. Stanislas, ot the 4th class, and <d the. Iron Crown of Aus tria, ol Ihe 3d cias..-, hi- Majcstv s charge and affaires near llie government ol the United States of America: and said plenipotentiaries fitter having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due. loiin, have concluded and signed the loliowing articles: Article 1. The two high contraedag parties recognize a? permanent and immutable die following principles, to? wit: Ist. l hat free ships make true goods—that is to say, that the effects or goods belonging t<> subject? or citizens of a Power or Stale at war are free from capture arid confisca tion when found ori board of neutral ves-eis, w ith tire ex ception of articles contraband of war. I hat the property of neutral.- on boaid an enemy’s vessel ia not subject to confiscation, unless the same bo contraband of war. They engage to apply these princi ples to the commerce and navigation ol ait such Powers and Siates as-hall consent to adopt them on their part as permanent and immutable. Article 2. The two high contracting parties reservo them selves to come to an ulterior understand iug as circum stances may require, with regard to die application and ex j tension to be given,if there bo any cause for il, to tile prin ciples laid down in the Ist aiticle. Hut they declare lrom ! this time that they will take the stipulations contained iu | sa.d article Ist as a rule, whenever it shall become a <jues | lion, to judge of the rights of neutrality, i Article 3. It is agreed by the high contracting parties that all nations which shall or may consent to accede to 1 the rules of the first article ot this convention, by a formal declaration stipulating to observe them, shall enjoy th* j rights resulting lrom such accession as they shall be enjoyed j and observed by the two Powers signing this convention, i They shall mutually communicate to eacii other the results j of the steps which may be taken on the subject. ! Article 4. The present convention shall be approved : and ratified by the Presidentot the United States of Ameri ca, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of said States, and by his Majesty the Emperor ol all the Rus ts as, and the ratifications ot the same shall IV- exchanged at Washington, within the period of feu months, counting from this day, or sooner, if possible. 11l taith whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention, in dupUate, and thereto affixed the seal of their arms. Done at W ashmgton, trie twenty -econd day of July the year ol Grace, 1851. W. L. MARGY, f,, o EDOUARD STOECKL, [V V.j And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged in this city on the3lst ultimo, by Wi.jiam L. Alarcy,Secretary of State ol the United States, and .Mr. Edward de Stoeckl.hfe imperial Majesty’s charge dV (fibres ! I® tn.s government, on the pait of their respective govern i menfe: ’ ro?oTo- th^ r J e ’ fx? k knowi, tli.it f. FRANKLIN i tiLKUr*, 1 r-.tsideut or the United States ot America, have i ° l ai # , l 1 ,nc Said convention to be made public, to the end inat me .same, arid every clause and article thereof, may bo observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizen” thereof. in,testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and caused the tea! of the United State- to be affixed. Done at tne uUf* ot \\ ashington. this fust day •.*; Nov cm* ber, m she yeat of our Lord one tnousaud eight j L s j hundred and fifty tour, and of the iitdepenJcijco of the United Sfatec the sevontv ninth. . franklin fierce. vV the President: L. MxFry, S ttretatuof Stat r ,