VOL. 47
The Huntingdon Journal.
J. R. DURBORROW,
PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS
O f fice on the Corner of Fifth and Washington streets.
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JOB PRINTING of every kind, in Plain and
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Professional Cards.
BF. GEHRETT, M. D.; ECLEC
' TIC PHYCICIAN AND SURGEON, hav
ing returned from Clearfield county and perma
nently located in Shirleysburg, offers his profes
sional services to the people of that place and sur
rounding country. apr.3-1872.
DR. H. W. BUCHANAN,
DENTIST,
No. 22S Hill Street,
HUNTINGDON, PA,
July 3,'72.
DR. F. 0. ALLEMAN can be eon
suited at his office, at all hours, Mapleton,
Pa. [march6,72.
CALDWELL, Attorney -at -Law,
D•No. 111, 3d street. Office formerly occupied,
by Messrs. Woods & Williamson. [apl2,'7l.
DR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, offers his
professional services to the community.
Office, No. 523 Washington street, ono door east
of the Catholic Parsonage. Ljan.4,7l.
EJ. GREENE, Dentist. Office re
• moTed to Leister's newbuilding, Rill street
Treutingdon. Dan.4,'7l.
GL. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T.
. nr•ww• new building, No. 520, hill St.,
Huntingdon, Pa. [apl2,ll.
- pq - GLAZIER, Notary Public, corner .
A- A • of Washington and Smith streets, Hun
tingdon, P. [jan.l2'7l.
A C. MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law
AA • Office, No. —, Hill eurect, Huntingdon,
Pa. [ap.19,11.
JFRANKLIN SCHOCK, Attorney
• at-Law, HUNTINGDON, PA.
jane2B,l2-6m,
JSYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at
• Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Office, Hill street,
hroe doors west of Smith. [jan.4'7l.
R. PATTON, Druggist and Apoth-
T., • ecary, opposite the Exchange Hotel, Hun
ingdon, Pa. Prescriptions accurately compounded.
Pure Liquors for Medicinal purposes. [n0v.23,'70.
JHILL MUSSER, Attorney-at-Law,
• No. 319 Hill et., Huntingdon, Pa. Unn.4,71.
R. DITRBORROW, Attorney-at
r.." • Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will practice in the
several Courts of Huntingdon county. Particular
attention given to the settlement of estates of dece
dents.
Office in he Jona:Let Building. [feb.l,ll
j W. MATTERN, Attorney-at-Law
c.•
• and General Claim Agent, Huntingdon, Pa.,
Soldiers' claims against the Government for back
pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend
ed to with great care and promptness.
Office on Hill street. [jan.4,'7l.
Tr ALLEN LOVELL, Attorney-at
.‘, • Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention
given to COLLECTIONS of all kinds; to the settle
ment of Estates, &c.; and all other Legal Business
prosecuted with fidelity and dispatch.
Office in room lately occupied by R. Milton
Speer, Esq. fjan.4,'7l.
NFLES ZENTMYER, Attorney-at
, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend promptly
to all legal business. Office in Cunningham's new
building. Ljan.4,'7l.
TIO M. & M. S. LYTLE, Attorneys
-A- • at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend to
all kinds of legal business entrusted to their care.
Office on the south side of Hill street, fourth door
west of Smith. [jan.4,'7l.
RA. ORBISON, Attorney-at-Law,
• Office, 321 Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa.
[may3l,'7l.
JOHN SCOTT. 8. 7. BROWN. J. M. BAILEY
SCOTT, BROWN & BAILEY, At
torneys-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Pensions,
and all claims of soldiers and soldiers' heirs against
the Government will be promptly prosecuted.
Office on Hill street. fjan.4,7l.
ril W. MYTON, Attorney-at-Law, Hun
-IL • tingdon, Pa. Office with J. Sewell Stewart,
Esq. [jan.4,'7l.
'WILLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney
at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention
given to collections, and all other IBgal business
attended to with care and promptness. Office, No.
229, Hill street. [ap19,71. '
Hotels.
MORRISON HOUSE,
OPPOSITE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. DEPOT
HIJNTINGDON, PA
J. H. CLOVER, Prop.
April 5, 1871-17.
WASHINGTON HOTEL,
S. S. BOWDON, Proper.
Corner of Pitt at Juliana Sta.,Bedford, Pa. mayl.
EXCHANGE HOTEL, Huntingdon,
Pa.. JOHN S. MILLER, Proprietor.
.Tiontsry 4, 1871.
Miscellaneous.
COLYER & GRAHAM, PAINTERS.
Shop No. 750, Hill Street,
(2d door from S. E. Henry & Co'e.,)
Huntingdon, Pa.,
will do all kind of painting cheaper than any
firm in town. Give them a call before applying
elsewhere. lmay6m.
ISAAC TAYLOR & CO., MANI:MIC
mums or liendock, Pine, and Oak Bill Tim
ber and Shingles, °steals, Clearfield county, Pa.
They make a specialty of furnishing to order all
kinds of
HEMLOCK AND BILL TIMBER.
Orders taken and any information given by M.
H. LOGAN, at his office, over the Union Bank,
Huntingdon, Pa.
Jan.24,1872-6mo.
Tel A. BECK, Fashionable Barber
-A-we and Hairdresser, Hill street, opposite the
Franklin Home. All kinds of Denies and Pom ades
kept on hand and for sale. [apl9,ll—em
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NEATNESS AND DISPATCH,
AND IN THE
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ment in the county'. Orders by mail
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1872.
CARPETS U CARPETS !! CARPETS!!
SPRING STOCK.
AT LOWEST PRICES!
JAMES A. BROWN
Is constantly receiving at his new
Beautiful Patterns of Carpets, fresh from the
ooms of tho manufacturers. Ills stock comprises
BRUSSELS,
VENITIAN,
COTTAGE,
LIST and RAG CARPETS
CARPET CHAIN,
COCOA AND CANTON MATTINGS,
FLOOR, STAIR AND TABLE
Window Shades and Fixtures, Drugget, Velvet
Rugs, Door Mats, Extra Carpet Thread and Bind
ing. I make a specialty of furnishing Churches
and Lodges at City Prices, and invite Furnishing
Committees to call and see goods made expressly
for their purposes.
Buyers will save money and be better suited by
going to the regular Carpet and Oil Cloth Store,
for any of the above goods. I defy competition
in prices and variety of beautiful patterns.
I have also the Agency for the Orignal
HOWE SEWING MACHINE, IMPROVED,
so well known as the best Family Machine in the
world
Call at the CARPET STORE and see them,
Feb. 14,1872.
W. BUCHANAN J. N. BUCHANAN.
BUCHANAN & SON.
509 HILL STREET,
We have the the largest, cheapest and best as
sortment of
COOKING STOVES
West of Philadelphia. We constantly keep on
hand
SPEARS',
CALORIFIC,
EXCELSIOR,
STAR, and the
REGULATOR.
EVERY STOVE WARRANTED !
WOOD and WILLOW WARE,
JAPANESE WARE,
TIN AND PAINTED WARE,
TOLEDO PUMPS,
ETC., ETC., ETC. ETC.
Persons going to housekeeping can get every
thing they need, from a clothes pin to a cooking
stove
ROOFING, SPV_IITINO & JOB WORK
done at short notice. Give us a call and we — feel
satisfied you can save money. lfapril.
THE MERCHANT TAILORING
ESTABLISHMENT, at
o.ll‘ HALL,
opposite First National 1 Is now fully prepared to
Bank Huntingdon, Pa., 5 snake up suits which for
NEATNESS, DURABILITYand CHEAPNESS
cannot be equaled in this county. Raving just
received my
SPRING and SUMMER stock of
CLOTHS,
CASSIMERES,
VESTING,
ETC.,
I ask everybody to call and be convinced of the
fact that the most complete Merchant Tailoring
establishment is carried on at Oak Hall.
Also Ready-made clothing, for Men, Youths and
Boys. Gents Furnishing Goode,
NOTIONS,
ETC., ETC.,
I invite all to call and examine my stock of
they are of the best qualities and of all grades
and patterns, and I will be able to please all wit?.
ing anything in my line.
' .
Inmyth
WITH
GRAND DEPOT •
FOR
NEW GOODS
INFORMS THE PUBLIC THAT HE
SPLENDID STOCK OF NEW GOODS
BUSINESS CARDS,
IN CHEAPNESS AND QUALITY,
Jan. 4. 11
FRESH ARRIVAL OF
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
Corner of the Diamond, in Stucton's Building
I have just received a large stock of Ladies' ele
gant Dress Goods, Gentlemen,' Furnishing Goods,
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps of all kinds, in find
less variety, for ladies, gentlemen, misses and
children.
LEGAL BLANKS,
CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS,
•
GROCERIES,
Coffee, Teas of all kinds, best and common Syrups,
Spices, &c. Tobacco and Sagan, wholesale and
retail.
PAMPHLETS,
These goods will be sold as cheap, if not cheaper,
than any other houso in town. "Quick sales and
small profits," is my motto.
•" " "
Thankful for past patronage, I respectfully soli•
sit a continuance of the same.
L - T - R. NORTON,
PIANOS.
JEWETT & GOODMAN ORGAN,
Opposite New City Hall,
(Send for Illustrated Catalogue.)
Juno 20, 1872-3 n,
Misc allaueous.
1872.
CARPET STORE.
1117NTINGDON, PA.,
525+ Hill Street.
INGRAINS,
WOOL DUTCH,
HEMP,
OIL CLOTHS,
and a large stock of
WALL PAPER,
JAMES A. BROWN.
HUNTINGDON, PA
OLIVE BRANCH,
PENN,
MORNING LIGHT,
COTTAGE,
HOSIERY,
GLOVES,
ETC., ETC.
READY MADE GOODS;
B. F. DOUGLASS.
D. P. GWIN
HAS JUST OPENED A
THAT
CAN'T BE BEAT
CALL AND SEE.
D. P. GIVIN.
at the Cheap Store of
BENJAMIN JACOBS,
Dealer in
AND STATE AGENT
For the celebrated
118 Smithfield Street,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
HUNTINGDON, PA., JULY 24, 1872
[OFFICIAL.]
LAWS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY-SECOND
CONGRESS.
CONVENTION
BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND THE GER
MAN EMPIRE.
Respecting Consuls and Trade-Marks.
Signed December 11, 1871; Exchanged
April 29,1872; Proclaimed June 1, '72.
By the President of the United States of
America :
A. PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a Convention between the
United States of America and the German
Empire, relating to the rights, privileges,
immunities, and duties of Consuls, and to
tho Protection of Trade-Marks, was signed
at Berlin on the eleventh day of Decem
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, by their
respective Plenipotentiaries;
And whereas a Protocol thereto was
signed by the said Plenipotentiaries on the
twenty-ninth day of April last; which Con
vention and Protocol, in the English and
German languages, are, word for word, as
follows :
The President of the United States of
America, and His Majesty the Emperor of
Germany, King of Prussia, in the name
of the German Empire, led y the wish to
define the rights, privileges, immunities,
and duties of the respective Consular
Agents, have agreed upon the conclusion
of a Consular Convention, and for that
purpose have appointed their Plenipoten
tiaries, namely :
The President of the United States of
America, George Bancroft, Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from
the said States, near His Majesty the Em
peror of Germany; His Majesty the Em
peror of Germany, King of Prussia, Ber
nard Konig, His Privy Councillor of Le
gation, who have agreed to and signed the
following articles :
Art. 1
Each of the Contracting Parties agrees
to receive from the other Consuls General,
Consuls,Vice-Consuls,and Consular Agents,
in all its ports, cities, and places, except
those where it may not be convenient to
recognize such officers. This reservation,
however, shall not apply to one of the Con
tracting Parties without also applying to
every other Power.
Art. 2.
The Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-
Consuls, or Consular Agents shall be re
ciprocally received and recognized, on the
presentation of their commissions, in the
forms established in their respective coun
tries. The necessary exequatur for the
exercise of their functions shall be fur
.islied to them Tree of charge, and, on the
exhibition of this instrument, they shall
be admitted at once, and without difficulty,
by the territorial authorities, Federal,
State, or communal, judicial, or executive,
of the ports, cities, and places of their re
sidence and district, to the enjoyment of
the prerogatives reciprocally granted. The
Government that furnishes the exequatur
reserves the right to withdraw the same
on a statement of the reasons for which it
has thought proper to do so.
Art. 3.
The respective Consuls General, Con
suls, Vice-Consuls, or Consular Agents, as
well as their chancellors and secretaries,
shall enjoy in the two countries all privil
eges, exemptions, and immunities which
have been granted, or may in future be
granted, to the agents of the same 'rank of
the most favored nation. Consular officers,
not being citizens of the country where
they are accredited, shall enjoy, in the
country of their residence, personal immu
nity from arrest or imprisonment except
in the case of crimes, exemption from mil
itary billetings and contributions, from
military service of every sort, and other
public duties, and from all direct or per
sonal or sumptuary taxes, duties, and con
tributions, whether Federal, State, or mu
nicipal. If, however, the said consular
officers are or become owners of property
in the country in which they reside, or
engage in commerce, they shall be subject
to the same taxes and imposts, and to the
same jurisdiction, as citizens of the coun
try, property holders, or merchants. But
under no circumstances shall their official
income be subject to any tax. Consular
officers who engage in commerce shall not
plead their consular privileges to avoid
their commercial liabilities. Consular offi
cers of either character shall not in any
event be interfered with in the exercise of
their official functions, further than is in
dispensable for the administration of the
laws of the country.
Art. 4.
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls,
and Consular Agents may place over the
outer door of their offices, or of their
dwellings, the arms of their nation, with
the proper inscription indicative of the
office. And they may also hoist the flag
of their country on their consular edifice,
except in places where a legation of their
country is established.
They may also hoist their flag on board
any vessel employed by them in port for
the discharge of their duty.
Art. 5.
The consular archives shall be at all
times inviolable, and under no pretence
whatever shall the local authorities bu al
lowed to examine or seize the papers form
ing part of them. When, however, a con
sular officer is engaged in other business,
the papers relating to the consulate shall
be kept in a separate enclosure.
The offices and dwellings of Consules
missi who are not citizens of the country
of their residence shall be at all times in
violable. The local authorities shall not,
except in the case of the pursuit of crimes,
under any pretext invade them. In no
case shall they examine or seize the pa
pers there deposited. In no event shall
those offices or dwellings be used as places
of asylum.
Art. 6.
In the event of the death, prevention,
or absence of Consuls General, Consuls,
Vice-Consuls, and COnsular Agents, their
chancellors or secretaries, whose official
character may have previously been made
known to the respective authorities in
Germany or in the United States, may
temporarily exercise their functions, and,
while thus acting, they shall enjoy all the
rights, prerogatives, and immunities grant
ed by this convention to the incumbents.
Art. 7.
Consuls General and Consuls may, with
he approbation of their respective Gov
ernments, appoint Vice-Consuls and Con
sular Agents in the cities, ports, and places
within their consular jurisdiction. These
officers may be citizens of Germany, of the
United States, or any other country. They
inn be furnished with a commission by
the Consul who appoints them and under
whose orders they are to act, or by the
government of the country which he re
!resents. They shall enjoy the privileges
stipulated for consular officers in this con
tention, subject to the exceptions specified
is Article 111.
Art. 8.
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls,
sad Consular Agents shall have the right
tc apply to the authorities of the respective
countries, whether Federal or local, judi
chi or executive, within the extent of their
consular district, for the redress of any in
faction of the treaties and conventions
e:isting between the two countries, or of
itternational law; to ask information of
slid authorities, and to address said au
tiorities to the end of protecting the rights
atd interests of their countrymen, especi
aly in cases of the absence of the latter;
in which cases such Consuls, etc., shall be
'mourned to be their legal representatives.
It due notice should not be taken of such
application, the consular officers aforesaid,
in the absence of a diplomatic agent of
their country, may apply directly to the
Government of the country where they
raide.
Art. 9.
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls,
or Consular Agents of the two countries,
or their chancellors, shall have the right,
corformably to the laws and regulations of
their country
1. To take at their office or dwelling, at
tie residence of the parties, or on board of
vessels of their own nation, the depositions
of the captains and crews, of passengers on
beard of them, of merchants, or of any
other citizens of their own country.
2. To receive and verify unilateral acts,
wils, and bequests of their countrymen, li
and any and all acts of agreement entered
uprn between citizens of their own coun
try, and between such citizens and the
citizens or other inhabitants of the country
where they reside ; and also all contracts
between the latter, provided they relate to
property situated or to business to be
transacted in the territory of the nation
by which the said consular officers are ap
nted
All such acts of agreement and other
instruments, and also copies and transla
tions thereof, when duly authenticated by
such Consul General, Consul, Vice-Consul,
or Consular Agent under his official seal,
shall be received by public officials and in
courts of justice as legal documents, or as
authenticated copies, as the case may be,
atcl shall have the same force and effect as
if drawn up or authenticated by competent
public officers of one or the other of the
two countries.
Art. 10
In case of the death of any citizen of
Germany in the United States, or of any
- citizen et , the United States in the German
Empire, without havicg in the country of
his decease any known heirs or testamen
tary executors by him appointed, the com
petent local authorities shall at once inform
the nearest consular officer of the nation
to which the deceased belongs of the cir
cumstance, in order that the necessary in
formation may be immediately forwarded
to parties interested.
The said consular officer shall have the
right to appear personally or by delegate
in all proceedings on behalf of the absent
heirs or creditors, until they are duly re
presented.
In all successions to inheritances citizens
of each of the Contracting Parties shall
pay in the country of the other such da
ties only as they would be liable to pay, if
they were citizens of the country in which
the property is situated or the judicial ad
ministration of the same may be exercised.
Are. 11
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls,
and Consular Agents of the two countries
are exclusively charged with the invento
rying and the safe-keeping of goods and
effects of every kind left by sailors or pas
sengers on ships of their nation, who die
either on board ship or on land, during the
voyage or in the port of destination.
Art. 12,
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls,
and Consular Agents shall be at liberty to
go either in person or by proxy on board
vessels of their nation admitted to entry
and to examine the officers and crews, to
examine the ships' papers, to receive de
clarations concerning their voyage, their
destination, and the incidents of the voy
age; also to draw up manifests and lists of
freight, to facilitate the entry and clear
ance of their vessels, and finally to accom
pany the said officers or crews before the
judicial or administrative authorities of the
country, to assist them as their interpre
ters or agents.
The judicial authorities and custom-house
efficials shall in no caee proceed to the ex
amination or search of merchant vessels
without having given previous notice to
the consular officers of the nation to which
the said vessels belong, in order to enable
the said consular officers to be present.
They shall also give due notice to the
said consular officers is order to enable
them to be present at any depositions or
statements to be made in courts of law or
before local magistrates, by officers or per
sons belonging to the crew, thus to pre
vent errors or false interpretations which
might impede the correct administration
of justice. The notice to Consuls, Vice-
Consuls, or Consular Agents shall name
the hour fixed for such proceedings. Upon
the non-appearance of, the said officers or
their representatives, the case may be pro
ceeded with in their absence.
Art. 13.
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls,
or Consular Agents shall have exclusive
charge of the internal order of the mer
chant vessels of their nation, and shall
have the exclusive power to take cogni
zance of and to determine differences of
every kind which may arise, either at sea
or in port, between the captains, officers,
and crews, and specially in reference to
wages and the execution of mutual con
tracts. Neither any court or authority
shall, on any pretext, interfere in these
differences, except in cases where the dif
ferences on board ship are of a nature to
disturb the peace and public order in port,
or on shore, or when persons other than
the officers and crew of the vessel are par
ties to the disturbance.
Except as aforesaid, the local authori
ties shall confine themselves to the render
ing of efficient aid to the consuls, when
they may ask it in order to arrest and hold
all persons, whose names are borne on the
ship's articles, and whom they may deem
it necessary to detain. Those persons shall
be arrested at the sole request of the con
suls, addressed in writing to the local au
thorities and supported by an official ex
tract from the register of the ship or the
list of the crew, and shall be held during
the whole time of their stay in the port, at
the disposal of the Consuls. Their release
shall be granted only at the request of the
Consuls, made in writing.
The expense of the arrest and detention
of those persons shall be paid by the con
suls.
Art. 14.
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls,
or Consular Agents may arrest the officers,
sailors, and all other persons making part
of the crews of ships-of-war or merchant
vessels of their nation, who may be guilty
or be accused of having deserted ships and
vessels, for the purpose of sending them on
board or back to their country.
To that end, the Consuls of Germany in
the United States shall apply to either the
Federal, State, or municipal courts or au
thorities ; and the Consuls of the United
States in Germany shall apply to any of the
competent authorities, and make a request
in writing for the deserters, supporting it
by an official extract of the register of the
vessel and the list of the crew, or by other
official documents, to show that the men
whom they claim belong to said crew.
Upon such request alone thus supported,
and without the exaction of any oath from
the Consuls, the deserters (not being citi
zens of the country where the demand is
made either at the time of shipp"ng or of
their arrival in the port) shall be given up
to the Consuls. All aid and protection
shall be furnished them for the pursuits,
seizure, and arrest of the deserters, who
shall be taken to the prisons of the country
and there detained at the request and at
the expense of the Consuls, until the said
Consuls may find an opportunity of sending
them away.
If, however, such opportunity should
not present itself within the space of three
months, counting from the day of the ar
rest, the deserters shall be set at liberty,
and shall not again be arrested for the same
cause.
Art. 15.
In the absence of an agreement to the
contrary between the owners, freighters,
and insurers, all damages suffered at sea by
the vessels of the two countries, whether
they enter port voluntarily or are forced by
stress of weather, shall be settled by the
Consuls General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls,
and Consular Agents of the respective
countries. If, however, any inhabitant
of the country, or citizen or subject of a
third power, shall be interested in the
matter, and the parties cannot agree, the
competent local authorities shall decide.
Art. 16.
In the event of a vessel belonging to
the Government, or owned by a citizen of
one of the two Contracting Parties being
wrecked, or cast on shore, on the cost of
the other, the local authorities shall inform
the Consuls General, Consul, Vice-Consul,
or Consular Agent of the district of the
occurence, or if there be no such consular
agency, they shall inform the Consuls
General, Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular
Agent of the nearest district.
All proceedings relative to the salvage
of American vessels wrecked or cast on
shore in the territorial waters of the Ger
man Empire shall take place in accordance
with the laws of Germany ; and, recipro
cally, all measures of salvage relative to
German vessels wrecked or cast on shore
in the territorial waters of the United
States shall take place in accordance with
the laws of the United States.
The consular authorities have in both
countries to intervene only to superintend
the proceedings having reference to the
repair and revictualling, or, if necessary,
to the sale of the vessel wrecked or cast on
shore.
For the intervention of the local author
ities no charges shall be made except such
as in similar cases are paid by vessels of
the nation.
In case of a doubt concerning the na
tionality of a shipwrecked vessel, the local
authorities shall have exclusively the di
rection of the proceedings provided for in
this article.
All merchandise and goods not destined
for consumption in the country where the
wreck takes place shall be free of all du
ties.
Art. 17 .
With regard to the marks or labels of
goods, or of their packages, and also
with regard to patterns and marks of man
ufacture and trade, the citizens of Germa
ny shall enjoy in the United States of
America, and American citizens shall en
joy in Germany, the same protection as
native citizens.
Art.lB.
The present convention shall remain in
force for the space of ten years counting
from the day of the exchange of the rati
fications, which shall be exchanged at Ber
lin within the period of six months.
In case neither partygivesnotice,twelve
months before the expiration of the said
period of ten years, of its intention not to
renew this convention, it shall remain in
force one year longer, and so on, from year
to year, until the expiration of ayear from
the day on which one of the parties shall
have given such notice.
In faith whereof the Plenipotentiaries
have signed and sealed this Convention.
Berlin, the 11th of December, 1871.
[L. s.] GEO. BANCROFT.
The undersigned met this day in order
to effect the exchange of the ratifications
of the Consular Convention, signed on the
11th day of . December, 1871, between the
United States of America and Germany.
Before proceeding to this act, the un
dersigned Envoy Extraordinary and Min
ister Plenipotentiary of the United States
of America declared
1. That in accordance with the instruc
tion given him by his Government, with
the advice and consent of the Senate, the
expression "property," used in the English
text of Articles 111 and IX, is to be con
strued as meaning and intending "real es
tate."
2. That, according to the laws and the
Constitution of the United States, Article
X applies not only to persons of the male
sex but also to persons of the female sex.
After the undersigned, President of the
office of the Chancellor of the Empire, had
expressed his concurence with this declara
tion, the acts of ratification, found to be
in good and due form, were exchanged, and
the present protocol was in duplicate exe
cuted.
Berlin, the 29th April, 1872.
JEO. BANCROFT.
DELBRUECK.
And whereas the said convention has
been duly ratified on both parts, and the
respective ratifications of the same were
exchanged at Berlin on the twenty-ninth
day of April last :
Now, therefore, be it known that I,
Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United
States of America, have caused the said
convention and protocol to be made public,
to the end that the same, and every clause
and part thereof, may be observed and ful
filled with good faith by the United States,
and the citizens thereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
may hand and caused the seal of the Uni
ted States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
first day of June, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
two,
and of the Independence of the Uni
ted States of America the ninety-sixth.
[sxm.,.] U. S. GRANT.
By the President :
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.
[RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATURE.]
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for a
more effective system of quarantine on
the Southern and Gulf coasts.
Whereas experience has proved that the
present system of quarantine on the
southern and gulf coasts is inefficient to
prevent the ravages of yellow fever in the
cities and town of that section : Therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled That the
Secretary of War be, and is hereby, di
rected to detail one or more medical offi
cers of the regular army, who shall, du
ring the coming season, visit each town or
port on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico
and the Atlantic coast, which is subject or
liable to invasions of yellow fever, and
shall confer with the authorities of such
port or town, with reference to the estab
lishment of a more uniform and effective
system of quarantine, and who shall as
certain all facts having reference to the
outbreaks of this disease in such ports or
towns, and whether any system of quaran
tine is likely to be effective in preventing
invasions of yellow fever, and, if so,
what system will least interfere with the '
interests of commerce at said ports; and I
shall make, also, a detailed report on this
subject to the Secretary of War, through
the Surgeon General, on or before the as
sembling of the third session of the Forty
second Congress, in December, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two.
Approved, June 6, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE—NO. 138.]
AN ACT to prevent and punish the ob•
struction of the administration of jus•
tice in the courts of the United Stites.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That if
any person or persons shall corruptily, or
by threatening )eaters, or any threatening
communications, endeavor to influence, in
timidate, or impede any grand or petit
jury or juror of any court of the United
States, in the discharge of his or their
duty, or shall corruptly, or by threats or
force,"or by threatening letters, or any
threatening communications, influence,
obstruct, or impede, or endeavor to in
fluence, obstruct, or impede the due ad
ministration of justice therein, such per
son or persons so offending shall be liable
to prosecution therefor by indictment, and
shall, on conviction thereof, be punished,
by fine not exceeding one thousand dol
lars, or by imprisonment not exceeding
one year, or by both, according to the ag
gravation of the offense. And if any
person or persons shall attempt toinfluence
the action or decision of any grand or petit
juror upon any issue or matter pending
before such juror, or before the jury of
which he is a member, or pertaining to
his or their duties, by writing or sending
to him any letter on ;letters, or any com
munication in print or writing in relation
to such issues or matter, without the or
der previously obtained of the court be
fore which the said juror is summoned,
such person or persons so offending shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be liable to prosecution therefor by
indictment or information, and shall, on
conviction thereof, be punished by fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment not exceeding six months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment,
according to the aggravation of the offense.
Approved, June 10, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE—NO,I37.]..
AN ACT relative to retired officers Of the
army.
Be It enacted by the Senate and House s
of Representatives of the United States of
Jimerica in Congress assembled, That all
officers of the United States army who
may hereafter be retired shall be retired
upon the actual rank held by them at the
date of retirement, and the thirty-second
section of the act to increase and fix the
military peace establishment of the United
States approved July twenty-eighth, eigh
teen hundred and sixty-six, is hereby re
pealed.
Approved, June 10, 1872.
General Amnesty.
In his speech delivered on the 29th of
June, 1872, at Decatur, Illinois, while
discussing the issues presented in the Lib
eral Platform, Gov. Oglesby, said :
Resolution third says : "We demand
the immediate and unconditional repeal of
all disabilities." That lets in everybody.
It lets the seventy-five in. How does the
question stand ? In 1866 the republicans
in congress proposed the fourteenth amend
ment to the constitution. In July 1868,
that amendment was ratified by three
fourths of the States of the Union, and
was declared by congress and by Secretary
Seward to have been ratified and made a
part of the constitution. What did that
amendment say ? "All persons born in
the United States, or naturalized, are cit
izens of the United States and of each
State of the union." What is the next
thing it said? "The debt contracted in
the suppression of the rebellion shall nev
er be questioned." That is two things.
"All debts contracted by the Confederate
States shall never be paid." That is three
things. •'That compensation for emanci
pated slaves shall never be granted by
congress or by any State of the Union:"
That is four things. And fifth, "that no
person shall be eligible to the office of
member of congress, senator of the United
States, elected as president, nor hold any
civil or military office in the United
States or any State, who, having taken an
oath to support the Constitution of the
United States, afterwards engaged in re
bellion against our government ; that they
should never hold office except that disa-
bility should be removed by a two-thirds
vote of congress." Very well. Then no
man who, having taken oath to support
the constitution of the United States, and
afterward engaged in rebellion, could hold
office unless a two-thirds vote of congress
removed the disability.
What did we do ? Immediately we be
gan to remove the disabilities. Well,
could these rebels all vote ? Yes, sir—
they could all vote, like the colored peo-
NO. 29.
ple—we allowed them all to vote—we only
provided that they could not hold office
until the disabilities were removed by act
of congress, and then it had to be a two
third vote.
The Republican party commenced re
moving these disabilities. That constitu
tional provision itself removed the disa
bilities from a great many of them; and
congress kept on removing disabilities un
til last session, when 25,000 were discharg
ed by one act. That act read: "Ail per
sons who have ever borne arms against the
government of the United States, except
members of the thirty-sixth and -thirty
seventh congress—except men who were
in the army, navy, or judiciary when the
war began." These "excepts" cover about
seventy-five men. Why not let them
hold office? That is just where the re
publican party stops. The liberals say,
"let them all in." We say "no, it is not
wise." The great leading landmarks of
the rebellion stand now as they stood then.
Jeff Davis says be will take nothing—he
accepts nothing from you. Alexander H.
Stephens, Robert Toombs and others say,
"We are rebels still ; we believe we' were
right; we were not in rebellion against
your government ; wo had a right to se
cede; we stand now just where we did
during
the war." We say, "So long as
you talk that way we will let you stand as
a monument of the wrath of an outraged
people." [Applause.] They trifled with
the liberties of this people, and shot dead,
or caused to be crippled, four hundred
thousand of these men, and just as long
as they stand in that attitude, and say
they won't come back and be true to the
Union, we say these disabilities shall not
be removed from them--that they shall
not be elected to congress, or be elected
president or vice-president. I stand upon
that to-day. I say we have been liberal
as no people on the globe were ever liberal
before. But Gov. Koerner and Judge
Trumbull and all of them say, "We want
the disabilities removed from Jeff Davis,
from Tocmbs, from Stephdus—we want
them elected to office if the people down
there choose to elect them." Judge Trum
bull says that the people down there have
a right to vote for Davis if they like best
to do so. He says, "has not every
one a right to vote for whosoever he
prefers?' I say that has been the doctrine
—it is the doctrine now; but it has always
been understood by democrats, repub
licans and whigs alike, to mean that when
you and I vote for whom we please we
are to vote for a friend of our country,
and not for rebels or traitors. The right
of election was never extended to that
dangerous and fearful extent. Go to the
soldier here to-day—to the loyal man who
stood by the government, and ask him if
he wants Jeff Davis elected president or
vice president of the United States, or if
he wants him in congress, and he will say
No--he considers him a dangerous man.
Yon men say it is right for him to be
there, and that you arc in favor of it.
Your platform pledges you to it, and so
does the speech of Judge Trumbull ; but I
say there is no reform in it—l say it is an
outrageous violation of prudential meas
ures. A nation that cares nothing for
its reputation is like a man or woman who
cares nothing for reputation, which repre
sents the brightest jewel of the human
heart. I favor no man nor no party that
will advocate the bringing back of such
men to government and place. Jeff Davis
is a traitor before, and I will not consent
to place him in a position to be voted for
by men, who will vote for him solely on
account of his unexhausted treason against
our laws, our people, and our union; who
sympathize with him alone on account of
his unpatriotic views and open avowals of
hate of our constitution. Neither human
ity nor injustice require this abandonment
of sound and healty principles. lam asked
if we still fear Jefferson Davis. I promptly
answer, if democrats and liberal republi
cans should succeed in returning Davis,
Stephens, Breckinridge, and Toombs to
the United States Senate, the fatal error
would have no effect either upon my
nerves or my fidelity to our country, but I
should be mortified to know that a politi
cal party had gained the control of the
government who had no higher standard
of patriotism than to take counsel of an
old foe who has neither respect for our
institutions or gratitude for the generous
mercy already extended to them, who
would under every pretense again renew
the discord of former days and make it a
daily business to talk treason to the youth
of our country—vote upon all occasions in
the interest of our late enemy and secretly
instil posion as they did into the veins and
arteries of the nation. lam not so stupid
as not to know that Mr. Greeley, by his
avowal of a policy of prompt restoration
to political power of Davisand others, who
still insult us, will in the approaching pres
idential election, secure the vote of every
southern and northern man once in re
bellion or in sympathy with those who
were against our land and country. That
I fear is the real secret of all this profligate
love of amnesty, and Gen. Grant and our
cause will to that extent suffer in the next
election. I will not, therefore, vote for
Mr. Greeley, nor any other man who goes
for that kind of amnesty. It is trifling
with the principles of the government.
Now, these are the only two points of
difference—civil service reform and am
nesty. Poor Greeley ! You cannot tell
what the old man will do. He went crazy
on amnesty; he must go to Richmond to
sign Jeff Davis' bail bond, and now his
cry from morning to night is to bring
back these seventy-five or a hundred. To
put one of them in his cabinet will be
perfect consistent with the signing of that
bail bond. It was the foolish freak of an
old man, trying to do something to pacify
the country; he thought he was going to
reconcile rebels and republicans by it. The
rebels laughed at it. Jeff Davis turned
up his nose at it. I say it was the simple
thought of a poor old man that had been
dreaming half his lifetime that he would
do something to rule the world. I re
member as well as yen do that he once
said that no man could be healthy or vote
intelligently who did not subsist on bread;
he thought that a man who took a glass
of whiskey, or a glass of beer, ought to be
hanged on the spot. Such practices, and
such views, will not answer in a republic.
In selecting men we take capacity and
general features into account, and though
a man may not do as we do in these smaller
matters, yet that is no reason why we
should not vote for him. Look at mem
bers of temperance societies; they will
frequently vote for a man who is not a
temperance man at all. They say, "We
must look over that thing—that man has
qualification—he is eminently fitted for
the office, and I will overlook the - question
of his intemperance for the time being."
Just so with a man who drinks occasion
ally; he votes for a. temperance man, be
cause other considerations come in-to con
trol his action.