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THE "WEEKLY ERA - t 1 1 7 -I Wm. BROWN, -W -manager Hate ef Sabscrlptlaa. ViiMr-On Tr. In aursnce, $2 v" six month. 1 1 'X Three months. JoBiPRiWTiso: Job Work neatly I an J promptly execute I, of every style . and o the most re enable terras. Ord r rolicited from all parts of State. ' ' Ucrt a tpecialtg. J oat LA. rrt-reU. 3Iore to wme. 1873,' FALL STOCK. I. S. WAITT, Dealer in 1873. READY MADE CLOTHING - FOR MIX, YOCTIl's A?(D BOYS. DRY GOODS, Hmu, Xktm, Ilala aaa Cap, (icn aaa Ladles larnlihiiir C"e4s, Natieas, Iloilfrri TnulM, Valises, Ca rHaf Mallr-MMl lla-, La 4 Us Fiaa Hats aad Itlbbans, .Shirt Ian, Sbeetlars, Ac., Ac DirrtGOODS. iFVy Satn s'ts. W'at'ddla-i l'Opllli, HI Atiwcs, 1 '10-3600 .r . .-irey satinet satK 2T-75i Nolrh (ilrn(tr, VS3 Costa?- UJO-SOO ","TT. ' tVf 6 00-3000 r" K -.jFLCaa, " 3 76-11 W 100-70S i Whit A Kr'wa t 00-20 UO ! 10UO-i.'00 Hlankeia, Flr.1 vi t-. OVt Hat autd Otivs. . , wjiit onin i i w x) v.n'. U'i,i.. i-rmeiur - iw-iw 1 I.;.-- w,rV.. , Hitther'wn" 175-501 f -ii.. . tiir ?.. nr-JB"y wool " 7.3-1 V) Mti 1 fp In irent variety. M-2U0 Wiail, uaa'r,' l.Vi-275 Dsots and SliOes -lraw-,r- 1 OO-.'J.., . ,, - Iirawnt. W MIIU al III 30-130 .. iMJOtH, - Hair buM la rrrnt q nlitr, l-7"! l.ln. :i h itkf, iVl . M ... .1 .. H " . tine kip li'tn. .Iio-S 'iO hvy" ' 3V-6 00 luil r l six-. I.jO-4 jo Kiitton con , tianrrx. i ou-6 30 ICS Hats md lkys b"l.pfjjM Hlbbous. I llt wwtil, iHO-i'i LnllHt Pnme- nle Ilatn. JOiVSU burrian hat , 1 7VJ ' " lilk Velver liKt" I" ItHltiioraln A LM i n Calf sow- .lli.-H, 25ik-1S l'ul. I'ol. .1i'k'"-3o0 'Hutriial. 175-J50 Hib Hit, all wltl a, 6-loo ' A calf A Mim Clathiug rwtii Slutf, 1 Tu my Frieiuls and Cenenilly : tlie l'uMie Having leen favored with vour libe ral patronage for tho short time that have Ik on in uunness, I take this op ortunity to return my thanks, ami re spectfully solicit a continuance of the favor shown me. t'nie ! bring your ft lends, that toii and tlicv may ce and know Mint I. N. Taitt's is the plu.-e to Hetlue lull vaiuf 1 your iiioih . Respcctfullv, !.'. WAITT, 16-3m . Counselor at Liw mid Solicitor for I'atents, 613 7fA St., OjH8ite V. & r. O. Dept., WASHINGTON, D. C. :o:- SPIX'IAI. ATTKNTION GIVKN TO contested and abandoned cx-.es un der the l'atcnt Iaws ; to A ppejil.s, lie- Issues, Interference, and Intringe mentM; and to suits at law and equity, growing out of the rights and interests of Patentees. jCCr Correspondence solicited. 14 ly K. C. HA DO Ell. I!AlGi:it & T. P. DKVKRECX. ikvi:i:i:ux, Solicitors in Bankruptcy, Office, in Stronach Building, second door Xottbof "YsTborpuU i!oue. IiALEICII, "i. C, Will attend to all cases of Bankruptcy. Mr. Badcer will attend all the terms of the District Courts. No extra fee charged for consultation. May 13, 1673. 4. u. T. IS. PUKN'ELL, Attorney at v n a leigii, y. Law c. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. OFFICE near the Court House. 11 ly. Bailey & McCorkle, Attorneys and Counselors at C 4 -Cm ii.m: i-iioutd i;kavixc3S. (Large size) for Framing folios. or for Port This catalogue of engravings com prises a li.st of elegant works, from the lest American and European artists. Kvery variety of subject is represented. Portraits, Landscapes, Animals, Fig ures, Marine views, and Historical I ic t o run. from such well known artists as LANDSEKK, HKKIiING, WILKIE, HOSA BON HEUK, and others. Over TOO Uiflercnt Subjects. They are of all sizes, from 12x15 to 2tx4u. and can be sent bv mail or ex- nrpss. prepaid, caret ully done up in roller, and without injury. rrice.romtl t 10, according to size. A discount made' on large purchases. Catalogues tent frie to any address. We also furnish the iccL-iccrric Gallery FINU STEEL ENGRAVINGS. (Small size) for the PortfoUo, Scrap . Hook, or illustration. These engravings have appeared in the Eclectic Mauazixk, and comprise the t Portraits f atmrlr very ttistin truisheti on of tbe aat and present i-cntu ries. 0r lt contains iortrU nf niSTO KIANS, POETS. AKTISTS, WAH KIOKS, KINGS, STATESMEN. Hls TOKIC AND IDEAL PICTURES, Ac , tc. Nearly aoO IMflercut Subjects. TheT re printed on different sized paper; either small size, 7x10, or quarto size. 10x12, and can be sent by mail, carefully done up hi roller, preiaid, to any add ress. Price, small size, 10 ct Quarto size. 13 els. A specimen of each size and catalogue sent ou receipt of 25 cents. Catalogues sent free to ant; address, E, R. TELTON, Publisher, lost Fulton St., New York. 12 N ATIOXAL TEL, - Kaleift-k, . c. This new and elegant Hotel is now In perfect order, aud is kept in a sttlr far superior to any other Hotel in Raleigh. J. M. BLAIR, Proprietor, Formerly of the Yarborongh and Blair Houses, ltaleign, r. C TEIIMS MODIUtATIl. lG-2t SION II. ROGERS, Attorney at Law, RALEIGH, f. C, Office on ioywn Street, two half equares South of Yarborough House, Haywood old office. Practices Courts. in tbe Federal and State 40 3m. J ' C. C. WILLARD, EBBITT HOUSE -WASHINGTON, D. C. 4S 3ra V 00 I 00 ; ! : 60 th VOL. III. POETRY. Six Little Feet on tbo Fender. In my heart there liveth a picture Of a kitchen rude and old. Where the lire-light tririped o'er rafters And reddened tbe roofs brown mould Gilding tbo steam from tbe kettle. That hummed on the footworn hearth. Throughout all tbe live-Ion evening, lis measures or drowsy mirtb. Becauce of the three light shadows. That frescoed that rude old room Because of the voices ect red . Up mid tbe rafter's gloom Because of tbe feet on the fender. Six rest lows, white little feet The thoughts of that dear old kitchen, Are to me so irefcu anu sweet. When then, the first dash on the window, Told of the coming rain Oh ! where are the fair young faces That crowded against the pane ? What bitM of firelight stealing Their dimpled cheeks between. Went truggling out in the darkness In shred of silver sheen. Two of the feet gTew weary One dreary dismal dar, a a . . " Leavins them there bv the way. There was fretd clay on the fender, That weary, wintry night. For the four little feet had tracked it. From his grave on the bright hill's nejgnt. ,v Oh why on this darksome evening, This evening of rain and sleet. Kest my feet all alone on tho hearth stone T Where are those other feet? Arc they treading the pathway of virtue, mat will bring us together above? Or have they mado steps that will dampen A sister's tireless love ? OFFICIAL POSTAL CONVENTION BETWKEX 77te t 'uited States of America and the I'nited Kingdoms of Siccden and Xorxcay. The undersigned, John A. J. Crcswell, l'ostniaster-Oeneral of the United States of America, in virtue of the iovers vtsted in him by law, and Oluf Strnersen, Lnvoy Jijttra ordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiarv of his Majesty the Kinr of Sweden and Norway to the United States of America, in the name of his covernment, and by virtue of the powers which he has formally presented to this effect, have agreed uion the following articles, to wit: Article 1. There shall bean exchange of cor respondence between the United States of America and the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. This exchange of correspondence shall embrace: 1. Letters, ordinary and registered. 2. Newspapers, books, prints of all kinds, (compri sing maps, plans, engravings, draw- nirs, photographs, lithographs.and all other like productions of mechan ical processes, sheets or music, vc.,) and patterns or samples of merchan- lise, including grains ana seeds. Such correspondence shall be ex changed whether originating in the United States and destined for eith er of the United Kingdoms, or rice rersa.' or originating in, or uestineu for, wwch fortrtjn countries to 'vrmcn as intermediaries. ARTICLE 2. The offices for the exchange of mails shall be on the part of Swe de. 1. Goteborg; 2. The Travel ing Post-office No. 1. between Gote borg and Stockholm j 3. The Trav eling Post-office No. 2 between Malmo and Kalkoping. On the part of Norway 1. Christianssand ; 2. Christiania; 3. The Sea Post of office on the Steamboat line between 4Iammerfest and Hamburg; and on the part of the United States 1. New Nork : 2. Chicago. Tho respective Postal Adminis trations are authorized, if circum stances should require it, to discon tinue any of the offices designated for the exchange of mails, or to es tablish others in their place. Article 3. The Post-offices of Sweden and Norway shall make their own ar rangements for the despatch of mails to the United States; and in like manner the Post-office of the Uni ted States shall make arrangements for the despatch of mails to Sweden and Norw ay. The mails shall be forwanletl by regular routes of com munication; and each office shall, at its own cost, pay the expense of i the intermediate transportation (sea and territorial) of the mails whicn it despatches to the other country. It is agreed that the cost of the in ternational, ocean, and territorial transil of closed mails, exchanged in either direction, between the frontiers of the respective countries, shall be first defrayed by that one of the offices which shall have ob tained from the post-offices of the intermediary countries the most favorable terms for such convey ance, and any amount so advanced by one office, for and on account of the other, shall be promptly re-im- bursed. Article 4. The standard weizht for tho sin gle rate of postage shall be 9 For all other correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of tho first article, that which each offict adopts for tho mails which it despatches to the other, adapted to the regulations prescribed for such corns pondence in the despatching coun rv. Each office shall, however. give notice to the other .of the standard weight it adopts, and of any fcibsequent change thereof. The rule of progression shall be an additional single rate for each additi.nal single weight or fraction thereo". The weieht stated by tho des- patchitq- office shall always be ac cepted; ?xcept in tho case of mani fest em-. Article 5. The sitgle rate of postage for let ter corr-spondence exchanged in direct mtils between either of the United Kingdoms and the United States, shtll be I. Bv clsed mail, via England, without regard to the forwarding of the corrcsDondence. whether to or from a Swedish or Norwegian sea-port, or through Germany 1. For letters from Sweden for the United States (a) When prepaid in Sweden, 3G ore. (6) When paid in the United States. 14 cents. 2. For letters from the United States for Sweden (a) When prepaid in the United States, 9 cents. (6) When paid In Sweden, 56 ore. 3. For letters from Norway for me uni ted states- fa) When preDaid in Norwav. 12 smiling. (b) When naid In th United States, 15 cents. 4. For letters from tha TTnited States for Norway (a) When Drenaid In th United States. K) cents. (6) When Dflid in Vnrvvnr IS skdimj. ' -r J II. By direct regular steamship communication between ports In the United Kingdomswhether the port be Swedish or Norwegian the oneside, ana ports in the United States on the other 6ide tbe l." For letters from Sweden for the United States (a) When prepaid in Sweden, ore. (6) When paid in the United States, 9 cents. For letters from the United States for Sweden (a) When prepaid in , the United States. 6 cents. (6) When paid in Sweden, 36 ore. 3. For letters from Norway for the United States- fa) When prepaid in Norwav. 7 smiling". a s " (b) When paid in the United States. 9 cents. . 4. For letters from the United States for Norway la) When prepaid In the United States, 6 cents. (6) when paid In Norwav. 10 smiling. Insufficiently prepaid letters shall hn rhnrovl tvith th-nostaffe for un- "f ii" lc-f(c-r.-, utter deUuctln tia pew f i . . i - j'UJU -zmuuiiw . . On all other correspondence men tioned in second paragraph of the first article, the rate shall be, for the mails despatched by either route, that which the despatching office shall adopt, adapted to the regula tions prescribed for such correspon ence in the despatching country. But each office shall give notice to the other of the rate it adopts, and of any subsequent change thereof. Article C. The Atlantic sea-rate on the cor respondence sent in closed mails through England shall not exceed G cents per ounce for letter mails, and u cents per touna lor other corres pondence ; nor shall the charge for the fea-eonveyance thereof, between England and the United Kingdoms, exceed 2 cents per single-letter rate. or G cents per ounce net weight of letter-mails, and 0 cents per pound for other correspondence. It is also agreed that the entire cost of sea transportation between the boundaries of the respective countries, by any direct line of steamships adapted to the convey ance of mails, and employed by the respective post-otlices, shall not ex ceed 2 cents for each single-letter rate, or G cents per ounce, net weijrht, of letter-mails, and 6 cents per pound of other correspondence, It is further stipulated tnat the Atlantic sea rate on the correspond ence sent in closed mails through Germany shall not exceed 5 cents per 30 grammes of letters, and 1U cents per kilocrramme of other cor respondence. It is also unuerstooa ana agreed that the Norwegian Post-Omce shall be re-imbursed for the closed mails sent through Germany, which have been forwarded by the direct steamboat line between Cnristans sand and Hamburg, worked on Norwegian account, by a sum cor responding to the Swedish and Dan . . . f . -. - . i isn rate oi transit. lor cioseu niaiis sent through Sweden and Den mark. Article 7. Ordinary letters may be sent pre paid or w n p.aid,. but on . registered levers, aad .n all other correspond ence naentioued in the secend para graph of the first article, prepay ment shall be obligatory. Article 8. Registered articles shall, inaddi tion to the postage, be subject to a register fee of 30 ore in Sweden, of 8 skilling in Norway, and of 8 cents in tha United States. This fee, as well as the postage, shall always be prepaid. Each office is at liberty to reduce this fee for the mails it despatches. Article 9. Any correspondence may be reg istered, as well the international as that "originating in or destined for other countries to which the post-offices of the contracting coun tries may serve as intermediaries for the transmission or such regis tered articles. Each office shall notify" the other countries to which it may serve as intermediary. Article 10. The accounts on the internation al correspondence, exchanged in either direction, shall bo adjusted and settled on the following basis, viz : ' I. Between Sweden and the United States: From the total amount of inter national postages and register fees for correspondence between Sweden and the United States, collected in Sweden, the Sweden Postal Admin istration shall deduct the amount which, without exceeding the high est rates agreed upon, has been paid for the conveyance of the mails to the frontier of the Uniced States. From the total amount of interna tional postages and register fees, for correspondence exchanged be tween Sweden and the United States, collected in the United States, the Postal Administration of the United States shall, in like manner, deduct the amount which, without exceeding the highest rates agreed upon, has been paid for the conveyance of the mails to the fron tier or fcsweden, (or or JNorway, in case of conveyance by direct steam ship communication, or through England.) Of the amount two net sums thus obtained, Sweden shall recieve one moiety and the United States the other. II. Between Norway and the United States : From the total amount of the in ternational' postages and register fees for correspondence between Norway and the United States, col lected in Norway, the Norwegian Postal Administration shall deduct the amount which, without exceed ing the highest rates agreed upon, has been paid for the conveyance of the mails to the fronteir of the Uuited States. From the total amount of international postages and register fees for correspondence between Norway and the United States, collected in the United States, the Postal Administration of the United States shall, in like manner, deduct the amount which, without exceeding the highest rates agreed upon, has been paid for the conveyance of the mails to the fron tier of Norway, (or of Sweden, in case of conveyance by direct steam ship communication, or through England.) Of the amount of two net sums thus obtained, Norway shall re cieve one mioety, and the United States the other. Article 11. The correspondence mentioned in the second paragraph of the first ar ticle shall be despatched under reg ulations to be established by the despatching office ; but these shall embrace the following : 1. No packet shall contain any thing which shall be closed against inspection, nor any written com munication whatever except to state from whom and to whom the packet Is sent, and numbers ana prices placed upon patterns or sam ples of merchandise. fi: TVTvTTnNlTRiTr7Tr tttptn a :Y M. x KV . Y W V!. A h. RALEIGH, N. 2. Ne packet - may exceed feet in length, or one foot in other dimension. on 3. Neither office shall be bound to. deliver any article the importa tion of which may be prohibited by the laws or regulations of the coun try of destination. 24 4. The customs duties that mav be chargeable in each 1 of the two countries may be levied for the of the customs. 5. Except - as above no chargre whatever shall be collected on the letters and other correspondence ex changed. The small local carriers' fee now chargeable in Sweden may, however, be levied to the use of the Swedish office ; and as long as a fee or 2 smiling for tne delivery or poste res tan te letters, and one of 4 skilling for letters posted after the general time for collecting the post, are chargeable in Norway, these fees may be levied to the use or the Norwegian office. . Article 12. The Postal Administrations of each of the United Kingdoois, and that of the iTnttttl States. -snail es tablish ty-tnrrwiat, ocl i -con formity -with - the arrangements in force, at the time, the conditions upon which tho offices may ex change In open mails the corres pondence originating in or destined for foreign countries to which they may serve as intermediaries. It is, however, always understood that such correspondence shall only be charged with the rate applicable to international correspondence aug mented by the postage and other taxes due to Foreign Postal Ad ministrations, and any other tax for exterior service. Article 13. The postal accounts between the respective offices which, according to Article 10, are to be settled sepa rately between Sweden and the United States, and between Norway and the United States, shall be stated quarterly, and transmitted and verified as speedily as practica ble; and the balance found due shall be paid to the creditor office, either by exchange on London; or at the debtor office, as the creditor office may desire. The rule for the conversion of the moneys of the respective countries shall be established by common agreement between tho respective offices. Article 14. When in a port, whether belong ing to either of the United King doms or to the United States, a closed mail is transferred from one vessel to another, without any ex pense to the office of the country where the transfer is made, such transfer shall not be subject to any charge by one office against the other. Article 15. Official communications between the respective Postal Administra tions shall not be the occasion of any accounts between them. Article 1G. The respective Postoffices shall, j by mutual consent, make detailed regulations for carrying the articles of this convention into execution; and in like manner modify such regulations, from time to time, as the exigencies of TEB "seWice may reauire. Article 17. Letters wrongly sent, wrongly addressed, or not deliverable for any cause, shall be returned to the des patching office, at its expense for the return, if any expense shall be incurred. Registered articles, in the second paragraph of the first article mentioned, shall also be re turned in like manner. Other ar ticles shall be left to the disposition of the receiving office. Any postages not collected upon the correspondence returned, but which shall have been charged against the receiving office, shall be deducted from the account. Article 18. This convention shall take effect from and on the 1st day of July, 1873. It shall be continued in force until one year from the time when any of the Governments of the re spective countries shall have given notice of its wish to terminate the same. It is to be ratified, and the ratifications are to be exchanged a3 soon as possible. Done in duplicate original at the city of Washington, this fifteenth dav of March, in the year or our Lord one thousand eisht hundred and seventy-three. JNO. A. J. CItESWELL. seal. Postmaster- General. OLUF STENERSEN. seal. I hereby approve the aforegoing convention, and in testimony there of I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. U. S. GRANT. By the President: Hamilton Fish, Secretary of Slate. Washington, March 15, 1S73. seal Translation. We. Oscar, by the grace of God King of Sweden, Norway, the Goths and the Vandals, make linown that whereas, We and the United States of America have found it expedient and necessary to enter into negotia tions having for their object the conclusion 'of a postal convention, and our Minister, duly authorized for that purpose, having, on the loth day of March, in the present year, with the Postmaster-General of the United States, established, concluded, signed, and with his seal provided a convention, word for word as follows : . (See Convention above.) Therefore we have desired to rat ily, approve, and accept the conven tion so conclued, with all its arti cles, paragraphs, and clauses, and We do by these presents, in the most express terms, approve, accept, and ratify the same; and We will sincerely and honestly uphold and fulfill the foregoing convention and all its articles, paragraphs, and clauses. In witness whereof We have, with our own hand, signed, and caused the same to be confirmed by our royal seal. - Done at Stockholm Castle, on the sixteenth day of the month of May, in the year after the birth of our Lord and Saviour, one thousand eight hundred" and seventy-three. OSCAR, seal. O. M. Bjornstjerna. The undersigned having met to gether for the purpose of exchanging the ratifications of the convention concluded at the city of Washing ton on the fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and seventy three, between His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, and the United States of North Ameri ca, concerning the exchange of cor respondence between the United States of North America and the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, and the respective ratifi cations of the said convention hav ing been carfullv compared and found to agree exactly one with the other, and both with the original of the said convention, the exchange has this day been effected in tne usual form. , C, two any It witness weor. the under signed have signed the present cer- titiciitn of excnaiJiJWi ana hav Qf?w ed thereto the seals of their arms. i , . ;i - i . 11 no i ui imii Done at Stockfli.m the 26th dav oi-oiay, iom. TO - a -a a sts.ru d . ; - . U. U. AN D1U" J . SEAL. O. M. BJORTJE-iNA. seal, j DETAILED REGULATIONS AGREED UPON ' use Between the Post-Vffice of the Uni . Vv - ted States and tie Postal Adminis tration ofSicedeiifor the Execution of the ConvQiuw oj inn mh of March, 1873, Wfn the United Slates of America and the King doms of Sweden and Norway. Article 1., The American exchange offices of New York and tgo snail make up mails for the 3w-edish exchange offices of Gotewrs. ne travelling post-offlce No. 1 between Goteborg and Stockholm '! the travelling- post orfico -N . rttweenMalmo .an! JfiaUopi . -.Ji - '---- The latter shiiL make up mails for the exchange! offices of New York and Chicago.- - Table A, hereto annexed, indi cates the correspondence to be dis tributed to each exchange office, Article 2. Each mail exchanged between the respective offices shall be accom panied by a letter-bill, showing the postages ana me charges of transit, tho fees, &c accruing to each office upon tne ainerenc Kinds of corres pondence. The form of this letter-bill shall follow the models Bl and B2, here- to annexea, ana shall be consecu tively numbered by the dispatch ing office during each quarter of the calendar year. The receiving oHce shall ac knowledge its receipt bv the next uispatcn. Article 3. The exchange ofices shall divide the correspondence which they dis patch into a suitable number of sep- erate packages, according to the letter-bill. Each of these packages shall bear the proper etiquette. and numbers corresponding to tae letter-bill. Article 4. When more than a sincrle rate is chargeable upon eny letter or other article, the number of rates to which t is subject shall- be indicated bv the dispatching ojSce by a figure in the upper left corner of the address. Articles. Registered correspondence shall be described in a ipeister-list. fol lowing the models Cl and C2. here to annexed. All registered letters and the reg ister-list shall be enveloped together in strong paper, and securely fas tened, and the pacicet nlainiv in scribed with the woid "Registered" or 'IlekommenderatJ' and placed in the mail. The blank in the registered-letter list for expressing the number of registered articles shajl be filled in letters and figures expressiug the number. In case nregistered ar ticles are sent,, 0J0Pr - the letter-bin hilF be tiled with the word "iVtAW" or "Ail." Article 6. The register-lists dispatched shall be retained by the receiving office, which office shall acknowledge by the first mail the receipt of the reg istered articles, numerically, from No to No If the verication by the exchange office disclose an error of any kipd in the register-list, it shall be, also, by the first mail, notified to the dis patching office. Article 7. The two administrations mutual ly engage to take all needful meas ures for the careful transmission of registered correspondence, and for pursuing it when lost ; but it is un derstood that neither assumes to wards the other any pecuniary re sponsibility in case of loss. Article 8. All letters exchanged between the several offices shall indicate by stamp or writing thereon, the office of origin; and the unpaid letters so exchanged shall also be stamped in the United States "Paid all," and in Sweden "Franho." Registered articlesshall be stamp ed "Registered" in the United States, and "Pekomnienderas" in Sweden. Correspondence insufficiently paid shall be stamped in the United States "Insufficiently paid," and in Sweden "OfuUslandig frankerad," and the amount of deficient postage expressed in figures, (black) on the face. Correspondence dispatched by a direct line between the respective countries shall be stamped "Direct service," or "Service direct." When dispatched via England or via Germany and Denmark, it shall be stamped to indicate British or German transit. The respective Postal Adminis trations are mutually to furnish each other, with lists stating the foreign countries to which the for eign postage, and the amount there of must tie absolutely prepaid, or can be left unpaid, ad until such lists are funished, neither country is to mail to the other any corres pondence for foreign countries be yond the country to which the mail is sent Such lists shall also indicate the foreign countries with which regis tered correspondence may be ex changed in the open mails between the several offices, and the condi tions, thereof. Article 10. The resnective exchange offices shall mark, in red ink, in the upper corner of the address, ai tne right hand, of prepaid letters sent for transit in the open mail, the amount ef the extra-national postage due to the country through which the same are iorwaraeu , ana in tne same manner and place, but in black ink, shall mark the amount of the extra-national postage due to the forwarding country upon the un paid letters-sen in transit. Article 11. Articles under band which do not conform to the conditions mention ed in Article 11 of the Convention, or which are in no part prepaid, shall be retained by the adminis tration of origin, and shall remain subject to its disposal. Article 12. Letters originating in, or destin ed for, foreign countries, sent in the open mail, for transit through the United States, or tnrougn Sweden, and which are insufficiently paid, shall be transmitted as wholly un paid, an no account taken between the respective administrations of the amount prepaid. Article 13. Letters and all registered articles not deliverable shall be respectively returned-to the dispatching admin istration at the end of every month. fsee exhibits Dl and D2, but all other articles of correspondence, not registered, winch from any cause, , OCTOBER 30, cannot be delivered, shall be re tained at the disposition of the re ceiving country. The unpaid postages on the let ters so returned shall be deducted rrom the accourlt against the office originally charged therewith. The prenaid nostapes on thA lif ters so returned shall remain in the account as originally entered. The expense of transit of unnaid correspondence whi ;h has been transported by either administra tion in closed mails, and shall he returned to the dispatching office a not deliverable, shall he riorf from the original amount eharo-vi for transit upon a declaration of tho amount by the office claimino- thA deduction. No charge shall be made by either administration for the transit ot correspondence returned as not deliverable. Article 14. All correspondence wronglvad dressed or, missent shall be returned without delay by the receiving of fice to the - exchange office which dispatched it. . - - - . . i vi..'Xbe jreci vlng office abali alaeco rect, accordingly, in the column of verification, the original entries of the letter-bill relating to such cor respondence. Tho articles of a like nature addressed to persons who have changed their residence shall be mutually forwarded or returned, charged with the rate that would have been paid at the first destina tion. Article 15. The dispatching exchange office shall state on the letter-bills (for the convenience of the transit account) the exact number of single rates and weight of letters and the total weight of the other correspondence which shall be dispatched in closed mails by the British or by the Ger man and Danish transit. Article 16. It is understood that the accounts between the two offices shall be es tablished on the respective letter- bills, in the proper money of the dispatching office, but the interna tional postages on the unpaid let ters, or insufficiently paid letters. shall be computed in the money of the receiving bffice. Tne reduction or these moneys shall be effected in the general ac counts at the rate of 4 rixdaler, or 400 ore of Sweden, for one dollar of the United States. In entering on the letter-bills the international postages on the partly paid letters in the money of the re ceiving omce, and the loreign charges in the money of the dis patching office, the cent of the Uni ted States shall be considered as the equivalent of 4 ore of Sweden. It is also understood that the quarterly accounts shall be paid re spectively in gold, and in the de nominations 01 the money of the creditor office. Article 17. The quarterly accounts mention ed in article 13 of the Convention shall be prepared by the respective Postal Administrations. They shall be based upon the acknowledgments of receipt, and shall respectively be prepared according to the models Jfil and U3 ' "rT-v showinsr the definitive result, alike for the debit and the credit, shall bo prepared by the United States office according to the form hereto annex ed and marked F ; and shall then be transmitted with the quarterly accounts on which it is based, for the examination of the other office. Done in duplicate and signed at Stockholm this 30th day of May, 1873, and at Washington this 24th dav of June, 1873. WILHELM ROOS. seal. JNO. A. J. CUES WELL, seal. Note. The tables of the forms, referred to in the above, is omitted by the direction of the Secretary of the United States. Printer. CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE ORANGE FREE STATE. FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE AND EXTRADITION. Concluded Dec. 22, 1871. Ratification advised by Senate April 24, 1872. Ratified by President April 27, 1872. Ratified by Volkeraad of Orange Free State May 10, 1872. Ratifications exchanged at Wash ington August 18, 1873. Proclaimed August 23, 1873. By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. Whereas a general convention of friendship, commerce, and extraai tion between the United States of America and the Orange Free State was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries, at Bloemfonten, on the 22nd day of December, 1871, which general con vention is word for word as follows: General Convention of Friendship, Commerce, and Extradition be tween the United States of America and the Orange Free State. The United States of America and the Orange Free State, equally animated by the desire to draw more closely the bonds of friend ship which so happily exist between the two republics, as well as to aug ment, by all means at their dispos al, the commercial intercourse of their respective citizens, have mu tually resolved to conclude a gene ral convention of friendship, com merce, and extradition. For this purpose they have ap pointed as their plenipotentiaries, to-wit : The President of the Uni ted States, W'illard W. Edgcomb, special agent of the United States, and their consul at the Cape of Good Hope, and the president of the Or ange Free State, Friedrich Kauf man Hohne, gov. secty, who, after a communication of their respective full powers, have agreed to the fol lowing articles : Article I. The citizens of the United States of America and the citizens of the Orange Free State shall be admitted and treated upon a footing of recip rocal equality in the two countries where such admission and treat ment shall not conflict with the constitutional or legal provisions of the contracting parties. No pecun iary or other more burdensome con dition shall be imposed upon them than upon the citizens of the country where they reside, nor any condi tion whatever to which the latter shall not be subject. The foregoing privileges, how ever, shall not extend to the enjoy ment of political rights. .Article 11. The citizens of one of the two countries residing or established in the other shall be free from personal military service; but they shall be liable to the pecuniary or other con tributions which may be required, 1873. by way of compensation, from cit izens of the country where they rem, wno are exempt from wuu service. JNo higher impost, under what ever name, shall be exacted from the citizens of one of the two coun tries residing or established in the otner than shall be levied unnn citizens of the country in which they resme, nor any contribution what ever to which the latter shall not De name. In case of war or of the seizure or occupation of property for public purposes, the citizens of one of the two countries residing or established in the other shall be placed upon an equal footing with the citizens of the country in which they reside with respect to indemnities for dam ages they may have sustained. Article III. The citizens of each one of the contracting parties shall have power to dispose of their personal property within the jurisdiction of the other, by sale, testament, donation.- or in any other manner, and their heirs.. whether bytestament or ab intesta- to, or their successors, being citizens of the other party, shall succeed to the said property or inherit it, and tney maice take possession thereof, either by themselves or by others acting for them ; they mav dispose of the same as they may think proper, paying no other charges than those to which the inhabitants of the country wherein the said property is situated shall be liable to pay in a similar case. In the absence of such heir, heirs, or other successors, the same care shall be taken by the authorities for the pre servation of the property that would De taKen lor the preservation of the property of a native of the same country, until the lawful proprietor shall have had time to take meas ures for possessing himself fthe same. But in case real estate situated within the territories of one of the contracting parties should fall to a citizen of the other party, who, on account of his being an alien, could not be permitted to hold such prop erty, there shall be accorded to the said heir or other successor such term as the laws will permit to sell such property; he shall be at liberty at all times to withdraw and export the proceeds thereof without diffi culty, and without paying to the government any other charges than those which, in a similar case, would be paid by 'an inhabitant of the country in which the real estate may be situated, j ArticleJV. Any controversy which may arise among the claimants to the property of a decedent shall be de cided according to the laws and by judges of the country in which the property may be situated. Article V. Tbe contracting parties give to each other the privilege of having, each in their respective States, con suls and vice-consuls of their own appointment, who shall enjoy the same privileges as those of the most favored nation. But before any consul or vice-consul shall act v hii orainary wtm, be approved by the government of the country in which his functions are to be discharged. In their private business transac tions, consuls and vice-consuls shall be submitted to the same laws and usages as private individuals, citi zens of the place in which they re side. It is hereby understood that in case of offence against the laws, by a consul or vice-consul, the govern ment from which he recieved his exequatur may withdraw the same, send him away from the country, or have him punished in conformi ty with the laws, assigning to the other government its reason for so doing. The archives and papers belong ing to the consulates shall be invio late, and under no pretext what ever shall any magistrate or other functionary inspect, seize, or in any way interfere with them. Article VI. Neither of the contracting par ties shall impose any higher or oth er duties upon the importation, ex portation, or transit of the natural or industrial products of the other, than are or shall be payable upon the like articles being the produce of any other country. Article VII. Each of the contracting parties hereby engages not to grant any fa vor in commerce to any nation which shall not immediately be en joyed by the other party. Article VIII. The United States of America and the Orange Free State, on re quisitions made in their name through the medium of their re spective diplomatic or consular agent, shall deliver up to justice persons who, being charged with the crimes enumerated in the fol lowing article, committed within the jurisdiction of the requiring nartv. shall seek asylum, or shall be found within the territories f the other : Provided, That this shall be done only when the fact of the commission of the crime shall be so established as to justify their apprehension, and commitment for trial if the crime had been commit ted in tke country where the per son so accused shall be found. Article IX. Persons shall be delivered up ac cording to the provisions of this convention who shall be charged with any of the following crimes to wit: Murder, (including assassin ation, parricide, infanticide, and poisoning;) attempt to commit murder ; rape ; forgery, or the emis sion of forged papers ; arson ; rob bery, without violence, intimidla tion, or forcible entry of an inhabi ted house ; piracy ; embezzlement by . public officers, or by persons hired or salaried, to the detriment of their employers, when these crimes are subject to infamous pun ishment. Article X. The surrender shall be made by executives of the contracting par ties respectively. Article XI. The expense of detention and de livery effected pursuant to the pre ceding articles shall be at the cost of the party making the demand. Article XII. The provisions of the aforegoing articles relating to the surrender of the fugitive criminals shall not ap- 1 ply to offences committed before the date hereof, nor to those of a : political character. Article XIII. The present convention is conclu ded for the period of ten years from the day of exchange of the ratifica tion ; and if, one year before the expiration of that period, neither of the contracting parties shall have announced, by an official notifica tion, its intention to tbe other to ar rest the operations of the said con vention, it shall continue binding for twelve months longer and so on from year to year mi il the expi ration of the twelve ui ..iths which j I v 1 1 i j; vv0 12 s NO. 20. will follow a similar declaration, whatever the time at which it may take place. Article XIV Thi- convention shall be fmhmlt. the ted on both sides to the annrAvnf and ratification of the resDectlve competent authorities, and tho rot. iiicuuuns snau oe exchanged at !C Is 1 1 . 1 . - . Washington as soon as circumstan ces shall admit. In faith whereof tne respective nleniDotentiftriaa nave signea me aoove articles, and have thereunto affixed their seals. 1 . - ... . r - - - ' Done in auadruolicate at Hlrwm. fonten this 22d dav of December, in the yearof our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. W. W. xUU-JUHlIi. ISEAL.1 F. K. HOHNE. seal. And whereas the said general con vention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective rat ifications of the same were exchan. ed at Washington on the eighteenth instant. . ..v v , Now, therefore, be it known that T. ULY88E8 8. Ok ANT. President of the United Btates-of America, have caused me saia convention to oe made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfill ed with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In testimony whereof I have set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this the twenty-third day of August, in the year of seal. I .our Xiord one thousand eight hundred and seventy three, and of the Independ ence of the United States the ninety-eight. U.S. GRANT. By the President : J. C. Bancroft Davis, Acting Secretary of State. CONVENTION ! '" BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND DENMARK. NATURALIZATION. Concluded July 20, 1872; Ratified January 22, 1873; Exchanged March 14, 1873 ; Proclaimed April 15, 1873. ' ! By the President of the United States of America. ; A proclamation. Whereas a convention between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Denmark, relative to the naturalization of citizens and subjects of the two countries, was concluded and sign ed at Copenhagen by their respec- plempotentiaries on the twen- th day of July, 1872, the original of which convention, being in the English and Danish languages, is word for word as follows : j The United States of America and His Majesty the King of Den mark being desirous to regulate the citizenship of the citizens of the United States of Amerie -rf" uigraieu,ar wtio may emigrate, 'from the United States of America to the Kingdom of Denmark, and the Danish subjects who have emi grated, or who may emigrate, from the Kingdom of Denmark to the United State of America, have re solved to conclude a convention for that purpose, and have named as their plenipotentiaries; that is to say, the President of the United States of America: Micheal J. Cramer, minister resident of the United States of America at Copen hagen ; and His Majesty the King of Denmark: Otto Ditley Baron Ro-senorn-Lehn, commander of Dane brog and Danebrogsmand, cham berlain, His Majesty's minister for foreign affairs, &., &., &. ; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles, to wit: Article I. Citizens of the United States of America who have become, or shall become, and are, naturalized, ac cording to law, within the King dom of Denmark as Danish sub jects, shall bo held by the United States 01 America to oe in an re spects and for all purposes Danish subiects. and shall be treated as Ruch bv tne unitea etates 01 f . a - I a 4 I A A America. In like manner, Danish subjects who have become, or shall become, and are. naturalized, according to law. within the United States of America as citizens thereof, shall be held by the Kingdom of Den mark to be in all respects and for all purposes as citizens of the United States of America, and snail be treated as such by the Kingdom of Denmark. Article II. Tf an v such citizen of the United States, as aforesaid, naturalized within the Kingdom of Denmark as a Danish subject, should renew his residence in the United States, the United States Government mav. on his application, and on such conditions as that Govern ment may see fit to impose, read mit him to tbe character and priv ileges of a citizen of the United states, and the Danish government shall not, in that case, claim him as a Danish subiect on account of his former naturalization. Tn like manner, if any such Dan ish subiect. as aforesaid, naturalized within the United States as a citizen thereof, should renew his residence within the Kjngaom 01 uenmaric, His Majesty's Government may, on his application, ana on sucn conai tions as that Government may think fit to impose, readmit him to the character and privileges of Danish subiect. and the United States Government shall not. in that case, claim him as a citizen of the United States on account of his for mer naturalization. Article III. If. however, a citizen of the United States, naturalized in Den mark, shall renew his residence in the former country without the in tent to return to that in which he was naturalized, he shall be held to have renounced his naturaliza tion. In like manner, if a Dane, natur alized in the United States, shall renew his residence in Denmark without the intent to return to the former country, he shall be held to have renounced his naturalization in the United States. The intent not to return maybe held to exist when a person natur alized in the one country shall reside more than two years in the other country. Article IV. - The present convention shall go into effect immediately on or after the exchange of the ratifications, and shall continue in force for ten years. If neither party shall have given to the other six months' pre vious notice of its intention then to terminate, the same, it shall fur ther remain in force until the end of twelve months after either of THE WEEKLT- EEA. Rates of Adrertlslag. 2m'i. 3 m'a.fo m'a.12in'a 3 00 5 00 7 00, 10 OO'flfl 00 9 00 12 00 16 00 26 00 12 00 15 00 15 001 24 001 17 00, 28 00 32 00! 16 00 18 00 20 00 18 001 35 00 25 00 30 00 60 00, 40 00 50 00 80 001150 H ! Transient advertisine one dollar per square for tbe first and fiftt cents I for each subsequent insertion. the COntractine- nartlosi h nil h i vn Sven notice to the other of such tention. Article V. The present convention ahaii Tati.fibJr the President of the United States of ArnpHca k,,,i with the advice Senate thereof, and by His Majesty the King of Denmark, and the rati fications shall be exchanged at Copenhagen as soon as may be, within eight months from the date hereof. tIn witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have sirned tho same, and have affixed thereto their respective seals. DOne at .CoDenhfll-Pn. tha fnran. tleth day of July, In the year of our Lord one thousand ei-hfc h -sa m kuu v a ' v and seventy-two. MICHAEL J. CRAMER. O. D. RaOSENORN-LEILN1 tsCAL.l ' , Aad whereas the said convention baa bewn duly rfetluect on both txn-ti. and. tha rmpecUv iufVestu-w w" exchanged at Copenhagen, on the 14th dav otMa.rch.1873.bv Michael J. Cramer, minister resident of the United States of America at Conen- hagen. and Otto Ditiev Rosenorn. Lehn, Commander of Danebror and Danebrogsmand, chamberlain, His Majesty's minister for foreign af fairs, fcc fcc.. c.. on tho Dart of their respective governments: JNOW. therefore, be It known thrift I, UlyssesS. Grant, President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to Lm made public, to the end that tho same, and every clause and arlido thereof, may be observed and ful filled with good faith bv the United States and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused tho seal of the United States to ho af fixed. Done at the city of Washington, this 15th day of April, in the year of our Lord one seal. thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-seventh. U.S. GRANT. By the President: HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of Stale. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES op ,J Agreement beltcem the Post-office Dt' 1 parlmenls of the United Slates of America and of the Dominion of Canada, establishing an exchange of Postal Cards between the lico ' countries. Article 1. For the purpose of providing ad ditional facilities of mail communi cation between the United States and Canada, it is hereby mutually agreed that United States postal . cards mailed at any post-office In the United States and addressed to Canada, and Canadian postal cards mailed at any post-office in Canada and addressed to the United Htate, of'orie cent, by allixinz thereto nn ordinary one-cent postage-stamp of. the country of origin, in addition to the stain d printed or impressed on the card, shall be reciprocally for-. warded and delivered in the coun- trv of destination free of charge. Postal cards not so prepaid will not be forwarded In the mails-cetween the two countries. Article 2. The regulations and Instruct! ns governing the use and treatment of postal cards in the domestic mails of the United States and of Canada, respectively, shall apply equally to the postal cards mailed in either country and addressed to the other country. article a. Each country will retain to its own use the postage It collects, at the t prescribed rate on postal cards for- ' wardea 10 tne omer cuuutrjr. Article 4. The present articles shall be con sidered additional to those ageod upon between the two offices on tne 25th of March, A, D. 1851, and on the 25th and 26th of August, 1S.0, and shall come Into operation ou the 1st day of July, A. D. Ibid. In witness whereot tne postmas ter-General of the United States of America, and the Postmaster-General of the Dominion of Canada, have hereto set their hand and affix ed their seals, at the date set oppo site to each respectively. JNO. A. J. ClvLiSW J'IjIj, ! rSEAL.l Postmaster-General of U. S. June 19, 1873. A. CAMl'liLlLL., , Jeal.' Postmaster-General of June 26, 1873. Canatla. I hereby approve the aforegoing convention, and in testimony there of I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. U. S. GRANT. By the President : Hamilton Fish, Secretary of Slate. ; seal. Washington, June 19, 1873. Possum and persimmon time has come in North Carolina, and yet the people are not happy. Enquirer. The Enquirer's orthography will be improved after election. Than ( it will be "O'possum and persim mons! how we have been whipt; and yet we are not happy." De 'possum days ana come, De brightest ob de year, And Kemper's up a gum Wid narry a 'possum dare; He looks down in the mouf, As sorry as can be, , And swears de niggers scared away Dat 'possum from de tree ! State Journal. It would bo well for the blooded newspaper men of the South to re flectuponthefollowingadvice giv en by General Lee to a Southern lady ,who, in his presence declared a determination never to be recon structed and to imbue her children with similar spirit. He said: "So, madam, do not Instill into the minds and hearts of your children any other than sentiments of fidel ity and love to your country and its flag. Teach them to cherish their country and its institutions for they have but one country andi. but one flag, and that is the c un try and flag of our forefathers." How Rip's dog Snyder got up the tree is a question for naturalists, but the election of the Snyder ticket only looks reasonable "to a man up a tree." Enquirer, As the Enquirer will be the man decidedly "up a tree" on the fourth of November, the election of the Snyder ticket" will be as palpable as real, and its attempt to hasten down will not at all dispel its un- tiappy illusion. State Jonrnal. Nearly - two hundred thouund dollars rent are annually paid by the national government tor private buildings, which are used for offices, in Washington. Why should not this money be saved by making runner adiifcoas to the present govern ment accommodations ? 35 00 40 00 45 00 6ao' 80 0 1
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