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VOL. VIII. . ....NO 412.
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L LIST OF LETTEKS
"jrt RMAtMN'O In the Pot Office it Concord,
ti, North-Carolina, on the 1st of Annl 18-3.
iah Allemong
CoL Win. S. Allinn
George Barnhart '
John Bamnrer
: George Wrttarter
John N. Bonds
John Benton
Frederick Cheek
EH Conine
Michael Clin
Charles Corker
Leroy 8. Carliren
William Crook
Speakman Dawraan
ffenry Oalong
David Fisher
John rither
JohnFurr
John ford
Tobiat Furr
Catharine ferrett.
.'John Ciltati
Sarah Hiidxoit
, ItoM Justice
Harris Jnurdin
Pamorl Kimmons
John Kerrptl .
. Ttma-etl Ring
George Little''
Motet McClure
Oliver M. McCurdy
" Thoma Martin
Motet McKinlev
Charlet McClelland
Wm. McClnin 2
John McCelrbt
.John N. Phiftr
F.lisabcth Perfv
Robert Pirkem, 2
John P. Phifer, 1
Mrt. Louisa A. I'hifcr
Jaijnet Pew
- Joteoh kel
I" Wary-Holland
.. John Gorman
lew Hope
'.MatiM HorlochoT
; Dbrethf Harrw -r ;
. James M. Hope
- Andrew Harrw . .... -Samuel
llarrk
Leonard lloyler
- Franklin Harria..S(!
lierood HolnnJ
John Si nine "' ;
Pavi.! Vir
lhmari Wilwam
JLL.Uiam".I7
' Janwe 't
Jarm-s Wallace. .
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LIST OF LETTERS-
F.M UsiNtJ in the toSt Oflire at Stn'rwitlp,
North Carolitia, on the U. of April, 1328.
Joseph AIIwmv
Thomu A. Allison
Hugh Andrew
Mary Andrewa
Walter Bell
Georire Brack
Wm. Commine
John Campbell
Henry Chambert, 2
David 8. Cowan
"-vrm. Huen
Aleunder Donlap
Georfe L. Davidson
Richard Uavidton, or
- Folhr Daidon
I Joaeph. ekltoa
Joteph Eltlt
Wm. ir. r.inr -
Cr! ad KkLon
JobnFalh
Greenberr Gaither
Thomu Hetler
JameaT. Hall
Abrahnr44ilt
Mote.liHlt.
Trenqneller Hill
flarbprn Howard
Xltin Howard
John tlarkv.or
Daitiel Walker ....
Wm. L. Johnaton ,
Jacob.traria
RobL Laz.n''V
Ket. A. W. 1.ron,2
taac Marghall
Jam ? Magi;han '
Wm. Maaon
Francia Muthrron
Secretary Mount Mori&h
IkIj-. No R2
'Abraham Mucky
Jamet McKav
Dan'Mil McCain
Jamt-a Vcflarycc
John McConnell, or
David Sharp
AuywtMt Pierce
James Parker . , .
Abalnm Roby
' Mathe w Robert!
Tho. Itenshaw
. John Kobcrtt ,.
laaac Sander
Wm. Stevrnton '
Robt. Sliwn
Jamea Smith
arnuel Turner
Jew Tbomaa
" "Wm. W.rd "
John W'ooiUiile
' Iioc Wird "
Wn. WSon
Robert C. W'Jwn"
By tht Prttidcnt fthe V, State f America.
A PROCLAMATION.
YfTllF.KEAS a Treatv of Commerce and Nar
f T ... igat ion, between the United Siatet of I
Americ nd lla Mi jwnv, the Kinjr of Sweden
iHdTJisrwsyrTogTthCT whhr reparit-A rtlcte
thereto, were cnnclmled and signed, by their
plTiMttntiaries at Stockholm, on Ihe' fourth
day wf'julyi iirthe-yesrwf mir bort-one tho.
tand ';'elcrirTtiinlred 1nrientv.seven chfch
Tre'atyfa'ndelat
French lanfrnafre, and whereof the annexed it a'
faithful trannlation, are, word for Word at fol-
"t!J
JMF.S M'c KNIGHT, P. V.
(ilUWYAUY.
T'lF, tuWribera are this day rreeivinf. in
part, at their who'rtale torc in Fayettcille
SJ. C. their Spring npnlv of
GUOCEMKS,
The whole of which it eipectsd hr the fir ar.
AlTltfrom ffnTrk ami PkilaiWpHia, and will
eonit In part, of the " followinir articlra, to
which thry iotitc the attention of their friend
and the ptrblic generally ;
40 Hilda, prime Sugar,
40 bbla loaf and lump do.
214 bags llavanna, Cuba, St. Domingo and
Porto Rico Coffee,
5 do Pepper,
6 do Race (iinjjcr,
3 do Pimento,
100 Hbl. Brandy and WhitVcr,
2.1 do N. B. Rym,
?0 di American Cm,
.1 hlidt Jamaica Spirit,
1 do N, O. Rum,
pipe Ogoia Beandv, Seignttte brands,)
3 do old Holland Kin, '
: 71 HhcLW.L Shrub.
4 qur catkt Tenereiffe ami Sherr)
1 half pipet CMtca
8 our cakt tweet Malaga.
9 do do Mutest
3 ba'f quar. cask old Madeira
I pipe do do
3
M
6 half qnar. casks Cettr
2 do do do Port
2 hM. of Copperas
1 eereon Bengal liuhft
1 cak F.paom fjlta,
' It bbta tjlanber do. -
20 botes (Uat
do ; RoSfH ...
. . Id'Aa fJtWioeW- . ,,.. ,.
6 do freth froutxl Vuard,
. 20 A freahllloom Ilai'inv.
......15 vdo Imperial, Gunpowder, nj II) tori trat
CO bap Shot, aatnrted numbcrtj
20 kega Orange Powder,
2 hampers bottles,
1 bbl Philadelphia Starch,
With a freat variety of evrry article in their
1W. . HOU TONS k IIUT1 ON.
BUNK BANK BONDS,
Fthe nea form sow rerpiirrd, for tale at the
mc ot m Wern Ciroittirm, SavM?.
ttajesif ilhis KiriR of Sweden and Norwnr
entially animated ilh the desire. of ex .
tending and runsoHditin thecommercla
relation rubshtihtr between their respec
live Territories, and convinced that this
object cannot better He rccomplNhed than
rv placing them on the basis of a perfect
rquilitf and reciprocity, have in conse
quence acreedio enter Jnt negotiation
for a n.v Treaty of Commerce and Nav
ivfation ; and, to this effect, have appoin
ted Plenipoten'iaries, to wit i The Presi
dent of the United State of America,
John Jmes Appleton, Charge d'Affairs of
the said States at the Court of ills Majesty
the King of Sweden and Nori : and
His Majes'y the King of Sweden and Nor
way, the Sieur Gutave Count rle Wetter
atedt, his Min's'r of Slate and of Foreign
Affiirs, Kniglit Commsoderor hi orders
Knight of the Orders of St. Andre w, St,
Alexander. Newsky, and St. Ann, of the
CrsticlassTof JiflixK
der of the Red K:f!erofhe first rlss,of
Frusia ;' Granct CrosK of the" Order of
-Leopold of ABstrU ;one. of he . Eighteen
of. th. S wcfMsh Atfadetny who, after
Haying exchanged thefc
Ingooft anrf due formr
the fillowing articles:
jfrtieli) I. Tbeciiirens and siibjf.r's of
each 0.1. the. two high cootrrtinp; parties
may, wuh ail security for their persons,
vessels and cargoes, freely enter the
ports, places, and uvers, of the territories
ol the other, wherever foreign1 commerce
is permitted. They shall he at liberty to
sojourn and reside in all pirts whatsoever
of said territories ; to rent and occupy
house and warehouses for their com
merce ; and they s'jall enjoy, generally,
the niost entire security and protection in
their mercantile tr-timcibn, on condition
of their aohinittinir to the laws and ordi
nances of tHe respective cwimttes.
jirticlt 1- Swedish and Norw egian ves
sel, and those of the isl.md of Su Bart ho
lomew, arriving either laden or in hillaiU
into the fwrn ol the I tilled btates. o;
America, from whatever place they may
come, oh te treated on tnetr entrance,
during their stay, and a; their depirture,
upon the sime footing as national vessels
i;umiucroJLliejopJre, with respect
to '..Jhertaiies ct tonnage, Itght houtet
pilotugr, and port chargesVas well as to
the perquisites of ptiMic officers, and all
other diiiies or charge's of whatever kinrr
or tlenomiiulioti, Irsied in the nsmr, or
fto the profit, of the foernmew. the local
4-- - -. -,.-, ... ....
aumoiuicSi. or oi aoj, pnvuic csiaousn
nient, whatsoever.
And rn iin ocallv.the vessels of the t ni
ted States of America, arriving, either
laden, or in ballast, in the ports of the
kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, from
whatever place thry may come, shall he
treutctl on their entrance, during their
stay, and at their departure, upon the
same footing as national vcsaels coining
fiom the same place, with respect to the
duties of ttmnitre, light house, pilotage.
j'ul pol charges, a well as to the per
mtlsi'es of public officer, and all other
t'utirs or charges, of whatever kirxl or de
nomination, levied in the name, or to the
profit of the Gotcrnmcnt, the local au
thorities, or of any private establishment
whatsoever.
.1rlie!r 3. All that may be lawfully im
ported into the United Siatcs of America,
in vessel o( the raid Ststes, may aNo be
thereinto imposed in Swedish and Nor
wegian vessels, and in those of the island
of St. Bartholomew, from whatever place
they may rome, wiihout paying other or
higher duties, or charges, of whatever
kind or denomination, levied in the name
or to the profit, ot the Government,the
local authorities, or or arty prtTate-estab
luhroentt, whatsoever, than if imported
in national vttselt.
And, reciprocally, all that may be law
fully imported into the Kingdoms of Swc:
den and Norway, in Swediih and Norwe
gian vetseUroa In tboae of th Island of
Sr. BanrMonw.-may b .iberciftto
imponed in vetscta of the United State
ica, in vessel of the said Sttte, may al
to be exported therefrom in Swedish and
Norwegian vessels, or io thoiof the island
of St. Bartholomew withoutaying other
or higher duties, or charge of whatever
kind or denomination, levied, in the name,
regulations and ordinances concerning
navigation, and the places and port which
they may enter, as are, or shall be, in
force with regard to national vessel J and
that the custom-oouse officers shall be
permitted to- VlslriheinT--to-Temsirion
or to profit, of the Government, the local
utfer4erjor. pf anyprivateeblish
oational yessela., ' M 7;
And, reciprocally, all that may be law
fully exported frorn the kingdom of Swe
den. and Norway iojivedishind. Norwe
gian vessel, or In those of t island of
STCrtholornewTr
thTreTrom in vessels of the Unled State
of America, without paying otheror high
er diitiea, or charges, of wbateyertnd or
denomination, levied in the nameor to
the profit, of the Government, the Jocal
authorities, or of any private etabjh
ments whatsoever, that if exported in na
tional vessels. -. ,
-vf rtielc- 5 Tne. stipulations .. contained
in thf; three preceding articles, are, to"
therf full extent, applicable to the vessels
of the V. 3. of America, proceeding,
either laden, or not laden, to the colony
of St. Bartholomew, in the West Indies,
whether from the ports of the kingdom
of Sweden snd Norway, or from any other
place whatsoever; or proceeding from
the said colony, eiiher laden or not laden,
whether bound for Sweden or Norway, or
for anv other place whatsoever.
Jirticlt ft It is exprestly understood
that the foregoing secon J, third, and
fourth articles, are not "applicable to the
coastwise fiavTgarton frdta one pofrofihe
United States of America, to another port
Lli.?s!.4?. X nor- to. the navigano
from one port of 'the ktndom's of Sweden
fW. ofTor way to another npc to. that be:
tween the two latter coontnes ;.whieh
navigation each of the two high contrac
ting ptrtie reserve to Uselfr
Article 7 Each of the two high con
trading parties engage not to grant, in
its purchases, or in those which might be
made by companies or agent, acting in
it name, or under its authority, any pre
fere nee to importations made in its own
vessels, or io those of a third Power, ovrr
those made in the vessels of the other
contracting party.
Article 8 The two high contracting
parties engage not to impose upon the
navigation between their respective rerri j dared, that, in case of illecal or impro-
tone, 111 the vetscls or 'either, any ion
nage or other duties of ny kind or de
nomination, which shall be higher, or t Consols, Vice Consuh, or Commercial
other than those which shall be imposed
on every other, navigation .except thai
w hie b- they have reaerved Utbemel ves,
rcsper.uvelyv by the 'uth.: article ol the
present treaty. - '
Article 9. There shall not be estab
lished, in the United States of America,
set' at liberty, and shall hot be again ar--rested
for the same cause.
Iis unclefstobd, howeveN-thatrif the
deserter ahoujd be found, to have commit
ted any crime or xffe nee, his urrendef ,.
wtsy-Jwalliia4, npti! ihr "fy ?tTPpt hefori
which the cac hU . be depending, hali
hare, pronounced jts' sentence,' ana uch
board;; and to take alt -such precautions as
maf be necessary to pre vent all unlawful
jcommerceV-k Jong s t he--re saele -shall J sentence shall havoben caiedJnto rEZ
tion. . Sv,
Article 12. It i further agreed, that
thfrvesselroto
partieshavingrentereu Into the wihof
mrottrerrTwitl teewUtedofionfinaV
themselves' td-unlosding such part only
of their cargoes, as the.Captaln or owner
may wish, and that they may freely de
part with the remainder,' without paying
any duties, imposts, or charges, whatso
ever,, exCjpt for that part which shall
have been landed, and. which shall be
marked upon, and erased from, the man
jfest exhibiting. .the enumeration of the
articles with which the vessel was laden ;
when manifest ahail be presented entire
at the Custom House of the pl3ce where
the veisel iha,!l have tnttied. Nothing
shall be paid on that part of the cargo
which the vessel , shall carrv away, and
with which it may continue its voyage, to
one, or several other ports of the same
country, there to dispo&eof the remainder
of its cargo, if composed of articles whose
importation it permitted, on paying the
duties chargeable upon it ; or it may pro
ceed to ny other country. It it under
stood. however, that all duties," imposts,
jiTTicic 1 Si in caw nT-TBa..iji.oB.Bt-iS&s::
the high contracting parties shall have
beeo.traoded shipwrecked, or shall
rhave;uhVreaii
eostsv. tiLlbeJ domtntons ot the other .
every aid and assistance iM0fttWTS
the person shipwrecked or in danger, and
passports shall be granted to them to re
turn to their country. The shipwrecked (
veisels and merchandise, or' their pro-,
ceeds, if the same shall have been sold,
shall be restored to their owners, or -to t
those entitled thereto, If claimed within a
vear and a day, upon paying such costs of
salvage as would be paid by national tea
sels in the same circumstances i and the
salt-age companies shall not compel the
acceptance of their service, except in thb
same cases, and after the same deltyiYas "
shall be granted to the captains and crewa
of national vessels, moreover, the repec- ,
live Governments will take care that
these companies do not commit any vex
atious or attttrary acts.
.YrVr IC It la agreed that vessels
per conduct, wiih respect 10 the law or
Government of the conrnry in which aid
Agents shall, reside, they maybe prose
cuted and punished coofotmably to the
laws, and deprived of the exercise of.lhcif
function .by the offended. Government,
which shall acquaint the other with its
motives for having thus acted it being
understood, however, that the archive
upon the product q?the.soil pr industry 3;d document relative to the affairs of
of the kingdoms of Sweden and N'orwayftne Consulate tTiirToe exPntprfrom all
0
denomination, levied io the name, or to
the profit, of the Government, the local
authorities, or of any private eattblitb-
. a a
ments whatsoever than 11 impotieu in na
tional vetet.
Jtr title 4 All that may be lawfully
exported from the Unt'ed Stste of Amer-
.. . . . e n f, .", -
or ol tne islano ot nt. nartnoiomews, anv
prohibition or restriction of importation
or exportation, nor nnyutle of'any kind
or dertomination whtsoeverT unless such
prohibitions, restrictions and dutiesi shall,
likewise, be established upon article of
like nature, the growth of any other
coontrr.
And, reciprocally, there shall not be es
tablished in the kingdoms of Sweden and
Norwav, nor in the island of St. Bartholo
mews, on the pTiduct of the soil or in
dustrv of the United State of America,
anv prohibition or rettriction of impor
tation or exportation, nor any duties of
anv kind or denomination whattoevrr,
unless such prohibitions, restrictions, and
duties, he likewise established upon ani
rtea of like nature, the growth of the Is
land of St. Bartholomew, or of any other
place, in case snch importation be made
into, or from, the Kingdom of Sweden
and Norway ; or of the Kingdom of Swe
den and Norway, or of any other plsre, in
case such importation or exportation be
made into, or from, the Island of St. Bar
I nolo new.
Arti'lt 10. All privilege of transit,
and all bounties and drawbacks which may
be allowed wfthlnthe terrrorietof onetrf
the high contracting parties, upon the
importation or exportation of any article
whatsoever, shall, likewise, be allowed on
ihe articles of tike nature, the producte of
Majesty in Europe, at a port of t6e.Sie4ss
arriving directly, from the Uniied States
of America, at a port within the dominions
of Hit Maiestr the King of Sweden and
or-charges-whtsoeverr which
become chargeable -upon -the vesser.'
themselves, nvu&t.be,paiiLt the Crst port
w he re tb e y sba It break tlh , or unlade
part of their cargoes; but that no duties,
imposts or iAifgev'oTlhe'a'me;'dc8erip
tion, shall be demanded anew in the ports
of the same c ouu t ry,. .w bicJb, such .vessels
might, afterwards, wish tp enter, unless
national vessels be, in similar cases, sub
ject to some ulterior duties.
.frticle 13. Each of the high contrac
ting partis grants to the other, the pri
vilege of appointing, in it commercial
potts and places. Consuls, Vice Consuls,
and Commercial Agents, who shall enjoy
the full protection and receive every as
sistance necessary for the due exercise of
their functions; but 11 1 expressly dc
.States and proridedwith a uM o(-M"l-
granted by - attAfieIlMfe
power to that effect, at the port wheno
such vessel shall have sailed, setting forttr-.
that no malignant XiMh'fiiliiW.AntmM
prevailed Jni.hat port, shall be subjected
to nu other quarantine than iuch as imly -be
necessary for the vUit of .the.:.Jicajt)t .rrz
officer of the port where such vessel shall' -have
arrived; after which said vessels
shall be allowed immediately to enter
and unload their 'cargoes, provided al
ways, that there shall be on board no per
son who, during the voyage, shall havo
been aitacked with any malignant or con
tagious diseases ; that such vessels shall
not, dining their passage, have communi
cated with any vessel liable, itself, to un
dergo a quarantine ; and that the country
whence thev came shall not, at that time
he so far infected or suspected,' that, be- ""r
fore their arrival an ordinance had been
issued, in consequence of which all ves
sels r-oming from thnt country shonld be
considered as opened, and cotitequent
ly subject to quarantine. ' -1
tnklf 17 The econd, fifth, sixth -seventh,
eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, -
twelfth, thirteenth, fourteen'h, fifteenth
sixieenth,. seventeenth, eighteenth, nine- ,.
teenth, twenty first, twenty-second, twen-
tv thir(?rrid twenty fifth articles-of the
immcrcial'bv 4he- Plenipotentiaries,, of. The.United .
Miriied to j State "of America, and of Hi Majeatv the
search, and shall be cuefully prceived
under the seals of the Consuls, ice Con-
suK or Commercial Agenis,. ai! oL-tht I.Treatv of. Amity, and Commerce conclu-
auihorilv of the place, where thev may ded at "Pari "on the third of April, one
reside. : i thousand ever hundred and eightf three,
I he consuls, vice -consuls, cn
JAnlat" f Il m nAPtrma riti Iib siis4ui
sunnlv'theirolaces, shall have the right, ; King of Sweden, together with the first.
as such, to tit a judges and arbitrators in
such differenre as mav arite solely
between the captain and ere of the
vensel belonging to ihe nation whose in
terests arc commitsed to their charge,
without the interference of the local au
thorities, unless the condnrt of the crew,
or of the fMin, ahould disturb the order
or tranquility of the country ; or the said
o.tnul. vice consul, or eommercial
agemt ahould require their assistance to
cause their decision to be carried into
rffect or upported. ll is, however, un
dert'ood, that this species of judgment,
(ir arbitration, shall not deprive the con
the soil or industry ol ineBTher tontrac-
ting party, and on the importation and
expottationa made in it vessel.
Jrtjclt 1 1. The dilrens or subjects of
one of the high contracting parties, arrt
yinK with their vessels on the coasts be
longing to Jbe other," but tiot wishing to
enter the port, or attcr naving entered
of America,' ftwm whatever .place they therein, not wishing to unload any part
mav come, without paving otTter ot higher of Weir 'caVgei, shall be at liberty to depart
du'if, or charges, of whatever kind.or and continue their voyage, without pay
ing any other duties, imposts, or charges
whatsoever, fotthe verl aodcafgo, than
those of pilotage, wharfage, arj for the
support of light house, when tuch duties
shall be levied on national vessel in tim
ilar ctsct. It is understood, however,
that they shall sltrsys conform to such
endinc oarties of the right they have to
resort, on their return, to the judicial au
thority of their country.
Article 14 The consol, vice consuls,
or commercial agent, are authorized to
renufro the assistance of the local author
ities" f or ihe -arrest detention, and impris.
onment, of the deietter. from the ships
of war tnd merchant vetsel of their
country ; and.forthi purpose, they shall
apply to the competent tribuntlt, judge,
jnrtTiffttrrsTtnd shatUiiriibKeinind
said deserttr, providing, by the exhibi
tion of the register of the vessels, the
roll of the crew, or b other official
document, that luch indiriduals formed
part of tho crew, and on this reclamation
being thus subsiantiaie-dy the surrender
halt rro be refused
Such deserters, when arrested, shall be
pieced at-the'iUspoulof the sld cxwixurt,
vice conul, or commercial tgentt, and
may be confined in the public prison, at
the' request and cost of lhoe who claim
Ihcm, In order to b aeot to the vetseltto
which they belonged, or toother of the
Hut, ll not lent oacx. wun
second, fourth, and fifth separate article,
signed on the sam. dtv Plenipotentiaries,
are revived, and made applicable Io. all
the countries under the dominion of the
present high contracting partie, and shall
have the tame force and value a if they
were inserted in the context of ihe pre
sent treaty ; it being understood that the
stipulation contained in the ankles above
cited, shall always be considered as in no
manner affecting the conventions conclu
ded by either party with other nation, du- i
ing the interval between the expiration of
tlic said treaty of one thousand seven
hundred and eighty-three, and the revival
of said articles by the Treaty of Com
merce and Navigation, concluded at
Stockholm by the present high contrac
ting parties, on the fourth of September,
one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
Article 1 8 Considering the fomote
nes of the respective countries of ths ,
two high contracting parties, and the on--"-' '
certainty resulting therefrom with respect
to the various 'event which may take
place, it agreed that a merchant vetsel
belonging to either ol them, which may .
be bound to a port appoerfrtih-4im
of its departure, to be blockaded, shall oot, .
however, be captured or condemned for
having attempted, a first time, to enter
?d wrt, unlets it can be proved that said ,
jcssel could, and ought to have learned,
during it vo'vegey that the blockade . f
the place In"cjuenori "stilt tenmttieoV Bts.
al..eael .whieff, after having beJV.r,
warned off once, ahatf, during "the lamw
voyage, attempt a second tims to enter f
the aame blockaded port, during the coo
tinoance of said blockade, hall then ub
jeel themselves to be detained and con
demned. .
same counirv i'um iiww.iv- . ,,
in the space of two months, reckoning Arm.'e.M-Th pieseirt treaty shall
from the day of their arres'.they .halt be, ,tonib.h force fur ten jears, caunt.Di
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