China and Japan: Being a Narrative of the Cruise of the U.S. Steam-frigate Powhatan, in the Years 1857, '58, '59, and '60 |
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Admiral agreeable American anchor anchorage appearance arrival attended beautiful board the Powhatan boats Captain China Chinese command Commissioners Commodore Tattnall consul convey course crew custom-house deck diplomatic Dutch duty East India Squadron Embassadors Embassy Emperor Emperor of China Empire of Japan English entertained feet flag Flag-officer Tattnall foreign forts Governor Gulf of Pecheelee guns handsome harbor Harris hills Hong Kong honor houses immediately Imperial island itzibus Japan Kanagawa land man-of-war Mandarins ment merchants miles Minister Mississippi morning Nagasaki nation native Navy occasion officers party passage passed Pehtang Pei-ho Peking Penang port present Prince reached received render residence respect returned river sailed salute seemed seen Shanghai ship shore side Simoda Singapore soon steam steamer streets style Taku forts temples tide Tientsin tion Toey-wan town treaty TREATY OF TIENTSIN United vessels Ward weather Woosung Yedo Yokuhama
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Page 434 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 422 - ... if any other nation should act unjustly or oppressively, the United States will exert their good offices, on being informed of the case, to bring about an amicable arrangement of the question, thus showing their friendly feelings.
Page 433 - The principles of the Christian religion, as professed by the Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches, are recognized as teaching men to do good and to do to others as they would have others do to them.
Page 435 - Hego, who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, and found them to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles : ARTICLE I. There shall henceforward be perpetual peace and friendship between the United States of America and His Majesty the Ty-Coon of Japan and his successors.
Page 441 - The articles for the regulation of trade, which are appended to this treaty, shall be considered as forming a part of the same, and shall be equally binding on both the contracting parties to this treaty, and on their citizens and subjects.
Page 426 - Chinese authorities, on being apprised of the fact, shall immediately adopt measures for its relief and security ; the persons on board shall receive friendly treatment, and shall be furnished, if necessary, with the means of conveyance to the nearest Consular station.
Page 425 - Subjects of China who may be guilty of any criminal act towards citizens of the United States shall be arrested and punished by the Chinese authorities according to the laws of China. And citizens of the United States who may commit any crime in China, shall be subject to be tried and punished only by the consul or other public functionary of the United States thereto authorized according to the laws of the United States.
Page 433 - AND WHEREAS, the said Treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at Washington on...
Page 431 - And if citizens of the United States be indebted to subjects of China, the latter may seek redress in the same way through the consul, but without any responsibility for the debt on the part of the United States.
Page 432 - All questions in regard to rights, whether of property or person, arising between British subjects, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the British authorities.