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THE FRIEND AND MONITOR.
lime dollars l>cr annum.'] PUBLISHED (v/eeki.y) BY JOHN K. M. CifARLTON. [Payable half yearly.
Volume I.]
JAMES MADISON,
President of the Uunited States of
America.
To all and lingular to whom
these prelents shall come, greeting:
Whereas a treaty of peace and
Amity between the United States
of America, and his Britannic ma
jesty was signed at Ghent, on the
twenty fourth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and
fourteen, by plenipotentiaries re
fpe&tvely appointed for that pur
pose; and the said treaty having
been, by and with the advice and
consent of the senate of the United
States, duly accepted, ratified and
confirmed, on the seventeenth day
of February, one thousand eight
hundred and fifteen: and ratified
copies thereof having been exchang
ed agreeably to the tenor of the
said treaty, which is in the words
following, to wit ;
Treaty of Peace and Amity,
Between
JUs Britannic Majesty and the
United States of America.
liis Britannic majesty and the
United States of America, desirous
of terminating the war which has
unholy fubiiflted between the
two countries, and cf restoring,
upon principles of perfect recipro
city, peace, friendfhip, and good
underltanding between them, have,
for that put pole, appointed their
refpcAive plenipotentiaries, that is
to fay ; his Britannic majesty, on
his part, has appointed the right
honorable James l.ord Gambler,
bate admiral of the white now ad
miral of the red squadron of his
majesty’s fleet, Henry (j&ulbuY'l
efqr. a member of the imperial par
liament and under lecretary of (late,
‘and William Adams., Esquire doc
tor of civil laws: And the Presi
dent of the U. States, by and w*h
the advice and consent of the Se
nate thereof, has appointed John
Quincey Adams, Jas. A. Bayard,
Henry Clay, Jonathan Ruffe! and
Albert Gallatin, citizens of the U
nited States, who, after a recipro
cal communication of their refpeA
r’ve felt powers, have agreed upon
the following articles:
Article the first. —There shall be
a firm and univerfa! peace, between
his Britannic Majesty and the Uni
ted States, and between their ref.
peAive countries, territories, cities,
towns and people, of every degree,
without exception of places or per
form. AH hostilities, both by sea
and land, (hall cease as soon as this
treaty shall have been ratified by
both pries, as herein after mention
ed. All territory, places and pof
feftions whatsoever, taken from
ether party by the other, during
the war, or which may be taken
after the figuing of this treaty, ex
cepting only the illands hereinafter
mentioned, shall be restored with
out delay, and without causing any
deftruftion, or carrying away any
of the artillery or other public pro
perty originally captured in the
(aid forts or places, and which ftiall
remain therein upon the exchange
•;f the ratifications’ of this treaty or
WASHINGTON, (Geo.) — FRIDAY, MARCH 10,1815.
any slaves or other private property.
And all archives, records, deeds and
papers, either of a public nature, or
belonging to private persons, which
in the course of the war, may have
fallen into the hands of the officers
of either party, ftiall be, as far as
may be practicable, forthwith re
flored and delivered to the proper
authorities and persons to whom
they refpeAively belong. Such of
the illands in the Bay of Paffiuna
quoddy as are claimed by both
parties, finll remain in the pofleff
ion of the party in whose occupa
tion they tnay be at the time of the
exchange of the ratifications of this
Treaty, until the decision refpeA
ing the title to the said iftandr, shall
have been made in conformity with
the fourth article of this treaty.—
No disposition made by this treaty,
as to iuch poffefiion of the illands
and territories claimed by both
parties, ftiall, in any manner what
ever, be conltrued to affect the right
of either.
Article the second*— lmmediately
after the ratifications of this treaty
by both parties, as hereinafter men
tioned, orders shall be sent to the
armies, squadrons, officers, fubjeAs
and citizes, of the two po .vers to
cease from all hostilities. And to
prevent a!] causes ot complaint
which might arile on account of t he
prizes which may be taken at lea
after the said ratifications of this
treaty, it is reciprocally agreed, that
all velfeds and effects which may he
taken after the lpa.ee of twelve
days from the said ratifications, no
on all parts of the coast of North
America from the latitude ol twen
ty-three degrees north, to the lati
tude of fify degrees north, and as
fat eattward in the Atlantic ocean
as the thirty sixth degreed of weft
longitude from the meridian of
Greenwich, ftiall be restored on
each fide: That the lime shall be
thirty days in all other parts of the
Atlatic ocean, north of the equi
noAial fine or equtor, and the fame
time for the British and Irilh chan
nels, for the Gulf of Mexico, and
all parts of the Weft-Indies: Forty
days for the North Seas, for the
Baltic, and for all parts of the
Mediterranean, Sixty days for the
Atlantic oceanHoufh of the equa
tor as far as the latitude of the
Cape’ of Good Hope : Ninety
days for every part of the world
south of the equator : And one
hundred and twenty days for all
other parts of the world, without
exception.
Article the third. —All prtfoners
of war taken on either fide, as well
by land as by sea, shall be restored
as practicable after the ratifications
of this treaty, as herein after men
tioned, on their paying the debts
which they may have contracted
during their captivity. The two
contracting parties refpeAively en
gage to dil'charge, in specie, the ad
vances which may have been made
by the other for the fuTerrance and
maintenance of such prisoners.
Article the fourth —Whereas it
, was stipulated by the second article
in the treaty of neaccj of one thou
VIRIUE, I.IREiITV, AND SCITNCb.
band seven hundred & eighty three,
between his Britannic Majesty and
the United States of America, that
the boundary of the United States
ftiouid comprehend all iHands with
in twenty leagues of any part of the
United States, and laying between
■lines to be drawn due ea-.fi: from
the points where the aforefaid
boundaries, between Nova Scotia,
on the one part, and East Florida
on the other, (hall refpeAively
touch the Bay of Fundy, and the
Atlantic ocean, excepting such ill
ands as now are, or heretofore
have been, within the limits of No
va Scotia ; and whereas the several
illands in the Bay of Paffiimaquod
ly, which is part of the Bay of
Fundy ; and the ifiand of Grand
Menan in the laid Bay of Fundy,
are claimed by the United Sates as
being comprehended within their
aforefaid boundaries, which said
illands are claimed as belonging to
his Britannic Majesty, as having
been at the time of, and previous
to, the aforefaid treaty o/ one thou
sand seven hundred and etgh'tv
r.t j
three within the limits of the pro.
wince of Nova Scotia: In cider,
’therefore, finally to decide upon
these claims, it is agreed that they
ffiall be., referred to. two Commil
fioners to be appointed in the fol
lowing manner viz. ope comm if
fioner ftiall bo appointed by his
Brit tame .Vk.jefty, and one by the
Tcefident of the United States, by
and with the combat of the Senate
thereof, and the fai l Gonnaiffiotiers
16 appointed {hall be f'v/orn inn par
daily to examine and .decide upon
the said claims according ro inch
evidence as shall be laid before
them on the part of his Britannic
Majesty ap'd of the United Stales
refpeAively. ‘1 he said con ruff
fioners shall meet at Sr. Andrews,
in the province of New li: unfwick,
and shall have power to adjourn to
fsjch other place or places as they
Ih ii! think fit. The laid Commif
fidners shall, by a declaration or
report under their hands and fea’! 3,
decide to which of .the-two con
tracting, parties the fevera! i Hands
aforefaid do refpeAively belong, in
conformity- with the true intent of
the said treaty of peace of one
thousand seven hundred and eighty
three. And ifthe said C(xnn;i Hi on
ers shall agree in ■ thenvdecifion,
both parties shall confider such de
cision as final and conclusive. It
is further agreed, that in the event
of the two commissioners differing
upon ail or any of the matters so
referred to them, or in the event of
both or either of the said cornmif
fioners refilling, or ddinlning, or
wilfully omitting, to a A as Inch,
they ftiall make, jointly or sepa
rately, a report or report;; as w-.SI
to the government of his Britannic
Majesty as to that of the United
States, flaring in detail the points
on which they differ, .ami, the
grounds u-pon which their r:fpeCl
ive opinions have been formed, or
the grounds upon which they, or
either of them, have so refufed, de
clined, or omitted to ach And his
Britannic hfajefty, trid the govern-
ment of the United States hereby
agree to refer the reports of the
said commissioners, to fome friend
ly sovereign or state, to be then
named for that purpose, and whtf
ftiall be requested to decide on the
differences which may be stated in
the said report or reports, or upon
the report of one commiflioner, to
gether with the grounds upoQ
which the other commissioners shall
have refufed, declined, or omitted
to aA, as the case may be. And if
the said commissioners so refufing,
declining or omitting to aA, shall
also wilfully omit to {late the?
grounds upon which he has so done,,
in such manner that the said flate
ment may be referred to such
friendly sovereign or Hate, together
with the report of such other conr
miffioner, then such sovereign ot
(late shall decide ex parte upon the
said report alone. And his Britan
nic Majesty and the government of
the United States engage to confl
der the decision of fome friendly
sovereign or (late to be such and
conclusive on all the matters so be*
faired.
(T 3 be* ‘concluded in our next.)
Clf The treaty concluded by
General Jackson with die Creek
Indians has been ratified and con
firmed by the President. and Sen
ate. The firft and second articles
of the treaty, defining the future*
boundaries of the Creeks, are pub*
hfiled for the fatisfacrioii, of our
readers:— Journal.
ill. “The United States demand
an equivalent for all expences in
curred in prosecuting the war to
its termination, by a cession of all
the territory belonging to the Creek
nation within the territories of the
United States, lying weft, south &
fouth-eafifwar.uly, of a line to be run
and deferibed by persons duly au
thorised and appointed by the Pre
fuient of the United States—Bs
?inning at and pdnt on the eastern
bank of the Coofa River, where
the south boundary fine of the
Cherokee Nation erodes the fame ;
running Horn thence down the laid
Coofa with its eastern bank accor
ding to its various meanders to a
point one mile above the mouth of
Cedar Creek, (it Fort Williams,
thence east two miles, thence south
.two milts, thence weft to the eas
tern bank of the said Coofa River*
thence down the eastern bank there -
of according to its various mean
ders to a point opposite the upper
end of the great falls (called by the
natives Wcctumka) thence call
from a true meridian line to a point
due* north of the mouth of the O
fucfkce, thence south by a like me
ridian line to the mouth of Ofuc
fkee on the south fide of the Tal
laooofa river, thence up the fame,
according to its various meanders’
to a point where a direct course
will cpcls the distance of ten miles
from the north thereof, thence u
direct line to the mouth of Sain
mochico creek, which empties into
the Chatahouchie river on theeafe
fide thereof below the Efaulau
Town, thence east from’ a true
IQ.
