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FROM THE AURORA.
The publication of the corres
pondence between the American &
Brijjfh commiflioners at Ghent, ap
pears to have had a good effect in
England* The British minidry are
very angry that the American go
vernment (hould have pu'olilhed the
Correspondence, as they know that
when the truth appears to the
world, it will be apparent that the
claims of Great Britain have been
of the mod arrogant and unjuftifi
able nature, and that the war is
prosecuted by her solely from mo
tives of hatred and revenge againd
the Unitrd States, as a free and
ft .urifiling nation. The broad, un
blulhing falfity of the Prince Re
fent’s declaration, in his speech to
Parliament, as also made manifed,
where he endeavored to make it
appear, that his desire for peace bad
not been met with a corresponding
disposition on the part of the Ame
rican government.
The information contained in
those documents has a good ten
dency in our own country-had
fiot the executive given to the peo
ple the contents of the correfpoa
dence, every man of observation
knows the newspapers under the
influence of the enemy would have
come out with thfcir lying ftate
flients & insinuations, endeavoring
to prove, that England had made
the most equitable propositions for an
arrangement, yet that Madison dill
adhering to Napoleon , had insisted
upon Britain giving up a part of Ca
nada as security for fpoiiatlo.is!—
shat he perversely infift&l upon the
flag protecting all property —and
that all persons naturalized or not,
should be allowed to navigate fiiips,
with many other falfehoods of the
like damp, which have so often
been the theme of their loyal effu
sions and dipendiary services; but
truth';,is mighty, and has prevailed,
notwithdanding all the mean at
tacks upon the executive. Alas,
old England ! your cause is despe
rate—your “ party in America ”
know not what excuse to make for
you—your pious advocates in N.
England have proved themselves
worthy of you ; their vaporing at
Hartford bears the closed refetn
blance to the vaporing of your
commissioners at Ghent—and both
have flunk out of their arrogant
and bullying proportions, in a man
ner truly English. The Hartford
convention is become a bye-word
of contempt—and your Indian ne
gro and piratical alliances have left
behind them only the eternal recol
lection of your brutal and cruel
disposition, with the demonstration
that you have fpuntl them as effi
cient as treachery always deserves
to be ; and not to be depended on.
Your veteran troops, warm with
recent conqued in Europe, have
Sound their laurels wither before
rhe untaught but refolue Americans
—and where you calculated upon
Slfy triumphs, yon have fcnqd
THE FRIEND AND MONITOR.
PUBLISHED (weekly) BY JOHN K. M. CHARLTON.
/FASHINGTON, (Geo.) — FRIDAY, MARCH 24,1815.
graves for the victims of your insa
tiable spirit of revenge and twran
ny.
To those Americans who wished
for an honorable and speedy peace,
it may be now (aid, that we have
forced England a second time tp
recognise American independence,
and before (he will dare again to
moled us, the experience we have
had in these three years’ war will
teach us that to preserve peace we
mud be prepared for war ‘ f and
that wc now know, (hould occasion
ever require it, how to make peace
in a single campaign—by preserv
ing in a date ot condant difeipline
our immortal navy, and such a mi
litary force as will furnilh officers
and non-commissioned fit
tc einnodv any force we may be
called upon to put into morion.
Uli POSSIDETIS.
Continental affairs. —A great ma
ny hints are thrown out that the
congress at Vienna may not end
harmonioufiy ; but what they have
done, (if any thing, conclufiveiy)
is unknown. If what is reported
is to be believed, there will be gree t
“ cutting and carving” of Saxony,
Poland, Italy, &c. It seems proba
ble that something has been said
about maritime rights that do not
quite please the English ; and a
Hamburg paper of December 2,8,
fays that “ discord Tat Vienna*] in
creased daily. 1 * As we know no
thing of a certainty, we (hall not
register reports, being prefled so
much for room. But a full hidory
of the proceedings of this congress
may be expected (hortly, which
(hall have place.
The Italian troops, in the posses
sions of the emperor of Audria and
Italy, had been ordered to Germa
ny—-difeontent & desertion to great
extent was caused by the proce
dure ; and seems if the emperor
(hall infid on its execution that he
will be compelled to fend another
army to enforce it.
Italy , generally, is much disturb
ed and unsettled. It is thought
that Murat will be invited to re
sign the throne of Naples.
Switzerland is all commotion.-
The king of England has added to
his titles that of “ King of Hano
ver. 11 The French are recruiting
their army by an additional force of
100,000 men. A London paper
of November 24, fays—“ The gen
eral opinion of the public relpeft
ing tlie Duke of Wellington’s etn
baffy to Paris, will, we have reason
to suppose, be verified by his
Grace’s recall. His life is even
said to be exposed to fome danger
in the French capital, from the evil
passions which his presence there
has excited j and the mod ordina
ry civilities or proposals are re
ceived with coolness and caution,
only bccaufe they come from him.”
We hear nothing of Bonaparte ,
except that he was indisposed, and
a report that his wife is to be mar
ried to the king of frusta. It is
dated that the British have 75,000
men in Belgium. The “ sovereign
prince of the Netherlands 5 ’ is to af- i
VIRTUE, LIBERTY, AND SCIENCE.
lurne the title of King of Belgium.—
Malta will probably become a great
“ commercial depot, in the possession
or dependance of Er,gland. It is
said that the Congress at Vinna,
will not interfere with or take up
the slave trade —France, Spain and
Portugal appear determined to pur
sue it. We have nothing particu
lar of the affairs of Spain ; but sup
pose the late report of anew revo
lution there is not correal.
Niles 1 Register.
The coronation of Louis XVIIT
is expected to take place in June
next, at Rheims, where prepara
tions qre making for rhe ceremony.
(The press on the river (fays a
London paper of December 26)
‘continues very hot, and the service
will, it is underdod, be confined
until 10,000 able bodied seamen
have beenonbrained. [Whatfor? ]
Tallyrand it appears, as arch
bishop ot Rheims, has charge of
the ecclefiadical affairs of France!
Soult, duke of Dalmatia, is dif
fatisftcd, ant! has expressed his
wziii to return into private life.—
But another account adds that he
has been charged with the inan
nagetnent of the armies of France,
and that his rigid enforcement of
orders has caused no little confti
fion. The date of France is, cer
tainly, unsettled. A Madrid pa
per of December 17, fays, “ ’t is
certain that a good underflanding
docs not’fubfift between the courts
of Madrid and St. James.” Per
sons who had ptirchafed national
property in Spain, have not only
been deprived of it, but have been
mulded in heavy fines.— lbid.
By fome recent experiments,
made at Paris by M. Bertrand, it
appears that charcoal possesses the
power of counteracting the fatal ef
fect of the mineral poisons on the
animal body. He enumerates
fevesal experiments to prove this
faCt, the third of which was made
on himfelf. “At half pad seven
o’clock in the morning,” he dates,
“ I swallowed, fading, five grains
of arsenic powder, in half a glass of
strong mixture of charcoal. At a
quarter before eight o’clock, I
perceived a painful sensation of heat
in my stomach, with great third ; I
then drank another glass of the
mixture of charcoal.—At half pad
nine the oppressive pain ceased in
the domach, and was followed by
an uneasy sensation in the intedines.
Being very thirdy, I drank several
cups of an infulion of orange flow
ers, and at a quarter pad ten I was
completely well. At noon I dined
as usual, without inconvenience,
and could perceive no further de
rangement in the digedive fuCticn.”
Fhe lame experiment was made ■
with corrosive fubiimate of mercu- ;
ry, with the fame result, As we
have hitherto been unacquainted
with any article capable of render
ing the mineral poison inert, the
communication of M. Bertrand,
of the result of his experiments, is
of vad importance.
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C ° N - G - R E sS * 1
The following message was, bn
j Monday lad, transmitted by the
i President of the United State* to
both Houses of Congress.
To the Senate and
House of Representatives,
of the United States.
Peace having happily taken place
j between the United States and Gi
| Britain, it is desirable to guard a*
i gaind accidents, which, during the
! periods of war in Europe, might
tend to interrupt it: and it is be
lieved, ip particular, that the navi
gation of American vessels exclu
dvely by American seamen, either
natives or such as are already nat
uralized would not only conduce
to the attainment of that objeft,
but, also, to increase the number of
our seamen, and, consequently to
render our commerce and naviga-,
tion independent of the service of
i.o* v.i o nei s, who might be recalled
by their .governments, under cin.
cumftances tke mod inconvenient
to the United States. I recom.
mend the fubjed therefore to tho
consideration of Congress, and, in
deciding upon it, I am persuaded,
that they will fufficiently estimate
the policy of manifefting to the
world a desire, on all occasions, to
cultivate harmony with other na&
,ti.ons, by any reasonable accommo
dations, which do not impair tha
enjoyment of any of the essential
rights of a free and independent
people. The example on the part
of the American government will
merit, and may be expected to re
ceive a reciprocal attention from a&
the friendly powers of Europe.
JAMES MADISON.
February 25, 1816.
The message was read and conu
mitted in each House.
* IN SENATE**’
Tuesday , Feb. 28.
Mr. Bibb from the committee on
foreign relations, to whom was re
ferred the message of the President
of the 25th ind. (see above)
the following report:
That they fully accord in the
policy recommend, of avoiding, by
prudent regulations, the occurence
of circum fiances which may dis.
t9rba liberarfintercourfe with fo
reign nations. They are, moreo
ver, persuaded, that the navigation
of American vessels, exclusively by
American seamen, either natives,
or Inch as are already naturalized,
would not only have the tendency
to render our commerce and navi
gation independent of the fetvice of
foreigners, but that it would be caL :
culated to remove the pretext unde?
which the American navigation has
heretofore been interrupted.
But, while the committee confi
der the iubjfed bf the prefidentV
message highly important, they re
gret that the feflion of congress ia
so near its close, that queffions af
fecting the foreign as well as the’
domelfic policy of the nation can
not now receive the deliberate and ;
full examination to which they arv
entitled.
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