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Three dollars per annumh] Volume X.j desultory: 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. London paper of OH. 15.- [. Payable half yearly. 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. 4. _ [Number 12.