RIAL PUL
ng
CH
00 OF TNE 2ounaary of te onl
States fromthe point where the forty fifth
degree of north latitude strikes the river
Iroquois or Cataraguy to the Lake Superi-
rior, was declared to be « along the middle
of the said river into Lake Ontario, through
the middle of the said lake until it strikes
the communication by water between that
Lake and Lake Erie, thence along the mid-
dle of said communication into Lake Erie,
through the middle of said lake until it ar-
rives at the water communication into the
Lake tluron, thence through the middle of
said lake to the water communication be-
tween that iake and Lake Superior.” And
whereas doubts have arisen what was the
middle of said river, lakes and water com-
munications, and whether certain izlands
lying in the same were within the domin-
ious of his Britannic Majesty or of the U-
In order, therefore finally to de-
cide these doubts, they shall be referred to
two Commissioners, to be appointed, sworn,
and authroized to act exactly in the manne,
directed with respect to those mentioned in
oiates:
the next preceding article, unless otherwise
spocified in the present article.—~The said
Commissioners soall meet, in the first ine
- stance at Albany, in the state of New York
and shall have power to adjourn to such o-
ther place or places as they shall think fit
The said Commissioners shzll, by a report
or declaration, under their hands and seals,
designate the toundary through the said ri-
ver, lakes, and water communications. and
decide to which of the two contracti g par-
ties the several islands lying within the
said river, lakes, and water communica-
tions, and decide to which of the two con-
tracting partics the several islands lying
within the said river, lakes, and water com”
munications, do respectively belong, in con-
formity with the true intent of the said trea-
ty of one thousand seven hundred and eigh-
tv-three And both parties agree to con-
$ider such designation and decision as final
and conclusive. And in the event of the
said two Commissioners differing, or both,
or either of them, refusing, declining, or
wiitully omiittng to act, such reports, dec-
larations or statements, shall be made by
tiem, or either of them, and such reference
to a friendly sovereign or state shall be
mde in all respects as in the latter part of
the tourth article is contained, and in as full
a manner as if the same wa: herein repeat-
ed,
Article Seventh.
it is further agreed that the said twe last
mentioned commissioners, after they shall
have executed the duties assigned to them,
in the preceding article, shall be, and they
are hereby authorized, upon their oaths,
impartially to fix and determine, according
to the true intent of the said Treaty of
Pcace, of one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-three, that partof the boundery be,
tween the dominions of the two powers,
wiich extends from the water communi-
cation between Lake Huron, and Lake Su-
perior, to the most north-western point of
the Lake of the Woods, to decide to which
of the two parties the several islands lying
in the lakes, water eommunications, and ri-
vers, forming the said boundary, do res-
p ctively belong, in conformity with the
true intent of the said Treaty of Peace, of
‘on thou.and seven hundred and eighty
th ce; and to cause such parts of the said
boundary, as require it, to be surveyed and
marked. The said commissioners shall,
by a report or Ceclaration under their hands
and seais, designate the boundary aforesaid
state their decision on the point thus refer-
red to them, and particularize the latitude
and longitude of the most north-western
point of the lake of the woods, and of such
other parts of the said boundary as they
may deem proper.—And both parties agree
to consider such designation and decision as
final and conclusive.—~And, in the event of
the said two commissioners differing, or
both, or either of them refusing, declining,
ar wilfully omitting te act, such reports,
ACCIATalions, OF SLULCHMERTS, Shall De wend
by them, or either of them, and such refer
ence toa friendly sovereign or state, andfl
be made mn all respects, as in the latter part
of the fourth article is contained, and in as
full a manner as if the same was herein re.
peated.
Article Eighth.
The several boards of the two Com-
missioners mentioned in the four preceding
articles, shall respectively have power to
appoint a Secretary, and to employ such
Surveyors or cther persons as they shall
judge necessary. Duplicates of all their
respective reports, eciarations, statements
and decisions, and of their accounts, and of
the journal of their proceedings, shall be
delivered by them to the agents of his Brite
annic Majesty, and to the agents of the U.
States, who may Le respectively appointed
and authorised 0 manage the business on
behalf of tueir respecuve governments.
The said Commissioners shall be respec-
respectively paidin such manner as shall
be agreed between the two contracting par-
ties, such agreement being to be settled at
the time of the exchange of the ratifications
of this treaty. And 2ll other expences at-
tending the said commissioners shall be
defrayed equally by the twc parties. And
in the case of death, sicknegs, resignation
or necessary absence, the place of every
such Commissioner respectively shall be
supplied in the same manner as such Com-
missioner was first appointed, and the new
Commissioner shall take the sawe oath or
affirmation, and do the same duties. Itis
further agreed between the two contracting
parties, that um case any of the 1siands men-
tioned in any of the proceeding articles,
which were in the possession of ore of the
parties prior to the commencement of the
present war between the two countries
should, by the decision of any of the board®
of Commissioners aforesaid, orof the sover-
eign or state so ‘referred to, as in the four
next preceding articles contained, fall with-
in the dominions of the other party, all
grants of land made previous to the come
mencement of the war by the party having
had such posscssion, shall be as valid as if
such island or islands, had by such decision
or decisions, beea adjudged to be within
the dominions of the party, having had
such possession. :
Article Ninth.
The United States of America engage
to put an end immediately after the ratifi-
cation of the present Treaty to hosulities
with all the tribes or nations of Indians,
with whom they may be at war at the time
of such ratification—~and forthwith to res-
tore to such tribes or nations, respectively,
all the possessions, rights, and privileges,
which they may have enjoyed or been en_
titled toin 1811, previous to such hostilities
Provided always, that such tribes or nati.
ons shall agree to desist from all hostilities
against the United States of America, their
citizens and subjects, upon the ratification
of the present treaty being notified to such
tribes or nationst and shall so desist accor-
dingly. And His Britannic Majesty en-
gages, on his part, to putan end immedi-
ately after the ratification of the present
treaty, to hostilites with all the tribes or
nationsof Indians, with whom he may be
at war at the time of such ratification, and
forthwith to restore to such tribes or nati-
ons, respectively, all the possessions, rights
and privileges, which they may have enjoy”
ed or been entitled to, in one thousand eigh
hundred and eleven, previous to such hos-
tilities : ‘Provided always, that such tribes
or nations shall agree to desist from all hos-
tilities against His Britannic Majesty, and
his subjects, upon the ratification of the
present treaty being notified to such tribes
or nations, and shall so desist accordingly.
Article Tenth.
Whereas the traffic in slaves is irrecon-
cilable with the prin ciples of humanity and
ustice, and wheregs both His Majesty
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a ‘nited otates alt GCS.vlis
tinuing their efforts to promote its entire
abolition, it is hereby agreed that both the
parties shall use their best endcavours to
accomplish so desirable an object.
Article Eleventh.
This Treaty, when the same shall have
been ratified on both sides, wiihout altera.
tion by either of the contracting parties,
and the ratifications mutually exchanged
shall be binding on both parties, and the
ratifications shail be exchanged at Wash-
ington, in the space of four months from
this day, or sooner if practicable.
In faith whereof, we the respective
Plenipotentiaries have signed this
treaty, and have thereunto affixed
our seals.
Dong, in triplicate, at Ghent the twen-
ty fourth day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and fours
teen.
dL. 53 GAMBIER.
L.S, HENRY GOULBURN,
L. 8. WILLIAM ADAMS,
LS. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
1.8 J. A. BAYARD,
L.§ H. CLAY,
L.S. JONA RUSSELL,
L. S.
ALBERT GALLATIN.
Now, therefore, to the end that the said
Treaty of Peace and Amity may be obser,
ved with good faith, on the part of the U,
States, I, James Madison, President afore-
said, have caused the premises to be made
public ; and 1 do hereby enjoin all persons
bearing ofiice, civil or military, within the
United States, and all others, citizins or in-
habitants thercol, or being within the same
faithtully to observe aud fuifil the said Trea”
ty and every clause and article thereof,
In Testimony whereof, I have cau-
scd the seal of the United States
(seaL.) tobe affixed to these presents, and
signed the same with my hand.
Done at the city of Washington, this
eighteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifteen, and of the so-
vereignty and independence ot the
United States the thirty ninth.
JAMES MADISON.
By the President,
JAMES MONROE,
Acting Secretary of State.
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AMERICAN PATRIOT.
BrrLrLegroNTE, M4RcH 6, 1815.
“To speak his thoughts—
Is every Freeman's right.’
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From the Baltimore Federal Gazette.
Having published the treaty of peace
and amity, which has given such just and
general satisfaction to the citizens of the
United States, by putting an end to a war
which has caused somuch injury to the na-
tion, and of which all parties were so hear-
tily tired, that although it contains no pro-
vision for redressing any of the alleged grie-
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vances which were the avowed causes for
commencing the war on the part of our
government, it has excited as much ap-
parent joy among the former advocates of
the war, as among the uniform friends of
peace. We shall now as we proposcd, oc-
casionally shew what advantages. we have
lost by the war, which we shionld have con-
tinued to enjoy under former treaties, if our
rulers had notimprudently annulled those
reaties by an ill timed declararation of war
The following is the third article of the
definitive treaty of peace made between the
United States and his Britannic Majesty in
the year 1783.
ARTICLE II1.
Itis agre ed that the people oi the United
States shall continue to enjoy unmolested
h e right to take fish of every kind on the
great bank and on ail the other banks of
Newfoundland ; alse in the guiph of St kaw
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L[CRCE, ana at ail otner places
were the inhabitants of both countries u®
sed at any time heretofore to fish ; and al
fo that the inhabitants of the United States
shall have liberty to take fish of every kind
on such part of the coast of New Foundland
as British fishermen shall use (but not to
dry or cure the same on that island ;) and
also on the coasts bays and creeks, of all o-
ther of his Britannic Majesty’s dominions in
America; and the American fishermen
shall have liberty to dry and cure fish ina= *
ny of the unsettled bays, harbors and creeks
of Nova Scotia, Magdalen islands, and La=
brador, so long as the same shall remain un
scttled ; but so soon as the same or eithey
of them shall be settled, it shall not be laws
ful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish
at such a settlement without a previous as
greement for that purpose with the inhabie
tants, proprioters or possessors of the
ground.
We stop the press, (0 announce the ars
rival of Com. Decatur, Licut. Shaubrick,
and Mr. Robertson, Chaplain, late of the
President frigate. They were landed from
the Pactolus and Narcissus. Imediately
alter (he Commodore landed, several hune
dred citizens collected at his lodgings,
and requested his permission to express
their respect and attachnent, by giving him
a short ride in a coach ; to which he polite
ly asseuted.—Ropes were attached to the
carriage, which was drawn by hand through
the principal streets, amidst the repeated
huzzas ot more than 500 of the populace ;
and set down at Brown’s Hotel. The
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Commodore appeared sensibly affected, and
wished to address tue mimititude, but the
acclamations wele so constant and stento-
rian that he could net be heard.
The Commodore came in the Narcissus,
Lieut Shubrick and Mr. Robertson, in the
Pactolus
da— brought no news.
Pour. Aurr. A»v,
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PEACE.
The Editor of the Richs
mond Enquirer, thus beaus
titully introduces the return
of Peace: opr?
“ We are kindled into
Gratitude by the first beams
They are 14 days from Bermu~
of Peace, which meet us™®
from the East. The con-
tract which we drew be-
tweeen the calamities of
War and the blessings of
Peace, is of itself enough
to touch every heart with
pleasure. When we look
back, we see the storm of
war departing-when we
look forward, we behold
every man safely “sitting
under his own vine and
his own fig tree, while there
1s none to make him a-
fraid.”
—t 0 2 EB Oe
Boston Feb. 17.
To preserve the tops of
masts of the shipping laid
up for some years past, it
has been common to cover
them with an inverted tar
barrel.-----A sailor yester-
day, who at orneof our
wharves ascended to re-
move one of these cover-
ing, exclaimed as he ac-
complished his object « Off
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comes Madison’snightcap.”
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