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J *-«r, / c**fvcrtt!% *x'% the
T'C’ts ■r*->h ram hi' p I't'.gh. Toe
j ores' v-;-an «h i •rtutr.ph«l in ani
<*'r-ed terror in*o the warlike population
cf Vnarce vas humbled beneath the power
cf my r.rm. 1'!h' God of Rat’e* and of
*• ^h’eov.'or's took part with the uctra«ler>
e* their CPtnory and the foe was scattered
before us a^ chaff before the wind, It is
is ’red. a fr su'ject for the genius of Homer,
« Oasian ir Mihou.
I hat m b* a 'hou’d be beaten bv militia
is f natural and ordu'avy occnnencc—that
rcgu’ar tto. p* x •» d be Sr ate •» v militia
l*Pot »:m ,.t fx. iwp?e—Utc cxn.ru it* are
• * r rere...s . r n use ’ ati trouvtr «ni'' out.
© ent~y than in at y ~.»hrr—b - that itfu'ar
trvej «, :he best (Vv‘'iplino! <t;d must vetc
ran cf Europe, s'.ruld be Iw.etn bt undis
c.plired militia with the disproportionate low
of an hundred tc e, i-. to uve the l.tr**:ua«te
of the ccmmardit'c ge neral, nlTost incredi
ble. The di **taritv if thr ~—*he egttztev
V t ree—the d-Teretsco in the rln-racier
*J tht fertex a'l eofi bine to rf* Jr '' c t»'t e
ofthe £th cf Januati. at orcc *hc r. sthril.
Laot *nd extraordinary of in (lent t;me»._
- Nothing can account for tt buc the r«ro
merits «.f the commanding genet al. and thr
r*oe patriotism and military r.rCour of the
troops under his c. ino.und.
r* t •. •
iHin :.r, arc mrsc :nr
American arms— honorable as they a.e tu
the American character—tbes arv no* more
glorious andhnuorah'e than are he i-nme
d ate Consequences ? 11 of usefulness tu the
Cruntry. It the war hud Coc.thued, the
men of the country would have een im-pir
e>l with a noble aider and a generous emu
laticn in defer.ee of tbe country—they would
have 'tr»-c'< ’error into t!;e invader and
given crrPdence to tbe hva ’od. Europe
have seen • .at *che forAud~ble cn lbe ocean
we need but wiilii Europe v.-ih sec that
to be invincible r-n the lard it is t nly ncc.es
sary that we j rdietcusty employ il:t means
which God and Nature have bountifu ly
placed at our disposal. The m’n of Eu
rope bred in camps trained to war—m h
all ihe science and a'l -he experience of mo.
d^m war. are ret a match for the men of
America ulten from the c'.o=>et, the bar, the
counting house and the plough. If, sir, it
he pardonable at any time to indulge these
SCI int ents snd ie«-l«ng», it r»-ay be deemed
par^’-maKe on the present cccaricn.
I think the resolutlca cf the Senate de
fective—itd ’es not rec -rd the prominent
fact which mere than any other contributes
to tf e brildar.cy of General Jackson’s tri
umph -tbetact that the triumph was the
t*:utrph of n.i i. a over regular troops—on
the contrary t s so worded, that strangers
or pc stent) deriving their knowledge from
the record itself would be led to believe
that the tegular tri ops const! uted the prir..
cipal fo<ce, and that the militia was only
auxiliary. If tbe House should consider
thy defect as imp. riant, I would move to
amend the resolution.
Mr. Kibertscn and Mr. Ingersall a!3o de
livered speec5.cs appropriate to thu occa
H'.n which shall be published hereafter.
The resolutims 'rcru the Senate txpres
tf the high sense of Congress of the
gahantrv and g< od conduct of commodore
D. 1 P- tttrson and major Carmick and
the cll.cers and rren under tlitir command
in the defence of New Orleans, were tw ce
niwt a.d ordered to a third reading to
day.
The reicln’ion from the Senate expres
sive of the high sense entertained by Con
gress of the patriotism and good conduct of
the people cf LoHisiana an New Orleans
during the late military operations before
that city, were twice read and ordered to a
third reading to day.
A resolution was recived from the Sen*
ate for the appois.tment of a joint commit*
tee to enquire into the expediency of caus
ing the chambers tt present occupied by
the two Houses of Congress cr o h r, in
the same building, to be altered and fitted
up for their better accommodation.
COMPENSATION TO COLLECTORS.
The house n ok up the btii for defi.n n,
iron c’ea'Jv, »hs duties and compensation
ot cobect-.rs o! diiect tiXcs&nd internal da
ties, &c
On yesterday die committee of the whole,
fixed the com. :.c nasi ion at 3 pe.- cent, on all
ii onies collected and accounted for, not ex
ceeding on« hundred thousand dollars.
Mr. Ep*es moved to amend by striking
out 3 per cent, and inserting 4 12 per cent.
On this motion the Yeas ar.d Nays were
taken.
For the motion flj
Against it 62
So the H< u e determined to allow a com*
n.issi ii of 4 1.2 per centum, on all monies
co'lectid, fitc »ot exceeding one hundr d
thr usznd dollars, find one half per cent, or
all c I’cc-.rd over that sum in addition.
Mr. liv.ioton! moved the following pro
sit o :
fruvidrd, Tha' no collector in any city
shMl receive a greater cond ensation thau
£5000 nor r.ny collector in thecoun rr more
than £2500.
Mr. F.sx 'f N Y- moved to strikeout
five (In I at d ai d insert tight thousand.
On »hi, motion the Yeas and Nays were
taken, when there appeared
For striking oat 2
Against it
Much debate occurring on the propositi
on, it was withdrawn by Mr. Stanford.
And the I louse adjourned.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
STOLEN out of my stables on the „i.h*
between the 16th and 17th Instant gh
i w • Bond Hoi •*esi :
One a ms re about 3 feet 2 inches high 6
or 7 year, old next spring, she ha, a im’nt,
blawm her fcce turning on the right wZ
tril, i, docktd, hanging main and switch
Oil, shed all round, paces, trot, and canter!
goes rather * iff. and sometime-s a littiV
lame m her right hind leg Th« other 1
horse, ab. u- 4 ;cet 10 Inches h_h( 9 ;r *
o.d r.ert .prir.,. bh ice face, one hind f!"
whi e, his nttfie where the collar works is
m-av.y white, and some white hair, inter
mixed throughout, long m„i„ tail.
a lump on Id* back and a kind of fnmnand
scar on Ins kit shoulder, pace, tro-E and
custom.,I to Aft, pcr,oo lWi,eri„
•*:V,:r:r ":/"t ,d »«•<>«■• co.,„,y,
reward, or 10 dollars for cither of thorn.
»d Mo. (Feb.) Md, „„ lOHN SEU':
i Muinxiv
RICHMOND, FEBRUARY 2 l, IRIS
TREATY OF PEACE.
(C* The Ratification ofth* rreaty of Peace,
has at length come to hand., and wc seize with |
av.Jitv the ear'iest moment in our power of
l*vin:, it before vile expretun: eye of the pub
• c S >l:C:tou$ as li*\ ; < <i.s Jvn been to
obtain a sight of this Important Document,
yst. lest our mr.p M:or* should be del ived, we
h>v?' J "ievi e- ••.ires the satisf.-eikin of a pe
rusal until the t'N'.if- sheet is struck* Tfus
c vcira txuce will account for our making
no observation upon the adv ntages or disari*
vantages f if there Se nay »f thelatttr.J which
sre likely to r*»nlt Irani it to our country —
I he Reader, therefore, is lc‘l to draw his own
c nehtsior.i, and make bis own deductions, un
:! at orbed by arj protruded remark of our own.
'V. may natural y anticipat , however, that it
il» prove satisfactory- to every rra! American,
ihe signature ct John ^a’mey Adams, of
<t 5iya»<f, a day, t it a* nil and a ffa!!alsn—
and The sea! %f the Presid-ar h mseif_ire
'confirmations strong as pmr.6 of ff^T TTrit,
that Use Treaty is an HOXOR ViLE ONE .
- ■■ • r -1 _
WASHINGTON. FeS. 18.
JAMSS MATHSON,
President of the U. Sun* of America,
To »!i and ftlngutar to a t om Ihf if present*
shall come, tireeiin^:
WHFREAS a treaty of Peace and
Amity between the United States of A
merica, and hi* Brtnnnic ALijrsfn was
signed at Ghent, cn the twenty fourth
dan of December, one thousand eight
hundred and fourteen, hy plenipotentia
ries ri sptrfively appointed for that pur
pose ; and the satil treaty haring been,
by and wiGi the advice and consent of
the Senate of the United Stales, duly
accepted, raffed and confirmed, on the
seventeenth day of I'tbruary, one thous
and right hur.dnd andffteen : and m
tijitd copies thereof haring been
exchanged agreeably to the tenor of the
said treaty, which is in the icords fol
lowing, to wit .• J
TREATY OF PEACE & AMITY
between
fits britankk: majesty
and
Tiik United States of America.
Hi* Britannic Majesty and the Uni
ted States of America, desirous ol ter
minatiog the war which has unhappily
subsisted between the two countries,
and of restoring, upon principles of
perfect reciprocity, p-aee, friendship,
an 1 good understanding between them,
have, for that purpose, appointed their
respective plenipotentiaries, that is to
say: His Brit a mde Majesty, on liis
o irt, has appointed the right honora
ble James Lord Gambikk, late admi
ral of the white, now admiral of the
red squadron of his Miiest>,s fleet,
Henry Goulbour.n, esquire, a mem
ber ol the Imperial Parliament and Un
der Secretary of State, and Willi am
Adams, esquire, Doctor of Civil Law:
And the President of the CnitcdSia'es.
hy and v. :tu the advice and eeus«*nt of
tin* Senate thereof,hat appointed John
Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard,
IIe.nky Clay, Jonathan Russell and
Albert G allatin, citizens of the U
n ted Smte?, who, after a reciprocal
communication of their respective full
powers, have agreed upoa the follow
ing articles:
ARTICLE Tl!E FIRST.
I here shall he a firm and universal
between His Britannic Majesty
and the United States, and between
their respective countries, territories,
cities, towns, and people, of every de.
gree, without exception or places or
persons. All hostilities, both by sea
and land, shall cease as soon as this
treaty shall have been ratif^d by both
part '• > her, na't r men Tone *. All
territory, places, poises:io:is what
s >e.ei*, ak n f • m it!J3 - pact/ by the
other, during the v ar or which may ha
taken ot ter the signing of this treaty j
eicocpting only the islands hereinafter
mentioned,shall lie restored without de.
lay, fc. without &tu»ing any destruction,
or carrying away any of the artillery
or other public property originally
oaptnreJ in the said forts or Pi ao?s, I
and which shall remain therein upou
• he exchange of the ratifications of this
Treaty, or any sinves or other private
property. And all archie,vrs, records,
deeds, and papers, either of a public
nature or belonging to private pel sons,
which, in the course of the wir, may
have fallen into the hands of the off!
cers of either party, shall be, as far
as may he practicable, forthwith re
stored and delivered to the proper au
‘-borides and persons to wlmm they re
spectively belong. Such of the islands
in the Boy o! lJ<ts*HniH(jur>ddy as are
claimed by both parties, shall remain
in tbe possession of the party in whose
vecfjp'ition they may be »»r the lime of
the e change of the ratifications of tbis
Treaty, until the, deration respecting
the title to the s«id isla ids shall have
been in ido in c<mfor<ni y with the J
foiirtb article of this T eaty. No dis- I
p siti< n made by (hit 'Treaty, ea to such j
possession of tne uiti territo- \
Hcs claimed by both parties, shall, in I
auy manner whatsoever, he const! ued j
to cff,ot tbe right of cither. I
ARTTC7.E TltE SECONAl. 1
Immediately after the mtifufc'ion
of this treaty by both parties, ni here
inafier mentioned, orders shall Uo sent
to the armies, squadrons, officers. *uh
loot* and eitixen*, of the two powers
to eea^e from ati hostilities : An 1 to
prevent all cause of complaint which
might avi*<t on account of tlie arize*
which may ho taken at pa after she
mid ratifications of this tmty, it h
reciprocal !y agreed. ‘hat «M ve*«el>
andeifrets which may he taken after
the «p toe of twelve days from the said
ra?iii %.;ions, upon «M ports of the
coast of North A»tvri«a, from the
latitu '* ot twenty thres degrees north,
to the latitude ol fifty degrees north,
and as far Eastwm 1 iuthe Atlantic o
oran as the thirty sixth degree of w est
longitude from the meridian of Green
w o.i. s i g 11 1)3 restored on si<!o :
T.’tut the tiino shall he thirty da vs in
all other par:? of the Allaniio ocean,
tior li of the equinoxtial tin© or equa
tor, and the s tine time for tlie British
an 1 Irish canucls, fur the gulf of Alex
ico and at! parts of the. W st Indes .•
h oi ‘y day* for the North Seas, for the
ftaltlo and for all parts of the Medi
terraaean: Sixty days for the Athn
lie oeev:n eonth of the equator ns for
sthe latitude ofthe Cape of Good
Hone : N.nety days for every part of
the world south ofthe equator: And
one hundred and twenty days for all
other p.ii ts of the world, without ex
oeptiou.
A&riCLE Tna THIRD.
All prisoners of war taken on either
*i‘.le, us well by land nr by sen, shall
or restored as soon tis practicable of
Jcr tiie ratifications of this treaty,
as hereinafter mentioned, on tlicir
paying the d.-bu which they ntw
have contracted during their .'apiiyi
ty. 1 *ie two contrasting parties res
pactively engage to discharge. in spe..
rie, the advance! which may have
been made by the other for the suste
nunec and maintenance of such pri
soners. 1
article the rorriTii.
Whereas it was Min elated by the
second article in the treaty of praoe.
if o.ie thousand seven hundred and
eighty three, between bis Britan*^
M j; sty and th United States of A - i
nerica. that the boundary of tjio U
oif.-d Slates should comprehend all
islands within twenty leagues of »»n*
part of the shores of th United Stags’,
ana lying between lines to be drawn
nuc east from the points wlier' the a
furesaid boundaries, between Novo
Scotia, on the one jiart, and Uait Flo
rida on the other, shall respectively
toutdi tue Bay of Fund;, and the At
1 ianti» Oceim, excepting such islands
as now arc, or heretofore have been.
: w*ti»ia the limits of Nova Scotia; and
i wi*«Pca» the several islands in the B ty
f,){ noddy, which is part of
the Bay of t undy% and the island of
Grand Menan in the said Buy ofFun
dy, are claimed by the United States
°*3 being comprehended within their
aforesaid boundaries, which said is
lands uro claimed as belonging to his
Britannic Majesty, as having been at
the time of, aud previous to, tbe afore
said treaty of one thousand seven hun
dred and eighty-three within the li
t mils of the province of Nova Scotia :
orucr,u:ereiore,finally to decide up
on these claims, it is agreed (hat they
shhll he icftrred to two Commission
ers to be appointed in the following
manlier, viz: one Commissioner shall
he appointed by hi3 Britannic Majes
ty. and one by the President of the {J.
oited States, by and with tho advice
! and consent of the Senate thereof, and
the said two Commission'Ti so ap
pointed shall be sworn impartially to
examine and decide upon tho said
claims according to such evidence as
shall be laid before them on the part
of his Britannic Majesty and of the
United States respectively. The said
Commistioners shall meet at St. An
drew*, in the province of New-Bruns
wick, and shut! have p*»wer to adjourn
to such other placp or places as they
shall think IP, The said Commissi
oners shall, hy a declaration or report
under their hands and seals decide to
which of th-: two compacting parties
tho several islands aforesaid il3 res
peetively belong, in conformity with
the true intent of the said Traaty of
Peace of one thousand seven hundred
and eighty three. And if the said
commissioners shall agree in their de
rlaion, both parties shall consider such
decision us final tin'* conclusive. It
is further agreed, (hat in the event ol
the two Commissioners differing up
on all or any of the matters sore-,
ferret! to them, or in tho event of
both or either of the said Commissi
onor* refusing, or declining, or wil
Itiily omitting, to act as such, they
•hall make, jniutly or separately, n
r port or reports, as well to the gov
ernment of his Britannic Maje»,y as
to that of the United States! stating
in detail the poiuts on which they dif
fer, and the grounds upon which their
respective opinions have born formed,
or the grounds upon which they, or
cither of them have so refused, declin
ed, or omitted to act. And his Bri
tannie M«jesty, and the government
on the United State* hereby agree to
refer the report or report* of The said
Commissioner*, to some friendly so
vereign r.r state, to he then named for
that purpose, an l who shall he reipies
ted to decide on the dilf»ivnnc« which
may he staled iu the s * 1 report or re
ports, or upon tho report of one Com
missioner, together wi'h tho gpoucds
upon which the other Commissioner
»li a I f have refused* declined, or oieit
♦ed to act. a* the c iso m <y b '• And
il the L;>nui!>s;3iior m re using*. d«»
cliogbigor ••milling to act, sh ill also
wilfully omit to state fftr g»pMind* up
on which h.e has so done* in such man
ner that the s lid »• at count may lie. re
forred to sue.h trieadly sovmvign nr
state, together with the n port of such
other Co in miss ion “r, then such* sovc
reign or state shall dociih*expftrtp up
on the said report a’one. And his
ilritannio M ■ joity and tho govern
meat of t!y United Sl it s enrgge to
consider the decision ol souic friend
ly severe gn or state to be such and
ocNcinsivo on all tho mutters sorrier
red.
AltriCl.lt T1!K FIFTH.
Whereas neither that point of th
high lands lying due north from ih •
source of the river &(. Croix, and di
gisted in the former treaty of peace
between the two powers as the north
west angle ol Nova Scotia, now the
north westernmost head ol Connect i
i cut river, has yet been as *er'ain d ;
i*nd whereas that part of t he huunda*
i'} line between the dominion of the
two powers which extends from the
source of the river St. Croix directly
no. ih to the aboveno mion d north
v. cst angle of Nova S *oila, ibeoue a
long the s?id highlands which divide
these river* that empty rhemselvcs in
to the river St. Lawrence from those
which fill into the Atlantic O^ean to
the north westernmost head of Cortaee
ticu* Hirer, thence down along the
middle of that river to the forty fifth
degree nt north Idii iide ; thene© liv n
line due west on said latitude until it
strikes the river Iroquois ,jr C» »ra
§uy, has not yet b«-en i!urvt*\ -d ; i
agi <*c.!, tjj^i lor flies© >, v rul ourjo
- ses» two Commi-sianers slr ll he ap
pointed, sworn? and mrthoriz d. to not
«‘Xaotly iu fh^ manner rii eet> d with
rospeot to those1* mentioned in iheoext
preceding article, unless otherwise
■Peeified in (Ice present article* Th
***** Cornaiismooers shall meet at S
Andrews, in the province of N« w
lli unswick, and shall have posy;* to
adjonru to such other place or pi ie-s
as^they ■hall think fit. The said Com
tnissioners shall have power to asocr
tain and determine the ooiuts above
mentioned, iu conformity with the pro
visions ot the said trea’y ol" peace of
one thousand seven hundred und eigh
ty-three, and sbiil cause the bounda
ry aforesaid, from the source of the
river St. Croix to the river Iroquois
or Cataraguy, to be surveyed and
marked a cording to the said provi
sions. 1 fie s iid Commissioners shaft
make a map of the said boundary, and
annex it to a declaration under their
hands and seals, certifying it to lie the
true mop of the stiid boundary, and
particularizing the latitude and longi
tude of tiie northwest angle of Ni*va
Scotia, of the north western most heat!
o! Connecticut river, and ofsuoh other
points of the »aid boundary as they
may deem proper. Anti both partit «
agree to consider such map and de
claration as finally and conclusively
fixing the said boundary. And in the
event of the *ai:l two Commissioner*
differing, or both, or either, of them,
refusing or dealing, or wilfully omit
ting t© act, such reports, declarations,
or statements, shall he made f.y them,
or either of them, and such refin ance
to a friendly sovereign or state, shall j
be made, in all raspects as in the latter
part of thefourih article is contained,
and in as full a manner as if the same I
was herein repeated.
ARTICLE TUE MATH.
Whereas by the former treaty of
peace that portion of tbo boundary of
the United States fi oin the point where
the forty filth degree of north latitude
strikes the river iroquaig or Cater
aguy to the lake Superior, was declar
ed to he “ along the middle of said r i
“ ver info lake Ontario, through the
“ middle of said lake until it strike*
“ the ooinmunicRtion by water be
“tween tbit lake and lake Erie,
tin nee along the middle of said
*» communication into lake Erie, thro*
“ the middle of haul Ink** until it at*.
“ rives at (lie water communication
M into the lake Huron, thence thro'
“ the middle of said lake to tin*
“ water communication between that
“ lake and like Superior And
whereas donhfs have arisen what
was (ho middle of said river, lakes
ami water communications, and whe
ther certain iniuads lying in the
same were within the dominions of his
Britannic xMajesty or of the Unitrd
States : In order, therefore, finally to
decide these doubts, they shall be re
ferred to two Commissioner8, to be
appointed, sworn, and authorized t<4.
act exactly in the manner directed
with respect to (hose mentioned in the
text proceeding article, unless other.
'*•«» specified in this present uriiclo
Hic • iid ('ommissioners slull nioet.
in the lirst instance, at Albany, iutha
state or New York, and shall lnv«
power foadjourn to stioh other plnoo
r places HH they shall think lit: Tho
said Commissioners shall, by a report
"p declaration, under ther hands and
•*,'iils, designate the boundary through
»h»* said river, takes, and water oom
•uunioations, and decide to which of
<he two contracting parties the sever
d islands lying within the said river.
Iak«'s. end water communications, do
respectively belong, in conformity
w :th the true intent of the said treaty
t one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-three. And both parties a
gr»>e to consider s*u«h designation and
iocision H.-i linat ou t conclusive. And
in the ©vent of the slid two Comtnis
'i:oners ditTiring, or itoth, or either of
dmn,, refusing, declining, or wilfully
omtuiog to act, snob reports <ieol*t
[ cations or statements, shall he mado
by them, orcitlu r of them, and such
iclerence to a friendly sovereign or
'101© shall be made in all respects as
n the latter port of the fourth article
i» ©ootataed, and in as full a manner
as it tiie same was therein repeated.
ARTICLE THE SEVFXTTI.
It is further agreed that the said
two I an i mentioned commissioners, af
ter they shall have executed ibe duties
assigned lo bnn in the pereertinf' ar
tiid**, shall be, uni they are h9**eby
author a *J, npu.i their oaths imp trti
a y to fix and determine, according
to i he ti u«* intent of the said Treaty
I eace, of one thousand seven ban
;*i-ed an ; e.ghty-three, that part 0**
M\e boundary between the dominions
'•t the two powers, whhdi extends
Irani the water communication be
tween I ike II iron, and 1 ike Superior,
° toe most n;>rih western po'nt of the
I »ke of* the Woods. to deei le to witch
of the two parties ?h“ seven! island*
'*,lK in tii lakes, water en nmuuici*
,on“* an 1 rivers, forming the said
t' unit iry, do resneutivelv sndong, in
x‘i",r «nity with the trae‘intent of tha
H 1:3 I, Hy«*f !*eav •, i!‘onc thousand
* vei hundred and eighty-three ; and
t oau.e such darts of the s iid b un
U y, as require it, to be surveyed *nd
to-rk*-d. l^ie said Commissioners
V. . y lvpcrt or declaration under
their hands and seals, designate the
bjundary aforesaid, state iheir deci
sion ow (he joints thus referred to
hem, and particularize the latitude
uni longitude of the inos^ north-wes
tern point of the bike of ti e «w»s,
and of such other parts of the said
oouwd try as they may deem proper.
And both panics agree to consider
such designation and decision as final
a id conclusive. And, in the event of
the said tno Commissioners differing,
or both, or cither of them refusing,
declining, or wilfully omitting to act,
such reports, deck rations, or state
men's, shall be made hy them, or ei»
tHer of them, and such reference to a
friendly sovereign or state, shall bo
made in ail respects, as in ihe laiter
part of the fourih article is contained,
and in as full a manner as if the same
was herein repeated.
AuTlCLli THU EIGTH.
The several boards of Iwo Commissi
oners mention (I in the four p • ceding
articles, shall respectively have power
to appoint a Secretary, and toernuloy
<nch surveyors or other persons »g
hey shall judge necessary. Duplicates
>fall their respective reports, deilura
ion-i, statements and decisions, and of
their accounts, and of the journal of
their proceedings, shall he delivered by
them to tue agents of his Britannia
\T • jestv, and to the agents of the Uni
ted S ates, who nay he respectively
appointed and authorised to manage
the business on behalf of their respec
tive (i ivernrneuts. The said Coininis
fimicrs shall lie resnootively pai 1 in
ruch manner as shall he agreed be
tween ihetwo contracting parties, such
agreement b>5n' to ho settled at the
time of the exchange of the ratificati
ons of this treaty. And all other ex
peaces attending the said Commission
ers shall I** defrayed equally by the
two parties. And in the case of death,
sickness, resignation, or necessary ab
sence, the place of every such Com
missioner respectively shall ho sup
plied in the same m inner as such Com
missioner was first appointed, and lha
new Commissioner shall take the same
oath or nfflnuition, and do I lie sau;e
duties. It i*» further agreed between
(ha two contra »ti ig parties, that in
~as* any of the islands mentioned m
any ot the preceding articles, which
were in the possession «»f one of the
parties prior to (he commencement of
the present war he(weon the two ooun
trics, should, by the decision of
any of the hoards of Commissioners
aforesaid, or of the sovereign or state
so referred to, as in the four next pre
ceding articles contained, fill within
the dominions of the other party, all
grants of land made previous to the
commencement of the war by the party
having had such possession, shall he ai
valid as If such island or islands, had