NORTH AMERICA. 
province of Louifiana; in which the Britilh army was 
totally defeated, with the lofs of 2450 killed, wounded, 
and milling 5 including Gens, Pakenham and Gibbs, the 
firft and fecond in command, killed ; and Gen. Keane, 
the third in command, wounded. This aftion happened 
on the 8th of January, 1815. 
At the beginning of January the treaty of peace had 
been ratified; and Mr. Baker, the meffenger, was imme¬ 
diately difpatched, in a fall-failing frigate, to North- 
America. He arrived at Walhington at eight o’clock in 
the evening of the 17th of February. The fenate imme¬ 
diately took the treaty into confideration ; and fo accepta¬ 
ble were the conditions, that the ratifications were duly ex¬ 
changed at eleven the fame night. Mr. Baker, in purfuance 
of his inflruftions, took the neceffary meafures for mak¬ 
ing this event known with the lead poffible delay to the 
commanding officers of the Britiffi fea and land forces on 
the coalt and frontiers of the United States ; and the ra¬ 
tification of the prefident and fenate was fent home by the 
Hon. Capt. Maude, of H. M. S. Favourite, who arrived 
in London on the 13th of March. The following is the 
fubltance of the Treaty. 
Art. I. All territory, places, and poffeffions whatfo- 
ever, taken by either party from the other during the 
war, or which may be taken after the figning of this 
treaty, excepting only the illands hereafter mentioned, 
lhall be reflored without delay, and without caufing any 
deflruftion, or carrying away any of the artillery, or 
other public property, originally captured in the laid forts 
or places, and which fhall remain therein upon the ex¬ 
change of the ratifications of this treaty, or any (laves or 
other private property. And all archives, records, deeds, 
and papers, either of a public nature or belonging to 
private perfons, which, in the courfe of the war, may have 
fallen into the hands of the officers of either party, lhall 
be, as far as may be prafticable, forthwith reflored, and 
delivered to the proper authorities and perl'ons to whom 
they refpeftively belong. 
Such of the illands in the Bay of Paflamaquoddy as are 
claimed by both parties, lhall remain in the polleffion of 
the party in whofe occupation they may be at the time of 
the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, until the 
decifion refpefting the title to the faid illands lhall have 
been made in conformity with the 4th Article of this 
Treaty. 
III. All prifoners of war taken on either fide, as well 
by land as by fea, lhall be rfcflored as foon as practicable 
after the ratifications of this treaty as hereinafter men¬ 
tioned, on their paying the debts which they have con- 
trafted during their captivity. The two contracting 
parties refpeftively engage to difeharge in fpecie the ad¬ 
vances which may have been made by the other for the 
fultenance and maintenance of fuch prifoners. 
IV. Whereas it was ftipulated by the 2d article in the 
Treaty of Peace of 1783, between his Britannic Majelty 
and the United States of America, that the boundary of 
the United States ffiould comprehend “all illands within 
twenty leagues of any part of the ftiores of the United 
States, and lying between lines to be drawn due call from 
the points where the aforefaid boundaries, between Nova 
Scotia on the one part, and Fall Florida on the other, lhall 
refpeClively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic 
Ocean, excepting fuch illands as now are, or heretofore 
have been, within the limits of Nova Scotiaand 
whereas the feveral illands in the Bay of Paflamaquoddy, 
which is part of the Bay of Fundy, and the I (land of 
Grand Menan, in the faid Bay of Fundy, are claimed by 
the United States, as being comprehended within their 
atorefaid boundaries, which faid illands are claimed as 
belonging to his Britannic Majelty, as having been at the 
time of and previous to the aforefaid treaty of 1783 
within the limits of the province of Nova Scotia; in order, 
therefore, finally to decide upon thefe claims, it is agreed 
that they lhall be referred to two commiffioners, to be ap¬ 
pointed in the following manner, viz. one commiffioner 
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lhall be appointed by his Britannic Majelty, and one by 
the Prefident of the United States ; and the faid two 
commiffioners fo appointed, lhall be fworn impartially to 
examine and decide upon the faid claims, according to 
fuch evidence as (hail be laid before them on the part of 
his Britannic Majelty and of the United States respec¬ 
tively. The faid commiffioners lhall meet at St. Andrews, 
in the province of New' Brunfvvick, and lhall have power 
to adjourn to fuch other place or places as they lhall 
think fit. The faid commiffioners lhall, by a declaration 
or report under their hands and feals, decide to which of 
the two contrafting parties the feveral illands do respec¬ 
tively belong, in conformity with the true intent ofthe laid 
Treaty of Peace of 1783 ; and, if the faid commiffioners 
lhall agree in their decifion, both parties lhall confider 
fuch decifion as final and conclufive. It is further 
agreed, that, in the event of the two commiffioners differ¬ 
ing upon all or any of the matters fo referred to them, 
or in the event of both or either of the laid commiffioners 
refufing or declining or wilfully omitting to aft as fuch, 
they lhall make, jointly or Separately, report or reports, 
as well to the government of his Britannic Majelty as 
to that of the United States, Hating in detail the points 
on which they differ, and the grounds upon which their 
refpeftive opinions have been formed, or the grounds 
upon which they, or either of them, have fo refufed, 
declined, or omitted, to aft. And his Britannic Majelty 
and the government of the United States hereby agree 
to refer the report or reports of the faid commiffioners to 
Some friendly Sovereign or Hate, to be then named for 
that purpofe, and who lhall be requelled to decide on the 
differences which may be Hated in the faid report or re¬ 
ports, or upon the report of one commiffioner, together 
with the grounds upon which the othercommiffioner lhall 
have refufed, declined, or omitted, to aft, as the cafe may 
be. And, if the commiffioner lo refufing, declining, or 
omitting, to aft, lhall alio wilfully omit to Hate the grounds 
upon which he has fo done, in luch manner that the fair! 
flatement may be referred to fuch friendly Sovereign or 
Hate, together with the report of fuch othercommiffioner, 
then fuch Sovereign or Hate lhall decide ex parte upon* 
the faid report alone ; and his Britannic Majelly and the 
government of the United States engage to confider the 
decifion of fuch friendly Sovereign or Hate to be final and 
conclufive on all the matters fo referred. 
V, Whereas neither that point of the highlands lyinp 
due north from the Source of the river St. Croix, defig- 
nated in the former Treaty of Peace between the two 
powers as the north-wefl angle of Nova Scotia, nor the 
iiorth-eafiernmoll head of Connefticut river, have yet 
been ascertained; and whereas thyt part of the boun¬ 
dary-line between the dominions of the two powers, 
which extends from the Source of the river St. Croix, di- 
reftly north to the above-mentioned north-wefl angle of 
Nova Scotia, thence along the faid highlands which d°ivide 
thofe rivers that empty themfelves into the river St. Law¬ 
rence from thofe which fall info the Atlantic Ocean to 
the north-weflernmofl heact of Connefticut river, thence 
down along the middle of that river to the 45th degree 
of north latitude, thence by a line due wefl on laid lati¬ 
tude until it Hrikes the riverlroquois or Cat-araguy, has 
not yet been Surveyed ; it is agreed that, for thefe leveral 
purpofes, two commiffioners lhall be appointed, lworn 
and authorised to aft, exaftly in the manner diredted with 
relpeft to thofe mentioned in the next preceding article, 
unlefs otherwile Specified in the prelent article. The 
faid commiffioners lhall meet at St. Andrews, in the pro¬ 
vince of New Brunfwick, andffial] have power to adjourn 
to fuch other place or places as they lhall think fit. The 
faid commiffioners lhall have power to afeertain and de¬ 
termine the points above mentioned, in conformity with 
the provisions of the faid Treaty of Peace of 1783 ; and 
lhall caufe the boundary aforefaid, from the Source of the 
river St. Croix to the river Iroquois or Cataraguy to be 
Surveyed and marked according to the faid provisions? 
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