Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger

After the propitious intelligence, which we had the satisfaction to announce in our last, any other intelligence is almost without interest; we have however considered, that having been so long deprived of all information from Europe, that which we have copied into our paper of this day, would be acceptable to our readers.

We are of opinion, that the publication of the correspondence between our Commissioners and those of Great-Britain at Ghent, produced a good effect on the public mind in England, by disposing it so strongly for peace, that the ministers feared they might lose support if they persisted in a further prosecution of war; the United States, as appeared by those documents, making no demand upon Great-Britain, ministers were left without any excuse for a further prosecution of the war, except with a view to conquest, which they could not avow.

A few days will bring us the determination of our government; we can scarcely doubt the ratification of the Treaty, though we cannot forget that Mr. Jefferson rejected a treaty signed by his confidential ministers, and from which rejection we may date the sufferings of this nation for the last seven years.