The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-07-08

When these things shall be known to the Ca
tholic King, he viii not, nor his ministers, |
censure me. My country will prctect me-
In reviewing this case, ard in regard to
entering the waters of St. Andrews sound.
being the port or district OF ST. Mary's, l
make no distraction of terms, and passing in
to Jolly's river, (the waters of Spain) lam
from this incident, arrested from the capture
being there. cannot from any authorize
aSiduced, the rights ofnations, our own rights,
my own view and feelings on the subject,
impel me, with great force, to award ressi-
tuition of the Maggie, her tackle, furniture
and apparel. An American has taken shell
ter under the colours and Jurisdiction of one
of the European belligerents. the king of
Spain, with whom we are in amity. Let the
asylum, therefore, be secure.
T'rhe following Letter, which we received
with our congressional documents, has not
been before published .....Fed. Gaz.
Department Of STATE, dhrii IL.
SIR.
As the documents in this office did not
enable me fully to answer the queries con-
tanned in the letters written by you, as chair
man of the committee to whom were refer
red the message of the President of the U.
States Of the 9th and 18th of February, rela-
tive to the rupture and to the amicable set
Element with the dey of Algiers, / have de-
layed my reply to them, under the daily
hope of receiving such communications from
colonel Lear, our consul general at Algiers,
as would enable me to give you the informa-
ton you ask for: but as yet have received
none. AS further delay, however, may be
inconvcnient to the committee, l have the
honor to state that our payments to Algiers
are of TIVE kinds:
1. That stipulated by treaty. viz 12,0 600
sequins, equal to 81 900 dolls. made an
nually in naval stores.
9. Those made in conformity with what
is called usage at Algicrs, by which
it is understood that we are bound
These are,
I. The present on a presentation of a
consul $4,000
2. The biennial presents to the
officers of government, esti-
mated at 1900
5. Incidental and contingent presents, as
well on the promotion Of the prnci-
pal officers of the Dey and regency,
as for the attainment of any important
object. Of these no estimate can be
made.
AS these presents are made in CASH or in
articles procured at Algiers for the occasion,
and as col. Lear has been furnished with the
means of making them, it is believed that
! they have been regularly made: but OF this
there is no positive inform alton, as the &C
counts have not been received.
Various causes have occasionally DELAYED
the payment of the annuity in naval stores.
Some of these will readily suggest them
selves to the committee. 1t may be proper
here to state that the loss Oil the payment
made in this way is from so to 100 per cent,
as the estimate of the stores is made bv the
officers of the Algerine government, with
out any reference to their cost. Hence our
agent has been instructed to use his efforts
to obtain the substitution of cash payment
for that Of naval stores and &c enable III him
the more readily to do this, he had authority
to draw either on our bankers in London,
| or on this department. Drafts accordingly,
to enable him to meet the arrangements he
| lately made at Algiers, have been received
at this Office but owing to some cause un-
known TO me, no dispatches from him on
| that subject have come to hand. We know
only that the annuity due in March 1906
was then paid, and something advanced on
account of the annuity which would become
due in March 1907. To meet the payment
of this annuity, cannon had been purchased
but before they were shipped, it was under
stood that the present Dey %o;iia rot ia {
them, although they had been asked for by
his predecessor Hence it became necessa-
~ to order other articles in place of them
This was done last summer; and the ship
ments would have been made but for the
precarious state of orr foreign relations, and
hope that colonel Lear would be able tc
prevail on the Dey toreceivc money, in lieu
| of naval stores.
j have the honor to be,
Very respectfully, sir,
Your ObcfliPDt servant