Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-11-22


,Nr town, Commodore Decatur sent in and
demanded, that the Sey should pay the
snm of S so, 600 to the owners of the priva-
,eer. for the vessel which had been given
40 The Bey refused, and assembled a
Il reat number Of his troops from The coun-
,rv To defend the batteries, and threatened
10 declare war Immediately against tie L.
states but finding that the American
SQUADRON were prepared to chastise him,
he then requested an abatement of the sum
Ienanded, as he said, he had not so much
money and upon the American Consuls
ioforning Commodore Decatur that he
should be satisfied with d, 900 dollars, the
Commodore agreed to receive that sum,
Lxproyiled the Bashaw would deliver up to
Yh;m ten Christian slaves, among whom was
one who had been particularly attentive to
the officers of the Philadelphia frigate,
willie in T,ipuh and also, that as the A
mer.can Consul had been compelled to take
down his flag, he should now re-host it un-
der salute OF 81 guns from the Bashaw's
.Castc-'rhe above terms were readily
complied withby the Bashaw.
Com. Decatur having thus gallantly
settled all our differences with the Barbary
powers, and having been joined by Commo-
|, dore B4inbridge, to whom the command of
\ the squadron Was surrendered, the feet
proceeded to Ayers and from thence TO
Malaga and Gibraltar, from which place
Com. cambridge sailed on the 9Th OF OCto-
Der, in the Independence "a, with the fri
rates Macedonian and Congress, briggs
and 5 schooners, ia ali Is sail, bound TO tins
| port wllere they a,e to remain during t,,e
Winter.
From the present favorable winds, the
arrival of Com. Bainbrdge with The renain-
der of the squadron in our harbor, may be
daily expected. I1fercTy.
Major General FBR OWN anu suite arriv-
ed in town last evening froin Bnston-Iiis
ARRIVAL was announc ca by the ringing OF
/ bells, ana other demonstrators Ut respect.
.Ne7y- York, November IS.
The u :. frigate Guerrero, Com. De-
]. catur, came up yesterday morning, aud an
cbored in the North River, opposite the
West Battery.
The Bey of Tunis has wrote a letter to
the President OF the u. s. iustifyng the de-
posing. of his predecessor in office, and
saewmg his superior right to the Beyship.
Extract ofa letter. from an officer on board
of tire United States many, dated
{" The Bay OF Naples. Sept. 10, 1915.
This being the first opportunity since
y We left Algiers, | use 1t. We left Aiglers
4 the 9th July, and on the 18th arrived at
|. Cagliari, for water and refreshments OH
4 the 25th sailed for Tunis, and Oh the fol-
lowing day anchored in the bay, in a fine
position. The Commodore Immediately
made his compliments to the Bey, signitying
to him that, as he had permitted tzvo briggs,
prizes TO the United States flag, to be ia
ken from under h batteries by an English
ship of war, contrary to the usages OF war
and civilized nations, he having power to
resist this violation Of his port ; the pur-
pose of his visit was 70 demand indemnity
for this breach of good faith, and he would
expect the indemnity to be sent on board
by given hour on the day named the
commodore sent an estimate OF the value of
the prizes, and although there appears to
L have been great CONSERVATION, tue demand
was promptly complied with, and the in
demnity sent on board: having accom-
plished this service by the I'd august we
sailed for, and on the 5th anchored before
Tripoli, where we had similar ceremony
to perform, and which was conducted in
the same smooth, cool, decided way, with
out any paIaver, which would leave room
TO doubt that we should do as We said. The
Bey Of 'Eripoli appears not to have had SO
much of the ready at command, but showed
equal readiness with lis neighbor to COM
ply with the demand falling short OF the
indie muity required, he signfied that there
was Dauish family IN his possession, con-
sIsting of nine persons, and two other Eu-
ropeans, whom he was wiling TO del yer
up to make good the indemnify demanded;
the commodore did not hesitate moment,
and we had the sat sfactlon to see them
soon after arrive on board our squadron. l
med not say how gratifying this cruise must
be ~ every American soul, how delightful
n was to see the stars and stripes holding
yforth the hand of retributive justice to the
barbar;ans, ard rescuing the unfortunate,
even of distant but friendly European ma
tons, from Slavery.
d" On the 10th we arrived at Syracuse,
and on the Goth 1T Messna, where we un-
derwent some repairs, and on the Cd Sep
TENDER, arrived at this place, where we
found the Petapsco, c pit. Moon, which sails
Tomorrow, for the Unned States. the An
drew Jackson, Of New-York, and an a.
merican brig, name not known the schr.
Orr, from Baltimore, has arrived here.
There is a report here, that some
Dutch ships Of war, have had rencontre
with an Algerine squadron, which termi-
mated without any thing decisive on either
side bat it is very doubtful. There Is
also report Of the capture OF several Swe-
dish vessels by the Trpolitans and Age-
rincs. guess we are clear of them Tor
some years at least they see we arc not
only willing but able and determined to put
them on their good behav or all along shore
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