Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1815-12-12


Warrington There were qucruas present OF
both the Senate and Houie - The Hon Iohn Ga
iard (of q took hs fea, as Peeldent, and
Chzr,es Cuts fiq as Secretary of the Senate -
The Hon. Henry Clay, (of X wa, elected Speak
or of the Houfe having 81 If the 90 ties on The
ccca6on; acd Thomas Dougherty Eiq. Clerk =
The her old officers of the Houle were all re.
elected.
WARRINGTON DEC. s.
THIS day at z O'Clock, the PRECEDENT
OF the Uniied States trantmitted to both
Houies of Congress, the following MES
81 Ely MIR. loDD, his Secretary =
r. % Chzer, The Senate
and q tie HOME Of Rep e,ssta'i es
1HAVE the fatiSfaaion on our pref
ent .oeetihg, of being able to commuai
cate to you the tuccessfu termination of
the war which had been commenced a.
CAN'T the United States by the Regency
of Aleiers The fquadron IN advance,
Or that fervice, und.r Commodore DE-
CATUR, lott not moment after its arrival
in me Med eranean in fe king the naval
force If 'he enemy, then cruising IN that
feA and tucceeded in capturing two Of his
ihipS, one hem the principal Zip, com
maDded by the algerine Admiral / he
high character Of the american Com
maader was brilliantly fuaained on the
location, which brought bis own fhlp in
TO ciofe acton with that of his adverfary
as was the acouacmed galantry of all the
officers and men e6ualiy engaged. Hay.
ing prepared the way by this demonRra-
ton of american fkill and prowefs, he
haitened to the port of Algiers, where
Peacs was promptly yielded TO his victos
ricus force. In the terms itipulated, the
rights and honor of the United States
wers particularly confulted, by rerpets
ual felnquifhment, on the part of the
Dey. of all pretenhons to tribute from
them The impreflions which have thus
been made, strengthened as they will
have been, by fubfcqucnt tranla6tions
with The Rcgencies of unis and Tripoli,
by the appearances # The larger force
which followed under Commodore Balm
bridge, the chief in command of the exs
pedi;ion, and by him in that quarter. af-
ford reafonaoIc prospect of future fe
curity, far the valuable por ion of our
c.mnerce which pa1es within reach Of
the Barbary cruliers.
VI is another iource of fatisfaaion that
the treaty Of peace with Great Britain has
been fucceeaed by a Convention on the
fu jet Of Commerce, concluded by the
pienIpot entaries Of the two countries,
In this refult dispcGtion is manifeited
on the part Of the patton corresponding
with the dispniltion of the United States
~hich'it may be hoped, will be inprov
ed into LIBERAL arrangements on other fub,
jetts, IN which the parties have mutual
ittercits, or which might endanger their
fu'ur- harmony Congress will decide
on The c>pedienoy Of promoting fuch a
ieqaii. by giving effect 70 the meafure of
Co hnlng The American navigation 10 A
m1rican ieamen mea(ure which, at the
fame time that it might have that concili
aiory tendency. would have the further
advantage of increaGng the independence
of our n4vigati n, and the refouyces for
our maritime defe.,ce
L. conformity with the articles Of the
treaty of Chem, RELAXING to the Indians.
as we'll as with a view to the tranquility
of our western and northwestern frontiers
mealmes were taken to eltablifh an i'm
mediate peace with the f-ycral tribes who
had been engaged in hofiHties agaiut the
Uniied States. Such Of them as were in
vited TO Detroit acceded readily to a re-
newal OF the former treaties of friendfilip
OF the other tribes who were invited TO
a aAtion on the MlniGppi, the greater
numb.r have alfo accepted the peace of
fered TO them. The refdue, confiting
Of the more dilfaut, tribes or parts of
fr hes, remain to be brought ever by fur. 4
Their explanations or by iuch other means
as may bt adapted 10 the difpoGtion they
may finally dilclofe.
he Indian tribes within, and border
ing on our foutLern frontier, whom a
cruel war on their part had compelled us
t chaitlie into peace, have lat,erly f,ewn
a reitlehueis which has called for pre-
para DRY neafures for repreiing it, and
for protecting the commitlioners engaged
in carrying the terms of the peace iuto
tx, cuupn
Tne execution of the act for fixing the