Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-11-18

Tor the prvateer-
shall proceed Immediately for Tripod,
ard will give you early Information OF the
further proceedings of this squadron. The
l,ey of Tun,s has now lying in this harbor,
near;y ready for sea, three fr.sates and Sc
veral small vessels OF war.
have the honor TO be, with great res
pect, sir, your obedient rvant,
STEPHEN DECATUR.
Hon. II w Crownnshio.j,
Secretary c. the Navy.
Extract ora letter from Commodore De-
cqtur 20 tie Secretary of the Nary, d.
ted q. S. Shit GuerYiere, dgessina, M
gust 3lSt, 1915.
have the honor to inform you, that
Immediately after the date of my last COM
municat;on, proceeded TO Tripoli. Upon
my arrival off that place, Ireceived from
our Consul a letter /; in consequence of
the information contained in this letter, |
deemed it necessary to demand justice
from the Bashaw. On the next day the
Governor of the City o. Tripoli. came on
board the Gucrriere, to treat in behalf of
the Bashaw. He objected to the amount
claimed by us, but finally agreed to our
demands. The money, amounting to the
sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, has
been paid into the hands OF the Consul,
! who is Agent for the Privateer.
The Bashaw also delivered up to me
ten captves, two of them Danes, and the
others Neapoiitans.
During the progress of our Negotiations
with the States Of Barbary, now brought
| to a conclusion, there has appeared
| disposition on the part of each Of them,
| to grant, as far as we were disposed to
| demand. ~
IL. Al. FL, &c
| small exped!tisn, so honorable to our coun-
| try, VIII iadu~e other nations to follow
| the example in which case the Barbary
| States will be compelled TO abandon their
| piratical system.
Ishall now proceed with the Squadron
to Carthagena, at which place l hope to
| ind the relief Squadron from Aneri-
| "a.
Ecnoct ofa letter from, Commodore BHi,,-
| bridge 10 tie Secretary Of the Nary,
| dated United States Shit hudcticn-
Gence, OF Bay Of Tunis, September 6sh.
1915.
] had the honour of making co 4munca-
| tons toy you from Carthagena on the 10th
ultimo, from which place / sailed with the
! independence, Congress, Erie, Chippewa
and Spark, destined for Trpoli, having
learned that a misunderstanding existed be
| tween the Bashaw of that place, and our
Consul residing there. On my way called
at Algiers to exhibit this additional force off
there, presuming t would have some weight
in preserving the peace which Ii d inst
been made for, the only mode of convin-
cling these people, is by ocular demonstra-
tion.
On my arrival off Tripoli, learned that
Com. Decatur had been there with the
first squadron, and had adjusted our differ
ences which existed at that place. Our
Consul at Tripoli informed me that the
exhibiting of orr Naval Force before Tripo-
| Ii, had produc y, a most favorable change
in the disposition of the Bashaw for preser
| wing the peace with us.
At Tripoli learning that the Bey of Tu-
| mis- was restless towards the u. States, /
| immediately proceeded with the vessels
| with me for that place.
! On my arrival at Tunis, / learned by a
| letter from our Consul there, Shat the Bey
| and his officers were friendly disposed to-
wards us.
Having. agreeably to your instructions,
exhibited the force under my command to
| all the Barbary powers, (and which I be-
| lieve will have a tendency to prolong our
| treaties with them) / have only now, in
| further obedience to those instructions, TO
reterU with the squadron to the u. States
| Extract ofa letter from the snule to de sauie l1-
! tel IT, s. ship IndepencieHce, Malaga Roads,
| Sept 14sh, 1915.
Sc arrived here yesterday, pnder the expectation
| ofDceting here the fsS, squadron, but, to thy re-
| ct Com. Dccatur has not yet come down the Med
| trrrarcan, and where tie squadron with him is J
know not Tor, the last lea cd Of them, OF
| Tripoli, which place they left the 9th ut.
| " As the Squadron has 70 return this Az
tumn, in pursuance Of your orders, it is very de-
sirable that it should leave this as posi-
Bile, to avoid the nclemeDey Of the winter our
colt, pa ticuary account Of the smaller vessels.
| The Independence, Congress, Boxer, Ssranac,
| Chippewa, aod Spark are here the Eric expect
every hour from Malta, where had sent her the
Torch aed Lynx are at Carthagena.--All these yes
sells will be prepared Immediately to return but
they carnot sail il the other squadron has joined
u.s."
NYORK, Nov. IL
Capt. Cartwright, of the ship N Yo, k Packet, in
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