Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-02-10
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BALTIMORE, pcb. O.,
Extract of letter from an Amer;
, can Naval Officer, TO his siicsl !,
Baltimore. dated :"
Port Mahon. Tov.1e, 1915.
When ] last wrete You spor
Gibraltar, ] bad not the leas, idsn
that my next would be from this nav.
Of the Meditesranean, as (! had lea
yeu TO believe We should have s.;,
ed Immediately Tor France 10 wipte.
but we proceeded from Gibra,,,n
fsr Malaga, where we Only rems;n
I'd three days. and sailed again :,
the Goth uli,--thc Commodore, wiz
the store ship, for Fort Mahon. enS
The CONSTELLATION, with che Gs.a,;,'
for AIsiers, with DIES. ntehes from
the Commodore.
" On our arrival OFF Algie7s. rs
the ist inst. Mr.. Shaler, our c,nsrt
came off from the shore and inform.
ed us, that the Regen y was very
favorable towards US /; bat that thu
Dey himself was vers dissatisfied
viii, respect to the p. re brig not
being returned as Commodore De.
ca,ur had promised him ard alley.
ed. as a substantial psason for his
dissatisfaction, that he had made a
peace with us mere favorable 10 ,be
United States, than any Of his prcde.
cessors had ever made before with
any Christian power; observed thas
the people were not altogether salts.
fed with it; and that as be was but
young upon the ihrone, the reslora.
iion of thetwo prizes was absolutely
necessary 20 his popularity ; tbathe
had faithfully observed and exeented
all that part OF the treaty which re.
lated to him that although tIieses-
toration of the two vessels was nos
a specification in the treaty, yet he
considered Commodore Deeatur's
promise ofrestoring them. as sacred
as if it had been and that he felt
truly mortified, sfter lapse OF four
or five months. that Mr.. Shaler
could give him no satisfactory answer
whether the brig was to be returned
to him or not. CT why she was. With
her crew. detained at Caribagena.
True il is, and strange as ii may
appear, Commodore Depasur sailed
from Cartilagena fer the q. States
without communicating with our cen.
sui at Algiers since the peace, OF
even letting him know of the De-
tenlien Of the brig by the Spanish
government /; and although he bad
s.aked his pledge Of honor. and was
even laying in the very port with the
detained brig, did not give himself
the least trouble to enquire whg she
was detained, or what WIS her sItaa-
ton.
When the Dey wasaboHtto siga
the treaty, and wished that ne re-:
storatioD Of the two vessels sheSid =
he sneeified in il. the Commodore
objected to any alteration beng
made whatever, but pledged his
word, that they should he delivered
at Algiers 10 their present situation
and would send vessels to escort tn.G
over 10 safety that the returning
them should not be considered as q
par, of the treaty, but that the DeI
should receive them as preseH +.
from the United States; sOthat Com'
modore Decatur has not only teltm y.
own promise unexeented, but has ls's
our national honor at stake, in the
ewes ofthe world. His indliiefeue0
TO eur AIgerine Affairs has been 10,
marked with establishment ny e''''
corr mander in the squadron -.
sThe frigate WAS given up .' ds
out any difficulty. but the sp"n'4 .Ss
kept the brig under a pie" 'ha' o s
was captured in their waters a a"
in this situation she rfm"ins At P
sent Blu, capt. Shaw is h'm'fl' g. g.
ing TO Car,hagena. to demand a" 49,
plana'ion OF the Spanish uo''
as to her detention. s.srt
+" Mr.. shaler 81 $ the t''e an,
Dey the character Gisninea ,, 10
bic and intelligent IN. "a'' .;o,s.