The morning times., 1896-12-27
The BARBARY PIRATES
Facts About Their Warfare ON
Christian Nations.
Glimpses of PHI acy in the Meditero
ranean 100 Years Ago Ameri-
cans Had the small End of Ii.
Nc,n YnrE SIM

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| 70 pay annual tribute 10 these pirates
70 secure exemption from these attacks.
4 Ihat rs what We Were taught WHEN We
| Went 10 school. The inStTHetIGn was ctiII-
unued With the inform at ION that the
/ EdShaw OF one OF the States, sometimes
4 called Alglers, sometimes called TripoH
| finally became SO naughty that the United
St.Ucs i.std 10 DoIIbsiItI nis CITY and a u, ts-
/ IN small type at the foot OF the page says
| that Commodore Decatur disJinguisneCihint-
\ SELF He was only lieutenant at the
/ time but when "A chiids history OF the
4 United states gets So near TO facts as -
| Indicated above, no criticism should be
1 permitted.
| l MS story Will OF concern itself with the
/ greater matters Of hIs5 Ory, but viii take up
4 some of the details OF the haughtiness and
| naughtIness of the Barbary states
| In 1898 Washington, then President,
| sent MI Nathaniel Cutting Of MaSsaChu-
/ sets ana Col. Humphreys 20 the EdTbaTy
\ states To arrange at out the yeariy ransom.
| ana square things generally. Mr.. Cutting
| joined Col Humphreys in Liston, and q
| journal which he kept gives u clear idea
| Of the way OF travelling 100 Years ago,
| and of what Is meant by the remark ia
| the history that the Barbary States
/ captured vessels of oil Christian na-
1 tions. lie sailed nom EhIIaGrIpnia ia
I April, 1898, for England, and on August
| 1oieft Falmouth "a the King q orlse pac kr5
| for List on. where he arrived Oh the 2eth
4 His first illuminating entry appears IN
| August 81: 'CoI. ii informs nae Mr. Har-
| risOn has not been able to Go anything
| decisive with respect To a neutral vessel
! for US I o proceed 70 our Destination
| on September 5, however, they pro-
| cured a vessel, a Swedish brig, TO convey
| them up the Aediterr,. mean. On the STA
| they learned by way of Malaga THAT an
American vessel and cargo has recently
fallen into the hands OF Jne Algerines- by
.HT.a FaW.I q
/ schooner Laurel, Capt. John Daniels from
| FhIiadt.lPiia, laden with flour and copper,
ana was captured by an Algerian Corsai:
| about the zcGn uli-; The captain and crew,
! having abandoned her. had escaped Safs. IN
| shore in their boats The letter states
| thoSc pirates are much more daring tfan
| ever. since the Portuguese squadron have
/ ceased cruising about Gibraltar
| on the 18TH day they got off in their
| hired ship called the PoStiIliOn. and on
the 21st reached Gibraltar. too late in the
evening 10 land The next day the Pratt
| tick boat came alongside about sunrise
and took our papers out After time
they landed and visited the Governor,
| Gen Sir Robert Boyd. g venerable vet
eran, near ninety years old Col Hgmph-
| reys and Mr. Cutting STAYED at GibraIar
/ for some time. dining with the officers
| or the garrison and enjoying themselves,
| but always on tue lookout for a chance
| 70 move toward their destination. Mr.
| cutting tells this interesting story:
MI Iattra. the English CONSUL al Tan
| Sier, related an aneCslote OF Gen. Arnold,
| thai deSpcaDlr tr-iCUT To American liberty
| which / never before met With IL was
| this, Several years siace, as early As
/ lIso- when Mr. Nattra was in England.
4 ne became slightly acquainted with Ar
/ Mold, who. knowing his situation IN Mo-
| rocco, solicited an Opportunity OF pro-
| pOs9ng 10 him scheme of business that
| could BOT fail OF being lucrative Mr. NJ
at last gave Arnold d hearing The plan
| he proposed Was That Mr. should by hia
| interest at the Court Of Morocco procure
| coiniIllSs Ions for SGndry CorSairs which he
| Arnold would come and fit out from
| Tang1eT. But observed Mr. NJ. who
| 'wOah you cruise against The emperor
| OF Morocco has no maritime enemy noe
! does ne wish 10 provoke rupture WIN
| any OF the European powers Arnold
| replied, But the Americans have as yet
/ no treaty with Morocco / would cap
| tUre tile1r vessels; know very veil the
| track TO find them, by such an expedition
| We wonld soon acquire ample fortunes
/ Arnold pressed the matter very seriously
4 for some time. but finding that Mr.
1 Mattra rejected the nefa riouS scheme and
| steadily refused 10 exert the smallest in-
| fl8ence toward Obtain lag The commissions
| IN question, the arCh-renegade solicited
| that he would assist him in procuring
Algerine commissions
| "Oct- Two Dutch fri.a1eS and a SIoCp
! Of war lately came down from Malaga and
| are now at anchor in Gibraltar Rav OS-
| tensibly waiting the arrival OF a squadron
/ from IiGlland. which Il To convey a com
| missioner to arrange the articles Of peacts
| With the regency Of A Igiers. or 10 den0unce
| vengeance against them for the 1cpreda-
| tionS their CCrSairs have committed on the
1 Dutch conImerc ont the Mediterranean Sea" ."
| On sunday, october 8, the American com
! missioner attended services with the ear
| uson. Mr.. Cutting notes that he met Mr..
| Mace, British consul at AIgiers who had
/ been al Gibraltar eight or nine months
/ waiting for the plague to SubSide in Al
/ SierS; Lord Hood would not send a frigate
| to take him t. his post He continues:
| We learn 10 Is true that three AIgerine
/ frlgates and two ZebeckS and an armed
/ brig hal last m gff5 passed out the straits.
We arranged an express for CaCiz
ana another To Aatdga and C0I. Humphreys
| wrote TO the American ConSuls AT both
| these ports acquainting them with The
| Intelligence, and requesting them 10 com
| Inunlcate II to every American command
| er of a vessel that was now or might AZ
| rive at their ports. October S-This Tp0rn-
| ing an AiGer1ne corSair stood into Gibraltar
Bay from the eastward. Soon after pro-
! c-eded through The straits. We
finally engaged a small spanish vessel TO
! cruise or the straits, alias Gut OF Giilbral-
/ tar, with the mate OF an American vessel
| on board, LII order to speak any American
| vessel that might possibly have so far
| escaped the bari a~ianS witheuJ knavfng
the hazard they had rum
| ArncId SeCIus Lot 10 have been the only
| person. Tot AlgeTiTIr originally. who wished
/ TO do little piracy under the Aigcrine flag
Mr.. Cutting tells Of an alleged American
calling himself Chapman. who PASSED
through Gibraltar in July, 1872, and got
70 Oran. Later, calling himself an Eng
i liShman, he reached Al0is.rS in The CYFb-
raltar boat, but the British onsul woHId
notIet him land The man sent TO the con
sui a letter for the Dey of AIeierS, which
ne said he had brought from America.
Chapman was not allowed TO land, and
learned only that the ConSGI was GlspIeased
at the contents OF the letter Chapman
was then taken to Gibraltar, and Mr. Cut
ting writes: From all the circumstances
there rs room to suspect that the PurpoTt
of the packet which Mr. Chapman has con-
veyed to- Algiers was TO obtain Algcrine
commissions, and thus give Mr. -, his
employer IN irsiDia- n pretcEse for CaPtur-
ing the vessels of such nations as have Dot
q treaty of peace with the Regency OF
Alglers- Perhaps the mtriCan Intiiams.n
werehis object stheriCheSt frei GIFTED
Brazil ships The whole commerce. "
I America rs at risk
0n0ctober this suspicious uerSs ali called
on Col Humphreys To explain matters; he
reported that there were only ten American
prisoners at Algiers, as the plague there
had killed two He was an EngliShman
originally, but had lived long in America,
and was in Gibraltar on a business at
tempt TO get Algerine commiSSiO ners.
Then the vessel that the commissioners
had hired to warn American vessels OF
the AlGerinc fleet put back and her master
absolutely refused to 20 out again He
reports that there is an AIgerine zebeck
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