The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-12-30

municate II 10 every American COM
mander OF a vessel that was now or
might arrive at the ports.
Oct. This morning an Algerian
corsair stood into Gibraltar bay from
the eastward. Soon afterward PRO
ceedeG through the straits. We
finally engaged q small! Spanish yes
SCI to cruise eff the straits, alias Gut
Of Gibraltar, With the mate Of an
American vessel on board, in order TO
speak 10 any American vessel that
might possibly have SO far escaped
the baroarians without knowing the
hazard they run.
Arnold seems not to have been the
only person, not Algeriae originally,
who wished to do little piracy under
the Algeri1e fa,. Mr.. Cutting tells
of an alleged American, calling him
self Chapman, who passed through
Gibraltar in July, 1892, and got to
Oran. Later, calling himself an
Englishman, he reached Aleiers in
the Gibraltar boat, but the British
consul would not let him land. The
man sent 10 the consul letter for the
Dey of Algiers, which he said he had
brought from America. Chapman
was not allowed to land, and learned
only that the consul was displeased at
the contents OF the Letter. Chapman
was then taken to Gibraltar, and Mr..
Cutting writes: From all the cir
cumstances there is room to suspect
that the purport of the packet which
Mr.. Chapman has conveyed to Atelers
was to obtain Aigerine commissions,
and thus give Mr. his employ
er in Virginia, pretence for captur-
ing the vessels of such nations as have
not treaty OF peace with the regency
of Algiers. Perhaps the American
Indiamen were his object-perhaps
the richly freighted Brazil ships. Tne
whole commerce Of America IS at
risk
On Oct. II this suspicious person
called on Col. Humphreys TO explain
matters. He reported that there were
only 10 American prisoners at Algiers,
as the plague there had killed two
He was an Eaglishnan originally but
had lived long in America, and was
in Gibraltar on business attempt to
get Algerine commissioners. Then
the vessel that the commissioners had
hired to warn American vessels Of the
Algerine feet put back, and her mas
ter absolutely refused to go out again.
He reports that there is an Algerine
zeback constantly cruising n the
straits, IN the daytime he keeps on
the Barbary shore and at evening
back OF the Rccs, where he lays with
the view of intercepting any Ameri'
can vessel that may attempt running
cut of the Mediterranean.
"Oct. IA schooner arrived this
morning, after 8 narrow escape from
tie zeback back Of therock. The vessel
belongs to Eoentzer Parsons Of Bos.
ton, n. E and the captains name is
Gocch. In consequence Of the dan
gers of seizure Of our papers, and on
account Of the weather, we have con-
clu6eG to send our chartered brig,
now under Swedish colors, as neu
tra! ration. to Aljcant, i'll Spain, thars
to await until cur arrival by laud.
-ECen ambassadors Is 81 llggiissfFs -T-&&-c
not safe from the Aigerines. So Col.
Humphreys and Mr.. Cuttings started
overland, 101 leagues, or about 800 miles
10 Alicant. They went through Mala.
ga, reaching there in the evening Of
Oct. II, and left on the 19:h; thence
to Granada, where they examined
'stbe ancient Moorish Notifications
and tie palace OF the grand sultan OF
that people, built 700 years ago"
Granada lei. behind on Oct. 26, they
reac ed Murcia on Nov. Gin this
city there are 26 hives filed. with
those drooes called friars'O and Ali
cant the next day. There the COM
missioners conferred with Mr.. Mont
goHaery, the American consul, and
hnally il was dociaed that Col. Hum
phreys should write memorial to
the dey and regency, which he should
forward by Spanish vessel to Mat,
thias Skjoldebrand, Esq, Swedish
consul in Algiers, ssking permission
TO call on them, and especially for
safe conduct back sgain. On Nov. 16
an Algerine frigate of 42 guns came
in having taken seven American and
two Genoese ships. This frigate had
been built at Algiers by construc-
tor sent out from Spain, who was at
the time building another, 25-gun
vessel. Piracy, it appears, was sim
ply matter of business.
On the 18th Col. Humphreys dss-
patch boat came back from AlglerS
with letters from some Of the Ameri.
can captives and fiat refusal from
the dey give to passport to Col. Hum
phreys. ''Just now the Algerines are
elated with their great success over the
Americans, and have three other
treaties Of peace on the tapis which
are all very precarious. That with
the Dutch is very far from being agreed
on. That with Portugal it is thought
will scarcely be ratified by the court at
Lisbon; a rupture with the Danes is
also threatened. How humiliating /!
is, that through the narrow policy OF
the great maratime powers Of Europe
general commerce should suffer such
interruption and distress from a petty
band Of pirates and robbers. I hope
America will one day be able to free
the world Of them.
eve have a liss Of four ships, four
rries and two schooners, with 105
men, who have been taken in the
month Of October. The Algerine gov
ernment have q marine force-fOur
frigates, one poIacre, one brig, four
zebecks; each corsair carries at the
rate Of II men for each gun,
and. the whole marine mounts 240
guns. Tunis has % corSai-s, with q
TO guns. This is formidable fleet