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f VER.^, INTERESTING.
November 15.
have been favored by a gentleman of this
city With the following account of the transac
tions dffcommodore Decatur, by an officer on
board bis squadron.* Many of the incidents are
entirely netolous When such gallant achieve
ments are performed by our navy ; when their
intrepidity 1 has reduced three of the Barbary
powers to submission, what American heart does
no thrill with pride and pleasure?—Richmond
Enquirer.
The following is an extract of a letter to a
gentleman in this city, dated
*- . Unite- Stater'ship Constellation,
off Rlctsina, September 1, 1815.
“ The only letter, I can flatter myself that
ties ever reached either my mother or yourself,
. 4 V ■. 4 .
the ear cf
->nr long ernixe. The openiug to
ifyonicus could be-oi t:nctiy seen from ou>
leeks. The remains Ot the tower of Archmi'-
des, which is said to nave firetftiie Roman Gai
nes, was also pointed ou(5—and wehaa the sat-
•taction of procnsiiig ireih waver from the
fountain ot Anhuta. On the 3d day after .n-
ering the harbor, we were again under.way.
and the cemniodorc kept the shore cl ise onboard-
We had for'5-daysa fine vuw of JE--aa and'the
adjacent country. The whole coast appears
■nhaiMj been formed from Lava, and we
passeflpieveral villages built entirely frem
this substance.’ On ’the fifth day alter leaving
Syracuse, we entered the Straits ot Messiha,
•• r i~ v ja*
plundering find >cfe
aii<l deposing htr^empeepr.
*5is. vr< •• r v- '
■£ n
PROJECTED JOURNEY
TO THE NORTH POt.R.
“Mr. ScoreseV^of Whitby (says a late Eng-
lish paper) has announced a determination to
visit the North-Pole. The Greenland ships ad- .1 r • • • "*
vance to 81 1-2 degrees; so that it may not be the P ur l )OS{ ; protection to OUr
impracticable to travel over the ice a degree Commerce in those Seas,
per day, and to go and return in eighteen or “The fri<vate Guerriert* rn
twenty days.” I han ourselves no person can . -V^ ' & r . S *
more hgartiiy wish, for the success of such dorr Decatur, (_arnvetl herej Avas t*
-rjracusc, nc viiicicu me cu«n m mvisini,. so enterprize; because it would scale forever sail in a few days for New-York VVe
and anchored the same evening iff the town— : the long contested question whether the earth „„,i.1, ’ t-u^u » » j*
where we immediately procured pra-.ique am. are is flattened or rooming at the poles: but from 1 lI ? C r “!7 ,l * a " parted COBI*
now enjoying panel vs sa every pleasure 1 — ,J - >v -» *
Siclian town dfjrds. The harbor here L
of the finest in the world, when you have
Sp,
* /' V . ”,4* ,
gresj, w-itu tec'Krigs CWptiewa, Sni'a--' 1 s*
nac, Boxer, *F;r<. ; flv, Enterprize and
Spark, st:hooii<*r^ Torch, Spitfire au^L
Lynx. Frigates United States And
Conjstellatiort, witfl sloops Ontario and
Erie, are left in the Mediterraneanibr
entered it, but the mostdiffivultof access,
whirlpool of Chd'riodis stauds immediately at
was by the brig Epervier. As the commodore’s j its. mouth, while the rock of Sciila, no. less
dispatches mere sent out by ihat - essel—you are | iormiffable, stands about five mdes above the
now in full possession of all the circumstances opposite shore—To avoid ohe, you are apt to
'uaotj'board the ciher, arid it requires the
attempt it unaccompanied) must,
on the smallest computation, be provided with i The store ships Alert and John Adams
}"&* - po ?"te proviaits"*, an equal quantity j were spo ken near Cape Spartel on the
L Relative to our treaty with the Dey, and of
^ course, can say whether the treaty was suctj_a
one as you expected—or of such a nature, as
was likely to give general satisfaction to the
government. Though an honorable one, and
on such terms, that with propriety it could not
be rejected—for the Dey granted every de
mand made, still I think the commodore was
rather hasty.* Had he cruized six weeks lon
ger, we should have destroyed the whole of
their navy, placed it entirely out of their power
to commence, for many years, any depreda
tions on our commerce, und finally made peace
on the same terms we have it now. But peace
with this people was certainly t'.s most desira
ble object, and as we have it on nn our. own
terms, wc should not complain- From Algiers
we sailed lor Cagliari in Sardinia, to procure
water and fresh provisions—necessaries we
stood much in want ol—for that most horrid
complaint, scurvy, negan to make its appear
ance in most of the vessels ; and rendered oar
return into some friendly port of the utmost
If importance This is a poor miserable place,
end tuough I was tired after our long cruize of
v#
did not regret again putting to sea on the fourth
day after our arrival, to bend our course once
more towards Barbary and settle some diltVr-
ences wild dry of Tunis, unknown .0 our go
vernment when We sailed ; but which the com
modore took all responsibility as their repre
sentative to settle. The cause of complaint
was this: — Daring our war with England, one
of our privateers sent into Tunis four prizes, all
of which were received and promised protec
tion. Two w. re seized by the bey and sold at
reduced price, lie becomin. the sole purchaser,
while the other two were taken out of his ports
under the battery, by a British brig, andcar-
Tied off Our consul rng^snslrated in vain, and
was finally threatened wuh a secret visit from
some of his turban d majesty’s faithful sub
jects, if lie said any tiling further on the sub
ject Prudence of course dictated silence until
an opponunity should present to do the United
»>laies justice ; and as soon as our squadron ar
rived, he foi warded bis communications to the
commodore, who demanded and obtained re-
jfr.niiicralion for all the prizes. They were val
ued by our consul at 65,000 dollars, every cent
©1 which his majesty puid ; assuring the commo
dore double the amount should be paid with
pleasure, rather than go to war with America.
V. u must know the commodore had given him
liis choice, the money to be paid within 12
hours after the demand, or hostilities would
commence. Thus ended our difficulties with
the most formidable of all the Barbary powers,
and though we had 110 fighting, still this de-
viand was made before their walls, in sight of
six frigates, as many corvettes am! brigs, with
filly gun boats capable of acting in two harbors.
As the commodore was indisposed the day the
money was to be paid, capiuin Gordon the se
cond in command, was ordered to wait on the
liey, received the amount and past tiie neces
sary r, ceipt. By this single good turn of for
tune, I had the pleasure of being introduced to
liis majesty—and seeing something of the man
ners of a Barbary court. To enter into every
imnulia respecting this visit and my sensations,
&11.'w'ul i exceed the limits of a letter. I will
there'or.e ay nothing at present on tile subject,
but wait till I can in person talk over lay rra-
ve/s, and lell you all—for I hope the lime is not
now far distant ere 1 once more turn my face to
the west, and embrace in n.v native land, the
only one of freedom under the sun—those
frien s I have left behind.
“ We remxined off Tunis 7 days, when we
again weighed anchor and stood to sea, destin
ed on a visit to our old friend the Bashaw. He
like Ins brothers the dey and bey, had taken
advantage of our wir with England, to seize
some American via,els laying in bis harbor,
and s. nt them to Malta to he disposed of for
their ong'nai owners. They were vessels sent
in b> our privateers, and valued by our consul
p.t 90i)0 ilollxrs A sum pitiiui indeed—hut
pitiful as it was, the British consul was sill,an
enough to persuade the poor foolish old Ba- 1
stiuwWii deliver them up 10 him—assuring him
that lire people of the United Slates would ne
ver have it in their power to make a demand on
him for the violation of the treaty. That
England would destiny the whole of our navy,
and t .at ho need never tear a second American
flue: t-ff 1 ripoti. H nv must .n 3 snn of Jilin
of furs or thick woolen., fire arms and ammuni-; . r #? , , ,,
tion an edged weapon, and a spike-staff to as- j JOtJl Ot UCtOBer,
s.st him in ascending and descending the ice- | 1
I (tfWae fetfPiag was brought U p last
We have received by the WiUiam,
_ _ requires t
greatest skill, to bring a vessel in without some
accident. Though these places are A r.gerous po,» ,uoi « iuau, sixty nines per any 1 « T , 0 n™ **r *•*—
hey ere certainly not as formidable ps rtpre- would be an astonishing effort in the mildest j night) LondotJ papers to the 14th and
Itcn ice, and dash him to pieces; «ir re the air; the Spaniards to th<! British govern-
SA VANN AH REPUBLICAN.
Thursday Ev min c, N ov. 25,1615.
in the warmest days of summer, is cold enough
to chill Toe most robust.uf mankind—in such a
climate, we say heenty, instead of sixty, miles
a day, would 1 1 “
men nature
81,30 north
ninety) is a distance of eighty and a half degrees,
„ a 1/1 1 .. ._k : , .,
mert.
Captain Cartwright,
Qn Sunday
be us much; if not more, ihan hu-! night, sixty miles to .thc eastward Jf
SstfSS, ifr,: t «* eleven vessel, of war
■ ■ - - : standing into Montauck, no doubt
Georgia Legislature—We learn from Mil-
ledgeville, that the resolution introduced into
the low»r house by Mr. Williams, proposing
tbe appointment of a joint committee to enquire
into the conduct of the judges of ihe superior
o. 510 tiauiical mil s, which makes the
ed journey to consist of lOdO milts: so l
lowing twenty miles per day und one day for i
making astronomical observations, the journey
could not ;e performed in less than tiliy-iwo
daya:‘whicn is a much longer penod than any
project- - commodore,- Bainbtidge’s aquadroa
tt.at ai-. f rom Gibraltar.
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LATEST FROM FRANCE.
The editors of the Gazette have re-
court, of this state, m declaring the alienating* i nhab ;;a„t ofthe civilized parts of Europe could . ,
the ship and ea still I pref - .ed being actively law unconstitutional, and to report by hill .or preseive animation in with snow for his bed i CdVed by the .Sachem, Bordeaux pa«
employed out, limn remaining in Cagliari—and otherwise, passed the house of representative, acli i cet0 r his pillow. n -. rs to the 30lh nt iSrntrmhrr
on Monday last: But when this resolution Went
to the senate, Mr Cook (from Clark county)
moved to amend it by requiring the cominiiu e
to report upon the propriety of immediately
removing the judges from office. The vo'e up
on the question upon this amendment, was
lost by the casting vote of the Presiden t —
We do not conceive that Mr. Williams’ re-tolu-
tion tested the opinion ofthe lower house upon
the general question. One tiling however, is cer
tain that it requires two thirds to remove the
judges from oflicu, and it will be perceived how
far tiie advocates of the alleviating law, are
from being likely to attain their object.
We also understand that the legislature have
appointed Fra ncis Hopkins brigadier-eene-
ral of first division, Georgia militia, in place of
general John Floyd, promoted
COMMUNICATED.
-We. some time since, publisu-d the sentence
pronounced by Judge Bkkrikn, against the
5" TtTXj? wf" Sfik-K!-as 1. command
ptrs to the 30th oi' ^September, which
contains London accounts to the 20th.
'fhese papers inform, that the alli
ed sovereigns were still at Paris; and
rnose
bouts
place
last;
o the
—ed
. STEAM-BOAT.
Messrs. SssiuKr. and Charlcs Howard
are now building a steam boat, for the p
of towing vessels to and from Tybec, or
from hence to Augusta and from tb.
hither. The keel was laid on Tnesd.*’
and it is expected she will be finish '
course of thirty days, and comolc>!t ,
by the 23d of next January Sue is 1.
ty feet in length and twenty in or.
boilers’are twenty-two long and fi' i
the water wheels sixteen ,n diam
power will be equal to the united fen
ty-two horses. The machinery was mv‘- -i
Philadelphia; and is now in this ci'y. T v >
engineers have also beto brought out with
and to remain here until the boat be put in
operation and h»r works proven.
Too much credit cannot be given to the prb-
prietors for their rnterprize and pers»veranc".
They have labored under disadvantages, to
which our northern brelbern are r.nl ini’idcr.t.
The latirr have men and materials al hand;
but in Savannah the case is quile re
' t!
Sands, when under the'gallows— to wit.
Uartol.i J seph confessed, that lie took hold
ofthe hand ot Mr Bessent, and asrlstel to
carry him into the woods, and was present
whoa the muider was committed—that he
assisted to chew the papers contained in liis
pocke nook.
John Fernandez confessed, that he was pre
sent when they laid hold of Mr. Bess-mt. (re
quested the otner Spaniards would not kill him)
that he remained at the road, to see it any per
son approached
Ramon Posada confessed, that he was pre
sent and saw the murder committed, but that
he did not assist in tile murder.
Antonio Sands conies eff, that he rode up
on th- horse of t\Ir. B- ssem, when they carried
hini-into the woods, and afterwards he tied Mr.
Bessent, that Joseph Almeria kitie.l Mr. Bea-
sent—and that ill the pap, is contained in liis
pot get book was (by toe Spaniard i.-iat. was
Killed by the pursuing party, Barrolo Joseph,)
chewed up and thrown away, to prevent disco
very
And that he Antonio Sands and Joseph Alme
ria, robbed Kmdriek’s store, a’, one'time, and
that Joseph At.neiia and two oth-r Span-
i-’-r Is roboed the same store, »t. another time.
( ■/» lid not tell who the other Spainnds xtere.)
G r, , question being put to Bariolo Joseph, he
d<*. t:r.e . answering, anti requested, no questions
stiou ii Ot- asked, that lie was not at liberty
(aui. eatdo :o their pro ession) to say what any
-the duke of Riche*
Engineers and the iron-works are impnvtrd at ! other of :h-in liad done—therefore no other
considerable expenec. However, as our spirit
ed townsmen have obtained from l’i« legisla
ture Ihe exclosire right of navigating in ihe
state by steam,.we have no reason to apprehend
that they will not.,!»e .imply compensated for
their troubie and expellee, besides rendering
eminent service to th" navigation of this place.
Outward bound vessels in future will rot b-
compelled to lay wind-bound for weeks to the
loss of their owners and danger of their crews,
nor those comingin subjected to like 'T’ronvf nien
ces. The steam-boat will obviate these obstacle?:
ami place the !i*rbor of Savannah, in u com
mercial point of view, upon an equality with
cities more advantageously -iiuated
M essrs Iitiivardi we understand. int A r.d tr-
ran next year a steam boat on the AlaUtnaha.
The report from Newport via Char
leston of the arrival of the Epervier is
without foundation. (Jur readers will
perceive in the accounts from New-
York, published in this day’s piper,
thatin thentunesof the sonadron which
are detailed at length, no mention is
made of her. We fear site has been
qa :i.
Tee above coniessions were made and taken
doivn at ihe r.-qu-af. of I he criminals
Georgia, Camden county Jefferson Oe.'.SO, 1815.
B lit hive fsn w'ico hs saw oiu Ir.ils squad’on ,, , , ,
off toe iow..—c nipo.cd cii efl/ ol ves*eis cap- , S' 1 ' allot, ed up Oj t.ie deep,
tu ed t o n Urn msjes.y As be e wao a great j
ee r.f treache y ronwsc’ed with ih s busi- ' RUSSIA AND TURKY.
J..e demo' deii g30,000 lor i , , , , ._ , . eauu
l A letter dated oSeptcmber 13, as-l 0 f w
ne s, the com’'>
the prize?, giving a? us'Jsl.shor lime tor c m
ii-.le atini—in this he has been equally for.u-
rate. T .e money paid wuhou: the least d'ffi
qut y. Thus, my dear un#:, have we, in ihe
re of ninety day., set'led with three of the
Ba b-iiy p-wers, wh'pped one, and made a
By the schooner Milo, from New.
York wc have received papers of that
city the 1 tin inst. Extracts follow .
New-York,Nov. 14, 1815.
T M E < • U Ki RIER E A R RIVED.
Arrived here ye-terday morning,
the United State”’ frigate Guerriere.
commodore t ecatur.'in 36 days from
Gibraltar,
Commhdore Bainbridge, m the In-
dcperdence, with the friiyates Congress
and Macedonian, and all the small
vessels, had sailed hirty-six hours be
fore for the United States. 'I he
Gnerriere passed the squadron in the
longitude of Corvo.
We have been informed, that after
1 the treat)- with Algiers was concluded
| the squadron under commodore De-
! catur, visited Tunis and Tripoli, both
hich powers had permitted a Bri
signs as a cause of the Russian troops j tish *| p of warto cut of their ports
leaving , France before those of; the j wssels Which were prizes to the Aihe-
other allies, the augmentation ofthe! ri can privateer Absliino, the full va-
1 • t c 1 ,. , ,| » iyi 1 w uiv.v-1 Axi/tvuuiu, uiu JUii 14*
lurk.sh forces, made for the ostensf- luc Q f which was demanded and ob-
p^ce un our ..wa sod exacted tribu e ; ble purpose of quelling the insurgents t ;,ined, as well as the liberation of a
* ! S.. hR r: ,a ;.^! ! . in r ^ lit >'. toatta ck the number of slaves.
Russian frontiers. Russia to meet the
f Africa on die T h, and once mure steered
tnr 51 Ciirrillan tv"»rt, ami arri*cd in Siyva- I 1 • • 1 1 , , _ .
cu» or the 10 h, blit ward .appointed in ha,. I cxpectftl invasion had er.creased her Extract from our correspondent at
lowing’persons
• foreign affairti-
lieu
Of war—duke of ivltre.
Marine colonies —the viscount Du-
bouchage, lieutenant general.
I he interior—the count Vonblane.
General police t—tfie counsellor of
state de Gazes. *
The foreign troops were quitting
France ; 50,000 of the Austrians hav.
ing gone home. The opening of the
session of the legislature was postpone
ed to the 2d of October. >ouche, the
for me 1 minister of police had gone to
Dresden. * 0
STILL LATER.
Captain Cartright lias favored us
with Bordeaux papers to the 4th of
October, but they contain but little
news. The London dates are to the
23d when omnium was 1 1-4 Con.
suls 57-
Arrived at Nantz, the Amei&caa
schooner Spring bird, and the Aurora,
from Charleston—At Havre, the Co
lumbus from .Savannah; Mary & EH.
za, from Charleston.
h :he shore—tor
is ; g *'7 intercourse
the •< jvople who M re chiefly comjvtjd .of
p <es *, *>e «o supa-siiiious that they will
have no corumunica^on wi’h cry iciiels in
lev than 30 days «f <-r leaving the coast of
B*rcary. VVe were again compelled to put
to $ra a; nn out seeing any of these curiosities
this place is so cqlelj* »t«*d for. or procure any
of those uecSsar
| iW’erhe p* not-__
^ the Aral moment oi
: atr mucUv required after
; wished to ft vail himself
error te extort bis owa
troops on the Bug and the Dnieper to
120,000; which were to be reinforced
Newport, dated Abu. 9, 1815.
“ Arrived this dav, the United
by the corps of Wittgensiien, and by States’b.ig Flambeau,'John B.Nicol-
several others irom Poland and the in- Son, esq. commander, from Gibraltar,
terior of the empire. which place she left on the 6th Octo-
VVe xhould not be surprized to find her, in company with the squadron
Prusaia and Austria combining with commanded bf Commodore Bain-
Alexander in driv ing ti e Mahometans bridgefconsisting of the following ves-
from Europe. This would certainly sels, viz. the Independence, of 74
be a^more laudable undertaking.than guns, frigates Macedonian and Con-
>■* •»: <S>
The melancholy task ff»volves upon us, af
rccoriRpg the decease of the venerable Colonel
Joseph Habkksham, in the 65lh year of his
«se. On the 18tb instant, the sun of his terres
trial existence set—to rise no more 1
h ln the first stages of the revolutionary war,
le embarked in the services of his countiy, and
was successively continued in public employ
ment,-until. advanced age called upon him to
retire. lie was among the oldest nativs inha
bitants of Savannah, and was one of tfc first
and most zealous patriots, who stepped forth
to obtain freedom and independence to his
country He commanded one of the partie?,
by whom a large stock of powder was taken
ffom the British at Tv bee in 1775 ; he com- '
m inded the party by whom the British gover
nor Wright was taken prisoncyin Febroary,
I7<6; he commanded a rifle corps of volun
teers in defence of Savannah, where it was at
tacked by majors Maitland and Grtnt in the
succeeding month ; and he was appointed a ma
jor in the first continental battalion which wa«
raned in Georgia and Was soon after, promoted
to the rank of lieutenant colonel. It is believed
lhat out of thirty-five officers appointed in that
battalion ; general John MHntosh and colo- v“
nel John Mioton, are now ihe only sarvivers.
Colonel Habersham was twice appointed a
memb.-r of Congre**; several timisVi mem
ber of the State Legislature ; and it/two in
stance*, selected by that bodv to fill the chair
as speaker. After tbe adoption of the federal
constitution, president Washington (who wa*
always mindful of the soldier's merits) appoint
ed him Post-Master-General of tbe United
States. When he retired from that office he
*was appointed President of the Branch Bank
of the United States, in Savannah, and r .nti-
nned in that office until the.expiration ol ihe
charter. In ail these appointments, as we l as
in the duties of a private citizen, he preserved v
. the character of a pious, honest man. 4 ti
it T ° h .‘* '’VDcrablq partners the remains off /
life will be a speeies of solitude, when compar
ed with the happy scenes of the past. To hie
immediate descendants, as well as Ms other
young relations, all of whorfi have long looked
up to him, and received Troiii him, the care of
an affectionate father, the privation will be *fi»
flictive indeed: but under this dispensation ofj
the grdit disposer of events, it qrili a fiord sOiq^I
consolation, that the memory and merits of
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m
their departed re
of bis country.
will live in the history
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