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« True it is, a»3 straflg* ti \t
appear, Commodore Decatur sailed from
Uarthsgena for the United States with*
O’.rt communicatmg with our consul at
Algiers since the peace, or even letting
him know of the detention of the brig
by the Spanish government ; and ai
th'wh he had staked his pledge of hon
or. aud even hying in the very port
with the detained brig, did not give
him elf the feast trouble to enquire why
she was detained, or what was her situa*
tion.
“ \Vh. 4 n the Dey was about to sign the
treaty, and wished that the restoration
of the two vessels should be specified in
it, the Commodore objected to any al
teration being made Whatever, but
pledged his word, that they should be
•delivered at Algiers in their present si
tuation, and would send vessels to es
cort them over in safety ; that the re
tumimr them should not be considered
as a part of the treaty, but that the Dey
should receive them as a present from
the United States ; so that Commodore
Decatur has not only left Ins own pro
mi e unexecuted, but has left our nati-*
opal honor at stake, in the eves of the
world. His indifference to our Alge
rine affairs has been remarked with as*
toim'hmept by every commander in thfc
squadron.
§ “ The frigate was given up without
an, difficulty, but the Spaniards kept
til* biig under a plea that she was cap
tu e i in their waters, and in this situa
tion ,h«- remains at present. But Capt.
Shaw is himself going to Cavthagena,
to demand an explanation of the Span
ish Governor as to her detention.
‘ Str. Shaler gives the present Dey
th character.of a dignified,• noble and
intelligent man, truly honorable in all
hb pubfef transactions, and lit his pri-*
vate character worthy 6f imitation.
a For my own part, and under pre
sent .-circumstances, I think he hasjui»t
cause for his displeasure—and most as
urtdly we ought to have paid attention
th’smaller, as it contemplates the ex
tion of the treaty with both parties*
is now the only obstacle fin my
nj to a permanent peace with the
tes.
• are now lahdirtg all our stores
m place, from the store-ships ; af
te completion of Which the u Uni
, btate ,” will proceed to Carthagena/
the Ontario with our consuls, Mr.
M‘Call and Major Barney, to Leghorn,
and this ship to Messina for cloathing,
( where it is to be had cheap ) and after
wards to rendezvous at Malta. Tire
John Adams toprdceed on her intended
route to Naples to procure .marble for
our Capitol at Washington, and then
to proceed home The Hornet will be
kept as a despatch Vessel, and the Al
ert laid up for the winter. On our re
turn to tuis place we shall have the ship
out. and put the whole squadron in rea-
to return to America in the
spring.—-All this I give you as reports
from 1 the officers of the w U. States/’
bn, whether it is precisely the Commo
dores plan, 1 cannot pretend to sajr—it
is, however, all we can ascertain of his
intentions as to our present movements.
He no doubt will also sound the Tunisi
ans, and Tripolicans, before we go into
winter quarters. Tire Erie ‘is at Mar
«ul!e'. .
•* Commodore Shaw’s orders instruct
him to establish our hospital, deposit
on- stores, Jxc &C. at Gibraltar, Alge
zr as, Malaga ; but either of these
ports would be too inconvenient, (being
at too great a distance from shoulc|
we want ‘supplies or necessaries of any
kind , m consequence, Port Mahon will
be fur home for the winter, and our
lio’ p lal is already established on a very
respect ble footing, although we are re
>iu*rVably healthy.
*’ We expect the Franklin 74, the
Java, smaller vessels, wilf be the
relieving squadron m the Spring.
SOUTH AMERICA.
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pram the Baltimore Patriot .
P/iINIVLiriNTEPtfESTim. \
The following letter to the Editors
of the B dtatnore Patriot brought by the
schooner Coquette from a gentleman of
ch ; aettr and ntegritf at Santa Martha,
announces the certainty of the tall of
Caruvageua into the hands of the Span
ish ruya ists, and with it the violent sci-
Zii vi oi several Anksrtcatt vessels, and
the imprisonment of the people on
board ot them, many ot whom have
died of had treatment, and prison dis- v
ease. We hope that government will
jNOpvply follow the the Brutish example
mentioned m the letter, and despatch
even ji u should produce a war with
Spain, two or three frigates to procure-
vp> 4 .. . * . .]>v , •*,* .* f * r / *; •
6f «<y#cs theYelense of otir «\ifferifig
countrymen, some of whom weqjcraon
ally known to be respectable citizens of
B<urtore. .
Santa Fee had also fallen before the
royalists*
Extract to the Editors—dated
** Santa Martha, Jan. l<hh. 1816.
“ Humanity compels me to make
known to you and the world, the present
sufferings of my unfortunate country
men who are at this moment in Cartha*
gena, groaning under the horrid calam
ities and distresses attending a Spanish
prison, loaded with irons. Scant allow
ance of bread water, devoured
with vermin, and wit at ii still worse,
close confinement, have, in this hot cli
mate introduced a distemper among
them, which will if not shortly relieved,
carry the whole of them .off. At and
since the fall of Carthagena, there have
eleven American and threp English
vessels fallen into their hands, their
crews imprisoned, and loaded with irons
—among them several from Baltimore.
I was conversing yesterday with a Mr.
l>emon of Charleston, direct from Car
thfcgens who saw and talked with cap
! tamfc Hacket and Almeda, and a Mr.
| topper, all from Baltimore, through the
bars ofthe prison. The gritish frigate
Junon, capt. Tait, left this on the 6th
inst. for Carthagena*,in order to release
all English subjects imprisoned in that
place.
I hope our government will take the
same and only means of rescuing from
an untimely death hundreds of our coun
trymen. I have in this place occular
5 demonstration of their injustice and
cruelty towards Americans’ The schr.
Charles Stewart of New-Orleans, owned
by Messrs- Stanley and Stratten who
were on board of/the schooner and
bound to this place, was captured with-,
in sight of the harbor of Santa Martha,
under the pretext of thei” going to
Carthagena—captain, owners and crew
all thrown in prison, and have since all
died with bad treatment and fever, ex
cept the captain and Mr* Stanley—the
recovery of the latter is much doubted.
If gentlemen, you think proper to make
public the purport of this letter, you
have my Consent ; and if it should be
the means, through your inerference, of
saving from famine and death onr coun
trymen, 1 need not tell you how grati
fying it would be to your very humble
and truly obedient, Safe.”
Bali imore, Feb. 9.
‘ Latest from Carthagena •
By the Coquette from Santa Martas
.we learn that, on thp 15th, Jan. news
arrived at Santa Martha of.the. capture
of Santa Fee by the Royalists amounting
to 6,000 they were opposed by 2,000
patriots Since the capture of Cartha
getia, Gen. Morillo has kept the Insur
gent Flag flying as a decoy to vessels
entering the port ; in consequence of
Which 1 i vessels had entered after the
fall—7 of Which were Americans, <and
4 British, among the vessels named,
were the schooner. Swrft, Hacket, of
Baltimore, and a Baltimore ! schr. un
der the Command of captain Almeda,
all hands were made prisoners , closely
confined and most barbarously treated , rrta
ny Americans had died in consequence oj
their brutal usage . An English Frigate
had sailed for Carthagena to alleviate
the sufferings of their countrymen.
The reported detention of the schr .
Swift, Racket of this port , at Carthagen,
must be grossly erroneous, as her des
tination was far south of it* and could
not have been there without having
been interrupted on her voyage,
f C. //. B.
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’ Richmond, February 13.
Testerday y the following interesting
Resolution was moved by Mr)Mercer,
and adopted by the H. of D—ls Con
gress have failed in doing their duty, it
is time lor Virginia to do hcr’s.
With what anxiety dd we wish to* see
a Gallery of Statues and Paintings, es
tablished at the public expence, where
the lineaments of every distinguished
Virginian may be preserved from oblivi
on.
Be it resolved, Unanimously, by the Gen
; eral Assemblyy That riis Excellency the
Governor oi Virginia* be authorized to
open a correspondence with the honora
ble Bushrod Washington, 8c to request
him, in behalf and in the name of Jhe
Commonwealth, to permit the remains
of her beloved son, the late General
George Washington*, to be removed
from the family vault, at Mount Vernon,
and intered near the Capitol oT Virgi
nia, beneath a monument to be erected
at the public expence, and to serve as a
memorial to iuiure ages of the, love of
a grateful people. *
That this ms mo rial mis be the spon-
taneovis offering of a nation’s gratitude,
Be it further resolved* That, sftoukl the
Honorable Bash rod Washingto comply
with the above request, the Executive
be, and they are hereby empowered to
appoint, in every County* City, Borough
and Town within the Commonwealth,
three or more Commissioners with au
thority to receive, and pay intoth? pub
lic treasury, such voluntary donations,
as may be tendered towards defraying
the expense, to which the proceeding
resolution may give rise ; Provided*
That no individual shall be allowed to
subscribe thereto, injiis own name, a
greater sum* than ten dollars. That
the commissioners be instructed to
transmit the lists of subscribers along
with the sums collected ,* and that the
names of the subscribers, with their
places of abode, and sums subscribed,
be fairly copied into one or more boohs
to be provided for that purpose—and
the books* together with suitable records
of the age* to be deposited in the leist
destructive part of the monument.
And be it further Resolved, That the
Executive be requested to appoint five
Commissioners to design the plan, and
superintend the structure of the above
Monument, with authority also to pres
cribe the ceremonial for removing the
precious relics ot the deceased, from
Mount Vern6r», to Richmond-—That
the Executive be farther requested to
make known, by proclamation, the pe
riod at which the procession shall com
mence from Mount Vernon and to re
commend the day appointed for the re
interment at Richmond, to be set apart
throughout the Commonwelth* as one
of public thanksgiving, adoration and
praise to the Supreme Author of all
good, for having graciously bestowed
upon Virginia, a Hero, “first in Wav—
first in Peace and first in the hearts
of his counfry men/* ‘
A Communication was received from
|he t Governor, enclosing a letter, frornthe
Secretary at War,'respecting the forti
fying of Hoods and the situation of au
Arsenal above the city of Rvchmond.
The Governor, in his communication,
expresses a hope, that the government’
of theU. S will provide effectually for
defence of the Chesapeeke b§y—he ex
patiates on this object in terms which
its importance demands ) he observes,
that the «* value of this Bay connot lon
ger escape the iiotice of the enlightened
citizens who-administer the government
of the U. S.”—but that it cannot “ how
ever, be deemed a want of respect ,or
confidence m them, for the States, whose
prosperity is so intimately connected
with this object, to recoinmend. it as
a subject meriting immediate attfenti
on. n -~?£nquirer*
STATE BANK.
We are gratified to learVi that
this institution will shortly go into ope
ration- The notes will be issued as
soon as the engraving &c. can be exe
cuted, and may fie in cirdillation bv June
or July. The Governor, who is now at
Bayannah; has negociateda loan to take
up the shares reserved for the State—
It is.expected that Wm B Bulloch,
Esq. or Col. James Johnston will be
Chosen President of the Bank.
Journal •
Reported Indian Murders -
A gentleman direct from the Missis
sippi Territory has communicated t>S
us the following intelligence, which,
from his apparent respectability, ( tho’
an entire we rely upon as
substantially correct. No information
relating to this affair Has been received
by the executive of our state, or has
reached this place, so far as wC have
tearnt, from any other source. Our
informant stated to us, that on the Bth
instant a col-'Daniel Johnson of Chick
asaw Bluffs, accompanied by a Major
Powell and a Mr- M’GlaSky, with their
• servants* while exploring the lands on
the Alabama* included in the late cession
from the Creeks, were fired upon by a
. party of indians in ambush /PoWel* who
was the only one of the party that esca
ped, reports, he saw Johnson and M’-
Glasky fall at the first fire—the Indians
pursued him some miles and fired at
him repeatedly—one ball pierced his
hat and another passed through his
A detachment of militia from
Bassett’s Creek Settlement had march
ed in pursuit of the lYidians, but too
late it was supposed lo overtake them'.
This outrage was committed hear the
Indian Viliage called the Standing Peach
free • about fifty miles above Fort Clai
borne* and ten from FisheVs-Stand on
tne Mail road. Powell could not tell
whether Johnson and M'Gtasky were*
scalped, as he retreated immedratelyl
after they weft shot# Ibe gentleman*
who eedldltNticated the foregoing
ticularssaw Gen. Gaines at Tort Witch
ell on the 17th, who had just hegrd of
this recent hostility* We are the mores
surprised at it, as the Indians had ap
peared for a short time past entirely
tranquil- Whether it be an act of na
tional hostility* or of a banditti of frob
bers. may be more safely
when it is known* whether the person*
murdered were scalped ; this being the*
invariable custom of the savages wbe*
at war, but not commonly practised om
those who are the victims oi private re- 1
venge or of plunder*
m A Ibid,
• -
ATHENS. “" t
thursdat, march T.
The ball in honor of the natal day of
Washington, on Thursday Evening, at
M’Keowin’s Hotel was more than usu
ally brilliant. Avery large number o£
ladies 8c gentlemen thronged the room*
Among the gentlemen were the presi
dent, most of the offiers of government*
many ofahe members of both Houses of
Congress; Gen. Brown and other distin
guished'officers, Marshal Grouohy, and
many straugers of eminence and dis
tinction. Nat Int,
• MR* DEXTER’S LETTER.
.•If a doubt has hitherto existed of the
patriotic and republican sentiments of
the honorable SAMVEL DEXTER, as
some of the aristocracy have affected to
believe, the following letter written ,by
him in answer to#the committee of th©
republican convention, appointed to an
nounce to him his nomination, must for
ever dissipate all hopes on one side or
apprehensions on the other. The sen
timents it contains, are worthy of thti’
elevated and independent spirit,, whichi
dared to assert the principles of Repub
lican governments in the midst of at|,
assembly/whose passions, stimulated by
artful and popular leaders, were
to betray their country and themselves
into a furious civil war, destructive of
the Constitution and of the Federal Un*.
ion.
* ‘ J Boston Chronicle,
Washington , Feb, 3, 18i6»
...... ’ ‘»>
Gentlemen-—I have had the hono» .
to receive your favor of the 25tK ulta*
and should have artswered immediately#
had not the occasion suggested thought*
that seemed to require some considera
tion. Henceforth I have not heen call
ed on in so formal a manner for a deli
berate assent to being nominated as Go
vernor, nor ,has there been any proba*
bility, that the choice would fall on me#
Whether there be any prospect of thus
the ensuing election, I am not in a
situation to judges But should I ever b#
thus honored, it would be my effort to
be strictly just & impartial; yetbfs easy*
to see that the utmost scrupulosity in
tins respect would not give universal
satisfaction to any party. However hon-.
est, they will* differ in their opinion.
For the repeated proofs of confidence I
have received from the respectable citi
zens, whom you represent, they are en
titled to my thanks. I owe to then*
sincerity in return* Permit me then to
say, it is a leading principle with me>
that the duty of i\hich every citizen
owes, his country, requires that ho
should support that administration of
civil government, which they chooso
to appoint, in all measures which hi*
unprejudiced understanding does nofc
show to him to be wrong ; and cons&»
fuently that every combination fot*
enerai opposition is an offence against
the community. At the same time 1!
shall ever claim and exercise this right
of examining freely all public measures*
and openly expressing, with candor and
decorum, my dissent from such as nr ,
my judgment may tend to mischief#*
With the explanation, I consent that
the gentlemen whom you represent:
should announce me as theif candidates
for the office of Governor.
Be pleased to accept n»y thanks for
your obliging expressions of personal
regard, and believe that the testimony”
of my countrymen’s approbation is ran**
dered more valuable by the merit of the
committee who have presented it*
* With gieat respect, l have the hondr