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FRIEND. & MONITOR.
FRIDAY. Ypkt 28.
It is underflood from Paris that
the Gazettes of that city of the lat
ter end of December, mention that
the Dey of Algiers had lent away
the consul of France in the fame
indecent and unfriendly manner as
he sent away our consul about the
1 time of our rupture with England.
We shall find ourselves joined with
refpe&able and powerful company
in our measures against Algiers.—
France, the Roman ffate. the Ne
therlands, Spain and the U. States
of America are all afl'ailed. It is
and duty of the civili
zed and moral governments and
nations to force the Barbary pow
ers into a perpetual peace without
f tribute, present or slavery. It is
1 time for all those, who claim the
character of decency, morality, spi
rit and dignity to refufe peace, with
the government that make their
military prisoners and their non
combatant prifonets of either sex,
marketable slaves, and who demand
tribute, without color of right,
from independent governments and
nations — Demo. Press.
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Prom the New York Mercantile Ad
vertiser, Extra , of April 10.
THE CONSTITUTION AGAIN.
ANOTHER BRILLIANT
NAVAL VICTORY
Achieved by the United States
frigate CONSTITUTION, capt.
Stewart, in the capture of two
British Hoops of war, mounting
fifty five guns, after an action of
fifty minutes, on the 28th Februa
ry, off Madeira, with the loss on
our fide of sou # r killed and seven
wounded.
The following are the particu
lars we have received of this bril
liant affair, and were furnifhed us
by captain Cahoone, of the reve
nue cutter, who came up from the
Cyane on Saturday evening—viz 1 :
Arrived, the late British Hoop of
i war Cyane, rating 20 guns, capt.
Gordon, lieutenant Hoffman prize
malter, a prize to the United States’
frigate Conftiturion, captain Stew
art, captured on the 28th of Febru
ary, off Madeira, in company with
the Levant sloop of war rating 18
guns, after an action of 59 minutes,
with a loss to the Conffitution of
only 4 killed and 7 wounded.
The Cyane and Levant engaged
the Conffitution at the fame time,
one on her bow, and the other on
her quarter. The Cyane rates in
Steel’s lift of 1814., at 20 guns,
and mounts 34—22 thirty two
pound carronades on her gun deck,
10 eighteen pound carrona'des on
her quarter deck, and 2 long nines
on her forecaffle. The Levant
rates at 18 guns, and mounts 21
The Conffitution took both of
her prizes into St Yago, (one of
the Cape de Verd bland) where
she landed her prisoners, and on
the morning of the Bth of March
difeovered three heavy British ships
Handing in, upon which the Con
l ffitution made a signal to cut and
Hand out to sea. The signal or
der was immediately executed,
and the Conffitution with her two
prizes made all lail and (food to
sea, closely pursued by the British
squadron. The Cyane altered her
course, and was not pursued. Loft
fight of the Conffitution & Levant,
in the afternoon of the Bth, the
British fquaron in chafe ; the Con
stitution and Levant about two
miles to the windward of the chafe
and leaving the Levant, and the
British squadron very sass.
A little before sunset, and fnort
ly after the Cyane loft fight of the
Conffitution, a heavy cannonade
was heard in the direction of the
hoffile {hips, from which circum
stance, fome of the officers of the :
Cyane are fearful that the Levant i
was overtaken by the British squad- ;
ron, and probably recaptured.
Impressment of Seamen.
Many who have uniformly con
tended that failors’ rights were not
worth proteffing, now’ evince ex
ultation, and claim no small degree
of prophetic wisdom, on account of
the late treaty containing no stipu
lations in regard to impressment.
“ You have abandoned failors*
rights after all your blustering,”
they fay ; “ the treaty contains no
guarantee against impressment from
our vessels ; and, we add, neither
does it contain a guarantee against
impressment in the streets of our
cities; and yet Great Britain, for
the matter of right, can do the one
as well as the other. But what flic
has once done, will (he not do a
gain ? Yes, providing she has the
fame inducement, and can repeat
her ifijuPiice with the Same impuni
ty. There was once within the
scope of our acquaintance, a sine
wy, athletic youth, of an unoffend
ing, forbearing disposition, who
had so long submitted to the insults,
caprice and ridicule of an ostenta
tions, purse proud merchant, his
neighbor, that the abuse had finally
ripened into a right, in the opinion
of the dealer in rape ; nor cduld
he be cured of his humor, till plod
ding Jonathan, grown indignant
from repeated insult, beat convic
tion into him by a sound drubbing.
There was not occasion of exacting
a promise of civil treatment in fu
ture ; because the inducement to
offend had become wonderfully Icf
fened by the disposition and ability
manifefted on the other hand to
punish. The flogging was better
than a bond ; and Jonathan to this
day, is moft court con fly treated by
his former antagonist. So with our
seamen ; their own bravery, and
the determination of the govern
ment to avenge their wrongs, is a
far better protection, than any stip
ulations, unaccompanied with the
recent leflfons of experience.
The truth is, many of our sea
men have already returned from
the British navy, as prisoners of
war. There are some thousands
in England, also held as prisoners,
who will be sent home on the re
ceipt of the ratification of the treaty
by our government. But permit
us to ask, what would have been
the condition of these thousands had
we not declared war ? They would
undoubtedly have been lingering
out their existence on board the
British navy. Their future securi
ty will not only be increased by the
considerations .ve have suggested,
but we presume a reciprocal en
gagement will be made, between
the two governments, which will
funeradd to these considerations a
solemn Population on the part of
Great Britain to abstain from the
practice. Such an engagement ap
pertains prope ly to a commercial
treaty, which is yet to be made.
Albany Argus.
The Court Martial-on Maj. Gen.
Wilkinson has terminated its fitting
at Iroy—The Genera! arrived at
Washington City on the 3d instant.
It is said he is acquitted.
By an advertilernent in a Phila
delphia paper, it appears that go
vernment are about to fell 18 cun
O
boats and fome barges,
Raleigh Star.
The Cession of the Floridas, by
Spain, to Great Britain, is contra
dicted, by capt. Satterling, who
arrived at Baltimore on Tuesday, j
in IO days from Amelia liland.— >
On Admiral Cochrane’s arrival .
there, he publicly denied receiving i
any orders to take pofleffion. 1
I ran Bermuda. —The officers &
crews of the Endymion & Pomone ,
were much at variance on the fub
jett of the capture of the President ;
thole of the former claiming the
whole merit of the capture, and the
latter denying it—and federal de
putes among t he officers, and quar
rels among the men, had taken
place afnore.
The fame pip a’ contains an ad
drfefs from the merchants of St.
George’s to capt. Hops, of theEu
dymion, on presenting to him a
piece of plate as a reward for his
gallantry in capturing the Prefi
denr ; with Iris answer. The ad
dress appears to aferibe the merit of
the capture to the Endymion alone.
Ibid.
Jhe Constitution. —The British
(hip Captain, formerly admiral Nel
son’s flag Chip, having lately acci
dentally taken fire in the port of,
Plymouth, (England) and her ca
ble having been burnt, she was
drifting towards the dock, where
it was apprehended she would do
great damage to the flopping, na
val stores, &c. The ships of war,
and among them three 74/s were
ordered to fire into and fink her.
After aconflant sue of 15 minutes,
without producing any effect, and
the fire ship (till drifting, a Tailor
belonging to one of the 74’s (and
who had been captured in the
GuerEere or Java) vehemently ex.
claimed, By Jove, if the Confu
tation was here, she would fink her
in ten minutes.”
Extracts from the Acts of Congress y
laying a direct tax and a duty on
furniture and watches within the
District cf
Sec. 9. ‘That in case any person
j (hall be absent from his place of
! refidenee at the time an affeffer
’ shall call to receive the lift of such
person, it final! be the duty of such
assessor to leave at the house or place
of refidenee of such person, a writ
ten note or memorandum, requir
ing him to present to such assessor
; the lift or lifts required by this acf,
within ten days from the elate of
such note or memorandum.
Sec. 10. That if any person on
being notified or required as afore
; said shall refufe or negleft to give
such lift or lifts, ns aforefaid, within
time required by this aft ; the per
son so failing or ncglefting, unlels
in case of sickness or ableuce from i
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home, shall forfeit and pay the fain
0 f one hundred dollars.
\ JJXU.U**.-*. v a r*- it rriTwnr lTaMtiiii
LOOK MERE!
Thomas W. Sims, takes the li- ;
berty of informing his friends, and .
the public in general, that he lias
commenced the Mercantile Bufinefa
in the town of Wafhingtcn.—HE ‘
purposes felling low for cafli, and ’
flatters himfelf by keeping up a
good assortment of those articles
moft. beneficial so the country peo
ple, and by the strictest attention to
business and disposition to oblige,
to merit a portion of that patronage ,
that has been heretofore so liberalh
be ft owed on others.
April 28, 1815 qf-tf.
N FATTfUfATRK.”
The Tiiespia’n Society of
Washington, will on this
evening, the 28th of April, present
to the citizens of Wilkes Coun
ty—the justly Celebrated Tragedy
in Five ActY, of
Alexander the Great ,
on THE
Rival QUEENS,
With elegant new Scenery , Dress and
Decorations;
to which will be added
The Comic Farce
in Two Acts of the
POOR - LD.IER.
Poors open at’ 6 o’clock, and
Curtain to rise precisely at half pafe
seven I*. M
£T Tickets to be had at J. W.
Robinson’s Store, at fifty cents
each, and on the night of perform
ance ar the door.
Particulars will be expressed in
the BILLS of the night
0- The object cf this SOCIETTr
to raise a fund to repair in a suitable
manner some place of Divine worship ;
and it is hoped, being so good an
objeft a liberal minded public will
take it into consideration.
Notice.
All persons are notified that I
confider myfelf released from the
co-partnership, which has for fome
time exifled between Theoderick
Harrison and myfelf Any con
tract: entered into hereafter by faiu
Harrison in the name efthe firm,
will be disavowed by me—His con
duct warrants me in issuing tliii
notification.
ROT. CHIVERS.
April 22, 1815.
0r ‘The cause of .he diflblutiaf.
of co-partnership between Rob:.
Olivers and myfelf is rafeality an
illegal proceedings by Robert Chi
vers. Also, I do hereby forw'arr.
any person or perfor.s whatsoever,
from paying him any money o:
the Book of Harrison and Chiver
for the vear 1814
THEOD’K HARRISON.
April 25, 1815.-— rm iytf.
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SHERIFF’S SSLE.
WILL BE SOLD,
On the first Tuesday in July next.,
at the Court-House in Wilkes coun
ty, between the hours of ten and
three o'clock\ the following proper
ty — viz:
One negro girl named Nancy;
taken as the property of Mary Curl,
deceased, to fatisi’y an execution in
favor of Hay, on the fore
closure of a mortgage. Pointed
out by plaintiff.
THOS WOOTTEN, D. S
! Abril 28, 181 c.— loins rm
I -■ and
Notice.
Nine months after date applica
tion will be made to the honorable
the Judges of the Inferior Com!
cf Warren county for leave to fed
the Real Estate of James BiThomp
; son, dec. for the benefit of the hei: -
and creditors of laid dec.
11 enry T>. 1 hornp son,
Administrator, with the
Will annexed.
April 7, 1815. rr.ya
