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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. ■ • —3 o-<rc—— ■ —- 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 ■ 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. - ■■ ■ —n—r—frt 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