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THE FRIEND AND MONITOR. Volume I.] Miscellany. Washington City, Nov. 15. Copy of a letter from Commodore De catur to the Secretary of the Na ’ vy t dated U. S. ship Guerriere t Bay of Tunis , July 31, 1815. Sir — l have the honor to inform you, that upon my arrival at this anchorage, I was made acquainted with the following tranfa&ions, which had taken place here during our late war with Great Britain. Two prizes, which had been ta ken by the Abaellino privateer, and sent into this port, were taken pos session of by a Britilh vessel ot war, 1 while lying within the prote&ion ‘of the Bey of Tunis. Ihe consul having communicated to me infor mation of this violation of our treaty with Tunis, I demanded fat isfaction of the Bey. After hesitation and proposing a deiay of payment for one year, my demand was acceded to, and the money, amounting to forty-fix thousand dollars, was paid into the hands of the consul, Mr. Noah, agent for the privateer. I shall proceed immediately for Tripoli, and will give you early in formation of the further proceed ings of this squadron. l’he Bey of Tunis has now lying in this har bor, nearly ready for sea, three fri gates and several fmail vessels of war. I have the honor to be, with great refpe&, fir, your obedient lervant, STEPHEN DECATUR. Hon B tV Crownmihield, Secretary of t e Navy. Extract of a letter from Commodore Decatur to the Secretary of the Navy , dated U. S. Ship Cuerri ere, Messina , August 3lx/, 1815. “ 1 have the honor to inform you, that immediately after the date of my last communication, I [proceeded to Tripoli. Upon tny ‘arrival off that place, l received from onr Consul a letter; in conse quence of the information contain ed in this letter, I deemed it ne ceffiry to demand justice from the Balhaw. On the next day the ‘Go vernor of the city of Tripoli came on board the Guerriere, to treat in behalf of the Balhaw. He object ed to the amount claimed by us, but finally agreed to our demands The money, amounting to the sum ot twenty five thousand dollars, has been paid into the hands of the Consul, who is Agent for the Pri vateer. The Balhaw also delivered up to me ten captives, two of them Danes, and the others Neapolitans. During the progress of our Ne gociations with the Hates of Barba ry, now brought to a conclusion, there has appeared a disposition on the part of each of them, to g.ant as far as we were disposed to de mand. I trull that the fuccefsful result of our fmail expedition, so honora ble to our country, will induce o ther nations to follow the example; in which case the Barbary Hates will be compelled to abandon their piratical fyitem. I shall now proceed with the WASHINGTON, (Geo.) FRIDAY, DECEMBERS, 1815. Squadron to Carthagena, at which place I hope to find the relief squa dron from America.** Extract of a letter from. com. Bain bridge to the secretary of the Navy, dated U. S. ship Independence , off Bay of Tunis , Sept 6th 181,5. “ I hao the honor ot making communications to you from Car thagena on the 10th ultimo, from which nlace I failed with the Inde pendence, Congress, Erie, Chippe wa and Spark, destined for Tripoli, having learned that a iniluader ftanding existed between the Ba lhaw of that place, and our cun ful residing there. On my way 1 called at Algiers to exhibit tins ad ditional force off there, presuming it would have l'oine weight in pre serving the peace which had jult been made ; tor, the only mode of convincing these people is by occu lar deoioriltration. On my arrival off Tripoli, 1 learned that commodore Decatur had been there with the lirlt squad ron, and had adjusted our differen ces which exitted at that place. — Our consul at Trip >ii informed me that exhibiting of our naval force before Tripoli, hal produced a moll favorable change in the diipolition of the Balhaw tor prel’erviifg the peace with us. At Tripoli, learning that the Bey of Tunis was restless towards the United States. I t nmediateiy proceeded with the veffcis with me for that place. On my arrival at Tunis, I learn ed by a letter from our confui there, that the Bey and his officers were friendly disposed towards us. Having, agreeaoly to your in ftrutlions, exhibited the force un der my command to all the Barba ry powers, (and which I believe will have a tendency to prolong our treaties with them,) 1 have only now, in further obedience to those inftru&ions, to return with the squadron to the U. States. Copy of a Utter from com Decatur to his excellency the marquis Cercello, secreta ry of fate and minijier of foreign af fairs to his majejly the king of Naples . U S ship Guerriere, Naples, Sept. Bth, 1815 SIR—I have the honor to inform your excellency, that in my late nego ciation with the Bafhaw of Tripoli, I demanded and obtained the release of eight Neapolitan captives, fubjedb of his majesty the king of the Two Sicilies. Theie 1 have landed at Meffiaa Itaf fords me great pleasure to have had it in my power, by this small service, to evince to his majesty the grateful sense entertained by my government of the aid formerly rendered to us by his ma jefty, during our war with Tripoli. With great refpeft and conlidera tion, I have the honor to be, your ex cellency’s molt obedient servant. STEPHEN DECATUR, His Excellency the Marquis Cercello, Secretary of State, &c. die. Naples , 1 2th Sept. 1815. Slß—Having laid before the king my mailer the paper which you have dire£led me, dated the Bth inst. in which you were pleased to acquaint me, that, in your last negociation with the Bey of Tripoli, you had freed from the llavery of that Regency, eight fubjeds of his Majesty, whom you had alio fe: on shore at Meffina ; his Majesty ha., orflered me to acknowledge this pecu liar favor, as the ad of vour gencrofuy, which you have been pleased to call a retara for the trifling affiltance which the squadron of your nation formerly received from his royal government du.-iu*; the wjtf with Tripoli Iu doing myfeif the pleasure of ma mfelting this lentiment of my Kmg, and ol affuung you in his name, tiiat the brave smencan nation will always find in his Majeltj's ports the belt re ception. I beg you will receive the aflujrances of my molt diltinguilhed consideration. Ma.quis CJRCLLLO, Secretary ot State & Mimlter of Foreign Affajrs. Com Decatur, commander of the Squadron of (he U. Sos America. From the N Y. Gazette, Nov. 18. with Algiers. We learn from the officers that the treaty concluded by corarao dore Decatur with the dey ol Al giers, was luch as commodore De catur thought proper to didate. The tollowing we learn are iome of tl?e principal articles ot the treaty : the dey agrees to reltore the American pril'oners in session without ranlom —to pay 10,000 dollars lor the brig Ed win and cargo, ot Salem, captain Smith, which he had captured three years iinc.e—to reltore a cargo of cotton which he had confifcated, belonging to the hon. William Grayol Bolton—to allow the A inericans to fend into their” ports and dispose of them, any prizes which they lhould capture, from any power which the United States lhould, in luture be at war with, and they further agree that m case any power lhould be at war with the United States, that pow’er lhali only have liberty to lena m their prizes for supplies, and to remain only 24 hours to procure them, and not upon any conlideration to have p. i million to diipoie ot the veffets or cargoes—the dey further agrees, that in case an American citizen should be taken under the flag of any other nation with whom they may be at war, he lhali be irhmediately liberated, and given up to the confui—in cale ot the Ihipwreck of an American vessel, the captain lhali have permiflion to land his cargo without paying any duties, and may remain there un til he has an opportunity of re- Ihipping it; or the cargo may be dilpofed ot upon paying the culto mary duties. No prelents or tri bute, are in future, to be paid by the United States to the dey. The frigate and brig captured by commodore Decatur, was not re flored by virtue of any article of the treaty, but given up by com modore Decatur as a prelent, and at the earliest entreaties of the dey, who represented the danger he was exposed to from his lubjeds, in consequence of having ligned a treaty with Such favorable terms to the United States, particularly the reltoring of Captain Smith and crew, without ranlom, and paying 10,000 dollars for his vetieis ana cargo, a condition which the dey said, they had never before sub mitted to, in the case of any Chris tian nation whatever. The brig was however detained at Cartha gena by the Spaniards, on the ground that the was captured with in their territory, they being then at war with Algiers. The treaty with Algiers was signed on the 4th of July, and 00. the 6th the Epervier captain Shu brick was dispatched to the United States with a copy of the treaty ; her not having yet arrived, scarce a doubt remains but that Ihe muff have foundered in the severe gales of Augull last. —Newport Mercury 11 th inst. . l^askaskia , September 29. We understand that the Com. miflioners appointed to treat with the Indians of the Mifliffippi river and its waters, are about to close their negotiations, and terminate their business without effecting any pacification whatever with the Rock river Indians. Those delud ed wretches, as well as many others have received very large presents from the Britilh government, and have been led by the traders to be lieve that war between the United States and Great Britain would be lenew'ed in a Ihort time- 1 hey fay the British have advis ed them not to meet our Commis sioners.—They have refufed to do so—and mod pofitiveiy obje£t to tl*e eftabliffirnent of military polls on the Mississippi river ; added to circumftances, their continu ed hostilities and depredations ever since they were notified of the peace, render it nectflary for the lake of example, and to command a proper refped for the American government, that it should take the mod vigorous mealures for punish ing them. If peace ffiould be made with them hereafter, without requiring loine atonement for their multiplied tranfgreflions, from fee ing the facility with which impuni ty is obtained for the molt outrage ous cond£t. The machinations of British tra ders have doubtless prevented the Indians generally, frr meeting the overtures of our p’ nment with the promptitude mat was expe&ed. Several of the tribes attempted to temporize and intrigue by promis ing, and yet delaying to fend for ward deputations, which circum stances have greatly contributed tc protraft the treaty. 4 Many British traders, with goods to avast amount, on which no du ties have been paid, are arrived in the Mississippi, & are now trading with the Indians within our ac knowledged limits, and in the country which we have purchased from the Indians, without any li cence whatever. Is it poflible that those traders can be permitted to adl in this way with impunity, whilst even our citizens are prohib* ted under severe penalties from carrying on any trade with the In dians without givingbond with fuf ficient security to conduft them selves properly, and obtaining a li cence from the fuperintendant of Indian affairs ? Are the vile Bri tish traders who have disgraced. themselves by stimulating the rav ages to murder women and children on our frontier, to be permitted to enjoy greater privileges in our own country than our rnoft meritorious citizens ? Justice and policy both forbid it. Illinois Herald. It is said that the Banks of the £No. 48.