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No. 13 OP VOL. IX.]

BALTIMORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1815.

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AGENT AT RICHMOND.

Legislature of New Jersey.

TRENTON, Novemb

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On Monday last Mahlon Dickerson, esq. took the oaths of office as governor of the state of New Jersey; on which occasion he delivered the following Gentlemen of the Legislative Council,

ADDRESS:

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New-York Statistics.

FROM THE ALBANY ARGUS.

Statement of the valuations of lands, lots, with their| improvements, dwelling houses and slaves, within the several counties of the s ate of New-York, as revised| and settled by the board of principal assessors, and the amount of the quota of each.

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AMOUNT OF QUOTA
dolls. cts.
18,265 46

18,859 46
15,194 18

177,410 68
31,596 46
50,037 48
5,366 28
22,049 36
6,195 26
14,993 40

27,241 48 21,863 14 2,179 12 4,726 4 3,394 23 42,208 88 6,169 84 30,083 9 12,150 39 30,676 36 5,224 53 19,661 43

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Washington,

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Saratoga,

6,840,678

Franklin,

Clinton,

691,785 1,519,440

Essex,

1,077,550

Albany,

13,399,645

Schenectady,

1,958,679

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5,326 55 17,312 3 11,469 58 35,491 50

Allegany and

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9,487 20 19,698 6+ 12,067 57 12,070 64 6,029 6,621 44 6,984 50 12,928 89

4,813 25 5.349 50 12,199 71 20,940 10 2,689 42 12,772 77 11,473 77

it were, by the mere terror of our "fir built fri gates, with a bit of striped bunting at the masthead." Who expected that justice would have been got so easily? Whose heart does not beat with pleasure that it was obtained so fully and so promptly? The humiliation of the powers of Barbary has done even more to exalt us in the estimation of the world, than our vicuries over their "great and good ally," and raised up for us a character that, no doubt, will be cherished as a part of the national strength.

To convey to our readers, and preserve for futureuse, whatever appertains to the superlative negociation, we have collected, from various sources, the following letters, statements, &c.

From a Newport, (R. I.) paper-We learn, from the officers of the Flambeau, [one of the squadron arrived at that port,] that the treaty concluded by commodore Decatur with, the dey of Algiers, were such as com. D. thought proper to dictate.-The following, we learn, are some of the principal articles of the treaty: The dey agrees to restore the American prisoners in his possession, without ransom-to pay 10,000 dollars for the brig Edwin and cargo, of Salem, captain Smith, which he had captured three years since-to restore a cargo of cotton which he had confiscated, belonging to the Hon. Wm. Gray, of Boston-to allow the Americans to send into their ports, and dispose of them, any prizes which they should capture from any pow. er which the United States should, in future be at war with; and they further agree, that in case any power should be at war with the United States, that power shall only have liberty to send in their prizes for supplies, and to remain only 24 hours to procure them, and not upon any consideration to have permission to dispose of the vessels 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 shall be immediately liberated, and given up to the consul-in case of the ship-wreck of an American vessel, the captain shall have permission to land his cargo without paying any duties, and may remain there until he has an opportunity of reshipping it; or the cargo may be disposed of, upon paying the customary duties. No presents or tribule, are in future, to be paid by the United States to the dey.

The frigate and brig captured by com. Decatur, was not restored by virtue of any article of the treaty, but given up by com. Decatur as a present, and at the earnest entreaties of the dey, who represented the danger he was exposed to from his subjects, in consequence of his having signed a treaty with such favorable terms to the United States, particularly the restoring of captain Smith and crew, without ransom, and paying $10,000 for his vessel and cargo, a condition, which the dey said, they had never before submitted to, in the case of any Christian

The number of dwelling-houses, by the returns nation whatever. The brig was, however, detained of the assessors, subject to taxation, is 127,400, exempt from taxation, 518-averaging about nine inha-she was captured within their territory, they being at Carthagena by the Spaniards, on the ground that bitants to each dwelling-house. then at war with Algiers.

This state's quota of the United States' direct tax, viz. $860,283—would operate as a tax upon the July, and on the 6th, the brig Epervier, captain The treaty with Algiers was signed on the 4th of above assessment at the rate of 31 cents and five Subrick was despatched to the United States with mills upon every hundred dollars. a copy of the treaty; her not having yet arrived, scarcely a doubt remains but that she must have foundered in the severe gales of August last. The American squadron proceeded from Algiers To say that we are proud of the result of the expe- to Tunis, com. Decatur having learnt that the bey dition against the Barbary powers, but coldly ex-had permitted an English frigate, during our war presses what we feel on the subject. Never was with Great Britain, to come in and take from the any thing so decisive and complete-l done, as barber of Tunis, two prizes which had been sent

The Republic's Glory.

in there by the privateer Abellino, of Boston. The make its appearance in most of the vessels; and refle
commodore demanded, that the bey should pay dered our return into some friendly port of the ut
$40,000 for the two prizes which had been given most importance. This is a poor miserable place,
up; the bey, after deliberating a short time, agreed and though I was tired after our long cruise, of the
to pay the money to the American consul, as a ship and sea, still I preferred being actively em-
regret again putting to sea on the fourth day after
restitution to the owners of the privateer, for the ployed out, than remaining in Cagliari-and did not
two vessels.
From Tunis, the squadron proceeded to Tripoli, our arrival, to bend our course once more towards
where com. D. learnt that a prize vessel had also Barbary and settle some differences with the bey of
been permitted to be taken out of their harbor by a Tunis, unknown to our government when we sailed;
British sloop of war, and that the American consul but which the commodore took all responsibility as
had been compelled to take down his flag. On the their representative to settle. The cause of com
arrival of the squadron off the town, com. Decatur plaint was this! During our war with England one
sent in and demanded, that the bey should pay the four privateers sent into Tunis four prizes, all of
sum of $30,000 to the owners of the privateer, for which were received and promised protection. Two
The beywere seized by the bey and sold at a reduced price,
the vessel which had been given up.
refused, and assembled a great number of his troops he becoming the sole purchaser, white the other
from the country to defend the batteries, and threat-two were taken out of his ports under the battery,
ened to declare war immediately against the United by a British brig, and carried off. Our consul res
States; but finding that the American squadron monstrated in vain ant was finally threatened with a
were prepared to chastise him, he then requested an secret visit from some of his turban'd majesty's
abatement of the sum demanded, as he said, he had faithful subjects, if he said any thing further on the
not so much money, and upon the American consul's subject.
informing com. Decatur that he should be satisfied

Prudence, of course, dictated silence until an opwith $25,000, the commodore agreed to receive portimity should present to do the United States that sum, provided the bashaw would deliver up to him justice: and as soon as our squadron arrived, he ten Christian slaves, among whom was one who had forwarded his communications to the commodore, been particularly attentive to the officers of the who demanded and obtained remuneration for all Philadelphia frigate while in Tripoli; and also, that the prizes. They were valued by our consul at as the American consul hail been compelled to take 365,000, every cent of which his majesty paid; as down his flag, he should now reshoist it under a salute suring the commodore double the amount would be The above terms paid with pleasure, rather than go to war with Ames rica. You must know the commodore had given of 31 guns from the Bushaw's castle. were readily complied with by the Bushw. Commodore Decatur having thus gallantly settled him his choice, the money to be paid in 17 hours all our differences with the Barbary powers, and after the demand, or hostilities would commerce. having been joined by com. Bainbridge, to whom Thus ended our difficulties with the most formidas the command of the squadron was surrendered, the ble of all the Harbury powers, and though we had fleet proceeded to Algiers, and from thence to no fighting, still this demand was made before their Malaga and Gibraltar, from which place commodore walls, in sight of six frigates, as many corvettes and Bainbridge sailed on the 7th of October in the Iade-brigs, with fifty gun-boats capable of acting in two pendence 74, with the frigates Macedonian and harbors. As the commodore was indisposed the Congress, 7 brigs and 3 schooners, in all 13 sail, day the money was to be paid, captain Gordon, the bey, received the amount and passed the necessary bound to this port, where they are to remain during second in command, was ordered to wait on the From the Richmond Enquirer.-Extract of a letter to receipt. By this good tura of fortune, I had the sceing something of the manners of the barbary a gentleman of Richmond, dated U. S. ship Con-pleasure of being introduced to his majesty-and To enter into every minutie respecting this stellation, off Messina, Sept. 1, 1815— will therefore say nothing at "The only letter, I can flatter myself that has coun't. ever reached either my mother or yourself, was by visit and my sensations, &c. &c. would exceed the the brig Epervier. As the commander's despatches limits of the letter

the winter.

"We remained off Tunis seven days, when we again weighed anchor and stood to sea, destined on a visit to our old friend the bashaw.

were sent out by that vessel-you are now in full present on the subject, but wait till I can in person
possession of all the circumstances relative to our talk over my travels, and teli you all-for I hope the
treaty with the dey, and of course can say whether time is not far distant ere I once more turn my face
the treaty was such a one as you expected-or of to the west and embrace in my native Land, the only
such a nature, as was likely to give general satis-one of freedom under the sun-those friens i have
He like mis
faction to the government. Though an honorable left behind.
one, and on such terms that with propriety it could
not be rejected for the dey granted every demand
made, still I think the commodore was rather has
ty.*-Had we cruized six weeks longer we should brothers dey and boy, had taken advantage of our
have destroyed the whole of their navy: placed it war with England, to seize some American vesscis
entirely out of their power to commence for many laying in his harbor, and sent then to Mia to be
years any depredations on our commerce, and final-disposed of for their original owners. They were
ly made peace on the same terms we have it now. vessels sent in by our proateers, and valued by our
But peace with this people was certainly the most consul at 9000." A sum pitiful indeed--but pitiful
desirable object, and as we have it on our own terms, as it was, the British consul was villain enough to
we should not complain. From Algiers we sailed persuade the poor foolish old bashaw to denver
for Cagliari, in Sardinia, to procure water and fresh them up to him-assuring him that the people of the
provisions-necessaries we stood much in want or-United States would never have it in their power t
for that most horrid complaint, scurvy, began to make a demand on him for the violation of

Perhaps not-as he wished to avail himself of Eng. the first moment of terror to extort his own terms,

ty. That England would destroy the whole of ou navy, and that he need never fear a second America have felt when he saw our little squadren of deet off Tripoli.-How must this son of John Be

town-composed chiefly of vessels captured from lars, which treaty stipulates the payment of all his majesty. As there was a great degree of treach-annual tribute.-Compare this treaty with that necy connected with this business, the commodore gociated by DECATUR and his secretaries of legation! demanded $20,000 for the prizes giving as usual, The Dutch, in truth, are without skilful naval offishort time for consideration-In this he has been cers-they lack experience; those who were quali-' equally fortunate.-The money paid without the fied to command, went into the service of Bonaparte, least difficulty. Thus, my dear uncle, have we, in and are out of fashion now in common with honor the space of 90 days, settled with three of the bar-and talents, in France and Holland. No power in bary powers, whipped one, and made a peace on our Europe can raise a navy to rival England.-America, own terms-and exacted tribute from two others. -free America! you are the sole hope of a degrad--we left the unhealthy coast of Africa on the 7th, ed and benighted world-May your stars shine and once more steered for a Christian port, and ar- through ali futurity-and your example yet give rived in Syracuse on the 10th, but was disappointed freedom to mankind.

in having any intercourse with the shore, for the peo- FOREIGN OPINIONS. Messina, (Sicily) Aug. 23.ple who are chiedy composed of priests, are so su- On Saturday, the division of the American squadron, perstitious that they will have no communication consisting of three frigates, one corvette, two with any vessels in less than thirty days after leav schooners and a brig, commanded by commodore ing the coast of Barbary. We were again compell-DECATUR, dropt anchor in this port. That brave ed to put to sea without seeing any of those curiosi-officer has the glory of having, after thirty-five days ties this place is so celebrated for, or procure any absence from the new world, concluded the most hoof those necessaries we so much required after our norable peace for the great nation which he reprelong cruise. The opening to the ear of Dronisius sents, and very much to the advantage of the comcould be distinctly seen from our decks.-The re-merce of this country. Although the tenor of the mains of the tower of Archimedes, which it is said treaty has not yet been published, it is, however, to have fired the Roman gallics, was also pointed known, from good authority, that the regency of out-and we had the satisfaction of procuring fresh Algiers has been obliged to pay him the amount of water from the fountain of Arethusa. On the third the prizes taken during the war; and the regencies day after entering the harbor, we were again under of Tripoli and Tunis have been obliged to indemniway, and the commodore kept the shore close on fy the American government for all the prizes which board. We had for five days a fine view of Etna have been made in their ports by foreign nations. and the adjacent country-the whole coast appears BARBARIAN RESPECT. Boston, Nov. 14. The bey to have been formed from Lava, and we passed se-of Tunis has written a letter to the president of the veral villages built entirely from this substance-United States, justifying the deposing of his predeOn the 5th day after leaving Syracuse, we entered cessor in office, and shewing his superior right to the straits of Messina, and anchored the same even the beyship.

home."

ing off the town where we immediately procured Extract of a letter from an officer on board the U. S. pratique, and are now enjoying ourselves in every ship Macedonian, to his friend in New-York, dated pleasure a gay Sicilian town affords-The harbor of Tripoli, August 9th, 1815. here is one of the finest in the world, when you have "We left Cagliari the 24th July, and 25th anchoronce entered it, but the most difficult of access.-ed in the bay of Tunis, where the commodore dictaThe whirlpool of Charybdis stands immediately at ted the terms of a treaty to the bey-compelled him its mouth, while the rock of Scylla, no less for- to pay for two prizes, sent into Tunis by an Amerimidable, stands about five miles above the opposite can privateer, and given up to the English-got inshore-to avoid one, you are apt to run on board the demnity for a cargo sold by an American captain to other, and it requires the greatest skill to bring aa Jew, who refused to pay for it, (with the approvessel in without some accident. Though these bation of the bey.) While we lay off Tunis, went places are dangerous, they are certainly not as for- ashore but once, We left the ship early in the mornmidable as represented by the ancients. We haveling, and landed at the Galletta, the principal defence now been here ten days, and in daily expectation of of the town, where we provided ourselves with sailing for Naples-thence to Leghorn, and so on op horses and asses, rode round the lake at the head to Carthagena-where we calculate on finding of which stands the town. The lake is connected commodore Bainbridge with orders to send us with the sea by a small canal, and forms a natural alt-work. The lake is no where more than three From the Columbion.—Dutch Degeneracy. Accounts feet deep, and when the tide is out, it leaves on the received in New-York from the Mediterranean, re-shores of the lake, which are very level, a coat of lative to the conduct of the late Dutch squadron, salt. In riding round this lake to the city, we pasthough very laughable, teach us how a people lose sed not less than 4 or 500 piles of salt as large as hayenergy and honor, and courage, by losing liberty. cocks. There are hundreds of acres of the shores The Dutch frigates were in fact blockaded in Spa- of this lake over which the water flows, not deeper nish ports, till the American squadron attacked and than six inches, so that a great part of it evaporates captured some Algerine cruisers, when the remain- every tide and leaves the salt, which is scraped toder escaped into Malta. Then the Dutch came out, gether and carried off on camels to the high grounds, and lay before Algiers, to the number of six or sc-where it is deposited in large piles. The water of ven frigates or ships of war. When it was known this lake is so much salter than the occan (owing to at Malta, that the dey had made peace with the its shallowness and small out-let) that it is much Americans, Two Algerine frigates put to sea, and much more difficult to row a boat through it; and entered the harbor of Algiers, fighting their way wherever the oar falls, it leaves a fine spot of salt. through the Dutch squadron !!!- -The reader, ac- We arrived at the city at nine in the morning-took quainted with the former history of the Dutch, breakfast with the American consul, who treated us would scarcely believe that these officers and sea-as politely as his attention to the public business men, are the countrymen of the De Witts, of De would admit. The city is an irregular built place, Ruyter, and Vantromp. The same squadron, we the houses of stone, and the streets so narrow, that hear, bought a renewal of the former treaty between you can with difficulty pass an ass, loaded with Holland and the dey, for four laundred thousand dsl-wood, without tearing your clothes. We were glad

to leave the place and get on board our ship again,, Messina. It affords me great pleasure to have had
after visiting a Turkish steam bath, the only thing it in my power, by this small service, to evince to
worth seeing in the city. August 2d, we weighed his majesty the grateful sense entertained by my
anchor and sailed for Tripoli, where we arrived the government of the aid, formerly rendered to us by
5th. We stood off and on until the 9th; in the his majesty, during our war with Tripoli.
mean time, the commodore concluded a treaty, by
the terms of which we received 25,000 dollars for
spoliations on our commerce, and released ten Ita-
lian prisoners, which was called $5000 more."

With great respect and consideration, I have the
STEPHEN DECATUR.
honor to be,your excellency's most obedient servant,

His excellency the marquis Circello,
Secretary of state, &c. &c.

NAPLES, 12th Sept. 1815. SEAMANSHIP.-Extract of a letter from an officer Sin-Having laid before the king my master the of the U. S. brig Enterprize." We sailed on the 6th of August, at 2 o'clock, with a strong breeze from the northward and eastward; this continued two paper you have directed me, dated the 8th inst. in days on the third, about noon, it began to blow a which you were pleased to acquaint me, that in your gale, until 10 at night, when it blew so hard we had last negociation with the bey of Tripoli, you had the comfort of reflecting that it could not blow freed from the slavery of that regency, eight subjects much harder, nevertheless it did increase and con- of his majesty, whom you had also set on shore at tinued for about three hours with a fury altogether Messina; his majesty has ordered me to acknow inconceivable. All the sails were taken in and lege this peculiar favor as the act of your generosity, the yards lowered on deck, and after every thing else which you have pleased to call a return for the trifhad been done, capt. Kearney ordered the guns to ling assistance which the squadron of your nation forbe thrown overboard, and the carpenters to stand merly received from his royal government during by to cut away the masts-before these orders could the war with Tripoli. be executed the wind began to abate, and we hap pily saved our guns and masts-the wind continued with violence till day light, but the force of it was spent. Our gallant little brig rode through the storm with great ease, and without the least injury. "You were wishing," said the captain to me, "to see a storm at sea"-said I, "and my curiosity is completely gratified."-"If it is not you are very unreasonable, for a harder one never blew on the Atlantic -old Boreas has been getting a new pair bellows, and seems determined to try them on us."

In doing myself the pleasure of manifesting this sentiment of my king, and of assuring, you in his name, that the brave American nation will always find in his majesty's ports the best reception, I beg you will receive the assurances of my most distinguished consideration.

Marquis CIRCELLO, Secretary of state and minister of foreign affairs.

Squadron of the U. S. of America.
Com. Decatur, commander of the

Foreign Articles.

Two days after this we spoke the ship Parrot, of Liverpool-she had lost her mizen mast and foretop According to our last accounts the following, and mast in the gale and was leaky-the capt. informed us he was one of a fleet of ninety six sail fromJamaica, under convoy of the Warrior, of 74 guns, and a sloop several other, French fortresses had not yet submitof war-the convoy was dispersed in the gale-heted-Longwy, (which had been twice bombarded) saw two vessels go down-the next day he saw the Landau, Salins, Strasburg, Charlemont, Neubrisac, 40,000 people of the Lower Pyrenees offered their wrecks of two others-had on board the crew of a Brest and Antwerp. fifth, whom he had saved-and had spoken a sixth in distress. He was apprehensive that the greater services to the prefect to drive out their deliverpart of the fleet was lost, &c. he never saw so tre-ers," the Spaniards. The south of France is greatly mendous a gale in his life. He was surprised at disturbed. Tranquility is restored in Corsica. The The French funds fell from 63 to 55, on the late the appearance of our vessel-for we were as snug white flag flies there. as if we had just come out of port. For this we are indebted, under Providence, to the excellence of change of ministers. our brig's crew and officers.

The Portuguese and Spanish courts are reported to have some misunderstanding.

pear to be preparing for them.

The Turks, it is said, have assembled an army of "6th September.-The land we made yesterday 200,000 men, but whether to act against the Serproves to be the coast of Spain, between Capes St. vians and others in insurrection, or against Ausuia Vincent and St. Mary's; at noon our main and fore-or Russia, seems doubtful. The latter powers aptop-masts were carried away in a singular manner; the weather was perfectly serene and the sky cloudless-the wind light and we were going under easy sail, when a sudden whirlwind carried away the topmasts, sails, rigging and all-while not a breath of it was felt on deck. We did not feel the least shock nor was the motion of the vessel the least impeded, in short no indication of it was seen heard or felt and except the man at the mast head, no one could tell how or when it happened."

French sovereignty! Orders were received that no French vessel should clear out without a passport from lord Wellington, (the actual ruler of France,) and permits are given to any part of the world, except the coast of Africa.

English trade to South America. On the 29th o June, there were, according to letters received i French memoirs. Copy of a letter from commodore Decatur, to his excel-London, 27 English ships in the River Plata. lency the marquis Circello, secretary of state and minister of foreign affairs to his majesty the king of published a second memoir. It is printed at Rouer Naples.

Carnot, says a Paris paper, ha

and consists of a sheet and a half. I do not yo know of any person, who has read it, except th U. S. SHIP GUERRIERE, duke of Otranto, though several persons of cons Naples, September 8th, 1815. SIR-I have the honor to inform your excellency, quence announce its existence. Its object is that in my late negociation with the bashaw of Tri-point out the means of delivering France from t There has also been issued from the press anoth poli, I demanded and obtained the release of eight Neapolitan captives, subjects of his majesty, the king of the two Sicilies. These I have landed at memoir, much more extensive, and which consi

foreign armies.

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