Western Sun, Volume 7, Number 4, Vincennes, Knox County, 30 December 1815 — Page 4

POETICAL ASYLUM. For the Western Sun.

MY httft with dTprH forrow fwrltj, Whrn rccoHfft oj brings to mind, Thr vrrdnt hills and vsnr hur dellf Which 1 have 1 ft to fr behind. Sorrow to think tht I no more M y umi th 1V nvrrt rrnmclPd vtlei ; No UDff ny - ull thru fl.iny ftore, Or breath their fragrance wfting galef

Yet, flill drrnrr f.irrow hansrs

Around my heart .wh-nr'rr T nxevf

In fanrys glafs -the mutu-tl paups Wc felt, when I was forced from you The c littering tear, thr ftremin eye, The throbSinp; bread, the thrilling (mart) The lengthened kifs, and hurn;np Ggh, Proclaim the tnguifti of the heart Tho thrfe were griefs, yet thefe were fweet, Comptred with thofc w! 'ch now I feel; To think that we no more may meet, No more the rapt'rous kifs may ftcil. Yet fpite of hrd ftrs Orrn decree, Spite of the bar whirh diance throws Between ushop- ft 11 wf ifprs me. Thy hymen yet may crrwn our vows. Z. EHGR M. H-e rrfts my fufe no pir thro lifr So rqn A liv'J 4S we did ; Alike we (lured p-rptu 1 Huff) Nor knrw I reft, till (he did. D EC AT U ICS THE A EE. 1 lie treaty concluded by ro'M I) a ur hh the de?y of Algiers, Hi h n; coma D. t! uolit proper ' t ite. J he following w f L mi are fo me of the prtticoi.d article! tile d Y : Of ' S t i .-it e American p ifom in hi ; fleffion wi hutit r an loin n pay TOOOD dollars fnr the hri of Kdwin and ca g , of aleui capt. Smith hich he h id c ip lured 3 years Inn e ro relloi e a cjrgo of cotton hich he had confiscated, belonging to William Gray, of fl dtoil to allow the A albicans to fend in to their ports, and dis pofe of them any prizes to Inch they fhould capture from anv power hich the U. S. fhould in future he at war with ; and they further agree that in cafe any pov er ftiould be at war with (he U. S that power Hi all only have liberty to lend in their pi izes tor fup plies, and to renum only 24 hours to pmcu e them, and not upon nit f onficltra t ion to have permim m to di- pole of the lfels or tar goes 'he drv tutther irees thai in c (0 an A IP 1 in f itigen fhould be taken uud r the H or any Mltf nation U I h whom they u)a) be t vai,

he mall be immediately lib

ated and given up to theco

ful in cafe of the fliiuwrec

of an American, velfel, the captain fh all have permifflon to land his cargo without paying any duties, and may

remain tnere until he lias

opportuuity of relhipping it

or thecargo may be difpoled

or, cuhomary duties. No prefents or tribute, are in fu. ture, to be paid by the CVnitcd States to the Dey. T he frigate and brig cap tured by com. Decatur, was not rettored by virtue of any article of the tjeaty, bur giien up by com. Decatur as a pfa lent, and at the earned en -treaties of the dey, whorepre fented the danger he was expofed to from his fubject , in confequence of his having figned a treaty wiih fuch fa vorable terms to the United States, particularly thereiloring capt. Smith and crew, Without ranfom, and paying 10,000 dollars for his veflel 6c cargo, t condition, which the dey laid they had never be forefubmitted to, in the cafe of any Chriflian nation whatever. The br ig was, ho wevcr detained at Carthagena by the Spaniards, on the ground that Ihe was captured within their territory, they being then at war with Algiers. The treaty with Algiers ivas figned on the 4th of July, and 011 the 6th brig Kmpervier, capt. 5hubrick, Was despatched to the U. S. with a copy of the treaty ; her not having yet arrived, ftarcelv a doubt remains but that Ihe mutt have foundered in the j vt ie galebofr Augufl lalt. Ihe American fquadion proceeded from Algiers to 1 unis, tOm Decatur having le i nt that the dey had permit ted an bjugliili t igate, duiing our war itli Great Britaiitg loeortie in jui take from the harbor ot luui-, t wo priiet Dial ha. 1 been lent m I here by the piivateer Abalhno, o tttilluili I I e con, demanded that the dev lliduld pay 40, 000 dollars tor the two pi izes which had been given up ; the dey, alter dehber at inng a lhot time, agreed to p iy t he niil to the American conful, as a rellituiion to the owners ot the privateer, for tw o vellels. From Tunis, the fquadron procteded to 1 1 Ipoli, w here com D. learnt that a veflel had alio been permitted to be taken out ot their hatbor by a Biittlh Hoop ot wer, and that the A met ican confu had been compelled to take down his fl g Qtl the arrival of the fquadtoo off the town, com. Decatur lent in and demanded that the dey fhould pay the futfl of 30.000 dollars to the owner of the piivatecrf for

the veffel which had been given up. The dey retufed, and ailetnbled a great number of his troops from the country to detend the batteries, ck threatened to declare war immediately againfl the U. States ; but finding that the Ameiican fquadron were pre

pared to chadife him, he then requelicd an abatement of the fum demanded as he laid he had not fo much money 5 and upon the American confui's informing com. Decatur that he flioold be fat if tied vvilh 25.000 dollars the com. a greed to receive that fum provided the bafhaw would deliver up to him 10 chiiltian (lives, among them was one who had been particularly attentive to the officers or the Philadelphij ttigate while in 1 1 ipoli ; and alio, that as the Anurican conlnl had been compellen to take down his flag, he fhould now fehoill it under a falute ot 31 guns

from the bafhaw scalile. I h

above terms were reidily complied with by the balhaw.

Pry hat t est ing. Wf! liave been t a vot ed by Gentleman of this city with a the fohow ing account of the transactions of com. Decatur by an olficer on board his fquadron. Many of the incidents are entirely new to us. When fuch gallant achievements are performed b 01 r V.ivy ; when their intrepidity has reduced three of the B rbary powers to tub mi III on, what American heart does

not t n tit wan priJe aud

pleafurc I

Richmond Enq,

Extract of a letter to a gentleman in (for city, dattd U ! Sotp Const dati m off Messina, bef)t. 1 , 1 s 1 5. I he only letter, I can flitter myfelf that has ever reached either my Mother or yomfeif, was by the lit ig F, pt iwier. As the Commodore's dispatches weie fent out by that veflel y ou are now in tull polfiflion of all the circi mllances relative to our Treaty ' v ith the Dey, and of courfe can fay whether the Treaty was fuch as one as you excepted or of fuch a nature, as was likely to give general fatisfaction to the government. Though an honorable one, and on fuch terms that with propriety it could not be rejected for the Dey granted every demand made, flill I think the Com. was ratherhafly Had he cruized 6 weeks longer, we fhould have deflroyed the w hole of their Navy ; placed it t ntiitely out of their power to eonj mence for, many years, any depredations on our coriV merer, and finally made peace on the fame terms we have it

now. But peace with this people W3S certainly the molt defirable object, and as we have it on our own terms, we fhauld not complain. Front Algiers we failed foa Cagliari in Sardinia, to procure water and provifioos neceflaries we Hood mnch in wane of for that moll horrid complaint, fcurvey, began to make its appearance in molt of the veflels ; and rendered our return into fome friendly port of the utmofl importance. This is a poor mileraole place, and though I was tired after our long cruize, of the flup and fed Oil! I prefered being actively employ ed out, than remaining in Cagliari and did not regret again pun ing to fea on tee fourth day after our arrival, to bend our courfe once more towards Barbary and fettle fome differences with the Bev of m Tunis, unknown to our government when we failed ; but which the Commodore took all refponlibilito us their reprt Tentative to fettle. I he caufe of complaint was this : During our war w ith Kngland, one of our privateers fent into funis four patftes, all of which Were received and promt fed protection. I wo were feized by the Bey anri fold at a reduced price, he becoming die folc ptrfchafef. while the o her two were taken nut of his ports und r the battery, by a Britiih In ig. and carried eff. Our Con fill remonftrated in vain, and wa final) threatened with a fecret ifit from fotttc of l)i- Hi rban' I Majt fly faitful fu-jrcU. ifjlr flltl auy thing further on thr rb ch Prudence of oource di elated filertce until an opportune ) ftiottld prefent to do tfe Unired Hmfes ju iUct ; and as fuon as our Squadron irftvtrfj he fovvarded Ins coinn ufitcattOna to the Commodore, w ho demanded and obtained remuneration for all the prizes. They were valuaed by our conful at 65, 000 doll irs every cent of which his majefty p.iid ; nffuring the Commodore double the amount fhoul 1 be paid with plealure, rather than go to war with Ann rica. You muft know the Com. had given fum his choice the money tn be paid within 12 hours afn r the demand or hostilities wou'd C'immence, Thus ended our difficult it a with ihe mofl f rmidable of all the Barbiry Powers, and though we bad no fighting flill this demai'd was made befo e their w alls, in fight of 6 frigates, ag m nv corvt tts ai d brigs, with 50 gun boats Capable of acting in two harbofi. As the Com. was indispofed the da)' the money was to l)e paid, Capt. (lofdon. the fecond in crtmmand was ordered to Wait n the Bey. rea Iwl the amount and pnflVd the iuc ffry receipt. By the ling If good turn of fort tin hid the pleafurc of being introduced to his tnajeft) and I' t u g fomethmg of the mai n rs of a Barbary C itfi To enter into n . ( ry minuti i r ipeefmg this vifr & ltl feufatinns, lie Htuld ex c erl the limits of a Letter. I therefoe fav nothing at prefent on the frrbjecl, but wait till I can in perfon talk onr my travtls and t 1) tHI all fnr I 1()pe ihe time is n-t now lar dill, 11, t ere I once more Concluded in the 3d page.)