any disputes with each other, the consul shall decide between the parties; and whenever the consul shall require any aid or assistance from the government of Algiers, to enforce his decisions, it shall be immediately granted to him; and if any disputes shall arise between any citizens of the United States and the citizens or subjects of any other nation having a consul or agent in Algiers, such disputes shall be settled by the consuls or agents of the respective nation; and any disputes or suits at law, that may take place between any citizens of the United States and the subjects of the regency of Algiers, shall be decided by the dey in person, and no other."

"If a citizen of the United States should kill, wound, or strike a subject of Algiers, or, on the contrary, a subject of Algiers should kill, wound, or strike a citizen of the United States, the law of the country shall take place, and equal justice shall be rendered, the consul assisting at the trial; but the sentence of punishment against an American citizen shall not be greater or more severe, than it would be against a Turk in the same predicament; and if any delinquent should make his escape, the consul shall not be responsible for him in any manner whatever."

"The consul of the United States of America shall not be required to pay any customs or duties whatever on any thing he imports from a foreign country fo the use of his house and family."

"Should any of the citizens of the United States of America die within the limits of the regency of Algiers, the dey and his subjects shall not interfere with the property of the deceased, but it shall be under the immediate direction of the consul, unless otherwise disposed of by will."

The historian has an unpleasant task, in being compelled to close the detail of such glorious exploits, by recounting a misfortune which, while it takes nothing from the lustre of our arms, sinks grief deep into the heart of the citizen.

The United States armed in defence of their national rights, and the liberty of the citizen. From the deck of his floating battery, Decatur demanded the release of his fellow citizens held in bondage the African tyrant trembled, the citizen's chains fell from his limbs, and he was freed-but, alas! the exultation was momentary.

The United States' brig of war Epervier was despatched to the United States to announce the glad tidings, but she did not reach her destination. She sailed on the 10th July, was seen on the 8th August in lat. 39, 4, N. long. 61, 18, W. under double reefed topsails; the next day there was a very heavy blow, and she probably foundered during the gale; if not then, she must have been lost by some subsequent mishap, as from the length of time since she was seen, no hope remains of her safety; and not one survived to tell the mournful event. On board her were Lt. com. Shubrick; lieut. Barnwell; lieut. Drury; sailing master Wright; midshipmen Coulter, and Hunter, and several others. Passengers, capt. Lewis; lieuts. Neal and Yarnell. The Americans released at giers were also on board.

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INDEX.

Accomack (Va.) militia, bravery of, 224.
Act declaring war, 19; vote of Congress, 17.
Adams frigate, destruction of, 249.

Adams and Caledonia (brigs) retaken from the en-
emy, 58.

Alert, British sloop of war, taken by the Essex, 46.
Alexandria, plunder of, 231; bold attempt by com-
modore Rodgers, captains Perry and Porter, to
prevent the return of the enemy, ib.
Algerine declaration of war, 305.

Algerines, proceedings against, by the United States,
see Appendix.

Allen, captain, bravery of, 242.
Appendix, 313.

Argus, U. S. brig, capture of, 148.

Armistice on the northern frontier, 41; termination
of, 42.

Army, state of the, 21.

Arrest of a supposed spy, 31.

Asp, U. S. schooner, brave defence of, 177.
Baltimore, approach to, and attack on, 232.

Barbarity of the enemy, 102, 184.

Barney, commodore, encounters of, with the enemy,
225, 226; destruction of his flotilla, 228.
Barratarians, capture and dispersion of, 293.

Beaver dams, engagement at, 101.

Belfast entered by the enemy, 250.

Blackrock visited by the enemy, 104.

Blue lights, 193.

Boxer, British brig, taken by the Enterprize, 149.
Burrows and Blythe, captains, funeral honours to, 152,
Bridgewater, battle of, 255.

Belview fort; see fort Belview.

Boyd, general, succeeds general Dearborn, 107.

British subjects, order respecting, 26.
Brownstown, battle at, 40.

Castine taken by the enemy, 249.

Cedar-point, landing of enemy at, 225.

Champlain, arrival of grand British army at, 267;
arrival of before Plattsburgh, 268; engagement
with the American army, 271; retreat of the ene-
my, 272.

Champlain lake, engagement on, 269.

Chandler and Winder, generals, capture of, 96.
Chapin, captain, escape of, 103; skirmish with the
enemy, 108; expedition of, against the enemy,
109; affair near fort George, 156.

Chaptico, affair at, 257.
Chateaugay, battle at, 137.

Chauncey, commodore, cruises and transactions of, on
lake Ontario, 71, 83, 110 to 115.

Chesapeake frigate, restoration of the seamen of, by
the enemy, 26; arrival of, from a cruise, 79; cap-
ture of, 90; extract from a French paper respect-
ing, 94; treatment of the crew of, 96.
Chesapeake bay, transactions in the, 182.
Chicago, attack on, and massacre at, 66.

Chippewa, skirmishing near, 251; battle at, 252.
Citizens of the U. States ordered to quit Canada, 45-
Commissioners to negotiate a peace, appointment of
300; by the British government, 301.
Congress, proceedings of, 16, 194.

Congress, frigate, arrival of, from a cruise, 193.
Constitution, frigate, 28; engagement of, with the
Java, 72.

Cranberry creek, affair at, 108.

Crogan, major George, defence of Lower Sandusky,
by, 129.

Cumberland Island, landing of the enemy at, 294.
Cuyler, major, death of, 59.

Cyane and Levant, British sloops, capture of, 298.
Dart, British armed sloop, capture of, 191.
Dartmoor prison, massacre at, 302.

Dearborn, general, retires from the army, 107.
Dearborn, fort, massacre at, see Chicago.
Decatur, commodore, fleet under command of, sails
from New-York, 185; chased into New-London,
186.
Declaration of war by the Six Nations of Indians, 106.
Detention of prisoners of war, by the enemy, under
pretext that they were British subjects, reprisals,
212, 213; proceedings of Congress thereon, 213.
Detroit, surrender of, 38.

· Dominico, British schooner, capture of by the U. S.
schooner Decatur, 147.

Duel, 56.

Eagle, British tender, capture of the, 190.
Eastport, taken by the enemy, 244.

Eldridge, lieutenant, and several of his men killed
by the Indians, 105.

Epervier, British brig, taken by the U. S. sloop of
war Peacock, 273; loss of the, 328.

Erie, British fort, taken by the Americans, 86, 250;
attempt of the enemy to storm, 258; batteries of
the enemy stormed, by order of general Brown,
261; evacuated, 267.

Essex frigate, cruise of, 46, 276.

Extracts from public prints, 20, 25.

Federal Gazette, destruction of the office of the, at
Baltimore, 25.

Flotilla, for the protection of the Chesapeake bay, 223.
Fort Belview, desperate attack on, 67.

Fort Bowyer, attack of, 281, 296.

Fort Erie, see Erie.

Fort George, taken by the Americans, 84, 85; at-
tack on pickets at, 106, 109.

Fort Schlosser, entered by the enemy, 106.

Fort Philip, defence of, 288.

Fort Warburton, evacuation and destruction of, 231..
Forty-mile-creek, transactions at, 99.

Foster, Mr. (British minister) departure of, 27.