Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., September 30, 1805, Image 2

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O i ;hc Cth December, iSc4, vsrz ar
*: ed without acci tent at Grand Cairo.
He re I found the I'ri'mc Minifter, arid * ne
tf t e oi.fuleitti.il (.overnors ot Hamel '
U.tfhavr, who contitTied theintimation lie- '
cei ed at Alexancria, that the Bathaw was !
ai tually with the Mameluke Beys, ami con- j
iidereHm an enemy to the government of j
this country. 1 had already diffttneticd to j
meet him fccrct couriers from lexandria, |
ami Ri-ilctta; and now fuuofta third ami
fourth from the capital. But l had not yet
had audience of the Viceroy, and not knw- |
iog-hti acctdihJ'? point, the difficulty I *p 1
prelrtnd df getting the Bafcaw out of the
country exceeded that of accefs to him j
f »r I found it impofliUk to do it privately ; j
anJ to attempt it mighrnct only defeat our
main obj d/but endanger our own per tonal
latery 'V/hcref »te, at my fiill interview’,
finding The Viceroy a man of much more
frankness and liberality thin common
U fall to the charatler of a Turk, I unrefer
vedly opened to him the obje& of my vifir
to las cou itrv ; and received the protfer or
friendly ofliccs.— l his cleared a little my
profped, wh:4e it created new embarraiT
ments for the interference, or even the
nmnefty of the Viceroy in behalf of Hamct
Bafhaw, might excite the jealoufy of the
Mamel ke Beys, and have the eded to bar
his <jepanue. But a neW ifficulty befet me,
winch l little expe£teJ,& lefs from the quar
ter it came I he French Conful at Alexan
dria (M. Drovitte)i Pirdmontcfe, had iuhn
liatcd that we were Hnlilb [pie , in American
ma hi \ and that our pretext or fricndlhip
for Hamet dathiw aimed a' nothing bur an
ifttercourle with the Mamelukes, who are
fufpected to be in Britifh tub ft ly ; cfcot'ffe
an iclirmation as ttojult as it was malignant.
I a<n toully at a lofs to account for rliis
It range conduct of M. Drovitte, as I am
equally fo at the mlignity otfereid our flag,
♦being reft.Ld bv thu; of the French thro*
out this country, these marks of civility nev
'fefufeil to a foreign ting, in « rdnary cafes,’
ami which we received 'from every other na
tion rcprefeilted here; except that inform
c i of our object, and pur tting the fame Hue
tj con'net renth hit >>e at T<i o'y ■ lie
thou jhr by thefe m ans 10 defeat that ob
jeft. 1 found means, however, (rhe means
that move every thing in this quarter of the
globe) to remove tins diiliculty \ and final
ly received die Viceroy’s letter of amnefty
nnd pr.uport of fife conduct to Mamet B un -
aw, which was difpatchedto him the fjth
in quadruplicates , and by different con
veyancer.
“ I now patiently waited the iliac of the
me.iCures thus far purfucd. Meantime bn-1
lied uv.felf in finding out the Tripoltan em
igrants in the country their attachment
to ihe rival brothers j -and their feelings to
vcards the Americans. Among thcfe, one
appeared who was only ninty days from;
Trtf»h, an Arnaut Turk, who had been in
the fervice of Jusm F Upshaw, [the reigning
Prime of Tiipol. j during the blockade oi lait
fummer \ hnn i had under particular exam
ination. Supp< fing himf.if comerfing with
Fnglifhmcu he was very uweferved in hi
confeiUons ; and being decidedly in the in
terctl of the enemy fhe was emhufiaftic in
his caufe, though willing to difpence witli
his honour) his dory defervts the more crcd
it. He faid 7 'ipolx had fod »i n in the
different a*tacks cf tie Americans iajl Cummer ;
the town was much damaged, and the inhabi
hints under /ueha Jl>te of condetnation that no
body dept in the city \ and that no bijinefs was
d.ne there. He confirmed the account of the
firc-fhip, In erualy being blown up by Capt.
Summers, after being boarded by two row
gallics Stating this fact the fellow wept !
He observed, that this was an unfortunate
rv.ir for the potr cr infers : — 1 hey had been ltd
to believe that the Americans were all merchant -
mtn y<ind that they Ihvili have n fifing lo do but
go out and bring than in ; but they found them
devils \ from whom nothing vjaf to be gained
in war ; and therefore he ha l quitted the fer
viee of ?USSUF.F Bash AH'. ihe Bajlevw
was nr>crhefefs dtterm ned net to make peace
with theft infidels ut til he do,ill have humbed
thtniy and made than p ;y for the damages they
had a Ate to h:s navy and city, fie acknowl
edged that Hamet Dash aw had manv
friends in 'TripPy j but faid, that JussUFF
Hash aw had taken care of him ! It is afeer
tainetl that the latter had cm loved and paid
airslhiis to poifon the former :— I heie un
doubtedly reported that- they had executed
their commiflion and hence re accouut for
the report of rtamet Eafliaw’s death.
“ ijn the 8th init I received from t!)e Ea
fhaw an anfwer to my letter from Cairo ;
dated the 28th of the month R miadon, cor
refpomling with the (hi'd January, 1805,
fitting that he lliouid that day depart for
this province, and take lodgings at the Houle
of an Arab chief ; where he fhould w-it ro
meet me : L*ut ar» mv letter to him, dated
after the Viceroy’.- am nelly, s’! advifed him
to repair to the Fnjfiih Houfc at Rofitta,
under the guarantc* of the \ icer.iy s pah
port; and be ieving he might r>u*h ins marih
rSithc»*, I left Tail # for that place, the *8 h
irtii. and arrived in three days. Nothing
2 jditioral appearing there, I proceeded to1
V.wnJrUy the ;and on th: :oui re.
ceived the Balhjw’s anfvtr to my k:t;r the
23th Scvtmfor, of 'he-fame tenor vvith that
! received Irom linn at It appeared
| hat, not ctmfidering in the Viceroys d:fpo
littonj concerning him, or perhaps not re
ceiving h i letter before leaving the Mame
lu :e lie's’ camp, the Iktluw had determin
ed’to eupect ar.‘intervie w at thr place he
hr ft named near the like bidsfint Oil the bor
der cf the ikrfert, about t^c miles fiom
! the fc a coal l -Nothing 'can be more in red
julous than n 1 urk of a I urh’s honor ; and
!fi*r a good tea foil, nothing can be itMrc c
euivoc .1 than thrir plighted fauh-;—it is an
| article ef barter and fale. Though trsfvel
lit.g'in the interior of the country 1utf be
come unufuailj hazardous, cn account of
the jeaioufy of the Turkish chiefs j—of the
reins given to iicentioufnefs by the barbari
ty of civil war; and of the fifong grounds
the wild Arabs hold by reafeti of all reftraint
bring relaxed on the part of the 1 urks and
the Mamelukes, who are too ferioufiy ccm
pica “With each other ; 1 determined to Rt
temot a pafTag to Fiatimc. Accordingly on
22d inlt. left Alexandria, With two officers
from the .nrgus, Lt. Bl.rke, and Mr. M.mn,
and an efcort cf twenty three men, indif
ferent')' mounted, and on the evening of the
23d, found myfelf arrefted at the 1 tifkiilt
fines, between ferenty and eighty miles on
our rout, by the Kierclref of Di.nanhotir,
commanding a detachment of about five
hundred Ottoman troops, on the frontier.
No argument l could advance ede'dat all
modify the feverity of his firit relolution
not tj let wt pffx his lines \ —though in every
thing elf'e he treated us with diihiu^ion and
great hofpi aticy. However mortifying the
concelTi m, l cannot biit appl aud the correct
military conduct of this chief; for it was id
itfelf a fufpicious circtim't an-e, that a body
of armed, unknown foreigners, fholild be
found f haping a courfe for his enemies ren
dezvous with no other pretext Than to fearch
to* n refugee B i/Luw ! But this fufpicic’fes
circumitjncc was ftrengthened and aggrava
t eJ by the infinuarions goi e out from the
rren h Gonful. tbit ivc cmfi? i:;to this emntry
\C: h feetet vie-ius boftite to the *Turks.—Our
lit nation here was fomewhat perplexing,
and exceedingly crip leal irt. i do not re
collect having found myfelf on ground more
c itical:—To the natural fuf.icion of a
Turk,this Gen ral added a fierce and lavage
temper ; oi coutic proud an ] arrogant. 1
foon fount! my point of approach.—I patted
high complements on the corrcdlaefs of his
mi.itary vigilance and con duel ; faid it was
what I apprehended, and what I certainly
would have done myfelf in fimitar e;rcum
ftances : but knowing from character the
m.i^nanirr irv of his foul, I was determined
to have an interview with him, in itill con
dcuce that he would aid a meafore fo purely
humane, andfo mamfeltly to the lutl/th
interelt in Egypt* in cafe he would not per
mit me to purine my objeft pcrfonally.
At the fame time recurring to the example
of the Viceroy, whofe letter I had fhewn
to him anil fignifted, that I hail ?t in charge
ro tender him a iku eur in tcllimuny of our
exalted opinion of his ncrae and merit.—
rie was moved—faid my con idence fh >uld
not be difappointed ; and called into nis
tent a chief of the Ar b tribe $ a wandering
hotl who have from time to time, been
driven or emigrated from the kingdom of
lripoly, fince the ufurpation of Julfuf Ba
iba w, to whom he Bared my bufmefs, and
.ilked, if he could give any account of Mam
et Balhaw ? I he younp chief, in an exftaev
exclaimed, he knew every thing ! I requclled
him to deck re himfelf ; for I had no fecret
in mv relation with that Balhaw. His do*
4
ry is anticipated in the ftatement I have giv
en of the ttalhaw’s aelual pofition. He ad
ded, that twenty thoufand Barbary Arabs
were ready to march with hi n from this
border rc recover their native country and
inhaditants ; repeated, that be knew 9ttr plan \
and now that ke had feen me he would
plight his head to the iurkifh General
he would bring me Hamct B thaw in ren
days. l he Turk accordingly difpatched
him with a comp anion on this meflage the
next morning.
“ I could yet perceive fome fymptons of
fufpicion and apprehenfion on the brow of
my newly a quired military friend - Where
fore without teeming to have any particular
view other than a folicitule to meet the
man I fought, bu' reallv with a view of re
moving his apprehenfions, l propofed to
I him to return to liis he ad-quarters, ilti> vil
lage *, fend off mv efcort to Alexandria, and
to wait myfelf w th only the gentleman in
company, and « ur iervants, until our Arab
(chief lliouid return from Fiaume with the
; Uaihuw. l'his propofil had its detired ef
fect — We left hioi, and retired to a hand*
tome market prepared for the purpofe *, t w>k
refrelh nous he had ordered to be in rcadt
icli i an i the next morning returned wi b
•n additional clo*r from his camp to rhi«
o’ace ; where we round lodgings »n Turk
Ill Ifyle provided for us.
* Thus far l have tketened an abltracl from
ny journal. Do you expctfl fomething of
-nr
its
antiquities
? Its curofitie?
I: s bonders ? You mu ft *bc « *icu.
I ac:’too much cccupitd m*hh iwderu d
fails :o ranfack catacombs, or ciiir.b pyra
mids for vhe tame rcalbn I hare not time
to gratify Citnolily ; ind as to wonders, can
only notice, uh«f I cannot help being im
prethfd with, The tw; uhrpu igncrancc ; itvtn
drful jhfdtiy ; vjcndttjul tyranny, aim noon
Jaj'ul *atUhsJitfj’s which to ftrougly r.ark
the ftarures of a country brtce the w oiivlcr of
the World for Science, YViftiora, w-hdlclouic
Police ami national happiwdfs. Here is ^af
ter fo. a volurtm ; 'l can only devote Ire: lines
to the fulijett. Not a mr.ri reads here ; yet
tiom: hat thinks lUnifcIf divinely taUght.
I he Kerchief, of whom I have juft fpokeu,
in a little tfrdUrtion to gather wafer bat hns
has cut of: between fifty atm fhny peafauts
beads for no other crime than pove*ty *, atul
iuft without the ■eiftern gate‘of this vihage,
a gallows is now creeling to hang a cImM oi
twelve vears, the only foil of a chief oi 'lie
village Rtihaiisiniia, bccaule h:s father can
not pay the contribution levied on him 1 !
I GOD ! 1 thiVi’' the* ihut iuy cdldren ace rl
fdcrica.u.
*• j.tNUWT j i, 1S05.
“ STnck 1 began this letter circuniftanccs
have accumulated to render <mr fituation
more awkward, an l, 1 may wed Gy* rtiic
ulous. i lie next day alter our entering
the I'cmfe where we quarter, a man*e w.is
pitched upon tlit: terrace oi tin adjoining
houlc, and .4 i mk.rff guard mounted tncre,
tmd.r pretence cf frrfb air $ armed I tirks
were tent into the houte lor the pwrpole »d
accoimjanvins* us as a /.' V 'ua>d in oUrwalk'-i
I t
and a centiriei was placed at our door, in
the lower cotnt, to prevent mtrnfons. —
! hough thefe arrangements werevtu'Uy pdrfe,
I thou Id have been very willing to have dii
pehlcd with them 4 yet, by appearing frank
and e.ify w ith tire Tarkifh General his ffil
picions iecine I to have fubfulect. —f rccciv
ed all thefc mirks of vigilance as marks of
itten'mn j thanked him for his civuities *,
and allured him i Ihould be earilul to make
leitable mention of them to l he Frefidend,
my mafter. Dy this kind ofadula ion, yef
tciday, I fo much drew h m from his guard,
that he opened his heart, and unequivocal
ly confuted, that 41 In the prefect ranvufed
Rate of t g\pt the 'finds aught *0 fjfpeel ever)'
ka.ly { tfpenalty the tinglihb ; but they had pe
culiar r, a font for fufpetting us as the french
Cuffs' had dec!Aral us idritr/o Spies "W hat
does not that faVage merit for this Wanton
and bafe manner of expofmg our lives to
the infamy of a gibbet \ l ho|>2 not to meet
lli.U at Alexandria
** Alexandria, Feb. 16, 1805.
“ We arrived whh the Bnfhr.v and ftiirc,
at ffie Engl'dh cut between Aboukir Bay
anti the lake of Mcriotts, a week ago Ia<t
VVednefday;—liter we had ne\V difficul
ties to encounter ; —I he French Conftxl
had been K. fore-hand of me, in gaining the
Admiral of this port, and Governoi of the
city; ; nd thev, tCnfci^uenriv came to a
rtfolutibn not to permit #he Bailiaw to en
ter the eiry, nor to embark at this port.
Argument was ufelef% for we were too hre
in our application of it . — But we felt no
other inconvenience than delay i for the
Balhaw had before came to a tefoluticn to
march by land ta Uernc and Bengali ; arid
hr now moved round the iake to form his
I camp at Arab’s tower, about 3c milex welt
i of tire old 011 of Alexandria. In the mean
time i dated to the Viceroy the con temps
his letter of amnctly fud red from his fub
a’ter ns m this place ; in conlequence of
| which he add^etiVci a fir, matt, by a chntn\
[ to the Governour, commanding immediate
‘compliance with the intention of his letter
| of amndty ; and impofitig a fine on him of
I’his gives us
final
tnumpn »n l.
:pt ; tbeugh. I confels
I could have wilhe l the Vxerox’s refeV
; meat had not fallen! fo he wily up*»n hit dif
; obedient Governor. 1 did nor think it pru
• dent to advife the liaih.nv to enter the ci
' ty, led vengeance lUoulil retaliate on him
the chaltifement he has brou ~ac upon his
Turkilh broth r of this place. Wc fhall
therefore, take up our line of march through
the Utf-rt 9/ Lypii towards Dcrae, next
Wednesday,
“ Our party eon fids office hundred men.
— One hundred of whom are chriltians re
cruited on the fpot, and employed in our
icrvtce. We (haft make a flam! at Bomba,
ami wait the rcrurn of capr. Hull, with
iapplies and reinforcements, to feize the
provinces of Derne and Bengali ; for which
pur pole he fails for the rend avoirs the day
i after tomorrow.
“ Here is a Iketch in nort from Tripo
li, lent up by the enemy to prevent Hnmct
j Bailia w being pe* mi t ted to leave Egypt ;
but. not having vvit.i him the only argument
which carries all ciufcs here, the poor devii
mult bick, in feslbn only to give
Biihaw information of the fate .which a
waits him*
“ //#'<'* m: tfur.-s art fuhjort </, he mull
Hy his kingdom or die. How glo ioils
w^uld be the cxhibiiiMi, ti J<t $wr fcutw
Mi |
4.■/.'*i: ; irt nt.iuk ia trf
HMj * ftc dtn^&n *5 their t ra il's fr, ,-ft
nndiijti*'} tic* tbefrg cj the U.t;l,tl Itates,1*
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MUNDAi
'IfcMBER .*>, 180?,
* ii'r- *< *; *, ' - ■
The Taft are«jm* from Fnnye, mention, that the
combined fleets failed from Vigu, on the 7th of .vu.
guft, and Lord Kelfo was in purfuii of them
la JSojjjLaid the military command or* have received
i !ate order*, to hold th- mlelvet in readme fs to march
| it the Oioruft notice, ftiouid Bonaparte ttteirp* .at in
j vafi u: whicl ;!*. Luglifli appear to wifn rather tbo*
! fear.
Troop* are eonlintulfy matching from the interior
of France to the coafl of Holland : A powerful force
h to proceed from the Texd, hut the object
it is kept lecret.
UuH** continue* with great activity her warlike pre
[ para tin *.
The blockade of Cadi*, hv t Bfitifh Fleet, is contin
ued with the iitrnnit rigor- nn n» etral nffd, however
innocent her cargo, i» aiiov ed to enter or depart. The
American Cpnful, in concert with others, of the princi
pal rt.nver* hf i'urope, have feamurtrated, hut to no
i etii fl,
J Mr. HH^our confu? at Havana, has refiimcd his of
ilci'd duties.
Captain Bainhrit'tff, and rtuft of hit officers and
*rcw, have arrived in the U.S. frigate l’reUdcnt.— X{
P ichmond, (Vir) the principal citizens complimented
him with an elegant entertainment, on which occahdfe
many appropriate Matts were given.
John 'Breckinridge, of Kentucky,!* appointed At
torney lieneral of the l1.S
Of. Bufrr left Lexington, Kentucky, Aug ‘2* for
Vincennes and St. Louis, and thdr.ee to Charletton.
Coiifiiicrahlc aTrm milts in Savannah in confe
»iu« su c ofnumerous rd^tterie* which have recently
been committed ju that city.
.*• body *f Chickafaw Indians are fa id to h'tveKeen
lefc itcd in a l with the lifage*.
rae
7;fJ:r ,:tm i.t t7<w.*v/7r «*.—The rciult of the I,* ft
'clicVon rtf reprcfetirarivis is highly propitioiw to the
prnfpCrity and hnppirefs o! tin- flair —1 h citriers uf
Connecticut, note ithftanding the warnings and per
Tuafions of tuvir. x. V'i m ft hr. ', have not tki tight prop
er to withdraw their confidence and fvpport troir.
itften of correct principles and honorable conduit. In
the la it Icgiflature there were democrats, inlhe pref±
» ut legi.Iatutc l:M Federal :hs and 'Jl democrat*, feder
al majority ?i.
GF.at. EATON.
Pre fuming that whatever refpecU '6ur ehrerprIGng
countryman, will be acceptable to our readers We‘have
v,e voted a large- proportion of the Gazette M give place
tr>a letter fro h hint, idtIVcfscd to a friend in this date.
This letter hash e&ui thi pofleflion 6f feVcral gemle
raen in this town, hut motive* oftlelioacy h ive withheld
it from th public—-tinee it has appeared tn the Ceutinei
Ihdfe rt-tfoua no longer ertiV
TI-IZATIUCAL.
'AT have received feveral con'.mum’rati''ns rrspeel
!ng the propriety of creeling a Theatre in this town.
Tho the fubject is too local to he interdling to molt
of otir readers ; a difpolitloA to oblige thofe whom we
reckon among our belt friends, has induced us to give
publication to two which embrace the principal ideas of
the others.
Tjnms ZhWm-rt, es<*. is removed from the office of
Poitmaftcr, at Greenfield, rMafs ) for the crime of dif
fering in Opinion from the prt-fent adminiflration. His
fucCvlTor, Mr. Amity* Emt», is declared to be incompe
tent to fulCl tlie duties of the otner ; he boafted that
he “ 'could hive had it any Yirtrtc 'within thefe three
vears part, could he have got anV body to fuperinttrti
tt for him.” Does luch proceedings indicate * de
fire, «u the part of the government, to quench the
prtfca: l?amc bf party dllcbrd 7—IleuAJ.
V'r Coifth. alt< r\iii.r prepared tr type, for th*
'tj.- i<j't men mna\io.dai>ly omitted to grre place t4 our jj
veritzinf friends, nvhtfe fa^ort Ve gratefully euinowLJft,
Kind f'tcit a fontinuattee of them.
CoHiimirtcationfif.
MfelTrs, Abavs and Ji nks,
I was much gratified 10 day, cii hearing that an
application has been fig tied by a refpettab e number
ot citizens, and prefented to the eelt-ciinen, riqtiefbcg
them to eft!! a meeting of the inhabitants to take into
ccnMleration the expediency of tiling kll lawful mean*
to prove ut tlm erection ot a Thcatr: in this town, cither
by applying to the l.egtfla:ure to pal* a law, or, to
take what other me.'.lure they may then think pro
per to adopt to prevent the lame.
I'his meeting, I unde: (land, w id be on Monday the
feventh of October, at 11 o'clock A. M. It i* hoped
that no one citizen cat hi* occafion will fay his bufinefr
is Inch, that it is impoflible lor hint to leave it, or that
enough will attend wiihout him ; let every cnc r- col
lecl that it is not impotable that bv th attendance and
rational conduct, he :r ay lave iron; ditfipaticn, or ru
in, his child, his relation, or acquaintance '—If this is
polfible, let each one be determined to quit Ids ordina
ry a vo cat ins for a fhor: time, to attend the meet
ing, and have the subjv dt fully difculietl. if then it
fheuid appear, that the i>appinrfst f>’friy and imttr*
’ eft cf the town will be promoted by erecting a theatre,
a targe wooden building, S {lories high, 75 or ho feet
in length and forty fett in width, ip. this pLcc,/'which
has already been once reduced to .-»hr>) and ifpecially
in a ft tu n ti the town, where if it lhould take fire
there can learcelv a lutiic ency of water be produced
for the ordinary tiles of families: they will then undoubt
edly uie all legal mentis to creel and compleat a build*
ing of that d.‘fc: »ptioa,snd in fuch part of the town
before a’iadrj to. If on th* other band, the inhabitants
Utould feel fenable that a theatre creeled as slorofi'd,
wi'l r.oft aflu redly operate ns a emse rather thnn -
tdelfing, undoubtedly they will frankly ami candidiv
expreis their lentimenri.—cor.dtuil witn fpirit aad en
ergy, ami endeavour to prevent its eft»M:£>mt*nt.— .
Slioeld il'e latter h" the del rminatica of tb* tow n,
1 pre-amc no one v/ho has any reputation to loic, will
in ar.v wife aid, favor or promo , completion.
OKI. o; MANY.
Mtss*s. Adams & Jruxs,
RSLYlNu upon your impartial’! ., I o.T.. ,ti *
followiug ohfervar ms tor inl-.-r. .<n in * uu: \ r.per— . r
gi ving them public it v. \v: ' oblige
A CITIZEN OF PORTI.AN >.
Having underflood that a -umber of mdivid tals
have re.pmfh*fi the Selectmen Ui call a w»an.u' I
»n Monday, the 7th n f Ocbolier nc*|t tin* objetii *£
•vhirb t* r» fee the town will petit’,,M * - ■ #,at
.■pits n Ijw probwia: the er.ctvo
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