Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer — Alexandria [Va.], 1803-06-29 00:00:00, page 2

To banish Sensidillty.
"""Tfijisssibssi-sizsh can make the bosofn whole,
Tho' rack'd each silne of the soul,
Then come, apply thy sovereign balm,
And-make the mind serenely calm!
Come, sole possession take of me,
And banish Sensibility.
MlRA.
ct—Junc 26.
() DEVsissEALE,
Secretaxy.
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SUBSCR'IPTIONS
-To the PORT Form, (: literary
Paþer published m th ladelplzz'a,
are received by the Edo'ter ostlzzs
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Mars per meum-, Payabfe m ad si.
wait-"e. ,
.; TO . mmFFERENc-E. .
ss COMB foe. to lure, lake warm lndifi'er- ?,
. "me:
, - Thy; _' ss 'h willheal this stighte'tsst'd wonn. "
. siss edssfe'nsel si -
Thenbndly wrap me, incttby chillssetn.
' " have. - _
And for, O fit-t,- this sore sml'ation chase-1
O let mequick thy presence hail, "
Andss'up me in thy coat of man ;
Poll'efo my dreams, watch o'er. my bed,
And .toepid' juices o'er it-shed;
Com_fdectfioﬂeﬂion takessofmsse, . , si.
And buishsslsssensibility'l- - 33
wolf mist,-tart; Adam,-m., si
For asillsssi-ssthe. good it" doth impart,
—_Is but'to tend the trembling heart ;
'I; but to "(had the'feeble brain, ..
ss With thtobs' "it ne'er would prove again :
Then pain-e, possess the thinking pow'tes,
ﬀln ap'athy enwrap the hours, ss
ct-siAnd let me live alone in thee,
bar.
June 25.
si WWCngton Society.
THE Members of the Alex
andria lVashinssgton -Society_ are
requestedsi to take nOtice, that a
regular {lated meeting of said so
eiety will:-be held at Gaql/by's Hosi
tel, an'-Monday the Fourth osjuljct
nexth, rit half past 10 o'clock,ss
AsiM. being-the Anniversaryctof}
American Independence.
The Society w—ill move in pro
cectsstonsssipreciﬄy at 12 o'clock,
to th'esisisi-Epilch pal Church, where
anss ORATlON will be deliver
ed by one _ of its members, Dr.
William" Asilch Danger-field.
'Estnng'd from Sensibility !
Tho' Msinnn weeps, why should I too,
When weepissng's all that I can do ? ss
Forss,*.sshu* sihejsilittle otphzm broocl,
,Looks up to her in vain for food,
Lhmsilct alas! their wants supply ?
No, trusisi'th compels me to reply,
The little boon I could bestow,
siWemld fearcelssy'dry one tear of woe ! _
Then come, and make thy home thh me,
() bring thy breast plate.sit]uich of steel!
, Too fast these cruel duts assail ;
Too deep, ah me ! too deep I feel,
Ere long, most sure they will prevail,
And had me healeng'to the tomb,
Wrap'd yet in shades of deeper glonm !
Then come, make thy abode with me,
And banish Senfibility.
And. banish Sensihility,
siYesit, the',-si) Hould not wish to seel,
The pangs I have no power to heal -;
I would rejoice that some there are,
"Who feel they are heaven's peculiar care;
This pond'roos load of grtef refign, .
And looke their joys and comforcs mrne; '
In others bleﬂings would rejoice, .
The gives praise, with heart and vorce,
But that the way sure would not be,
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lM-eJﬄA-ﬄffirs— azltctsiisifflfssfa? usinsssssicts'ﬄgsi;
ofthe business; and why it has not ere
this had all the success its prospect'psiro
mtsed, is not for me to answer, it may yet
succeed. My arrangements in this ctaffizir
eventually, though quite contrary to my
calculations, involved an expense of nearly
thirty thousand dollars; twenty two thou.
sand of which has been rcimhursed by cum.
m_odore Morris; a part of the balance
ctssshll remains due to me from the United
dtates. _Previousiy to the date of the com
municattons attested b the commodo
had stated to him the rzeshlt osthese tsiihg :
actions. That, to meet the emergencies I
had been compelled to obtain :. [can 'of
the Bey's commercial agent ona credit
of six months, and that the term expired
iourteensi days past. The commercial
agent said he thought sorbearancc might
be obtained, by speaking to the mi.
mster (to whom in fact the cash belon
ed) until I should receive sunds from 65):
si vemmem, to whom I had stated tour
months prevrouﬂy that I should have need
of twenty three thousand dollars. The
commodore engaged to speak to the mi
nisier to thiseffiedt, on going to make his
visit ofcongee'to the Bey. The morn.
ing assigned for this visit the commercial
agent came forward with additional claims
_on the score ofthe prize ;a warm discussi
on ensued which produced mutual irrita
tion. We left the American house to
proceed to the palace—carriages were
waiting for the purpose. At the city
gate the commodoctre shisted his course,
and leaving the carriage standing, steered
for the marine to go on board, saying he
would make his further communications
with the palace through the medium of
the consulate. I accompanied him to
the marine. This movement exciteel sus
picion in the agent; he followed after
us, and perhaps willingly to indulge the
little ire of the moment forbade his Sandal.
taking the commodore off. It was now
too late to talk of accommodation ; no.
thingsswould satissy but the cash. We
returned to the consular hoUse and the
commodore engaged to send this .sum of
may have thousand dal/art from an
. -coNCLvoEosi _
ss Let unbiassed judgment compare this .
dssocnment with the ectxtracts which have
"forced it before the public-, and drawct the "
inserenycess siLsiet- any-man of,rn_i_lirasiry or"
diplomatic ictdeas, figure to himself the .
mortifying exhibition I must have made
at the court of Tunis, after lsiaving soss
confidently resifi'ed the Bectvss'sreclamatiori
on the score of a blockade, which I then
thought correct, now to find myself corn,
lled to acknowledge that not a single
ship of our squadron had yet seen Tripoli,
that they weresiall lying in Malta when
this imperial vessel sailed from that port ;
and that the vessel which was ordered on
the expedition 'captuted sisiher within sight
of the share-. ,
The aﬀair "of ,the loactn is as incorrectly
stated in the ext'racts at: that olsssi the prize.
This loan was partly compelled by the
staudulent exactions of the Bey's minister,
and partly from the necessity of sunds to
prosecute 'thesiproject with Hammer Ba
shaw. This Bashaw is the silegitimatc so
vereign osTripoli. About ten "years ago
he was treacheroufiy driven from his
throne by his younger brother, then gene- ,*
ral of the camp, now teigning Bashaw,
ss and was constrained to take refuge in To
nis. * At an early period ofour war with
"him" Mr. Cathcart suggeﬂed to me the
project of using this sovsietcsiign to aﬂist us
in chasiising' the petfidy of the usurper;
) but I nesiver entered decidedly upon it on
si si that the Bashaw is in his own territory at
sit]
si Morris engaged to it his cooperations.
1
. The project was mature for execution in
From the Wa zing-ton Frd-eralzst.
DEFEsiNsiCE or Mx. EATON,
the head of a force sormidable .to the u
surpei'. -
The condition of its-success, as it would
aﬀect us, was perpetual peace and hostages
[ as the guarantee of it. A year ago laft
March I succeeded at some hazard, in get
ting the Bashaw out of Tunis to Mulra.
til the expedition ot 1801 nao raueu.
The progress of it cannot be detailed he.-e;
itsisishall appear hereafter. It is enough
for my justification, that the Swedish ad.
miral was in the measure; that Captain
M'Neil, when in command on the coat},
pledged himself to support it ; that capt.
Murray, who succeeded, though at a late
hour, came into it—that it met the sanc.
tion of government; and that commodoress
And it is enough to evince its seasibility,
was negocmted under the most unfavorasi
ble mspices. It ought, with some degree
ofreeson to shock the personal pride at
this bey, that the Dey of Asi'giers, or
rather his jews, took an air of being your
; protectors, calculated to impress : notiun
ofdependence on the part of the Tunisian
prince. This impolitic step gave him no
exalted idea of the genius of your govern.
ment": and, indeed, your inactive war
With Tripoii can impress him with no
great opinion of your coercive powers.
Never had a consul so thorny a path to
clear as yourself—an object sh difficult of
attainmcnt. He, who had the honor to '
represent your nation when you arrived
here, by the fiavish and cringing part he
acted at this court, had the means and
the baseness to sell your interests—the
chief source, in my Opinion, to which
you may ascribe your subsequent political
embarrassments. I will not conceal,
what Iobserved at the time of negociating
your treaty, that the bqy of Tunis is nati
'e/Zablshiug a peace wit/) the U. State;:
it is a commence! shfsllldctotto' F**** is 5
boardsi The next day a visit of congee.
was made at the palace. The question
Was asked the Bey whether this detention
Wasssb'ysihis order? Besaid it was not
rit/Yamarjyfor-a cammodare (Vei- si-ta depart
withoutmaking "him art/{fit as wage-e. I
cotﬂd nOt-fotbeart—emon-ﬂrating with the
Bity in ;pointed' and animate-:! terms
against this violatisson os national hns.
tal-isity, indignity, against hunor of the
United States, and outrage on my indi
vidu'al feelings & reputation; I stated to
him the—eitpec'tations I relied on for the
means ofbalancing this loan ; repeated to
him with some emphafis, what I had de
claredss to him at the period of obtaining
it, and what he "well knew to be true,
that the treacherous stands of his minister
had tended to compel the measure, and
operated as fixed impediments to my ex
tricating myselssrom "it. The minister
resented the charge, and the zssBey, taking
part with him, ordered me to quit the
kingdom. I thanked him, and said I
man, osa good heart ; but his head is
wrong. He is too obstinate for me I
must have a (am/ill emit/) a disposition nere
congeuial to Barbary interests !" I pour.
ed on the Bey and Miniiier the reproache
dne toa succesiionof injuries for years.
. The ﬂaves attendant left the hall exclaim
ing " Good God! the ﬂmerrcan CUlilUl
will be cut in pieces !" Turmng on my
heels in an attitude to meet all events, I
walked up and down the hall a moment ;
then, advanced to the Bey, rendered him
mv hand and bade him farewell! Hesipress.
ss at mine in his, and said " Consnl nssia
sssi man] have ndthing against you. I wrsh
si vou well." Thus we sipartcd. Four
.years I have stood before the piratical
despot, under ever poslune os duress and
zmenace. He never obtained a conceslion
from me. Since the war with 'sripoli my
si' situation has been peculiarly perilous. I
(have been threatened with charns, hard
ilabor, death, to force me from pofitlons
;} which duty compelled me "? hold, and
sihave been laid under prohibitrone exceed
, ipgly injurons to my PTOPFHY- These
are sacts well known at Tonrs. Th£Y_3"
well known to every American acqoaint.
J -ssLmctllh my singenCY thsiessiE—si And. 'Zctlhe
sin my own country for the these sacn.
fices ?
The day succeeding the Bey's order to
me to quit his court, I received from an
intelligent, respectable chrisiian in Tunis,
the letter oi'which the following is ?. trans.
lated c0py :
Sir, and much Lia-each friend !
\Ve behold you then finally forced but
of Tunis, after having for year's endeavor.
ed honorably to support the interest of
your nation, without one moment enjoy.
ing, during this epoch, the triﬂing con.
l sideration vainly attached to the (lation
of a Consul in Barbary ! lVe behold you
at length the victim, I hope momentari.
ly, of a combination os events and in
trigues, the origin of which,l venture
to say, may be traced to the peace of the
United States, with these regencies ;
whose expedients, nnhappiiy for the cause
of humanity, the civilized nations despise
with too much haughtiness and ignorance,
and whose ridiculous pretenstons they
fiatter with too much baseness and pati
ence. Yt ur peace with Tunis above all,
"Commodc-te, said " the consul is a sijuss
should quit a court with no regret where ss
I'had experienced little else than violence ss
and indignity, but demanded of him, itssi
sent. The Bey addressed himself to the
denOufice me to my fellow citizens pre._-ss
he had ought to object to my agency, to
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sssirl
The morning of'my departure, e soreign
envoy at Tunis put into my hands a cer.
sitificate, of which thefollowing is & copy
by translation :
" WE the ttndersigned Consulsand
Agenfs Of the Euro-sssiesisisin Govcmments,
at the Regency of Tunis, certitssy that.
William Ezton, Esq. Consul of the U.
nited States of America, has, on every
I occasion, supported the rights of hu
nation with dignity and inte-gritssv. It
is with pleasure we give him this. tes.
timssmssy of the truth and of our friend.
siship. _
Done at Tunis the Zoth of March, 1803.
_ (Si ned) A. NYTSEN,
Consul them! of the Bare-wan [Je-public,
DEVOIZE,
Cakzmssafy General and Change if,-{fair;
of the French RepaHic.
HENRY CLARK,
Brilfssb (; be'n;-Je qfn'ﬀar'rs.
]OSEPH NJDRIES,
sict'sssi'ss'si'." . ! ,, ("L-ssv- -/ y'?-ct- if
in: Catholic first/?}. si
ss ( HOLCH,
\ His 'Dansh Asqjct-stj'z Catjsu/ (Senna,/, Us,
On the passtge to Gibralter we touched
at Algiers. Mr. O'Brien came on board,
seemed surprised to see mE. I {kerchesij to
him the events "above detailed. He said
} he had forest-m a spun/[, from & (it-canst.
stance which he afterwards reduced to wri.
* ting as sifoi'lm's : .
i " THIS may certisy that in Oficher,
tSoza respectable ]ew NIJFS'Ci'zz-t-s zctem Tu
nia declared to me, and is". {he {sssi'tctsisitnsise of
Bocris and Burnah's or A.ss_sisi-_;z:=rtsi., ass ctishin
- the presence of Captezin jvlss-ctssslsss, that she
SZPZWP: Of Tunisian Miniﬂer had dfs-cfxz.
si ed to said ]cw, that he wouid w.-:k the
destruction of the American Consui at su—
nis. The jcw rueth-sir added, that th:
Saptapa said he me have an American
Consu! more piiabie to his views. Oliver!
under my hand this zoth day of March,
1803.
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the palffiml . faﬀo', and will .; ,si'ssctct
cmmiffim! I now venture to a ss ss
beysihud reason—the error was on" (
of the United States. It is not alle
ing that the successor of F****, taking
position firm and analogous to the siatlon
he came here to fill, should surprize the;
bev by so singular a contrast. He had a
(Signed)
RICHARDO'BRIEN. ssss
I asked him is he knew for what
reason the minister sought my destruction.
" None, Sir," said he " except that he
knows you are a d & staunch Ameri
can !"
One observation. When it is considered
that the United States have hereto-sore
been in arrear to the Government os Tu
nis in engagements to the value of more
than one thousand dullars, and that the
Bey had remained quiet sor years wish
no other security than my person, it will
he evident that the insult offered the nation
in the arrest of the commsszdore couid not
arise from doubts about the pryment o
twenty thousand dollars. The event re
sulted from the irritation of the moment
--and that irritation from a dispute about =
some atticlea of the prize of no great va. .
lue. A project of getting me out of the"
country may have been premeditatedss I
am apprehensive it was so, for motives
which both the Bey and Ministet hW-c
clearly expressed. They want & consif]
whose pliability shall be measured by the"
avarice, and whose sense of national hoﬂOf
shail give no tone to his agency.
peculiar to your individual character, or
whether it was that which your goverm
ment wished to display here. Ought he
not to say within himself—a nation fwba
begins its "representation by one of my (red
turer has nor the air of moi,-bing to bra-ve
nt} pretevg/iam .?
This inadvertsiancy in the choice of the
first individual who' ought, plainly speak
ing, to fix in : degree the consideration
which the United States should in future
enjoy with this regency, is a fault of which
the actual consequences prove the magni.
tude, and the injurious irnpresiions of which
will'sibe with difficulty erased ; time will
demonstrate it. __
Pardon these reﬂections ; the idea of
your departure sorce them From me.——
Friendship, sounded in esteem, partici
pates the injuries which a friend experi.
ences. [do not offer you my condolence;
duty discharged inspires not such a senti.
ment. I am,'fir, your devoted and saith.
ful friend, 'NHHt-H-Htﬂt—Mt.
March 7, 1803.
To Wm. Eatan, Esq. Conjul
of the U. State;;
right to doubt whether this sirmness were '
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