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London, England, 1807-04-03 00:00:00

BIOGILIN-1.1---P.ISIT742LV OGLOU.

His'grandfather, OS MAN, was a common-watch--
rnadat titi udio ; Jod, .is said, Fie also swept tht
Streets id the day-tithe. He afterwards served IA the
•.war of 1753, against the RussianS, add distinguished
ior tr.st:vv, iitt was rewarded with the
Fiji ~f l'inabin, in I.i.oiciavia, spent the
res' if his life, occupied in Cue eitacatiotvcif his son
OMAR=AgA, Wllo.afterWilrtiS obtaind the rank of
,13assi Aga, or 'Chief` of tfidl)istr47:t.

OMAR had two sons' lERAHIM BEY, who settled
Constantinople ag• a Merchant; and.O3MAN,
named PAS'WiN :oGLou:(son or the night-crier or
street-sweel;er), tatl,ter,: who lived at Widdin;
had hini.instrueted .in the various br,inches Of 'the
political, .7&.onomicitl, and tuittary'sciences. The
~youngOsli-AN-loined ton great aaivity. of mind, a
very. violeht tam Per: in 1785, being ita the country
with his Lather, they, quarrelled '• , and .the sou put
himself at the headol• some of his father's VaSSals,
who were attaciY.e-to ltinl. They attacked and put
to _flight such.as,Om AR had armed for his own de-
. feuce.
The Chief inhabitants of Widdin interfered in this
quarrel,- which lasted rupre than two years ; and in
1;7.88 the,. father 14'ati:Treduced to the necessity of
suing for peace with Nis son, when a reconciliation
followed. From this period, the troops they had
.separztely enrolled, were united 'into one body,
them:to keep themselt es' Masters of
Widitia, where their authority increased d with
the nuniber of their partisans. They abused their,
inguence so grossly, that they dilated-laws not only
in the city, .but in the- 'Country ,round, employing
force against such as oppoo their pleasure. :The
Porte, alarmed at this usurpatim,, of its S6ve'reignty,
Sent MAIIMEIiPACHOII 1.7:68, with 12,0'00 Men, and
promised him the P,achaship of Widdin if he ex-
pelled PSWAN OGEOU and 'his father.
.The lat-
ter were besieged for three months in. Widdin;, but'
flot being able to resist such donsiderabie forces,
the PAona and his son took refUge, along -with 600
"Tien who' still adhered to them,- with Prince MAU-
ROSEN', in Wallachia. This Prince gave them pro-
te6tion, nominated them both Bir-Basseas
Commanders of 1000 men) ; and established OMAR
as the Coirunandant of Czernetz; and. PASVAN
OGLoti as that of Gyurgyero, with orders. to defend
these posts agp,irist 'the Austrians.; °mitt Was soon
dislodged frOm Czernett by the Imperialists, *and.
saved hiniself, with only seventeen of the garrison,
_by retiring to the right bank of the Danube ;. fixing
his residence h the Castle of Kulla, Sii . leagues from

!The foliolk,ing Letters from the French Adnhiral V x LLE Au-
staz, are'extraCtect frOm an 4merican Paper of the Lith
-Of January.

"'To-GENERAL Tt/kREAU,
•" French Ambassador at Washington. '
•
- "MY Lortn--:--You havelearnt, by the arrival 14
some of my scattered ships in America, the unfor.,
• tunate. event by -which they were "separated from.
mc." [Here Admiral VittExtrnzz gives the, detail
of the tempest in nearly the same words as in hiS let-
. ter to the Minister of-Marine at Paris; :.to which he
adds, -tlat-apthis date the Foiaroyant was then near-'
ly• new masted; :and proceeds to enforce. to General
TURZEAU 'bow necessary .-it was that the ships
which had put-into the American 'ports, -by distress.;
should hasten to join hith at the Havatinah, where
his squaciron,--, if colleEted, and united tothe Spanish,
ferce -at that place, would, ,in eka, oppose a strong.
-squadron, and double to that of the English., who,.
at Jamaica,' the states,, have only two line -of battle
ships. ;Admiral VILLEAVNIEZ further says, that he-
. purposed going to Vera Cruz,, agreeable to the pro-
jeCt of the Government of the: Spanish Colony or
•fiavannah;-to bring some millions of dollars; which,
he states to be the more a prope•; as the French Em-
peror had a right to the payment of one million •of
dollars, of which the scarcity was very great at the
Islar4 of Cuba.] • .Admiral/VitLiAtT.Nißvihen con-
liaUfes;.:',-,""1: have just ;apprehended lc= seamen,
'desertets from the raleqreuse frigate, whotn-I found
on board an American brig, where they had been
engaged at 17 dollar's per month... Now,•.Sir,, if you
eats succeed in Making the ..American' Government
p*cli•Wn a compensation for miscondu6l, in
seducing thus our seamen., you Will• punish it- by
making it smart in that point in. which-it .feels • Most,
viz, its avarice in money, anal' with. so °much • the
more justice, since those people (kneahiug the ,Ame-
rican merchants) have for threeyears-past been con-
tinuallyinjuring our marine, by seducing. our 'best
seamen from us,' •
(Signed)` - LE C. An. P. VILLEAUSIEZ."
In the 3d, which is
.from the ,Vatiral to
P.EAq, and dated "sth of Odober, is 'the.fQll6Wing
passage .
"' 4 pr{"poc,, our _Emperor 'is to receive one mul-
lion of dollars iron, his Catholic Majesty; on the
score of'ap -adjustment with the Spanish •Gov:..rn-
rnent, the Isle of Cuba?, -The- SpaniatdS are'.
senditig.a force to Vera Cruz, but that is of no con-
sequence.
_l,herc is a secret expedition, going
soMewhere from this Island ; this have' cOrrea.
I beg. you, Sir, to be particular in your obier6tions
in the Chesapeak, and. other. 'parts of the Conti-
nent of the United States. Let the'Commanders
-of all French :Ships' attached • to ~yoU know these
operations, as their readiness will be found ne-
kessary.' •
.. • • • • - •
The 4th Letter wa4; given veittaiin' :
To GEL TUKREAII.
• " Havanna 4: :.11nv,. 6-• 1805.
"'MY Lon D7--The Contre-Adtnikiil VILL-11AUMEij
cemnianding here the. Ships belonging -to his Im-
perial- Majesty, has given orders to 'Monsieur
CdADi:KAUD, Lieutenant `of the Ship charged with •
these and other dispatches, to say, that he -is asto-
nished
sr the condi:la of the:Commanders of Ships
belonging to bis ImPerial Majesty, in the Ameri-. '
can ports. 'He is alarmed at the. behaviour of the •
French AmbassadPr, so fully instruded by 'his
141ajsty. • He is ,determined,- as General in Chief,'
to informthe French Government, of the
sconduel
of the United Stites ; but he trusts
.that the• French,
fibips are now supplied 'with all necessaries. ,
•. (Signed) P.N.ILLEAUZIEZ."
Then follows one (the sth) to Commodore EAR-
TE.Y..; but it contains nothing extraordinary. . • '1