Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1800-10-31

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DER The moA fortuaa'2 aud favorable auf-
Pices. l learn with &c highs& ch,grin, and
with The greatet grie', his .ragioal death.
immediately communicated TO the grand
v'zier and ;he Ottoman miuiaere, in the
terms IN which yoo communicated 20 me
this melancholy event, and nothing but the
certainty and The details with which YOU
gave me this intelligence, cor'd have induced
their excclleucieu TO believe il. The grand
vizier formerly and officially declared to me,
that he had nor the leaa knowleds. of thofe
who Committed this sGalIina,ion, nnd am
very iure thar his declaration is true and
iincere, and without entering into the de-
ta'ia OF this melancholy eveot, which gives
me inexPretfible uneaGrefs, I fhall content
myielt with replying to the articles OF your
letter which treat of our affaira.
- Ii the grand v,zier has retained In his
camp the aid de camp Baudot, who was
tens to hin at Jehil Il Han, IL is becsule
his exccllency aid nor tbink i, right to fuf
; fer any perfon TO depart from HE camp at
the moment when he Jaw himlelf iurround-
ed by his euemies, Baudot was detained az
Iehi! il Ham, as the I'u-kiih officers, de-
,a'ned to ierve as hoaapes reciprocally With
him, were detained at Cairo.
This aid de camp has been fen, 70 the
otioma" Get, 10 be exchanged ss YOU de-
Tired. and in the mean time, his exceIlencv
the captain Pachs having arrived here, hia
ab'ence tom the Aeet has canfed the deiired
exchange 20 be put of. When his excel.
iency iha'l have returned 20 his A-e,, as the
aid de camp Bsudot is before Alexandria.
tn" hniineis Of the exchaug- may be concInd.
cd y you think proper, But do NOT Zee
way you ihoult make 1t to depend upon an
affair which only concerns You and the
Porte, the letting at lib=rty I5o Eueliih.
who were thip wrecked at Cape Pralos /
ex2ed from your good faith, and from, your
Juice, hat according TO the regulations
agreed upon between our nations. for Vbs
reciprocal exchange Of our priloncrs, which
we are authorized to carry into eifcS, yo9
VIII permit the return Of captain Butal, ms
officers, and crew.
g The promifss which you make me IN
che hope OF reciprocal ones being maSc Nv
me, cannot be applied to this ciccuraasnce
and think 1t iupsrAuous to offer Won in
return the proTia OF my good ofiicca in "a.
vor of perfon who 6nde hinfelf in a difa-
g'eeah'e iituzii>n which mylele have ex-
Perlenced- an per(naded that the grand
vizier VIII give the tfsmp of he generous
and high appreciation to al, The honorable
proceedings we may have one with anotbe-.
The Hratsgems of wsr are unkno both 70
you aud TO MS; and befdes that, | n,all con.
time to conPort myleIf towards YOU with
the fame franknefs, and the fame good faith
that have hitherto done, f1ali earnealy
employ al my efforts to pevcnt any rerCon
with whom | have any influence, from hold
ing condu6f contrary TO thefe principles.
Be periuaced that the hottie diipof,ions
which have Been announced by the Gra OBJ
petition to the execution OF the treaty, and
which has acquired both extent and pub.
hcity, may BE doae away by the means which
the prefent circumstances will furriih to
the two parties of corresponding and mu-
tusiiY understanding each other, and that in
the end we ihall b. united by the bonds of
a frcere friendnhip. Ia the mean time we |
fhall carry on war with the means which we |
haze hitherto employed asaiHa you, and
wlIh tho1e farther ones which we can pro. |
cure, and we ihal endsavor 10 render orr. !
felvss worthy of the eieem of your brave /
troops
< The hoailities which you have com. |
mitted without voting for the reply of lord !
Keith, who was no, acequsin'ed with The
GonvenIiou eor the evacuation OF Tgypt has
ierved as the rule os our coudua 7 had |
rot aiiSei Of my court its ra,ifica,ion. ! had |
only erdeayorsd 70 obSis,e fone unrors(ssn
difficulties which oppoftd thcnfelves TO the
return Of the French into the;r country.
g General Kleber, ia the laR prelimira- !
ries which were topped, rot haviex made il
underllecd that tie treaty which was 70 fol
low would require the ratification of ,be !
cooiuls who now govern France; this con.
dition which yoD put into your prelninaties, |
appears to be refu(al TO eyacuate Eeyp., |
aud the grand vizier has charged me to de-
mand from you on this fnbiea a clear and
precife anfwer. You deGre as well as me the
termination of the caIami'iss Of was which
defolate The whole univerfc.
l. is 10 your power to remove one ofthe
obaacles which oppofe the coucluion Of