Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-09-14
TriPoy, Nay IS, 1891.
To Thomas appleton Fig Conful Of the United States
VI America, al Leghprn.

To Ihomas appleton Elq COnful o. the United States
VI America, al Leghprn.
STA, 2e1yaa,ias, :: Lts5srH, Tr-e /
AS | find fevcraI Of my fellow citizens in
this port, who feem determined 10 fall, not
withdrawing their being informed Of war being
declared by the 5aihaw Of TrPoly ag4ia0 he
United States Of Am.rca, | conceived it my
duty % inform them, through your Office, of
the aetua, force OF that regency, which WAS rca
~ 70 iai on The z4'h of May, and The COME
queace attending he capture If any Of them.
FG- Should any OF our fellow citizens be
unfortunately captured, they would bv Kept as
hoHages, in order 70 force cur government 10
comply with terms wholly inenmpa ible with
the honor and in,ere0 c! he United States and
which, | am Of opinion, eur GJv1rrment vii
rvje9 with GHIain.
S-eoaA-If, on RE contrary, our r or ciri
zen ihou,d defeat hem, ana ink tro NJ three
Of their croiiers, hey viii reader N ed:ntal
iervIce 70 cir country, AS we IA VII ID enabled
thereby to conclude peace vim Trip y o5n
our term, AID the other ReLcnc e. wi p cha
bly, be intuidated ID fom= mature from bre4k-
ing with us.
Third The Balhaw Of THPoly has P4vneI
all the honor he has, tina, he will no, capture
any OF onr vedeIs until th. expiration vt forty
days. 70 commence from the l4,h Of May but
! am perfu4ded that il any Of his iqladron fall,
10 with any OF our ve1cls even before thai
period expires, they will capture them, and il
they are valuable, they ds certainly will re con
demaed; nevertheless, reconmenI "a our
counIrYmen 70 att upon the de.entive nnly,untI
the expiration Of fad period buJ ihoulI the
IrPoI,aas I'.e NE 6r1 gun, n exert themc'ves
% the utmoR IL order u inlpi diff people
with hi. h 'eI of Americas inrepi ti'v, AMI
~ -eIliz the iIea have alttaiy rfpirei them
with, hat the Anne leans w.re lup-uor Iate
2! men t. The C4trati Of Nlple,, and that tnty
would NV Ike day OF our properly, without
rs being frt dnPutcd 70 the umof.
F.wlb.--The a9uAl force ~ Trip5ly. ready
for fta on the 24th Of MAY, w,s, 4. 4, the Al
mir4l, AZ Anne lean built ihip. coPpcred, deep
waited, yellow fides with a lite Il. SAX, muz.
z.e Of the guns red, low, paltry gr-en acrn,
with flowers ie9coned above the wind ows,
painted white, and A white woman head, heavy
rigging, and ooks at diitance. like 4 Spaniard.
She Is mmanded by Peer La (4lias) M1ra1
Roize, an L giih renegade, nouns i8 ninc.
FOUNDERS on heT main q ok, iours on her
qu.rter deck two bow ch re 81 ard two Rern
chafsrs, which are placed in fuch minnst,
that the tdffarrl is cut down very low, and is a
good max to know the yeG-l by. She IS man.
ned with 1co mn. and carries 28 guus-Se-
cond, a Swedilh built bark, which is fitting out
a, Moltha, and is 10 carry $50 ih=o and 40
guns, 6 pounl ers. "A Swl jiih bu;lr brig.
which /, fitting up in hurry, an1 carries Il
guns, 4 Founders, and 70 men, has great
lheer AFT, and ha, the Johanna PaH Bsrk Tainr.
ed above her cabic windows. and white wo-
n IN head. F1urtb, two polacrss Of Is guns
each, one of which IS black, the other yellow
lides, and Bermudian poop, panied red ;
Iheir guns are Founders, ana they carry 100
men each. Two quarter gales bult at NJ lltd,
the one rowing 78 oars, the other z4-carry 4
guns each, and from 70 70 100 men each, are
~alculated TO keep under the tern and take III a
calm, in freth breeze are Of no fe vie, nav
eaGly Be- known, by having extraordinary lag
latteen fails. The whole force of Tripoly con.
as Of ieven fail Of veIels, carrying 100 guns.
4, and 9 Founders, and $40 men, very badly
equipped. They have mere vetcls, but have
no people 70 man them. Their mode Of attack
IS, hrlt, TO IRE a broad Fl ie, and then 1T up a
loud lhout in order 70 intimiiate their eRemy,
they then board, if poGible, with a. macy men
as they can, a med with piltols, large and fmall
knives, and probably few blunderbuGes, il
you beat thsm off once, they feldom rilk
tec0nd encounter, and three well dire9ed broad