Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-31

prince as Asll as the Baihaw Of Tunis,
and can hurs the commerce OF any M NJ
ton, as. much as the Tunifans. WY y
then fhould fogreat difference be made I
"From the ,enorof the Baihaw's ns
ranpue l perceived that his ala, was q
in,inidate me; to FAY fomeshing ffl q.
! might hereafter be interpreted into q pro
! mle Of a preent, the value of whien n,
| would probably dictate himfelf. | there
fore aniwercd him as follows
Whatever information yoar excelien
cy hs. received relative TO tne value OF
the preients or which have teen given 70
Tunis, i, has been amazingly exagserat-
ed. Wehave never made any eus waa'
| were ltipulated BY treaty, nor can we eve
make voluntary preients, it being incom
patible with our form Of government, the
funds OF the United States not being at
the d;ipofal Of the Prefdent until an ap-
preparation is made by an act Of the Le-
giilature. The funds for carrying our trea-
~ with Tripoli into efsct are exhacftsd,
and laff year your excellency wrote to The
PRECEDENT of the United States that you
were contented with what yoa have alrca.
dy received. You, therefore, in ju't;ce,
could not expect any thing at prefent
from the United States, but a rec. Procal
tender offriendlhip. Had your excellen-
cy preferred the flores to cath, and wait
60 with patience until they were forward
ed, as the Beg Of Tunis has done, | am
convinced they would have arrived long
ere ROW. But at preien., as the United
State, have fulfilled the Populations 81 The
treaty, they are not,in arrears to this re
gency, and any demands upon them muf
naturally be very unexpected. The Bs-
fhaw obferved il was late, had coffee
ler,ed, and fad he would convert with
me upon the fubjeet at iome future oppor-
t4nity. wiihed him very good even
ing.
I" May 4-i'he Siddi MaAomsd Da
guize, and S,gnior Fariara, came to the
American Hou,Ts aad informed me that
the Balhaw had rsEed them to ak ms
III had taken an |!u,;on in COME
oaeoce Of the con, safes, which / had
with him on the I'd. Alsnsormed them
tina, / had taken.non. Fever, add thar
!, leemed unaeoun,abk i me that his
excellency Mould expea any other an
fwer than what had informed him in their
prefence; they aayed about an hour
during which tine their conversation
tended to periuade me that, condidering
the Baihaw's character, it was certainly
the intereft of the United States to make
facri6ce, that otherwife it would be i'm
polIible to remain long on good terms
with him. made ule Of the fame ar.
oument. which / had done before. l
therefore will not tire you with a repe-
titioa.
"At6p. NJ. they returned and inform
ed that the Baihaw was very much diff
pleafed. and had ordered them TO &C
! quaint me that he was informed that the
! Sah;btappa at Tunis had received more
than 10000 dollars from t.: United
States in cain be6des preients: that he
had received very little more, and that
he had never imagined the United States
meant TO put him on an equality with on>
Of the Bey of Tunis's minifers.
&c obferved that the Bafhaw was milf
informed, by his correspondent, who in
order to ingratiate himfeif in his favour,
had informed him of things which had
never taken place, and that he was giving
himfelf as we'll as them and me grea'
deal of trouble, without any hopes OF
resp;re the leat benefit thereform; tha'
/ reousaed them to inform his excelienc,
tina, | had not power to offer. him 2
dollar, and thar there were no funds ir
the United States appropriated for main.
tanning eur peace with Tripoil as we
had carried our treaty into efea already,
that be had wrote to the Pfefdent of the
United States, the DEFY Of Algiers, and
Rev Of Tunis, that he had fessled with
,he, agent os the United States, and had
received cath payment in lieu and in
su,! OF all demands, and thas he was coa-
tent: tina. only three years and half had