Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-04-08
F orcign Intelligence
PARIS, January 81.
REPORT OF COL. SEBASTIAN
(Cogrla.srd. !

OF the Kepnoic o. iie CG'Sn 11ies'
fhorr time AFR, the Facha's drogoman,
come 10 conautf me 10 Chezaf, WHO re-
eeivsd me in an apartment, IN which he
was alone, sna which had no furniture /
but a carpet. He had:on one flie Of hisn
piilol with four barrels, al ar gun, seb5se,
and an axe. After inquiring concerning
my health; he aiked me il | was well |
convinced, that, when the hour OF our end
had been proclaimed in Heaven, nothing
could alter our deainy. My ani'ver was,
that believed, as be did, 10 fatal;im.
He talked long time in this frain,sand
perceived, that he Affected an extreme finn
plicity, that he withed to PATS tcr man
Misunderstanding, ard what is more, tor
aiul one. He ieycFal times repeated to
me, 4" Ghezar is iaid 10 be barbarons, ne
is bnt iua and fevers. Insreat the fiflt
Cenfni, added he, not TO tend'me lame or
cne-eyed man as cemmiaary OF comuler-
cial relations becanfe, il would certainty
be faid that Ghezar had reduced him to
tha, cordition.e A moment after, ne
obl.rved TO me again, / with that ts:s
commifIary, youwill iana, ahould reiide
at Leide; though this porthas more COM
merce than any in my Gates, an agent
viii not be nectaary here ] hall oe.
myfeit the French comtniiiary, ana Your
counirymen ihall have the moit friendly
reception. eaeem the French highly.
Bonaparte is fmail in perfon, but he IS the
greatea Of men / alto know ihat ihsy
regret him al Cairo, and shat they would
@ial 60 have him there again =
g Isiaid few words TO him on The peace
between France add The P,rie 70 winch
he aafwered, 6 Do you know Why ! re-
csiye, and feel pfeafule 10 ieeing you II
is, becaufe you come without fTnan;
/ regAed aot the orders ofshe Divan, and
] entertain mott profound contempt Tor
tie one eyed Viaer. II is fad, Shear
IS a Bofaian, worthless, a cruel man,
and am fought after. / was born poor !;
lsst .s.y,i-, Il cossr.s az
Thar does not NIKE me pro d, 'of ali thngs
have an end, and has day or tomorrow,
Ghezar, himielt, may perhaps come 10 his
end, nor thar he is Old, as his enemies
fay, land 10 this, ne began TO WELD his
arms after the msnner Of tie Aiameiukes,
with much agility but, becaufe Goa fhaIl
have io ordaioed if. The King o. France,
,hgugh he WIS powerful, has petilhed. -
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, the gssas king Of his
time, was lain by guat, &c. He re-
peared oshef te0le3ces e ghe isIHe effect,
and talked to N. afterwards otthe mo,
tives thar had determined him 20 MAKE
war on the French army. IT. Tie wilo,e
ct his conysriaiion twas eafy TO oblsrye,
thar he wilhed 10 De rcconcilcd with The
Fira Coulul, aud that he feared his re-
ientment.
" The following is the apologize which
he made uie of 70 domoniirate the reafons
thai Induced him to refiaance -" A
black fave, after tedious Journey in
which he had fufered every fpecies of pri.
walton, arrived IN fuall Geld OF fupsrl
canes; be ito ped there, reir-hed him. I
ASiA " ~" s''ts N1~3tSiouo bOuf't1 diu EslO1V-
ed 10 festls h:a:irlf IN the field. Soon al
ter pafsi two travellers, the frf otwhom
ialuled him civilly. The Devil take |
yau, anfwercd the black fave. The f. |
cond traveller approached, and alSed him |
why he had given iuct an uncivil anlwer I
to 70 kind an addrs5 ] had, replied he, |
good reafons fer that; had nv anfwer
heenssouT;ecus, taat man would have en-
tered into congs,fation with me, would
have iea!ei hisrl-l' BY me he would have
partaken Of ny fpPpott, have found it
good, snd would eadeasoled TO obtain
the excluiive PSfstlivn OF r.
!" On my recommendation he promifed
protection TO the Chsiaians, and parsicu
larry the Converts Of Nazareth and Jeru.
falem; and he feyerdl times aGured NE his
swotd was more 10 tc depended on than
rfeafirs.