Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-28

] held, .paHed the commandment OF me
cattle and went TO the fquadron. Next
day made report, and obtained pats
IN form. Commodore Morris had alFea-
dy received my lerter of the 10Th janaa
~, Eating the Boys reclamation tor TIE !.
prize, reported in my communications OF
February 1T. Inow put into his hands
the information Of which encloluse a
is a copy. On the 24th the com
modore wrote the Bey enclofure 2,
which ] delivered the fame day. TEe,
Bey propofed the commodore fhould come
a(hote, and that The validity OF the prize
thould be verified ar Tunis, fignifyiitg at
the fame time, in u1equiyccal terms, that
iftAe propoGsion was not acceeded 70, ne
would declare war. Onthe z5th | re-
ported this anfwer 70 the commodore
in confeeaence Of which, on the 10th,
be defended alhore but was not admit
led 10 audience till the 18th. The ground
&C argument relative TO the Bey's recfa-
nation, which has heretofore been de-.
tailed, was not gone over agaip, snd the
commodore lad declared his inteation TO
| order the prizeto Gibraltar for adjudica-
ton, when the Bey explicitly told him
that exeset tbe iiuvs figatiasy 6onla be 5ad
on The Ioot, and The prg4r,ty 5slonging e
biz lu5ielFs wGoved, be qeoala plaee zoe
Iuiea States in lie Jane Jsfaafion asthey
av>re qo;fb Trpoli. The commodore
confen,ed on condition that the By would
llrcf the ilue on the evidence to be deduc.
ed from the regular papers found on board
the prize and that he woald wave all
perceptions to fuch property as ihould nor
appsar bona fde to belong TO his iabJetts.
TO this the Beg agreed, and an officer
was lgns On hoard for the papefs--bpt,
by reafon ofcantrary winds, did, not a.
rive sill the 1T inf.
AT the audience with the Bey ne init
ed on bis right Of commerce With lriPo-
Ii ia defiance Of an attnal blockade al
though he would content that we migbt
turn azoay his yeGels. This right was
conteaed. The Bey replied hat we might,
if we pleafs eaprars BIS vs0Sls; ba. t6at
4ve gaald IN <Due lssG fToos for one.
The commodore met this menace by fig
styling that, in cafe Of ieiofting 70 repFl-
al, BY way Of indemnity, againe regu-
lar captures, he might podbly iooie three
for one. The quettion YVES then aiked
the Bey whether, in cafe of fsizure on Our
bart Of consraband articles defined 70 TIL
poli by his fubjetts, he ihouldthink OF
retaining fuch articles ? He anlwered'
!" We Tusks are not in the habit of think
iug for futurisy = It will be ieafonaose
enough to difcufs the fnbjsd when cilculn
tfances fhosld make it neceGary
On the 18th and 18th the commodore
had interviews at the American houis,
with **ss, the agent Of Hamtnes Ba-
fhaw, who ffated that the Baihaw waited
only for the co-opration OF our iquadron
TO proceed to invea Tripoli;; that he
could bring 10 the aGault thirty thouiand
troops but thar he ihould have need OF
fifteen or twenty barrels Of powder, ard
iixteen thoufand dollats to ailiit his opera
tons. The commodore refufed any fubll-
dy, but agreed TO furnilh twenty barrels
Of powder, and engaged TO bring his force
before TripoIi, in the month OF June en-
flung, 20 cooperate with Hammet Ba-
fhaw. The agent requefed the conmo-
dore to give him pafage TO Defna, 10
order, without delay, TO communicate
this arrangement to the Balhaw. This
was NOT convenient. The critical tate
of affairs at Algiers required the imnedi
ate appearance Of the fqnadron at tia,
place, and want Of proyiiions would
oblige them to proceed thence 70 81
braltar.
AT half paaTeleyen o'clock a. NJ. I'd
inf. the papers Of the prize IN queition
came on fhore, and at 4 2. M. the Bey,s
co,s,unercial agent accOrDpanled with the