The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-12-13

ihso -Sp,iVity; ana Ike then TOO u h9s ccnicn.
ted to purcha.e an uncertain Immunity by the
payment Of IN annnai tribute.
! At this moment, hoHeN, :, = more honoura-
| cle policy ir"''eS our attention. Dor captive
citizens in Tripoli demand their deliverance,
and IN American iquadron lies before that
| Gown 10 compel It's f,vaSe BaGiaw 70 iurreuder
them on moderate terms. Already have we
! heard OF two attacks being made By oar brave
countryinen: aud we are now anxiou;iy wait
ing ior the unfolding Of the cateftrophe.
During the w ole COURT OF the csnpaiyn,
thy have i'desd iifplayed 4 bravery, moR ho-
norable TO thenielyes and 10 our country. I'M
der the very guns of the forts of Ir;ppli, we
have feen Decatur and his intrepid companions
letting ire to the Philadelphia, and leaving it in
ruins. On The Sd of Auguit, we fes gun
boats and mortar boats advancing into the
hal bonc and attacking l 2 gUn-boats moored in
'i2e n the from. Of the batteries, and brig of
is md fchoouer of 10 guns TO MD ana cover
tneir boats. Two OF the Tripolitan gun-boats
are sonr.iei & taken. Lieutenant lanes Deca-
tur 10 killed in the act of carrying the third.
lieutenant Trip, who carries the ftcond re-
ceiveS e!eVsn ia5re wounds. On the 5th of Au-
quit. new attack is made, and an example OF
heroic energy is difplaycd, that is fcarcelv to
be exceiled, i'll the annals OF any war, and at the
recital of which that mau'S pulfc mua indeed
| new emotion. The quarter-de L, Of cnn-boa,
No. blew up, and ieftroyed A part OF its little
! crew "and the brave Thriving few gave THREE
cheers rs IT went down." Yet thete gallant tars
;vers preferved, and mon,entary pau,e in the
] tack was iuccseded by rcCioubed yieour.
know that there are fome among our mott
| enlightened politicians, who are oppotd to an
extended navy. But know ALTO, that thefe
! men have approved of the defamation of our
! tn'ail iquadron before the harbour of Tripoli
On this point therefore orr country has but one
heart and one ientnent. We fhall be unani-
| nous in Offering the full tribute of our refoeGt
and gratitude to the Americans of the Msdtsr-
ranean fquadron. We all know thar their excrti-
ons will ttrike an awe into the pirates of Barba-
ry. We may hope that our annual tributes may
be diminilhed: and the emancipation of our un-
fortunate countrymen in Tripoli, may be eff
tested without an exorbitant ranfom. Let us
wait until the object of their milton is compleat-
| ly accomplished. Let us fee the proud Baihaw
! of I'ripoli delivering them up on moderate
terms ; then let the gratitude of their country
alight upon her gallant ions then let the fpark-
ling bowl he poured out in honour of the heroes
| of Tripoli!
AZ LaR nigbf's Mail brought no papers far
| tier north than AlesandyTa.
We have been favoured with the following
extra3s OF letters, received from respectable
toQrces, relating TO the appearance of Ns-v
Probbrt in the kingdom ofAgicrs.
Mar. fnt.
A!gieyy, June OF.
This day the Dey [of Algiers fent out two
ichooners and two gun-boats, to fearch for a
Moor, who fyles himielf Marahout, or Ho-
~ man, who has collected number of perfons
| about Bona, to Join him and has taken iftv four
Frenchmen, who were filing for coral near
Gale, and carried them into captivity. He
is declared a rebel by the Dey, and the French
commiifary general here has made itrong
remembrance, and demanded the men of the
Dey.
-4igi,rs, Juiy is.
report prevails that the Marabout, who
had taken the Frenchmen Cat Conftantin) had
compelled them to become Mahomedans, and
that he had attacked the CITY of Containing
| with $4,000 Carbiles; but had been rrpulfcd
| with great lofs; and that the Dey had fent in
cath 10000 Marboors to Conftantin and pro-
milf: to relieve the country fone taxes for four
years.
Tlni5, due. Z.
The new Prophet has occafioned much diff.
order, 10 different parts of Algiers: he made
but ihort itay at Conitantin but perfectly
ftripPed that place taking with him arms, a.
mnnition. clothing. horfes ard a vaft number
OF cattle /; retiring again 10 the mountains.-
learn that his army at this momdnt conlifts of
one hundred and eighty thoufmd men, and is
daily increaIing All communication between
| this and AIgierS is topped.
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