Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-21

/ esrirnated 90 produce not less taah So ,ooJ
I d,liare andewas intended to contlnuesuatii
lhs exsivstiogii Of the war With riFoh. at,
] tected him with surprise and apprehension.
He saw that the spirit Of the a nerican ma. ma
fion was vet unbroken $ fte saw that they
y are determined to- carry on the war until
| they could bring it. 70 an honorable accom-.
] mediation. What eHorts could ne expect TO
| make in opposition to a nation, which
l.wau,d thus contribute IS millions Tor defence
but no, cent forlribate''? Such were the
rsAecuonsthat passed ,hrop gsshe Bastsaw's
I mind an j. such according to the opinion q
! our CAPTIVE coun;rymen,s were the FIRST lh-
| tiuce g. ,ha. prompted him 70 make pro.
1go ,i,ions for peace. a he reader VIII re.
| mark that theseqyoposilions were made be'
/ fo.egeneral Eaton commenced his daring
1 enterprise, and before Derne was taken,
5 I,heywere made by the. Bashaw as early as
the month of February. But Mr. Lear
! who i.may be su2posetlwas commissioned
! with full power TO negotiate did Got cons
1 eeive thac the proper memeas OF negocaa-
itfon had arrived. yHe .conseq uensly reius-
led olisten to the propositions OF the Ba-
I shaw nor did he .deviatee ffroin-this Teso-
! luton until the capture of. Derne, struck
| an awful alarm into the heart OF the ba-
| shaw, and induced him TO repeat hrs pro.
/ positions tor. a peace. Z his was the crit
|. cal moment for accedlngto hlstefms: I Ne
q Bashsw of Ifipoll had been alar nEd atof
! the prosperity ofhis domlhions; his cruIs-
f.ers were blocked up IN his haroors by ftle
In reriean squadron: his:ereaaury had been
E..araiped of no less than A or 100000 dolls.
/ for carrying Oh the .war 8 @But nov a more
serious caase OF alarm had seized upon
him. He trembled for the very safety OF
: his donations. Drrne had been captured
an army, of2oeo man' had besn defeatei by
,an invading enemy. Had ne been able e
!. ascertain the precise number of that army,
he might perhaps have learned todesplse
1 their power. ! Eut i, WAS the interest OF the
hey of Derne TO Justify his own eowardlce
:hy exsggera;iEg the 4eree o., his .opsonep's.
I1e had multiplied the amount andsmsgni-
s<6etI the yalor OF the American forces, and
To the apprehensivs Inauguration OF the ba-
SHAW, there seemrd7to be an arrny'hover-
Ing. ovee:the very capital of his deminlons.
+ Our ihformants are net certain whether ne
had gone so far as TO adopt any ultimate
precautions for hrs safety They do rot
-rrecollect to have heard that any menaces
}had been thrown out that the moment of
/ general Eaton's approach should become
! the signal of dearh not only to the Aaeri-
can, but all the Christian captives, But
they recollect 70 hayereceiyed some jnfor.
s,s,stiou from Mr.. CoWGry that the Bashaw
}had collected togeth.r his. jewels and his
women, and thai he. intende din case cfthe
most urgent danger TO retire with the A :
'mericsn esFs;:-7- ;nto thedeserts,of Barca.
T <By no series ofevents vlIs, .G>.4 thar rEe.a
fliseIy to happen, would so awful antaiasm
| hare:been struck into the hear, OF the Ba-
shaw, and at2no other period would be be
SO much disposed to enter into Tan and
| favourable treaty. Colonel Lear Accord
! iaqly seized upon this fortunate and unex.
rected moment; he had heard too tina, the
+ Emperor Of Morocco was preparing TO Vi
,~oiate his faith and cooperate with the Tri-
! p,slitans he knew also that We had several
! points Of difference to.adiust with the hey of
Tuuis. animated -ty these and~.eauv<;o-
I ther considerations colonel Lear listened
J ia the renewed propositions of the Bash aw,
and agreed 20 =the preliminary articles of
peace, which are Substantially as follows:
The+1st article declares that there shall!
I be fromihe confession Of the treasyeof peace
to be catered in,o,between SStae, president
! Of the United States, and the bashaw of
! Tnpoli, and the citizens ard subjects Of
their respectlve countries, a firm eperlast-
ing peace foundedupon 4prlaclplrs q rect.
peoca. advantage. =
I The ID article provides that upon the
conclusion of the peace, the bashaw of Iri-
poll, shall deliver up 10 the American
o{r J'rinol al the a ms, cans