Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-09-23

nFgHJ, orig, ratc4 OF GCthS, 4A PA-A -
which gives detail Of the operations Of
Gen. Eaton, and the exiled Baihaw Of ri
poll, againa the territory Of the UlurPer'
and the cooperation therein or detach-
ment from the II s. fquadrF, conhiting
of the Argus, Of I8 guns, Capt. Hull, Nau-
titus Of "a guns, caPr Dent, and the Hor-
net, /a J5mB v1gt!J 1T. Evans. With this
this force, De1nc was taken on the ~ A
prl, and the American flag hoifed on the
battery. Cen. BATON was wounded by
mulquet ball through the writ, one marine
John Welton) killed, AMI two marines,
david Thoms and Bernard O'Brien) woun-
ded.
Among the dispatches which have been
received by government, is the following
letter, which explains the nature and ex-
tent Of thealIiRance granted to Hamet Bath
aw.
r. MALTA, MARcH 20, 1895.
Dear Sir,
(" You NUT be fenfble that in giving
their lan6tion TO cooperate With the
Elk Bathaw, government did not contem-
plate the mealure as leading neCeilariiy and
abGolutely To a re .inaatement Of that Prince
in his rights 10 the regency Of 'Tr!poly
They appear to have viewed the co-opera
ton as means, Whereby, if there exi&ed
energy and enterprise in the exile, and al
t7chment TO his perion on the part Of hi
former fubie6ts, might be employed to the
-, s. odvaps,.~.a Z
claims and CIR cauie; but without mean
ing to fetter themlelves by any 1pecihc or
definite attainmentas an end, which the
tenor Of my Instructions, and the limited
fun appropriated for that fpecial purpole
clearly demonstrates. fear, by the Con-
vention you item to think Of making with
Hamet, thar wi range lhould be taken
than is confident with the powers vefed
i'll me for that particular Object. Thele APP
Prehenions may perhaps prove groundIels
on further representation from you, but
under prelent imprellions | feel it my du-
ty to Fate it explicitly that | mutt Y it'll
hold my ianCion to any convention or a.
greement, committing the United States, or
tending 10 impress upon Hamet Balhaw, a
conviction that ne bare Found ouxJ9lve5, to
place him upon the throne.
The consequences involved in fuch an
engagement cannot but ltrike you forcbly,
and general view Of our Gtuation in re-
lation 10 the reigning Balhaw, and our un-
fortunate countrymen in rripoIi will be luf-
ficient to mark its inexpedIency.-T hal
coniider it my duty, as it is certainly my
inclination to afford you every aid compati-
bic with the authority veited in me and COM
menlurate with the means that have been
placed at my dilpofal; and you may rely
upon the mott active and vigorous iupporr
from the fquadron, as loon as the fealon and
our arrangements will permit Us 70 appear
III force before the enemy'S walls but with
you to undertand that no guarantee or en-
gagement 10 the exiled Prince, whole caule
| mutt repeat we are only favouring As IA
lrttrumeut to oar aid and NOT as an end in
itielf, mutt be held to ttand in The way of
our acquticence to any honorable and adj |
vantageous terms of accommodation which |
the reigning balhaw may Be induced TO pro-
pole. Their terms being once offered IN |
accepted by the representative Of govern
meat appointed to treat Of peace, our luD- |
port to the Ex-Bathlw mutt neceAlriiy |
ceaie. You will not however conceive, hr, |
that theit confderauons important and ne
cehary as they are, ought to induce US at
once to abandon the benefits which the
mealures you have adopted feem to prom
lie. IPerceive perseverance, in them by
no means incompatible with total free
dom from any francis with refpel 70 :
definite Object, which freedom deem It all
important to prelerve, elpeci ny when view
the peculiar Gtuation III which capt. Balm
bridge and his fellow luF5rerers may ~ pla-
ced by this CO operation. IT by your en-
ergy and eXertions added to the tup1h.s now
feat forward. you lucceed in getting Derne
and Bengaze, We may calculate that having
received this impulle from our itreneth, the
Elk Balhav will him(elf pol,5 rugicisnt