Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-21
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cartain. q, remain OF, Sse;head OF the eldest
,s son. .Thcoresent basEaw furnishes us with
l-z.a opposite Illustration. xffisfather fasigued
wish the cares Of savercigntys oranxious
= 60 establish his favofite son upon theS
throne. determined like Charles Y to aba
~ d.rage his powers, and resign them to MS
eldest son, the present exiled ,bashaw.. But
the dignity Of the sovereignty was insufl,
-~cient 10 prevent the dissensions OF the roy.
81 family. The Younger brother, the pre-
= sent haShaw, infaned with the love OF
mower or the desire of revenge, determine
Cd 70 sappIant him. 4 He covered his de-.
a:gn upderlhe most'sPseiops pfe.exts RET
preseasing his. elder bros1er as his.aaost ins
veterate enemy, aud as incapable OF. rsl8n<
ipp over the inhabitants of TrPoli. skis
ambitious views were crowned withsuc.
S. xsss. He drove sSidi Hanaes from his
saroue, and from lipoli retaining his
= wife and. his children ass hostages tor hrs
roofbehavior. But he did not himself
accent the crown before hel had offered to
replace il on. the head Of his father.
Since that period, thesfamily OF the ex-
He'd bashaw has remained within the walks
Of Tf;poli. IL consists of his wife and ;
children. His eldest daughter was rnarri-
I'd Isst winter 10 rhe eldest son of the reign
ing bashaw. Hence when the terms OF
the treaty have been complied.wigh, he will
.s.,lv sescoyer his wife aud two os his chill
s(sren.
The ex-bashaw himself has hitherto re-.
sided in Egypt. Whatever magnificent
pro4nises he may have made to gen. Eaton.
or the American government, the scanty
preparat,ons which he formed are sufficient
20 prove that he was not possessed OF very
extensive resources. 4 The combined army
with wa:ch he and general Eaton set out.
On their. career Of conquest, did not tx-.
coed soc men. Eatea's little band consist
ed Of about 10 Americans, and about 40
Creeks. who had been, shipwrecked On the.
eoastSof Alexandria; the ex-bashsw's ar
nv was composed Of not more than ESQ
soldiers. The two generals, though they
acted in concert, had the exclusive COM
rnasd of their own army. They LETT b.
gypt about The early part of April crossed
She desert of Berca, 10 the midst OF aston
sishing difficulties. and arrived in the latter
s-ys,r.y.- % April DeIore Derne, on the from
tiers of TripoG; and on the sea coast, in
long. az, rs, E. lat. Sc, SIS, N. 4 Itwas de-
Tended by an army of S or Soc Arabs. Not
deferred, however, BY the difficulties OF
the undertaking, the exsbashawtand Eaton
on the 27th of April attacked the town in
different quarters at the same .tfme, whilst
captain Hull in the Argus, capt. Dest in
the Nautilus, and lieut.: EvaEs OF the Hoe
net bombketch, played off On the seaside
against the only fort which, defended the.
town. Derne was captured.
This victory was, however, succeeded.
sby second action. The bashaw of Irl-
poll having had intelligence of the march
of rfie>enemy. had dispatched abou, 900
Arabs to the defence of Derne, under an.
expectation that they would arrive there
before the enemy. They did not, how
ever, arriyeyuas;t days after aDerne:.
was taken.
On the efssh Of May. 4 bat,le-was fought
between the forces of Sidi Hamet and
those of the reigning bashaw.. For long
slime. che. victory was doubtful, but at
length Hametss troops were forced to give:
way. The enemy pursued them int the
town, until general Eaton very jdeieiously.
s4urned the guns of the fort where he was
stationed, upon the bashawss troops and
conpelled them TO retreat ih1a most disor-.
cetsy manner, and under the destructive
FIRE of the American vessels III the harber.
Iswas expected by, general Eaton, when
Yhereaehed. Derne, that he should receive
a laresxeinforcemen of men and money.
sfroa, she navy OF the United States; with
theseyhc ihtendsdato srsarch to- Braganza,
another 4 ripolitan town on,s the sea-eoast,
after which he expected that his army
would be conveyed In the American yes
spls acres, the Gulf of Svdra; the much