Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1805-01-24

she boass. and every pcrfon Ia thcm. About
100 0ells fell into the town and cattle, az this
initsat there was the greateR confirmation ev-
cfy where, and with roo men be.ieve the caf-
tie might have been taken"
Among the brave fellows. who thus endcd
their days, and Laid well soundsd claim TO glo-
ry, where capt. S,mer,. Of Jerfey, lieut.. Wadr-
worth. of Mifachsietts, midfhipnan lfrsel. Of
M ,ryIand whole names have been fated be-
before, bat which are now given with greater
pfeci6on TO prevent mftake,.
The veI.l blown up was lugger, of bur
little value, taken from the enemy.
Extra2 ef a Litter from cur Cs,,cfpondtm at
Ws@MgiaH. dafed January
Z" have recently received letter from a
frcud who accompanied our feet TO the Mcdi-
tcrsansan written at Malta, under date Of 10th
Sept. ult. will extract part Of il for your
uic. II you have become pogeG:d Of the fame
or nearly the lame information before you re-
ceivc this, which | think probibls. you will
give me cfedie for good iotenioas, aud the sc-
cJun, between US ~il be ietsled.
"The following extracts will, perhaps. be
acccpiibls =
Z" Comm ,dore Baron's fqidron arrived
here on the sth and fell in with Commodore
Prcbl., OF 1'ripoE, and on the 9th inf. The
enterprise 0! thii lldicious and gallant com
msnder has efFe6ied sRooifhmeat here, You
will undoubtedly have the ftts in detail bel,re
the poblic. With the fmall force under hi'
commaod, he ha, eanpsd an imprefhon 90 the
Bs,bsry mind. which viii nor De eraied this
generation, and bas Ietorcd the character ofour
arms. 10 lis proper valre among the neighbo'ing
nations. As evidslce Of hi, concluGon. | ex
trsd the following paragraph from letter ad-
drefed to the Commodore, by diAingui.hcd
and valor have RATED him to high rank, great
cnineoce, aud to the government OF the moa
important poa in this iea."
81 beg leave 70 rcreat my congratulations
on the fervicc, you have rendered your counIry
aad the hair breadth eicspes you have had, in
fe',ing 70 diiti-guiihed an example TO your coon-
trynen. Whole bravery and ente'prizs csooot
fail TO mark the character of 2rea: and rihng
oa,ion in manner thas wili ultimately be a.
tsnhed ai,h the bea and moG important conie-
qaeoces 20 your country.
II wee 20 offer my humble opinion,
II would be that you have done well in nor pur-
chatting peace with Duney. A few brave men
have bsen facfi6ccd, but they could not have
fallen in better caufe--and even eonecive IL
ber,er 10 nk moro lives, than To iubnit 10
terms which mighs encosrspc the Barbasy
States to fre,h demands and infuts."
Thus much from the letter of tie Br'iih
commsrder lprohsoiy fir Alexander Ball to
commodorc P. on which my friend obiersci--
" This encomium hss the more weight, as II
comes from quarter too independent TO ufc
a3ulatiop. and very capable Of judging OF the
mof brilliant Actions"
Nv friend then sdds--
"The pope Of Rome exprsHes himielf thu'
on the fuhjeta--" The American commandcr.
with fmaIl force, ard in mort fpaee cf time.
has done rn,ic for the csofe OF Chriaiaoi'y,
than the mott powerful nations of Chriaeuiom
have done for age,." (Ev. p.
From WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.
I" Further accounts have been re-
ceived by our fquadron before Tripoli.
The FIRE ihip, which, we fuppofed, had
taken fire accidentally, was blown up
Intentionally by the crew. Two Tri-
politan gun boats were 70 near as to
endanger the capture Oh the hre.imP,
and rather than to be taken and to
be defeated in their defgn, the crew
horoically blew up the ihip, and blew
themlelves and the Tripolitan gun
boats into atoms.
." This act and the bombardment
of the town of TriPoli by our fquad-
ron, 70 terrified and difmayed the bar
barians, that they abandoned the town
aud fed into the country; and, had
only 400 men landed, the town and
the Bafhaw's cattle might have been
facked and reduced to afhes. The
profped of obtaining our own term:
grows daily more hauering, and in a
lhort time we may expect to hear
that lecure and honorable treaty has
been made, by means of our cannon,
and the heroi(m of our countrymen." /"
4fwora.
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