Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1805-01-14

Emrns sfa Litter from Msm5er ef Corzycf
Getty or WAsAINCToN, DEc ~.
awe have this moment received, and had
read by the Clerk, letter from Mr. O'Brien.
our late Conful at Agers, addreacd to NJ.
Gavino. DER Confui at Gibraltar, the fubfance
Of which is that in The three attacks made by
| Commodore Preblc, againft Tripoli, OIL the I'd,
! 18th and 2oth Auguff, he had taken and defrov-
cd fix gun boats, Killed iereral hundred of the
enemy, und taken one hundred prifoners. ...
On the night Of the laf September, another
| att4ck had been made on the ve1Ic: in the har-
bour, III which a fre-fhip, which was fent for
ward aff1ong the vefals, unfortunately took fire
before the people on board had cleared them
1elveS, and Blew them all into aEoms.-In her
were lott, Captain oomers, Lieut. Wadfworth,
ion OF the Member Of our 'lonle, and Midfhip-
nas ifracl, (Ezard) who, | underaand, is from
South Carolina.
| Captain barron did not arrive off Tripoli un-
III the 9th OF Septem Der, which was unfortt-
nately too late in tt Yeafon, 70 permit him to
keep the gun boats and co fairs in our employ
any longer on that dangerous coaf-Of courie
our hopes Of reducing the Tripotans to DER
Terms fof thi: fcaf0n are loli and it is apprehcn-
ded, fsd by our Conful that our unfortunate
countrymen viii have to remain longer than we
had heretofore hoped, in their confinement.
It does nor appear by the communication, that
any terms had been propoied BY the Tripoli-
tanS. "-Pbilad Gazette
Estrr9 eta letter from Richard O'Brien. En-.
lax Log|M at hIgiers, 10 John Cavino, Cas-
(M at Gibraltdr, dgte4,
MALTA, SEPT. {.
On the morning Of the 2oth of Auguf, :.
half paa one A. NJ. the American Gun boats.
sc and two bomb ards entered the harbour of
Iripoli, and within 6oo feet of the Hahaw's
cattle commenced their attack. They fred one
hundred and twenty round: each, funk three
OF the enemys gun boats and merchants poa-
ere. At day light, the Contribution led in with
IN pltol ihot OF the chief Of the batteries, fred
nine broad ildes, received twelve fhot in the
hull, lott foar men killed, and two wounded in
one OF her boats by fhot. In ripoli, they have
mounted in the city prelenting the eaft, north,
and welt, rs, gun, had $4,000 Arabs and
| the inhabitants defend the city, had fail
of gan boats, two fchooncrs, and two gaIhots
and a brig The Americans had the Confnu-
ton, Argus, Syren, Vixen, Nautilus, Enter
pAiAS, Ia vi DOdtS3 dII TWO DOmDdTdS.- ne
whole OF the American crews amounted TO 500
men, and the NeapoHtaps 40. The latter be-
haved well. In the latter action Captain
Chauncy, officers and crew of the John Adams,
volunteered their teyices to the Contribution and
gun boats.
Sett IL On the evening of the 9Th arrived
here Commodore Barron, and Capt Campbell
The former failed on the evening of the 18th,
and the latter, for Irpo, on the morning Of
the 8th. No doubt but they arrived off Iripo-
Il on the 10th, and of courfe, Joined, will give
lripoli general attack
We have learned lnce, by the return of a vef-
lei here, which carried water 20 the feet, that
on the night of the hrf, the Americans ienr
IN veiitl prepared with fifty barrels of powder,
and number Of bomb ihells that the vehtl
had got clole into the harbour of 1rpoli a.
mongf the enemy's gun boats, and faid veilel
was let fire 70 ; by iome accident or other the
ihiP blew up, before the Off cr and crew could
get clear, and III coniequence, the officer, mid
| ihlprian, and twelve men were blewn to atoms.
The Contribution, gun boats and bombatds LED
IN, and had long and fcverc action.