Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-09-14

We have understood that there were
one hundsed aud hi'ys Americans, priacil
paiiy volunteers, with Gen. Easoa. upon
The expedition which went by ia,..i ac aims,
Ii'poiL General Eaton acted lssnder The
express command oil the govefhnient Of
the United States--he departed In suIy,
1904, in the American squadron, from
W ash'nglon, and was landed f,oin one az
the v. States vessels, at Alexandria IN
Egypt, in the month of December last !.
.it IS understood he was supplied with large
sums OF money, ammunition, field artiic.
ry' camp equipage, mIskets, pixies Sc. Tor
the troops, and IN short, with every neces.
sary Tor the expedition. Gene al 'Eston
was accompanied with several Americ an
ofhcers, but We have head ofno part,cn
lar names. The Ex-Bashaw was found
IN Alexandria, ind readily agreed To as.
sist IN raising the army. VIVA, the bar.
ticular snpulations OH both sides wete. ,...
have yetlo learn. We only k,ow Al nrt..
sent that or 5000 men were soon'col
iecteo, and that they marched TO the west
ward, along the Barbaty shoie, until ,hry
encountered the 1'ripoline forces. IN ,hs
vicinity of Derne. town on the -a.t..,,,
borders Oh and belonging to Tnpoll--
mere victory was gained by the Ameri
Can army, and the place immediately sur
rendered. THIS was known al Malta ear
~ IN the mouth OF MAY, and sew supn,,a
oil ammunition, sc. were lmmeti;a,.lv
sent o General Eaton, in (;,yernn,, .,
brig The reigning BaShaw .of rrjpol;
mus hay. been seriously CHARMED. on
heet Mas highly respectable Iii was w
known, We had thtn neatly twenty saijof
Vessels Of war IN the Medic rsnean sea.
t~''f ne gun boats sen from this coun-
ny, and some hired cutters, he number
destined TO attack Trppli, in Jaly, was
''hr'y vessels, carrying more than 1000
men, ahd 500 pieces of heavy cannon. \
Could Itipoh hotd out against a force 90
iormid4bie, under officers so sexper,enred,
assisted too by a considerable army on
shosss! Ne canno, suppose thai fbs
ha>i.aw uld expeG to Oppose then, win
success, he therefore took the w;s,.s,
eourse, and opened ne goci atoms for te go
! 'a'N OF 'riou,e, undes thsse circumz
stances, was -"onsense, ne had not been
ads 70 Command il last year. He Is theh
said 70 have pwered his demand. from !.
million to a hundred aud fifty tbcusa,,,
dollars. After the gallant raEslr had
expended few thousand dollars work. ~
powder aud shot, IN the oilFsfent a.tack.
on ms htet and forts, his agents a, 81 ~.
probably aniormsd him What ne ,,,;...h,
soon expedt TO receive. Ills only safsfv.
therefore, @as'n an immediate peace and
ms SAID, he senta Gag of truce 10 Malta ! 20
treat on the terms. Capt. Leach. express.
~ states. that Consul Lear was ,herenp-
on dispatched TO Tripoli, and that a,rea'y
was soon nsgocialed, with conditions b,gh.
" honorable to the Uniled States. The
american prisoners were to be ali r.I.as
eu from Slavery. Ransom or 7r,bttte ,nps,
Gave been OUT of the question, and f,,tur,
tr'ouie,or annual subsidies must also nav.
been abandoned forever. if,he Acct Nh
auacked Tf'poli in July, as intended, il
probably would have surrendered. almest
upon any conditions. We teioce howe
yer IN taetP Peace as II is. General Faro,
and ms brave companions in arms are On
utea 10 the thanks of the Goyerntren,
ana nation at large, for their uneousI,ed
exeruons. march over the deserts III
AREA, through an enemy's country. VIII. n
40 undertaking /! this has been at,e moted
~ Americans, 10 MIR. Jeffefson's Pres,.
nency, Il will remain for future historians
10 record thi isct, to our honor. Lei En-
''oPeaHs fmdale the glorious example. !
Let the Governments of England and
rance an even those ofSpain. Portueal. |
owedeD AID Denmark, learn from as tbst !
4 IS better hrlnly TO resist demands of trI. I
oue IN the FIRST instance and by ,obls
sonduct such as ours, teash the barha,i.
ms OF Al. ca, That they arc nothing WHEN I
Ioree IS applied to force.
10 thsse who thought the Tripof;tan
war would end disgracefuIly, we snail Of.
Ter their own language uttered ON farn.
sr occasion. N lions for defence bur not 1
cent Tor iribuie.D To the friends of our
unfortunate counrrymen, detained IL sls- !
'ery, we tender our congratulations on
heir happy deliverance, and 10 tine Ar.
ican people, we declare our uoeo,,ivooal
appreciation ofthe wise policy pursued by
,ur Administration, in carrying on ~.
inpobtan war, and heartily rejoice wnb
~, ma, u has terminated so advantageous.
y ior the United States .aleo, I,e'.,s,s,
=. GENERAL EATON.
The public are anxious 10 learn soruo