Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-10-16
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9 GENERAL EATON: ~. 81
l. We have held in our possession, To-
some tine past, a very interesting letter
from General Eaton, written at the time
he was about to enter the Lybian Dcsart
IN the operation "a ainst Tripoli, TO one OF
MS correspondents in. this state We
have forborne laying ithefore our readers,
Lest its publication might possibly preiu-
dice the important expedition he was en-
gagged In But it DOW being asceriaincd
that the expedition has been abandoned /:
and that our gallant and disappointe d
iconntrymap, together with the Bashaw
Hamei, and about ninety of their. faithful
followers, have escaped to Syracuse; I'VE
say, escaped, for we are told, that the sol
dlery which had been embodied by Gen.
Eaton and the tx Basaaw> and who were
flushed with the prospect of shaciog the
piisa9e OF the Usurper's territory, on End.
my, IN the Peace which had been conclu
dea, the trnstratiop of al their hopes, be.
came outrageous, and their vengeance hsd
Ike 10 have been ia al 10 both the General
and the Bashaw]--we think it no lonpe,
necessary to withhold it from the .p1blic.
Al present We shall net make any other
comment on the. extracts we give. than
merely to say, they delineate the deep and
able Politician, united with the cool, per-
severieg and intrepid Partizan, and that
they viii be read with great interest.
:" 6gstlf, Province, Of BeheTa, viLisge Of D,.
naanaonr, Jas. %, 1905
Alter touching al Malta, the Argus
arrived a, Alexandria, (Egypi) on The Goth
of November, iSOa.--NYe received from
the British Kesidsn, a, Cairo, and Consul
al Alexandria, every assistance which the
nagure at oar Affairs ard t,ieir duty could
require and adrnii.4- At-Aiexandri il was
inumated TO me, that Hamet Bashpw he
exhed Prince of Tripolil was nc, 10 be
had Without application to Eli Bey, To
whom he had attached hiDself-boih of
whom ~sse in Sppsr. Egypt, acting with
the Mamelnkc Bays against the Ottoman
toyeInmsiis and TO whom access YEA.
barred by The Turkish army.--Updsr
these discoGrsging appearances and con-
erary To tbs advice oseyery body On The
ssacoast, Oh the 3olh November / len A.
flexandgia, for Gsaud Cairo. with thrre al.
hcers. Lieut. O'l3anEon, M@ssrs. Mann
iaHa bll',s-son; and few men from shu
or'g who, together with some others, re
cruIled on the spot, and al, Rosetta, made
an escort OF eighteen. This precaution
was necessary on account OF the banks o!
the Nile being infested by The Wild Arabs
OF the desert, * by struggling Arnsut de-
ser,ers iiom the Grand Seignior's army ;
1.-THE former srbsisi by plumber ;--the
latter rob and murder indiscriIninaiely c.
very Geisnccless being whose appearance
denotes properly, Both move in bodies,
and lave rendsrsd themselves terrible
throughout Egypt.
On the sth December, 1904, we ar
rived without accident at Grand Cairo.
Here found the Prime Minister, and enc
OF the confidential Governors Of Hams,
bashaw, who cgifirned tie inlimation I
received st Alexandria, that the Bashaw
was actually with the Manelule Beg 5, and
considered as an enemy to the goser.ment
OF his country. had already dispatched
10 him secret couPiers from AleSandria, to
Rosetta; and nov sent of third and
fourth from The capital But l had not
yet had audience OF the ViceFoy, and not
knowing his accessible point, Che difficulty
spprehended ofge,tirs the Bashaw on,
oi he caunuy exceeded that OF access 10
him; for ! found il impossible 10 do II
privately and % atiemp u NIGH, not on
iy def al our main obieSt gu, endanggf
our own personsi safety :--XVherefcre, at
The hrst intefS'es. 6pding the Viceroy 2
man OF much more lrankness and LIBERAL.
/ " than corhtnonly falls 70 the characts 81
of Turk, | unseaetvedly opened 20 bin
the obje9 Of my visit to this country an,
received the proffer of friendly Offices
| This cleared little my prospect, Wilde i
created new embarrassments for this ia
lteitefenCe, orcvcn he amnesty OF the Vics.
roy IN behalf OF Hiamet BAshaw; might
excite the jealousy Of the Mameiuke feys,
and have the effect 70 bar his departure.
Buts new difficulty beset the, which IL
tie expected AID less frsIn the quarter II
came. The French consul al AIexandlia-
I'M. DroyitieJ a Piedmontese, had insinu-
aled tina, we were British spies in Aneri-
can masks ;and hat cur pfetext OF friend.
ship for Hsp.ct Bsshaw aimed a, nothing
but an in crcourse with the MameUkes,
who are suspected Of being in Brj,ish sub