Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1805-09-30

ccivcd the baihaw's aniWtr 10 my leusr me
18th NcuemBcr, Of Re fame tenor with thar
received from him At Care. ltaPPeared
hat, nc: cUnGdsring in the Viceroys d;lPo-
itious concerning him, or perhaps, not re-
ceiying his letter before leaving the Name
luxe Beys' camp, the Baihaw had .detcrmn-
I'll to expect ar interview at the place he
| Gr1 named near the lake harm on The Dor
der ef the Dclert, about f9c miles from
\ The icacoat &!othin3 can Be more IN red
ulous than Turk of Turk honor; and
for good re5fon. nothing can be more e
Guiyoc.l than their plighted faiih,;-it IS III
article Of barter and fale. Though travel
I ling in the interior Of the country had be-
come unufualiy hazardous. On account Of
the iealouly Of the rurkilh chiefs ;-of the
reins given to hcentioufnefs b. the barbara
~ Of civil war; and of the ittong grounds
lthe wild Arabs hold by reafcn Of all rearaint
Being relaxed Oh the part Of ne Turks and
the Mamelakes, who are too tcriouily cccu
pied with each other | determined to at
tenor paGag to Fiaume. Accordingly on
22d init. left Alexandria, with two officers
from the argus, 1t. Blake, and Mr.. Mann,
and an efcorz Of twenty three men, indif-
ferently mounted, and onthe evening" OF the
22d, found mylclf arreited az The Iurkiih
lines, between fryenty and eighty miles on
our rout, By the Kerchief of Dinanhobr,
commanding detachment OF about hive
hundred Ottoman TROOPS, Oh the frontier.
Ne argument | could advance could at all
modify the feverty Of his frf relolpiiOn
nor 10 Art nc pajf bis liner though IN every
thing ellie ne treated Us with diltin6ton and
great hofpi aiity. However Notifying the
concc III 81, cannot but applaud the corrctt
military conduit Of this chief; for IT H'as in
itfef a fufpicious circGmflnce, that ody
OF armed, unknown foreigners, ihodld b
found thaping courfe for his enemies rem,
devious with nc otherprttext than to learch
u, q refngee B,bl7t But this fnfFiciots
circumfelncc was ftrengthened and a5grava
ed BY the inflnuatiOns gote out from the
rrcn h Conful. tb1t qUs cane igt0 ti!5 c,9atry
VIII ftff Dis7u5 b9Rik 10 tie Turks, Our
lituatioh here was fomewhat perplexing,
ard exceedingly unPlcafmt. / do nor rc
collect having found mytclf Oh ground more
criticaI:-ro the natural futI ,icion Of
Tur11 this Gen raj added . fierce and iavlGe
temper; of courie proud an arrogant. /
foon found my point of approach. i paatd
high Compliments on the correctness Of his
military vigilance and condu6 faid il was
what apprehended, and wha; certainly
would have done myfelf in fimitar circum-
frances but Knowing from cnaratter the
magnanin inv of his foul, | was determined
to have an interview with hin, in foil con-
dcnce ,hat he would aid a meafnre 70 purely
humane, and 70 mlnifettly TO the rurS.ih
in,eret in Egypt, il cafe he would not per-
nit me to purIue my Object pcrlona!ly.
At the fame time recurring 70 The example
IF the Viccroy, Whole letter had thewn
to him and 6gni61d, that had il in charge
TO tender him a d5H fur i'll tcitimuny u our
exalted opinion Of his meme and merit. :
he was nloved-laid my confidence fh1uld
not be disappointed and called into MS
tent chief Of the ar tribe wandering
holt who have from time 70 time, been
driven or emigrated from the kingdom of
lripoIy, ipce the u(urpation Of Juluf Ba-
ihaw, to whom he itated my buGneis, and
4il1ed, if he could give any account of-Ham-
It Baihaw (? The young chief, in an exficy
exclaimed, be kaerg rvrry thing requelted
him to decle.e himieIf for had no f:cr-t
in my relation with that Balhaw. His to-
ry is anticipated in the fatement have Civ
Ell of the Baihaw's actual petition. He ad-
ded, thar twenty thoufand Barbary Arabs
were ready TO march with him from this
border &c recover their native country and
inhabitants repeated, that be knr7v err plan
and now that he had ieen me he would
plight his head to the Furktfh General
he would bring me Hamet B fhaw in ten
days. The Turk accordingly difpatched
him with a companion on this meiage the
next morning.
Il could yet perceive Tome (ymptons Of
fufpicion ana apprehension on the brow Of
my newly a -quired military friend = Where
fore without fleming 70 have any PARTICULAR
view other than a folicitude to meet the
man fought, bu5 really with view Of re-