Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-24

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sa'ulo -, o.esunlng TOO far 70 conclude .na'
IS ~ 'sJsnasd discretion vested ~ the COM
,hs uD, a = chief, IN regard 70 az the s1.
nanoss II IF ,hs war, and particularly as SIR u
Is I,,.s 10 the object in views es'eoos $ $.
rsla' u,,,ter necessary 20 lls accomplish 't
'sr The Instructions ct the secretary
psO'. n,yv certainly cannot mean g tic
IN o. "a dowo % any lin,sed applications, 2.
nlg TSs .dyan,sgss calculated TO result irom
ins zee Of This measure have hereto
:ne ' Ven stated, and thus far the expert
Fa's -. not disappointed these ealeala-
~ We arc in possssslotn': Of The most most
slI a'.,l. nroyirce Of Tripoh; the high es-
;Ss,;on ,hr enemy places on this depart +
siIn as of ,br ksnsdonn is evidenced by the
ms. .,.aordinarY Efforts he has used 70 defend
sod b, The menaers TO Which he has re-
s.,.a % deter Us from the operations
80: his camp was only u hours. march
.or, ,ha place when we seizsd II bg as
81, & snnrhis evening informed they
{ :. rstrorading and only regret we have
!, tbe means ne of pursuiog hen. The *
r.oees already incurred inthis expedition.
S;lI AMOUNT 70 nearly thirty lheasaad del.
=, for thirteen thousand OF which we
r indebted to Messrs, Briggs and Bro
hs,. Of Alexandra. enihousand have
Nb..u received through the hands Of capt.
Hou including his advance .and drafts IN
: cynt, have disburssd nearly 1000
sn q for the residue shall be indebted TO
individuals, This expence will not appear
x,ravagan', when it is considered shas.it
koyers ali our expendlturesla Egypt, where
;nany sacrifices were necessary 70 pass the
barriers of the Turkish ealonay and avidi-
3 =, 10 getting the bashaw shroogh that coun.
NV; Of furnishing horses, tents. arm, and
ammunition, preparatory TO our entering. the
81. ssrt !; Of provisioning 1900 souls, and
about 200 horses, Viz that barren desert,
towards Of forty days, a distance Of near.
5 \ Eve hupdced miles, and OF caravans tor
transporting these provisions tae Whole dis
lance from Alexandria, and also the una
sodable expenditures in presents TO chiefs,
bad payment to troops, IN order to gain the
pns aud avail ourselves of the services Of
As other. S
Nay tsi.
The situation Ia which il is knowo Ha.
.nst Bashaw was found in Upper Egyp,,
must of itself suggest the idea, that be
mus, be destitute OF all means of moving
military expedition, except the attach
nens of his subjects. The possession of
{his province does not m ateriaily alter that
Rituasion. The g7neral failure of the bar.
est,, which the whole coast OF: Barbary ex.
bersnced last season, together with the
extraordinary tributes which ,Jussuf Ba,
shaw has exacted 10 support the war, has
Rendered not only this but every other part
Pf Tripoi poor and oppressed, wholly des.
'ltats OF contributing any thing very con.
siderable to either Of the rlyal brothers.,
This is circumstance favorable to our
measures. it we. will so 10 the exoence
PfPro6tinS by it. No chief, whatever NAV
Pc the attachment of his followers, can
#ong support military operations without
Pie means of subsisting and paving his
troops. The observa,ion is peculiarly an
PIcable to the temper and CIRCUMSTANCES
p the Arabs, Of this country, who, in f.cr.
form Its real strength; who are poor, vet
sVaEisiOus, and who being accustomed 70
pesPoesm, are generally Indifferent about
fas name, or person, o. their despo,, bro.
'ced De imposes no new hurthens. Strong.
proof OF this cannot Be- brought, than
$ne d'ticuly JussuG Bashaw's camp
~ found IN recruiting in its progress from
anpof. 1t left there long since with a.
& 'p0us two hundrsd men.
, have this morning. intercepted ak
|t's from that camp, dated only four
sss siaee' signed by the commander in,
.sl, the governor of Bengazi, and aid
S ea"p, addressed to the governor OF
Enc s.ne, aud to seveial chiefs or .heiks.
su uso0!asIns them to hope and persever.
80 NE and stating thar their DELAY has only
Ssn oCcasloned by ex,rc,,,;ans &c