The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-02-21

so. The fubje6ts in general Of the reigning
bafhaw are very dilconiented aud ripe for re
volt ; they want nothing but confidence in the
proipe6 of fuccefs: this confidence may be in
fpired by aHuraGces of our determination to
chaitile this balhaw, for his outrages againR the
US. The hey of Tunis, though prudence will
keep him behind the curtain, have itrong rsa-
ions tn believe, will chserfully prompt the
fame. He is in favor of the elder brother. The
idea of dethroning our enemy, aud placing
rishtful fovereign in his feat, makes deeper
imprefliou on account Of the lafing peace it
will produce with that regency, and the leiion
OF caution it will teach the other Barbary oates.
l'hefe are objects which, TO me, feem 70 clear
ly within our power, that they ought to COM
'nand exer;ions. Having begun to coerce Tri-
poll, 1t would operate an injury of perpetual
duration to relax in thefe meaiurcs.
ExfraS ef a ritter from FpTLiam Eaton, ef3.
dated fuNIs, Dec. the 1875, 1901.
On the 18th Oet. arrived the Danih commo-
dore Koefocd, and a confui Holch, S days from
Leghorn. Ihe evening of the ed ultimo they
pated at the American Houfe. As the comn,o-
dore had lately been ut Tripoli on negociaii-
on, it was very natural 20 inquire of him what
isxmed to be the general fentiment OF the Fri
|p6lines respecting the American war. He faid
1t was very unpopular, and that the flhieSts of
the balhaw, chiefly on this account, were ripe
tor a revolt: they waited for nothing but fuc-
cour. They c!amor ayaint the madnefs and
opprefiion of their chief; fay he makes war on
his friends, to- the Destruction of their little COM
merce; takes all the plumber to hmfeif, and in
the iiiuc reduces them to ftarvation, and the
lois OF friends, without allowing them the
wretched confoiation to mourn for thofe friends
when hain. They almoft unanimously defire
the reltoraton of their rightful fovereign, who
,sa mid man, Of peaceabe difpoiition, and if
he We're offered them with the appearance of
determination, they would rife en- uanS to re-
ceive HIM. The commodore gave it as his o.
pinion, that the mott effeStual way of reducing
Tripoli would be to land troops fouth of the
town, on commanding untenanted petition,
and railing crois fire with the bomb kctches
| itasioned on the north oft gun-boats or float
| ing batteries to be ftationed at the fame time
within the mole to keep up direGf fire on the
| town in rear of rhe caele. He thinks 5000 men
an ample force to effect the Object contemplat-
ed, by land: but two heavy pieces of ordnance
| for Gathering, and fome light artillery to repcl
| the aiaut ofcavalry would BE requilite. Thu.
1t appears that the opinion of the Daniih and
American commodores correfpond very exactly
on the iuhjcct of necenary operations for re-
ducing Tripoii.
On the petition proper for landing, ftands
comfortable foreft of date trees, the fruit of
|
Moors OF the vicinity; apprehension of the def
truetion of which would bring thefe people to
a'moit any terms their peaceabIe behavior
| may be made a condition Of its prefervation, at
the lame time it may ferve for cover apainft ca
valry IN cafe OF being hard pufled.
On the morning of the Sd Nov. received
mefiage from Sidi Mahomet bafhaw, the exile
from Tripoi, informing me that his brother,
the uiurper, had addreiled the dey of Algers,
and begging his mediation to bring about a re.
Cancellation with the American government
and expyeffsd great folicitude TO know whether
in my opinion, the Americans would admit fucb
an Intervention did not heii.ate to give it AS
my opinion, that my government, having once
been deceived by that dey, would now feek to
eitablith their peace on furer bafe He then
deIred 70 lie advifed whether he mightplace
any reliance on the operations ofthe Americans
IN his behalf. recommended to him patience
and Hence: at the fame time gave him leave to
entertain the hope (may it not prove illuiiye)
mat the next runners operations would favor
his views.
Extras IF letter from II. Murray, EGy. ON
6oayd The figate CONSTELLATION, at italia,
to I'M. Eaton, Eff. dated AneuR Is, 1909.
have this day had communication with
the legal bafhaw of Tripo, and offered to take
HIM to Derne, and to aid him in any mcafi,res
he choie to purine; but he thinks it will be
more to our advantage, as well as TO his, to go
there in an Engliiii brig that he hath chartered,
and to try what force he can raife there. in a,
private manner as poffibIe, after which, in
conjunction with the Swediih force, we can
further cooperate with him by private fignals.
agreed upon. am pleafed with his candonr,
and am perfuaded if lie get reinnated in his DO
minionS, be will be friendly to us.
Erfraa 4A letter from James L.. Catbe9rt,
El7.f0 the Secretary Of State, dated
LEoHoRN, Auguft 25.h, 1902.
During my rehdence at Tripol, had the
honour to tranfm;t to the Department of State.
the hlitory Of the reign of Ally Pacha, father of
the reigning fovereign Of Trpoli, including the
different revolutions in that nate, an account
OF the murder of Mohamned Bey, and the de-
throning OF the rightful foyereign of J'ripol;.
Hamet Pachs, who at that period was nnder
the protection Of the hey of Tuns, but is now
at Malta; and in Implement. / forwarded