Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-04-07
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r-rhe f-nowiug lsttcr aayouranicd Tie late
MeGage Of the FreGdent 10 C0ngreis.
letter frsm .4ftmet B0sta7v 70 re Prc-
faint 9f ne UHlted States.
Excellence,
FOR nearly eleven years, have
been labeuriug under the weight OF
misfortune but notwithstanding
which, nv dinrels was never equal
TO that which the aau1l combination
If circumstances has made it.
NV refdence was near Cairo, when
there arrived in alexandria, brig,
commanded BY captain Hull, in
company with general Eaton, who
came recommended to Mr.. Briggs,
II. B. M. coulul, and cnquired Of
him where | could be found. My
place of abode being made known,
courier was difpatched for Cairo,
by order Of the gcnaral, and on his
arrival at Raid a fecon8 one, which
come to Cairo, directed 70 the houlc
of Turfuf Baibaw, an officer Of the
Ottoman Porte, who received a letter
in which he was requeited to tutter
me to pafs wirhout interruption, II
order that | might cooperate VITA
the Americans to take lrlpoh.--
Thefe tidings being cOmmunlcattd d
TO me, caufed me TO rcfe6t leriouily,
whether they could be true or not.
All doubts were diilipated by Gener-
al Eaton meeting in Carl J ieore-
tary, named Mahamed " . ? whom
he conGgned another pa and in
company with two Matte arrived
at Said, my place Of rehIence, and
delivered 10 me a dilpatch, urging
me to leave that place Immediately,
in order that we might have a meet.
ing las happcned) III the city Of Da-
minture, where the general was
made known to me, as one who had
been fent thither by your excellency
for the conquea of the kingdom of
Tlipoh. l engaged 70 60 with him
10 SyracuGe, and alfo 70 keep myielf
fecret, from which circUmitance, |
was neceiTarily compelled to abandon
all | pofchcd, and thus lofe my hort
es, cHmels, sc. Previous TO my
leaving Daminture, general Eaton
ahured me the peace would never DC
made, unleis | was placed in my
szvn feat (throne) and often twore by
himfelf, that he wonld never take
me from where | was for the tole
purpol- Of making the conquett.
Ibid not, however, fail 20 iuggcit
TO the general, that in cafe Jehuf
Bafhaw lhould actually remain con-
queror, what part he wouId-take in
my favor, as | ihoud not BE able TO
remain any longer in the Turkiih do
minions. | was anfwered. if the
combinations Of war ihould prove ia
vorable to Jufuf BaihaY, that a
penGon fhould be grantee me, fufi-
cient to maintain my family and fuite /;
the people and money demanded by
me, 70 cfFc9 this Object (ior fuch a
movement were ready ; and that l
had better expedite my iecretary to
capt. Hull, 10 inform him, that the
general had come to ,ondu6t me
from Upper Egypt to Syracufe, but
that | could not truf mylelf at lea i'll
the manner he had. ky envoy hav-
ing executed his commifion, ar ived
hrit in Syracufe, and afterwards in
Elalta, in confequence Of the abience
Of captain hull from the hrit place
and whom he afterwards found in
the fecond Malta and executed his
embafy /; he was anfwered 6y the
fame Hull that every thing | could
pofIibIgA%ant was ready, and IN tact,
there was lcnt me a veh.l, laden with
fupplies and provilions, accomPani
ed by the brig commanded by capt.
Hull, which arrived at Bomba, de
livering to the general and myfelt a
difpatck Ito Kim dire6ted) from the
commodore, III which he renders
.Iull refponGble for every thing |
might want: | then aiked for can
non, powder, and other warllke tuP-
plies, and was anfwered that trig-