The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-01-30

modore Barron, dated,
DERss. April goth, 1906

DERNs, April goth, 1906.
The information have the honour to forward
Of this date, Eating, in abltraet, occurrence
ince my lat, will not difappoint the expeefas
tions my calculations there may have formed.
Certain periods of your letter of the s2d ult.
require a diftina and feparatc anfwer. This I
ffrall do with candour.
1t was UNDERWOOD when government came TO
a determination to try the effect of co-opera-
that proviiion would be made, adequate to the
experiment fix field pieces. thoufand Rand
of arms, with faitablc ammunition, and eighty
thoufand dollars, were aiked for by Hamet Ba-
ihaw, while yet in poflefion Of this province,
and gaining ground againft the ufurper. The
fecretary of the navy informed me that the
arms, ammunition and fifty thoufand dollars
would be furnifhed, and they were To have been
put on board at Hampton Roads, while the
fquadron were getting ready for Tea. Informal
ton arrived of the Bafhaw having been driven
from his pof and retired to Egypt. In couft-
qnsnce Of which, it is to be prefImed, the fup-
plies getting in rradncfs were withheld, as the
fuccets of the experiment then appeared very
doubtful. The twenty thoufand dollars depo-
h'ed with the cOnlul general at Algiers, TO be
applied TO this fervice, cannot be fuppofed ade-
quate to the purpofe of bringing the Bafhaw
from his exile ia Egypt. placing him in Gtua-
ton TO act againf rival, poliefied of all the re-
iources of his kingdom, and carrying his plan of
operations into effect, whatever may have been
the difpoiitions of the people towards him.
The twenty thoufand dollars, therefore, could
have been meant only to affift the refearch of
the hafhaw, and the revival of his affairs, in
cafe our plan fhould be thought fea6ble. Hence
think II IS not prefuming too far to conclude,
that the unlimited difcretion vsfted in the COM
mander in chief, in regard to all the exigeucies
of the war, and particularly as it rslatcs to the
object in view, extends to every matter necef-
fairy to its accomplishment. The inftru9ions
to the fecretary of the navy certainly cannot
mean to tie him down to any limited Applicant
Ons.
The advantages calculated to refult from the
fuccefs of this meafure have heretofore been
tated, and thus far the experiment has not diff
appointed thefe calculations. We are in pof-
fellion of the mott valuable province of Tripo-
Ii; the high efimaton the eaemy places on this
department. of the kingdom is evidenced by the
extraordinary efforts he has ufed to defend it,
and by the menaces to which he has reforted
to deter us from the operations here his camp
was only fourteen hours march from the place,
when we feiZed it by afTault. am this even
ing informed they are retrogading, and only re-
greet we have not the means of purifying them.
The expenses already Incurred in this
expedition will amount to nearly thirty thou
tand dollars; for thirteen thoufand of which W
are indebted to Meiirs. Briggs and Brothers of
Alexandria, eleven thoufand have been received
through the hands of captain Hull, including
his advasce and drafts in Egypt. have diff
buried nearly two thoufand, and for the ref
due fhall be indebted to individuals. This ex-
penfr will not appear extravaganza when it is
coDGdered that it covers all our expenditures
in Egypt, where many ftcrifices were necelIa-
ry to pafs the barriers of Turkilh jeaIoufy and
avidty, in getting the Bafhaw through that
country OF furnifhng horfes, tents, arms s.
ammunition, preparatory TO our entering the
detert OF proviiioning thoufand two hundred
fouls, and about two hundred hories, in that
barren defert, upwards of forty days, diftance
of nearly five hundred miles, and of caravans
for traIfporting thefe proviions the whole DIFF
lance from Alexandria, and ALTO the unavoida-
bic expenditures in prefents to chiefs, and pay
ments to troops, in order TO gain the one and
avail ourfelVes of the lervices of the other.
MAY 1T.
The itultion in which it is known Hamet
Bafliaw was found in Upper Egypt, NUT of
itels fuggeft the idea, that he mutt be deftitute
Of all means of moving military expedition,
except the attachment of his fubieeis. The
poltiGon OF this province docs not materially
alter that Gtuation. The general failure of the
harveft, which the whole coat of Barbary ex.
perisnced lalt feafon, together with the extra
ordinary tributes which Junuf Balhaw has ex-
acted to fupport the war, has rendered rot on
ly this, but every other part of Tripol poor &
oppreGed, wholly deftitute of Contributing g.
ny thing very comfortable to either of the ri
val brothers. This is a crcumltance favoura-
bic TO our meafures, if we will go to the OK
penfe of profting of it. No chief, whatever
may he the attachment Of bis followers, can
long fupport military operations without the
means of Fulfilling and paying his troops The
obiervation il peculiarly applicable to the tenn
per and circumstances of the Arabs of this
country, who, in facl, form its real Nrength /;
who are poor, yet avaricious, and who being
accuftomed to defpetfm, are generally iudif-
ferent about the name, or perfon, of their def
pot, provided he impofes no new burtbens.
Stronger proof of this cannot he brought, than
the difficulty Juiiuf Banlaw's camp has found
in recruiting in it's progrefs from Tripol. Ii
left there long fince with about two hundred
men.
have, this morning, intercepted fix letters
from that camp, dated only -four days fince,
hgned by the commander in chief, the govern
or of Bengszi, and aid de camp, addreiled to
the governor of Derne, and to feveral chiefs or
fIeks, encouraging them To hope and psrCe-