Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-22
From the Philadelphia Gazette.
EXTRACTS

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EXTRACTS
From the docnmsnss respecting ths apfl'
cation Of Haass CaraaaLii, ex.bashsw
of Tripoii.
From William Eaton TO TSamael Barrss.
$50. cors,suaadsr in eaiaf of the United
States forces in the Mediterranean.
Dsrns, Nay 20, 1905.
SIR,
Since the departure of the Nautilus,
s syith 4Av dispatchsso OF she Tth, tha sseay
hays daiiy saewed themselves 10 nsaac.
Z ing sossars near Us, bur hs.vs not CONS 70
general acsien.s Yesterday a detachment
s ,ef ai,oat so or sOef theiri sos, coveredb y
= troop Of horse, descended ias mountain
eby awavine,F te!i upon some OF Our Arao
fsnilies wae ware encamped N the rear OF
the town, and drove of several cattle and
camels. The bashaw's people pursued and
assscksa.them under the mountain, Siiied
and wounded three OF thsaa aud recovered
their catyls. marched ouswlsh lieutenant
%, Baaasa, Mr.. Mann, and Farquhar. with
so rank and 6le, Americans aud 6rseGs,
& frem the garrissn, and took rayins on the
left, with view of cutting OF sheir re-
tts2t. VS. fell inAyi.h thernesoon after as.
sending the meunisn; they opposea.ts as
short resistance, hu, aed before a charge
-,of baysart: we pursued them wlthia
short distance of their camp, killed their
= captain and Gve men, wounded number,
3 and took 2 priseaers, without, receiving any
Sinjnry ourselves. The camp beat TO arms,
mounted and .Doved.sowards us IN abady,
!. but did nsi con e,wi,hin mnsket shot thsy
could net ascertain oar aamber, and saP.
prshesding We were an advances party
aiming 10 draw them inte aa amsuscade en-
disadvansageoa. ground, formed 10 order
Of bsysie andskeps their posts, white we
retired downa tbs naountain.s Inc enemy
swofe vengeance, and resolved TO execnts
ID to-day. About nine in the morning,
they advanced thcirwholc force, and post
ed themselves Ga an crstnence Ia tar flew
proper stations were taken or opr psrt
TO receive them ;they reconnci.ercd as
awhile but when orders were given.to at-
tack, thsir Arabs rnu,inied and retrogadtdi
aud the beys uers compelled TO follow
with their Fripo!itsns.
Sfuae 2. Es.day ths enemy brought
themselves 10 a resolusion 10 attack ;'ihey
had previously forced the Arabs inso oaths
OF fidelity, By seizlng and claiming hes.
tages from their most considerable fami-
hes but their moyenent this day termi.l
mated exactly as on the 2sth; the beys<as-
tempted % force the Arabs forward; they
resastsd, and alledged. as on similar oc-
casiors, that they were willing 70 aght an
enemy Of their own mode of warfars, but
they could not resie. the Americans, who
fred enormous balls tha. carried away a
man aod his camel at once, or rushed on
them with bayonets without giving them
time 10 load their muskets.
Lass evening had the hsnor to receive
.vour letter of the 10th uls. by which | learn
that tas reigaing Sashazo of Trtoh has
5!aelu made ovrrsares Of Psare, rohich the
eaasuie General, cotolel Lear, has determined
to aeseF. ~ ss0ing the present moment propi-
tieus 10 snea step. In ccnssqueace OF
which il seems contemplated thaiwe should
Withdraw ourselves from this COAST.
/. was an event anticipated in my letter
of the srss ar. that the reigning bashaw
would seizs the moment when he should
asprehend himselfseriously in danger from
his. brother, TO rid himself OF this rival by,
aeyaching from him our succsr thro' over.
tures&of peace. Facts establish the COR.
ycctnsss of this conjecture.
That .shs inhabitants of Tripa!i sre
/, weary of ,tis var is well ascertained. That
thrv secretly desirs the restoration of .heir
legi,inate sovereign because they believe
him psaceablY inclined, trsnspires through
various lndabitable channels: And that the
Moors and Arabs. of ths kingdom, who
fcrfa lis entire pupalatisa, are generally in
revolutionary state, is equally true. Je-