Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-25

Loving reioution:
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respecting ths application If etcar-
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Continued
Extract Of a-letter fran commodore Samuel
Barron TO Tobias Lear, esq. dalsd Malta,
i SIN May. 1905.
The recen. dispatches from Mr.. Eaton
have been communicated to you. From
their tenor and the knowledge | have with.
IN short time obtained OF certain features
in the character Of Sid Hamet bashaw, |
mus, canGidly own that have no longer
the same expectations which okce enler.
tanned of the success Of the cooperation
with-him. His want Of energy and mill
,ary talents, his total deprivation OF means
and resources, the great eEpence already
iacurred, and the large sum which would
be required, according to Mr. Eaton's-
statement, for pursuing the object sum
far exceeding both the resources placed at
my disposal, and the powers vested in me
by my instructions, compel me to relin,
-quish the plan. Indeed, on mature rehec-
ton am of opinion, thatif the ex.bashaw,
having received this impulse from our
strength, and being put into possession of
T Derne, the province where his interest is
supposed to be the strongest, has not 10
himself sufficient energy, address and cou-
rage, and cannot command Sufficient means
to move on with firm steps towards the
usurper's residence, whilst we second his
operations by sea, he must be considered
no longer fit subject fer our support or
cooperation. am preparing to send pro-
visions to the coast for the subsistence of
the crews of the Argus brig and Nautilus
schooner, which remain there>st Mr.. Ea-
TOMS request, and by the sloop Hornet
which conveys them, i shall send such in.
suuctions to that gentleman, and The of.
icers with him, as further reflection and
the nature Of your determination, on this
letter, may dictate. Whatever maybe the
/ final result of this cooperation, cannot
reject the belief, thar it has had a powerful
effect upon the reigning bashaw; and IL
may DC fairly presumed that the gallant
couduct ct our friends in the affair al
Derne, and the capture of that place, will
have their influence, and dispose him TO
moderate his pretensions and to think seri
ously of peace. The complaining eondi.
ticn Of some Of The ships of our squadron,
is not among the least important considera-
ton Of the. present moment; threerot the
fr,gates are In such state. as, in my OPT
MON, and in that of the commanders, rem
ders ,hem Unfit 10 encounter the severity
of another winters blockade, without un-
dergcing considerable repairs.
These facts and considerations, for the
duc appreciation of which you, sir, are fit.
led by your ,alsnss and the length and par
ticular line e!tyour experience, seem to
.pon, out the present as suspicious beyond
any fermer occasion, and indeed.as the We
ry moment Tor attempting a negotiation;
especially when we combine with these re-
Elections the certainty that our force, re-
spectacle asst is, is yetgreatly exaggerated
a, Tripoli, and consider the etfectwhich
such view of the enemy, added ~ the
! movements Of his brother, must have on
!; the mind cf JussuG Bashaw. Strongly
persuaded that your conclusions upon these
points have anticipated my own, am in.
duced TO state to you my earnest wish that
YOU may deem it expedient to meet the
overture lately made through the Spanish
consul, by his eScellency, SO far as to found
on it the commencement of a negotiation.
j cannot entirely suppress another motive,
which L confess weighs painfully on my
mind. trust iAferl as becomes an Anne
rican, and that know what an American
ought to suffer when the interests and no.
nor of his country call on his fortitude.