Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-24
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Commodare Barron 10 VILLAIN Eaton.
Esquire.
Malta, 22d March, 1905.
BY captain Hull, who arrived ia

SIR,
BY captain Hull, who arrived 10
this barber with the United States brig
Argus under his comnland, on the io.h
instant, received your favors addressed
20 me, together with COMMUNICATIONS tor
she secretary OF the navy, aud copies Ut
she correspondence bgtwixt yourself and
captain Hull relative TO your proceedings.
from your arrival In Egypt until his de-
parsarefrom thence; also by the hands at
Mahumed, secretary, aletserfrom his ex.
cslleney Hames Bashaw, announcing his
junction with you, all which Ihave. perusrd
with an attention and deliberation which
she important and interesting nafGre Of
their contents demands i cannot bus,ap.
splaud the energy and perseverance that has
characterised your progress threugha sc.
ries Of perplexiog aud discoarag'pg diff.
Sulriss, to.the attainment of the object OF
your research, az attainment which am
disposrsed TO consider as a fair presage Of
future success.
.Onreceipt of these comnunications by
captain Hull, did not lose moment in
making the necessary arrangements TOR
sending you succours, and now dispatch
the Argus brig, with the Hornet sloop an-
der her convoy, carrying variety of stores
and provisions, according to the accompa-
nying list. Captain Hull will shape his
course for Bomba, GHect, where he calcu-
lates on finding you, with the bashaw and
his army, and where he supposes you will
make sraud. i have directed him to de-.
liver these stores TO yen, TO be applied as
your discretion may direct. He has also
under his charge sum in specie, amount
log to z 600 dollars, which is likewise TO
bs.placed at your disposal. BY the time
these vessels establish a communication
with you, you will have been enabled to
form, a correct opinion. as 10 the prospect
of ultimate success, land thence 70 estimate
,he advantages likely 10 result to our affairs
from this cooperation, and by this op;nlen
you must be guided in the application Of
the succors. Should you have encounter
ed unexpected difficulties and obstacles,
which place the chances of success upon
more than. .prscsrions ground, your o4wn
prudence will suggest the proPrieiy OF not
committing these supplies, and the monty,
.uucoutrouledly to the power of the bashaw
indeed, 10 the point OF view in which
j regard the measures already pursued,
as well as the subject OF co. cooperation gene
rally, / conceive we ought to tread xlsh
the utmost caution.
.,;s far from my wish, sir, to damp
your ardour, or that. of your companions
In. arms, by laying too great stress upon
she cold maxims of.pIudcnce, Whereby the
tide Of success is often lost; soEneshiog,
unaware, should always be left to fortune,
in enterprises of this nature: bat mus,
own there are certain things, expressed IL
xour dispatches, which, when brought to
the test of my instr uetions from home. give
birth to feelings Of doubt and uneasness
these deemed itjincumbvnt on me 10 point
out to you with caudour and expl'cisness,
In order that we may be fully understood
You .nu.t=be sensible that in giving their
sanc,ioo.,e a eoscperstionawith the exiled
bashaw, government did not contemplate
the measure, as leading, necessarily and sb'
solutely, to a reinstatement ot that prince
In his rights on the regency OF sir'Poll'
They appear TO have viewed the coroPera
ton in question. as means which, it there
EXISTED energy and enterprise in the exile
and attachment TO his person on the part Of
hi. former subjects. might be employed to
The common furtherancr and advantage Of
his CLAIMS aud our cause, but without mean
ING TO fstter themselves by any specific Oh
definite attain unent as an end, which the te
nor of~ny instructions and the limited sum
anpropriated for that special purpose. clear
" denonstra,e. / fear blythe convention
Won were about TO enter isto with Hanet
and by the complexion of olherGaeasHres
tha,.a wider range may have been t2ker
shan is consistent with the powers vested