Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-17

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Badajoz--so thaswe expect Ishortly some
pSc7stvx BLOW win be given. God grant
them success. The generals have issued
orders to FIRE on the frat man that retresss,
80 that hope you viii soon have the news
Of great victory obtained BY the patriots"
Extract Of a letter from Tunis. 70 heass q
Re,y.2srk, dated October Is, 1902.
Since my Last several rich cargoes have
arrived principally from Baltimore three
have gone to Naples to encounter the Nm
elish without, and precaIious reception
within, one brig from Baltimore With a
cargo Of colonial produce worth 10000
dollars ha. landed her cargo here to wait q
change, as every port in the Adriatie aud
Levant in overs,ooked. What could have
induced our merchants to have such vast
property here cannot conceive, they must
have been at loss what ~ do with 1t, or
led away by Jackson's fine account OF the
resources and trade of the Barbary ports
They are totally ignorant OF the rlgor with
which the French DEGREES are enforced, II
thew hoped to find a market in France,
where colonial produce even coming from
Guadalupe (unless in French bottom)
and having the best certificates OF origin,
would be con6scated for having touched at
a neutral port, even should the vessel not
have been boarded by the British. In lta-
" some cUgoes have been introduced, but
un der circumstances of great risk. -.
The prices there have fallen, and are tal-
ling SO a. to render that undertaking too
hazardous for the prospect of gain. In
short know not which way to turn, and
would most willingly give up all my time,
and all l had the hope OF making to gel
GU, of this ,nfesnal hole. Some OF our
countrymen had an idea that the flag of the
repenciss could be used to advantage, but
this is inexpedient in every respect, you
are neither safe on sea or land. The only
one who has tried it is MIR. F. OF your
place, whose entsrprising character you
know he sailed from here last June for
Marseilles, on his arrival the vessel was
seized and he put in prison, In which state
matters remained BY last accounts. No con-
fdence can be had in the Meors, who must
become YOUR agents in cases OF this kind,
no, merely because they might themselves
be disposed 70 take advantage Of you, but
because their lives and property arc wholly
a. the capricious disposal Of the Bey.-
Should he at any time take liking 10 your
vessel and cargo, standing in the name OF
one of his subjects, he would 6nd pretext
for .eizinp them, or would take them at
his own price. A transaction has recently
taken place here which will pat sheNsubjecs
clearly before you. Hsdji Junes Ben Ju.
mes, a rich Moor, had for many years mo.
nopolizsd, almost exclusively, the trade
ofTunis, and was for credi, and wealth on
the highest pinnacle, in high favor at court,
and bearing down with Leviathan force,
all the small fry Of Adventures none dare
to undertake any thing which might in the
smallest degree mitigate against his con-
Germs he was few days since, at the age
Of 70 years, thrown into unseon neck
and heels, his houses, lands, vessels. mo-
ney, goods and papers, seized by the bey.
His head clerk, a christian, by the name
OF Andre Poge, was also seized and con-
demned to receive 1000 bastinsdos. 800 OF
which were inflicted yesterday when the
unfortunate man was too far exhausted to
support more, the execution was of course
postpened; he will be q slave tor life un-
less he can pay loo, 900 dollars. All this
arbitrary proceeding is on the Pretsnee that
Hadji Junes had been carrying on cor.
respondence unfriendly to the reiEning
prince. ,.l - r. =" e.
:. The American character stands very
high here: Eaton with all his foibis' gave
them an idea ofout bravery which they con-
slider inhereut-and although they have
good notion of our small naval force, be-
lieve the Bey would sooner have war with
any ether christian power. A fr'gate
should peep in upon these gentry now and
then, as kind Of memorandum, psrt'eu-
lally as so much property is under their
thumb"
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