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Dercne was taken (as the people Q!
thar country were much in cur ia
.vor) and in which attack the geSeral
was wounded ii his hand.


After the capture Of the city, we
received from the chiefs OF the Bri-
gands. letters Offering to Join US. AT
ter ten days a ;rOoP Of Cavalry and
infantry (of the enemy advaHced ;
they were twice broken and put to
flight by US. We now aAzed from
the fchr. which had been f-nt US,
people and arms while there re-
mained a refpite and peace, and were
waiting an anfwer reipetting our
demand for people and arms, i'll or
der that we might 60 aud take Ben
gaia and Tripoli /; in the mean time
arrived frigate which we fuppoied
had brought US people, bat ihe Ian
ded Turkiih am1ailador from Ju(-
fuf Bafhaw, who informed the gem
eral or the alliance Of Jufuf Baflaw
with your excellency; faying that the
faid Ba(haw would reitore my family
and that your e2cellency would give
me in the name of the United States
a penhon. The fame evening Of the
arrival Of the trigate, the general in
formed me, that | mutt embark
with all nay people and thus was
again compelled to abondon all [
pohened-The general having pre-
vented the Turkifh ambailador from
landing, and thus we parted for Sy-
racule, where we found the whole
fquadron.


dayly expected my family, when
finally | was told that be lthe Bath
az J would not let them go; having
thus broken his word / demanded
of the general, to be replaced III my
own country, which was llfo denied
me faying that he had no orders to
that efc8 from your excellency, and
it is thus | find mylelf in this coun-
Try with the fmaiI penlion Of two
hundred dollars per month, and on
which fun | am to lupport myfelf
with number Of people. Such a
Rate Of things makes me feel that the
Weight Of misfortune has only in
created, and for the hrit time am
completely abandoned, and by a
great nation | therefore fling my
felf on the mercy Of your axcellency,
who under the influence Of juf laws,
will nor fail TO render me that iuf-
tico which oppredion and misfortune
entitle me TO.


With the hope of az early reply
from your excellency, Iremain, &c.
&c. sc.


ACHMET BA5HAW.


Son of AL baihaw, sc. &c.


Syracgis, dug. 18Th, 1868.
His Excellency the PRECEDENT Of the


United States Of America.