P. S. LIST of the naval force which might have been employed before Tripoli by the middle of July, actually at the rendezvous at Syracuse the fourth and eleventh.

Gun Boats from Tripoli,

Gun Boats from the Adriatic.

2

6

Total number of guns, including 33 belonging to the gun boats, 351.

Commodore Preble attacked Tripoli successfully

with less than one third this force

lateral circumstances in his favor.

and with no col-'

GEN. EATON left Syracuse Aug. 6th, touched at Malta, Tunis, Gibraltar and Madeira, and arrived at Hampton Roads, in the Chesapeake, in Novem, ber. On his way to Washington he spent several days at Richmond, where he was highly honored by the Citizens; and partook of a sumptuous public entertainment, provided to show him respect.

On his arrival at the seat of government he was a gain honored with a public dinner. The President, in his Message to Congress, made honorable mention of his merit and services. Throughout the United States his name stood exalted: never perhaps before did that of any individual rise so rapidly and to such an atitude. He was considered as having, by his prowess and enterprise, compelled the Bashaw of Tripoli to make peace while the the general sentiment entertained was, that, had not Lear thus hastily made a treaty, he must, if properly sustained by the naval force then in the Mediterranean, in a short time have been master of the kingdom of Tripoli, and have been enabled to make his own terms of peace, as well as to have settled our concerns on the Barbary coast, so as to prevent hereafter the necessity of tribute.

Being unreserved in the expression of his sentiments with regard to Lear, who, from some cause, was determinedly upheld by the administration, he unwittingly created enemies. In the social circles at Washington he was not at all times guarded in his regimen; and when occasionally heated by those excesses which afterwards became almost habitual, his egotism, rashness and authorative manners, excit ed disgust in the minds of many.

In December he paid a visit to his family in Brimfield. On his way, in Philadelphia and elsewhere, he was treated with great attention and respect, by invitations to public dinners and other expressions of esteem. He soon after returned to Washington..

A resolution was brought forward in the House of Representatives of the United States for presenting

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him with a medal, in testimony of his enterprise, courage and signal services. This resolution was debated with no inconsiderable warmth. principal speakers in opposition to its passage were the celebrated Mr. J. Randolph and Mr. J. Clay of Pennsylvania. These gentlemen represented the whole proceedings of EATON, and his engagement at Derne, as a trivial occurrence, unworthy the public expression of thanks by the House. A small majority were opposed to the adoption of the resolu tion; which was postponed from time to time, but never passed.

In the legislature of Massachusetts he received a treatment very different from that received in the national legislature. With a liberality highly honorable to that State, its legislature passed the following Resolve.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

In Senate, Feb. 25th, 1806.

WHEREAS in a rising Republic, it

is highly important to cherish that patriotism which conquers a love of ease, of pleasure and of wealth, which prompts individuals to a love of their country, and induces them to embrace every opportunity to advance its prosperity and happiness, as well by ameliorating the fate of those citizens whom the fortune of war has thrown into captivity, as by cheerfully contributing to its support and defence: And whereas the love of enterprise, when guided by a just sense of propriety and benevolence, may become the parent of many virtues, and a state is sometimes indebted for its safety, to the virtues and undaunted courage of a single man.

And whereas the Senate and House of Representatives of this Commonwealth, are desirous to perpetuate a remembrance of the heroic enterprise of WILLIAM EATON, Esq. while engaged inthe service of the

United States, whose undaunted courage and brilliant services, so eminently contributed to release a large number of his fellow citizens, late prisoners in Tripoli, from the chains of slavery, and to restore them to freedom, their country, and their friends;-therefore

RESOLVED, that the Committee for the sale of eastern lands be, and they are hereby authorized and directed, to convey to WILLIAM EATON, ESQ. a citizen of this Commonwealth, and to his heirs and assigns, a tract of land to contain ten thousand acres, of any of the unappropriated land of this Commonwealth, in the District of Maine; excepting the ten townships on Penobscot river.

And be it further resolved, that his Excellency the Governor be requested, as soon as conveniently may be, to cause to be transmitted to the said WILLIAM EATON, ESQ. an authentic copy of this resolution.

Sent down for concurrence,

H. G. OTIS, President.

In the House of Representatives, March 3d, 1806.

Read and concurred,

TIMOTHY BIGELOW, Speaker.

March 4th, 1806.

Approved, CALEB STRONG

True Copy, Attest,

JOHN AVERY, Secretary.

His accounts, for many years standing, with the United States, were unsettled. Several important items were considered by the Department of State as improper for any other adjudication than that of Congress. These accounts were before the committee of claims during the whole session, but were not

adjusted before its close. In the spring he returned to Brimfield, where he spent the summer in visiting his friends and improving a large farm.

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At the next session of Congress, 1806-7, GEN. EATON returned to the seat of government, principally for the purpose of adjusting his accounts. The conspiracy of Aaron Burr had excited great attention and considerable alarm throughout the union. Wilkinson, who, from the best testimony appears to have been originally concerned with Burr, but had found it safe and prudent to deny the connexion and become an outrageous patriot, had arrested several persons in the territory of Orleans, denying them the privilege of the Habeas Corpus, and had ordered them transported by water to the district of Columbia. Swartwout and Bollman, two of the persons arrested by Wilkinson, arrived at Washington in January, 1807.

At the instigation of the Executive of the United States, a motion was made by the United States district Attorney, in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for a warrant, directing the Marshall of the district to take the prisoners from the hands of the military, that they might be delivered to the civil authority. As no specific charge was made in the deposition of Wilkinson, some hesitation arose with the Court from the want of a specific offence with which to charge the prisoners. To obtain such charge, the deposition of GEN. EATON was demanded; which was given in the following manner.

"Early last winter, Col. Aaron Burr, late Vice President of the United States, signified to me, at this place, that under the authority of the general government, he was organizing a secret expedition against the Spanish provinces on our south western borders; which expedition he was to lead, and in which he was authorized to invite me to take the command of a division. I had never before been made personally acquainted with Col. Burr; and, having for many years been employed in foreign ser