Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-13
Fr5s. re NarloSAL ESrELLrcEscEa. s
S pdNISH RELATIONS.

,b.;r ssi;osextion, we con6ne our state
mens TO the prominent parts, and particu.
s la,,v &c those transactions which have Dcen
~ yet bur imperiectiy noticed IN the pub
lie prints. In subsequent papers We saan
olive the documents at full length.
The first documents resPrcts the capture
of The ship Huntress,fthe circumstances at.
Scndiug which are kaown.
The Dextpapers relate 50 tao detention
- Of our gun boat at Algesiras, which appears
on proper Eepresentaton, 20 nave Deen 'e-
leased with many apologies.
Ir,,ers follow from Mr.. Pinckney, rela'
49, - Spanish outrages and sPollations
Il committed on the seas,awith NUMBER O
atEdayits representing the treatment eAae'
r;encedby our vessels and ssamen.
Mr.. Pinckney says, IN letter to the SCI
creerv of state, dated Sept. D, 1905.
- I have been busily employed with tins
s court in endeayering 4, arrest the hume
!. rous seprsda.ions oftheir Privaseers on our
commerce. and their condemnauons OF our
s:xessels. and that TO do this my exertlons
! have not only bsen unceasing, bat that more
s;than twenty letters have passed bstween -hr.
sf.eyaslos and myself on the subject. lhsse
s. raw.the pleasure 10 send you the resul',
3. 10 eoclosinr the copy Of, a letter which l
-stsye inst received from Cadiz, and which
have received In such an uuquestionable
shape as 10 leave ne doubt OF It's aulhenti.
city.
. BY this il appears that my exef''ons
~ 90 been sffec,ual, and viii probably pre-
vent future captures on that ground.
The order OF the Spanish court Gently
published,s sobjoined.
A letter from Josiah Blakeley Ssehsui
at ST. Iaeo il cubatothe secretary OF ssase,
dated June 6, So5, says,
:. Since the last evacutlcn OF Hispaniola,
more thari.ore thousand American seamen,
= have bee d landed ia this port, most OF them.
without clothes, and all without any. posi-
Bic mems Of support, but such as they re-
ce;ye from thsi, own government"
Aaosher letter from the, same gentle man,
dated July 1, 1906, says,
ssfThe scene Of robbery, destruction,
evasion. perjury, cruelty, and insult 10
.vhich the Americans captured by french
Sn;ya,es and brought into this and The ada
rs,t ports. have been subjected, perhaps
-. NOT been equallsd in a century past.
The following letters CONS next.
Exfract If letter from goo. Claiborne .
the secretary stale, aGrea Ne1p Green's
Oct. "a, 1905.
SIR,
am sorry 10 inform you OF the eEs0ar-
easements to which the citizens or the y.
ssfates are subjected who navigate the Mo-
b;,s river. All American vessels passing
ssbv the town Of Mobile, are brought to-,
and day Of per cent exastea oosh
ons imports andexports. These duties are
\ ...evsn required on articles passing to and
3. from The gsrrisons and factories OF the ~
S,ates. Thave addressed on this occasion
= letser 10 Mr.. Morales, BY whom, Il Is
said. this proceeding was authorized, but
IN his answer, which was this morning re-
sce,yed. he processes to be unacqaainted
with the parti .ulars. and declines any IN
reference until he should advise upon the
subject with the governor OF West Flo
rida. i,
& have cer.ain information Of the ARRIVAL
at Pensacola of four hundred troops from
Havana and thata much larger number
~ daily expected. also learn frou
source eutisled to credit, that 500 men are
ordered from Pensacola to Baton Rouge,
and thar 500 Spanish troops have lately
bean posted on TIE frontier Of the province
af Taxus. 1t is fact known TO me, that
Spanish agent has contracted with a mer-
chan, Of This city. for the deiiveryat the
stown Of Mobile of 1000 bbls. of -four, and
that this same agent, not being able TO Ell
fect coatract for the delivery OF .Aooe
pair of shoes at Mobile, has purchased q
ouanti,y Of leather. Themarquis OF Casa
Calvo bciag absent from this city, II is my
inssn,ioa to inquire OF gov. Folch an ex