Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-04
Tran.'d from Havana paper Of July Sc

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Tran.d from Havana paper of July so
Official letter from the governor Of Cuba
to his erce'lency the president, govern
or and captain general.
Mosr ExoELLENr SIR,-Since the
close of the mall | nave received by al
American vessel, that has just entered
this port, the subjo.ned communication
from The Spanish consulate in Norfolk
copy of which send your eyce!lency,
that you may, if you think proper, cause
to be published in the daily Pape OF this
CITY, the recovery OF which it declares TO
have been made oil the effect, robbed from
our vessels BY pirates:
Norfolk. May %, 1917.
SPANISH CONSULATE.
S1p,-The 9th oil this month had the
hoaor VI writing to you by the American
schooner Julia, captain keele, In which |
announced to you that the Privateers In
dependencies del Sur, captain Taylor; a
sloop Of war lately built, named Idas,
captain Mitchell; anu the priya,eer schr.
Ei.Atrevido. alias the Romp; had gone
to sea, and to cruise against our COM
merce. The latter exists no longer, fer
at the moment OF its departure tom
Hampton Roads the powder magazine
took fire, aud it blew into the ali, With
twenty-tkree its crew the remainder,
consisting only Of the captain aid thirty
three men, had The good fortune TO es-
cane with their lives from this disaster,
with which God has been pleased to chas-
tise these pirates. | now inform you that
I have received, by the way Of Philadel-
phia, the note which you were pleased to
direct to me, dated the ssd OF March
last. and after having acquainted myself
with its contents, RENTED it to his ex-
celIency Don Louis de Onis, minister OF
II. NJ. in Washington, in order that he
may make upon it his due representation
to this government. l am certain that
the brig named Quatro de julio, sailed
from Baltimore between the I5tk and
Goth of DeGe mber last, and nOtw ithstahd-
ing that the secretary of state had given
orders TOR the arrest vi the pirate tho
mas Taylor, the marshal did not choose
to do it, as it has happened with Others
who were proceeding him for piracy.
shall inform your lordship Of said note,
although l am persuaded our minister
will acuuaint you with II.
/ also advise your i"rdship that the
privateer Congress, captain Joseph Al
meyda, has lately Set sail from Baltimore.
after having been repaired, recruited her
crew, and taken in provisions and atm
munition, notwithstanding the endcavors
made before my leaving that hu Dor Tor
the SEIZURE OF that pirate, which had at
first obtained, but the tribunal set It "a
gain Al liberty, for want Of sufficient W.
dence of its Piracies, although | had p,o
duced very satisfactory.
Be pleased to communicate to Tie mer-
chants OF your island that have seized
here, and have deposited saie in tie
stores ct this custom house, eighty seven
zeroons Of crchineal aud three oi iaiap,
which were landed ne:e by captain James
Taylor, from the prlvateer brig lndepen-
dencia del sur, aud the Atrevdv, which
having met with two Spanish vessels
Named the San Andres, santanaer, or
San Audcr, and the other la SAINTS, ina
Trinidad, both which vessels, it is salg :,