Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-09-25

81 p:Na.cefng from our porls WIDER assuoct Ea,s
ana we endeavored TO point them out 60 public ut
tenuon. For dom. so, we were denounced rs
In.'pa'r.o', but we never valued at amy thing
'nat sort ot patriotism, the object OF which was
wealth, acquired by the pursuit of plunder on the
insh seas, under cover oil mock commissions. To
our unfortunate seamen, seduccd INTO these enter
prizes, the transition from privatersmen pirates was
out 100 easy and the temptations but strong TO it,
In The end, the principals will escape and the poor
ueiuded scamen will ultimately become the victims
Oh those who FIRST seduced and then abandoned them
or were not able, il they wished TO reclaim them
In regard to ,ho remarks that this paper has taken
iiitIc notice of the piraccs il is enough to saw
HAT, not considering this mercantile papc: we
do not take the sanc particular notice of ship news
rs our brethren IN the large cities but have pub
'isheu every case OF slaring piracy which has fallen
| under our observation
IN regard 10 measures for the protection of our
commerce, we cannot doubt the disposition of the
Executive To do all IN its power-The editors of tho
Union must Know, that for the West India seas and
coast service IN general large ships are not adapted
we have not many vessels Of the smaller classes and
oil those which we have some must necessarily be,
employed elsewhere. The Hornet sloop of War is
httng out, and understood that she Is In 90 IN the
vest ihcies. The Enterprise is cIuizing there
| mere are Two schooners, called gun boats M
charleston, carving TO 10 gums each for service on
the Southern coast The schooner Shark and Gram
pus, recently built, are actually under orders for the
west Indies Every thing in the power of the Navy
Deatt ment has been done towards this object, that
could DC done consistently with the government to
press the slave trade and TO protect CONNER ce in
'ie Iacihc. Nothing more, believe can be done
uah Is now doing, unless Congress shall think
proper 10 make further provision for small vessels nr
war.
w iih regard TO the transportation of specie which
spoken OF, the statement OF the Petersburg Inte-
scncer IS doubtful at least, and until the facts are
more distinctly stated, must believe that the ed
tors oil that respectable print have been msinlormed
On enquiry, learn that there is 10 information of
sueh facts at Head Quarters, OF such practices as
| InSGn .fasl r.
true, authorised 10 take on board specie moi
bescrcnt but if by doing so thew neglect their
| ou.. such neglect would, are persuaded on
sufficient proof, break any officer in the NAVY we
presume, therefore, that II cannot have occurred"
For pointing ont TO public attention the couseouen
ces winch would necessarily follow from co,,uirance
NJ priv;iteering from ports under assumed tlans
tne editors OF the National 1nellgencer deserve GRE
uH All the cause ot regret is, that those who had il
IN their power, and whose duty II was 10 check the
eVii AT the beginning did not resort 10 the proper
means. rOr
We pleased TO find the statements made !, chr
fhiiadeiphia Gazette of Friday, confirmed by the
Nationai lnteligencer of the succeeding day We
naturally looked to the latter paper to see the fact
hfs' announced and we also thought it a little re-
mhn'uDic tliat editors who in the habit of making
observations ON passing should preserve silence
so long on incidents which attracted so much atcn-
ton as the late piTacies.
Small vessels as the editors of tho Jr,e,o,co, :;
iha'e, are best adapted for the coasting and West
indan service but it is doubtful whether they alone
VIII aisweron the present occasion.
we understand that representations have been
made 10 government of the nateuuacy of the force
ordered out Tor the protection of our commerce and
at request has been forwarded from this civ to the
secretary oil the Navy that few larger vessels may
ne sent 10 cruise IN the neighborhood of the Florids
some Oh the pratica ships strong that it Is an
pretended, they will set our small vessels Of war nj
dchance The pirate which robbed the Orleans
u''eu' 'Ccotuih9 10 some reports, twenty two guns
[Pha. Union
The following letter is from gentlemen whose
SITUATION entities him TO much better acquaintance
WIN The matters respecting which he writes, than we
can ooast OF. MAJ. Int.
ADDRESSED TO THE EprroRs.l
WASHINGTON, 18th Sept 1921
Gentlemen =: 6rd that, in your ed toria remarks
Vhis morning paper) your anxiety 10 correct the
pubic opinion respecting the employment Of our small
vessels has led you into a mistake respecting the
shark, which vessel with the Grampus YOU state
IS actually under orders for the West Indies" Now,
The TACT s the Shark sailed in July last or the first
o. august direct to the coast of Africa, and has not
peen heard from Since her departure, from New
fofk, ana probably will not be reported for n month
20 come: he Porpoise and Enterprise are i'm the
Uuii OF Mexico, and among the West India Islands
he pirates who niest those attitudes know as well
when an American other armed vessel is expected
III The neehborlOod do the time our mails will
arrive, and equally well when they leave the coast
What, then, can vessels do They cannot 90
INTO foreign port TO seek for piratica vessels IL
they do, they cannot modest them until found on the
nSh seas IL my opinion, therefore, that, until we
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shark, our commerce will be subject 10 interruption
MY dcsre 10 correct the impression which the writer
c ,he article you quote may have made on Your mind
INDUCES these observations. wish that writer knew
Inc commanders Of our vessels as well as / do He
would soon change his opinion, and be led to think
tat gfoy and not pccunary gain, was their greatest
object.
Our HavaDa papers, Of the 25tI and Goth August. |
contain very long and able remonsirance Of the Re-
presentatives OF the Island Of Cuba, in the Spanish
Cortes, TO that assembly against the New Torif |
winch extends TO the Island. The Cortes are painJv |
ioid that II the application Of the Tariff 10 Cuba he
persisted ~, the Island will be lost the mother
entire abrogation fine prohibitive laws ms regards
me trade OF Cuba Ii is for the interest of the Spa
n'sh Monarchy, at large, that should be subject
10 no commercial restrictions" They represent the
wnole population OF the Island to- be ESQ $50 of whom
I2o,Zb8 are slaves. The whites amount TO 29OO2I ::
lhe rest, 1861 free people of colour During
me nve years, from the beginning of 1915 to the end
OF 1879, the produce of the Island was exported in
| 1879 vessels, which entered the port of Havana
anu OF winch 2l37 we're Spanish, and the remainder
yoF. foreign Until the year l796, Cuba had scarce.
y eight or tea coffee plantations II has now in the
province, or district of Havana alone, 779 principal
coffee estates. The advances of the Island in every
respect, from the year 1909, when the commerce of
havana was opened TO all nations we're astonishing
prosperity.
The deputies remark, that the Island has not the
Welit part OF the population, of which il is suscepti
re that IT suffers by scarcity of stres that il is
entirely agricultural and chiefly attained its present
eSree OF Opuience in twelve years, while industry
vas unshackled as To importation and expectation
hcy point out the large pecuniary aid, which il had
zen enabled TO furnish the mother country in tlIat
htorvalj the advantages which Brazil and British a
nda now enjoy over il, in the culture of sugar the
me by The continued engagement of the slave trade
ne other by the cheappess Of labour and superabun-
ance oil hands They allege the British West India
stands to have proportionaby more of slaves for the
abours OF the field, than their island They asl; In
lyoI OF lorelgn yessnls redmciion of 1c Cnrn,nr IL