Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-05-13
U. ). STEAM GALLIoT STA GrLL
49,. .hatmrsdS, .1prh ,25d, 1928. :
.Nsic York Erening Post

To Ge Editor Of tie
Neo York EreniHg Post
SIR-On my arrival here yesterday in the Sea
Gull, accompanied by barge, from aniuue tie
iunts Of the pirates, where Allen fell nv their
hands the Evening Post of the 10Th instant was
banded 10 me, containing paragraphs, winch, as it
is written III terms 10th complin,e ,tary and courie.
Gus, aud, appehrs 10 have been dictated by regard
for the public interest, shall answer, and hope TO
satisfy you, aud the public 10 whom your ennuiries
directed, that every effort has been made not
only by myself, but those under my command, TO
fulif the benevolent Intentions ot our country in
sending squadron oil snail vessels into these for
the suppression "' piracy, and that those intentions
have been fully complied with, and executed with
prnmptuess rarely nslanced.
The paragraph alluded to is as follows -" AfleI
reading the above narrative, at which the blood runs
cold, viii II he thought unreasonable If we now again
ask where is The American Squadron under the com
mand of Commodore Porter, which promised us st,
much aud kas, rs yet we must saw nerlnrmed en-
liulc About the middle Of February il sniied from
Norfolk, he 81 Of March it arrived at ST. Thouias.-
This the last intelligence that has reached us res
pecng Commodore Porier's Squadron, mat was
" we were told destined IN cruise oil Cuba for the
purpos. OF eeciiDg The suppression Of uiracy in Iai
quarter ;" bm, which is prosecuif with increased and
triumphant success every day Ifwo did mol know
that I'LL confidence may he placed is the resolution
aciivy and sig'ciIy of Conmotlore Porter, we might
be led to entertain some doubts whether his Sgna-
dion had been disposed Of in the most eicien man.
nrr for securing the Object declared and inienrJ-
common With our fellow citJzens, for this gallant and
intelligent officer, TO wait for some explnation be.
fore we indulge in complaints"
II will be 40 doubt recolected, that the Law for
the suppression Of piracy, passed on the pSih of
December, 1872. On The Ith Of February of the
eedug year, fifty days after us passage, | left
the Capes 90 Virginia with my suuadros, which had
been purchased in different parts Of the United
States, aud equipped up,Ier MY own immediate in
| spection, during an incemeni season, which, with
excessive fatigue, brought on disease that nearly
cos my life, aud FROM which probable shall
| never recover
On the 81 Of March arrived IT ST. Thomas. Chc
place OF rendesyous) my way 10 Poro Rico
where, BY ccdeJ Of us government, had TO cores
pond with the authorities Uf the Island on The sub
ieci Of the interruptions to our commerce 10 The
Coasts OF Colombia aud Mexico, by the Porto Rico
| Privatcers.
| The day Of my arrival depnlchcd division Of
schooneTs 10 the south side Of POtto Rico for the
protection al our commerce ticfc, and the next day.
sailed my self with the of the Sqnadron was
necessarily delayed sevcu days The coast Of Porto
Rico, 10 coppleie the duties had 10 perforn, here
and during iIiat i,mc, by my presence. caused The
lbl0ckade Of the Main 70 bg sHised. Which cxis sa