The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-04-22
1T. COOKIES DEATH.

On this subject, the Enquirer contains
the correspondence between the Captain
General Of Porto Rico and Com. Porter
The same paper also contains some other
documents, which, however, are not very
important. We select below the letters Of
La Tore and Com Porter. They con-
tain oil the information on the subject.
tTRAssLATIoNJ
Office offhc Captain General Of Porto Rico.
MosT EXCELLENT SfR--At noon this
day, just as ! arrived from the village Of
Cagnas, where received at o'clock this
morning, the official letter Of the kings
Lieutenant commandant ofthis place, ad,-
slug me Of the arrival Of the squadron I'M
der the command of your cxccllrncy with
disposition to enter this port, have been
inanspiciously informed of the misfortune
occurring IN the death of the commander
of a schooner of war belonging to the
squadron. who il seems persisted in enter
ing the port, Notwithstanding his having
been warned by the fort to dtsiSt from his
undertaking, by adischarge from two can
mons, the first with blank cartridge, and
the other at an elevation with bah. But,
the garrison IN seeing his obstinacy, follow
ed with an extraordinary ri;our the orders
for hindering the entrance of the squadron
until my arrival, according to the dctcrmi-
nation formed by the said lieutenant of the
place yesterday.
! wish to persuade the mind Of your ex-
ccflency into consciousness of the sorrow
which this event, ~ mournful and unfortu-
nate has caased me so much the more
paint.a, inasmuch as 1t has happened in a
place in the district under my command
and on an Individual under the orders of
yoar cxc,ilency, aud citizen of the United
States of a nation, with whom IN all ac-
c-ptatlons the Spaniards OF both hemis-
phcres are found united.
80 unexpected a misfortune, winch it
seems ought never tn be feared in friendly
establishments, appears 10 Carry on itself a
character of criminality, which more and
more aggrieves my feelings.
But the juncture of the circumstances
which have conspircd towards the fatality,
| according 10 the information received by
| me Is such, that II your excellency will he
pleased to examine it with iinpartiaiity, YOU
! will perceive that if the facts are not suili-
/ Gent TO mitigate the regret, they are at
least enough TO prove that there has been
no intention Of failing in regard to your ex-
ccllency, nor of offending any citizen of the
| United States, and much less their govern
ment.
The lieutenant cfthe king, and conman-
dant OF the place, grounded 90 various rea
sons, OF which it is not important TO trou-
Bile your excelhncy with citation, but of
which, however, | will poin, out few, be-
iievcd that he ought NOT 90 permit the en-
terihe ct the squadron until my arrival
One OF his motives arose from his recollec-
ting that during the last year an expedition
was armed IN the ports Of North America,
against this island, and placed under the
command OF man named Ducondray
iiolstein which expedition actually went
Into The port of st. Bartholomew under the
American flag, and among his other reasons
were the following. 1t has been reported
here that another similar expedition is this
year 81 preparation That the schooners
alluded to on their entering yesterday,
would not receive the pilots on board, an i.
less they practiscd with particular plans II
the harbor, and the leads la their hand, of
which the csptaia of the port made his
complaint That when the officers came
on shore, runner was spread that they
we're saying Spain had coded this island,
and that Of Cuba to the English, which re-
iation they confirmed 20 the leutenant of
the king, as he himself has assured me -
That their not having presented to me the