Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-06-01
Extract of letter from an officer of the Merlc.,
squadron.

Extract OF letter from officer of the Mexican
squadron.
' LibertGd, Apra 20, FS27.
IL Is really amusing TO read the various news
paper accounts OF the Operations of our souadron.
People a thousand miles of attempt 10 know CO.,
explain every thing The fact is, that we on board
oaiy Know that an order has been issued ,vben that
Order has been executed. You may be satisfied
that we have not been idle when / inform vou
lhat notw outstanding he blockade of Laborde we
nave sent out small cruizers pleasure and could
whenever we pleased, go out ourselves. Yhe
prizes we have captured and DESTROYED amour, in
number 10 'weniy-one, some OF them yery vahIa.
bic.
" a brig worth $4,000 was CAPTURED by the
bravo lew day since, and has been despaIcbsI
TO Vera Cruz. She was from Cadiz. laden VIII
dry goods, and is called the IIurn- Marie ~
young Malta: the Bravo had another prize in COM
pany, very fast ssiler. We have also taken nm
WARDS Oh 4oO prisoners. regret 10 say that we
have not been able TO negotiate an exchange. and
therefore have been under the necessity of septipe
many oi those we have taken to Vera Cruz Viye.
mas sced with very little regard the int ests of
tne isah' as many oil the prisoners are captans of
coasllng vessels and their places cannot be essi,y
nied' They have taken lieutenant and nidrbin.
man oil ours, with boats crew of ten men Tbev
zero risen upon by the prisoners they had taken
y Y nd
taken to Havana, where they are treated we'll -.
we carry on most annoying system of warfare.
we enter their rivers and hsbours burn their vessels
aI thsIr anchorage land, march into the countrp
and play ilrem all sorts of pranks.
lhe SpanIards do not know what the deure
10 make Of It, aud getting exceedingly alarmed:
u'eJ know not where 1t will end. / am told that
great dissatisfaction exists with regard To Lsborde,
who has actually done nothing but remain off hi
a
nave been folly in US in the extreme to have
hazaTded an action. Besides, il does not accord
with the views OF Government or our own TO do,
so al present except with considerable ADVANTAGE
The Mexican Government is highly pleased with
all our operations, and our Commodore has re-
ceIved compliments and assurances without num.
Der, end what is more, whatever funds he NAV
think proper to draw or send for, and unlimited
power over all the elements of the Navy"
From the Pensacola Gazette, .afoy4
From Com. POrteT.- We are informed ,.,
gentleman recently fom Havana, has broueht H.
information that Com. Porter has issued orders 20
3 cTuzers to capture every vessel containins ner
chandZe bound tor Cuba, and that IN cotunliancs
with these orders he has DESTROYED nearly sII ,ba
coasii9g trade of that island; and that mona esesns
them, except The fishermen, who by the express
d"ecuon oil the com. are not moested. The eentIe-
man further states that Com. Porter mad. 4. roco,i
sition on the Mexican Government for s2o oon
and that In reply be received authority to draw f
100000, and information that his drafts r., a.
mount, would be honoured On which he drew N,
the $50 900, which drafts were actually nseo,is-
ted 10 Havana.
Wear further Informed that the lieutenant cor,.
msndant Of one Of the cruizers (tbe Brsyol ubicI,
had been captured by the Spspiards, having besn
Imprisoned at Havana, Com. Porter wrote 10 ,bs
commander, that if he was not released on bis ns-
role, within twelve hours after the RECENT of H.
communication. and treated as prisoner of vs., &c
MS rank was entitled to expect, that he (Com p,r
teD would retaliste on every Spanish ofFicer ,yLo
might iail INTO his hands that the lieutenant :, a.
accordingly released, and gentleman who ia NOS,
mere dned with him at the house of an America
merchant in Havana. ~
FROM PUERTO CABELIO
Captain Bartling, arrived at New YorL E..
Puerto Cabello, informs that business was a, :,
stand, and The country in very unsettled a..
Bolivar bad issued an order for disarpine ,bs 80
sanity, aud the mules usually employer in 80.
ing produce from The interior, and carrving 80
ehandize, were conveying the arms wbirb "a
been collected 10 the state arsenal. Vario,. go
Mons were entertained as to the cause. 80.
thought u was for fear of an insurreS.tion -. '.
tue negroes, others that he would eyen,ualIv e.
clare himself Dictator, or perhaps King.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
The New Orleans Courier Of The 9Th NJ, -.
60 The steamboat Post Boy has ius, come ~ Ia
The Revenue Gutter Louisiana, Cant. 49,
with her prizs the Colombian sloon Ro,i,,s,
which lately entered the port Of Mobile wi.b :
Spanish prize. the priVstser manned nv 90
men was amusing herself with PLAYING tho n;,.,s
IN the masses OF our river She b.d -