General Morales.
Havirtg published the paragraph to which the following letter al. Iutdes. it is buat f.ir to publish the letter:- To TE}E EDITOR OF THE BRITISHI TRAVELLER. " Kingston. Jamaica. Juite 1I. 1824. "Sir,-Int your journal of 22d Mnarct, I find the followi'ng state- ment:_ - I A most bmntal act, if true, is related of General Alorales pre. vious to nis titial defeat. An Engflsb lad, conceiving hirmself ill used on board of the Golombian fleet, escaped, with the intention of proceedingto Curasoii. He, however, fell into theliandsof .lora.es, and was imprisoned. I-e again 2ttetnpted to escape, arnd was * successfal. tor which offence he was lorced to run the gauntlet of (re ship's crew, pierced with wounds. and was then hung up to the y-d_ arm, whlere his body was seen 48li hours after the execuuon bv those wlto lIave turnished this state-ient.' Well may you doubt this horrid tale, as you insinuate, for I ean assure you tlat not a orl d of it is true, because I accidentally hap- pened to be at -Mararaifo at the time. The fact is, that this young lad, ifso you wil call a vouth of 18 Years of age, had comie sounta rily from Curacoa to Maracaibo, where he lived at the house of an English 'merchlant, atd made himself conspicuous for his abusive and seditious language against the Spanishi Goveroment. precisely at the time the Colombians had foreed the bar of MarA. caibo. NW'hen these lay off the town, this youth enticed two Eng- lislh sailors topacs over with hin to the enemy, wiith the view of giviug information of the state of' affairs at 1llaracaiWo. Thev were caught in the very act of getting into the boat, and taken t* the General, where, instead of showing coutrition, this lad heaped insult upon treachery. General Mlorales ordered imnmiediately all three to be taken on board the brig San Carlos, where they were sbot, and their bodies afterwards run up the yard-arm, after a gun having been fired, as s signal to draw the attcntion of the enemy to the spot, but no wanton crielty ot' whatever kind was committed, and a quarter of an hour af'terwards thev were taken down and buried. W'hether this act is not according to the usages of war for the punishment of spies, whien hostile forces are in front of' each other, you will be best able to determine. Aly object in giving you this olain and trme statement of the case, is only to rescue froin unmrerited obloquy the name of General Mlorales, already too tiuch vilified bythe slandtr of' swindlers and adventurers ot all nations. I am, witlh due regard, Sir, your mrost obedient servant, "JOH N W'REA." GENERAL MtORALES.