The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-21

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ard the Aushssasi<s ef navuaa.
Lieut. Twiggs, aid-ds-csmp to Gen Twiggs and Lieut.
HsmphI Jones' Of the United sts tss Marines having
arrived at New Orleans furnished the Picayurs with the
following account OF the late difficulty at Havana =
ST. CHARLEs HorsL, Nsw o.Lr.S. July
An erroneous statement Of ths difficulty between four
American officers the authorities Of the port OF Hs
vsna produced by alleged violation OF the ssnsory
SSsrsi de- Ia Habana under date the a2d Of June and
since copied In OF the papers OF ns cy the
undersigned two Of the individuals referred TO- as an act
OF Justice TO ourselves and brother ocers involved re-
quest early insertion in your paper OF the following
correct statement othe facts Of the easel
On Thursday Jul 18th. the United States transport
ship Atlas with companies Of marines bound to vera
Cruz arrived of the Nero Castle. The COMMANDER OF
sui and of fresh the troops dss
patched boat with Lieuts Baker, Rich, ana Jones' Oh
the marine regiment and George Twiggs AID
Gen. Twiggs shore for that purpose On approach
ing the Moro hailed by the sentry and ordered
not to enter Lieut. Rich then spoke to the guard In
Spanish and requested to the officer OF the guard
who accordingly came and having inquired the reasons
TO which wished entering the port gave us permits
sion to In going the harbor passed close by
the guard ship though observed by her officers
not directed to stop; supposng therefore, the permis
shs ~ sns o. sns Ala
the government steps In Of the guard there
posted. moment after we were met by couple OF
officials, who inquired the manner Of passing the
Castle and desired us to accompany them to the Of
flee Of the captain Of the port We did SO, and gave
where bound number Of our troops Of
commander, and that there disease on board
try into the harbor, which statement was taken
down by them In writing The sduant Of the port then
S we had dUns Of W s
which IL far from wish intention to violate.
and that If we had infrnged any law we were not to
blame had been unintent part and with
the cognzance Of those whose duty 1t
to teach strangers to avoid not to lead them into error
yet rather than be the of difficulty, would at
once return to ship. To this he answered AS
you on shore you may finish your business and
then return to your vessel Notwitnstanding TINS
cood miaaio WA were " 0ea
Of returning that could not do so until We had
each paid fine Of $500, which refusing to do, our
ing home aboard the bark Louisa, Of Philadelphia at
the invitation of her captain, John Gallagher, whose
assistance from the American ship-ms in port
are happy. with gratitude, to acknowledge
Lieuts Baker and Rich, with view Of obtaining our
to issue order to that eecbut so far from this pro-
mise being complied WITH we were the next afternoon
confined in the quarters Of the captain Of the po and
only released at the Intervention Of CONSUL (Gsn.
Campbell who strenuousy exerted himself to procure
qualified by the condition the ship should first
and be visited by the health officer This the consul
sent 1t through the medium Of the government, all
other communication with the vessel being denied,
for which slight service bill of S4a IS was
paid. The colonel replied he had ordered the cap
tain Of the transport to bring her In, which he re-
fused being only for the ports of Vera Cruz
and the Brazos and having power to compel him, he
enclosed certificate from the surgeon Of the regiment
csrCiying that mere was NJ u.soase aons Io IvP,
wniou ne ivPeu wou w. h"rnor 90 Saayy,oJ ID
it being considered requisite that some one should go
0n oearu " ,nake Aown 'ne I"eSo "a WIG oa.o .S :.
naker anu nlch Paiu tno hno ~nu woio Pes An.eou w
ieave wnhe we adnerlng 10 our Vi non pay
meht, were uetalneu 90 Pisoeie Suo oPp., ~
ior permission 10 nave our trunhs i1n1eu to
custom house and paying the duties, but this the
tnorites 1e'useu Ane Sao uay N'no So'9
the Atias sailed "A, .,
For several DAYS we were tnreatenso Will :.
ment put the government contenIso .neMseves VIII
restricting US 10 the CITY lmits, ana eAsrcrng Tge
scrutiny over al our acIons , IN snS LIZ 1sa
man war scnr n.veu, 80 o 20 ~.
member OF Oohgrese, anu S"us y, v0
Supreme court OF one OF inc southern otates consul
es NJ The scboonsrs 70 ievise the course most ex
nedient for ma TO pursue They considered the whole
procedure an one and the fine imposed most
n;us hnt =. va were soliticous of taking the field thew
Advised the pavmept of the ane by the consul under
nrotsst whereby we did not acknowedpe its Justice or
reinousn the position we had assumed but merely to
% norariv srrsnva the matter as 10 enable us to
70 our resnectve duties in Mexico Ths course
tho navmsnt az tn. fine g. obtained our passports and
left In The morning of the isl ut being that in
the interview above alluded to the captain gem
eral and Lieus Baker and Rich language insulting
used we with the appreciation of our consul
letter to his exceencv on the subject of which the
Toi,owino 10 a cow
HAVANA June 80, ls47.
srInasmuch as II "a c,rrentlv reported that one of
a.. hroth.r osRcersa in the nnpeasant difcultv
Nth Tho suthortis. of th;snortin conversaton with
excelsncv relative thereto used certain improper
congressional and as the impression appears general that
th a;d ocar was DELEGATED In act for the whole we
ssm n dntv ncumbent upon ourselves TO state that
If sucb have been used they have been and
still ARE without oar APPRECIATION or far
from he'll CHI cteristc of Americans treat with