The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-10-29


nE CUBAN ! E,xciTEMg gSr IN NEw
iioRK.t IN Tuesday the Cuban excite
meEtsins 4 eW York reached itsclimaX,I
when Twas announced that the Cres-
cent City was below. Crowds of apeo.
pie hurried down to the dock, foot of
Warren street, vociferously cheering
all the while for Cuba, forsGommodore
Porter, and for Purser Smith. The
Express says:
An Extra Express was immedi-
ately issued, with the news, and tile !.
avidity to get hold of q copy surpasss
ever seen since the day
the Mexican war. The city gs
has been greatly excited sin
rival OF the Black Wa
day. In some cases osurd
rumors got a. On
Monday nis knot Of
men, vicinity Of the
Mort houses, one and all.
Expressed with tho con-
Some how or other the
M arrived; that the Ameri-l
had been insulted; and worse
lall, that Purser Smith had been
sent off iii chains captive to the gloo-
my dungeons of the Moro! The cx-
element, just there and then, was up
to fever heat. All hands were sphull
of phury and phight,' and it was no
use trying to pour oil on the waters
by suggesting that nobody else had
the news. When we left them, one
of the indignants had mounted an oil
barrel, and was rapidly lashing himself
into al effervesccncc which was likely
to be appcascd only by war right
off against the viIlai.lous Spaniards,
the annexation Of Cuba! aud a general
thrashing for 'all reation.' To-day it,
need hardly be added, Com. Porter
and Purser Smith arc the lions of the
town. The Crescent City, meanwhile,
lies off in the stream, waiting opportu-
nifty to come up to the wharf. About
8 9o'clock, a procession ofpatriotic excl
tables, with music, went down to pay
their respects; but, to their great morti-
tication, the steamer was not within
hailing distance. After looking at her
awhile, in silent admiration, they beat
a retreat to prepare for what ever fur
ther demonstration the future may
bring forth.
The Crescent City sails again for
Havana OH next Wednesday. She
will take purser Smith on board, as
usual, the report is, but whether she
will also carry the mails, when no
mails will be received, remain yet to
be seen. The frequent communication
with Havana, by means of our steam
ers, under present circumstances, is
likely to bring into contact the people
of the two countries, who have been
mutually excited against each other
by the late proceedings, and II street
brawl or u disturbance, no matter how
slight, would be followed by consc-
quences, it is thought, of the most scri-
Gus character.
On Tuesday evening, the Spanish
Council New York, charged With
the achievement of Cuban sindepeild.T
encc, was formally inaugurated in the
presence of an influential meeting Of
the friends of Cuba in particular and
liberty in general. The intiatory pro-
ced,uc took place in the Apollo
Rooms, Broadway, the spacious part
ments being about half filled with Ia.
dies and gentlemen, who took the live
licst interest in the proceedings
Each member pledged himself upon
the sacred volume to the due perform
ance of his allotted function. The
Secretary then read manifesto, in
which is set forth at length the wrongs
and expressions Of Cuba and the ini-
quities and crueltics of Spanish mis-
government, concluding with an ap-
peal to the free people of the world.-
Several speeches were made in Span
ish. Mr.. Edward Blankman made the
only English speech, in which he G.
dicted that the Lone Star would proud
~ wave DER the public cdiiccs of Gu
ba, on or before the lst of january,
1888.