Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-12-04
The Difficulties at Havana.
From the PicaYune.

Baltimore. Nov. 27-The National lnfeIIl.
eencer publishes a letter, written by President
Fillmore TO Collector Maxwell. OF the port OF
New York. and in answer TO the latter's letter
! REGARDING Mr.. George Laws determination that
! the Crescent City should enter the harbor Of
Havana again, with Purser Smith on board.
The President says that no acl OF Law shall
be permitted to place this Government IN The
! wrong. Law has a right TO pursue his lawful
business in q lawful manner, but Government
| also has Il right TO decide if that business be
carried on legally, and if not, to express It's dis
| approval.
Il shalt SAYS the President, "~execute all the
| powers vested in NE to prevent difficulties n
This matter. am resolved, at every hazard, 70
| maintain our rights in this controversy, and /
am equally resolved not to permit lie Crescent
City or her owners TO Involve Us in further
difficulties. | do not admit Mr.. Laws right 10
threaten war on his own account, or 10 seek
redress for his real or imagined injuries, and
then call on this Government for its approval
Of his course.
negotiations have already been commenced
with Spain regarding the matter, and the affair
can 10 longer he controlled by Mr.. law. r.,
therefore, he repeats his attempt 10 enforce the
entrance Of the Crescent City into the iarbor Of
Havana, and the landing of all on board of her.
he must forfeit his Vessel and suiter the c0nse>
quences individually, without expecting an in
demnity from this Government.
"Jhe question must now be settled between
the Governments of the United States and Spain
and Mr.. Law must wait The result
Dir. Law has complied with the Presidents
desire in the matter
Capt. Davenport has been Withdrawn, and 40
other Government officer will be allowed to
command a steamer Of flaws line until lie OWL
ers thereof evince a disposition hot 10 interfere
further in Cuban affairs.
The Postmaster General has given orders
that the L. S. mails shall not be again despatch
ed on the Crescent City or any other Of the
company's steamers having Pnrser Smith on
board. The mails viii be sent to Charleston,
and thence by the steamship Isabel to Havana.
More oftfe Harana DiGIcuIg-NEw York,
Nor. 27.-The steamship Cherokee, Capt. Bax-
ter, has sailed for New Orleans, cia Havana.
with forty passengers, all for the former port,
Purser Smith is on board. Tie steamer look
no freight. The mails were Withdrawn By or
DEF Of Government.
Capt. Davenport announces that the letter
written by him on the Crescent City. when she
was last in Havana, and for which he has been
censured, was addressed to The consignees OF
the Crescent City, and not to the Cuban authori-
lies.
The Us Government however considers that
he did wrong ii signing himselfas attached 10
the {. S. Navy.
It is Fumored tina. a Fiiiibuster movement is al
the bottom of Laws course in this niatter.-
Twenty-Five thousand muskets were withdrawn
by him yesterday from the pub ic warehouses al
the Atlantic dock.
Ar. FIlIntors,S LsYer-NEw YORK, Nov. %.
1t has been ascertained that Dir. Fillmore's
letter to Collector Maxwell in relation to Mr..
Law published in our last evenings edition
based on false Impressions, MIR. Maxwell
wrote TO Mr.. Fillmore that it was the intention
of Mr. Law, if the Crescent City was fired into, |
10 go TO war with Cuba on his own RESPONSE !
bilitY and with his own means. 1tr. Law
denies ever having said any thing of the kind,