The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-11-03

OF Mr.. Webaer, at Marshfield, yesterday, II
was found that Mr.. w. died of disease of the
liver, and that the immediate cause of his death
was heme:hage from the stomach and bowels
NEW YORK, Oct. 26-2, pm.
The coffin in which the ren,ains Of the lament
ed Webster are tn be enclosed, is now in pre-
paration by the gentlemen, Hugh & E. S. Put.
ton, now Of this city. 1t is Of metal, air-tght,
and covered with cloth and heavy frienge.
J. G. Clark. ex NJ. c. for New York, IS dead.
s.-., <...s,. WAsH,Kcros, Oct 20
1t is understood that Lieut.. Page is to be de.
spltched in the new steamer, Waterwitch, for
the survey Of the Paraguay and Uruguay, and
other branches of the La Platte River.
Crssceat city at Havana.
New YoxK, Oct. 10
The steamer Crescent City, Lcvt Porter,
commanding, arrived this afternoon from New
Orleans, via Havana, in four days and eighteen
hours.
The Crescent City, entered the harbor Of
Havana at the first break of day, and il was sup.
posed by those on board that it was owing to
their not being seen until inside Of the harbor
that they were not molcsted. At run rise the
Captain Of the Port came alongside and asked
for the obnoxious MIR. Smith. When he was
nfor med he was on board, he then told Capt
p, as the ship was in pDrt no steps would be
taken-but no communication with the shore
would be allowed. Capt. p. said he desired to
resent his protest, of which the Captain Of the
Port politely offered to get further ord,rs from
the Captain General.
In the mean time he informed Capt. P. that
the ship might be in port as long as suited his
purpose, and might go to sea when he pleased,
as they acknowledged no control over her; but
to communicate with the shore she shouldnot in
, any manner. Such was the Captain G,ne,a' $
orders and by way of enforcing them, guard
boats wore placed on all sides Of the ship, filed
with the usual police to guard foreign vesse s.
These poor fellows did not relish the bust
ness altogether, as the sun was pouring down
on them, without, any awning; and when the
ing on board the Crescent City sounded he
ca for breakfast call to WATCH the Spanish
officials were politely invited on the Crescent
| Cny-they looked sad enough, Wishing nodoubt
tlat Capt. r. would go to sea and relieve them
| from their imprisonment The Captain had no
slch intention, however, but after breakfast or.
d red the paint pots to &" up, and the seamen
| to gu to work Systematically and paint the sh p
outside, from which manGuvre it was supposed
| by the guard boats that he intended to stay al
| least q week. In consequence Of this the po-
lice boats were relieved. aud two boats with re-
gular crews from the frigate, were sent TO watch
the Crescent City.
| Atnne clock the Captain Of the Port came
alongside again and Informed Capt. r that he
would no, be permitted to lay his protest before
the American Colsal. lie was asked
| by Captain +. what use Consul was
if American vessels in difficulty were not
permitted to commune ate with them that in
any civilized nation, Consul was recognized as
a representative of his country, and the laws Of
nations entitled citz ms to have access TO him
| The Captain of the Port declined entering into
discussion of the mlttcr, affirming, which was
true, that he was exercising no authority Of his
own, but acting entir ~ under orders.
I The IN ervrw tcrmin1ted-sn6 did the ou: side
painting, and st am was ordered up. The
| Captain intended to d.op two c,pies of his pro
test on board the American Barque and Brig
| lying in the lower harbor, when just as theCres
/ o,nt CITY WAS about moving ahead. word cam
at that Mr.. Morales, of the house o. Drape. Il
Co, had aimed permission ,o CO lie along
81 lie, which he did few minutes after, in
shore boat, accompanied by the government
boat with three officers.
| Mr. Morales thought this difficulty could be
g,t over by Mr. Smiths sending written deni
al to the Captain General, with regard to the
accusation of Peter Hicks.
Capt. Porter refused to permit, lie had
himself made two distinct disavowals which had
| not been received, nor would be permit any
correspondence from any officer of the ship tn
90 to any Of the auth rites. He considered !,
beneath the dignity of his country to max" any
explanation. Capt. also refused on his own
part to hold anycorrespondence with anyone on
the matter except through the American Con-
| sui.
Capt Porter the nature of the document he
wished to send to the Consul, and il it contain
ed disavowal of the ch,rges against Mr.. Smith
| They were Informed that it was protest. aud
| hat il referred to the two formers disayowals
made by Capt. F.; but al the same time it was
written IN plain terms. The objection was evil
IDENTIFY to get some Kind Of an apology or ack
| acknowledgement Of wrong on the part Of NJ Smith
| that W ,uld enable them to settle the affair
which was becoming rather troublesome. In
this, however, they received no assistance from
the Crescent city; and after some discussion
among the Spanish officers, they offered 10 /,
! on shore, and see if it was not possible to get
the protest delivered to the Consul. They
| thought it could be done if it was first ascer-
| tanned whether the documents contained any
! thing offensive to the Spanish Government
Information in this matter was denied them
notwithstanding which the officers did go on
shore with MIR. Morales, and after some time
the acting Consul Mr. Moreand, came along
| side in Government boat in company with the
Capt. ofthe port Don Guilene Chacon. The
consul, however, was not permitted to come on
, board, nor allowed to write him in the G. q.
Capt. Porter delivered his protest in person.
Being informed by Mr.. Moreland that nothing
now could be done the C. e. put to sea.-Nei-
ther subdued or conquered as she passed the
Custom House thousands were assembled to
witness her departure. lThe steamers Star
Spangled Banner was run to the foremas; head
and as she passed and as the flag foated out 10
the breeze, its stars looked bright as ever, not
a sound was heard from that vast multitude bu,
| there were beating hearts in that crowd, filled
with hope that the insult TO that f,g would be
avenged. Many silently a:tested their respec,
by uncoverng their heads as the steamer und
er full head Of steam swept by the mole.
As the e. e passed by Moro Castle she fired
a gun in honor Of the flag that hoated proudly
at her mast head, and was made to bear defiance
to the GROWING Cistle Of drspotism.
Capt P. in his protest aludes to the friendly
treaty between Spain and the United States,
and to the unfriendly course pursued by the for
mer lie protests against not being allowed 10
make known to the American Consul the stu
alton in which he is placed; attention Of the
Spanish government in Cuba to the fact that
in her last voyage every one of her passengers
had with him a passport from the Spanish Con-
sui in New York, and says that an appeal to
Consul Of country is even respected among
barbarians.
PURcHAsE-it is said the illinois Central
Railroad Company have purchased the Spring.
field and Naples road, and now intend to extend
it from Springfield to Decatur. Macon county,
and it for the transportation Of the ties iron,
&c, used in the construction of their great
work. At some future day it will be further
extended westward to the Mississippi at Quin-
cy, thus uniting the latter place with the great
net work Of communication that is now being
laid down in Eastern illinois and across Indiana.
Galena Jeffcrsonian.