Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-10-27

wind blowing two hard to stop the ship.
Alter the vessel was anchored, the Captain
OF the Port came alongside. and demanded
Why the Crescent City ha6 not stopped outside
Of the i,arbor when he had given the order
The2Captain informed him that it was not
proper place to stop ship under the circum-
stances, and he would be risking his ship by
so doing; he had accordingly refused to obey
the order Capt. Porter was then asked for
the ships articles, and when the Captain of
the Port ascertaned that Mr.. Smiths name
was on them, he told the Captain that the
Captain Generals orders was for the Crescent
City to 60 to sea Immediately which order
Capt Porter refused to obey until his mail and
passengers We're landed or the responsibility
Of not landing them was fixed on the Spanish
authorities.
He was told by the Captai1 of the Port, that
the passengers would have to go to sea with
the ship, but the officer of the post office said
he would take the mails, when the Captain re
fused to deliver them until it was settled wteth-
er the ship was to proceed to not. Capt.
Porter informed them that he would not move
such conduct before the Captain General, which
protest the Crptain of the port consented to
take on shore to the Captain General. In the
space of half an hour it was returned. The
Captain General refused to receive any COM
municaton direct from Capt Porter, but would
receive 1T through the Consul. The protest
was accordingly sent to the Acting Consul,
Mr. Moorlan.
All this time, the boats from the shore, and
the official boats were lowering around the ship
at a distance. waiting the result. After sun
set the Captain of the Port came alongside
and informed Capt. Porter, that as the protest
had to be sent some distance to the Consuls
it was too late to answer it that night, and that
the ship was ordered to proceed to sea. You
refuse then, to receive the mails and passen
gers, said the Capt. No communication of amy
kind allowed, said the Captain of the Port
Capt Porter having done all that was neces
sary on the OCCASION, and finding no prospect
of getting rid ofhis passengers, having laid hi:
protest before the government, and left with
them the responsibility of this outrageous pro
ceeding, put to sea.
The government sent him pilot. which he
refused to receive, and at o'clock the shiI
passed the Moro. The Spanish officer wht
conducted the business of sending the Crescent
City to sea, Don Guellamo Chacon, behaved
throughout with great courtesy and politeness
exhibiting no feeling on the occasion, but evi
IDENTIFY showing that he had an unpleasant duty
to perform. There was no rudeness exhibited
on either side, and on that score no complaint
is made sgainst the authorities of Cuba. The
matter is now one which concerns the govern
ment Of the United States, and with which
companies and individuals have nothing to do
The following is the protest made by Cap
tain Porter, and laid before the Captain Ger
eral:
Whereas, the Spanish authorities in Cub;
have issued an order to prevent the entrance
Of The United States mail steamship Crescent
City into the port of Havana. to which the sale
steamship is bound in the pursuit of her legiti
mate business, no offence having been commit
ted on the coast Of Cuba against the laws o
Spain, by the officers or crew of said vessel
and the said order being in direct contravcu
tion Of the treaty stipulations between the two
countries: do, therefore. strongly protest, il
the name Of the United States Mail Steamship
Company, (whose Interest," representa- and als'
in the name Of the government Of the Unites
States whose officer AMI against proceed
4 ing - arbitrary. -
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