Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-10-16
City Affair.

ed IN this port yesterday from New York
via Havana, in eight days, with 1G0 pas
scngers (65 being for Havana) and mails
The Crescent City brings all the Haya.
TIA passengers and the Havana mails, ow.
ing to the authorities not permitting any
communication, and ordering the ship &c
sea with the mails and passengers on board
in consequence, it is presumed, Of Mr.
Smith, the purser Of the vessel, being OIL
board. As the Crescent City approached
the Port, the Captain Of the Port MET her
at the mouth Of the barbor, and made mo.
tons not to enter the port, which order
was disregarded by the Captain, and he
stood in. The Captain Of the Port then
verbally ordered him to beave to, at the
mouth Of the harbor, which order he re.
fused to obey, as it was blowing half a
gale at the time and moreover, not hav-
ing any intention Of remaining outside the
harbor, he thought i, a useless waste Of
time. The Crescent City accordingly
proceeded to her anchorage. having refus-
ed to take a pilot, the wind blowing too
hard to stop the ship. After the vessel
was anchored. the Captain of the Port
came along side and demanded why the
Crescent City was not stopped outside of
the harbor when he had given the order.
Capt Porter informed him that it was not
a proper place to stop under the circum.
stances, and he would he risking his ship
by so doing. He had accordingly refused
to obey the order. He was then asked for
the ships articles, aud when the Capt. Of
the Port asceltained that Mr.. Smiths
name was on them. he told Capt. P. that
the Capt. Generals order was that the
Crescent City 60 to sea Immediately -
which order Capt. Porter refused TO obey
until his mails and passengers were land.
ed, or the responsibility of not landing
them would be fixed on the Spanish au.
thorities. He was told by the Capt. Of
the Port that the passengers would have
to go to sea with the ship. The officer OF
the Postotfice, however, said he would
take the mails, but Capt P. refused to de.
liver them until 1t was decided whether
the ship was to proceed to sea or not.
Capt. Porter informed the Capt. Of the
Port that he would not move his anchor
until he had made a formal protest against
such conduct, before the Capt. General,
(which protest the Capt. of the Port con.
sented TO take on shore to the Capt. Gen.
eral. In the space Of half an hour it was
refined, the Capt. General having refused
to receive any communication direct from
Capt. Porter, but stating that he would re.
ceive 1t through the Consul. The pro.
test was accordingly sent to the acting o n
sui, 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 sunset the Capt. Of the Port came
along side and informed Capt. Porter that
as the protest had TO be sent some distance
to the Consul, it was too late to answer
it that night, and that the ship YVES order
ed to proceed to sea. "You refuse, then.
TO receive the mails and passengers, said
Capt. P. No communication of any
kind, allowed" said the Captain of the
Port.
Capt. Porter having done all that was
necessary on the occasion, finding no pros
pect of getting rid Of his passengers, and
having laid his protest before the govern
ment, leaving with them the responsible
ity OF this outrageous proceeding, put to
sea. The government sent him a pilot,
which he refused to receive, and at 7 o'clock
the ship passed the Moro.
The Spanish officer who conducted the
business OF sending the Crescent City to
sea, Don Guellamo Ghacon, behaved
throughout with great courtesy and 20.
likeness, exhibiting no feeling on the &C.
casion, but evidently showing tha; he felt
he had an unpleasant duty to PERFORM
There was no feeling or rudeness exhib.
tied on either side and on that score no
were made against the author
Of Cuba. The matter is one which
nov concerns the Government of the Uni.
ted States, and with which companies and
individuals have nothing to do.-N. O.
Puper. .8se
We will here annex the noble and man.
ly protest of Capt PORTER. against the
authorities Of Cuba.
IS Whereas, the Spanish authorities in Gu. |
ba have issued an order TO prevent the en-
trance of the United States Mali Steam
Crescent City into the port Of Hava-
ma, to which the said steamship is bound
in pursuit Of her legitimate business, no
offense having been committed on the
coast Of Cuba against the laws Of Spain
by the officers or crew Of said vessel, and
the said order being in direct contraven-
ton of the treaty stipulations between the
countries. | do, therefore, strongly |
in the name of the u. States Mail
Company, (whose interes, l re-
presently and also in the nam of the Gov
eminent Of the United States, (whose or
I am, against a proceeding SO arbi-
trary. 8
The Spanish authorities in Cuba, for
the extraordinary course taken by them,
to hold the United States Mail
Company responsible for news
paper articles published in the United
and which are alleged to have
been written by the Pnrser Of the Cres-
cent City. It has been distinctly declar-
ed by me, though no such declaration was
called for on my part, that Mr.. Smith, the
Purser, has no agency in composing or
publishing such articles. Iprotest against
The United States Mai Steamship Com
pany being held responsible for the publ
,ation Of any articles in the newspapers
IF the United States. as such matters are
beyond the control of sale Compa-
ny, as well as of the officers of the ships
connected Herewith.
The press of the United States acknowl-
no direct censorship from any quar-
Ter whatsoever, and is answerable only to