New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-07
Arrival of the Crescent City,
Important from Havana.


The u s. mail steamship Crescent City, Lieut. d D.
Porter, u s. Navy, commanding arrived last evening in
eight days from NewYork, via Havana, with 100 passen-
gers 65 of whom took passage for Havana The Crescent
CITY also brought the mails intended for Havana, not
having been allowed any communication with the shore
1t has already been announced that Mr. Smith, the Purse
OF the Crescent City, had made himself obnoxious to the
Cuban authorities and threats had been that the
ship would not be allowed in the harbor if he was
board This threat carried into effect as will seen
by the following statement furnished by Mr. s. himself
As the Crescent City approached the port the Captain
OF the Port met her at the mouth of the harbor and
made motions not to enter the port, which order was
dsregarded by the Captain he in The Captain
of the Port then ordered him verbally heaveto
mouth Of the harbor which order Captain Porter refused
to obey it blowing half gale of wind the time
and moreover, not having any intention of remaining
outside the harbor he thought it of time
The Crescent City accordingly proceeded to her anchor
age having refused to take pilot the wind blowing too
hard to stop the ship.
After the vessel anchored the Captain of the Port
came alongside and demanded why the Crescent City had
not stopped outside the harbor when no given the
order. The Captain informed him that it was not a
proper place to stop ship under the circumstances and
ne would be rskng his ship by doinghe had accord
ngy refused to obey the order Captain Porter was then
for the ships articles when the Captain of the
Port ascerained that Mr.. Smiths on them he
tou tue captain Tue captain teneralS order
for the Crescent City to go to immediately, which
order Captain Porter refused to obey until his mail and
passengers landed the responsibility landing
| them was fixed on the Spanish authorities.
He told by the Captain of the Port that the passeu-
gers would have to go to with the ship that the Off
Of the Port said he would take the mails when the
Captain refused to deliver them until it was settled
whether the ship to proceed to Captain
Porter informed the Captain of the Port that would not
his anchor until he had
such conduct before the Captain General which protest
he Captain of the Port consented to take shore the
Captain General In the space of half hour it
urned The Captain General refused to receive any
munication direct FROM Captain Porter but would receive
through the Consul The protest accordingly
the acting Consul Mr.. Moorlan. All this time, the
boats from shore and the official boats lowering
round the ship at distance waiting the result After
sunset the Captain of the Port alongside and in
ormed Captain Porter that the protest had been
long distance to the Consul it too late it
that night and that the ship ordered proceed to
You refuse then, to receive the mails ana passen-
~ said the Captain No communication of any kind
| dlowed,h said the Captain of the Port.
Captain Porter having done all that was necessary on
the OCCASION and finding prospect of getting rid Of his
passengers having laid his protest before the Government
nd left with them the responsibility of this outrageous
proceeding put to The Government sent him pilot
which he refused to receive and o'clock the shin
| 'Aui'
business of sending the Crescent City sea Don Gua
mo Chacon behaved throughout with great courtesy and
poitcness, exhibiting feeling the OCCASION but evil
tenty showing that he had unpleasant duty to per-
orm There was no feeling or rudeness exhibited on
ther side and on that complaint is made against
The authorities of Cuba The matter is one now which
the Government of the United States and with
| which companies and individuals have nothing to do
The following is the protest made by Captain Porter
| and laid before the Captain General;
Whereas, The Spanish authorities in Cuba have issued
ordered to prevent the entrance of the u s Mail
steamship Crescent City into the port Havana to which
the said steamship is bound in the pursuit of her legiti
mate business, offence having been committed on the
of Cuba against the laws of Spain by the officers or
crew of said vessel and the said order being direct
aventon of the treaty stpuations between the two ma
ions do therefore strongly protest in the of the
Of the United States Mail steamship Company whose in
'efest represent and also in the of the Govern
meh oil the United States, whose officer am, against
provision so arbitrary
LIE spanish authorities in Cuba for the extraordinary
taken by them profess to hold the United States