Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-11-13

steHiifsIiip Ofeseene SoJ. Avs aa'p
ponr, u. 3. navy, commander, arrived ut
New tsleena from New York, Vim llava'
no, onssssaturday. the 9Th. inst. The fol-
lowing :secoant Of the difficulty we take
from ssr city exchanges;
As tt.ls Crescent ctr approached the
Moro. ile pilot came OF aud eiqiifed u
Cap,aa Porter OF Pur=er Smith was OH
boatlz Upon being informed that the lat.
ter WIGS on board, lie declined taking the
ship in, and Captain Davenport took
| her ia without bic assistance. A sootl
az lbs anchor was let 20 the Captain
Of tlsa port came alongside, aud after
learps1ir that MIR. Smith was Oh board,
he assfcj that 10 communication eoiild
be- had with the shore Until he returned
| from i visit to tie Captain Gelefhl.
o. llls return lie stated that the mails
aud passengers for Havana might be land.
| ed, bst TINT no other person wotild he per.
| mitttt TO go ashore Captain Davetipof,
tl,enYitowej him II letter from the Arnerl.
can ;t.onaul, iist received, whiel, stated
that sl,e whole difficulty had been settled
by Mr. Conlliug, except that Captain
Porter aid purser Smith would not pei.
mit,tat to land. The Captain Of the port
said Ills was a mistake. that Tie mails
and passengers for Havana might be land.
ed 81, ll,is occasion, but that If Mr.. Smith
retursSd III the ship ftom New Orleans, no
eomsf,nipation would be permitted with
the SHORE that the Spanish Minister at
Washington had written to the Captain
GensFal "that the Secretary Of State had
assu;sd him that Mr. Smith should posi-
tivetssnot be permitted to go ottt again in
a %stssner to Havana"
Caltain Davenport told him there must
be s,,Aie mistake about this, for that Mr.,
Smfts was II private citizen of the United
Statas,. aud could 20 where he pleased
WITHOUT let or l,indranee from the United
States Government. The Captain Of the
Pore Svent again TO Eee the Captain Geler.
al, ,a,l the boat Of the officers, who were
to rSe permits 10 the passengers, came
alongside, but Captain Davenport inform.
cd i1,eln that no officer or other person
could some Oh board his slip until he
leafael the disposition aud determination
of Tie I. s. Consul, apptising him Of the
eouthtion Of things aud asking his d'rec.
tio4lH. #g
Jtie Captain Of the Port returned. with
the permission Of the Captain General for
all 4Ele passengers and officers OF the ship
exetapt Mr.. Smith, to 90 ashore, alao
agttil repeating that II MIR. Smith return.
ed d, the ship from New Orleans the slip
WORLD be placed in nnteads, Capt.
Davenport then addressed the u. =, Con.
sul again, stating The changes which had
taken place that the passengers would
EXERCISE their W discretion about land-
inlfs but ms Captain Porter. whose course
he entirely approved. was interdicted from
lalsang, he would himself decline the per-
miss'on granted.
s!,dge Shatkey, the y. S. Consul came
onI Board. aud had a long and full CONVEX.
ea,ien with Captain Davenport IN refer
enes to the pending difficulties, and tho
TO be pursued upon the return Of
the vessel from New Orleans.
.Jsl,e Captain Of the Port was, through
out ,thersevefaI interviews, extremely po.
lite hnd civil. @ .a
n soon as the y. S. Consul learned
tlaE the passengers at transitN would not
be permitted TO land, he called upon the
{ s,stain General. and it was through his
and representations that PERM 'slon
was granted them. A few of the passeu.
gefs went ashore and spent the evening
4 few moment before leaving the port
ot Havana. MI, Morales, (of the firm of
& Co, the eousignees Of the Ores.
'e,g Gun came on board, and stated, by
,uls.ority, that If Purser Smith would send
/, lftter to the Captain General denying the
made against him, the difficulty
would all be settled. Captain Davenport
II fanply, assured him that under no cir.
could he allow NJ, Smith, or
INV other officer under his command, to
any Communication to the Cuban
'u:hori,ies, upon the subject, as Captain
'uster, an officer Of unblemisl,ed reputa.
ie5a, had on two previous occasions, M
|e9 his own signature, disavowed the
81 The City council at its late session