The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-30

dhe United States mail steamship Crescent City, Lieut.
r0,st eonmandlns arrived at this por az late
delivery OF memoTanda .
Then follows succinct account OF the excitement
created III Havana BY the Imprisonment OF large
Der OF Cfeoes IN oahsome dungeons, &c.
:, letter addressed from New York 10 the Diario at
havana ohngs ihe matter 10 The attention OF the Cuban
au,houes and lhereupon order issues from Martin
Gaano secretary 10 the captain neral and addressed
% we eonsgnees OF the steamer, where is to be found
The following
"SgPrEMpEa l. 1852
" u purser WILLIAM SMITH or any olher person. shall
ia iuiufe venture 10 PUBLISH AMERICAN
FILING htAiiye TO fnG AFFAIRS CUBA, vessels hav
mo lhe pofls OF THIS islands aud Mr. SMITH, especially Is
on 40 account 70 be permitted here under penalty
dismissed the pou"
IN VAN does Smith. as early the 2st OF October
deny under OATH bis connexon with the publication in
the paper above alluded TO- referring to the affairs OF
Cuba In VAIN does Lieut. Porter give every assurance
ha ne Is ihnocenl OF the act laid 10 his charge. The
PRESIDENT condemns smith, and by order OF his Post
master General suspends the sending oil the United States
mai hy the Crescent City, OR BY OTHER VESSEL
WITH Mr.. PURsER SMITH ON BOARD" Why this? :" For
ressee wh,ch does not furnish. in The opinion OF the
government, even good presumpye ground Tor such
prohibton"so reads the Presidents message -" for
penco in reference to the purser of private steam
ship, who TO be entirely innocent OF the matters
lad to his charge"-so says Mr.. Everett. But it is
alleged that the President has patiently submitted TO
these evils, and has continued FAITHFULLY to give to
Jubd lhe advantages oi those principles OF the pnblc
law. under the shelter OF which she Cuba) has departed
IN this case from The conn OF nations" And why has
the President exhibited such tobearance' The only
reason can hnd for II u. that the captain general,
notwithstanding, is an officer apparently OF upright
and conciiatory character Such The given
US by Mr. Everett aud that this conduct ESQ says the
PIesIdenD towards the steamers employed TO carry the
mails OF The United States TO Havana has, with the
ceion above aluded to- been marked with Kindness and
lberay, and indicates no general purpose Of interfering
with the commercial correspondence and intercourse
between the island OF Cuba and his country"
Had the Presldent-bad MIR Everett-iorgoiten what
occurrences, previous TO this last oaiT, had place.
which were lar from exhibiting the dispositions of the
chi mag astrae oil Cuba in the favorable lie ht in which
they are presented IN the message OF the President and
in Mr. Everetps letter. Had they forgotten the treat
ment met at The hands of that officer by the steamship
Ollo then commanded BY Lieutenant Schenck OF the
United States navy who refused communication with
the shore, and was ordered 10 anchor under the guns OF
the Moro Castle, while engaged in peaceful and lawful
commerce, and though no charge could be laid against
any person board OF her Had they forgotten that tho
Falcon, while oa her usual passage from Chagres TO Ha
vana, had been fred into The high seas not far from
the island and boarded and overhaued under the flip
pant petence that the officers committing that ndgnity
ignorant OF the character OF the steamer though she
had borne the flag aud mails OF the United States
hundred times into the port OF Havana, and well
known 10 The Spanish cruisers and authorities as TO
American officers IN the ports OF New Orleans and New
YORK Had they forgotten the outrage perperaied on
the steamer PhIlade phia while her route from As.
pnwall to New Orleans! This steamer, with mails and
two hundred and twenty passengers and The cholera
proslra,ed and lying agony She entered the ha
Dor OF Havana in the forenoon OF the 9th Of June last
and anchored some distance from the coal wharf The
captain Immediately reported 10 the health officer, and
informed him OF the condition OF the ship, stating that it
Indispensable TO her safety and the lives of the pas
senges and 10 enable him to proceed TO New Orleans to
procure supplies OF coal provisions, water and medicines
tie ordered the ship TO quarantine at once whiaer she
proceeded, but directly after anchoring and blowing of
seum ordered outside OF the habor by the captain of
the port The captain OF the steamer assured him that the
fires out and that IT would take time comply with
the order the officer SAID that if he did not 20 out al once
the guardshp had her ORDERS which understood TO
mean that she would fire on the steamer. As
possible, the Philadelphia proceeded tie outside buoy,
perhaps miles out 10 The coal lighters, ordered
by The companls agent, were towed out and brought
alongside; few tons were taken board, when the
captain OF the port gave them forty minutes complete
thelr coaling and watering at the end OF which time,
under the Of the officers OF The and
The appeals OF The suffering passengers, she driven
off with only small quantity OF COAL and none OF the
ter the lighter with the latter being within fifty yards of
the ship at The time She had no alternative but to
abandon her route 10 New Orleans az aemp, TO make
Key West Had not the captain OF the steamer been
emp from the disease and had the weather proved ia
vorabe, the ship would have been lost with all on board.
Coal could not be procured al Key West and after much
delay, a sailing vessel was chartered TO take the mails
and portion OF the passengers 10 New Orleans; the res
ldue detained under great suffering, until an extra
steamer could be despatched by the company from New
York. The eompany's agent, through the American
consul at Havana, entered a protest against these
proceedings And how could the President and the
after the above occurrences, the III Dorado. having
left AspnwaIl with two hundred and ninety pas
sengers, the California mails Tor New Orleans and
New York. and 100000 OF bullion, also ordered
not to enter the port OF Havana The health officer ap
preached her off the Moro, aud asceflained that few
deaths had occurred the voyage from the isthmus fe
ver and that three railroad labores sick of that
complaint, but that there had been OF cholera
infectious disease aboard. The captain general who is
pesdent OF the board OF health, convened the board and
the result to order The ship 10 ortbw The
captain asked to go into quarantine only long enough TO
procure supplies urging that the ship perfectly
healthy. 1bis request denied. The agent then de-
sired that the ship might remain at her station mile out
.de until he could despatch the Empire City, another OF
the United States mail steamships, then in port, 10 her
assistance. This also refused, and all communica-
tion between the ship and the shore in,erdiced The
captain OF the port then ordered the ship, 10 the most per-
efnpofy manner, To 10 sea immediately. Captain
Mitchell had alternative but 10 obey, and proceed
sea- destitute OF all necessities for his voyage The
Empire City compelled, possible, TO fol-
low and overlake heI and 10 change her route to
New York instead OF going direct to New Orleans, whth
er she WAS bound by the companys contract with the
government This was also made the subject OF
protest by the companys agent at Havana
such were the dispositions exhibited by the captain
general-dIspostioRs which TO have concsttd TO
him The good will and appreciation OF the American gov
eminent But, strange to say while rulers here
beapng censure and condemnation on the company's
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