The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-05

Tno hHnmcy t8xPo0HGAOh.
There was . report In circulation in the lower
part Of the city yesterday afternoon, that this
famous expedition was to sail ct O'Clock r. NJ, without
fan in spite of the feet blockading the little
steamer that was 10 carry Caesar and his fortunes Be-
O'Clock came, however, without any evidence being
shown that ths report had any foundation In TRUTH and
from present appearances there ID 10 believe
the feet win have any occasion 10 unmuzzls the
dogs Of war" We understand Captain Graham ID
quite annoyed at the blockade he alleges he ID not
even now permitted TO make trial trip with his new
steamer Ocean Bird laying 81 the dock beside the
United States, in an unfinished state. grand mass
meeting Is to be held Wednesday evening by me-
chanics in the employ Of Captain Graham to protest
sssns the absurd OiOel.ds now in Pr0grsss a said
have given their sanction to Il and win honor tue meet
ing with their presence. By the way Why don't the ad
idle In neighborng dockf II sne stays stin much
longer she'll "spls {"
from the Post.l
Yesterday afgernocn immense crowd Of ship car
peners caulkers and othsrs assembled foot Of
Eighth street. East RIVER to witness the important
with Cuba the administration has undertaken with an
unArmsd steamer, manned By two stewardessss and .
there within short distance Of thu bockadsd steam
err "ke Levisthans asleep lay the three besieging
naval steamships and the revenue cutter Washington
fearful with deep mouthed cannon and sharp eyed
watchmen, suitably equipped with government spy
glasses
AT this moment Captain Graham OF the United States
arrived in his buggy 1t the docx, add mounting the
quarter deck, invited his workmen, numbering some
two hundred and the rest OF the crowd to upon
the deck, which soon thronged In reply to various
interrogatories the captain brief SPEECH stand
ing upon box. he told his that he had received
word from Washington that neither of his Steamers the
Ocean Bind tho United States the harbor
of New York.
In these two noble steamships, unsurpassed in the
beauty of their construction and the feeness with
which they could skim the seas Of them containing
room for passengers, he had invested large part
Of bis fortune - he was not to send them
forth peacsable commercial errands, 1t longer
object to employ labor In fitting them out BE had
already expended some seventeen thousand dollars In
leave it to them to upon the Justice Of the pro-
ceediDgs by which his legitimate and peaceful business
was interrupted vessels cannot 60 seq, san
in building them, and much az te might regret the ne
cessy, he feared he should be compelled dsharge the
hands whom he now had In his employ.
As to the course OF the government in stopping an
unarned steamer mere suspicion, he would cootrast
it with the Cuban authorities in simar In his
last voyage to Havana though suspicious
had been circulated there Of his having busterng de-
that the United States should be allowed to pass the
Moro into the habor but invited him to dine treatsd
him with every mark of hospitality He, Captain Ora
ham, not there to defend the Kinney expedition,
with which he had no connection other than might be
implied from the fact that Celona Kinney and his
cstes had chartered his steamship.
he would not charter her to them were he not con-
WINGED that their objects we're lawful and proper
they had assured him and he had taken every occasion
by inquiries, OF the at Warrington and else
where to assure himself Of the truth without discov
the neval force Of the United States.
The captain then descended from his rostrum amid
general applause and after the retirement Of the wd
gathering was held BY this workmen ON the dock, to
test against the action Of the In interfering
with the business Of the laboring classes. sSRi