The Arkansas banner., 1849-10-02
The secret Exnehi,inn

" wih b. reeoiiected that a afew days aso we n.A ns'ea teegrsphtc despatch gtvihv an accom-, nf ."e seiAhfe oi three vessels at New York sannn.ad sV ss oe concerned ih The secret expedition Ws ind m S'e Ne" ierk Courief the toiio~ing notice of ,bs p'etioes movements oi inc government with rrg,Tt ,.. ','s "eu aud Union, from which t will be seen that thefe!tner was seized before hn, a,,o.. to depaFt:- Pieayaas Sut ~'''"sa
 oue o ihsn she Upien, is ter,,l,, r,.l.., .h... ana cleared tor New Orleans She had on hoaft len ot hlteen men, wilh aEms &r ,rho lat h..,, stISis1 Tor xo1ae SeINaee oF ai,..--it. .,..,. - when was only suspected to be el as ,l,eeat .h.s
 Ter II was supposed that on reaching Ne,r e,,ssn. iheSe men would make theiE way to Round I.t.r,t "'iSa has become as our readers know the render. Voss tor several hundred persons destined in, not detained ~'e'' was
 lbs Sea Gall. on the other hand was xeiy.a Av tue ohi'ed States authorities and prottaeted in. Vrstigaaeh was immediately had into her de.,,n.- ton, cargo &c., n secret. We understand ina, ,n efidehee was found sufficient to warrant her a~,.' tioh' and she accordingly took her dspar,ure dsv peieFe yesterday for CGracoa, he port Gor which ana cleared. ts is now inlimaied that She ,sa. by the VeRezneIssa government, Tb,s ha'.".a'" IS very unlikely. We have hear, tha, The .v,,.na. eiieiied dutlng the investigation spoken at shovs was deemed sufficient 10 warrant the ayrps, ,f .., ta'h paEies m this city on suspicion of he,ng eor neeted with illegal and criminal projects a,,as.,
 tlons with whem We are al peace "~
 lhe Sea Gull was lew months since TUT ninv Al. steam packei between New York aud Baltimore
 lhe Philadelphia Ledger relates lhe following,
 One oi the ' returned volunteers takan t,n,.
 this city has given us the following his,orv og ina events connected with the expedition as. lar a, hs knows, the persons engaged ID II keeping renark.. biY close guard over lher tongues The petsnn ,sa aiiade to k young maa residing in this cify. whn with SIX others, was recruited last week for inc petition, being promised $I000 at the end of m. affair. and plenty oi pnnder while engaged m ii lie was told, notwithstanding the inference from he last mentioned fact, that il was perfectly honer,hs project. ani ihat its purposes should be disclosed before leaving the country He went io New York on Friday last with the othev Iecrlts. and was fur. nished. quarters al the American Hoiel where ;h.ra were about one hundred Spaniards. On Mou,nv night they were taken quietly on board the steamer w iison G. Hunt, with view of being plaeed nm board the propeller sehooneg Sea Gull, which had slSiied for her destination. They were under he command oi an Englishlnan naned MagniIe After going forty miles to sea and finding nothing oi he propeller, the captain Of he steamer refused ,o 20 further, and pat back. The Sea Gull was found lying al quarantine, and the men put on board The vessel had boxes oi muske,s on board and sold,er eloes. and our informant assisted to baud boxes of pistols and swords from the Wilson c. Hunt. The revenue cutter visited the vessel but could discover nothing. The recruits became dissatisfied with the mystery maintained, and having misgivings oi the object of the expedition, demanded to be put ashore This demand was refused, ili they declared that they would hail the revenue cutter and apprise the off. ceFS of the character q the proceedings This had the effect; the men were set ashore and their passa- ges paid to Philadelphia. This IS all our informant knows ol the matter, but he has 10 doubt that soms marsuding expedition is intended