The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-09-21

: 'hc pafttcs uiicsitu yesterday was u1OuSl
1 up for examination and baled in the su
3 Of $4,000. We understand that he h;
, taken part as que Of The leaders Of the il
tended expedition at some Of the meeting
that have been held 10 This CITY, and tia
IN speeches, he has assured the partit
present, that the project was known to III
Government aud that il met their apprc
baton. lie stated that he was engaged i
no illegal scheme, and that he had enter
ed into The matter with full know ledge q
The legal provision for such projects q
that referred to.
These facts show clearly enough the ex
istence here of an organized expedition in
tended for the invasion Of Cuba in di
rect violation OF the following law Of III,
U. States-passed, We believe, in 1918 :
"Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, Tha
II any person shall, within the territory o,
jurisdiction Of the United States, 6eein
or set On foot, or proride or prepare n,
means for any mil. fary expedition or en-
terprise TO be carried on from thence a
gansi the territory or dominioHs Of any
foreign prince or state, or any colony, dis
irict or people, with whom the United
States are a, peace, every person so often.
ding shall be deemed guilty Of high mis-
demesnor, and shall be fiued not exceed.
ing $4,000 and imprisonment not more
than three years"
or course, with these facts and this law
before them, the United States authorities
could do no less than they have done to
proven. the oonsummatlou Of the scheme
and TO punish those who have criminnlly
enlisted TO II. The pronpness and eBer
gy with which they have acted IN the mat.
Ter euItle them to the highes, praise.
The New York Herald publishes a let.
ter from New Oilcans under date of 9Th
ul'., which has tho following statements:
You are doubtless aware that for the
last t~enty four months the Cteoles Of ca.
ba have been very active in organ.z ng re.
publican clubs. secretly, Throughout, the
whole IslanJ-lhcy have at those clubs
collected large suns Of money, and fofwar
dcd 81 10 their friends in the United States
for the purchase Of arms aud munitions Of
war. The Cuban republicans seat agents
10 New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Louisville, and New OfIeans-ihose q.
gents have worked hard and falthfully--
hey have purchased and paid for 10000
stand Of arms, two steamboats,, aud four
n iisc sailing vessels; they have enrolled
? ,0C0 volunteers, and have commissioned
gentlemen OF experience and ncknov lodged
bravery 10 'mmand them-priocipa'ly Of.
icers "a the MeStcan war. OF this vol.
lntecr force, 1000 men from New York
nd BalImore were, al last accounts, as.
embed on Chagres Island -four day sail
rom Cuba y 51O are on Round Island, one
4 the Chandeliers thTee DAYS sail from
'uba y aud the bnlance, supposed to be a
at 700, are on their way 10 the place 81
eneral RENDEZVOUS, which place at this
Imc viii not name.
Nov, ia addition 10 the volunteer force,
be patriots have 100 900 natives Of Gu.
a enrolled, all Of whom are a0ztaus and
'llIing TO sifisc the bow g, given lime.
'hey are denied sl Offices &c trust or profit
. their native uulfy, and are all SICK Of
punish rule aud Spanish dcspotlsm. The
atNe Cuban sees all tho products Of his
,veiy island made I feed the ecdy and
ortupt nobility of Spain.
SPAN at the present time has only l5,'
90 troops on the siand aud : goo # those
re stationed al Havana and iis vicinity
Of one Of whom dare leEye the city or is
,tts FOR moment. The remaining 9 600
re scattered over the island, IN bodies of
rom 90 10 900 mcn. All the troops are
ndct the command # The Captain Grn.
raj, whose only lalen, Is Cor intrigue, I'm.
lance the case Of Rcy. Besides The
roops, there are ! 3 600 Office .holders all
nt,ses Of Spain. who, in all probability,
. man will side With the government,
The volunteers that have left, or are a.
90, Isavlng Round Island, are under com.
nand of Gen. George w. White, a Cap.
lln IN the louisiana Volunteers during
he war with Mexico aud recently a Col
mel IN the service Of lucatan; he has the
epu,allon Of being mn excelen, officer
\ alter Blscoc, late Lieutenant Colonel Of
he LOUISIANA Battalion Of mounted men oil
EZRA Cruz, goes %; as Colonel. Blscoe
Ias seen service with the guerllIas in Mex
co. Captain John Purcell, who served IN
Mexico from the beginning to the end OF
he wor, is spoken OF as Lieut.. Col Pur.
ell, is an excellent dIscipllnarIan and very
popular with the men. Then Lieut., liar
as, late Of the l6 h Infantry, goes GU, as
MAJOR, Besides Capts. Patterson, DAILY,
] askirs, &C., 700 men, am told, will
EMBARK from his region. The whole of
he pa'rot forces will be under command
If Gen. Lopez de Santa Anna.
NO MORE MEXICAN TERRITORY. (