The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-09-18
The Cuban Exnadition.

AS far as appearances goes, the expedition from
this country to Cuba, Sierra Madre, or wherever
its destination was, is knocked in the head. We
have been told that it is not yet dead it only
sleeps And certainly if there is, or ever was,
will and means for such an enterprise. We see
nothing to prevent it. The idea of Its being
stopped by so marines, with the District Attorney
at their head, is too ludcrous for refuation. It
would seem that want of money has been attributed
as the cause of the failure, if failure it be- On
Friday evening, for instance, twenty young men
applied to the First ward station for nights lodg
ing, having been turned out of their boarding
house for want Of prompt payment They said they
belonged to the Cuban expedition, and were of
Capt Iompkins' company. In the same way the
steamboat Sea Gull, it is stated, was not paid for,
which was the cause of her detention at Staten
Island for the last week, her owner not being
willing to let her go TO sea till the cash was in his
pocket The consequence was that the United
States District Attorney had abundance of time TO
make the seizure of the vessel and the arms and
ammunition she contained. IL is said he has I'M
deraken to give security that she shall not be en-
gagged in any illegal enterprise, and that further
proceedings against her will be STAYED. The
steam-packet New Orleans lying at the head of
Cherry stset was only paid for in part, her owner,
Mr.. Wood, having received $4,000 on account.
She had on board 10000 rations This vessel
was bought by the United States Government at
the commencement of the Mexican war during
which she was used as transport, AT the close Of
the war she was sold again, and has been since
running as packet to the Texan ports. She had
been here during the summer for repairs. The
The statement that the Florida has been seized is
not exactly correct. 1t is true that some of the
subordlnates of the United States District Attorney,
and Of the United States Marshal have been on
board and lowering about the vessel but they have
not seized her. What led to suspicion was that
she Is mounted with four brass guns; but these she
mas carried for the last year. together with ammunl-
uon, as It is quite customary for merchant vessels
to do. She has carriages and ports like man-of-
war. She has been during that time a regular
packet between ChagTes and New Orleans. She
is now advertised for the trade between New York
and Chagres, and as may be seen by advertise
ment, will be in the North River tomorrow, proba-
bly, at the foot of Warren street, to take passen-
gers for Chagres She is to sail in about ten days.
Another ground of suspicion was, that she has a
Taksh look but looks are not always to be de-
pended on. A third cause Of the surveillance OF
the authorities in her case was, that she has been
lying at Corlear's Hook but that was in order t.
have repairs effected, the vessel having been struck
by lightning at Hatteras on her last voyage. As
an instance of the ignorance of the officers, we
may mention that they asked for her papers! She
is not propeller, though she once was. She is
now rugged as a bark, and right good sailor she
appears to be. Her owner, Mr. b. Shaw, effected
three assurances upon her yesterday Of S4O00each
in all $4,000 in Wall street. We supposed the
District Attorney was on wild goose chase. IN
respect to some Of the suspected yessels'--lNee
York Sunday Herald, 9B inst