The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-09-15
The Mysterioua BxpsdItion,

The Mysterious Expedition
I. The Northern papers are a good deal interested
in the movements Of the secret expedition which
ia about going to Cuba, or the Sierra Mradre or
St. Domingo, or Yucatan, or Venezuela, or some
other place. We copy some of the latest state
ments and specuatiOns that have appeared in the
Northern press. The New York Courier of the
9th says:
" The Cuban Movement 1--WE mentioned day
or two since, that two vessels, which had cleared
from this port within a few days, were suspected of
being destined to aid the invasion of Cuba. One
of them, the Union, is a regular packet shin and
cleared for New Orleans. She had on board ten
or fifteen men, with arms, etc. who had been en-
listed for some service or Othsr-the nature of which
only suspected to be of an illegal character
II was supposed that on reaching New Orleans
these men would make their way to Round Island
which has become, as our. readers know, the
rendezvous for several huhdred persons, destined
| for some unknown expedition. The Union, how
| ever was not detained.
So The Sea- Gull, on the other hand was seized
by the u S. authorities, and protracted invest-
| cation Immediately had into her destination.
cargo, etc, in secret We understand that no evil
dence was found sufficient 10 warrant her deten-
| ton, and she accordingly took her departure day
before yesterday for Curacao, the port for which
she cleared. 1t Is now intmated that she was pur-
| chased by the Venezuelan Government This.
| however, is very unlikely. We have heard thg
the evidence elected during the investigation s9
ken of above, was deemed sufficient to warraD'sh s
arrest OF certain parties in this ctyy suspiGo "
being connected with illegal and criminal
| against nations with which we are at pee
| The New York Express says: "Te statement
some days since in the Sun 1--WE s'fpose Tor de-
coy that the steam propeller Ssa-Gnll has osen
| purchased either for Gen. Pei, or President Mo-
| nagas, is unfounded She as purchased, but not
forihe VanezueIa service On Saturday she cleared
from this port for Curarf but did not sail till Sun
dav. when Size was folbwed by the steamer Wilson
G Hunt and brought back to this city. She has
on board, it is bebeved, arms, munitions OF war
and such like supicious freight. IL is understood
she is engaped Il the Cuba hunt, but neither at the
JInited Sfste Marshals office nor the custom house
could we get any definite information respecting
the afaIr; but, as we expect the matter will un-
dergo an investigation, the facts will then appear.
| [She was discharged Meetings, as we suppose,
| IN connection with this Cuba hunt continue 10 be
held in various paTts of the city, but the secret is
80 well kept that the public not able, yet, 10
| get much from them. Lafayette Hall, Broadway,
| was the headquarters, but since that place was
dissolved more retired quarters have been selected.
1t is believed that two Of these vessels have
got off within the past few days-but of this we
are not certain"
! The New York Herald says:
| The Secret Erpeditioa.-The public interest in
this expedition continues to increase daily What
| Madre or Cafoma.-one thing is now pretty we'll
ascerlained, and that is that it is bona fde enter
| prise, and not a sham, as many supposed. There
| are highly respectable men at the head of it, sew
eral of them officers OF the U. S. Army. Last
evening, pursuant to adjournment, hasty meeting
was held, and Immediately after adjourned till this
| evenng-aiter the officers collecting the enlisted
! in groups, in the corners of the room, and giving
them instructions intended only for their ears.
1t is stated that they adjourn to other places, more
hat IIn bnnf
| though muskets and bayOnets may be occasionally
seen there. 1t is quite evident, indeed, that it is
not in Lafayette Hall the business of the eXpedi-
| ton is really done. 1t is done outside. We have
ascertained that fifteen hundred men have been
| already enlisted of which five companies have set
| out-nOne can tell where. One thing has been as
certained, and that is, that they went to New Jer
| sey from New York. We know the headquarters
| Of these officers, and that they are in constant
| communication with Havana merchants, who
somehow or other happen to be here just now.
! Some Of these gentlemen have been at the meet
ngs, and NAV easily be distinguished by their COM
| plexion, dress and mOusache All these men seem
| earnest and serious. You will seldom see them
SMILE They evidently feel sensible of the respon-
| slbllity that rests upon them. rumOr gained
pretty extensive circulation late last evening, that
| the ship in which the remainder Of the 1900 men
were to sail was seized by order of the u S. Gov
| enment but from all the inquiries we afterwards
| made, we did not find it confirmed We believe,
with four guns is watching the movements of the
eXpeditonlsts but how she can legally prevent any
vessel sailing out of this port for California, Cuba,
or Mexico, or any other part OF the world, we are
| Al a loss to know. Further, we doubt that rev.
enue cutter would be able 10 prevent the sailing
of the adventures"
I" Potomac the Washington correspondent O
the Baltimore Patriot, gives the following singular
| version of the movement, and the motives Of it
|
to be peculiarly Southern one, with view o
annexing Cuba, as a slave State to the Union
Others have supposed it to be u movement of am
bilious and reckless spirits, whose great and all
absorbing aim is plumber. But, while in New
York, few days ago, was told by an intelligent
Englishman (whO declared that he knew all abou
iD of another object to be gained by the proposed
descent upon Cuba He stated that the Abolition
lists of Great Britain were at the bottom of tn
ovement-.that the Abolition Association in Lon
don, called the Exeter Hall Parliament which
| has capital of more than ten millions of dollars
and wieds Q mighty power over the kingdom o
! Great Britain, and elsewhere, has furnished tn
, large sums of money already known TO be in U.s.
in this country 20 forward the expedition in ques
tion-and that the aim of this Association is TO rl
Cuba of its slavery, and, by the aid of the slave
there make it a free island that if it should b
, afterwards annexed to the United States, it wOul
be as a free State, on the Republics Souther
border"
" LITERARY ANNoUNCEMENTs.--A new editio
of Pope, with notes. biography, and one hundre
| unpublished letters, by 7. Wilson Croker; Lor
:. Camphell's Lives of the Chief Justices of Enl
| land, in two volumes octave, down TO Lord Nam
field inclusive; a new Life of John Calvin, b
z Dyer, from old and new authentic sources tn
Life of Mahomed and the Life of Washington
Irving, are announced as in the press Of Murray
D. "Waks ug here, and pay your l0dgiRga,
said tho deacon, as he nudged sleepy glgsAg.
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