The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-05-23
From the y Y Cour~r ana Enaurr,
INVASION OF CUBA.

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'.'"g C"du has been renewed, und.
circumstance muci, more favorable ,
success than those which attended th
Hound Island expe li,ion. We la,
letters from New Orleans. from source
entitled TO fulI conhd ,nce. which ri,
such information on the subjrc, q
leaves little RON 10 doubt ,ha, the al
tempt Is about 10 be.--if indeed il hs
not already becn,---renewed. A icue
Of the 81 Of May. after remarkiny O
the incredibly which prevail. upon III
subject "a, the North, states tba, the ar
Engagements for carrying il into effec
were progressing with great rapidi,y
and upon large scale. On the "a ,w,
ships fully loaded with passengers. os
tensibic cmigranls for California. l.i
New Orleans for Chargres. and within
ten days previous. more than thou
sand men had embarked from that city
all of whom, there was good reason I,
believe. were enlisted in the same un
dertaking.
None Of them We learn, were recruit,
ed at New Orleans, but they all cam,
from the interior, or from the neighbor
ing Siates-many OF them from Ala
bama: and on reaching the city they
were Immediately and quietly embark.
ed on board the vessels in waiting 70,
them. Another CORES pondent stats.
that hc knows Of three large steamships
that arc engaged in Ihe enterprise, one
of which left New Orleans a few day.
since with 300 men. a sailing vessel
with over 200 was TO leave on the A,h
We understand that in this city also,
persons have been engaged within the
last few weeks upon service the nature
Of which was not disclosed to ,hcm.-
They were offered liberal pay in nd
vance. and were required to proceed TO
New Orleans, where they would receive
further directions.
All these circumstances. with others
Of similar character which is not ne
cesssry to detail, render it extremely
probable that New Orleans was to be
the starting point of the Expedition,
though the place Of rendezvous is not
known. All the movements in that CITY,
our New Orleans correspondents state,
have been SO cautiously taken, as to
preclude the possibility Of legal inter.
ference. Generals LorEz and Con-
zALEs were in New Orleans incognito
on the lst Of May, and casual observers
unteI tl,a upuau,,l ,,u,,,k.. IS o,., r....
in town. Gen. QUIrMAN was in tha,
city few Days previous, and it was as
serted and generally credited, that he
originally intended to resigh his Office
as Governor Of Mississippi, and take
command of the expedition. His pres
ence in New Orleans, however, led to
warm rcmonstrances on the part of per-
sonal friends. and it was believed thnt
he had been induced TO change his pur-
pose.
The number Of men engaged in this
expedition is said to be larger than
that Of :hose engaged in the previous
attempt. 1t has been stated As high
as 10000 or $4,000, but this was ev.
idently an exaggeration. Judicious
persons, however, who have good op
portunities Of forming an opinion,
state in letters that 1000 or 5000 are
undoubtedly engaged. They aprear-
cd to have plenty of money, though
it is stated that the men engage for
no stipulated pay, but mainly on as
surances of rich rewards from plum
der aud confscations if the expedition
prove successful. They are assured,
in the strongest terms, by their lead,
ers, that the Island is utterly unpre,
pared for resistance, that the forts
are defenceless, the troops disaffected,
officers as we'll as men, and that the
great mass Of the inhabitants will rise
and join the invaders, as soon as a
landing shall have been effected.
We find no mention Of any Of these
matters in our New Orleans papers,
with the single exception of the Bul-
letin, which published an article on
the general subject few days since.
That article assumed that a new inva-
sion Was on foot, and Went on to show
that the difficulties to be encountered
were greater than had been foresecn,
and especially. that the Spanish au.
thorities had vessels Of war enough
on the coast Of Cuba to prevent a
landing. This, however, does not
seem certain. The Southern Coast
Of Cuba is some 700 miles in extent,
and it would require a very active
ana vigilant force, to prevent vessels
commanded by Yankee officers from
eyadins their watch, aud eAec,ing
landing. In sea-6ght, the Spanish
force would, probably, prove easily
victorious but, if body Of 1000
or 5000 men, well armed, should be
landed, the Island would not ge, rid
Of them without a good deal Of trou.
hle. The latest accounts. it will be
rcmembered, state that the Cholera
Vas prevalent at Havana, and in 9th. !
or parts Of Cuba, and that its raya-
ges among the troops had been extcn.