The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-05-31

CUBA AFFAIRS IN NEwYoRK.-The NewYork
Sun of the 2lst inst. has the following paragraph
respecting the operations of the Cubans
THE Cuban Council, who are managing the ex-
petition from this city, met last evening at house
IN Park Row, which it is unnecessary to mention.
Among them was the great moneyed man OF the
expedition, Senior ]. They shift their places of
meeting from time to time, also their hotels
and altogether, they have managed the affair with
great secresy What transpred in the council, last
evening" we are not in position to say; but we
may tell some things, which we have learned from
pretty good authority, and which cannot now effect
the movement, either one way or the other. The
arms have been procured through gunmakers in the
the city, who sent out agents to Massachusetts and
New Jersey, and the towns in this State, to buyup
all they could find and they have been removed in
oil cloth boxes, State Prison shoe boxes, and
other boxes, under the guise of merchandise. One
house in this city has supplied tent cloth to the
amount of $3O00 and two other houses Zone of
them in Fulton street, have furnished cartridge
boxes, belts, and other equipments, amounting to
99OOO. Arms, amunltions, and provisions, have
deem deposited the coast of Long Island, on
Staten Island, and in NewJersey. Part of these
stores have been removed, and part still remain to
be removed. large number of men were assem-
= bled on Staten Island, and sailed thence. The way
IN which the men and arms, ETC., have left, without
observation, is this Vessels lie and wait till
they get signals from small crafts, which 90 out to
them at night and conduct them to the spot where
they take in their freight, and sail before morning
Gold is spent very freely but where it all comes
from puzzles every body Two merchants in this
city, informed have sold the interest in their
establishments for $150000, and have embarked
their all the hazard of the die Whether they
will win or lose the game in which they have
played so high coming events will soen determine
Spurious FIVE FRANC P1EeEsAlET The Mont
tear states. that the Committees6s the Mint Of
France has received from M. Monteaux, Jun.
several spurious ST. pieces, similar to those to
which public attention was drawn by M. Monteaux
SEN, money changer in the Palais Royal. These
false coins, bearing the date of 1S47, and the mark
"a, are made of alloy of silver and copper il
the proportion of 640-thousandths of silver.
Their weight is the same as that Of genuine 81
pieces, and their intrinsic value is 81 53c Com
pared with the genuine coins, they are Of a dulle
white; their diameter is little greater the en-
craving OF the efigy is very soft and less salient
the eye, the mouth, and the nose, have neither thu
form nor the same character; the letter
which encircle the head are generally more meager
are placed at uneaven distances, and do not form
regular circle the name of Domard," placed be
meath the neck, incnes much less to the right
the figures and letters forming the inscription, 8"
francs, 1S47," less salient and less sharpl
struck off there is evidently larger space betwee
the beading and the wreath of the reverse Witt
respect to the edge the letters of the spurious col
are less salient less regular in shape and the dis
lance between the words is not the same. Thes
differences between the true and the false coin wi
easily allow the latter to be detected.