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sixteenth part Of the who'll; md Il i. -.
sented that the remainder desire "a H..
for liberty. | am told that $4,000 vo,,s
of jewelry, and. @I50y00e in MONEY. ~.
sent to Gen. Lopez the other, dsy. f,o~
Havana, and that $4,000. more vas con
Itributed by a richplantsr, who 10 REGARDED
at home as favorable to the government
The agents here seem to have plenty a
money, end to s~penditfseely. IThey 6.v.
several ways to raise the wind, Ons \,
the issue of bonds, to be redeemed If ths
expedition is successful; another by n.
sale of commissions. A l~ieutenancy wa,oE
fered to a brother Of Gen. Shields, It is ,,is.
at Savannah, for s 1000, with . promise q
$4,000 worth of bonds. -
The citizens here have given the enter.
prise no direct encouragement, aud no u.
|nited States officer here has the right "a
interfere. There is no U. s. Marshal hen.
The thing is looked upon generally e ehi.
merical, and until they saw these wadGke
preparations and military stores, generNy
discredited it, although afew knowing on.
have known. all about il, and cautiously
limited it when necessary, in order to make
the necessary preparations. Tho Creoks|
and Cubans who are here and the few who
were engaged in the Cardenas affair, talk
Of Spanish tyrsnny.and say that
the Cubans are on the very point of rsvO.
with or without help.
1t seems quite certain that before to.
morrow evening the steamer will be here
to receive the military stores and embark
for the war. The captain Of the company
is a fine military looking man, the hair on
his face being disposed q Ia California
This is q place out. of the highway of irsv-
Ell, there being a nail here but once a week,
and it may be, therefore, that all this letter
contains has been anticipated.
1t is interesting to observe how e~nticing
and contagious is the war spirit. If things
could remain a few days as at present. Il
would seem that any number Of men could
be enlisted in this service, which but ye.-
ell pronounced wild and chimericsi.
The field pieces aad the muskets seem TO
have turned the heads o. some from whom
more wisdom would be expected.
The 18th (to-morrow,) is the day that
was named ten days ago by one of the a.
gents here, as the day Of departure, and
wisdom has been manifested
regard to the management Of the bu-
WREN it is remembered that probably
from 5000 to 5000 persons mist have
known all about it. understand, however
that Gonzales has been threatened with ar
rest at Savannah, where he has endeavor-
ed to enlist men and procure money.
The preparation for the attack on the
part Of the Spanish authorities Is fully sp-
preciated. They expect hard fighting. but
rely principally upon the representations
that a revolution in Cuba is ready to take
place, and only needs a rallyi6ig point.
The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer, writing on the lst,
gives the annexed information in regard TO
The expedition, communicated To him spe-
cially by a gentlemen who gave him similar
acts on several previous occasions, all Of
which were verified;
1t may be summed up in q few words,
viz. that this, the first day of May, was the
Day agreed upnn for the invasion of Cuba;
nat the capture OF the Cleopatra at this
port, IN. York and the arrest Of several
supposed expe ditionists; was a ruse to de-
ceive the government at Washington, and
them of the scent; that Garibsldi is
Identified with the movement! that upwards
ii forty leading men left here for Cuba
month ago, and that an attempt would ceT-
ainly be made to-day to effect a landing
IN the Cuban shores, at an unprotected
The captain Of the fast sailing schooner
Fakir, at Savannah, from Havana, the gath
it,, 1.-TWO days sfter the sailing Of the
steamship Isabel states that everything
vas in the same state as at the time of tue
Of the Isabel.
The INDIANS IN FLoRIpA.-The Secre.
AIRY of War has written to the Governor Of
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