The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-05-16


mainder Jesire to fight for liberty. ! am
told that $4,000 worth ofjewelry, and
10000 In money was sent 10 Gen.
Lopez the other day, from Havana, and
tba, $e0,000 was contributed by a rich
planter, who is regarded at home as fayor-
able to the government. The agents here
seem 10 have plenty ofmoney and spend
liz freely. They have several ways TO
raise the wind. One by the issue Of
bonds. 10 be redeemed if,he expedition
is successful; another By the sale Of com.
missions. A Lieutenancy was offered
to brother of Gen. Shields, il is said,
al Savannah, for $1,000, with a promise
Of 10000 worth Of bonds.
The citizens here have given the en-
terplise no direct encouragement, and
no u 9. officer here has the tight TO in
terfere. There is no U. s. Marshal here.
The thing is looked upon generally as
chmerical, and until they saw these
warlike preparations and military stores,
severally discrcdited ii, although few
XII lowing ones have known all about It.,
and cautiously hinied il when necessary
| in order to make the necessary prepera-
,ions. The Creoles and Cubans who
are here and the few engaged in the
Cardenas affair, talk indignantly Of Span
ish tyranny, and say that the Cubans are
on the very point Of revolution, with or
without help. VA .ia h.
4 II seems quite certain that before 10.
morrow evening the steamer will be here
to receive The military stores and embark
for the war. The captain Of the compa'
ny is a fine military looking man, the
hair on his face being disposed a la Cali
lforuia. This is place out o. the high
way of travel, there being mail here but
once a week, and it may be, therefore,
tha, all this letter contains has been an.
licipated. r6-r ui S tsM. !.
| Ii is interesting 10 observe how emit
cling and conta .ious is the war spirit, y
things could remain few days as Al
present, il would seem that any number
OF men could be enlisted in this service
which but Yesterday all pronounced wllt
and chimerical, The field pieces ant
! muskets seem 10 have turned the heads
of some from whom more wisdom voult
be expected. ,lhsnH.a. !.
u The 26lh, Ito morrow is the day tia
was named ten days ago by one OF the
, agents here, as the day of departure, ant
considerable wisdom has been manifested
iu regard 10, the management OF t't
business when it is remembered tina
{ from 8 to s, 1000 persons mus, have know
all about il. | understand, however, tha
Gonzales has been threatened with ares
al Savannah, where he had eudeavore'
to enlist men and procure money.
The preparation for attack on the par
of,he Spanish authorities is fully appre
ciated. They expect hard fighting, bu
, rely principally upon the representation N
| that a revolution in Cuba is ready I,
take place and only needs rallyin,
point. ga'2ae
The N. Y. correspondent OF the Phila
delphia Inquirer, writing on the lsi,give
: the annexed information in regard to tn
, expedition, communicated to him spec
cially by a gentleman who gave him sim
liar facts on several previous occasion.
all of which were verified afterwards.
, II may be summed up in few word.
viz: that this, the lst Of My was the da
agreed upon for the invasion of Cuba
that the capture Of the Cleopatra, at thi
port IN. Y,) and the arrest Of severn
supposed expeditionisis, was a ruse 4
deceive the Government at Washington
I and throw them off the scent; that Gari
baldi is identified with the movement
upwards Of 40 leading mon left here 70
Cuba north ago, and that an attemp
would certainly be made 10 day 10 eff CT
landing on the Cuban shores at an unpro
tccted point. !" ~.
The captain 81 the fast.saling schoone
Fakir, at Savannah, from Havana, I'll
J Oath ult., ,(wo days after the sailing {
the steamship Isabel,) states that every
hing was in tho same state as at tn
: time Of the sailing Of The Isabel.
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