North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-10
THE CUBAN EXPEDITION

receiving intelligence ofmovements. in diffarop.
of the South. which, it is supposed, are conraa.'
with the Cuban invasion plot, although nothing doe
mite is known. The collector of Savannah ac,.d-
on his own responsibility that is, without beDo ~.
ticulary instructed by the department. in chare,;n
the steamboat which went in pursuit of supnoso1
cargo of patriots. The "Taney'' revenue cutter nv
ordered to Savannah days ago.
The Columbus (Geo.) Register, of Tuesday lao,
says:-
sit is certain that an expedition of some biz,
Is on foot, and that men and boys are COLLECTING f
different parts of the State for military rampooau
somewhere! For what purpose they are gatheriO~
or to what place they intend ultimately 10 90 IL
not been yet positively revealed. The eena nS
impression is that they bound for the Island a.
Cuba, In order to revolutonize that place and tes
the inhabitants the blessings of liberty and equaiyS
The Savannah papers bring extended accoun,s :.
the Cuban movement in that State. spy emniOvSS
by the Spanish Consul, who had been with the ia
vasionsts for two weeks, being part of the time da
tanned as prisoner, his mission having been G
covered, has returned to Savannah The News c;nS us
the following as portion of his statement: eeS
! "The company from which the young man esc.no,
were on their way to Burnt Fort, on the Saltila Wv
er, which is to be the principal rendezvous of tho
peditionists, and where they expected some I.5o0
Georgians would be concentrated
1t understood that two vessels, with D,or;
d. mnntl
of the river, and would convey them to the uenoi
rendezvous of the expedition, which is one of ,I
coast islands in the neighborhood of KEY West and
where it was understood large force numhp,;nu
some ten to fifteen thousand men, would he conos
trated.
Passengers in the St. Matthews state that bod0,
of men were coming into the camps on the SaIriIs
and ST. Johns fro" every quarter, and that il vrs
rumored that considerable force had ALREADY arrived
who were waiting steamer to transport them IN The
irpnd Gzvn he ste tod To-
same that has been captured by the Government at
New York. This capture may prove serious oh
stacle to the expedition, it will cause Considerable
delay.''
The Macon Messenger, Of "Wednesday last saws.
" One wing of the Cuban expedition, about sour
hundred strong, was expected to sail from Doboy or
Sapelo on yesterday afternoon. 1t was rumCred that
they expect to be joined by force of three hundred
2 men near the mouth of the st. Johns. This is all
f mere rumor. We have it undoubted AUTHORITY
D however, that about two hundred and fifty men Left
the twenty mile station Friday last, for parts uD
KNOWN
A despatch from Savannah to the Charleston COu
rier, dated on the lst inst says:
"The steamer Welaka returned from her SEARCHING
expedition this morning. She brings no especial in.
formation as to the reported movements of the self
styled Cuban g. Lberators,'' few men were con.
gregated near Jacksonville, but arms OF munitions
of war were discovered and consequently there could
be charge against them of being engaged an On.
lawful enterprise. 1t is reported this morning that
there parties moving towards Florida, but we
have no information to their numbers
d" Ion,'' writing from Washington city under date
May 4, SAYS:
IS AdVices, public and private, received here
yesterday, which render it probable that some po.
ton of the Cuban invaders have actually sailed. We
} may have some account of the fact Tomorrow.
1t appears, from accounts just received, that the
pedents of the invaders are wild their pro-
ject is desperate All that they ask for is be able
to land two thousand troops, which they think they
can do If not intercepted by the navy of tho United
States, and, then. the whole Creole population will,
as they say, rally in support of their revolutionary
standard.
The Spanish army, if not already corrupted, is tc
be Immediately brought, by promise of booty, and Of
revenge against their arbitrary officers, into the sup
port of the revolutionary movement. Let US, they
say, strike one blow-show victory-and VT
shall rally around standard nne-tenths of the Gu
ban population, and of the Spanish army and, then
nothing prevent vast influx of American volun
teers from every part of the United States, WHOM
fighting is familiar, and agreeable, and with WHOM
love of gain is predominant passion.
Nothing of this kind can be deemed wonderful I'M
der present circumstances. When such things begin
1t Is not easy to forsee their end"
GAMING. The following passage from the charge
of Judge Nicholas TO the Grand Jury of the city Of
Richmond and Henrieo County, Virginia, at the late
term, has reference to vice. the destructive tenden-
cies of which not overstated in the strong and
pointed language of the Judge:
s. The first of these which shall MENTION are the
various laws made to prevent unlawful gaming. OF
the destructive and demorallZing effects of this vice,
every person Of observation and experience must be
convinced. Its tendency is to destroy all habits Of
regular industryt adds to the impoverishment ofn-
dlvIduals and famies-produces habits ofdissi patton,
and ends the ruin of its yotarieS who miGht 9th