New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-08
THE CUBAN EXPEDITION.
Cruise Of the weiaka In search Of the Bxpe-
ditioBisfs.
Broom iha eAyAnnah News, bal.

We nre furnished BY our Reporter, who went
with the Bel0ka for that purpose, with tho following
The sudden departure OF the steamer We,kd, ou sun:
dsv mis- HI Of Tho General bOSernmenS ana
carrying South the MARSHA caused COZ sldefsols 20
c, curing her absence and Induced tho oe lei smoag
cur czens that the Government "" In possession OF To-
formation relating TO the Cuban expedition ~oIcn nsa nov
nee made public She returned early Thursday morn
ms sno give below lhe iuormanou that We gahesd
a. the various points al which abe stopped dnnpg her UP
passed through the interior destined south and hstin tho
vic nifty Of Jscksonve FOrids, there we're encamped
copsds rable free As he steamer wrls. passed ap
St Johns river che met by tho st Msihs .s boat
fom hch placed pa uenger on hoard the Welska This
rdiviensl was armed win pistols and ste cd that he
thOus tt the Nelska another steamer the object OF
which 10 take the Cuban invaders board aud Ian
them al another point below on the coast
AtJAclsSDyhe sinils rumors Of aimed men being en-
esmpsc al different points on The coat existed bat rom
reliable n0rma lion, obtaL ed from sources
ssceaned that al The present ms the'. 10 no organ
izsoD Of in the mme shborhcOd and he'd not
been. There probably some tweo, or thirty men at
Jacksonville who expressed the mseives willing to Join
the expedition, and Who, doubt would join 40 OPP
pOruky offered No principal officer VI hs contemplated
expedition has been IN Jacksonville aisy II asserted
b, persons who behaved TO bs Ia tho movemeni
that gTtuI hs been experienced from the
arrival Of steamer transport those Engaged Ia the
81 pedition Such vessel had beon expected for some
time but her aimed delay had dsmped tho sdor
come and caused OTHERS engaged 10 sbsLdon tho project,
and bad Induced the belief thai The wnole sh' ~ Ter 80
Jsei,onvllle iseopeeIned would Drove allure 70
pslhse with, and would aid tho expedition a. far - pos
ON the arrival Of the Wesks at Jshersontop, 1t
eer,aned that there were bodies OF encampos
reported, A Burnt Fort Some small pnues, Il vas said,
had passed This point but their destination not sscsr
tained but little reliance could De placed the ram0fs
On reaching Bunswict II ascortzned that some OF
lbe pilots had gone south, win The 10 enon OF pilot
ipg over the 81 Johns Bar certain vessels expected a.
thai point A gentleman, on whose ord every reliance
could be pseeo stated that the day before he bad passed
an abandoned encsmpneDt, somo trsny mtles above,
where's large body Of men had bat short time before
been enesmped We also passed sone hny OF sixty mon
rbo had baggage wagon they were prof eedina south.
10 the direction OF Burnt Fort They not armed 10
any extent and passed n squads OF from eshtto Tea
10 number - .
Al Duien no particular information was obtained.
body OF men, connected VITA The expedition, bad como
down from tho interior and gone scun Some 10 OF IL leu
The main body and were making their wsy 10 Ssysnpsn
Here IL sseerisned that an express connected WIN
the expedition bad passed fouth through Dsren 10 procure
such Information He had passed very rapidly and nAd
procured relays Of horses on his way -
There can doubt that movement OF considerable
msgnituce has been foot Tesuon 70 an expeouon
des IL ed 10 Cuba But Il 10 aso believed hhfOn causes
unknown 70 u public the main body OF the men eonnec
90 with have dispersed and that Detsesn ms ey ana
JaeksonVile Florida t1ese no orgsnZson 81 pfesen.
But one hing certain that s all Ihe points oe'ween ms
civ and Jacksonyle, The people win but sw excep,
tons avn psihlse win the Cubans ana are wiling sna
ready u lend them aid and 70 assist sny expedition "nen
may be hted 0ut -. .-..-...-
from ell thai could gsther was not tne inennon
Of he leaders actually organize tho expeouon "a -
country bot TO snizet 70 some point Deyona ho
boundDss Of the United States and ucre MAKE soen A.
fapsemenls a. shoud be deemed oxpedieuf