The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-05-10
The Cuban ExpeditiOn.

1HC W uSHlISlUH hEpNDlC p4ftCeS no COLu-
dence in the telegraphic dispatch from New Or
leans, announcing that the Cuban expedition had
been abandoned, and that those who had taken
part in it had returned TO their homes, consider
ing it fein. with view ofhallling the govern
mcnt in its design ofrepressing the expedition.
The Republic also publishes letter from Jack
scnyille, Florida, dated on the 26th ult., which
confirms the statements that an expedition Is fit
ting out in that vicinity. This letter alludcs 10
a man who was an officer under Lopez in his
first expedition being busily engaged in the pro-
jecl, and adds:
al infer that the expedition will not sail until
about the 9Th Of May, as one of the men "a pri-
vate) was heard TO say that he expected to $50
where coffee grows in about two weeks; Chat
was the 21th.)'
The Washington (Geo.) Gazette, of May /,
in alluding to the movements in that State, says
ga Macon paper states that boxes Of fire arms
from the State arsenal passed through that city
some weeks ago, ostensibly for some volunteer
company in the up-country, but were brought
down again about the time of the arrival ofthe
Cuban adventures. What does this mean?
Can Il be that the Governor OF Georgia is lcaeued
in this conspiracy against friendly neighbor,
to despoll her OF her possessions, and that, too,
in express violation of the laws Of the country?
The people have right to look into this NATTER
and we hope the special organ of Governor
Towns, the Federal Union, will give some cx-
PLANTATION of the affair. 1t may be alse alarm,
but we have no idea that George w. B. Towns
is too good for the business. He isjust the man
to lend himself to such an adventure"
PA1NE's OXYGEN LrGET.--Mr. Paine has
promised the editor of the Worcester (NIass.)
Spy, that in the course of z week he will illu-
inmate the EDITORS office by his new mode Of pro-
ducing light. The Oxygen light is new dis
covery of Mr.. Paine, which the Spy says is q pro-
cess of catalizing the oxygen Ct the atmosphere,
and rendering it highly luminiferous, at mere
nominal expense, without the cost Of machinery,
or any other apparatus than an air receiver,
capable of holding common air. The editor
says:
We saw it in operation last evening in our
Office, examined it ninutcly, catalzed the oXy-
gen ourself, and read by the light so produced,
which is equal, if not superior, TO the best gas
burned in the cities. The flame is peculiarly
bright and brilliant, burns with clear, steady
light, is entirely inodorous, and during the half
hour that we watched its operation, we could see
no consumption of the cataliZing material. The
whole apparatus which we saw could not have
cost more than couple of dollars, and it was
capable of furnishing all the light needed for the
illumination of an ordinary sized room.
CRors IN MONTGOMERY CouNrY.--The Rock
vile Journal of Saturday says:
"The wheat continues to improve, and, with
out accident, will turn out finely. We have
never seen the grass look so pretty and promis-
ing; our fields are greener than they have ever
been before, and what is more gratifying is, that
we do not, as Of yore, have to individualize.
Every field exhibits the same evidence of the
spirit of improvement which is rife in our cdun-