The southern press., 1851-04-26
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ARRIVAL or THE OHIO.
LArER FROM HAVANA.


The y, =. mail steamship, Ohio, La. j. y.
Schenek, U. y. n, commanding, arrived al abost
haU past six O'Clock yesterday morning from
New Orleans and Havana.
Inc Ohio crossed the bar at the Balize at half
past o'clock, p. m. on the 18th inst, and arrived
~ HAVANA ut r. m. on the 18th inst, making
me passage IN forty-seven and q half hourA
She left Havana on the 10th inst, and brings
TWO hundred passengers, and six hundred thou
sand dollars in gold dust, and twenty thousand
dollars in specie on freight
The steamer Falcon lcft Havana for New Dr.
leans on the 18th, and the Georgia on the 10Th
for ChAgres. -
There was great excitement at Havana in re-
spect to another invasion. So confidently W..
such an event anticipated, that for the week h.,
fore the Ohio left, the troops were ordered 10
sleep on their arms, and TO be- ready to march ~
a moments warning.
A foolish report was in circulation at IIavsr.
and generally believed, that the cause Of the fi'
ure OF the Ohio to arrive in due season. on her
trip from New Orleans, was, that she had been
detained to bring ont an invading force. So
great was the excitement on the arrival of tha
steamer. that hundreds OF people were waiting
on the MOLE eager to obtain sight of the ex-
pected invaders. They were apparently much
q sdppolnted when the steamer passed Quietly
along to her moorngs, without the slightest de-
mOnstratcn having been made.
The Faro Industrial records a FIRE Mt Mavn.
guez, which destroyed property to the amount
of twenty thousand dollars. II was bv rrent
exertion only that the conlacration wns nra-
vented from being much more destructive to
property.--N York Com.
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A CUBAN EXPEDITION FRusrRArEp--Cn
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United states marshal, received intelligence that
the steamer Cleopatra had been chartered h~
certain persons and secretly fitted out with arms
and ammunition, for the purpose of BEING am
p!oyed in an expedition against the island of
Cuba. He Immediately despatched a messenger
to Washington for instructions, and a cabinet
meeting was held, the result of which was that
the marshal was directed to proceed forthwith to
use all means in his power to prevent the sail
ing OF the expedition, in conformity with the
eighth section OF the neutrality law Mr. Tall
madge accordingly applied to the commanding
officer at the navy yard for an auxiliary force.
but 1t was refused on the ground that no special
Instructions to that effect had been received
The chief Of police, however. volunteered the
aid OF twenty men of his force, and with theae
the marshal hastened last evening to the per-
formance OF his duty. Information having heen
received in the meantime that the Cleopatra had
gone down the bay and anchored there, with A
view to take on board several hundred men, Mr..
Tallmadge promptly chartered the steamer
Jacob Bell, and taking the United States rev.
enue cutter Morris in tow, started in pursuit.
= The cutter was stationed outside Sandy Hook
Light and the Jacob Bell cruised about the bny
IN search of the steamer Of the expeditionists.
Nothing could be seen Of her, however, and the
marshal returned to the city about two o'clock
this morning, when the Cleopatra was found
living at the dock, foot of North Moore street.
She was Immediately taken possession OF, and
now remains in the custody Of the marshal.
Many persons have been disposed to doubt the
existence Of any design to renew the piratcal
invasion of Cuba, the territory of friendly
power 1t was thought that the ridiculous fail
ure of the first attempt would have convinced
the marauders Of their folly, but our misgivings
have been unhappily realized. There is no
longer any room for doubt We might give
the names of the parties implicated as leaders,
but for obvious reasons they are withheld for
the present