The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-05-01

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Tmg CUBA EXPEDITION FRUSTRATED
- Vessel se'eed at Ncw York.-We learn
from the New York papers that on Thurs.
day morning last MIR. Tailnadge, the u.
). marshal there, received Intelligence
that the Steamer Cleopatra had been
chartered by certain persons and society
fitted out with arm aud ammunition, for
The purpose ofbcing employed in anexpo
ditipn against the Island of Cuba. The
Commercial says:
"He Immediately dispatched a mes.
sage to Washin ton for Instructions, aud
cabinet meeting was held. the result ol
which was that the marshal was directed
10 proceed rorlhw with to use all means 10
his power I" prevent the smiling of the
expedition, in conformity with the eighth
section of the neutrality law. Mr.. Tall
madgc accordingly applied to the com
mauding officer of the navy yard for an
auxiliary force, but it was refused un the
grouud that NJ special Instructions to tina,
effect had been received. The chief Of
police, however v%uluuleered the aid Of
twenty men of his force, aud With these
the marshal FASTENED, on "Wednesday
evening, To the performance Of his duty.
Information having been received in the
meantime that the Cleopatra had gone
down the bay aud anchored there, with
Il view To take On board several hundred
men, Mr.. TulImadge promptly chartered
the steamer jacob Bell, aud taking the
u. ), revenue cutter Morris in tow, start.
ed in pursuit.
The cutter was stationed outside
Sandy Hook Light, aud the Jacob Bell
cruiSed about the bay 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 Cleopa.
ira was found lying at the dock, foot of
North Moore street. She was immedi.
ntely taken possession OF, and now re-.
mains in the custody ol the marshall
Many persons have been disposed to
doubt the existence of any design To ~
new the practical INVASION Of Cuba, the
territory Of u friendly power There is
no longer any roo IN for doubt. We might
give the names of the parties implicated
as leaders, but for obvious reasons they
are withheld for the present"
The Journal of Commerce says that
there were no persons n board the Gle
opatfa, except her ordinary crew.
ASAvaunah letter To the Boston Cour.
Ter says that the Cuba movement was a
httIe ton premature, aud adds:-"The
bonds of the new government that is To
he when Cuba is revnlutiouized, have
been selling here all winter, to raise the
needful funds. They have been taken at
ten cents IN the dulIar."
G[9SA piece of Linen has been woven
for the Worlds Exhibition, in the north
"f Ireland, i ear Waringstown, by a weav
er named Geo Haddnck. 1t is a web of
line cambria haudkrrch'efs. Small print
eau be read through it, aud yet the web
IS so close aud compact that a single
thread could not be distinguished without
the aid ut a microscope, or rather web
glass. The cambria when held up tn the
hight, looks like a fine aud airy fabric In
the production of this beautiful gossa
mer Looking camhric. Haddock almost
realized what classic fiction ascribed 10
the performance of Arachne, whu, as my.
biologists Inform us. was converted into
a spider, an accoun, of equaling that in
g%enious little architect 10 her production
Of fine webs.
IVA young gentleman at a ball. IL
whisking about the room, ran his head