The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-10-19
TIE NEW CUBAN EXPEDITION.
WAsHINGToN, Sept. /

WASHINGTON, Sept. IL, 1854.
CCrf ential agents of the Cuban expedition,
hcT htiag out under the command of Gen.
Qcituan, have recently been in Washington,
ascertain how far the Administration are IA
'OrStle to the scheme, and will tolerate It's ex-
e-u'lor Repeated private interviews were
hai with the President and Secretaries, the
Jesuit Of which was not encouraging to the
PROJECTORS The President was, as usual, vacil-
ls'iog and undecided; but Secretary Marcy
declared himself inhexibly hostile to the
Sh'!e Undertaking, and the majority of the
OaJipct are with him. JEFF. Davis, whose nat
u'a p5oclivities are of the filibuster order, re-
ISIS the scheme from his personal hostility to
huffman; and only Caleb Cushing, among all
me members of the Cabinet was found to give
a hearty and enthusiastic approval. Conse-
qlsntly, the expeditionists find themselves him
dered by the antagonism of the Government
Iad their ardOr is considerably damped. They
rave also received bad news from Cuba, where,
snee the appointment of Gen. Concha, several
Wealthy Creoles have withdrawn from the sup.
port OF the expedition. IL was intended that it
s'culd start from the 1st to the 10th of Novem-
Der next, from Galveston, New Orleans, and
C'her convenient points on the Gulf of Mexico I;
s1 or eight steamers were to be employed for
me transportation of the men and materiel to
ue place Of rendezvous. A large sum of mon
e has been subscribed, and partly paid for
me purposes of this expedition. George Law
: enc of the heaviest stockholders, but other
New York merchants, the publication of whose
names as ti.ibusters would excite establishment,
aie also concerned. Some gentlemen, among
WON Senator Slidell, of Louisiana might be
named, have been specializing on supposition
mat the invasion of Cuba must ruin the sugar
Isde and other agriculture Of the island, and
NAT c1nsequently the sugar lands of Louisiana
~ saa Texas must greatly increase in value. If
zoe expedition should fail to start, or should be
.a,aieated, the anticipated profits of these gen.
Yemen will be null. However, Gen. Quitman
: au alive With confidence that he will immor-
'aAze himself as the conqueror of Cuba.
Correspondence Of ~ Y. Tribune.
=, Died in this city, WILLIAM DARBY, Esq, in
NC Soth year of his age. MIR Darby was q
1aIFVe OF Pennsylvania, but in his infancy re-
owed with his parents to Ohio, when the
Hnoie trans Allegheny country was wilder
LES inhabited only by fierce and savage In
growth, and aided by his love of phvs;caI and
specially of geographical science he was bet
Ter acquainted with the geography and early
.is'ory of the Great Wet, than any man we
lave known. His knowledge was not, howey-
81, confined to his own country, but ranged
through all the world and through all record
"a history The requirements engrafted on a
Hlnd remarkable vigor and power of analy-
Is rendered him the most accurate historian.
spNsrapher, and staticiaD, of whom we have
O'ef had any knowledge. Nor was he less re-
%a;kable for the wisdom which he drew from
,14 'sSors OF history and experience. He was
man "i singular sincerity, probity, and be-
''Oiehce; and was equally deserving of re-
rec lcT lis virtues and of admiration for the
f'"era 0f his enlightened understanding.
National Inteliigenesr.