New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-09
RESIGNATION or GENERAL oUTrMx

OF The N. \. Tribune.
NEw-ORLEsrs, Monday, April 30 1854
Ma meeting Of the Cuban Juuta, held YESTERDAY
Sunday. Gen. John A. Quiman handed In his rsSe
nation as Commandern-C Chief of the Expedition whck
has been 30 long organized against Cuba. All ofAs
American officers who held commissions in this Out
man amy have also resigned, end the cause of Cuba
Is now in the hands Of the Junta. Thus ends tAs
ouitman Expedition, an enterprise in which manyd
lo loading men of the South have been engaged and
bad every reason to believe would prove successfA
The officers who were engaged to take part in thn
expedit;on were men of experience, who have bed
commissions in the United States Army and have scse
service and distinguished themselves In the war viii
Mexico. Many Of these officers have not their super
ions in the United States. have list Of their names
and the positions which they to have hcld BET
as tbe enterprise has failed the publication of the sas
is of no interest.
Al the time of the organization Of the expedition
the Leaders had every from President Frank
lin Pierce that he would not interfere with the ents.
nriee Previous to his election he was warm friend
If tbe Cuban cause and did not hesitate to express
himself in its favor on every occasion. Thousands
Southern Wings voted for him on that account Ths
Administration. however have thrown every obstscb
in the way of the departure of Quitnan; and but hx
the determined course pursued by the President and
the Cabine. TO defeat the enterprise Gen. Quiimas
and an army of 900 men would now be on tho Island
of Cuba at the head of successful revolutionary
marty. This Quitman Expedition has been badly man
aged. and has been a continual series of blunders
Everything has gone wrong and (as you have beea
nrcviously advised there has not been that harmony
of feeling existing between the leaders hero and tho
revolutionary party in Cuba which should havc Pre-
vailed 10 insure confidence and success. One OF the
greatest blunders of the leaders of the expedition was
in the announcement made that the steamships United
Staes and ST. Lawrence and the other steamer wereto
form line of packets 10 run between Mobile and Gal
weston Texas. We all know that the Texas mes-
chant Fan make his purchases Of groceries, dry goods
hardware clothing, boots shoes, &c, In the New
York market at a. low prices and on as favorao@
terms az can the merchants Of Mobile and this city;
and all goods of that description go direct to Texas
from your City at ess freight than Is charged for
the TRANSPORTATION TO New-Oreans. Texas depends
uon this city for Western produce, and the splendid
steamers of Harris Morgan take freight at reason
able rates The idea Of the Texas merchant getting
his Western produce from Mobile was truly ridiculous,
az the only dependence Mobile noc has Is this city.
We furnish her with every article in that iine and
oct produce to that market il has to be drayed from
our steamboat landing to the railroad, distance a
nearly two miles, II is then transported to the lake
and shipped by the mailine of steamers, at rery
high rate Of freight, to Mobile. How absurd us
proposition then TO form line of packets from Mobile
to Galveston. The Texas merchants are D'F so 'ef'
dant as to pay fifteen per cent extra price 10 go' pro
duce from New Orleans via railroad and steamboat
Mobile.
Everything is dull here, the only excitement being
tint produced by the arrest Of our Postmaster II
am correctly informed there is no evidence to convict
Mr.. Kendall. I am satisfied that he Is an innocent
man and the charges made against him are false In
stead of being prosecuted he is fer'eeufed, and he
so very unpopular here that DO not think he can
have an impartial trial.