The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-04-14
ANOTHER CITRAN EypCnIr,or

The New York Sun of yesterday, in an artiel,
headed the ''fag of free Cuba" saws:
W { seek 10 raise no idle excitement We have
good reason for the belief that if the fame of revolt
has not already been kindled in the Island of Cuba
1t will be before the end of this week The Cuban,
have, by many bitter disappointments, realized thf
truth OF the poets lines that
Who would be free
m themselves must strike the blow
y therefore, ever since their abandonment by
Qultman and others, their BETRAYAL bv profassad
friends in the United States and the sousndor;n1 ~
OF the resources of revolution which they baG col
lected they have devoted themselves to new nIan
m winch the initiative and the first effort for free
dom should be erclusirely Cuban. Unon tbis bas;s
they have organized patriot clubs throupLont tho
Island, and the members count by thousands
Their co-patriots in the United States have aided
an an their plans, and will share with them in the
dangers and the glory of the struggle for Cuban
| rights. ee '' 0"'"ii
| Inc nest OF this month was the time fixed bv tbe
Clubs throughout the Island for a general rising.
and, unless their plot has been discovered and some
| untoWard event has happened they are now in
arms against their oppressors -
Inc new ork Convention of Cuban patriots-a
small but determined band sailed on their danoer-
Gus mission IN the latter part of March, If the
patriots in the Island had not already rson O., th
day fixed, the landing of the New York Convention
would be the signal .or revolt Arms and ammn
hltioh nave been provided, and all are bound by a
solemn opllgation to stand by the cause until vic
tory crowns their effort, the last man has fallen
Most OF the Cubaus who have gone from New
YORK, are young men; many of them sons of the
leadlng men OF the Island, and all fired with the
| the attempt.
| Inc Herald alludes to the statements heretofore
made by the Courier des Etats Unis and saws:
lhere are many rumors and facts afoat which
| appear to confirm the statements
| In the first place, several Cuban fhbusters have
suddenly disappeared from the city, and nobodv
can even guess where they are gone unless II be
on tne expedition IN question. Secondly, there is
fIa
do business with Havana and it is evident tber he
iieve there is something in the wind" Thirdly
the Spanish Minister and Spanish Consuls have
SEM despatches to the Captain General of Cuba ap
prlslng him OF the sailing of the expedition: and
Yesterday they sent further dispatches to the same
effect, by the Cahawba Indeed, so Important does
the spanish Minister consider the matter, that he
mas come on here from Washington specially ahont
1t, and is now stopping at the Breyoort House -
Lastly, the well known Gen. Gocouria-the head
OF the Cuban flibusters-sailed suddenly YESTERDAY
@ 1t Is sad, in the Cahawba, for New Orleans, and
these trips. He goes in our steamships into thss
very harbor of Havana, not actually leaving the
vessel, but communicating ON board with parties
from shore. In fact, the atmosphere of the count
ing rooms OF the Cuban merchants is rife with ru
NOR, and it does not require very keen sense of
smell to scent flibustersm in the air.
Jefry, Droin, negro who died at st. Josepb
Mo in his fifty eighth year, was one of the .iops
OF the West. The st. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette saws he
was uuFH III St Louis, a slave OF Joseph RObdOuy
Sr, Esq, founder Of ST. Joseph, and passed nearly
the whole of his early life with that old and noted
trader in the Indian tribes, and became proficient
as interpreter. BY association with his master he
became an expert trader, and realized sufficient
means to purchase his freedom in 1885. He was
then employed as the government interpreter for
many years: In 1874 he accompanied number of
Iowa and Sac and Fox Indian Chiefs under the
charge of Col. Melody to Europe. His interpreta-
ton OF their languages were clear and intelli-
gent that he not only made favorable impression
upon the dgntaries of the foreign courts at which
they were received, but it is said fascinated lady
of high title
D'lsraeli and other literati had frequent CONVEX
satlons with him, and showed him marked atten-
tlon His acquaintance almost universal in the
far West, and many will remember him in Europe
he spoke French as fnently as he did English, or
dczen Indian tongues, with which he W as famil-
lar, he was fne-looking mulatto, with benev-
oaena, intelligent countenance, stout figure, modest,
respectful demeanor and was an honest and faith
iui IA man. he left wife and children and several
thousand Ia collars worth of property. He purchased
ms wlie some time ago from DR.. Brown of Kentuc-
KY. NO negro was ever more respected or will be
more generally regretted than Jefry Droin.