The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-23
FILIBUsTERS.

General steedman's Expedition 20 Cuha.Mhet
. Union General is Said 10 be Doing for Cuban
Correspondence from New Orleans, dated the
10th inst, to the N Y, Times, says;--
Some time since filibustering expedition was
planned here in order to reinforce the Cubans
with men and arms. The Spanish consul in this
city, after getting wind OF this movement asked
Captain General Dulce to send over from
Cuba some adroit spies. Nearly every steamer
from Cuba brought some of them, but they
did not fare better than the consul, the volun-
teers and Cubans keeping strict watch over
them. II will be remembered that some time
ago General Steedman visited Havana; that he
was arrested there and released afterwards. This
trip was undertaken for the purpose of recon-
noitring and putting himself in connection with
the Cuban patriots. Shortly after his return
here, in the upper room OF Hawkins saloon, Il
bar-room of the hdute-UoLoe, secret meeting was
held, at which the Executive Committee of the
Cuban refugees, the Mexican Consul, Senor
Diaz, General Steedman, General Harry j. Hays,
late Chief of the Louisiana Confederate
Artillery, Colonel Nixon, late colonel
in the Confederate Army, and proprietor
of the Crescent newspaper, and many
other influential and opulent citizens
Of this city; met General Steedman reported
on what he had observed at Havana, after which
plan for an expedition was made. Since then
the corps organized numbers over thousand
men, camping different plantations 4n the
neighborhood of the city. The chiefs have fur
ther purchased two thousand rifles and two full
batteries OF artillery, ana also nlrcu q very last
steamer, former blockade runner, to bring
them to the northern coast of Cuba. This
steamer has been reported since to have left for
Cuba.
The expedition will be joined by nearly all the
members of the Democratic eX-UniOn Sol liers'
and Sailors Club organized during the election
campaign) whose President was General Steed-
man. They hope to be able to battle by their
steamer every pursuit though, in case of need
they are firmly resolved to give battle to any
Spanish man-of-war which they may encounter
There is plenty of money among the filibusters
for the rich planters arrived from Cuba, and the
Mexican Consul, Mr.. Diaz, have provided ample
funds for carrying out the expedition, General
Steedman having also contributed $4,000. Scnor
Diaz, in the negotiations with the Cubans, serves
interpreter and negotiatOr while the former
occupies himself with the organization of the
corps only, which will consist of two divisions,
commanded by General Hays and Colonel
Nixon, while General Steednan will be COM
mander-in-chief A splendid Cuban flag, made
of silk, by the wife of Scnor Diaz, was pre-
sented to the officers of the corps in Senor Diazs
house.
1t may be well imagined that pure love of
liberty has not solely caused the members of the
corps and especially the officers, to take part in
the expedition. The leaders of the expedition
have been promised high offices, and the other
tlibusters are to be compensated according to
rank and their merits. Senor DiaZ has just now
returned from Washington, bringing favorable
news and much money with him, the latter for
that expedition which is to start ut the same
time from Mobile for Cuba.
That the enterprise will meet with difficulties
in this port is hardly to be believed, the Custom
House officials being all in favor of the Cuban
cause. Moreover, the corps is made up OF men
who have scented battlc-felds, and who are not
intimidated by Spanish troops or Spanish sur
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