President Taylor has effectively arrested and broken up the Yankee
expedition against Cuba ; the object of which is now ex- plicitly avowed. The plan was arranged with considerable inge- nuity and energy, and had ramifications in several parts of the Union ; but its head-quarters were at Round Island. Its materiel seems to have consisted in great part of mere vagabonds, who squandered their stores, had very little care for any chivalrous en- terprise, and were ignorant of their own destination. Another portion consisted of sailors, who also were not in the secret, did not like their position, and were in open mutiny just before the expeditionwas about to start. Three vessels having committed the overt act of going to sea, they were seized, and the whole band was broken up : the men were permitted to disperse ; certain offi- cers were detained; but the main object, to disperse the force, appears to have succeeded. We do not learn, indeed, with any certainty, that some other branches may not be ready to set forth, or might not have done so ; but at least the main body had been completely scattered.
In Cuba itself the Government was prepared, with every pro- spect of being able to resist aggression. French, English, and American war-ships, had been summoned to the coasts, to protect the interests of their several countries.
It is probable that the Yankees had been misled as to the state of feeling in Cuba ; in which case, the expedition will be really abandoned. If not—if there is any party in the island desirous of an American invasion—of course it will come at a more conn- nient season-v7
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