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Richmond Daily Times
Richmond, Virginia
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Reports from Havana on April 13 detail excitement across Cuba over rumored U.S. military expeditions led by Lopez, including false alarms of cannonading near Mariel from a British slaver capture. Latest news suggests embarkation from New Orleans and Galveston between April 20-25, heightening fears of invasion despite fortifications.
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The Prometheus, at New York, brings dates from Havana to the 13th April. The whole Island of Cuba was excited by reports of military expeditions from the United States. An express having arrived at Havana from Mariel, a place some forty miles off, with information that a heavy cannonading had been heard off that port, movements of troops commenced immediately.— Lopez's name was in every body's mouth, and the "expedition" was declared to be already within ten miles of the city. The excitement proceeded from the capture of a slaver, or one suspected to be such, by a British cruiser; the slaves, it is said, having been safely landed before she was attacked.
A Havana letter of the 13th, in the New York Express, says:
By the latest news from New Orleans, we are informed that the embarcation of the Cuban expedition will take place at New Orleans and Galveston between the 20th and 25th instant. The probability of an invasion is discussed freely by all parties, and there are many who are foolish enough to believe that an immediate descent is inevitable. Havana is in the greatest excitement from the Captain General down to the carman; and although the island is so well fortified and occupied with troops, the Spaniards look forward with fear and trembling to the coming of the Lopez expedition.
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Havana, Cuba
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13th April
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excitement from false alarm of invasion; actual cause was british capture of a slaver with slaves landed safely beforehand. no actual invasion reported, but fears of lopez expedition persist.
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Cuba excited by U.S. military expedition rumors; express from Mariel reports cannonading, prompting troop movements and mentions of Lopez's forces near Havana. Cause: British cruiser captures slaver. News from New Orleans indicates Cuban expedition embarkation at New Orleans and Galveston between 20th and 25th instant; invasion probability discussed, causing widespread excitement and fear among Spaniards despite fortifications.