New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-18
Later from Key West. +.
We extract the following Key West correspondence
from the Savannah Georgian, of the 18th inst: e

.tss ts s $5ssx KEY VEST, June 10, 1856.
NAVAL IKTELLIGRNcE. The ". s.. steamlsfrigate
susquehanna Commander Sands sailed from this city
the 18th inst, for San Juan and AspinWaI. Gonmo-
dore Pauding transferred his flag from the Pptamae%
the same day, and left in the steamer. The S. il e
pected to return on the 15t, when she will take in q
full supply of Goals, and, in all probability leave d
rect for the Mediterranean.
The frigate Potomac, Commander Powell. on her
arrival was anchored in the channel some distance
from the town. but on the ID she dropped down to
the usual anchorage finding twenty feet of wa
ter and more, the entire distance. She draws but
twenty-five feet. The bar-socalled--as the mouth
of the hafbor is over four miles in width and has
average depth Of thirty feet at low water with the
exception of few coral heads, there are obstFuc
tions to the entrance of lneob battle ship. These
heads should be buoyed to make the har;bor safe
when the heaviest ships could beat up to the anchor
age without pilot.
The sloop-of-war Gyane, Commander Rabb, got
under weigh the morning of the st and sailed forthe
west coast of Cuba to ascertain the latitude and lon
gitude of dangerous shoal, said to exist off that
island in the direct tract of5yessels doubling Cape
Antonio. The Cyane is also ordered to touch atlas
pinwa and San Juan. She will return to Key West
early in July.
The q. s. steamer Dispatch, Lieut.. Cossan, arrived
the 4th inst from Pensacola. She touched for Goals
procuring which, she sailed the morning Of The 9Th,
! for New York. This vessel was nearly seven days
steaming from Pensacola to Key est, a distance of
459 miles; at the rate of speed, she may be ex-
pected to arrive at on or about the 2th of
this month. e. E. IL = }s $5$s5s$3EE5s|5
The U. S. sloopeofWar, Saratoga. Commander
Tton arrived in this harhor at early hour on the
| morning of the 18th, 10 days from San Juan She
found orders at this place proceed as soon as pos
sibe to Pensacola to procure provisions for the feet
She left on the morning of the z til. ~ 8s{9s
The U. S. steamship Fulton, 1t, II Gilman returned
the 30th inst, from Havana. She is now engaged in
patching up her boilers, that leaked so bad while at
tempting to tow the Cyane to sea to put out three
of the fires She will be ordered North on the arrival
4 Of Commodore Paulding.
i The U. S. schr Petrol and franklin Pierce, of the
i Coast Survey, sailed for New York on the 7th.
passed through the harbor and ont of the N. W. Pas
| sage on the Goth She was from Genoa and bound
to New Orleans.
/ SGhr. Maxon, Rogers, arrived the 1st, from New
York via Cape Florida with cargo Of inch shells
| for the Ordnance Department Of Fort Taylor
The bark Virginia, FarloW, arrived from Garden
Key the lst She was chartered at New fork to take
the cargo of the condemned British bark Mary TO that
| city, for 81 ,0OO
Bark Tropic Bird, Pfster cleared the a1st for Ha-
vana.
| Brig Tavaner, Williams, cleared the lst for sisal
Brig Gov. Anderson, Wilson, cleared the LIST for n
York.
The ship Diadem, Capt. Webber, from New York,
bound to New Orleans with valuable cargo Of gen
eral merchandise, went ashore upon Loo Key on the
night Of the 1st, and was obliged to call npon the
wreekers for assistance. After taking out portion
of the cargo the ship got off and brought to this
port. AS she makes no water, she will not discharge
her cargo but after the settlement of salvage pro
coed on to New Orleans. III
The U. S. steam frigate Merrinlae Com. Pender.
grast, is coming up the harbor from Havana. Her
rudder is disabled.