New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-14
KEY WEST CORRESPONDENCE.

KEY WEST, Dec, G. 1858.
Special tothe New Orleans Crescentl
lMesSrs. Editors IS Since my last dispatches to
your paper the Court has decreed salvage in the fol
lowing cases, viz:
! 0. Nelson and others against the ship Otseonthe
and cargo claim for services rendered said ship and
cargo, towing her off mud fiat upon which she had
drifted while burning into the channel at the upper
harbor $780, and Charles Tits contract for raising
the bull and landing the cargo, $4,000, was also
sanctioned and ordered paid by the Court. Total
amount of salvage, $1,000; expenses, 81 ,63s IS.
The amount of the u S. Marshalls account sales of
the cargo etc. less the Court expenses were ordered
to remain in the registry Of the Court to await its
further decree.
To libellant VIM. Lowe and others interested and
associated with him against the bark Byzantine and
cargo, $4,000 salvage. Expenses incurred at this
port for repairs, etc, 1926 81, Total salvage and
expenses, S., 255 81.
John Williams and others, libellants, against the
ship Pelican State, lately ashore near Hllsborough
Inlet. The judge awarded to the wreckers S. 900,
and to the steamer Catawba for her services $500.
Total salvage, IS 400; expenses, 81 ,6O7 IS.
In the case Of the British bark Sir James Ross and
cargo, the salvors received $4,000 as salvage. The
expenses incurred for repairs, wharfage, landing
storing and reshipping cargo labor ETC.. amount to
$5,796 81 Total, $ll,796 81.
The libeants Christopher Dunn and others against
the cargo and materials saved from the French bark
Caraquena, were awarded for their services 50 per
cent upon the net proceeds of the sales of the same
amounting to 81, 727 II. Expenses, including duties
$3.50 70. Gross amount of sales, $4227 %.
The Bark Lyra, condemned for participation in the
slave trade, has been advertised for sale at public
auction, on the 10th inst.
The British bark Ann Harley, of Glasgow, Holmes
master, ladened with cargo consisting of 2l4 pieces
Of timber and1 $50 pieces of DEAL about $50 900 fee
and bound from Pensacola to Hull, England, ran
ashore on the night of the 30th ult. on Loggerhead
Reef TOrtugas, and Immediately bilged. The night
was squally and heavy swell was heaying in on the
reef The sloops Globe and Beckwth have succeeded
in saving and bringing to this port the materials of
the bark, which were sold this morning. The cargo
was also sold this morning with the bark as it LILY on
the reef when left by Capt Holmes and the wreckers.
Total amount of sales, 81 ,l2S hull 5r $40 cargo,
$500; materials, $685.
Arrivals, Nov. 20, brig Tempest, Wood, New York
Nov. 30, bark Jacob Merrill, Park, Philadelphia
bark CavaIlo Washington, New York. Dec. 8,
schooner Eliza S. Potter, Potter, New York U. S.
coast survey schooner JOS Henry passed through our
harbor bound to Cedar Keys. Dec 4, brig Gov
Brown, Axworthy, Havana. Dec. s, us. NJ. steamer
Isabel, Rollins, Charleston; U. S. G. S. schooner j.
TORY, Maclea, twelve days from Baltimore
Sailed, Nov. 26, U. S. NJ. steamer Calhoun, Gard,
ner, New Orleans. Nov. ~, schooner Black SqnaIl,
Brown, Mobile; schooner Mary, Attakapas sloop
Fairfield, Elwood, Galveston. Dec. /, bark Cavalo,
Washington, Galveston Dec. 2, ship Pelican State,
Morse New Orleans; bark Byzantine, Gleason, Bos.
ton bark Jacob Merrill, Park, Mobile. Dec 3, sloop
Gen. Concha, Cunningham, Havana. Dec 4, brig
Gov. Brown, Axworthy, Pensacola Dec. G, u. s. NJ.
steamer Isabel, Rollins, Havana.
Spoken, Dec 2, by P, B. Nonpareil, Brightman,
brig Geranum, Pearson, ten days from New York,
bound to GaIveston passed the ofng, U. S. steamer
Arctic, bound down the Gulf Nov. 81, by the
J. TORY, in lat. 90 deg 20 mn on 70 deg
40 min the ship Elizabeth Thompson Of and from
New York, for Charleston.