New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-07-30
KEY WEST CORRESPONDENTS.

KEY WEST, July 25s 1906
In my last dispatches to yonr paper Of the 10th
and 18th instant Informed you the seizure Of the
bark Lyra, Capt. Diokey, Of New York, for being en-
gagged in the slave trade since then her crew have
left her, and Capt Dickey followed suit, taking with
him between $1,000 and $4,000, part Of which was
on freight. "A warrant for his arrest was issued to
the u S. Marshal, but not in time to enable that 9TH
Ger to serve it, the Captain having absconded the
night previous, and has not been seen since. The
bark has been hauled into the slip and is being dis
charged of her cargo.
The brig Huntress and cargo were sold by the Q.
S. Marshall on the 10Th instant. The brig brought
the sum of S6lC. She will be reftted Immediately
and placed in the brick trade between Pensacola and
this place. The sales of the cargo amount to
| 81, 1888 40.
The clipper ship Competitor, Capt. White, touched
| in here few days since for provisions and clean
bill of health. She is from Havana, having landed
there cargo Of 2s4 coolies from Canton. The G.
has been out from Boston q months, and had 81 days
passage home. She reports having seen off Havana
an American frigate and sloop.oi.war.
The U. S. brig Dolphin, Lieut.. Com'd'g j. N.
katt sailed hence on the Goth ins in search of the
jamestown, with dispatches from Com. Mcintosh.
During heavy thunder squall few days ago, the
ships Sultan and 0tseonthe were struck by lightning.
The sultans gallant mast was badly shattered
The Otseonthe's injuries are very triaing.
The U. S. steam Frigate Wabash, flagship of the
Mediterranean squadron, and frigate Macedonian,
went to on the morning Of the 22d bound to the
Mediterranean to join the squadron. The Constela.
ton Capt. Bell sailed for New York on the morning
of the 23d. The ordnance ship Plymouth, Capt.
Dahlgreen, and Saratoga, Capt. Turner sailed same
day for AspnwaI N, G. Shortly after the departure
Of these vessels the U. s. corvette Jamestown and
bngDolph in came in. By these arrivals we learn
that the yellow fever was raging very badly at
Havana.
The U. S. steam frigate Colorado, bearing the
broad pennant of hagoftlcer James Mcintosh, sailed
this morning for Boston, where she goes to have her
machinery repaired. The jamestown sailed also to.
day her destination is Portsmouth N. H,
The brig Dolphin will cruise in the Gulf, between
Cuba and this place.
learn from very reliable source, that the Cali
fornia steamers will hereafter connect at this place
instead of Havana.
The Empire City, Capt, Griffin, arrived mere on the
evening Of the 22d inst landed her California mails
and passengers and sailed the same evening at 8
O'clock
The Granada, Comr Bergman, arrived on the
evening Of the oath inst. from Aspinwall, She has
coaled and waits to connect with the steamship
Philadelphia, from New York for New Orleans.
AERlyALs.-July I2-U. S. steamer Saratoga,
Capt. Turner, q days from Norfolk schr. Eliza
| Catherine, Alder from Tampa schr. Stampede,
Brandt, from New York; schr. Gipsey, Lowe, from
Green Turtle Key July l3-gunboat Arctic, Hart.
stein, commanding, from Havana q. s. corvette
Constellation, Capt. Bell, from New York. July IS
clipper ship Competitor, White, from Havana July
l6-yacht Prima Donna, johnson, from Havana.
/ July 2O-schr. Young America, Lowe, from Ruatan !;
schr. Defiance, tBr.) Pearee, from Nassau. July u
steamer Isabel, TITLE, from Charleston. July 22-
steamer Empire City, Griffin, from New Orleans
July 23-U. S. corvette jamestown, from Havana
U. S. brig Dolphin Lieut.. Maffit commanding, from
! Havana.
DEPARTUREs.-July l2-steamer Atlantic, Talbot,
for New Orleans yacht Prima Donna, for Havana
schr, Stampede, Brandt, for Matagorda July 2l-
U. S. mail steamer Isabel, little, for Havana. July
22-U. S. steam frgate Wabash for spezzia; U. S.
frigate Macedonian for spezzia U. s. mail steamer
Empire City, Griffin, for New York. July 23-U, S.
sloop Constellation, for New York U. s. steamer
Saratoga, for Aspinwall; U. S, steamer Plymouth,
for Aspinwall.
sPoKEN-July lO--bark SaitiIe, Of and from New
York rs days, for Mobile. July 13-cpper ship
Stampede, of and for New York. from Cenfuegos.