New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-30
Key wEgT coRRaspoNpENcE.

KEY WEST, Dec. 81, 1858.
Special tothe New Orleans Creseentl
1fessrS. Editors-The Admiralty Court have been
engaged the past week in the trial of W, H, Prone,
first mate of the condemned slave bark Lyra. The
jury, finding the evidence insufficient, acquitted him.
The bark has been sold by auction and was purchased
by A. F. Tiff for the sum Of $4450.
The case of Capt. Townsend of the brig Echo, is
to be brought before this Court at the May term,
1859 The Captain is still in charge of the U. 8.
authorities of Boston.
The schooner Forest King Capt. Perry, arrived the
Goth from New Orleans in distress, having carried
away some of her head gear Her repairs were made
the DIST, and she sailed that day for New York.
The yacht Oriental, Capt. Hoyt (agent of New
York Underwrters) arrived the 18th inst from Mas
sau. No wrecks had occurred in the district for
some weeks previous. The Oriental returned to her
station the 2lst.
The vessels attached to the Coast Survey stationed
in this neighborhood have arrived and commenced
their operations, with the exception of the hydro
graphical party in command of Lieut.. 7, A. Craven.
Since our last, the O. S. steamers Arctic and Dis.
patch have visited this port for the purpose coang
and procuring supplies. The Arctic, in command of
Lieut.. W. S. Lowell, arrived from Pensacola the 18th,
and sailed the same day for Washington The Dis
patch, Lieut. Comdg ParrOtt arrived from Pensacola
the 18th and sailed the 18th for Norfolk, va. Off
GERS and crew of both vessels well.
Lieut.. E. B. Hunt Corps of Engineers U. S. Army,
arrived from Boston the 9th inst. He has charge of
Fort Taylor, active operations upon which com
menced December 5, and will be continued during
the healthy season. The appropriation during the
fiscal year ending June 80 1859, was SIS 900. The
sum appropriated for Fort Jefferson Tortugas, was
$150000. Both of these extensive works are far ad
vanced. At Fort Taylor, ortyfour inch Colnmbiads
are mounted and number of howitzer guns in case
mated batteries. Fort Jefferson is the larger work
of the two The first tier is ready for the armament
which will be very heavy These two works mount
over 200 guns. Many years must eapse ere they are
available, as the sums allowed by Congress are too
inadequate for an early completion
Arrived, Dec H. U. s. steamer Dispatch, Lieut..
Parrott, Pensacola Dec. 10, y. s. @. s. schooner
Bowditch, Lieut., THRILL Charleston; schooner OciIla,
Burroughs, Charlott's Harbor Dec. Is, brig Hunt
ress, Dennison, Havana schooner Harriet Lewis,
Saunders, Newport, R. l.; schooner Onward, Leland,
New York schooner Fowler, EIdridge, Charlotts
Harbor. Dec. l6, schooner Bride Condi, Charotts
Harbor.- December II, schooner 81. Lewis circuit,
Powers, Bucksport, Me. Dec. Is, brig R. Bingham,
Southwck, Pensacola U. S. steamer Arctic, Lieut..
W. S. Lowell, Pensacola; yacht Oriental, Hoyt, Mas
sau N. P; U. s. Transport schooner Jas. Guthrie,
Springer Cape Florida Dec. 10, o. S, transport
Florida Lieut. B. N, Westcott, Cape Florida; schoon-
er j. CrandaIl, Megethn, Pensacola. December 20,
schooner Forest King, Perry, four days from New
Orleans, with loss of head gear, has had heavy
weather U. s. NJ. schooner Joshua Skinner, Filler,
Miami. Dec. 81, U. s. NJ, steamer Isabel, Rollins,
Charleston.
Sailed, Dec. 10, U. S. steamer Dispatch, Parrott,
Norfolk U, S. G. s. schooner Bowditch Lieut.. Tr.
rel Charlott's Harbor schooner OoilIa, Burroughs,
Havana. Dec. IA, schooner E. s. Potter, Potter,
Apalachicola Dec. Is, schooner W. H. Mitchell,
Cole, New York schooner Fowler, E.dridge Ha.
vana. Dec. 16, schooner Bride Condi, Havana /;
schooner Onward, Leland, Cedar Keys schooner H.
Lewis, Saunders New Orleans. Dec II, brig Weno.
nah, Clarke, New Orleans U S. steamer Arctic,
Lieut. W. S, Lowell, Norfolk and Washington,
Spoken, Dec g. in lat. 80 deg, lon. 81 deg, ship
Sir Robert Peel. Dec. H. sixty miles N w, rortngas
schooner Moonlight from Galveston for New York.
Dec, Is of Key West by p B. Nonpareil, bark Glen
Of Portland for Apalachicoa; aso schooner Charles,
of New York, for Galveston. Dec 16 by P. B. Cham
pon, bark Brothers, from Cienf1egos for Savannah.
Died, in this city, of yellow fever, on the 9th inst.
Miss Cornelia B. Livingston, daughter of the late
Col. Henry A. Livingston, OF Poughkeepsie, N. Y.