New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-30
KEY WEST CORRESPONDENCE.
Special to the New Orleans Crescentl

KEY WEST, Jsly &c, 1859.
Hessrs. Editors Since my letter Of the 10th, for.
warded by the steamer Habana, little matter Of i'm
portance has transpired at this port. We have
advices from Tortugas and east as far Jupiter, and
no vessel is reported ashore. The Indian Hunter,
French Reef, had not broken up at last accounts,
and the wreckers hard at work getting the cot
ton out Of the lower hold. The divers were impeded
very much in their operations by the poisonous state
of the water in the ship eecting their eyesght, and
nearly binding them. They had leave from Capt.
Austins to scuttle her. This has doubtless been
done, and the whole cargo will be saved. This ship
had 1852 bales the largest cargo ever wrecked
coast Out of the whole there will not be over
fifty bales entirely lost. The divers have had hard
work getting the cotton ont from the lower hold, it
being necessary to dive through and under large
mass Of loose cotton floating the surface. They
will claim large salvage, and will get $4,000 or
$25 0g0 The loss to the underwriters by this acci.
dent will be near 100000. The q. s. Marshal sold
the damaged cotton the 22d at auction. Itbrought
from $l7 so to $26 per bale according to the dam
age sustained. 1t will all be forwarded to New York
| vessels having been already chartered to take it,
About 100000 worth was sold on the 22d. Another
| sale takes place this week.
| The California steamship Noses Taylor, Capt.
MCGOWAN, from Aspinwall, with the mails and pas.
sengers from San Francisco to July 6th arrived at
O'Clock A. n. of the 23d touching to procure coal
and to transfer the mails and passengers bound to
| New Orleans to the steamer Grenada The NJ. T.
had 81 100000 on freight and about 700 passengers
Twenty-one men landed here with the New Orleans
mails and treasure.
| The news from the Isthmus is interesting. A
late storm had disclosed the entrance to an ancient
| cemetery, in which had been found an enormous
number OF golden images, the like of which have
never been seen in this or any other country. The
images are of every conceivable form-rude figures
OF men and women vampires, topes frogs cats, dogs
beavers, Birds and other animals and reptiles They
are studies for historians, and many and various
will be the attempts OF antiquarians to solve the
mystery that must forever hang the people who
| created these curious and wonderful productions
The intrinsic value of those collected is said to have
already exceeded $l50,000 The city of Panama wal
almost depopulated. All who could get away wert
leaving for the old burial ground which is about
hundred and thirty miles down the coast, in the pro
vince Of Chirqni, and the excitement was equal X
that attending the discovery Of gold in California.
The NJ. Taylor was detained here seven hour
taking in one hundred and thirty tuns of coal Sht
left for New York at 4 Pm.
The steamer Galveston arrived from New Orleans
on the 2ls, and sailed the same evening for Havana
with cargo of cattle. Shereturned the oath, ant
will leave for New Orleans, via Florida ports on the
26th. The steamer Col Cottrell, Capt. Mckee, ar
rived from Fog Harbor, via Fernandina, on the oath
and sailed the same day for Cedar Key where she i
to be employed as tender for the large steamer
about to make that place their depot. The bark Ca
vallo, from New York, twenty-four days, passed o.
the oath bound to Indanoa.
On the morning Of the 25th five small woodel
buildings on Front street, near Brown & Curry's
were destroyed by fire. By the prompt and energeti
action of the citizens, it was confined to small limit
although at time threatening the destruction of
large amount of property. The loss was about $400
upon which there was no insurance.
The schooner Allen B. Derry, from Philadephis
bound to Manatee, Fla, passed through the harbo
on the 25th
The steamship Tennessee, from New Orean
passed yesterday at P. M.