New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-03
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KEY WEST, Jan. 26, 1860
"a Crescent The u. s. steamship Crusader
Eaent Sondg. MoiiftE, arrived off This port the
night u TILL md inst, and communicated with tlle
shore, sending IN boat for the letters and papers
reeeivea by mi Isabel fcr tlis vessels If III Home
Squadron iii lie Cuban coast, procuring which,,
sAe proceeded to sea with great haste. and i Is
canjHctursd here that she Ii III hot pursuit or ~
expected SLAYER.
IN Abcut Tho time Of the Crusaders departure the
IL. 81 Steamship Mohawk, Lieut.. Comdg. Craven,
also from cruise around Tie island of Cuba, APP
paared ill Fort TayssFs hat ana not come " az
aurhes She sent boat ashore, end obtaining the
correspondence fcs the vessel suddenly left for
ssarss unknown. NJ Il supposed that ahe too y on
Tie scent Of q ssSSer
III wreckinc zlasters, We have little additional Of
sItarcst is aha IL cur last lengthy list. But one
@f7isn4 iii distress has occurred, the particulars of
which i'll gwen below.
M salvage Has been decreed in the case of the
ship Elizabeth Hen The Judge Of the Admiralty
&9utt Hui been obliged To leave Tho city on ae-
can1t 81 his Iii health. he left in the last New
h Nrioana steamer for Tampa, where be remains I'M
si the 6th of Fcbrusty, when the business Of the
Court viii BE- resumed and the unsettled salvage
easss adjusted.
Inc slave brig Cygnet taken last November Oh
4he coast Of Cuba by the u. s. steamship Mohawk,
#as suld I'LL the 2sd inst. BY the III s. Marshall for
the sum Of s32aD. The sale Of vessel and stores
anlounted to $3.50. The brig will be loaded with
damaged cotton aud sent to New York for sale.
The u. S Marshal has been selling small por-
ssons III thc badly damaged parts Of cargoes Of
ships lost Oh eur coast iii November last. From
The ship Heidelberg no cotton has yet been sold
II II expected mat 400 bales will be put up ut anc
ton next week. The damaged cargo Of the ship
81 Ellen brought the sum Of s. o94 n that Of the
sIlip cilas. tTooker, IS ,3I6 a5 the cargo saved
from the bark Mary Goe, 81 ,s56 and that from
sse brig North, Si6a 30. Total sales, up to this
iIate, ss5s5 ss Some 1900 bales remain yet IN
sold, sna abont 1000 bales are being reshipped.
The brig Linaa, Gapt, Ellen. from Tonoia, Mex
itc, With i full cargo 81 dye woods, bound to Bal
siIaore arrived at this port the 18th inst. in a
istsesssa state. Capt. EIlen reports that On The
slst December and January lst a severe norther
ragged along tho Mexican coast, and was particu-
lafis Severe 1t Tonoia. Tic was Al anchor Oh the
bbfs ready Cor sea, but so sudden and severe was
ssAe biows that he had ID slip His chains and aet
under weigh d once, and iii working ID the coast
glost All bis principal sails. He has arrived in a
damaged condition. hat VIII meet with speedy H.
pairs, and be able to continue on her voyage next
week
fhe sllip Samuel Lawrence, lately ashore 81
French Reef, has made no repairs. She has been
Y Thoroughly examined As well al ceRld be done By
i divers, and found to be Id bad condition The
captain has gone TO Havana TO see it he can get the
nse Uf the dry dock st that place, she being loo
large 70 DO hove out here.
The carpenters are at work on the spars Of the
isnasteu ship s. RI Mallory, and she Mil 81 ready
for sea in about twenty days Tie cargo Of the
lOst ship Ghas Croker will BE forwarded ID Liver
pool II Ills vessel, she having been chartered FL
ii of 4 penny.
The dry cargo Of The ship Heidelberg Wilt ia
sent 10 Havre in the ship Kate Over. now t1ailv
expected from New Orleans The amount of liz
chaster VIE 300. Tile ship Il also III take for
waad Tie cargo Of the bark Mary cee.
Tlle eargoes Of the Schooner Elizabeth T,ussell |
ana the brig North nave gone forward H the
schooner A. q Hopkins TO New York, that vessel |
having sailed III the 2lst.
Capt. Staiggs, Of the lost ship Elizabeth Ellen
viii proceed soon 10 Havana and procure q snit,
able vessel to take his cargo To Bremen; HOO bales
are saved dry.
M steps have yet been taken towards Tic ship
lnent Of The cargo of The ship Eliza Mallory.
Arrivals, Jan. IS, brig Linda, Ellum, Tonoia,
alsxcos JIM 10, SCHOONER Ney, MrKeag, Mata.
gorda, Jan. q, brig Mary Flower, Strong, pensa.
cola; 2. s. M. steamship Atlantic, Hatchins. New
Orleans steamship Isabel, Rollins, Charleston.
jan. Y @ s. steamship Crusader; e. S. steamship
Mehawk IAN "a. steamer Atlantic, Hutchins
Havana al
Sailed. Jan, %, brig Lapzerote, Hartman. Ha.
Fsaiia. Jan. ls, schooner he'd Eagle Brown. New
York Jan. 10, schooner Julla smith. Grower
jacksonville Jan p, schooner NJ @. Hopkins,
a1alinshy New York; steamer Isabel, Rollins. Ha.
,saua steamer Atlantic, Crowell, Havana. Jan.
~, y. 9. steamers Crusader and Mohawk, on a
ernise Jan 25 steamer Isabel, Rollins, Charleston