New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-15
KKY-wEsT CORRESPONDENCE.

Special 30 he New Orleans cssscsnlI
KHv-wEsr, March 6, 1860.
Ed. Crescent During Tie fortnight past 10 wreck
| have been reported as having occurred in this
district The wrecked brig Tiger. ashore near thii
4 city, haa broken np and disappeared, The Wreck-
got out about 100 barrels Of molasses and some
of the materials we're saYed by them. The cargo
| viii be sold, being considerably damaged by the
salt water This case ii one Of salvage, and will
| be decided by the Admiralty Court, which has al
ready taken testimony The property saved is
valued al $500, and VIII pay about $4,000 salvage
The Court has not paid out the salvage decreed
in the cases Of the late November disasters. They
have about 100000 ID hand, all Of which goes to
| the wreekers Of this place. The salvage and ex-
penscs upon the vessels and cargoes lost last fall
will exceed sl25 200. 81 large an amount put in
circulation ct one time viii have the effect of COM
pletely reyiying business, which has been pros
trated for some months. the Court having withheld
Gle distribution Of the salvage money for reasons
over which it had no control.
The cotton sayed by the wreckers from the ships
lost III November last, has nearly all been sent
OF. The damaged cotton was not all sold, the
Agent of Underwriters thinking it would be better
10 forward It to s destination. In consequence OF
this, the amount thrown upon the Neu York market
viii be nearer ten hundred than ten thousand bales,
as was first reported would be the case. The cargo
sent forward 10 New York In the brig Cygnet, on
the 2zth inst, will be the last shipment from this
port, excepting small lot to go next week. Those
who have been awaiting the arrival of the 10000
bales. viii have to satisfy their speculation pro-
elsities with the CFgnet's cargo. The brig Wabash
has taken q full cargo Of the damaged cargo, saved
from the ship Eliza Mallory to New Orleans The
steamer AtIantic also loaded with the same cotton,
and sailed the 18th for the same port. The ship
Harry Bluff Can't. Rodman, left On the "a inst,
with the cargoes saved from the ship Heidelburg
and bark Mary Coe, for Havre. The expenses at
tending the loading Of this ship were about $1,000.
Had she loaded at New Orleans or Mobile, her bills
would have exceeded 5000.
4 The brig y. w. Rowland, Capt. Rowland, sails
for Marseiles on the It'll. She had received thor
ough repair and goes to sea in the best order and
condition. The expenses Of the brig were 1919 81,
and If the cargo, $2s22 az. Total expenses, in
Guiding salvage, s6la2 IS.
The brig Mary Staples, Staples, on the 9Th inst,
hi distress, having carried away jib-hoom foreyard
rigging attached etc. She will be detained two or
three days for necessary repairs. She is from New
Fork, and bound to Apalachicola.
Arrived, "a inst, schooner NJ. O. HOPKINS,
Aalmsby, New York, and sailed the Sth for Cedar
Keys; 4th, schooner Sylyie, Hathaway, Pensacola,
with lumber for this market; 9th, brig Mary Sta
pies, Staples, New York.
Sailed, 2sth nit, brig Wabash, Green, New Or
leans; ia inst, ship Harry Bluff, Rodman, Havre
also, ship Flera Southland, Webb, Bremen.