New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-12-03
Nsh Orleans DaiIp Crescent.
EY-wEsT CORRESPONDENCE.


KaY.WEsr, Nov. %, 1860.
Nh E7itpr-The United States mail steamship
s,alsuston. Can't Hutnhins leaves this port to-day
sor New Orleans via Cedar Keys and Pensacola.
sse takes de Charleston and Washington mails az
I'll 81 Cedar Keys, where they are transferred to
lie Fernanaina and Calf Railroad and thence
North by sen and rail,
The alteration in time Of departure Of the Isabel
ron the ieth and s5sl To the LIST and 18TH in
function with the Florida steamers, affords us
weekly communication with New York and the
Northern cities. The New Orleans line of steam
ships are regularly and permanently established,
and are enjoying d prosperous ard increasing
srA1sp In passengers and freight. Tae vessels en-
pieyud are Of the first Glass; and well otcered and
erganized and are In every respect suited to the
trade III which they are engaged. And the public
are satisfied with their accommodations, and have
no fault ia End with the managers. But they have
ore great 4aait to find with the New Orleans Post
masters faat which has existed since the estab-
1ishnaent of this Important route, and that fault
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is this: The letters and papers
daily deposited IN his Office for Key West are
SasIy fsr arded 10 Mobile and other places along
the seaboard, en- route for Key West. Many pack
ages 60 as far as Charleston and Savannah, and
solne take ne Montgomery route and thence reach
The coast az ST. Marks or Cedar Keys. AT these
points, dis well as at Pensacola and Apalachicola
the New Orleans boat steps for the maEls, picking
up what may BIZ chance come through.
Your correspondents experience for the past
four years has been that the mail steamer brings
The New Orleans dalies Of the day Of her departure
and no ddtes fol a a5esa; preceding these having
been forwarded from the Post-ofice by the land
routes, which do mot keep pace with the steamers,
hut are Invariably q week behind and it is not
until the auccseding steamer arrives, that ne are
put III possession Of our broken files This matter
can be very easily relnedied by allowing all the
Key West letters and papers 70 accasfntate at the
New Orleans office. and be retained there until the
day Of departure Of the mail steamship; and we
y hope The order will be given at once. simple
arrangement oil this kind viii enhance the value OF
she sea route, and eiectaally put Q stop to all
grumbling.
e Marine matters remain IN statss quo. No wrecks
nave been reported since the grounding Of the
Ocean Star on Triumph reel, and no vessels have
been obliged to seek this port for repairs. It has
been blowing very heavy from the North and North
east fer the past two dsys, and vessels bound out
OF She gnlf hare had rapid runs far as the elbow
al tbs reef, where they find the wind ahead.
Several vessels are due here from the North and
from Pensacola.
TheUnited States steamship Mohawk, Lieutenant
Craven, We learn il lying in the harbor Of Tor
tagas, ana tie steamship Wyandotte, Lieut.. Stan
ley Ii stir at the naval wharf in this city. She has
been prscticng during the past week with shot and
shell, having for target the condemned British
bark Louisa Marian. The ship Orphan, Capt. Smith.
Ii nearly ready for sea. The ship Ocean Star is |
lying on the mud fats and her captain has gone /
North to consult with owners and underwriters. |
The big Daniel, Molony, arrived the 23d for Pha- I
dcIphiss The schooner Richmond, Burke, sailed /
tho 10th for Pensacola. The United States Coast
Survey schooner Agassiz i il port, awaiting the
arrival Of Asst. G. T. Jardeila from Washington.
: THE bark Jacob Murriii, Capt. Fop, has been
chartered to take the cargo Of the British bark
Louisa Marian to London. The city is perfectly
healthy. The Russell House, fine, first-class
hotel, now open for visitors large number of
strangers are expected here during the winter.
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