New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-25
4Gey-VVest Correspondent

| Special 10 the New Orleans Crescent ]
KEY.WESr, May IA, 1851.
! Ne. Elit0,.-The Government yacht Nonpareil,
! Capt. Wilson, leaves this evening for Havana with
| dispatches from Major French, the commanding
officer of keyWest, and we avail ourselves Of this
opportunity to report the marine news of the port
i The U. S, steamer Water. Witch, Commander
Rockendorf, left on the 10th for Fort Pickens with
/, dispatches for Col. Brown and Capt. Adams, asa
stores for the feet and fort. She will return to this
station immediately being employed as dispatch
vessel between Forts Taylor and Pickens.
The schooner Sarah B. James, Clark, arrived the
10th from Minititlan with wood, bound to Ham
burg. Put in for supplies and sailed the 18th inst.
The schooner Orient from New York, passed
this city on the 10th, bound with stores to F OFT
Jefferson
The schooner Ralph Post, Post, arrived the II til
| from Boston, bound to New Orleans She touched
4 for orders. We learn that the destination of her
voyage has been changed, and that she will take
her cargo to another port, fearing seizure aud con-
4 iscation at New Orleans.
| The schooner John N. Genin, from New Y ork
with stores for Forts Taylor and PiGkens arrived
4 the 18th. She rapidly discharged her Fort Taylor
freight, and arrived the 18th in charge Of Leuten
ant Breeze, of the steamship Crusader, end then
i left for Pensacola.
| The bark Fl. L. Ringers, fron Boston with "a
cargo of ice for New Orleans, is in port, waiting
orders. She is advised by the highest military and
postal authority not TO attempt TO proceed to her
| port of destination.
| The steamer Salvor, Mckay, arrived the 18th
from Havana. She brought Gumher Of horses
for Major French's battery Of light artillery. She
sailed the Eth for Pear Geek foAseattle.
The bark Euphrasa, from Liverpool for Apa-
lachcola, passed this city the llth, bound to Apa-
lachicola.
The steamer Crusader, Lieut.. Comdg. Craven,
arrived the 18th from Havana, with large num-
Der of laborers for Fort Taylor. Lieut.. Eebber
anG Lieut.. CIopon, of Fort Taylor, came ssassen-
gers.
The steamer Wyandott, Lieut. Baldwin, sailed
for Pensacola the 18th with ordnance, ordnance
stores, and supplies for the army and naTy,of the
United States Concentrated at that point
Tho schooner Dolphin Filler, arrived the 18th
from Cedar Keys, having as passengers .t1ldge
Mcqueen Mcintosh, lately appointed Judge Of the
Admiralty Court at Key-West by the Southern
Confederacy, ana John 1. Tatum, District Attorney
Of the same cou1t We understand that Judge
Mcintosh will nat=attempt to organise his court at
key-West, but will speedily leave the city, which
is now an the complete possession Of the United
States authorities.
The schooner Unien, Sampson, arrived the 18th
from New York, via Fort Jefferson.
The steamship SuWanee, Capt. Crowell arrived
at this port last evening from New Orleans with IA
cargo Of provisions, etc. She also brought a small
mail from the Gulf ports, excepting Pensacola.
By her we learn that the schooner W. G. Atwater
Capt. Allen, had arrveG.at Pensacola with q cargo
of l1mber frGal Key-WeSt, discharged the same at
Fort Pickens, and thence sailed for Cedar Keys,
to Apalachicola. 1t is also reported by Capt.
Crowell that Capt. Allen had been hung by the
ApalaGhicola nab. We distsust the latter state
ment.
Capt Craven, of the steamer Crusader, has
taken possession CT the steamer Suwanee in the
name of the United States. He has now in his
possession the yacht Wanderer besides. The
Wanderer will soon be armed and sent into the
gulf in charge of lieutenant of the U. S. Navy.
The Suwanee will be detained at this port in
charge of the authorities until further orders
received from Washington.
The health of the city is perfect. Rains have
lately fallen, and the supply of water is abundant.
the southeast point of the island, from which
water of a good quality is obtained sufficient for
the use of the horses of the flying artillery and the
culitfary purposes of the garrison. No fears are
now entertained that the supply of water will be
short, for in addition to the wells Lieut. Gilmore
of New York, has forwarded to Capt. Hunt dis
tilling apparatus by which water can be manufac-
tured from the sea in quantities sufficient to sup
port thousand men.