New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-01
To the Associated Press
WARRINGTON. Friday, Oct 81. 1862.
DESTRUCTION OF REBEL SALT WORKS.

DESTRUCTION OF REBEL SALT WOhkS.
Commander Howell, of the gunboat Tohoma,
under date Of the 1ith Of October, coast Of Florida,
reports to the Navy Department that on the 9th inst.
an expedition left for the purpose OF demolishine
some Rebel fat works upon the mainland. The ex-
petition consisted Of four boats from tho Tohoun
and four from the steamer Somerset, numbering in
all III men. Two Of the boats had howiizers.
Twenty or thirty armed guerrlas put TO flight
by the shells, shrapne and canister with which the
houses, woods, and underbrush were searched. Then
the smalLarms men landing deployed US skirmsler'
each side Of the flank Of the guns, and tho work
ing parties destroyed the boilers, which were Of
various shapes and curious construction. The houses
in the immediate vicinity were fred, and the toai
proceeded to the next station. Here the boats COW
cred the working parties. 1t was necessary to put
howizer shell through two very thick cast-iron and
two wroughtiron boilers. The buildings were then
burped. Just after leaving tho latter place, the
care came in, and probably brought retnforcomeuf,
the people on shore yelled aud shouted, and fred
some twenty shots at tie boats. From tie sound II
wss judged the shots were from Mimic or Enfield
riies None of them, however, struck any Of the
men, nor could they have done any harm, ms the
distance too great. The expedition entirely
suocessiul. Some twenty-eight boilers were de-
stroyed, and all the buildings within reach destroyed
but two upon Way Key. No confusion was exhib
tied in landing, nor was there any departure from
the instructions given prior to il. There no use
lees expenditure Of ammunition, and 10 one was
hurt.
SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION UP THE APhLhCiH-
COLA RIVER.
Acting Lieutenant Commanding McCauley Of the
steamer Fort Henry reports on Oct. IL second
reconnaissance ny the Apaaehcoa River which
resulted in the capture Of the sloop @. L. Broken
borough, which hsd been scui,led and which bad
Oh board sixty -four bales Of cotton. launch from
the Sycamore cleared the river banks Of guerllas
and killed a number of than.
THE CONTRACTS FOR THE NEW sLoOrs-or-
WAR.
The fulillmtnt Of contracts with the Navy De-
partmcnt. for the construction and machinery Of
some Of the new screw sloops-ol-war, has been de.
layed much beyond tic time fpeciGed. As al
insiGnce, the contractors bound themselves 10 have
everything connected with the machinery, coal
BUNKER, &c, on board the Juniata, in working
order by the 18th Of February as;-about two
weeks beyond The present time will be required to
mIcic the work.
NAVAL ORDERS.
Acting Assistant Paymaster Il. Il. Rodney has
been ordered to the soop Dale. Acting Assistant
Surgeon G.. ". Weeks has been ordered 10 tbs
frigato Brandywne. Acting Masters Lewes, West,
aud Thomas ID. Carr, and Acting Assistant Pay
master A. NJ. Stewart have been ordered % the
Ladona.
REBELS RUNNING orr THEIR SLAVES.
The Star says:
owe have Trustworthy information from parties
lust from Cuba that tie steamer Blanche. on her
late trip from Texas 10 the port Of Mulaito, Cnoh
carried in addition 20 her cargo OF cotton quite
number Of Texan slaves with their owners, who
promptly fod them 10 Cuban planter; and also
that several secesh families, arriving from New
Orleans and its vicinity, are bringing with them
numbers Of slaves. Ii will be remembered that the
steamer Blanche ran her cargo TO Cuba under the
British fag-not previously known for many years
to have covered a cargo Of sllves for tie Cuban
market. A Spanish man oi-war, the Biotco de
Garay, is sad TO have landed more or lcss OF the
slaves entering the island from the vicinity OF New
n,leors