New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-19
FROM KEY WEST.
H0WIIZER

Departure Of the Colorado from Newly ork
Bough Hea and Some Danger-sickncss
SDeuths Oh Roard-Inciden's OF she
pns.axc-Arrival ut key West-some-
,.,.,r .hou, that Locaiiiy-DescriP'ive
V.-..i.eCWar there-New-Xork SOth
peru,y,vnnin 47th--Fort Tnylor--Nor-
nm. Order Of xile-Countermanded
by Col. Good-Black Ba.talion-sin'ery
Defunct-A senaior's und secretasy's
Danghser-snIc OF Prizcs-AnOiherE tici,
Prize 10 the Vanderbilt.
C>rrsspoaoencs Of Ihs \. Y. Tribune
UNITED STATES STKAsFRIGATK COIoRADo,l
kEY WEST. fla, March T. 1863
ASH wrote you by the plot oil s, andy Hook, this
large war vessel steamed away from the lower .ay
Of New.York on Saturday, Feb. 81. A live north
weser springing up bore us rapidly lot 10 SEA, and
In the desired direction, 50 mat soon los, sight Of
land Next day-sunday, 2ad-,he weather became
muddy and bosterc2--l.. Our ship being loaded down
with coa, ,,dnance stores, ana with heavier bat
TER. enan she was designed to carry, Old no; rise
>~buvyap,ly from the Sea- but wallowed good deal
and sometimes the sea broke over her. Geluging her
decks. BY kind providence however no very
.rrious accident occurred. The bob-stays were
broken AID carried away, and the Captains cabin
and the ward.room pretty well drencned.
On Monday the wiud Tell oil good deal, and
finally changed 10 the s0uteast, 50 that for most Of
tie passaQe We tad head winds; and as we had
sought foil oli0g, by running lar Out into toe Cuff
Stream We nad both wInd aud cufIen! against u.
sui we made STEADY progress, though slow, end on
III. % inst made lad II lie 10 the south oi Cape
Carvai rlOrds. Meantime, the exifem-iy cold
weather to winch our creH had been exposed at
Nev-York and IL the lower bay resulted Ill d pretty
large rieA-st chiefly pnedmonlc affections. and We
buried on Tue passago Two OF our men, Waller Mon
roe and james McGowan, both Sco.chmen--the first
on Tie NLn ut., aud the last on tue 81 INST
Just a tel midnight on the morning OF tie 4tb, the
niuht having Ueen peculiarly beautiful aud calm,
sudden flaw struck our rgglog, and snapped oil the
,ilal Ilnast Just above The cap OF the top
na.t, bieaklug the Cap aud tun0iiDg toward the
deck WITH ali It's sails ana cordage; about Sixty feet
Of IL CAME DOWN, dni IL was ioos III ulaine'eE at
the poiut OF fracture.
Tue same morning, about 10i o'clock, we cast
anchor III IDis h4rbOr, having saiuted, as We bore
ND with ifLe ell guns, the blue pennant OF Admiral
B.iloy, and received nine In reply. We found The
S. Lawrence ID .-ship), the Huntsville, Magnolia,
National Guard, Octorara, 1oga, Iohoma, Dale,
a u eoue other war vessels here, and the Ad-ia and
some olDer prIzes taken from LnsIish blockade run
usrs The Huntsville, IIOga and Octorara have
gone out Oh a cruise. The Aaeia is to 20 North TO
EewYOfk to-day, 70 be dispoEe1 OF as prize, and
| expect " send lhls letter by her,
1his IitJe ISLAND 10 one II tho countless low Gays,
or KEYS form the Gu That encircle5 the south
cru extremity VI The coast OF Florida. IL is one
OF the LARGEST oil them. IL is OF coral forIna-
ton, and VINE bottom inpafts peculiar
nnge " the water around IT, softeDng The deep blue
oil tDe GuI anu the ocean TO All lnlmtably be iutfu
pale eneiali. Ile UaIne hey West, 1 am told, is 4
corruption by Augl0-AmcrlcaGs OF the Spanish
GAY -iuefsa PRONOUNCED Kay wnessal, Isle Of DOucs.
IL Al aoou nvs miles long with an average bread II
OF ose miie' IL 40 ab0u. nIty miles west by north Of
Cape Saoie' The southern extremely Of Florida
leansula. Tue city Ii asraggling town of aboot
5000 residents, not Including the soldiers and saor.
lere Oh OO'efnbott account. 1t is chiefly b1ilI of
wood, pan Cd wDite aud the better class az bon.ss
arc Surrounded by vorandahs, and embo.onad :;
groves vi cvcoa-nut trees. These give a necnIa,ia
tropical aypeeIanoe 10 tue place. with thsir I.iI
rDged trunks, shaped like "a Dshlgren gun. their
louu iern Ike stems and leaves cIus,ering into .
buuchy TOD use the palm-tres. These huge leav..
mr. steIns win leaves attacked in two regular ROM.
on the outer edges rauge from three 10 fifteen and
eysu eighteen feet ia leDgth. The nuts grow Nesting
near the noar OF the cabbage Ike top at the juno.
t,on OF The Stems with tho truok.
The place 10 held by the 9Oth New-York, who
uouut guard Gay aud uight at every street corner
A new barracks uas been built, and 10 now Oceu
pied by them. Four companies vi the attn Pennsyl
vania R-gIment garrison Fort Taylor. This Is
ANAL but strong work built Oh tie southwest pOin
OF the island or raj Ier of that point; for In0at
some 2cO yards IN width through which the sea iid'
Passes, must be crossed before reaching the fort
Tho fort is built OF a pale yellJwsh brick, very
Bard, founded on massive stone masonry. 1t 10 I
Se0l-hexaSon, t,Use SIDES washed by the sea, spC