The New York herald., 1863-08-20
NEWS FROM KEY WE ST.
Wholesale Capture OF Rebel
blockade Runners.
LARGE z-AU1 OF cogrorS.
Cruises Of the United States Gunbosts
DE Soto and Sycamore,
Our Naval Correspondence.

Our Naval Correspondence.
UNITED STATES SrgAsKs IN soro.
ky WEsr July IS, iscs J
Return from crzase-A SEN caase Aficr Brnotade
Ranner-Btrstn9 Of a Boiir---tipc Msn hJmed--
0uev FNeen Hundred Bales of Caaca Captured, dc.
AS We have just arrived from very Interesting cruise
and thinking will be OF interest to our rriesSs In tho
North will relate the most interesting portion ot il.
We sailed from Kcy West on the nth of June, and
sru'scd on Mobile bay until tho 9th infant. when cap
tured tne English schooner Lady Maria wsh one hun.
drcd and three bales OF island cotton She had run
the blockade a, 81. Marks Florida tho night previous
We placed aprzo board and sent her to Key
West and continued cruise 10 tha track OF
runners.
Al three 81 tho ilth instant r,e lookout at tho
masthead reported steamer standing TO the southeast
We stood for Il, and very made her out 10
be blockade runner. Al four T. NJ. she commenced
TO throw her dectoad of cotton overheard. We
were overhauing her very fass. AZ six p. N fred
shot from our pivot at her, which fell very little
short aud we about TO rc nj her again with every
prospect of making her heavs to when port boiler
burst 70 horror scadng Ave Of vcy
severely We had TO blow OF steam Immediately and tho
prize that about 10 become escaped We picked
up on the folcwn day hundred and fifteen bales
abandoned cotton, all OF which goes to the SHIPS
pany Our chief engineer patched up boiler
" hc meantime and We were all rcady TO give chase 70
FOR the morning 18th inst al avo clock two
rebel steamers hove IN sight pursued bv several OF
blockade squadron We Immediately
captured tho rebel steamer James Battle day from
Mobile with six hundred and thirty Ave balcs of cotton
and quantity Of tarpentne was jst thirty minutes
captain and crew on board OF onr ship and placed
prize in charge OF the James Battle. Of hor
crew had broken part OF her machinery sent chief
ussipee, ons OF our blockaders OF Mobile, came
up with at twenty five minutes pas, ten
A. NJ and after communicating with us s,o
for the other rebe that pursued by tho gun
Kenncbeck AZ two r NJ our prize having bcon re
attn ann wa fpPt ate
was already pursued by two OF our regular navy gun
boats At ten r. ~ VIC passed tho gunbcat Konnebeck.
snd al forty i've minutes past ton N. passed the
gunboat Ossipee and ~c captured this rebel steamer
william BagIey, with seven hundred bales Of cotton.
at eleven r. NJ wc averaged htecn knots during the
chase. After indomitable lieutenant commander hal
taken charge OF the prze and sept the captain with bis
papers, on board OF tho gunboAt Ossipco came up
Her captain. whose Ia Cillcs and who in
rank to captain ordered 10 deliver the prize 70
rtst assured that Admiral Bailey Will have sus,,cs
done
Our koy West Corr osp0ndeace.
ky wxsr. Fla, Augnst ~, 1898
Cruise cf tk United Nat,s Grntoaf Sd0amore-Errdcs
from Hr Log-Espad9io~ Up Aosq.iio Inla-Desruc
hon Of Ue TOXIN Of Swurd-Cdp,mvs Of Cora--Ssssure
of Blockade runners, fc.. DC.
Tho United States gunboat 6agamore returned to-day
from scoessfui cruise Of -four weeks On July IS the
Sycamore went 70 tho assistance of ship Joseph
Meigs ashore Florida Keys Beacon IettcrP she
had cargo o. army stores, and " complete wr0ck
Inc propeller Louisa Moore ashore adjacent
rees bu< succeedcd day getting or without
assistance.
| On July 10 the Sycamore found the shp Alexander,
with cargo OF army stores n dangerous proximity TO
Ajax Reef. whero she WAS driftcd by the current
hawsar attached 10 the ship, aud tho Sycamore
towed her some twenty miles cut of all danger.
On July ~ tho Sycamore captured eleven barrels N
turpontnc place called ths Haul Over sbout twelve
miles above Cape Canavera Tho turIsatins was found
July % the sgsmore In conjunction with tho nitcd
states steamer Ole ndsr United states mortar schooner
Is and upY s:s,Is 'cAg0ns{ o.rrss.rd :G1 an e
driving thS rSbss OIL II Tho PLACE by throwing ia
Plentiful supply Of shells, the few HOUSED npohg flS
town Of Smyrna weyp set nro and entirely
tho houses had boon nscd place conccamcnt by
rebels order 10 Are upon every entered
tho river. The expedition capured sloop loaded with
cstGn also tho schooner cnarmsr In ballast effort
was made u capture . schooncr loaded with cotton
whereupon the rebels act her IRE and she totally
consumed Tho robcls nreS upon tho expedition, but
happily aid not Djure any one.
On August ths sagamore captured four pszee--vn
the soop Clara Louisa from Nassau with the schoou
Southern Rights from SasSan with and dry goods
the schooner shot, from resn Turtle Key. with
groceries and the schooner Ann from Nassau IN ballast
In addtioo tho 1st uit the sycamore clpurod ths
schooner Frolc, with hundred and thirty bales OF
cotton and forty barrels Of turpsnins Tbs officers Of
tho Sycamore
Linaen1nt Commander -Fari tnglish.
A6fixduf vvrQeou-W X. Sconeld.
Aoiin2 Asssaanf Paynassr-J. u wood
ac,,s1 Maaey---E. Babsnn.
Acfspg Ersign-I. A.. siaInm.
Aoiisg Mdsr's Md,os- FLEMING and - sideli
As,s1ant Enpsn,svs- - scott, - BERNARD - Ash.
aud - Sibiey.
rIylniHs and P1yn13f(y'G fIsyfs-- king and
Kider.
There arc eighty men Of the crew.