The New York herald., 1864-09-10

hundred tons, apparently worry fact. When nearest
" she was about four and half miles distalt.
We Indebted 10 tho purser Of the Nightingale for
acopsicbes.
Cur Key West Correspoaaence.
Khy WEST, Fla, August II, 1864.
suocsssl Military Operations a. BrocssVtlc ani Bay
sogs-Caesstre d, Horses, Co..0n and raisa6le Fro
prsy-Th Death OF Briy adler Generat Woodbury., &C.
just as the tug for the San Jacnso,
whc took my last letter TO New York, received inior
m4on three military EXPEDITIONS the western
M Florida, bat which had time TO write ont and
send thcn.
On the 1st ultno in consequence OF information
ceivea Captain Clds determined to start from Cedar
Keys expedition to the mainland, with the view
operating against Brooksvis ard Bayport in hopes Of
capturing horses contrabands and men who were cvad
To- tho draft. This force consisted Of sixty five men
undor command Of Captain Crane hfty-ave under m
msai of Captain Green, and one hundred and twenty
commanded by Captain Barthoi making total Of two
hGndreiAnd torty men. The troops embarked Oh
eoard the United tates schconers Ariel, Stoaewa and
ssabrd ard the vessels proceeded TO AHchlote Keys;
but IN consequence Of head winds they did not arrive
there til the TIN Of July
The troops were landed at the mouth OF the Anch.ote
Eiver, and Immediately took up the line Of march tor
Brooksv le they discovered by the enemy
piokeis, and the negroes, horses and other salaabes
were removed. The enemy driven into Bro ksvno,
ard the result OF this expedition was the capture OF seven
pYisoners, fifteen horses and thirteen negroes and
destruction Of the plantations o. CAPTAIN Hopc, Captain
Leslie his sons, in guerilla
kaisd. o' '''- ''A Wy ~ '''-1 "'N'N'1 A'N '''
On the 1lth the troops commenced their march for
BAyport with 1Se days atons There about sixty bales
q cotton found secured by the
navy. The rest were accidentally burned.
Major Weeks himself went a couple OF expeditions
IN OF these he embarked at Cedar Keys Tor the coast
with four hundred men, ON board tDe steamers Nghtin
Gno ard Ellen Morse, for st. Andrews bay In hopes Of
espturniug one hundred bales Of cotton which
ported TO be three miles IRON the landing at the head OF
RlnwSh haw ia aNaA An, A,ltnw
ehere no carts available he burned the whole He
tAen marched up the country iorty-our miles, and re-
turned with one hundred and fifteen negroes esht mules
and horses, after having burned eighty bales
s swo bridges across tho Ecorfna, large grlstmi
md one Camp, besides storebouses, &c The country
Was iound to be well filed with cattle The expedition
lhen returned TO Cedar Keys.
eubsoquent 10 this MAJOR Weeks went on another OK
pedon up the Florida Railroad 10 point Er
At Otto creek he found hundred and forty bacs ~
potion, IN good condition but as they we're two miles
Boats sent Lieutenant Commander tlemng failed to
ssAmunicate with him. He then destroyed them and
peous . quarter Of mile Of the rails. trains cannot
Sov run nearer than thirty miles Of Cedar Keys. Ia
sadon 70 the ginned cotton found about one hundred
and atty bags u upRinned were found.
DEATH GENERAL WOODBURY..
II my last briefly announced that General Woodbury.
Aad been taken scE The symptoms were soon found 70
b those Of yellow fever. lie went through the usual
begUbe course OF treatment and became apparently con-
vaAsceut On tho 18th II announced he dying.
Great anxiety pervaded tho community during the day
o. the 18th the flag az the barracks headquarters
lowered half mast, ntimating beyond doubt that tue
eommander OF the post was no more. Immediately the
0ag at the Russell House half masted, and almost
simultaneously the ags at the FORT the Admras head
quarters, the vceses-of war, tho merchant vessels In
Sort and private flags In town exhibited the
ncurnful indication that those who placed them In that
poshion knew that not great as least worthy, man
had fallen
A. one o'clock . gun was fired from the fort, and
oAsrealter gun Grcd every half hour til the funeral
nsvsd from The barracks. When this took pl CO The
flagship Dale fred eleven guns the salute brisader
general. and leaving the Episcopal church for the
place Of nterment eleven moro guns were red from Fort
Taylor.
the little church was crowded with the elle Of Key
West during solemn services within tho sancua
~ The service read by Dr. Stoecke the Medical D
rector OF the post The service having been finished tho
funeral oortege, attended by military escort proceeded
through the principal streets OF the city TO the burial
Hreund at the barracks, whore the remains Of tho do
ceased honoraby Inferred 1he procession the
bnSsst ever known IN Key West, reaching nearly
haK mile in length. Arrived at the cemetery the re-
auing prayers read three voleys Tired, and
Mus ended the OF gentleman, Christian and
soldier.
KM wrsr, Fa., August Is, 1854.
Nvries Relates 10 ne Ddk,td-Yedmer Robert Norris dc.
Ths foregoing sent 10 Havana by tho Quarter.
asters wcstmoreland, with the view Of traus
eeryng II TO the Dakota for New York. The Dakota,
Aovsver, had mot arrived, although, believe lest
New York the 10th inst II b believed that sho has
bssa captured by the Electric Spark the vessel seized
~ well known rebel prvateer. Several stories have
bsa aoat Havana respect TO tho fate d the Dakota
~ is reported that, after being captured, she
the blockade into Another runlor makes