Year: 1862




several months awaiting chance 20 run tho oock2ae


The vessel and cargo owned IN klchinoha,


NAV be said on tbis case You may remember my


porting tho Issca as having arrived nee WIN oIoAen


down machinery and her beng eompensu 70 wal also 80


long while il was being repaired az anu hhaly


sailing with ony engine Wen, seems thai TINS ~


lack proved her fortune ~ the end Tor on leaving


She took the track pursued by all heavy draft steamers


and sanr vessels vzaround the Iortrgas, instead Of


through tho northwest channel. This brought her


moro tho westward, steering direct for ship Island,


than would have been. and the result is as follows


on Sunday, tho 18th instant, at two +. NJ. when the


Itasca was latitude 26 deg north. longitude So deg.


west, sail in sight Was reported from the mast


head chase at once made, and she was soon dis
covered to be large fore and aft schooner standing
90 the southwark: the wind at this time from the
southeast. As n the steamer discovered by
the schooner her movements became suspicious; she
kept of the wind aud did her BEST knowing thata
chase il always long one. All low became
oitsment on board the ltasca, although her becoming
steamer, slow at tho best, working only engine,
and with small proportion Of canvass, she had di
and tho smooth consequently the Itasea gained ON
the chase and at nine r. NJ close enough to
throw shot ahead Of hsr as slight hint to stop before
another was sent on board The gig now called
away in readiness for boarding. and the asca ranged
alongside and ordered the schooner to hcave to- was low
ered and manned Acting Master Cook ordered 70 take
charge OF her When the schooner was hailed and or
dered to ohsavo to, the only reply made was to ask the
nationality OF the gniboat This Capt Caldwell declined
90 answer for reasons which will presently state and
which Will be found be gooG and sufficient As
as Acting Master Cook arrived alongside and dis
covered the Of he satisfied that it
all right and that ne would not have much 70 do
aminnc papers SC His request for rope to aid him in
getting board was declined for the that they
Swere ali in confusionn Very probably they He
at last succeeded in reaching the deck and exami
nation OF her papers showed rebel register and
several clearancssone to Havana another 10 Jamaica
another for whee else fact she cleared for any
place she could get into although gong to Havana if pos
soe She succeeded in running the blockade Apaach
cola on Friday the 17th inst. consequently only
two days out Her captain, supercargo mate and crew
were AZ transferred TO tho sca permission having
first been given to them to their personal effects
An examination oi the schooner By the arding party
disclosed the fact that every preparation had been made
20 tire the vessel barrel of sravings and bucket
were forward and can Of canphene aft that, Capt
Caldwell had told them the guboat OF the United
States squadron the torch would have been applied
and the vessel and cargo destroyed rather than she
should fan INTO the hands OF the of the United
states As soon as the crew and passengers trans
ferred Acting Master Cook and prize put
board with orders to proceed Philadelphia but,
count OF bad weather and carry her rigging and
rudder braces she was obliged TO put into this port The
cost of putting the vessel in proper order to encounter
the weather on Northern coast at this
season would be great that in all probability she will
he condemned anu sold here, and the cotton shipped
and Of the most important tha. has occurred
in the Gulf. Their value Is. suppose, at the present
price OF cotton about sixty five thousand dollars and had
she arrived in Havana she would have been most profit
able speculation for the owners As is has been
most fortunate for the government and the officers and


We hear day of large schooner full of men having
been day two since passing through the Bahia
Honda passage OF the Florida Keys in the direction
Cuba She supposed be the schooner Stag which
captured by the rebels while loading cedar this coast
and taken into Cedar Keys. The wanderer sails
row morning TO look after the stable door and lock it,
since the horse has escaped We have the Zouave
from Havana with dates Of the 27th; but they contain
of importance The zouave sails this afternoon for
Port Royal with cargo Of fruit, and, being fast, will
isoacd position in advance OF any other means OH for
aNorthern mail or newspaper, that we may know If
anything remains Of the North or not


have been able to derive much interesting informa
ton from the gentlemen who captured in the Emma
relative to the condition Of things IN Western Florida
Two OF them residents OF Apalachicola, and the
other Of Columbus, Ga. They report at Apalachcoa a
force Of three thousand with three thousand more
to arrive shortly after they lert that may ealcu
late upon there being six thousand men at that point
They speak in fatering terms OF the character
1s S sa nsy are :, b s
way refuse to drill be drilled; their ofcers have
control them whatever and they suffered to do
chcoaa have been abandoned. large work, mounting
fifteen guns, had been erected St. vincents Island
commanding the west channel, but II is deserted
and the guns removed 70 the city AL the guns
smooth bore except two raed twenty fours and they
have nothing heavier than thirywo-pounder and but
few OF those.


All the cotton Apaachcola had been up the


river for fear Of attack The three hundred bales the
Lizzie Weston all there in the place, either
ashore aGoa Many steamboats, are kept constantly
at tho wharves st Apaachicoa ready 70 convey the
authorities in case or an attack in force to desert the
place and destroy IL by fire AL kinds OF provisions
very high and scarce there was hardly pound
OF coffee OF salt the place, and the poor
the verge OF starvation 1t Is very singular fact that
the only two vessels that have succeeded in efecting
their escape from poor Apsachcoa have been captured
by vessels Afterwards. trust they will now give up


We are Awaiting the arrival OF the United States Dis
trict Attorney Mr.. Boynton. TO bring the case Of the
Emma to trial. II will be mere form, however, for
racter Those Interested give the matter up believe
and congratulate themselves being captured under
the British dag hsrsby escaping winters residence
discharged and stored and or character to meet with
q ready and remonerative sale when condemned.


As it Is probable the government will in future keep
large permanent garrison At this point, will be well If
attention is given 10 the sanitary condition Of the
isalnd II is well known that yellow fever has prevailed
fatal. How much more so viii it be we are unfortu
nate enough 10 have 1t this summer, among two or
three thousand unaccimatcd troops? regret TO that
ths city and suburbs Of Key West in the most
filthy condition; the streets are filed with orange peel
shells and garbage Of all kinds cattle al
lowed to run large throughout the place. pigpeus
decorate the gardens OF the lower classes and pools Of
stagnant to be found IN all directions Of
the largest being directly In front OF the Marine Hospital


The civil authorities hero pay no attention TO
the matter, and allow present condition TO become
worse and worse every day The should at
direct the military authority TO assume entire
troll Of this place. and have placed in condition equal
point Of cleanliness TO any English colonial settlement
Let them take Nassau pattern, and when ike
viii guarantee that, with an efficient quarantine, Key
West viii be as healthy as any place IN The world no mat


Our should behave in regard 10 this little
outpos as IL still belonged TO them, not as they were
H.
tor they should remember II Ia Of the few places
saved Of Southern possessions True it
not through the loyalty Of its citizens but by the pre-
sencs Of Two companies Of artillery sti il wa. saved
and should be cared for and the loyal citizens Afforded
all the facilities practicable while the disoyal should be
driven OF the Key sans cerenorie.


This we have had dissolution Of copartnershp
OF the nrm Of Bowen Curry, one Of the wealthest
houses the island Mr.. Bowen retires with fortune
hundred and nfiy thousand dollars having
sold out 10 Mr. Curry. Mr.. Bowen was, believe, one
the FIRST 70 hoist the secession tag ~ this place This
be did with his hands board the schooner Gipsy
belonging the drm, and Afterwards was thrown TO
the breeze their lookout tower Mr. Bowen enjoyed
some residence at Fort lafayette, and re
leased taxing the oath Of allegiance which he said on
his arrival here he was willing TO do every day, a. he
placed value upon IT, He has LETT the island forever
Would the good Of the place, Of the same stripe
had gone with him May be never return.


JAxrARY 81 1862.


have to-day visited the rrze schooner Lizzie Weston,
and Presented with her log slate the only record
found OF her voyage II contains few remarks written
the day Of her capture together with the she