The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-12
Intelligence from the West lmdIos- ARRIVAL
OF enc Steamship Forth.


Intelligence from the West indIes- ARRIVAL =.
OF the Steamship Forth.
The Royal West India mani steamer Forth, under
the command Of Capt. Sturdee, arrived Saturday
at very early hour, from Bsrmu Ia and
st. Thomas. Her accounts from the former place
are TO the 7th, and from the latter to the LIST inst.
The British mail steam packet Great Western
Ief, Bermuda Qrom the Gulf Of Mexico) for Eug-
land on the 7th, with freight of about two aud q
half millions of dollars.
Files of the Bermuda Herald and of the s..
Thomas 7sdende were received up to the latest
date. Gen. Hanren, Governor-ln-chef of the
Danish West India Islands, arrived at ST. Croix on
the 2sd. The Spanish troops sent to ST. Croix
some time since, left for Porto Rico on the 9th
The following letter, from our correspondent, viii
be found Of interest in commercial point of view.
ST. THOMAS, Nov 80, I348.
By the arrival of the steamer forth from Nav
Iors, have received file OF your valuable jourua,
conveying to us hereto the whole isnd-the glad
know here seemed to create most 10 yfu AZ .ston
and has been the universal talk since while tbs En-
news per same steamer has sunk into in,g-
will have it's spfciratsd ELECT of keeping at peace
with the whole world. b.
buted altogether TO the very firm and deter mined
steps taken by Judge Berg, the acting Governors who
makes them zee tue marx Our sister island, Sc.
Croix has been now and then Threatened by The
negroes, and slight disturbances have taken
place, though Of too small account TO make mention
of aud, had Governor Oxholm acted Lr )mpt aud
decisive as he ought TO have done. trouble would
have ari.en. The new Governor General has arrived,
with four hundred troops, and doubt. things win
now be inquired into and settled aud once more the
planters BIZ at rest.
An tins islands around promise abundant and pro-
ductivs crops TO wind~art well le-ward though
low prices must naturally follow, when Yves ludia
produce is SO very low IN the United States which &C
anf In fho mi onrkaf
the very low rates.
American provisions in the windward islands. are a
complete glut, and prices truly ruinous. BArbadoes
flour, s6'6i Antigua, sos; Trinidad, 81 duty
of about $lA to $l1s per barrel At Dsmerara the
December, whena heavy duty viii levied The no.e
place has been inundated with every kind Of America
produce, and all kinds OF foreign arl las aud this
terregnum Of duties abolished has throw i'm
amount out Of the hands of the government. Porto
Rico and st Domingo alike elutted VITA provisions,
and market flooded with cargoes from windwa.d
and United States The cargo per bark Hypsr on,
after going to all windward was sold day or two
since, ruinous prices. Flour S5sl prime pork sg.
prime bread, So; butter, Ioc. A cargo per Frsnch
chip from New York, 600 barrels -four, sold a. So.
We cannot expect for an improyem mt whsu casyo
after cargo and il sold at such ruinous prices
The business to all the West Indies has and ~
done, and now no more voyages of coming doubloon
made as heretofore, aud we must all around bs
content with little. Exchange on England 81 so t.
So; United States per cent prem.
BY the way of B altimore, aad by the Forth also,
we have copies of the Kingston (Jamaica) Jour-
nal to the Goth Inst.
Msjor Gen. Bsnbury, the commander Of the
forces arrived on the 18th, and was received with all
the military honors.
young man named Waugh came to his death In
singular manner on the I'd of November. He
met in the road drove of cows, when the animals
tackled him in body, and actually buted him to
death.
The Journal announces the death of Mrs Darling.
wife of the Governor of st. Lucia, Of yellow fever
The Journal Of the goth contains the following in
formation from Barbadoes:-
The Barbados Legislature was opened on the 10th
Of October by the new Governor, Sir william Cole
The yellow had not only not left the Goth reg
msnt, ut St. AIMS GARRISON but to it had been added
which had laid up large number of the men in hos.
ptal. The fever was however, on tina decline. In
the 72d the loss Of life is said not to be frequent,
owing Is supposed to the seden tary haoits Of
the men.
On the cultivation of ground provisions tbs Bsr5a-
cit is wonderful to think how vast q quantity Of
ground provisions may be procured from land,
where industry exercised and the weather favcrs
BILE. Here have been this year feeding populg
ton almost entrely from our own cultivation, besides
supplying the wants OF the neighboring colonies
Large quantities of sweet potatoes are exported every
week. chiefly to Dsmera;s The demand is so great
that cannot imagine that our plaoters now
a f.
wing derived considerable profit from their ground pro-
visions"
~. same r.per, speaking of the weather. says:
"The weather will it is said, in the Ian yuays Of the
,,.r;s-s CROW tho crop We trust 1t will. We
onv wish tina hstt prices could be for ther
sugar fthey do 'oey are ~ ron .t tIs
ed If it has not sexceeded 90 eco hog ihoudps
the quantity consume ed in the island"
TIE principal topic of discussion among ths pipery
appears to be the difficulty which has existed for ,us
time between the people Of the colony and the ne
Esembv on the hans and GarePnor ana ,nS
the other. 1t that the people have for ne
time complained Of the neglect of the home govern
ment and insist that measures be taken for the relief
Of the people The Governor and his Council refuse
to do So and the Assembly, by way of retaliation re-
fuses TO vote the supplies AT the last accounts, the
House was busy on bill to reduce the tariff
imports Of breadstuff,. The grv.rnment has Of
fered to guaranty loan to the extent o, half mil
desire the means of carrying out permanent improve
nents of general! nature, and this offsr has been
been dore in respect to It, except perhaps voting the
Governors messase commu ncs,ing It, breach OF the
privileges Of the House
TIE WFsT INDIA MAIL STEAMER FoRTH.-Ths
veesel, under command of L. T. Sturdee, ESQ.,,
came up at an early hour, yesterday morning,
looking much finer and in better order than when
she was last here. She has been painted, and re-
novated thoroughly, presenting, as she now lies
off The Battery, a very fine appearance. To Cap.
tain Sturdee and his gentlemanly officers, we beg
to tender our thanks for their attention in forward
Ing our dispatches.
In a late copy of the st. Thomas Tidemde, we
find the annexed complimentary card from the
passengers of the Forth to Captain Sturdee, and
his answer, which we give, in justice to the Cap
tain and his gallant officers
Cart. T.. 7. SrunpEE,
Royal Mail Steam Packet Forth.
DEAR SR:-Our passage having now terminated.
and our agreeable association with you being now
about to take pleasure In presenting to you
thanks for your kind and attentive deport-
ment towards us, during our recent trip from Now
York.
In oil have found ourselves well cared for
an abundant and well provided table, EMO wing the
luxuries at sea afforded on land
We congratulate the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com
pany in having thus established lne long desired be-
tween New York and the West Indies, speedy,
much safer and more convenient communication for
than heretofore, and trust that Wsst
India Atlantic travellers may extend their liberal pa