New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-02
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ST. THOMAS.

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=. lows W :. Ne. 0cssay Feb. |, 1854.
Ike mo.t important intelligence mere has reference
to the state AM results Of cholera Since my lass
9Th December that epidemic scourge continued Tvs
ated progress, numbering lie victims ~ the ri'e
of iICu forty 70 f.'y per DAY and some days 70 hiSh
IS sky until week since VIXEN it seemed 70 have
spebt it, force. There now about ten deaths dsily
and many Of these cases o. relapse, or Of fever
tie frequent result Of the more fatal stages Of the
disoase Despite The most active and Benevolent m'a-
sures on the part both OF the Government and OF cit
zens is havoc las been truly appalling. Il has been
eoIfu,d chiefly 10 the poor AMI UNFINISHED classes OF
blacks rot more than tee whites having died OF It,
Thi. think furnishes Rn anomaly in the operations
Of q olera, sid shows tie importance Of cleanliness
welytEtatGd louses and caretuness a. to habits o.
eating drinking and exposure 70 changes oi weather
In fact Il .ocs far 20 prove the general barmeSsEcss
of cholera provided the special Laws OF health which
obtain. during its Epidemic prevalence in community
are strictly observed venture the assertion founded
on inquiry and tie general observation ard remark
Of others that ten cases have not occurred here that
lave Dot been tie result of papabe violation Of tho
well kuOwn laws. The whole number Of deaths IN
town and country is nearly 6'0, If which about 90
have taken place on the estates. By recent census
tie eGtifc population OF the island WAS less than
II 600 90 tlat nearly twelve per cent o. the lnha0t
ants lave been swept oti
latter Island the nost horrible aud ichening accounts
reach u II to oi the disease At rOrtoia the
deaths are numerous that the living are unable 70
tu.y g., dead and >ly are lett % be prc!eG upon b.
bids ard animals, while greater numbers are burned
in Leaps The President 81 TOrtola, Col Chads, TEL
Il victim to tic disease ON Sunday last. The last sd
vice, from Nevis report 800 deaths from population
al $500. strict uon-intercourse between this port
and Santa Cruz and ais" Porto Rico hsye hitherto pre-
SERVED zee islands from tie appearance OF the disease
81 e.. a. fha la
which alluded in my last as bayng been brought by
Messengers Ia tie steamer, were untoGnded.
Tie winter trade az uni through ST. Thomas with
the other West India Islands and the ports OF thc
Speni.l in il very much damaged by the prevail nee
ii clo,r. At some of those ports vessels hence are
srliectod TO veNatious quarantine Of forty d'ys,
While tolers intercourse Is forbidden on any and all
conditions
The Goet Of disabled American vessel, in this port
receives recruits every dGy or Two. OF the more no.
tceahle since my last MAY mention the ship Edrtau,
Hanson. Of Kinsston Mass, from Csdiz for NcwIOrk.
Size lut IN here ID OF January leaking badly, having
on board large and valuable cargo OF wines prncl-
rab .bcry lcorce paste and lead in bars, consigned
to ,uuiston & Co. She has DISCHARGED aud Is under
going repairs.
al American ycstols for ills port for January
portion Of the car-Gpl the ship Claiborne. wrecked
on Aragaja Reef o which wrote you IN former IT
ter af,e1vGId proved 10 have been rcscued-S)OJ
worth bA llN B4iVNiOir tthNouti Nfh' cN"A'l "1i
eo5lC0 by y,,chers from TOrtoh News OF the bitter
fact having reached Mr. Helm Consul here he re-
paired e. Tortoa on board the Fulton, and made an
arrangement with the men, allowing them Tor their
services 80 per cent OF the goods at auction sale.
Tie frcate Columbia is still lying az anchor OF the
mouth o the kafbor She is detained by the appear
gnce on an ,cca ona care Of yarclod among her crew.
The ,oop of-war Decatur from Boston, III search ri
tie iI.rted steamer san Francisco, came to anchor
ler, on SATURDAY, 18th ult The same afternoon she
,y,ofrd and bore of to the south--dcstinatiOn IN
known.
Tie captain and crew Of the schooner j. b. Lindsey,
al Norfolk Va arrived here Sunday last having been
taken from the wreck Of said vessel after being driven
about for sixty days BY winds and waves by the brig
Executive. ct Bangor, Me.
I.aac b. Heodley ESQ, brother OF ). L Headley
died in this cit, 9th Jan lie arrived here in No,em-
bcr. in the hope that the climate would relieve him OF
an aggravated bronchial affection but his system was
too much entcelled 10 derive any benefit aud he SANK
RAPIDLY 10 the grave. He was gentleman mn n es
teemed by those privileged with his acquaintan while
here II may console the hearts of bis relatives AMI
friends under the painful circumstances Of this be-
reayement 70 learn that to the last every attention O
kindness, affection aud sympathy was rendered him by
tie baud OF friendship. Particularly did our highly es-
tteMed and popular Consul spare pains, compatible
with II DISCHARGE Of Lis official duties, % smooth and
cheer his pathway to the tomb His funeral was from
the Consular Office, and bis remains were followed to
their present resting place by large body of Ameri-
can citizens resident or transient here And though
relative followed ia that train there those TO pay
the heartfelt tribute of respect 10 the memory and re-
mains of the deceased, and sadly TO sympsthze with
the hard and tObe deprecated fate to die in the
land and presence of strangers and be buried by stran
ger hands