New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-19
ST. THOMAS.
From Our Own Correspondent

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my shipping list, is still here. She Sill. prob
ally, remain some two or three weeks yet Inc
Commodore ba, taken up his quarters It Govern
pent House. the public msnsioD Of the Governor
OF the bland. Gov. Beg prefers to remain IN
his private mansion, 80 that at present 1t is unoc
cupied; and Gov. B, who, for some rea,oa
seem, quite disposed to treat with remarkable
attention American naval fficers aud American
,fici,l-, has placed it st Com Neweoa's occl-
psucy, and appointed for il a complete su'te OF
servants to get up elegant little recherche enter
tairments, and attend upon his every wish. The
Governor. | believe, dimes with him every evening,
with one or two other invited guests. Calling on
the Commander of the home squadron" yester-
day afternoon saw, at one end of the great hall
in which he receives bis visitors, nice little table
laid for four persons, with champagne and wine
glasses in abundance, and quite significant OF a
free flowing of the choice wines in which the old
gentleman's cellars are known to be well stocked.
The Commodore was very handsomely received
on first coming on shore, AFTER his arrival, by the
Governor and his suite, accompanied by the gar
ri.on of Danish soldiers, amid the booming guns
of Fort Christian, and escorted 10 Government
House.
An amusing hoax was played off on the CommO-
dOre as be was approaching St Thomas, though
the person doing it quite innocent of any such
intention. When to the northward of the island,
some FIVE days sail from the same, the frigate
spoke an American schooner, hence TO North
Carolina. Having been long at sea, aud anxious
to get some news of what was going on IN the
world, the Commodore dispatched boarding-otii-
Ger to her, and received the astounding lntelll-
cence that Just before the schooner lett st.
Thomas, the war-steamer Fulton, IN leaving the
harbor had been fired into from the fort at the
entrance The question was asked, Did the
"Fulton return the shot" No" Com. New.
ton therefore came on, anticipating having to set
tie some quite serious difficulty on his arrival
Wien be entered the harbOr he sailed in much
further than is customary for such vessels, and
anchored directly of the fort, with one broadside
bristling angriy upon the same. He Immediately
sent for the Consul to come on board, desiring to
learn from him the particulars and motive of the
firing. But before Maj. Helm had time to get OIL,
one of the Governors Aids had made his
way on board TO pay the Governors respects
that official not being in town. The Consul
found the Commoc ore in the most reserved aud
formal conversation with the Aid Maj. Hanson,
" no soon retired, when Commodore Newton drew
confdt ntally near to Maj. H., saying, Come,
now, tell me all about the firing into the
Fulton" 1.-THE Fulton The Fulton has not
been fired into, as | am aware" " Well, sir"
said the Commodore, "you have removed great
burden from my mind" and then related the
source and nature of his information. The Con-
sui informed him that the relations between him
self and the Government were OF the most agree
able nature and he could 90 forward aud act as
he would in the port of the most friendly nation
Whertupon, the Columbia was hauled away from
her mtnacing attituOe; the Danish ensign was
soon seen iuttering out to the breeze at the fore
mast and her sullen silence was changed to the
tLunders of hearty salute.
That Capting" had doubtless heard some
thing about " the outrage upon the Benz. Frank
- linz" and the Fulton lying here at the time he
left. be had - got two stories together"
Another item he communicated was, that the
yellow fever was prevailing to a fearful extent.
people were dying like rotten sheep and an
american Mnster-nOt clergyman, no, it was
as political Minister, he didn't exactly know who
"Or what-was dead Also" This story was based
on the fact of the lamented death Of the Rev. Mr..
Wyckof, by the fever; a Reformed Dutch cler-
eynan who had been only three weeks in the
leland.
doubt not before this time these items of st.
Thomas news have gone the rounds of the papers
throughout the States and tbs incid, mt Illus
trates the danger of relying too implicitly on the
reports Of masters and mates of vessels arriving
from foreign ports Your friend Bennett, who is
the great man among this class draws very largely
from these sources; which accounts for great
deal of the earliest intelligence of which his paper
boasts, and explains many of the capitals aud ex-
camation points which make it Sc remarkable and
interesting. and, We may say, rdtHqbte.
AS to yellow fever, there is none here at pres
eut. There has been no case in town, except that
of Mr.. Wyckof, which was the result OF great
imprudence. There have been, perhaps, 100
cases among seamen, but very light, and not more
than 90 deaths.
The shipping season is very dull. A great many
vessels are coming here for freight, but, after
waiting in vain for some days or weeks, they
either 90 home in ballast, or 90 elsewhere looking
for cargo, take up with some little freight upon
the Main. The sugars this year are coming very
late into the market, though good crops are ex
pected The Porto Rico and Havana steamers
which il was expected would bring copious adyices
of freghts, arrived last week with few or nOne
The hard times throughout the world are weigh
iDg heavily on the American shipping interest in
the West Indies.
There are about {, 900 barrels of American -four
here, and large quantities of corn meal, which is
held at still high prices.
The Havana steamer, which brings news of the
insurrectiOn there, was tired at in the night when
off the Island of Cuba-supposed to be by an
English schooner of.war She brought 81, AGO. 600
in specie, which was transhipped on board the
AIato, for England; and on her return month
hence, she expects to bring, from Vera Cruz,
S3O00.CO0.
The steamer from Southampton, now in her
eighteenth day, is not yet signalzed. The inter-
colonial boats waiting very mpatiently to be of
The expected steamer is the Parana, which
wrought such arrangement two months since by
her Hardness. No alarm is felt for her safety.
THE SONG OF THE NEEDLE.