The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-05
Our Sc. Thomas Correspondence.

ST. TnoaAS April s, 1886.
Oppressive hospital 7arNe,o Post 0bs and Postal Ay
yongeens-V raesuelan Bails in Limbo--.tn Anenp, 10
hogopoli:e Watv-- Dinner at the PyestJents-Sa1poe
a. Po.to Rico 8ussaess and Etolh IF tie Island.
St Thomas tas be- the scene OF excitement for the.
past month. Fee hospitals, post Offices, and water
monopolies have discussed prv.te cre'es and At
public meetings. vito zeal elualed only by the !mpor
taDce to the trade Of the establishment OF the frs the
abolition OF the second the refusal to grant the
third.
Notwithstanding the :, Importance of this
place. there is bnt hospital which sick seaman
gsin a6mittance, then not until the unprece-
Ieptcc foe Of five dollars per day is secured to the
tablshment which Is invariably followed by an extra
for of ut least dollar per day additional
This Of things became Furthermore to com
merce and conseq destructive to human life,
that Consul felt it his to represent the matter
TO this government, which he did in communication
which copied IL 70 your paper Of the 25th ut
from the st Thomas Inns GA the 18th ultimo tho.
Consuls resident at this Island met AMI adopted rssolu
Ions fully approving hs plan proposed BY Major Helm
"Free Marine aosp'tsl and the 18th the skip
masters in port o. all nations, nsld lags meeting, at
which the following preamble and resolutions were una
MIN ,usly adoptei:-
Whereas, in OPT nion hu ranv demands Of all CONNER
msrsa c'mmus ie The or md snppo,t suitable hos
cep on Of all SICK di ssaueu; and % - '
Ing ,s PORTS &c IN he w ss
nss s sous 1ss 9o
sye OF ellis or medicine; and
gress,ye Z the II ppas q Al nat visiting hls sad
place by dry-g vesses array that you'd osrwe seef bust
ess se have read With much pearure hs le.s Of
Sss d ss "a Spd Srp 4 d: r
TONNAGE dss; lleles-%. he I - 80 :, ''s..s : :
az prop sed .. uhss Hen sq Omitted states Consult for
as e Il. isIssd are NH spd Teady 70 pay he s oa
1 nag o sey @ os + ~ a 20 s Sd and @
Resolved iha regard a - an oorops ate 70
hma.ny ed sss for him tes % So'ron a hs Gon.s
M at 'n sns \ cg ont oss n,' "a DEVISED
upon heI neads he blessings II in,ussnis.
We unde,s and TIE President In his reply to Major
Hem, favCr- bis plan, snd admits tie necessity Of
chspse in be syse and has ialsrted the ma tsr 10 tue
home gove'nuert. Wn4svsr may DC the result, our
psops will oct ioAe stand such e,y commerce,
which 10 inGlitely burtheosoene than the Sound
dues at tho Baltic for few vessels thai have discharges
taken at this port wisain the past four months
have ca ped without pas each sr five hun
dr. do!as hospital FEES ANA rhere are several instances
where vessels have been coapeei TO pay thou
duors unjust fees while Undergoing repairs
here. This Apply ng ieo;hes to deag on. the life blood
with YER gear
Immediately ~ tha consgnse of The vessel bridging them,
ard ~ bin distributed. This worked admirably
for hall century and was in keeping with free port
bur he lat INST new postal or letter gathering
sTgemept made, ard al letters arriving ct the
leland except tboss c'Iiog BY the E'yaI Nail Packet
Poet Office, where tv3 three hours consumed
in asserting nd Weighing TIE mai Of each sailing vessel
and postage charged corresponding to the weight OF
each letter, as this government has mail routes
tAtshed letters not received to be forwarded and
the ten thousand sent Tor other points
kept until the postage ia paid b, charitable person
to whom they delivered to be put in the proper
channel to reach their desnsti n. TIe result viii BE-
that IL ten will leave this silver colec ing
letter trap On Sunday. the 18th int the Venezuelan
mail packe' arrived; the mail bags weiy locked and sd
dressed 10 tt Venezuelan Conu but we're taken by the
boarding 10 elcca Post Office The postmaster
to request the Consul to the Post Cce and opsn
claiming tn. mail whcu the Postmaster refused to gye
up the Consul then protested gAiist the proceeding
and claimed the mails on the ground that his govern
ment, by treaty, liz plased the footing Of the
favored nations. aud ceclaed tie mai! bags should
be opened unless delivered him, British Mai,
merchants for their let ers which were
aaio TO contain large amount of re nj .tsnces Thus
matters st-o for forty eghS hours when the interested
msnded their correspondence Tee mall oays then
cent TO the Corsu and oi, rbute out with the uuder
standing that The right o. tae posmas to the
future was not to be psejutic4d BY doiag So
Nearly AL the water used in his city and harbor falls
from the hes, ems yet Ct the three Thousand
sells arpusy arriving here on.ourth comes expressly
for and oil must be supplied With hence the bust
nesa of supplying ships with has become very
portart The government having given monopoies and
projections to various branches # partook
OF the nanis and not bapg satisfied with sar cOmpe
,IoD which kept prices ri reasonable rate, pstoned
the goverpu for water ship supplying monopoly
Wnlsn cfeael pest III Teapot. Inc mer hantS
met rassec resolutions denOuucng monopo les
g. neral wafer monopoes espsci y, and appoint
ed committee to remonstIae against the postal limo
vAtion.
On the II instant treaty with Den mark expired
which d. tba President thi, isard gave dinner
to the American Consu! And lazy, to which OF the
American merchants ana families invited. This
ntenctc evdenc OF the persnnsl friendship of
tie President for people, and exhibiting his de-
sire tor continual OF friendly rea ions with the
Cnied Safes.
The smallpox is said to DO raging at Porto Rico:
Unfortunate lard The cholera which has consigned
thousncs to their long homes scarcely
Us work Of Death, when 1t is succeeded by seourge
almost as terrible.
There mary of yellow fever amongst the
shipping here; otherwise, the island is healthy and
BUSINESS contnr es very good.
My last letter I" curtaiIsd OF its fair pro
portions," to which I took serious objection
until my eye tell upon your article headed
'Mr. Speaker Banks not Black Man. and found that
the EDITOR Of the Paris La Pdr had fallen into the same
error b the hero OF my story wss however literally
true that some OF the British naval officers, then here
rejoiced the elect Of the black repubian have
consoled for the los my wit belief
you adop'ed the raxm-"Too mu n Of good thing is
good n nothing"
The steamer Tennss will sail to, day, crowded with
and full freight the good accommodations
OF this vessel and tho gentemanl Of her off
GERS will insure the success OF this enterprise.