The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-02
Our Singapore Correspondence.

Uunxp STATES STRAIN FRIGATE LIIssIssnrrI,l
% SINGAPORE, Oct. Is, 1859. !
The F,igak MssissirTi Oh Her Woy Home-Roi0h Trip
from Hong Koue-Dean of Acrire-SeksNs on
Board--A Aidshipman Pdssen9r-Leare Tubing in
OAina-7rade AND Health Reports, dc.
You win perceive by this heading that have arrived
tAus far on our homcward bound passage We arrived
here the 10th inst, nine days and half from Hong
Kong, which port left on the LIST, At So A. NJ Our
passage has been very rough with strong head winds
Bat our good old ship behaved we'll
lam sorry to be obliged record the melancholy news
that just preparing to leave the latter port
another Of shipmates snatched from midst
by the cold hand OF death William Watson, aged forty
nine private MARINE native Of Ireland whose friends
reside in Brooklyn and Boston, died suddenly on the
morning Of the ls With dysenery Everything that could
b done by the medical officers 10 him DONE
without eject he died peacefully, retaining his
unt the last He was faithful soldier and had long
been in the service, and served his adopted country
fNhfully during the Mexican war. We committed his
remains thor na resting place in the blue late
0 The same day
Our sick List stn keeps up 70 about thirty, majority
Of the being dysenery darrha fever and general
debility Surgeon Fox feels confident that by the time
shall reach Cape Town the changes OF climate will
PsAi,y improve % an .Fe shsll stop here but few
saoal duties, then proceed over 70 Psint dc
Galle, 10 an up with coal, and from there
s.1 II We can DO . We vn make long stretch nom
d latter port Boston not win stop at st. Thomas.
0Y<An N Intends 70 spend The 29d q next February IN
Hidshipman G Merchant, Of the sloop Germantown u
With = passenger, returning home sick
That ship he'd NOS arrived q Hong Kong when we lGn
The day before We left Thai port was merry one 70 ~
N and 70 the various cousui, naval ohccrs Of al ma
s:.s sTcass,. and oSs nInf ne , wno's day until
TsSss were spread vnh The good thing, which, with
ssss ana sass sadsd much % the pleasure q hs 90.
A ioP. n. our band struck up "swses Home" and
IvM vcnsare . say that no ship onoers Nal
rs been on he China station for tho last een years
Ne have, and better nAme lefs behind thar
vs have len, and proud NO are Of u; and still better,
vs have s fully SATISFIED TIA, We have S'os our duty
and whole country. As have often remarked,
ne have not been Idle; have been constantly the
Which We feel now fully appreciated Warrington.
We have saiuted she town with twenty one guns whscn
,u =, sST s% VIM VIZ nss our
there but very LITTLE shipping IN port-only four Or
Ave American vessels
Health Of place good
We have taken board two hundred and my tons Of
a p Yam p % p
A n WIN . nasve pilot on board, we shal leave This
prs for Penang Stopping =. that por, only forty
suS own native soik the land Of happiness.
Our Penang Correspondence.
UNryp SraTrs rRIs.rx NrSerSrr
aH PyrSANG, GA. II 1852
3ae xss,is.irp IN Pc4s-sr,uss AVID General Good Fs,i
Eeoin hayyorsri-Fins scyToy osd Good Lisi"g
wearriyed here ate on the afternoon the I'm from
o. tcs, the anne aav for china Sbe mo 10