...en crossing the calm-belts with us. On the 3d of February, we made our first capture since leaving St. Domingo. It was the schooner Palmetto, bound from New York to St. John's, in the island of Porto Rico . We gave chase to her, soon after breakfast, and came up with her about half-past 1 P. M. It was a fair trial of heels, with a fine breeze and a smooth sea; both vessels being on a wind; and it was...