Lexington union., 1840-12-26

to the most rabid Office seekers on earth
Thousands were circulating briefs for sig.
natures, TO recommend them the favorable
consideration Of the President, for the
office which cupidty or rapacity had
pointed out to them as the best suited to
their peculiar situations. This disgusting
scramble for Office, is said by some, to
rage more furiously even than the Morus
Muilicaulis or Texas Land Company
speculations did short ;me since.
We had hoped this Office seeking malady
would not hive made its appearance in the
south but we fear we are mistaken. A
late number OF the Vcksburg Wing says,
three hundred and seventeen office seek
ers called on US yesterday to know if we
alluded TO them in our arlicle;" and in
another il says " the seekers (or Office will
soon be as numerous as the ocusts OF
Egypt" This scramble, to say the least
of it, is ia bad taste, and not exactly act
| ing out the doctrine of" The people against;
the office holders" We are pleased, how.
ever, TO say, that our community has net
been affected By this disease, and if we
know any thing Of those who compose it,
! will not be. We have not heard an Office
, hinled at yet nor any Office seeker, which
we consider quite creditable 10 our opposi.
ton friends 10 the city. They have Ger.
tainly behaved well and borne their victory
like genllmen.- Nltche: Free Trader.
The American Whale Fishery. The
following interesting and highly valuable
. information respecting this important
} branch OF our commerce, we gather from
3 an article in the Merchants Magazine fol
. November, by j. Ii. Lanman, Esq, o
New York.
/. In the years l762-l772 there were
LILO American ships engaged in th'
r whale fishery, producing l40,l9 barrel
i OF oil.
> From l77l to IT'S, nine ports in Mas
4 sachusetts fitted out annually 304 vessels
!. whose total tonnage was 27,s40: employ
O ing 1859 seomen; and 39,390 barrels q
sperm oil, and $3.50 barrels of whale o.
e annually.
From 1887 TO 1889, nine ports in Mas
# sachuseus fitted ou, annually l22 vessels
!, tonnage 1920; employing ,6ll seamer
!. and taking 1880 barrels of sperm oil, an
. l3, 1870 barrels OF whale oil.
a On the first Of Sept. 1899, there wer
engaged in the fishery 557 vessels ftte
r out from 80 ports excepting six } in Me-
q England with an amount Of tonnage whic
n is nearly one-tenlh oflhe whole Tonnage
n the country.
}. In 1881, 100000 barrels offs sperm ar
:. ll4,34l barrels of common oil were bro
a into the country, besides ,029,69O pount
n Of whale bone; the total value being 3 ,4S
- 632 dollars. In 1888 the po rts Of Ne
or Bedford and Nantucket brought in 76,6;
n barrels Of sperm, S4 500 barrels Of comm'
u, oil, and 729,759 pounds of whale bon'
- which with that brought into other poi
no will equal the sum Of Si,046,900.
IA The number Of vessels engaged in Il
IN fishery in 1884, was 435, whose tot
Ie. value was $40, 100000 and empoyiI
= about l0,90O men. OF the con- mon {
n, taken in that year, about one half found
market in Europe, one quarter in the '
Indies, and the remainder in the Unit
n ae States. The greater pant Of the speI
"' oil is used in the United States, in colt
- and wooden factories, and in steambo
~ and other machinery. y. American.
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