New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-10
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The Washington Union p~o'''--S' ''0
ex,-sc. Of letter Senator Of the United Ssates
i,ori al ofscer in the
IT'S SYur wAkREN AT SEA
OH. 6;.if Of TekHanlspsc Jan. 81. 1896
,r-,,, Won on ,bt 4ih inst from Psnams We sailed
thence or the lth end hope 70 reach Acapulco oy tne
10Th proxiulo. wheace | Will encesVo' 20 ospaca
This TO you Wis Mexico and Vcrn Cruz fou WIZ per
- w. mr SLOW. progress sicny This coast idss u al
tended n lishr wUds and head Currents some os5s
made sut ak miles on our course; we cave uaa Ss
far hu. shout - hours Of strong breeze froHi he nora
ward Ard eastward which WAS CT the sas' Oh FAPsSgo.
The United States force in the Psci1c Aiipu"s 70 Ivy
guns that OF the English BIO Ihe hnsJsu "L'"oi
seymour much surprised AZ INC Srea' nu'uoei ot
- hsis .hirs ON hi, ocean ~ the pnr. OF Honolulu
Sandwich islands there lsy IS whse so ~ o' WHICH
BELONGED the United StS,es they carry rom stee 70
four thousand barrels OF oil sad I'll up IN from eighteen
months 10 three years. The California new snip wHien
cos, $4,000 had bssrd >00VOO worth OF %" 'aAsn ~
about sixteen months There are The coas, oi All
fornis six nee ships employed IN collecting hues Icy
hiring our i'll assorted cSrgu which they dispose OF al J
per cent proft taking in payment Tor their ercnsnae
hides Al s. each ship carrying say ENVoo hides me
business Is profitable enc, Notwithstanding ne duees
on their ont cargoes are very nigh
There are believe about ELK hundred seips OF the
United States employed in the whale trade -Four aus.
dred OF these .h in the Pacific ocean and TO protec.
This great interest trade on the coast OF Ch
Peru and the Eucador the islands snd Northwest coast
have generally but about one hundred guns ~htst
the English have this station three ttrses It's atrzb
From n. great OF this coast say from Vsldva
In sri,ude 800 50 South 10 the mouth Of the Columbia
so North and the Islands lying from ou 10 80 daya
ai Yves, of it whittier whsers repair for supplies
&c would Il not be advisable 10 have two squSdrcnS,
with Mt ess, one steamer attached TO each dispatch
vsssnl Owing 70 the light winds prevalent AZ PansGa
and South of il 10 the line also North TO Mazsilan three
or four months Of the year much delay caused
when sailing vessels reach The sthmus by which COMM.
ucsous may De sent and It 10 arly when vessel OF thu
squadron Is for the purpose. As have mentioned
20 YOU in former letter the most direct route TO Cali
fnrns from Panama via Csao or Valparaiso there be-
Ing no commerce with tbsc place. and cosst Norh Of
H. There is established private line Of packets,
monthly from Panama Psya and Callso in Peru; the
English Government have two steamers the Cormorsnt
and Ssausuder carrying two Psixhan 6ss and two a.
FOUNDER csrronaGes each which come monthly for the
mail and there two on the Atlantic side from Ja-
msica-they have depot for coal on small Island IN
the bay OF Panama. for which they pay $500 yearly
Our whale ships coming out empty could bring assmah
charge any qusntity OF coal The northern coast Is
wooded far Cape 81 Lucas, (eu.rance OF gulf OF
grass. from which place it continues wooded to the Co
umbis.
Having served six long years Ia cruises TO the psclhc
feel anxious return and, unless there -
war expect be my way homewsrd in ono OF tho
vessels very naturally feel great anxiety on ac-
letter from Norfolk. II do meet the Commodore
Acapulco expected il will take another 20 or %
days from heTe 10 MrZatSn Hook forward on arriving
At Callao or Valparaiso receive letters from you.
Very truly yours.
FEBRUARY, -. 1Sf6-What tedious passage
have had IL days from Panama, ifecn days making
1870 miles. On the 9th instant we were OF Point ~.
Elena aud have since been coDtond.nS with light
westerly winds and strong eastery currcus-s,y from
30 To A. miles daily. and not sail in sight; indeed the
whole extent OF coast appears without habl,aiion.
Hon :. i. J. p. g.