New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-30
FROM THE PACIFIC.
The Gold Fever in Polynesia-C oadition o.
the .--~ichnes--success of tn.
American Whaiing Fleet.


runor, .s5a: n relation 20 the Of gold found in
Csyo-pis mon tbs tributaries 20 toe Sacramento oar
ut,is community "a being very much couvE.ed ard
sz,aed and large shipments q persons ani property
have been ard are still mssing for the Gold Region.
What 3 70 Be the utmste eject upon the prosperity Of
these Islands il /. impossible 10 say While il will I'd
the authorities Of much trouble in governing ard con
trolling many Of the resiless spirits that esve II 70
be regretted many valuable persons accoupsny them.
whose services and inflerce cannot well De spared
The commercial community are temporarily much
benefited the densnd for merchandise has already
almost entirely stripped our market and the soddust
received In exchange FOR IL Al the l1E rates al which il
Ia now selling san Francisco, s1orts convenient
and cheap remittance abroad. Eventually the rich
harvest our merchants respins may pass INTO
the hand. Of others who may import directly into Gel
iornis but ! think the regular market the whaling
Interests will always certainly saord for large smeHni
Of supplle. vii render this port for years At
least, desirable point from which large cargoes may
Re distributed speak Of the whaling Zee, as q GER
tain market for some yesrs at least az think IL mus:
continue 70 be- for no other Il because othe
risk Of deserton incurred BY going into sny Of the
ports on the Under tie presen; state Of excite
ment no obligations or inducements that large mer
chsntmen can afford, secure 10 them their crews By
the last sdyces from the cost advised that the
captain Of the Isaac Walton now Al, Monterey. was
personally laboring In bis boats In the discharge Of hs
cargo compelled to do by the deserton Of bis crew
and the imposbiiy fprocurng others 10 their places
While such state ofihngs exists there Ia alternative
for the whalers but TO recruit here or abandon their
voyages Beside, 1t will be many years before Call
forna under the most favorable circumstances. could
afford the necessary supplies. Emigration 70 ihs, cour.
try csnno, be rapid Il has been to the Western
s,aie,-the cost and time expended !, an insurmount
able barrier and my experience in the Western country
is of avail unless has taught me that under the
existing facts California for the mex, twenty years
will not supply agricultural products sufficient for home
consumption. The mineral regions North west Of the
Lakes are vet dependent for their bresdstufEs our
community who not en,iced 10 neglect the soil In
the hope Of more rapidly acquiring wealth than BE
done by agriculture. And the moral influence Of dig
gne gold must De- much deleterou. to the steady
habit. and continued industry essential to agricultural
pursuits Such being the case. regard I, a. demon.
srsed that Honolulu, or other por, oa from the
coast mus. afford the supplies for the gres, American
whaling feet.
think therefore, the double msrket offered by the
whsers and the goldd will continue 10 make
this as now is deps, for the distribution of large
| y
from the gold mania az 1t exists.
Others perhaps differ with in opinion, but large
shipments have been and will continue to be made
from the United States, to supply the increasing de
mand thought perhaps the views have expressed
| were worthy OF consideration.
II my views of the fu,ure tenable ii 10 spparen
there better field for agricultural pursuits than Is
| opened upon these Islands With soil and climate
unsurpassed in the world, large number OF persons
engaged 10 agricultural aud horticultural pursuits here
would find rich reward for their labor il bestowed
upon the production of coffee sugar corn, and all Of
the tropical fruits which may be grown In abundance
| and at a profit at the average market price. Why,
then should have emgrens of that class to try
their fortunes upon these Islands which might easily
be made the West Indies to the American possessions
| West Of the Rocky Mountains large. intelligent
vell-educated and religious community could now and
always would be sustained upon these Islands, shoald
II be established with industrious and economical hsb-
IN, and hope and ,rus, that the present excenen, Ia
relation TO the Gold of California will finally result in
the accompli.hme mt OF so desirable an object.
| lhsyo spoken OF the exIsvsgsnt rumors In relation
10 the amount Of gold In the valley Of the Sacramento
have no doub, the tribusre, TO tbs, stream have In
their beds large amount but IL should be understood
tost they are limited 10 number and lengih and that
the gold /. confined entirely to deposits along their
banks and is not Is often stated, didased through
the soil Of the entire valley OF the principal streams
When beds OF native Copper were nrst discovered on
Lake Superior they considered inexhsusiioe and
immensely valuable but presume long before this II
has been demonstrated that the oxides found in their
natural bed. are much productive TO the miners
and much more certain 10 continue 30 productive. -
think II will result in the gold mines, should gold
| -. In ffz igtna al bad
Until such bed. are discovered shall be in doubt as to
the future prospects Of the god-dggers and though
may be though, scepcs should hesitate TO base large
commercial operations upon the rumors saos,
The natives of the Islands suffering very
much with the Measles xhlch were brought here By
the crew Of the Pr,be three months since for the
ar., time The type Of the disease is very mild, and
After IL. character was understood II has seldom
suited fatally Cold water bathing IL the usas remedy
approved by the natives for their ordinary comp ANTS
and 10 the beginning therefore several deaths occurred
Whooping Cough 10 also now prevsent-brought
from the COST OF California Il 10 the second time that
disease has visited the Islands
nis feared the increased intercourse with the coast
may introduce other diseases but 10 Uniform and
sslubrous clms.e little 10 to be feared should such be
the case Heretofore the population Of the Islands
have been freed from many Of the evils Of older civil
lied countries but with the blessings Of lmProyement
come the lis incident 20 IL.
Our streets are sled with the joyous faces d very
srge number OF successful captains Of the whaling Sect
now In port who have been much successful than
heretofore in hng their ships during very short voy
age. They have followed the whales into their feed
ing,round On the northeast coat OF Asia and the ada
cen, slaod. and found them there In great abundance
And take pleasure In saying that though there are hity
or sixty sail now in port-most OF them American
whsler,-snd the is full Of their hardy sesmen,
Honolulu {, as quiet and orderly interior town In
NsuYsrk or New In gland "a jas, compliment TO
American sesrnen. which take pleasure N promul.
gsipg.
We are arxiously waiting for the overland n all and
by the Steamers to California Atsr January next We
hope 20 BE- neishbors friends IN the United states
By the postal facilities thu, will be then Afforded. |
trust n will be but shor, time before distributing
Office will be established At this port for the nal line
fruln san Francisco 10 Hong Kong. Yours, &c A BIB
PS-Sinee the above written, have learned
that John Van PisteT. whose father resides In New
York City WAS recently murdered In the mining cis
TIC, Of California I understand tina, the murderer
iri-sf n tn brotter Of the d,cesssd and tina. Il