New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-20
SANDWICH ISLANDS.

We have dates from the Sandwich Is
lands to Aug. l6.
From the Alta California
important Intelligence from she North Pacihc
Whaling Fleet.
Through the kindness OF Capt Griffin, OF the
schooner Curlew, from Honolulu, we have been
placed an possession of important and afilcting intel
lgence from the Whaling Fleet Of the North Pa
ehc.
last IN Lon. l34o II w, Lat. 80 ~, by the whale
ship John Wells, of New Bedford, Captain Cross,
Who reports the following vessels as being totally
lost thu! season
Ajax, of Iavre total loss.
ASamatta, of New London total loss
Henry Thompson Of New London total loss.
ArabclIa, New Bedford total loss
New Bedford, of New Bedford total loss
America. of New Bedford total loss.
ComnOpolite, of France total loss.
Mary Mitchell of San Francisco total loss
Il appears that the whole whaling Meet had WIN
tered in the Gulf of AnadlI, IN the northern par OF
The sea of kamschatka IN Russia In Asia, ana on the
coming on of Spring had set SAIL for BheTng sSdts
but In attempting to pass through INTO the Arcuc
Ocean, the fleet was envuoned by ice, anu the ABOVE
named vessels were totally wrecked. Inc crews .,
The destroy cd vessels reported to have reached
the main land in safety but II is sand that In some
Disturbances afterward with the natives, eleven Oh
the whalemen lost their hves
The John Wells is stated 10 have borne evidence
Of the severe nay ration she had encountered. Her
spars were nearly all gone, her nun more OF Tess
samaged. and she had scarcely sheet oil copper
upon her. -. ..a
shared the fate of those mentioned above and II
was quite impossible 10 tell how many more would be
likely To be lost III their attempts TO escape from
the ice.
The general result OF this seasons whale-hshng is
set down as a total failure. The following vessels
have done nothing
ship John Wells. clean this season ship Neptune
New London. clean this season. Aug snip Mag
nolia, New Bedford, do do. ship A. H. Rowland
New Bedford, do do. ship Vineyard Martha's ",
$50 sperm. clean this season.
The whole fleet is believed to have done little IT
any better
II Is thought that the whole feet (some 600 sail
We bchevc) are now vending Their way as rapidly AZ
possible TO the Northwest Coast for the purpose OF
fef,tng and endeavOrng 10 retrieve their Ill fortunes
The daily Alta CALIFORNIA of sep, le, contains the
bDow,Rg communication:
SAN FRASclsco, Sept. 1851
MEssRs EDITORS herewith send you list OF all
he American ships THAI are supposed TO he cruising
m the Arctic sea the presen, season:
New Bedford, "a Far Haven, Ia New.London
Is, Stoniugton. s; Nantucket, : Warren > Sag
HaIbor, Falmouth, 2, Mystic, GreenpoIt =
San Francisco, 3 Edgartown, Fall River Holmes
Hole Wareham, Newport, Providence, and Cold
Spring. each L. Total American ships, l4t.
send YOU this to correct the mistake made lew
Gays SINCE when you SAID there were 600 SHIPS
REPORTED Loss or WHALE SHlPS.-Ne have been
shown The Nete- Bedford Shippiag Last OF January
u, 1901, IN which We notice that OF the ships re-
ported under our marine intelligence Of the 9Th INST,
S lost IN the Arctic Ocean-the Armata, Of New
London, was at Honolulu Oct. %, 1850, full, and
bound home and some Others are so reported as TO
STOW that is quite impossible that they could have
oeen Al that place a, the time Of The accident II
would SEEM therefore that the report should be re-
celyed wl,h considerable allowance
We also learn, through the same channel, that the
EngnsA expedition, consisting of two vessels, sent
70 bhenngs Straits IN search of Sir John Franklin
lave discovered nothing and IN consequence oi the
Shnculy OF working through the unusual masses OF
zee nave abandoned the undertaking, and are about
returning home