The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-12
The Anticipated Revolution In the Whale
Fisheries OF the Pacific.

Our last advices from California advised US that
9 whale shin had been fitted out in San Francisco,
10 prosecute the whale fishery in the Pacific.
This il the beginning of the trade in the new ter
rrory, which promises 10 give as great activity
10 the busp,rs as resulted from the attempts OF the
Dutch and English, in the latter part of the six
tstpih century, TO find way TO India through the
Northern Ocean. The adventures OF Hudson, IN
the polar re sions discovered the fact that whales
Of an ialmense magnitude were in the northern
seas. ard az the Biscsysn whale trade was at an
end, the new field tor the enterprise OF whalemen
was entered with extraordinary spirit by the Dutch
and English On the northern shore Of Sptzber-
zen, quite settlement was made, and the CON-
forts of civilization were thus fosnd within about
eleven degrees Of the pole Il Is said that the sail
orr on the isle Of Amsterdam, even had hot rolls
for breakfast The products Of the fisheries at that
t,r,e were 80 rrea. that extra vessels were sent
out 70 bring home ceIgoes, Just a. We may soon
expect our vessels, frsighted for California, will
soon return with The csrgo.s Of the whale shps Of
the Northern Paciac ocean.
The Anencpn whale fishery has been prosecut-
cd wrh great yigor, success, aud profit. al iirsi,
many whales were found On the eastern coest Of
,Ais contmeni; but he supply having been exhaust
ed, our enterprise, spfinsing chiefly out Of the
capitol 81 Nantucket and New Bedford, extended
Itself inio ths Pacific seas. north snd south. Al
an carly cav, Maamchusctts employed one hu1-
ar,d and eighty vessels 10 the Norin and
one hundred ard twenty. one vessels in the South
Pacific oceans. n alusion 70 our enterprise a.
that time. Edmund Burke, 10 l71I, said
wbs, IN the word :, equal 70 u Pass by the other
p~4fs AZ a iaok a. th@ manrer In which the New Enr
lard people carry IN the whale fishery While We tol.
low ther arnonr ~ trembling mountains Of ice, aud
b.hCle them peneifttins into tao deepest rohen re-
ssgrrs II Muason's Bay AID Davis strait while we
are ircrg for them beneath the Arctic circle We hear
that thcy have pierced INTO tss opPotte fegi9n q
polar raid thss thy are AZ the antipo1es and en-.
sav.a nudtr the frozen -errent q the south Faklsnd
Llapd, which seemed too remote and too rsmantic an
Cb.sct fcr The grP o. Bati0nal sm1iion e bu. stage
abd restirg place tor their victorious industry Nor
Il the equlnoc3isi heat more diseoursgng 70 them
thsu the accun uated winter Of both p0ies We learn
ttat While sCme Of them draw the lane, or strike TIE
hre, On H. coast OF Afica, others run che louxi-
TOD. and pursue their gigantic sams along the coast
II Brszi No sea bat what q veAed With theig til.
stissno climate that ~ not witne's o. their toNF.
Ssher The pssfsveftnce ~ Holland nor the activity
o. france nor he dextarcus ard brm sagaety a Eng
hfh enterprise ever carried this most psrilo1a mods
~ hsrdy industry 20 the extent % which y has been
purfuea b. ths recent pecrlea people Who axe still
IN the sristle, and not hardened into manhood
Burke seems 70 have seen :" the future in the ia
s,snt" lie read well the character Of q people
horn beyond all Lopes except those generated BIZ
selfrclyipg industry lie id,u.ye mind saw the
future strides Of this country in The very attitude Of
its nfsncy-srd probably he felt impressed with
the certainty Of coming day when the sons Of the
struggling colenists would plan, their banner and
their institutions, as we have, on the Pacific shore
leading, eventually, TO commercial and political
changes in the empires Of the Last, Of which we
have to day only faint and narrow conception.
The carrying trade between San Francisco and
,he Atlantic ports il new idea, so far the whale
ships ere concerned BY the discharge Of their oil
and whalebone at California ports, to be brought
thence by our ordinary sailing vessels, the whale.
men viii gain a very important advantage They