New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-30

we're trained and ditcfpneo 10 'nh pno - :, h,
marin. sst nee AID our naval historians asree 'os
con,tfut.d the 81. nsntsry school OF all our naa-o
,ejence WnaL then, would con pensas u iof 'n' NV
or for The decline Of The vtaie sbery -, ~ the
Mr. President have tried 70 si9 mo ~, ourpo.e.
Senate p-a,d the FaiiOnAl whale tshsrJ 10, ~ nrn
tn go. lie. rave foupd n-w retreat la tue seas
COZ and Ansfir south Of Behdog strsu Ano u" isas
PAT Of tho Arctic Ocean lying nortn u NIL s...d
Lh ,h.s .es, and IN roughthe straits, Drawing n'
ns,,l. III an unknown wsy ard al innospitAo'o 80,
IA. 6Iied bis ship In q ie~ srexs' ana tnr bo ,sn,
sa.. :. ent abroad In 1919. a hsft Of l3i san 80
- ri, n, W 6,hing ground 10 lSJO let :" ~
"a IN 1851 feet u 49, The y-ssels are manu- |.
.J,b 10 n.rfons each and their value, lncIuons '
- The average annual cargoes procured there 10 qua
no line nilions--nd thus exceeds 5y near - -
The highest annual import from China buitnr,a
are beset by not only such dangers Of tnrr cAilns
custonarilJ occur on vel explored nIn'pg .l,ng
also By the multiplied dangers OF shpFrech iosuNut
from the want Of typographical knOwledge-,ne onV
charts Of these being imperfec, and
While msBy and dsporable losses were su'aAhsu ~
The fleet of ls4g-'JO have already iatprmau"h o'
Tho los. Of eleven vessels thirteenth part oi tn'
whole A. CT Of s5l many Of which disasters might nave
been AVOIDED had there been charts accurately n'"a
ting the sbOsl. sno headands AMI also PLACES %
ar chorsgs near Them These facts are eprc'enVo u
M BY the merchants, sbipovLers, and un1er"rluN'
and are confirmed by Lieutenant aadry, ~h' pfeShss
r. this department OF selFnce la tue navy as ~"h Nv "
the lsbors and studies Of The National Oo,eryatory we
want then not bYuniieb nor protection, nor even an
accurate survey but simply an exploration AID recon'
nissbce Of these sea- which havo 90 r'centy oeco'
the theatre Of profitable adventure and brave achieve
fnent OF our whale hun,efs This tefVice can % per
formed bv fcers and belonging ~ the navy,
IN Two or vessels which already belong or may o
added H. and would continue at most only
two or three years. Happily, the measure lnFpvcs
t,tbi,o neV, untrieJ or uncommon t. say nothing
Of our recent oh for the Ian ent'd or J'nh iahAn
nor OF our great exploding exPefin"n un1er Captl'n
Wikcs VIC arc slreafy engaged III ulangnaung c''st
sutvev Of tho Atlantic shore Chats, hght houses and
be- cons show the pilot hts way not over that ocan and
amons ifs i,lancs but oil rg oil our uvcrs and even
upon our inland lakcs. The absence Oi similar guides
ard beacons IN thr waters "o~ In qu"-to" results rom
the feet TINT Pacific coast has bu ecehtly M IN
der oursway and B~hog Straits and the they
meet have II nov been freq leny Lavigated by
the sesrn u # Any nation Certainly somebody must
d. this srr,ice But who viii The uhaiers canuoL
No foreign nation w Tor none Is Interested. The con-
siiutoI al power and responsibility rests with tue ede.
rsl Government aud it, means are adequate
California IL mar hi. fishing g'Ound. Her enter
pisiDg ciztns are Already engaged In this pursuit. aud
LrIctiufwad tho whBle hunters must compete with =
rivsl pu-sestDg the advantage Of nearGess 10 the
OF tb,ir abors. Caorpia therefore, Joins Mas
inchutctts In this reasonable demhnd.
Mr. President the Email exploring dect thus proposed
would b6 Oblt cd 10 quit tho North, early ia
Sfp'' nber and could return b. them until the
ceedinP Juue. propose tina, ii should spend tins, long
season Ia performing service not dissmllar. under
mdcr tkies la that part oi the Pacific Oian add Ia its
adjooiug seas, which il usu,y trav-r.cl by vessels
sailing from Newiork and San Francisco 10 CHINA and
the Indies RENE Iber, air. II you please, that not only
has 10 Aslltie prince merch.ht, or navigator, ever
explored Ills Of all the oceans, the b'Utne-t aud
mott crowded ard crowned with islands, bat thatihcy
have forbidden that exploration by European naviga
tors, who have ptIOTmcd ~ba" ser has been done ~
the peril ard often at tho cost o. imprisonment and
death We have m9de accurate survey, for we have
only Just arrived end t,ken our stand GA Tho
Pacific cOAst We are nGN ON that Ocran--nay, We aye
only of yesterday upon this continent and yc, maps
ana charts are rs eMs-ary to the seaa'ing man On
that ocean any other; and just as necessary 1n
every ocean ~ monuments aud guides are - hp who
ubvces dcterts Of sard 81 wn,t of trackirss snow.
Lieutenant MsuIy Informs US that every uavs or Of
those waters is painfully imprc'sed win sen'c o. sur
fGuDciDg dRngtrs-ihey exist aLd yet the ouly charts
at have btcn made ia 10 indicate IN wnat forms la
what places they will appeal So imperfect IL top
gral Eicai inioTuat tna large sand called OIsi ma,
supp be ;ckJ Inhabited and highly cultiv4icd,
liz, la The lar way 10 China, and YET vessel mas
touched or goCe round IT, II would rpsy tentoId ING
COZ, Of the whole exploration should ind on that
Island GOOD harbor and friendly pee pc HJrOershs
charts OF boie passages are the beet But these Of
old dntes and although they have been corrected from
time 10 time, It they very imperfect. The shoals
In the China Sea. tho Sea OF Japan and the SfiIs Of
GAtptr are To us 10y being formed
Of cOrsi mixur. OF animal aud vegetable orcaniza.
ton al II crciore increasing rapidly in magnitude
they hpLIOACh The surface Of tho II Is
pst ulHry Necessary 10 explore and note the shoals
ana iilnnds lying between tie cOast Of Pawan the
China sea that 81 Cochin China, and also the shOt
In the vicinity oi Wet LoLdoD, Prince If Wales, and
P.ulo Sspata I'bnCs The pers existing there Obliye
chips gOlI up anc coming dOwa through IN use teas
against the monsuonS 10 beat at disadvantage, while an
exploration would probably Disclose eddie aid currents
which would allow Of straight courses where now
dare pursue them Clements strait and the Cara.
mats Passage ara filled with the same dangers. Again
the great outlet from the China Sea into The Pacific
Ocean by the Bsbee and adjacent passages betwe the
Islands OF LucOna BDd the coast ., China aud FJrmJ
need 20 be survey cd although the Islands gener
ally well tsnatod ON the maps. Then proceeding
,k. IL.
DE- Inands that the islands between the OF Chaa
and japan, and from them to the Loo ChOJ Islands and
Ia The Rutsian pOtsrssiOss AID along them
waTCly 10 Behrrg Strains, shoud be surveyed The
lHIt attempt TO prrorm that duty mads by small
Ruftan feet which captu' ed AID destroy ed, while
its officers and cregwee imprisoned by the Japureee
Lastly as we advance eastwardly IN the very track pun
sued by cur Wtblers aud ChiOamen, we encounter
ISLANDS, and many shoals impeIleciiy defined aud
pec,sly The Bouin Islands, while ptudrbce requires
careful recOunt ssaLse s'o OF the Fox lslanis which,
although lying s,ne what northwardly OF ihe passage
might II wen known afford shslter IN Of JUDGEMENT
we .ihrr This Reconnaissance In Jcrate latitude
Is demanded by the merchants underwriters. and nav
gators, 10 all our Atlantic vel In two Pacific
porte auo the argument for 1t rests the iounla
ten with that which Supports the proposition for the
more uoriheTly cyDloraiios.
Sir have you locked recently at tie China trade II
reGtLes nearly seven millions in 7aus annually. Havs
Gu WATCHED the Caiiio ma tradel Is export OF bullion
alone already exceeds hity millions of dol airs apnuHy,
ana Yet the mineral development OF that mas
only - ilcht tle racine Cast Is In
STATE of sheer Infancy. There IT, speaking relatively
neither cs t,l lsbor there adequate exhibit the
forces of Industry that iugs, be myoyed in that won.
eeIiul regsp. Nor Cdliona yet s0dyeni-nts
site. The railway across Pauana l. yet cumpeicd
The passee through Nic-rsugu4 is not perfect thN
which lebds TN ough Tthusnt pee IS not begun nor
have We yet oYteuded even So iar h. thu M..slpp
the mott I'm, oitut and neeessay ~ them al The rail
road serc's Osrown country ~ san FcrccO. Tnc
gisrt t. tbs Atlantic arrives spe dy aud che,ply
from Vlr'e--r quarter Of the world while he VINO
WoUc Sc f Pschc shore, encounters charge, aud
Ceeys ~ni,h + " sus'.is Nrverthelrss tue com.
lrorthi c sud polpicNl moyemeat. Of the world acs
BOW IL the direction II California Separated as i s
from ne 10y foreign lands more imptssabe mountains
We arr establishing there custom house min, dry.
6eeS, ucisn agencies, and Ordinary Anl extraordinary
iIbuLsl' Of Justice With waiit for perfect or SAFE
chsrteS stfopg and steady stream OF emf graft N VS.
Mn 81 r' every state and every dist let eastward OF
tt Rocky Mcuuisus Similar tOrIests OF emig r-tion
are uirg Into California lid Au.tfas from ne south
Am, ricer state, IRON Elrope and fon Asia This
oven ri IS or accidental or frey1llsr ar