New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-27
THE ARCTIC REGIONS.

Frvu r. s.n FrAre.oo C,mn1sreisi Aar~s-i-sr.
n the arrival f the American whaling bark Harriet
IL mpsCn. Capt John F0Tcham, are in oSsesi'n o
II interesting matter relative 70 the Interests 81 TIE
American whaling eei in the Northern Ocean AMI Of the
es'h for the present wear The intelligence Which We
II hsh below viii be read with interest BY dslCn in OF
IN he Eastern STATES. From the accounts gwen BY
Captain Fordham who Il an experienced AMI hghls re
sTectahe slimater appears THAI the catch Tor the
prsscrt has tsen remarkably meagre. The Hir
net Thompson Cfl San Francisco the I'll OF ADr last
end stand ~ SWAY from the California Cosss CsDtan
Fordhsm shaped lis for the Fox or AeatRl I.
suds in latitude al about . dec y These .slanis
stret, hing like huge bar the entrance
The hans'halka See' ne iouAI gutterhs WIN lee an
even al that late month IN the spring Passing with
a sfrorr easorly breeze around the western point OF
Scmtsch Island BE- followed the kainschssan coast s1ng
O. Carc ArOut nsko the eastern prqmOnt0rr ct tho MS
ian A,at; rs s~ians and from sccurate obs rya,ion
ascerairct that in The charts If the day tds % is a
down nearly two degrees north Of IT, actGal p'sino
Here he found the great region Of ice extending across he
Kamschstkan Sea from cape ~, Ihaddeus 20 Cape R3-
uaUzoG the American Continent. AMI so Tick thas
vessel could hope to penetrate this apparently eternal
barrier.
BRFAKryG Up or THE loE.-Whle waiting here fortho
ice brs ak m the great American whaling dcc ran as
collected o. Cape - Thgldeus Ga the elth IT June
heavy gale sprung up he field OF lee became staei
and IN less ihaa twenty four hours the whole broken
end separated INTO two pieces and the -h et
II above hundred Whslemen started Dr Behnns
Straits.
THE sEAsov-The wha NJ sesson in these inhosp,tsbe
regions alluded between the months OF uae aad sen
iember after Which h weather become inclement hs;
tese the mariner. The of the whaling Meet has
been but poor this ye1r. Capt FOrlham think. that out
Of 80 Whaling vessels employed during the ~ in
the 81 okhotsk and in Bhrngs Straits. about
hundred have net aged 100 barrels each. There hRs
been remarkable scarcity ID whales DARN The present
.erson. rot only in BchTugs straits, bat IN the whole
northern whaling re-ion. This, Cnpt T. thinks Is owing
to tie destruction o. the calves atoms the Russian
coast by The 7haars who th1s sacrifice fya irrc OF
3D. the future prospect OF he whole deet Il has only
becnv within - yeas mat walers have n.tac ca "a
Jar Forth Rehings Sr4- IN pursuit ~ i.ir
ton tie supply j. fast giving out and there are fewer
whales tbs wear than dlr r- tLe past two se- 'n7.
loss oF THE SHrp- SUsAV 'sD LvfETpof.-ra' shin
Susan ckcd on zee r,li III tonnuvs Island,
early in April last Sic went during the nisht ani ie
crew barely saved hdr s,s by taking tho b'as AMI
rachire che shores OF Co.. Island The vessel we nm cn
tire wr,cs ond had very glc oil on board n. the time
Afer nurinrg on ,lo liani several To- q, they were
taken III ~ another vhao-, and carried into y. Law
renee Bay. The Liverpool sfruck MON reef ou the
Of Beh5'ne Straits. on the night o the 'lh of
july She boarded by the hOlis OF "a "A len IN
eu,te ard was cot of the night, AMI also clrfei
into st. law.cice BAY. Capt Fao-, of tho lla'n IA
gu,'a at crwari bought ler IN her sqi- rigging and
l,iOO barrels OF Oh. Tor rl-O
TIE SEARCH rrR STR ions FrANAiis.. Clyt. F thinks
that all further search for the Ecebus anil l,ror T. Use
less On tn 9Th August. h. Jaw one OF 10 ships % The
searching expedition, supposed to be he Flower NlewA
flen IN the Arctic Sea between Pin OBJ aes II IA anl
ill., Domtde Ilanls Size WA bound n'rh. and wnnli
probably winter in Hover Rae. namol tr her, watch
was hi ra,e OF r. iuge last winter. Cap. T. eychia "a
Signals with her, but the SIGNALS were mutually misVldr
stood Al the time he seem the sea atroly Coar
OF Ice. though e NolSf ~, NH1 Nlug over
the Water tor two months sl prevailed. Another si'p
bolongng;o The Exploring Expedition wa' IN Port Clo-
oncc on the 18th Of Iuy.
OPINIoss or IRE ksQrnitvX.-C1rt. I. hell CONVEX
sa,ns with the EsQaimaux Indians ar pieces whore he
landed with his boats. 81 many esp a'uJas hal boon
sent there during hc las i've year. that many OF them
could talk incllgibly the subject of sr John Frank
lin. Their arguments were snc n 90 discourage all fur
tier soaich tor the sing naygaors
PROBABLE FAN or THE MlsifSG SHPs-it thought
by ca whacmen ms haze naygaied theo goa. that
tie Erebus ard Terror not crushed by any -bers
ft.dce. but that they capzcd BY bong forced
upon tie surface Of partially submerged ice IL was the
uniOn that the CxI orng expedition coald not pon-fRte
further this yeartau deg. ~ Tho Arctic Sc has been
unusually lear OF ice AMI the winter has been compare
lively mild The mOuuiuns surrounding the Atic S,a
not so much was seen on the Aeiaion ISLANDS two
months h,io.e.
SCARCllY OF WHiLFs-Nhat Gw whales were seen
were remarkably Wild AMI consisted OF what il known
the bowie nd whale OF large size and yelling from 80
10 .CO barrels of OIL 1iis species has hitherto IN but
and in the quality OF III oil. Capt f. slatc5 THAI the
horned whale described in Lieut. Marry work does not
exist brit there IL species known a. the muscle digger
which comes up from a depth Of from thirty 10 forty
a;h,ms with is head cover q with mud AMI shells Fpcks
of birds generally surround them when they rise The
afTCaranCo Of much Of the country visible was
q, rolQe and ChCtiles in the extreme SJmiincs, how
ever the whaling feet in such close proximity that
conversations carried FROM vessel - vessel in
numerous instances A. whole the catch Of tho present
season has been uncommOi small aLl the hole whaling
fe.tw III be- IN rendezvous az the Sandwich ISLANDS, by the
middle OF October Many vessels had not captured a
single whale In marine will be Dand The vesse
spoken By the Hamlet Tho mp~On, during her cruise