New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-14

ofne Pacific happily there Is no necessity Tn organ
rrirc costly eJpedHio1, or Of dispstchng sl1soro,
afteT squadron spon forlcrn hope 70 zoe q ,ngSn :,
n. Northern PoIe Seafaring men appear 70 agree IN
tie conclusion that if the i-sng clip above water
nj al ste must be sought for IN an area sulcienty
oiTcuuscribed 10 render the process OF nve-g auon
easy ard expeditions; IN ,he see' 49, ~ .;,r.
tor NJ .he Pacific if che be still atoa set forth with
81 cier Arne.s The writer Presu mes thst the ma
ctirery M ths noble vessel may have given way sona-
vb-re about the Banks OF NEWFOUNDLAND 10 ceahec-
tiou sitb tbs probability two vel ascertained facts
rms. be taken into account. The hrst l. that the
,;4suer relied mainly upon her steam power for her
nrogress through the water. She had very little caa-
va DO bO-spr1t, scarcely any heei OF aiter sa ioe
pe1t c, rtainy H. that at the seIon Of the year vaen
she muft have reached the wsers IN question heavy
westerly gales play over the surace Of the Atlan C.
Against tHese il would BE- idle for any ship TO struggle
unless her Ealing powers were OF high order; Inc
probabilities then are, that if the accident to the ma
rlnery occurred a. pTesumed the Captain OF the Pa
cifc would peek 10 regain the lrsh coast. Nov, IN
th, attempt be would have been foied, becsgse-"e
ouote from the letter Of our correspondentthrouzn-
cut the month Of February strotg sogtheriy winds
blew cOnstantly between long. 80 deg. snd ~ deg.
wet On this coast extending az far west a. i deg,
we have had eaSteriy WINDS, With occasional gales,
almost without int srmsion, since the sth OF teord-
arv. The writer adds that three hundred ships are
eiusly overdue from the westrerd-tkst ship has
inst arrived fly days out from NeT-fOrk, Thirty OF
which were spent in battling with eesery winds, IN
the chops
tleee dafa be true there il resson yet for absolute
desneir as 10 the missing steamer, and bound
lv very confederation Of duty ana humanity 20 do W
n too.t for her relief. The suggestion 70 her pro
ceedirgs and actual position IL a. follows:
mist lave dted her 70 Seward north Of he route o. penny
vses On reaching tie aeiid an Of 5 her ara
soUhysrd II such emergency she would have bed on a.
rs, ~. ss.,sry ~isd. II saossld no good
lists Tor doubling that she s-.5e proespiy w9in
ty searching squadron Of two or three or even one steamer
from these shores
The Pacific will soon have been two months at sea,
md ne the number Of human beings she earned IN
cluaing pssseneers AID crew amounted 10 ls6, the
horrors o famine will inevitably be added to the other
perils Of Ler situation.
ave know not thst any word Of ours give I'D
diopa force 10 this simple statement OF facts IL IL
ust possible that this unfortunate stes may now be
drifting hitler and thiher within few hundred mics
Of our coat without any chance Of relief, save tha'
which may be especially dispatched with direct view
10 this object Once out Of the usual track OF sbp.,
the Pacific expect no casual assistance. No" j =,
clear that if the suggestions given above are foanei
Oh fact she must have been blown OF have diteo 10
fer 10 the nothward that she s cast out frE the lS
lowtbp Of the sea, and therefore we must at ana ao
at once or ma Ike up ninds TO abandon tie ve-Sl
TO her fate We have 20 mach confidence n we PIN
and humanity of the country, that we fee' sure gu
effort will be vigorously made to cary relief TO these
unfortunate people One or two Government steamers
would suffce II they be still among the living this IS
the only way in which they can be saved II they are
already numbered among the dead at least we shan
have our cOnsceDces clear and feel that all was zone
which man could do iOr their relief. The mporsGt
point however, il instant Dispatch. II toe effort L to
be made it must be made now, without the loss OF
day or an hour"
On the 25th The Times announces the fact OF the
expedition being ordered follows:
"The authorities Of the Admiralty have responded
with the most praisewor;hy prompttude to the appeal
which has been addressed to them through the columns
Of The I.mGS. The Desperate and Tartarus, two
steamers are TO be instantly dispatched in search of
the mftiDg Pacific. We frost their efforts in this for
orn hope may be attended with success and that ere
many days have elapsed we may be grstifed with the
intelligence that they have succeeded in rescung the
passengers and crew of the absent vessel from the de-
struction which must otherwise be their fate. At the
seine time, we warn the public and the friends and
relatives of those for whose safety much anxiety IL
felt not TO be overmuch buoyed up with hope. The
chance Of ia very remote The true course Of
action IL neither to give way 10 e1ultaton nor de-
spondency but to bend every to the discharge
of O solemn duty. The assistance which we now
send would have been seIt in any case, but must
not lose tight Of the fact that Transatlantic friends
Oh their dispatched expedition in search OF our
missing country mt in the Polar Seas. Such acts "a
these are far better evidence Of the real sentiments
which prevail among the great masses Of the two COM
munites than the noisy Drawing of stump orators.
The intelligence that the Pacific had been rescued from
her perlous condition would be hailed with as univer-
sal delight throughout the British Lies a, in the ned
States. The steamers have probably sailed before
this. God speed them on their errsnd!"