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she cannot fail Of being of essential service,
and that too to a class of American citizens,
whose interests have been more over looked
than those of any other. The following en-
tract from the Southern Literary Messenger
speaks torcibly upon this point.


The whale fishery, that nursery of
American seamen, and prodigy of Yam
kec enterprise, unguarded and defence
loss, pursucs its prey from the coast of
America to Japan on the West, and hunts
it North and South far into either hcmis-y J
phcr. A cruise round the world, for OIL
is not a foreign voyage at least, Mr.. Ed1
itor, so has said a learned Judge. 1t may
be because the ocean is the whaler's homel
But so it is, that Nantucket-men, for the
privilege of fishing among our antipodes,
without being on IA foreign voyage, pay a
large revenue into the Treasury. Towns
and districts are supported by thcm.-I
They annually fish up from the deep.
wealth enough to pay for every nlan-ot-
war in commission. Their trade calls for
hundred thousand tons of shipping, aud
gives employment to more seamen than
the navy of the United States. Yet the
Navy affords no vessel for the special SER
vice of cruising over their grounds :"
with these tishermcll-not q gun to pro-
claim that they are American citizens,
whose country is watchlul Of its interests
and ever ready, with It's strong arm, to
protect them in their lawful pursuits and
to redress their wrongs in every sca.-
The protection they do receive is incidcn-
tai, afforded by mcn-o!-war on their occa-
siouaI voyages of circumnavi aation.--
Twenty thousand iishcrmcu scattered over
the ocean, AID be,ond thc reach Of the
law-why, sir, if could not. as | can,
speak from personal observation, it would
require no brilliant fancy to depict some
of the scenes that are enacted among
them -Outragc--mutiny on board-pll-
agc-ships disablcd-wrccks-the whal-
ing Captain, with IA full cargo, forcing the
crew to descrtion, or landing them on un-
inhabited islands, that he may reap the
benefit of their lag or share of the cargo
the crew, in their turn deserving at sea
Captain who is not IN luck-and, disabling
his ship, steal away his boat at night to
revel in the sunny climes of the South
Sea Islands. The lie of an American
whalcr tells as true tale of dangers
past %


" As ever the dark annals of the deep
Disclosed for man to dread, or woman weep"


Statistics obtained during a three years
cruise among whalers give the startling
result that from casualties peculiar to tie F.
whaling business alone, the loss of life .
during voyage is ten per cent. of men
and officers. If | were called on to point
out useiui service for Il public cruiser,
| could not designate one which would be |.
more grateful to the feelings OF officers,
or useful to the public interests, than that
of carrying relief to distressed seamcn
among the islands of the Pacific, and of
cruising over the "whaling grounds" " to
project the fishermen in their rights. i


The fur trade of the North West Coast /
Of America, formerly so valuable to Amcri- |
can merchants, has been suffered to anguish, |
together with other important commercial
interests there, until they have entirely pass


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