| Show NEW HEW BEDFORD BORROWS son tows tim the recent i of i a large portion of the new bedford whaling fleet in the lie polar sea acs by being hemmed in iad ana crushed crashed by immense nw fields or of ice suddenly and unexpectedly hy by a strong northwest north west gale has been at severe blow to the whaling interests ol of that old alil seaport town the losses lasses for the most part fall upon nion the mutual insurance companies of iha ciar anil only a few of the ll 11 older es a and nd more firmly cs houses will survive the shoal Thirty three ships with valuable cargoes f sperm oil and whalebone were dart ed anil and may be regarded AS IL tot ill lo 10 loss MOM me re than tha a ni illion dollars worth of property wag waa swept SWAY awny ill by tile the terrible catastrophe all this falls uron the owners of new bedford who have not or two or throe years enjoyed success ful ul cal clies in their business yet no tile bowlie How lie aler chants have lave berun the work of fitting fittin out shi ships P for the coming coining yeara bruic and the ship lip 5 yards of the city cily are arc alive with the busy stir of industry all the available vessels in it new bedford will be fitted out at once and sent to the cruising grounds for sperm whales among the ice icebergs bergi of the polar sea it is a singular fiet act that there are no more losses among tile arctic chalers whalers than among the merchantmen merchantman merchant men in tile the indian ocean the danger is really not lot so grea great t ns As it at ferut supposed the ice breaks up in july anil the whalers chalers find but little difficulty in moving northward in the ilia opera open water occasionally it 11 ship k i hemmed in and lost loati but generally the captains know as AI about the lay ortho ice field as they jo do of the lanil land anil avoid danger point Belcher anil and wainwright highl inlet between which tue the fleet WM was hemmed in are arc not so fr far north by ninety mild wl al the whalers chalers usually go and there must have been a tons long anil and tremendous gli gale to start the iee ice barrier down toward so much earlier in the season than generally happens the effect of the disaster will be to ant up tile price of sperm perm oil and bone even now they aro are held at firmer rates and no prices tire are given giten fortunately petroleum has talen taken the place of whale oil for do dome itie uses ires ina and poor people are not likely to sem sensibly sibly feel the result of the disaster as aa they hey might in tile lie past we hope it a few years only will be required to repair the damages done the ho great shipping interests of ne new w bedford tile whaler represents the last clement in the once proud and successful commercial interest if the united states the carking car ring trade goes in foreign bottoms and our flag bag afloat is 13 now almost en entirely ro represented presented Mp resented by lie allier american whaler ore r were t thrown irown twenty five fito fort further ber and broke through a partition bursting the sacks anil and faltering the rocks in every direction the clash was to henry beavy if that it for tile the los instant tant we thought tile large tack lack chi chimney kun e hail had tumbled down dawn anil d your our correspondent with some other roide tracks out as fiestas as they aliey con cotil tl the carpenters being acin on land hand liked image WM was speedily repaired and all runs rims again sk smoothly we are arc enlivened at present by tle gentlemanly firm finn of kenndy kenn Ken nl dy co 11 byar by mr gen walker who are inking loth both aken uen and supplies up to tle the arg mine mine with willi tho the intent intention lon of driving business being old moun t aliey key will not lie he apt to let the 5 terms prevent their working the two former gentlemen are owners in the anil the litter fatter a practical miner miner I 1 am told old that the pittsburgh mine can produce at cry short notice at I 1 lisit all t r floco WO tons of cf free carbonato carbonate ore at a small cost some say fay at 1 per ton tell on tile dump the leml lead is well defined the company propose putting up a sale at once A propose I 1 learn that the pound ground at deer beer creek is surveyed and the foundation commenced for a quartz will mil also that a smelter il ii to be put up it at the mouth of this canyon and large refining works sit at lelli so you roc thein ture of this canyon sew ht the waterloo mine opposite llie miller will be worked this winter the waller walker lisa has been sold it is claimed for the emeline the conqueror champion and chelsea chalaco are old location locati oni and imlY valuable atle the S liver 0 lance is ia one of oft I 1 he ha best timo tim a arbi fur bila is enumeration of the many othera yours etc ck |
