The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-12-07


ton and misery, which blot tho records Of the
present age; and hear them enquire what where
the mighty causes which produced these changes in
the history Of man; we should behold the finger OF
the faithful historian pointing them to the benevo-
lent institutions which originated in the present age,
as the causcs, and among this bright catalogue
would stand in bold relief, written as with sun
beam on Columbia's escutoheon, the American
Temperance Reformation. yUNIUs.
TIE SAFE RETURN OF CAPT. Ross and
his intrepid companions to England, after
an absence Of four years and a halt, and
of whom nothing had been heard since
the 9th Of July, 1929, is one OF the most
interesting events which has occurred
within our memory. The subjoined &C.
count is gathered from English papers,
received by the packet ship Roscoe, at
New York.
In 1929, Captain Ross fitted out his
expedition, with the view to determine the
practicability Of new passage which had
been confidently stated to exist, particu-
larly by Prince Regents Inlet, and that
in consequence OF the loss OF the toiemast
Of his vessel, the Victory, he was obliged
to refit at Wideford, in Greenland. The
account OF his departure from thence on
the 9th Of July, 1929, formed the last au-
thentic intelligence received Of the expe-
dition, until the commander and crew
were picked by the Isabella, OF Hull,
Capt. Ross's old ship.
| IL, Cant Rosa,s account IL anDears
that the first season (that Of 1899 was
the mildest that ever had been experience
ed during any preceding voyage. On the
18th of August, Capt. Ross reached tho
spot where tho stores OF the Fury were;
landed without experiencing any difficult
ty, and there he found the provisions, &c.
but not the wreck, which had totally dis
appeared. Having supplied all his wants
at this depot, he advanced to the lat oi ~
deg. N. Here he was for the first time
seriously impeded by ice; but, alter ex-
amining an inlet, he proceeded to urge
his way to the southwark, as near the
west shore as the shallowness Of the wa.
tor permitted, and occasionally landed lt
take possession of the newly discovered
region for the British crown, with the U.S.
ual ceremony. Having experienced sew
eral. almost miraculous escapes from ship
: wrecks, they ultimately succeeded II
reaching the 10th deg. OF lat in direct.
ion nearly due south of Fury Point, where
their course was arrested by an impene-
trable barrier Of ponderous ice. In
harbor which they found at this extreme
point they wintered.
In January, 1880, they opened COM
munication with tribe of natives, who
had never before held intercourse Will
strangers. Friendship was soon formed
between them and the tars, and the hrs
winter, which was not very severe, was
spent very pleasantly. Having learned
: from the natives, that the east sea was
divided from the west by neck Of land
} the point was examined, and all hope o.
efiecting passage in that direction COM
pIetely extingulshed.
During the autumn Of 1880, the voyag-
ers waited in vain for the ice to dissolve,
as il had done the preceding year. They
had not, with great exertion, proceeded
more than four miles (retracIng their
course) when they were arrested, in a
very dreary position, by the approach ofa
winter unparalleled in severity-the low
est temperature being 90 degrees below
the freezing point. The summer proving
no less rigorous for the season, little hope
was entertained of u release, and lurthe,
progress of fourteen miles was all they
could accomplish.
In October, 1881, the ship was laid up
in the harbor in which she at present lies
moored, and where the party endured the
rigors of another winter, not less severe
than that of the preceding year. Their
provisions being consumed, they had nov
no alternative but to abandon the vesse
and proceed to the spot where the Fury's
provisions still remained-a direct dis
lance of 200 miles, which was increased
by one-halfin onsequence of the circuit
} Gus route which the ico obliged them &c
take. They accordingly left the Victory
in May, 1882, and, after journey of un.
common labor and hardship, reached Flu
ry Beach in the month Of July. During
this journey, they had not only TO carry
their provisions and sick, but also sup
ply Of fuel, for without melting snow they
could not procure even drink Of water
They repaired the Fury's bouts and at
tempted toiescapc, but itswas September
before they reached LeopoId's Island
which they have fully established to be
the N. Z. point Of America. Here they
vainly waited for the ice to break. Win.
ter set in and they had no choice left bu,
. to retrace their sleps, and spend another
, inclement season in cpnyas buts covered