New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-13
Rrrrss o, THE E,,IoRrSG EXPEDITIONS =

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public print. by OF thu officers engaged in it
Tho Exploring squadron sailed from the United
States on the 18th ct August. 1888. AID has been
| absent nearly four y-ar' during which time
| learn that tho Different vessels nave sailed about
| four hundred thousand miles The Expedition has
thoroughly executed ever, part at the dr,ie. con
| tided to It by the government.
The POSITIONS a.ssrrt on the chart, to several
yisias, reefs shoals. and islands have been care
| fully looked for. run over. and found to have no
existence IN or near the place. assigned them.
Several OF the principal group, and .lend. II
the Pacific Ocean have b..n v,.'te,' ,,-rnined and
surveyed f,,endlv intercourse and protective
CONNER nj regulations established with the chief.
. and natives. aggression. on our citizens and com
merce redrcs.ed. and Justly mrrisd punishment
melted cut IN some fragrant ca'e. OF unprvoked
and cold blooled murder.
The discoveries in tire Antarctic Ocean Anlaic'
tic Observation-Disclosures for hsrg the southern
magnetic pole &C. pr.csica those ct thr French
and English expeditions.
The report which hs. been IN circulation, NJ
Captain Ro.. having run OVER some pnr,on of the
l,nd discovered by ,hl. Expedition. i unfouud-d.
No land 10 tho cu'icgrd of l60 degrees Of east
longitude discovered, seen or claimed by the
Amcrcon Expedition, a, arpcsr.ty Capt. Wilkes
report 10 the Navy Department. published IN 1870
after the rctsrn Of the squadron ~ New Zealand.
If ,li. statement origin,tcd with Captai, Ross
based upen the particular chart ~ the Antarctic
ice. and discoveries OF land With the tall cxpana-
tory letter vhrh w.. Gurn-hed him 10y Captain
Wilkes. tprryiou. to Captain Ross. Antarctic
crsizc. he Captain Ro,.) must have taken that
portion Of land reported to have been seen by Bel
any in 1889, which va. represented IN it.. bc'nc
IN 1853 or los degree. cas-, lcng,tude, or thsr-
abouts and which thru American Expedition had
never seen or heard Of until it. return To Sidney.
~ S W, after their discoveries in the Antarctic
Ocean.
Captain Ross, according to hi. report, has never
passed over or gone so fer west. az 100 degree,
east in latitude So degrees south; consequently he
could net have seen the land discovered and
claimed BY the American Expedition, but seem.
to have run over the position where land J, re-
ported TO have been sccn by IN. own co"ntr,man
Bellamv
The Expedition. during its absence have also
examined and ..rveyed g large portion ut the
Oregon Territory, part of Upper California, in
Guiding the Columbia and Sacramento Rivers,
With their various tributaries Several exploring
parties from the squadron have explored .xamin-
ed. and fixed those portions of the orgon Terri
torN fh-t hUONn n map Ot tiN iftftpfH rlI'
sracing it. Rivers, Sounds, Hsrbor., Coasts.
Forts, &c, has been prepared, which will furnish
the government, with mas. Of valuable informa-
ton relative I, its possession. Of the Northwest
Coast. and the whole OF Oregon.
Experiments were made with the pendulum. on
Mouna Loa' on the Island OF Hawaii, one Of
the Sandwich Islands, n height Of fourteen feet
above the level OF the Typographical eur
vcy. and views were made Of some Vt its activ.
aud most extensive cratets.
Experiments have been made with the pendu-
lum magnetic apparatus, and various Other insirJ-
mcnts, on all occa.ions-ihc temperature of the
ocean, at various depths. ascertaiked in the differ
cnt seas travcrsed, and full meteorological and
other observations kept up during the cruise.
Charts OF all the surveys have been made. viii
views and sketches of hccdands, town, or villages,
Sc with description Of all that appertans to the
localities, productions, language customs and man
ners.
At some of the islands, this duty has been at.
tended with much labor. exposure ard risk OF lite
the trsachcrous character of the natives renderin,
it absolusely necessary ,hnt the officers and met
should be armed while on duty. and at all times
prepared sgaln., their murdcrous attacks. o.
several occasions, boats have been absen, from the
different vessel. of the squadron on surveying duty
in boats, among islands. reef, &c. for period Of
ten, twelve aud thirty day. at one time one OF
shc.e occasions, two Of the officers killed III
the FIJI group. while defending their boat. crew
from an attack 10y the natives.
The scientific gentlemen have been actively en-
gagged in their various departments, and subject To
all ihc exposure. incident 10 rcscarchc. among dan.
scross and hostile -svagcs. Mr.. Hale, the Philo-
logst OF the expedition. wss left ut the Coumbs
river, for the purpose of prosecuting his labor.
among the different tribes of the Oregon territory
and may BE- expected home, overland, early II.
August.
Several islands not laid down in the chart. have
been discovered. on of which the natives of
iered worship, evidently believing that their visit
ors had come from the sun.
Tie SoOoO sea Ia. also been examined several
Island. found to- have been erroneou.y laid down
upon the chart, and others not laid down At all.
Protective commercial regulations established aiih
the Sultan OF Sooloo, and a correct chart made OF
feasible and short rorie or passage through tho.
sea. toward China, sginst the '. f.. monsoon.
The tender Flying Fish, which had accompanied
the squadron during the whole cruise, until reach.
ing Singapore. much used up by hard .erv-
ice, That 1t va, deemed imprudcnt 10 hazard the
live. Of men and officers in her, for passage
around the Cape at that season, without considera-
bic delay for thorough and extensive repairs. She
was, therefore, disposed Of at that port, under tn.
direction Of the American Consul.
About eighty distressed American -eamen have
been received and shipped on board the vessels OF
the SQUADRON at the different port, and Islands OF
the Pacific Occnn-,everal OF them brought to the
United States in the Viacennes; the remainder are
or board tho brigs Psrpoisc and Oregon, now IN
their way home, ard may be- expected early in
july These two vessel. left -. Helena a week
before the Vincennes callc4 there, t,r Rio Janciro
a=d none-all well.
SIX OF the crew Of the brig Uxor Of Mystic, CT.
wrecked at Prince Edward leland. are also on