Litchfield enquirer., 1842-06-23
From de NJ. II. PalldSiam.
EXPLORING EXPEDITION.

The Gag ship Of this expedition, the VrNcRNN1s ar.
rived in New York ON Friday, after an absence OF
United States on The .Isth Of August 1885. during
which time, it s stated that the different vessels have
sailed abDut' 100000 miles. The expedition, it is
stated, has fully accomplished all the duties
trusted to it by the government Many important
discoveries have bsen nadecOasts harbOrs, &c. &c
have been examined and surveyeG-and about 80
distressed American seamen have been found and
received board The dtFeren, vessels of the squad.
ron-seVerai OF these seamen have reached home in
the Vlncennes- the remainder are board the
brgs Porpose and Oregon, now on their way home,
and may be expected early in July These two wee.
sells left ST. Helena week before the Vincennes
called there, for Rio Janeiro and home. oil well.
4 caGnlba cl.iet named Vandova, Of the FIJI ISL
ands who assisted in killing and eating ten Of the
crew OF the brig Charles Dagget. Of Salem, is now on
board the Vincennes, a prisoner. [since deadl
Only eight men and one officer have died since the
squadron left the United States.
Six of the crew Of the brig uxor Of Mystic. Con-
necticut, wrecked at Prince Edwards Islands have
been brought home in the Vincennes
We gather The following interesting particulars from
the N. Y. Express OF Saturday:
Several islands not laid down in the charts have
been discovered, on one OF which the natives offered
WORSHIP, evidently believing that their visitors had
come from the sun.
The Sooioo sea has also been examined, several
ISLANDS found TO have been enormously LAID down
upon the charts, and others not laid down at all.
The positions assigned on the charts several
vglas, reefs, shoals, and islands, have been carefully
leaked for, run over, and found have no existence
III or near The places assigned them.
In addition to- the large collections already received
from the EA petition, the Wncennes has board
large and valuable collection, including several
boxes of live plants, bulbs, SC. collected in the faci
tic S,ooo, Philippines, Singa pore, Cape OF Good Hope,
and ST. Helena.
The discoveries in the An;artic Ocean (Antartic
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for fixing the Southern Mag
netic pole, GcD preceded those Vi the French and
English eApeoiions.
The Expedition during its absence, have also ex-
amIned and surveyed large portion Of the Oregon
Territory, part of Upper California, including tile
Columbia and Sacramento Rivers, with their various
tributaries. Several exploring parties from the
Squadron have explored, examined, aud fixed those
portions OF the Oregon Territory least known. a
map Of the Territory, embracing its Rivers Sounds,
Hsrhors, Coasts, Forts, &c. has been prepared. which
will furnish the government with mass O valuable
west coast, and the whole Of Oregon.
Al some OF the islands, their duty has been attend.
ed with much labor, exposure and risk of lfe,-the
Teacheruus character OF the natives rendering a'
souttiy necessary that the officers and should
be armed, while on dnty, and al al times prepared
against their murderous attacks. On several
sions boats have been absent from the squadron on
surveying duty, (the greater portion OF which has
been performed IN boats,) among islands, REEFS &c,
tor period Of ten, twenty, and thirty days at
time: on one OF these occasions two of the officers
we're killed at the FIJI group While defending their
Tine Vincenncs left Manila on the 2lst of January,
Singapore the 25th of February, Cape Town on
the Eth of April, aud St. Helena on the ID OF May.
The u S. brgs Porpose and Oregon sailed from
Helena the 9th of April for New York, via Rio
de Janeiro, and may be expected about the 30h oil
jane.