New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-12-14


Immaculate thy virgin truth
AS the white blossom on thy brew;
All gcntlc heart when love was born
happy rose without thorn.
The limpiJ dews from heaven that wept
Upon me in the summer air,
While down my stem they sweely crept,
Were not so sparkling as the tear
That in thy sunny eyelid shone.
When thou didst cease to be thine own.
q And when those modest bushes stopped
To nestle in lovers breast,
My tiny leaflets also dropped
And with thy roses were caressed;
So, in faithful heart, we heard
Tho echo Of his pighted word''
There Is an appendix TO the work, presenting a
prose narrative Of the cruise of the Flying Fish,
which gives thrilling account Of the fearful pcrils
which that Southern Expedition involved We
copy the following passages, which will startle the
maginatiens OF those who have deemed this South
ern voyage one of pleasure and secure enjoyment
On tho 26th of February the Flying Fish parted
company with the Peacock, by reason of the storm,
and on the 9th of March leak was discovered,
and j, was resolved to stand for the South, being
governed by the winds:
The next day I0th) was speAt at the pumps,
for the seagtoppled over the schooner and threat
ened to engulf her. EOery seam leaked Every
stitch of clothes sras 'cet; and every bed a'am-
dated THE men had to Sgathe their feet IN
Blankets lest they sA0nld tree@e; and as tic
driving sleet fell upon their garments, ii con-
gsaled there and eucaSea them Nth ice. When
the gale abated, after dark and dismal night
they found the foresai split and the jjib, washed
from its gaskets, hanging to the stay by single
hank.
rs " They had now made the second rendezvous
lat "a degrees S., long. 80 degrees w; bu; as
there was no sign of the Peacock, Mr.. WALKER
though it his duty TO lake advantage Of fair wind
and proceed on his course. The condition OF the
men forbade all delays. Five out of crew of ten
were almost disabled by liberated hands and swo-
len limbs, while the rest suffered cruelty from
rheumatism and catarrh; yet they continued to
perform their duty with patient foritude and no
exposure could draw complaint from their bps
They waited some time at the next rendezvous, III
hopes of obtaining surgical uld from the feacocR
for three men who We're quite disabled. one OF
these had a fractured rib TO which their nautical
ingenuity applied scooldiag of canvass aud pitch,
that succeeded well. This delay lost them tar
wind but the time was well employed in repair
ing the boats; after which, though they despared
Of reioinng their consort, Mr.. WALAER proceeded
10 the fourth and last place assigned in his orders
The written instructions were thus fulfilled to the
letter. They had attained the longitude of los
degrees W.; ice on discovery was to prescribe
the bounds of their latitude; and, with feelings in
whose enthusiasm past sufferngs were forgotten,
they turned their faces toward the South.
I" The schooner had become involved, by drifting
al an impercep,ibe rate within the barrier, while
the passage behind her was gradually closed by
ice returning from the north. This ice was in large
obong foes, that Aoated broadsde TO the sea, thus
living in contact al their narrowest points, and IN
clincd 10 revolye around whatever object they en-
countered at either end. The schooner took ad.
vantage of this circumstance To lnslnuate herself
into every accidental pass; and when none &C
CURED by the motion of the ice, she had to force
her way. This operation was certainly ATTENDED,
with grea, danger TO the hull, and the carpenter
came aft and assured the commander that the yes
sci could not endure it; but there was no aiterna-
tive except TO buffet her through, or be carried 10
the south and by o'clock A. Nj. (Alarch 22d)
they reached place of comparative safety, IN lat.
20 deg. S. long I0l deg, w. The remainder OF
the day was passed amid nnumerablc icebergs, OF
whose proximity they could judge only by the noise
OF breakers, for 1t was blowing stiff gale, and
tue weather was gcnefsliiy l!licN Among the idu'
tastic shapes of these immense structures, dirnly
seen through the haze, there was one remarkable
cavern. with q hole above, through which the sea
spoa,ed column OF WAFER forty feet high" =
)" On the 24,h OF March the schooner was again
obliged 10 force passage out of the ice, under
circumstances truly appalling. The waves began
TO te sted by the large srow.ilakes that fell un-
melted on their surface; and as the breeze died
away into murmur, lew crepi.ation, like the
clicking of a dea,h-ws,ch, announced that the sau
was freezing. Preparations were hastily made to
sheath the bow, with planks torn up from the
cabin berths; but the congeaton was TOO rapid to
permit the sacrifice of time in this precaulion AL
sail was accordingly crowded on the vessel, and
after hard struggle of four hours duration, they
had occasion to thank Heaven for another sigma
delivetance."
They had NOW attained the latitude Of 20 deg
IA min. ", and established the impossibility o
penetrating farther between 80 deg and LOS deg
west longitude The season was exhausted; the
sun already declined toward the north; day dwin
died to a few hours, and nothing was to be ex