The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-08-30

the 10Th have on board Was il generally supposed
| that II was land Z
"A here was great excitement on board on The
IS,h-there was none on the l6th-and il was gene
| rally suppc sed II was land
Odd you make any soundings on the 10th, or
dld you see any seal Or other indications OF land
Ave did not sound and didn't SEE apy seaI
or Dirds, put the water was much discolored close
Ia 10 lhe barrier at tie time, and supposed the bar
| ner was aground, and there was land beyond II
which was my reason for going aloit
the Judge Advocate rested
M HAMILTON opened for the defence by recalling
| II HUDSON, VINO was examined by HIM through The
| JUDGE ADVOCATE. ~
Q.-Look at this paper dated March g. 1870 was
not written by you report 10 the Secretary OF
the Navy and was 1t not afterwards trans united by
you 10 Lit Wilkes on the 18th Of MaIeh1
| Alt was.
| O. Wasthat report written before the arrival Of
| the Vincebnes AT sydney
| Alt was. prepared the report before my ar.
llvdl al sydney, on Inc 2Sd OF tt bruafy.
MIR HAMILTON then read an extract uom the fol-
| lowing original report 10 1t likes
~. s. sHiP PKAcooK
&c sydney, New South Wales. March 3, Is.0
Il have the honor to repor, the arrival Of the psco,
the port Tor the pun pose Of aAig such lev iep.rs
nave become Necessary preparatory 10 The iuiLsr Io.e.
sutton oil the objects OF the Expedition, M, eli Il
me occasion to say that in south
eil IN WIN barrier OF ice, in the iaud, 65 u.g
souh ana Longitude l69 deg east had follow el ,Is
endings as lar as 81 deg south Longitude $50 og
east. s
eoay oil Ice In LATITUDE o6 deg 81 and
100 ueg. ~ min east We maze hat be,.v 10 be
iand TO the southward and was ,e.u TOW en-
Jug ABOVE and be, ond some large cebei g ERE u
ou 10 100 ieet in height We to woIk up ur
ms iaho winch presented the appearance melse
mass oil snow, aIpai emily ming a vast anphnbe-
atre with two distinct ridges, atoms thu
us extent and alter WORKING up unul midligLi through
detached portions OF ice reached la f,r Ut he
mead o the bay and CONF eii,d give up any ur.
'her attempt near wha, beev cd be land ano
cd out OF The hay egsn, which ~ .nt, miles
extent TN ougn dt into open space or nr.
suing southw ard aud esv ~ I'd so.,h.
barrier.
"on the Esd Of January we made beyond the barrier,
which was hickly stuooed 18th beIgS islsna o. ice
What we believed be high lsnd lea.t SO lar q. eIra
hrma can be distinguished here .vey hing i. co,,d
Win snow, and worked up into Icy lor q snd
The had been discolored for .one days bu,
no potion obtained by .onndlngs in the bay hoWevr.
uon that we were on soundngs, aud isr lsId.
he result confirmed III, slpesfaaces We obtained
bottom IN $40 athoms oi mu1 and the lead
brought up with piece stone alb, vi an iutL in
length, OF nearly the same color, lille the lower AIT OF
the ead showei siresh deep intentaon though
struck on rock Dip obse MAO. Oh lie ice
WIN W hoonsons ana Loyds needles; the former gave
sodeg 10 mn, the latter s6 deg. % min.
" While ascertaning the mp, a large King Penguin
was captured on the ice. and brought,o ship 400 10
our COLLECTIONS Ia his stomach we're round ihnt,.t9o
pebbles oil various sizes, which appeared been
very recently obtained aud afforded aadiona evidence
OF our immediate proximity to land.
While further pursuing the object of rearch in
this vicinity on the morning OF the 24h ,nd.a,orE
70 clear some ice ahead oil the ship .uerl-
BOARD, and ane In contact with large piece OF ice
winch carried away one OF the wheel ropes, wrehcLed
the neck OF the rudder, and rendered ii useless
1--WE Immediately commenced working ship with
the sails and ice anchors into open Tea tls
we were successful for time Incl ease OF Wind
and change in its direction brought upon us mss.,
Of ice Tor miles in extent, hch the chip
finished the work destruction on Cur iulder snd fod
u into the immediate vicinity Of some seven
or eight miles in extent with elevation .ouang our
.orgsiant mast heads" and It's upper portion ncniIg
In this situation fured all but the fore and aft sails
and hung by our ice anchors fortunately between us
Ipce nj re-.
end OF which held us by the counter forced beyond
anchors and sent on" the island carr, ing
away our spanker boom aud davits forcing the
inches, Jambing signal gun herd and fast" gang.
way and breaking Oft all the bulwark staDchoDs ON that
side Of the quacer deck.
We took The occasion TO her W it'll the lib jnton
narrow channel alongside the islsnd and with the LeIp
o. o,nsr sais passed BY portion Of without fur her
ing her into small opening in the cs with her 70.
deck while wedged in the ice, in over the side IN
Two pieces the head and neck entirely broken off, with
found the upper and lower braces gone from the stern
post. Towards midnight, the increasing accom-.
.eaward; and the ice with which were connus,lv in
contact actually jsmbed formd able in Character
rapidly accumulating outside of u.s. and forming com
pact mass.
81 found 2. we were nearing the open sea- that we had
oeen carried 80 lar 10 lsewaTd be I'm great
danger of taking up last residence in the bsrrsr
and islands Of ice There was Their fore
NJ cHoCt iet out 10 force her out,
the ship TO pieces In the attempt.
90 Aided by a kind Providence, we reached an onen
psse on the morning Of the 10Th after having bes, of Tho
spe oil the ship &c. and meridian the carpenters had
50 lar secured our rudder that again shipped in te
two remaining braces lett the sternpost
1--WE were yet surrounded by ice and icebergs in bav
some thirty miles in extent from which outlet could
be seen from the masthead Al midnight, however we
ound passage about hall mile in width, between sons
bergs and field ice
ION tbs morning ofthe 10Th having reached partially
clear sea, and thoroughly turned in my mind tho
state OF the ship with the ed the rudder gone hang
ing by two braces only, and In such a state We could
bosterous weather with which We should have 10 cen.
Tend before reaching the est port and its unfit
for further cruising amongst icebergs and near
through the foggy thick weather Iequsnt SHOWS to
which those ATTITUDES subject and where
onen necessary In hich the yvdder m.sf psv
form s part with the ship strained her STAR
beard spadec bulw arks far the The
grippe off, and stern muaied and the further TACT before
that other OF the squadron were ranging
over the same Longitude, with directions leave
the ships bottom would hsveto be examined and r.psirs
made before leaving another port which would occupy
with all the facilities this quarter Of the world sHord,,
four weeks during which time the services of this
ship would be lost IN surveying the FIJI, &c. deter
mined to proceed at once 70 ~ dsey expedite ss much
moment to cooperate with the rest of the iquadrun
10Th, and the brig Porpoise the - January On the
gh Of the 9TH and morning OF the sh of +, hruay we
had frequent and unusually brilliant displays the Auro.
Austrss Of which made 6fst appearance. IN IN.
south west portion OF the horizon, but soon dInu,,d s
beams light from East to West throwing them TO
I'd with continued quick hashs reemblibg heat ybt.
nng and ex'ening about bird part OF III. h. svens
The rays or beams OF light conn losing this usgp AGENT
spectacle varied IN color from tight &c 10 ,in n
pale red assuming In these changes hues should IN vain
attempt to describe During intervals ofthe ns,hs
IN the zenith however they lost their distinctly. obno,
and mingled In the glow Of bright twilight hieh nearly
ovcrspreed the heavens.
This exhibition was 20 so perfectly unique and
rongly marked in chsracier 10 excite the attention OF
nose on board most indifferent TO such phenomens gnd
called forth from all exclsmstions surpre pee
'ure The ships compssses minuiey examined
his occasion, but exhibited symptom. Of being affected
by the oil the Aurora The motion tho hip,
however from the effect OF the the time. would have
rendered any change imperceptble, II the disturbing
had not produced oscillation Of the needle he
yond four or Ave degrees During the Aurora, single