Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-10-19

Authorizing The Expedition va, rasssl IN Con.
gross rs EARLY ne Nay a. 1896. and ihc prtsh
vessels dh not sail SAIL M lS3o II Csu Ross
deems lhti a 'pallty proceeding wbieh was only
carrying into cfeci a INV winch had been rnaritd
Tor nearly four years, what shall b. sud Of his own
conduct when as he himself saVE on heating nf
tue American ENpcdGIgn. 'r me- erpyts nsa
aroref pagpasf u aaht3paifae a. be vinlatcd h,s
tnsr1ci,cns ~, as BE- terms II. wisely used HI.
discretionary power, and a'er,abt r6stG. direct.
bis course for The utmost Souih. 81, the ysh de-.
gree Of Cau loneNu5c. Ga the iRh Of DN,rm.
Ter ~ Quilted Auckland Islands sni catered lha
Antarctic Circle on New Years Day. lsII. A
gale from the Moth blew iho ycss.i. ofthc pack
edge, and On the 5'h they fegninrd 4 ~ a,ttuia
65 deg s. nm $ AMI longitude ia der. rs ma.
r., and an entrance WIS f.etrI T'hev mr..
sued their course souhwarl through Il amid 6s.
light wind md snow showers and on Inc morn.
ang al The nh. aler sl.tpg above 200 miles
thronsh TIC ice, they eaincl 0 clear e@f nai bore
away son'hwot for the magnetic pole. On Inc i'h
latitude 20 deg. a. mn ) long lT2 dec. SO min.
f., land was discovcic cd nj a distance az nrofly loo
miles, bctvccn them and The pole, md presently
they saw II ri'e in mountain peaks. covered with
cerrml sno'v, from 9UOo 10 10000 feet hirh and
with glacicrs from the vast moun'an hrovs rys nd.
nc far into The sea. 1hisi said 10 BE- the south.
cfmot known land ever discovered They could
not land upon u, bat took possession OF sone ,cne.
Gus ISLANDS 70 The southeast il the name Of Queen
N%ic.otin.
The combined observations had placed the MAG,
netic pole nj about 76s s. aud CAM Ross d,teI.
mined to penetrate ms far os possible South for
the purpose Of passing this, aud SO, proceeding
Eastward to accomplish It's circnmn,~ vigation 49,
They accordingly steered south along tho land.
occasionally finding ~igneous islands. md on The
18th a mountain WAS dicovcred in lat II deg 81
min. ; long. l67 deg T., 70, 400 feet above the
level OF the sea, emitting flames Of smoke. This
splendid volcano was named Mount Erehn. and an
extinct crater near i, Mount Terror Southwark n
barrier Of Ice 80 Zee, il perpendicular hieht stop.
ped their progress, they accordingly cyplofcd 10 tho
Eastward. and the 2l Of Feb. reached lat - deg.
1 min ). the highest they were able TO attain. On
the 18Th, having traced the iceberg 300 miles.
and finding further progress inprac'icable, they
commenced their return, and in its course they
in reaching Int 7Gs ~ min. s. and
long. lGf, n point only lj7 miles from the mag
nelic poie-somc hundred miles nearer than 4, was
ever approached before. Tho dip was ~ 40.
and variation 100 u T. The whole Southern
land they had thus traced extended from nearly tho
10Th to 79th degree OF latitude, and was named
ai'cr the Queen Of England Onihc sih Of March
they rocrossed the Aulnrctic Circle. Concerning
the Ind said % have been discovered by Lieut..
Wilkes, the account snvs:
Being necessarily close BIZ The cnsiern cxtromc
Of those patches Of land which Lieut. Wilkes has
called the Antarctic Continent and having reach.
ed their latitude on the 9Th, they st,crcd didIy
for them and at noon on The OH the ships being
exactly over the the centre OF this mountain range.
they could Obtain no sounding with COO alhoms Of
line and having traycr.cd a space of 80 miles in
every direction, from this spot, during beautifully
clear weather, which extended their vision wide.
y around, were obliged 70 ccnitss that this posi-.
ton, at least, cfthe pseudo antarctic continent. and
the nearly 200 miles Of barrier represented TO *.
tend from Il have no real c|xi,scncc 70
70 this is appended the following note -
"Lient Wilkes moy have mistaken some clouds
or fog banks, which in those regions are verv
likely TO assume the appearance Of hand to IN mex.
p%c1cnced eye, for this c%ontincnt and the range OF
lofty mountains. II so, the error is 10 be rcgr ted
as II must tend 10 throw Aiscrcdt on the other por.
ton Of his discoveries which have a more subslan.
tial foundation."
This is evidently intended to deny oil claim to
discovery on The part Iicut wilkes. The esepe.
dition returned to ivan Dlenan's Land and re-.
ma'nc1 there through the season.
SECOND NfAR AT the opening OF the srcond
year tie Expedition went to SIDNEY AID the Bav
Of the Islands 10 continue their magnetic obscryn.
The exact corr espondcnce oflhc moments
~ magnetic penubaions wns fully established,
Il lheif Soulhetn Exploration, on the 18th Of De.
lsli. they aenin made and entered The
pack Of ice 300 miles at'ht- north than bcfore--
AItcr sailing with great difficulty for about 800
miles. they again cfos,cl the Antarctic circle on
New Years day, 1912, ond by Tue i9lh rrarhoh
a few miles Of open sea. Here, for several days
they encountered a terrible storm, which drove
them INTO the midst Of immense mascss 81 lee.
where they underwent the mosi imminent peril
for some iimo. until the srcond Of February, ~hth
they clear'l Tie plct, after Is 10y. Of imprison
meat and having gQun $50 miles djrccily through
IT, lIgh,ng wna severe gales AMI wiii cbstnclos
Of every kind on the I'D they again made the
barriers fsfg miles eastward Of the spot
where ihcir labo-s 81 che iis yc9r bad closed 80
rs hight was somewhat Unfinished AMI It's front
that point cons sd ofdeep bays and cnpes no,
more than % or 70 led ia hight Soundugs in
a bed Of blue mud wcrc obainCl 81 200 6ihoms.
The barrier was lmccd about $50 mills farther
eastward lhan on the proceeding year, bat pll be
you'd was ~ffuii'fa, und Capt. Ross TtTaced his
couns which was gfcnty imrej'd by logs lea.
W g1lrs snd iceberQs Two additional lines Of
rD1gur'i- determination were obtained and tho
circle was taken. during the voyage
back 10 Cape Horn a quarter matter I'll OYER
and was dfoRHol, and he ships were ,cFi.
0 lsly .u;u1cd BIZ yi0lsEl siorms. Provision we're
gltrinfd from RIO Jsui.Fo aUl the shtss wffa