Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-10-31
From the Boston Daly Adperti :c,.
ANTARCTIC DISCOVERY

The English government discovery ships
Erebus and Terror, under the command
oil Capt Ross and Crozier, returned to
England IN the beginning of last month,
alter an absence OF nearly tour wears,
having with the three last successive seasons
penetrated with Southern Polar Circle, and
at each time made discoveries os greater
or less interest. Some account of all these
discoveries has before reached US, with the
exception of those OF the last winter, Of
which Capt. Ross brings to Europe, on
his arrival, the first report. We have in,
Iced heard ofhls arrival at Rio Janeiro on
the 18th of June last, but had no account
of his last winters cruise. The vessels
made land at Sicily Islands on the 9th of
Aug, but had the tedious passage up the
bannel, on account CT Gains aud ligh,
Ninds; and on the 4th of September Capt.
Joss landed at Folkstone and proceeded
nc same day to London. The two ships
ivel at Gravesend on the 7th, and SUBJ
1uendy at Woolwich.
The London Literary Gazette gives
''ndensed narrative OF the whole of the
,,ar years voyage, with sketch Of The
Inter commenced on the 18th Of Dec.
IL, when the two vessels sailed from the
.',lkland Islands. On the Oath they saw
:abergs. in the latitude of Clarence Island.
The next dry their progress was arrested
" solid pack of ice, and they cruised
1long the edge Of it, for the purpose Of
iInding penetrable part, and ON the 23;h
they discovered land. They cruised along
tho coasttowards the southwest, the shore
being lined with an accumulation Of ground
cd icebcrgs, and the land which they could
not approach nearer than three or four
miles, covered with snow and ice, termina-
ting at the sea in perpendicular cliffs of
from 20 TO 80 feet in height, from which
icebergs were breaking away, and becom-
ing grounded in the water.
On the oath Of January they were beset
with more ice in lat "a south, drifted
Jack 10 the norhward. The next day they
we're cXtricated, and they succeeded in land
ng on an island in latitude 81 Il, longitude
u 40 w. ,on the south side of deep gulf,
which they took possession fin the Queens
n'me. 1t is of volcanic origin, and though
ut more than three miles in diameter,
Projects perfectly formed crater to the
leight of $500 feet above the level Of the
"A. Ga the west is mountain which
r.scs to The height of 600 feet, and the
western shore of the gulf consists Of noun
'tinous ranges covered with perpetual
snow. They named this gulf, which is
:orty miles between the Cape; the Erebus
and Terror. They coasted along the
shore to the southwest, between it and
chain Of grounded icebergs. They were
engaged in a constant struggle with the ice
to the 4h of February, when they found
tangled for forty days. In lat. 65, they
merely crossed Weddell's returning track,
and they found pack ice where he found
clear sea. They could not penetrate be-
yond IS Is south, being then 100 miles
south of D'Urvile's track. when he at
tempted unsuccessfuIly 10 follow Weddcl's
track
On the ODD Of February, they crossed the
line of no variation in lat 81 and long. "a
W., in dip Of 81 degrees 40 minutes; a
fact, the narrative remarks, Of much i'm
portance to magnetic science, since o5ser-
vations appear to prove that the SUPPOSE
ton that there being two magnetic poles OF
verticity in the south las is well known TO
be the case in ahe norlh) is erroneous, and
that there is in reality but one magnetic
pole in the southern hemisphere. On the
23d, they rounded the last extreme of the
pack, and standing to the southeast, crossed
the antartic circle, March l, in lon. u w.
In latitude 6S 81, lon. II 40, he was be-
Gained, and Selling the opportunity TO try
soundngs, he found that 1000 fathoms of
inc would not reach the ground.
They peisevered in an effort to get fur
Their south, but the ice opposed their pro-
gress. They then encountered tempes-
,uous gale, which lasted three days, and |
rpey were in considerable danger from the
number of icebergs and the darkness of the
jghts The conduct Of the men was ad-
mirable. On the 18th the wind shifted 10
, eastward, and the ships directed their
,urse TO the northward. On the 18th
hey were in safety. On the 9th they
.oached the latitude and longitude assign
e. to Bouvet's Island, but could not find
It. and they concluded that Bouvet had
zen deceived by an iceberg. They bore
way for the Cape of Good Hope, which
hey reached April 4. AT The end of April
hey SAILED again, and after touching at ST.
lclena and Ascension, for the purpose of
~epeating the magnetic observations before
made at the those islands, proceeded to
Rio Janeiro, and thence, as above stated,
10 England.
GREAT SPEED!-Col. Stone announces
the receipt Of letter from the Hon. Caleb
Gushing, which has been one year, Ave
months, and 20 DAYS in travelling from