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A,oful Discouery.-One serene evening
I'm the middle of August, l17o, Cap'.
I, Warre., the master Of the Greenland
whale ship. found himselfbecalmed among
an immense number of icebergs, IN ABOUT
m degrees of north latitude. On one SIDE
and within mile Of his vessel, they were
closely wedged together, and succession,
of snow colored peaks appeared behind
each other, as far as the eye could reacn'
I showing that The ocean was completely
blocked up inthat quarter, and that 1t had
probably been so for long period OF tune.
Capt. Warren did not feel altogether sals
fed with his situation; but,there being no
wind he could not move one way OF the
olher, and he therefore kept strict watch'
knowing .ha; he would be safe as long as
the icebergs continued in their respective
places.
y About midnight the windrose to gale,
accompanied BY thick sho, ers OF sno@'
while succession of tremendous thun-
dering, grinding, aud crashing noises, gave
fearful evidence tka,the ice wasin motion.
8 The vessel receiyedvio shocks every
momen, but ,hs haziuess sef the atmos-1
: 9phers prevented those;a aboard from dlscov:-. cov:.
ering IN what directionihe open water't 'tay.}
5. .or if there actually was any at alto either
s5side Of Them. The nissh hi was spent an an
Iaeking as often as any cause oi aansers ger,
iappened 10 pfcsen aself, and %: llssal'r-
si,e st,l sssgrsas
,Sl III hss great joy mat his snip fil,t
sustained any serious inj remarked
Z win i surprise, that the accumo lated ice
: berss, winch had ont.ie preceding evening
q turned an impenetrab!s barrier, Had been
separated and disarranged by the wind; !;
and in one place a caGalof open sea wouna 'tl'i
its course among them asiar as the eye
could discern.
II was two miles beyoIa he entrance oil
y this canal,hat ship made MS appear ancc
. about noon.-The sun shone brightly at
The time, aud gentle preeze blew from
! the north. Al FIRST some intervening lce-
bergs prevented Captain Warren from
distinctly seeing any thing but her nas's;
but he was struck with The strange manner
in iwhicu her sails were disposed, and With
the d.snantled aspect other yards aud rig,
giipg. She con,inuedto &c, beftre The wind
for a few furlouss,& liien, grounding upon
The low icebergs, remained mollonless.
Cant. Warren's curiosity wa so mnch
excited that he Immediately leaped INTO
this boat with several .seamen, aud rowed
towards her. Ga approaching he observed
hat herhull was misera5ly weather beaten,
aud not soul appeared on deck. which
was covered with Snow TO considerable
depth. He hailed her crew several times
but no answer was returned. Previous TO
stepping on board an open port nnle near
The, main chains caught his eye, aud on
looking into il he perceived man reclining
back on achair, with wiring materials ON
table before him but the leeblenesI Of
The light made every Thing very indlsluct
The party went upon deck, aud having
\ removed tho halchway, which they found
closed, they descended 10 the cabin
They first came TO the apartment; which
Capt. Warren viewed through .he port
hole. A ,remor seized him as he entered
S ii. Its inmate retained his former position,
Z and seemed to be in sensible to strangers.
= He was found to be corpse, and green
damp mould had covered his cheeks and
forehead, aud yelled his open-balls. Tie
had pen in his hand, aud log book lay
before him, the last sentence in whose
unfinished page ran thus ;-"Nov Ia,
1862. We.have now beenonclosed IN ice
IL days. The FIRE went out yesterday,
and our master has been trying ever since
to kindle il again, without success. His
!. wife died This morning.-Thereis no re-
lief
Captain Warren aud his seamen hurried
from the spot without ut,ering word
e On entering the principal cabin, the llrs
object that attracted their attention was the
dead body Of a female reelnios on bee
in al, altitude Of deep interest and anen.
lion. Her countspance retained the fresh
ness oflife, but a conraclion Of The lliphs
showed that her form was inanimate
Seated on the floor was a corpse Of az
g. apparently young man, holding steel If
% une hand and a flint in The ohor, as il u
& The act Of striking Gye upon some l'nde
whichIay beside hilna lnthe lore part a9. Q
The vessel, several sailors were found ly'nt
dead in their berths, and the body OF !;
hoy was csouche.i "a. the bottom oil lh'
saneway stairs. Neither provisions no
s. fuel could tba discovered any where, ou