The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-19

AMrRIcAN ATTIC EXPEDITION latest news
from Lieutenant DE Haven is derived from the
English papers which merely mention the receipt
of letter al Aberdeen, in Scotland, from the mate
Of the whale ship Alexander, of Dun lee, stating
that the two American vessels Advance and Res
cue, were west Of DEVILS Thumb, Greenland.
How far west Is not stated nor is anything said OF
the ice. The latter is dated July 25 1850. Devils
Thumb 10 situated in latitude ~ 10 longitude 81 Do
West.
This mesgre account furnishes but little informa-
tion and affords no cse 10 the probable subsequent
movements Of the vessels in their attempts to pass
the middle ice, which almost always occupies
large portion OF Bslln's Bay, stretching north and
south having on It's eastern and western sides open
wnter during summer.
Previous advices placed the expedition at the
Whale Fish Islands, latiui 6S 30 N, Longitude
So - W, on the 18th Of June last; after which
tme up the 18th of July, IL appears TO have adj
vanced toward the north about live degrees OF la
tiiBde.
With this very limited knowledge Of the progress
Of the expedition, while IL would be idle to enter
upon any siecuaons TO It's success or failure the
pStsent season, IL may yet be well to look at the
,asssees mede across Bafn's Bay, by the several
English expeditions during the las, thirty years.
The first of these expeditions, under the COM
mend Of Captain John Ross, passed DEVILS Thumb
about the 18th OF July, ISIS; it weni round
10 The north OF the HIicdle ice, and reached Ian
caster Sound, in ~ deg. , min. N, 81 deg Is MIN
W., ON the 3lst Vt August.
Captain Parry entered the middle ice on the 2lst
OF July, 1919, IN ~ deg N. latitude, and % deg.
w. lopuiuoej reached the open water on iae
2gtb, in 10 deg. 81 min N 81 deg 80 min. W.,
having crossed the ice IN Bt aTly direct western
course IN eight days.
In 1921, Parry entered the ice on the 18Th of
July, IN latitude III deg. min N % deg 10 MN
W, ard was nearly two months boring aud saw
irc through IL. lie hfsi met with Open water ON
the Oh Of September, latitude ~ deg IL mn-, Ion
giiuGe ~ deg - min.
Cal tain John kets parsed Dleck i ,i Ot,e, ",
deg. ~ min n, 81 oeg ~ min w y under all
sail, having a beautiful view at the land, on the
2sth OF July. lo:sJ. Gu the oh OF August h came
In ga u Cope Byem Martin. Possession Bay (73
deg 5. min. n ~ deg y nin. ". y bearing due
west about fourteen leagues. 10 this pass &c rom
lend 10 land across Bsilia's Bay, in eight days,
there was obstruction Whatever iFOIn the zee !;
end The water, at the lowest temperature Observed
The Tosi,ion Of Sir John Franklin, when last
heard from, July 26ih, 1871 vas Latitude ~ deg
o min north, Longitude o5deg. W wes,Ioo deg.
- fuin. Whale shrs had succeeded N clearing
the middle ice, IN latitude 20 deg. on the y OF
June Of the SEINE year, 1915.
on the 2Gh Of July, 1873. Captain Sir James
Clnfhe Ross was in latitude ~ deg n he does
not give his longitude, but remarks that he was
"tfi the Three Islands 81 BaiIin," which would
make him about - or 20 deg west. lie gained
the open water west OF the ice on the 1lth ct Al.
gusi. in latitude IS deg 80 min. ~, longitude IS
Captain Saunders, in tn store ship North Star,
! reached latitude 80 deg 20 min ", and longitude
| IS deg SO min w on the 18th Of June, 1879. A
month later he had gained but % deg Of ls,iiude,
and not quite three degrees OF longitude. Ills last
letter tn the Secretary Of the A~miraliy Is dated
! 10Th July, 1879, latitude "a deg. min. ", longi-
/ tude 20 deg 40 min w.
IL should be noticed that in all these expeditions
| the vessels were made cas- strong ~ wood snd
| iron could make them," and were fitted out with
the greatest possible as 10 provisions, clOihng
and fuel; they had strong and picked crews, and
! were commanded and navig ittd by the most ex.
perierced officers and ice msftsfs yet but two oil
| ihcm may he said TO have accomplished anything
| beyond the line treced by Batiin two hundred
years before, end refsced for the hrst inc alter
| ward, by Captain John Ross, in 1878.
The voyages 81 Parry in IS2i-'2j, and OF Sir
james Clarke Eofs in 1859, were complete
failures. From Sir John Franklin aud Captain
| Saunders no tdings have been received OF their
having succeeded in crossing BaflIo's Bay.
The success OF the American expedition VIII resi-
upon the skil, pruds nee, aud resolution OF us com
mabder, rnd the coursge and endurance OF has
| men, and not upon The strength OF his vessels or o
their crews. His little craft Is too light TO bore ID
the heavy ice, and his men too few In numt~r 70
cav passage through IL, at a moment OF peri,
whtn closely pressed.
Lieutenant De Haven's position (sboni ~ deg
| n, - deg. W. ON the 25th Of July. Is not the
| nest favorable une for reaching Wellington chan
| mel this year. Yet two Uf the expeditions which
have crossed BsfIin's Bay were near the sans
point about the same period Of the season. Captain
Parry, the wear be mrde his grest discovery, VA
"a deg. NJ, 20 deg. w, on the 2lst Of July, tsl9
and Cart. Ssr Jas. Ross was In nearly the sau,s
lsti,uJ. asd Longitude on thu 26th VI Isly, 1873
He accomplished few, " any, Of the objects fo
which the expedition was fitted ont, II 70 true bu
be reached with ease and safety his winter quarter
| IN fourteen daye les than twelve months, IN IN
harhor 81 Port Leopold, on the 1lfh OF Sept
Nottcroi Madagascar.