The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-17
The American Arctic Expedition.

GREss OF THE VOYAGE
We are indebted 10 a gentleman Of this city for
the Of the following interesting letter from his
brother, one Of the officers Of the American Explo-
ring Expedition in search Of Sir John Franklin -
MN u 8. BH,o ADVANCE, June a. 1864. }
| Whalefsh Island. Western Coast of Greenland
| Lat 6s 80 N, lon 50 IL w.
We arrived here, my dear joe this morning AT 9
o'clock, after a passage Of thirty-two days, from
New York, which was rather long one, owing
TO the unfavorable winds we had
| On our arrival here, we found English bark
at anchor she is store ship, having brought stores
and coal out for the squadron, which, by the way,
sailed from here yesterday, consisting of two barks
| Of about 300 tons each, carrying sixty men, and
two steamers of about 100 tons each, with from
forty to fifty men; they all bound in search Of
| Sir John Franklin. The bark sails in about a
week for England, which will give us all fine
| opportunity TO write, the only one | am afraid
| shall have for some time to cone. We have been
very fortunate in sending letters thus far, for ]
| boarded a vessel oil Newfoundland, bound in to St.
| Johns, about the LIST Of this mouth. We all sent
letters by her, mine, presume, You have received
| long before this. They went from st. Johns, by
steamer, to Halifax. and from there to the United
| States.
will try to relate events they happened after
| leaving you, bound to New York, in the noble
stesm-tug Nahsnteaw. We kept company with the
Reese, by keeping under short sail, until the 10Th
ult, when fading il impossible for her to keep up,
we made sail and lost sight of her in few hours.
| The first iceberg We saw was Off the s. l.. coast
Of Newfoundland beng the fret one ever saw,
! thought il was an enormous limp of ice, but
| have come 10 the SAGE conclusion since, that IL
WIS mere speck, for have seen them since from
100 TO 200 feet high, and large in proportions just
think what an enormous mass OF ice there must be
in Of these cebergs, for the estimate" believe,
10 about one niaih above water. making some OF
them from 1900 TO 800 feet from top TO bottom.
The bergs We saw of Newfoundland, are from the
breaking up Of the ice last year, taking them
year To get down that far; they are mostly near
shore the largest ones get aground, where they
are hard and fast, and gradually melt away, which
takes old sol sume time To 90. OuT days, after
| leaving New York, gradually grew longer until
the 10Th Of this month, Tin TO deg 90 aim. n lat D.
WHEN we could really say we had constant day,
| 20 much so, that We were able to steer without
| hRh,ing the binnaclr lamp, thing never saw be-
foir; but Low We have sun shine the whole twra-
4 iy-iour hours. Rather odd thar; We have not got
used to Il Yet, and hardly kpuw whrn turning ~
time comes You have no idea how strange il 4p
peSrs 10 come on deck at mi'loght Tor rather what
/ ought 10 be- midDiPhO aud had IL broad day light,
with the sun up. We still discriminate twelve
hours from The other, by calling them nighi and Day,
| and Try aud appropriate the part we ctu Dignt for
slerpng, or rather portion Of It. The boot, how
ever, by October, Will be- on the other leg, when
We thsll have all night; then we shal have 90
make Jack Bunsby . Traverse, TO make day out of
. portion Of IL. After l.aving the coast OF New
iobndiand, We fell IN with ice until
about TO make the coat OF Greenland. when We
found the icrb-Tgs IN great Numbers. We made \
GHenldnd The 2lst, and We all came 20 th- con
ciusiOn that II wac called by that name account
OF It's rot having green sVot on a., tor II certainly
10 The nost dismal, rocky, BARN country, ever
fsw or ever expect Ia see. THIS Eiornlng we met
20 many and such lsTgc hcrgs, thai We had 10 keep
sirict watch TO steer clear ut them; however, we
managed succcstfully, end came booming into
the baibor a. " hslei.h Island, with tine breeze,
End anchored ~ 9 n'cuck. or all the miserable
holes In he world, II takes the lead lrxpPcted to
Ind something of "A town. and WHEN VIZ cam. IN
atEed wh.re u wss, for could ~, NOV. J was
shown two fhantirs and half dnZ"u E-q1imsuI
nuo hus. Well, there! ret light down sbt laugh
ed. In enc Of the rhtnn.s thu Governor hves; he
~ Dane, cent out here by government, a. u hind
OF n m ssionsry, &c he cninr bosrd ship tbs
aitt moon bid sesfned TO enjoy our liquor aud good
tbmss with relish.
The Esluimsux st- thr most ugly, Rrersy look-
ing curs ever saw In-n, wuuieS aud chl lfrn, all
dirss sikr, IN zeal, Inns. Their dress ia a short
Jumper, with "a hood to u fur q cap, ptnts coming
Down 10 the calves " their lrgS, with boots TO
meet; all made OF sealskn, with the hair GA; We
sir I'll gong TO get cut b~'or~ wee leave j
bought me pair 81 .csi.kin stock n.y., winch are
very nice ana warm, the 'nly ohJ~ciun 10 tn M -.
that ihty are not pfcpsrly cured 11mnffuw the
doctor and str gong Go Luseiy, email to~n o0
the leland Of Deco, shout ~ enty five. mites from
here, 10 Sc what iniot nt'iun aud trays ~ eau
Iirk up. 2Ith arrived y lev hours since from
Lwty, eii,r pssagr OF Xix hours % our
arrival, | found the Ec,euc had arrived, AID
that We ssil to-nOfTOw morning Therefore, as
" 10 lsie a. night, 4 ] have more than ! c,n
Go bsfore we ssil, ~riiing, Ne, ! shall have
To bling this scrawlio closr. A. Lui,ly we tpuod
rsih.r mote of q town than stthrr- islands There
ere shout fourteen Danes living 'her-, aud hun
died Etquimanr We wrr- u~st.d with he great
er hndness ny the nspectoral Luiri,. ~ho - kiad
Of rovrf I,Hsisi of Ill ihese IslHnd, aud one OF
the inject f-liuws ever rs~ The principal thug
wtni sf',r Serl-kin coihiug for the officers
and nssn. We succr,dsd ~ getting about hf v dol
lsts worth, or about dokru su,is. have a hue
cost msde ~ young derrskiu. psir Of pants Of
teslskb. stockings % tie san,-. and large boots
made of Esqutfnauv Digs sktn | thisk my
ChsDoee 81 kc,arg warm sr- very good dnn't
,oU The iaspector at Luiely, who his been ont
here four years, told ue that vs would net feel the
cold ~ much II twenty drrtr-s h, lo here No
W. woOld NJ tive or "a drRres vi bome, owing To
h. g'cs dryBess Of the climate Tn. io-pcctuf Mr..
Cnhs, is gong home 10 Drnm~ik TO remain this
SINNER, md shsp we csfn- way h. gave vs. every
pair 81 pants be bad ~ s-alskin, escep the pair h.
had on and mo,t all 81 hs coats. saying lie could
GIT niore wh,n be returned Ven wi not tnd
m'ny men thsi viii give. you III their paots excerpt
tbr Iaif they hive On. lie IL uuup
Try sna LEI you know Whist roui. We are
gong 10 tate sfier leaving here We expect to go
to piece called UpIen,s,it, about two huedsed
mirs from here from There W. W. 10 Melville lisy,
thence stioss to Lancaster sound, TO Cage Walk.
~; fTHm Cage Walker we shall try 10 Got ~ 10
Melville Island. and ~ much further - se can
We,slsct 10 WINTER ut Melville lss but that Of
c'vrsr will dryshd very much circnms tan~es
shal have 10 come TO clo-s. Ne I, ~ .fler IA r.
NJ, snd hsvr much TO DO. This ~ the last oppor-
inbip W shsll have Of wiring tr k'na time. IN
lsss We have the good lock To- f-ll IN With whaler
besid .iher hou'~ CT 10 England
rvur ever sii~c'ienaI. brother,
w . LovuA.