New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-08
INTERESTING NARRATIVE.
-. sn,v.ou of the Arctic Expedition.
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So -. 90 observe the name ot Surgeon ELISHA ~
80 son of Hoa. JOHS X KANE, ofthis cry, who
--l,n,eered for the service, and u no" Polnc'pM
c~-geon N the Expedition We saFthe announce
80, of his name among the officers WIN surprise.
u hes long been suffering from c0m)lnanon OF
s.;,;o. The result Of q series Of adventures such
- e., IN living have undergone, and sach as
.H C.,Ver would voluntarily embark IA ont OF pure
49, M danger and the spirit OF seeing me wonders
81 the ueculiarities OF Othe- parts OF The g0oe -
u,vipg epioyed the acquaintance Of this brave
voppe man, we are able 70 state what ijBoNs oi
IL career even If we should use that winch was
communicated n us ia sepicouh'enuh intervals
No American of bis age, he's ever seen 20 much 81
tbe neril, OF the word Or ~ the world Itself He
<xas Surgeon o. the American Legation % CHINA :
ana on he way 10 the Celestial regions he spent
~ome weeks on io0'tremp through tho orange
groves Of Brazil, and abiot month IN tiger han'
fns near Bombay. Hence o'tsra dozen n IS
ful attempts % snnrgle h'ms9h m t.e .'o.iiel
lands Of China be went over u the RhllP'nes va
BY the aid Of the good Monks Of the interior VI ~ 4
niua expo Cd its Businesses ard volcanic "oiuer''
he was the first man 70 descend into inc gesas c,a
Ter of the Tael lowered down IVY iees IL suS
brink by bamboo rope tied rouna iis lu'Iu'T ~
brought back a bottlef1l OF US suiphur ~;
inc oH his boots ia the lava cinders Leaving On',
20 - 90 second visit IN which he encountered
.h?owreck. he passed TO India as physician OF the
D,dnendhar Dagore, and was palanquned Tor
some three months through the wonders Oh us
mountain architecture, the ancient gorles OF candy,
The stupendous passes OF the Chant country, VISIT
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have read Of in the trial OF WARREN HAsTINGs.-
Next to Upper Egypt and Abyssinia, crossing the
5esert ON bis camel TO the basis Of Jupiter Ammon
climbing at break-neck risk 70 the top stone OF tne
sounding Colossus of Memoon, and exploring the
tombs of the Pharaohs for fortnight or three weeks
with Professor LEPsIUs and his associatesI
Wrecked again while passing down the ME-, and
wounded ia an encounter near Alexandra, ne
pusbed across to Greece and traversed every scene
~ classic interest, climbing 70 the hlPpocrene
Spring, and sleeping on the shore oil Maratnon'-
He returned by Italy, France and England, only 10
yest few weeks before a cruise on the Coast oil
Africa. Renewing here some acquaintance which
ba, been formed in Brazil, he was allowed to In.
.nect the entire machinery OF the Slave Trade, aud
ta mas M into the interior under the frmdR OF De-
IouzA, the great Intermediary between the Chleis
of the sIsve-making Districts and the Brazilian
carriers The coast fever was his pay Tor this trip,
and he was sent home by Commodore READ, in
yalided. Imperfectly patched up from the effects
of this visitation he volunteered for service with
The army in Mexico. and was ordered with dis
patches, on q daredevil race, through the country
our troops bad left, to Overtake Gen SCOTT. Avail
Epg himself at Perote of miscreant escort of Jail
birds, that Gen. WORTH had emoloyed as spy
company, no got into a series Of fights, in the last
jpf which he received the swords OF Gen. GAoNA and
IGen. ToRREJoN, and had his horse killed under
him. and as himself desperately wounded, while
protecting the lives of his prisoners against his
bwn men. Since then he has been cruiZing, and
practising hydropathy on the coast survey, up to
fhe moment Of receiving his telegraphic dispatch,
accepting his urgent proer Of services for the Arc
bic Expedition He had the rice lever In the Can
Ion river the plague in Egypt, the yellow fever at
Rio. tho congestve at Puebls, aud the African fe
yer on the coast These, and wounds, and an or
ganic disease of the heart, which he has had from
boz hood have been his preparations for the hazards
be is encountering now. m
Altogether bis history is eventful and thrilling
for SO young man. and induces us cordially TO
hope that he may return from his last adventure
apr;th navv honors and a restored constitution.