The New York herald., 1851-11-30

Lieut. Cooper and Dr. Simpson, Of Il. n. ship Plover
which vessel had returned TO Port Clarsnce, fom her
expedition, having been unable to penetrate
farther north than seveayons egrses-bsDg three de-
grses short Of their excursion last year. The Plo-
vers conso had not returned to her winter quarters
the sailing Of the Dedalus no vestige Of the expedition
Of 6k joan Franklin discovered; and k u the
OpssUrsrs IN the pDds"s H. i. tSsr s
find traces Leading 10 the discovery Of the Arctic voy
ayers win prove utterly fruitless
Her B. MS ship edsius, Capt O. g. Wellesley, nom
Port Clarence, Behring's Straits Oct l. arrived In
DdsIus was despatched from Valparaiso last spring TO
visit the provision which Is kept 1t Port Clarence
depot and point Of suesor in case either sir John
him should be obliged to quit their ships and take to
their boats. The Dedaus arrived ct the edge of the
ice (which then close TO st. Lawrence Issnd) in
the middle Of June, when she fell In with large fleet
of whaers principally Americans, waiting for OPEN
Ing to proceed northward There had been but little
bers Of them had been In the Arctic in the
early part of the Most OF the ships had gone
passed the straits for the south before the Dedalus
sailed The summer season Is later than usual the first
snow having fallen on the lst Of October the day the
Dedalus sailed from Port Clarence =.
Nothing had been seen or heard Of the unfortunate
Franklin's expedition The Advance and Rescue had
Capt W. reports large quantities Of ice in the Straits
and a. one time in
danger of being foundersd shsis ne vessel mounting
Capt reports hearing Of the loss of ship Globe of
New Bedford on East Cape, about 10th Aug Also the
ships Amity and New Hiberns, Of New Bedford time
others which have been before reported psrshp Nile,
at this port.
The Great Foot Race in San Francisco.
[From the Alta Cslifornis, Nov.
The great foot between Gildersleeve and Peck
came oil yesterday the Pioneer Course. There
thoueand citizens the
Of speed The distance to be was twenty miles and
the Of the race were that the man who should
hold out longest should take the purse and should both
complete the twenty miles, the FIRST in should Of
course be the winner. A nigh wind was blowing and
was dressed in tghts shoes and stockings and scun
cap. Peck had also silk shirt fitting closely to his
skin The stake for 81 0e0 side The judges were
upon the the track
best to witness the and at the tap Of drum
the spraDg of in the best Of spirits They made
the first heat In min keeping breast and breast all
the way The odds however In favor Of Glider
sleeve On the second round the latter began to show
bis speed, coming in little ahead On the third heat
and the mile in eleven seconds less than each had
made the first Gildereeeve perceiynS this increased
speed and absolutely increased the distance between
himself and opponent. Nor on the fourth mile did he
slaok down, but kept up the same rate of running
stspdpg bis trial en- the third heat to gain the lost
ground he actually falling fur ther behind began
to lag on the fourth making 1t in min 81 sec From
this time Guderseeve gained on him. and when Peck
had run twelve miles he had run thirteen. When the
two msn came together after G.. had gained the mile
ahead they along breast and breast they nodded
famiary and pleasantly to each other and were both
in the Of spirits The side bets thousand 20
i've hundred Gidersleeve.
At about the tenth mile, few were driving arornd
ths in their buggie following 0ildersesve, when
the requested them to stop it threw dust in his
face and impeded him At the end Of the sixteenth
mile Peek ran from the track, giving up the race Gil
ders,eeve appeared almost ss fresh when he had run
bis teventeenth heat when he started As arznner
be u much more elastic aud graceful than Peck
We have been kindly furnished by one OF the Judges
with the following table Of the time made