Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-10-25


man. Active exercise also contributed il nc
small degree % re-eslablisA the health Of The ex
pediiiunlsls. considerable psn Al each dal
was spent ID cutting away Tue ice = !, allaches
itselflo The side IF the vessels, bul owing thl
n thickness ef The iie!ds--nesef less Than o. /
aet-and lheif extent reaching as flr as The eys
could see from the mast head. no attempt wa
made 10 cut passage through them 70 clear wa
ter as Ross and Parry had done on preyiodsoc.
casions.
On the 5sh Of June the ice broke. bal Il wa,
five more days before they were quite clear FIRM
4 il Onihe 10th, therefore. the vessels emerged
from the ice. after having been imprisoned nine
months, or about three hundred days, without the
power TO liberase themselves. During this Time
il is calculated that they had drilled q thousand
miles, poleF driR unparalleled 10 duration, dis.
lance and exposure, and, with The exception d
that experienced BY Capt. Backe IN Hudson.
Il Bay, the only one on record.
AIler escaping from The ice, both vessels be.
i ing 10 good condition, Lieut.. De Haven deter,
mined 10 renew the attempt for the season, and
accordingly the vessels were headed up Nell
vile Bay.
On lie eleventh of LILY they bore 10 10 run
n between The Bailin's Islands. Al hall past one,
\ when nearly II mid channel, the vessels going
before The wind under al sail, the Advance
brought up on rocky shoal with but three feet
4 Of water under her bows. Al low tide, how
a ever, her stern remained aaoal. The Rescue
4 hauled BY The wind, just IN time 70 escape sim.
" liar miahnp. Finding lis vessel fast Lieut.. De
Haven ssns hanser ioa grounded berg asiern
and sndeayored 10 heaye her off butihe tide was
4 falling and all their efforts were without avail.
4 The Rescue meantime, made fast to berg near
4 BY.
A Eeiween eight o'clock P. NJ. and midnight,
Il after getting heavy strain on the berg hauser,
\ d pull was gotten on the derrick tackle, and az.
4 ter much labor the brig was launched Off the
X shual. Throughout The day large foes Of ice
were seen dfiilingio the southwark with The
i tide.
From BaiTin's Island the vessels conliLued
! working 10 the noflhwafd IN company, wheney-
j N the ice and weather wpnId permit, On the
y 9th NJ July. however when they were IN Dew.
! il's Thumb, they were brought % i complete
stand still by the impeneirable and compact ma
tufe Of the Ice. From that date until the 18th
4 Of August last, they were unable 10 make any
progress Il all--certainly they did not proceed
half mile despite their most strenuous efforts 10
that end. During this period, Tie briggs were
surrounded BY Tho most magnificent iccbesgs,
4 which we're more numerous than during any 9th
er part ofihe cruise. Some ofthese bergs we're
over two hundred feet high, Of the most romans
tic and sublime shapes and glitering with oil
| the most brilliant hUes Of The rainbow. Dnihs
IlSlhof August. however, after great exerlions
oil the part oflhe crews, The vessels were hauled
into clear water 10 The Soulhwardan Eastward,
when HE North wind, which was blowing ffcsh.
soon placed them out d all danger from the Ice.
The season now being so far advanced that,
taking the nature Of the ice into consideration,
twas considered impracicahc toprosecue the
search lor another season. and, IN accordance
with the opinion 81 his officers, and THE The tenor
of Bis instructions, Lieut.. De Haven determined
to return and winter al New York. Accordingly,
ON The 9Th inst, The briggs we're headed home
wards, and aherIeffesbing al some The Green
land ports, they proceeded on their voyage with
lho incident worth mentioning until The | 9Th inst
whcnthe advance lost sight Of HE Rescue Ia d
gale of wind. Its supposed however, BY The
officers ofihe Advance that their comrades can
mol befS behind them, and their arrival may be
hourly expected.
We understand that 4 gentlemen on board ihe
Rescue has prepared an elaborate narrative Of
The cruise, which will be Published Immediately
on The arrival oI lhe vessel.
Il appears that during the whole period The
briggs were cfuisingHintbe Arctic regions, they
met with no harboT Of any security. Had any
such hafbor been found II was the intention az