The Nevada journal., 1851-11-27
of ice varied from three to eight feet

of ice varied from three to eight fee
in thickness.
Nor was this situation of peril ant
awe without its attractions. Auroras
Parhelia-(mock suns) and moc,
moons, of the most vivid lustre sue.
ceeded one another without intermis.
sion, and as day approached, the twi-
lights, streaking the northern horizon,
were vividly beautiful. At length
the god Of day showed his golden face
(l8th February, and was hailed with
three hearty American cheers. Ora
dually his influence was felt, and the
waxenlike color Of the complexion,
which the long night had superinduced,
gsve place TO freckles and tan. The
disease, too, quickly disappeared.
On the 18th Of May the Rescue wa,
re- occupied.
The disruption of the ice was sudden
and appalling. In twenty minutes
from its first moving, the vast field, as
far AZ the eye could reach, became one
mass of moving foes, and the expe-
dition once more drifted southwark.
by continued providential assistance
it passed the perils Of Lancaster Sound
and Bafiin's Bay, and on the 10th of
June emerged into open water, lat
65 30' N, little south of the Arctic
circle, being thus released from an i'm
prisonment of nearly nine months,
during which they helplessly drilled
1860 miles. While in Lancaster
Sound the roar of the rolling water
and tnmbling ice exceeded all earthly
tumult, and was sometimes so loud and
stunning as to render both voice and
hearing useless.
Capt. De Haven's first care on his
escape was TO repair damages and re-
store the health and vigor Of the crews.
With that object he visited Greenland,
where he refitted. After short de-
lay, with unabated courage and un-
finching purpose he once more bore
nothward. On the 9Th Of July the
expedition spoke some whalcrs, and
on the 9Th passed the whaling feet by |
the Dutch Islands, there arrested by |
the ice. By the llth, the expedition
reached Baffin's Island, and entered
through vast masses of loose ice. Here
the Prince Albert joined. They con-
tinued in company till August Sd,
warping through the ice, when the
Prince determined to try the southern
passage. De Haven persevered in
his course until the Sab, when he be-
came completely entangled in foes
and bergs. Here again the expedition
encountered perils Of the most alarm
ing kind. The floating ice broke in
the bulwarks, and covered the deck in
broken masses, like rocks tumbled pell
nell by a mountain torrent. The
more than iron endurance of the gal.
liant ships we're severely tested by the
crush Of the closing ice, but they rose
to the pressure as il defying the ele-
mental strife, bafiled its fury, and
somewhat disabled, but still without
plank yielding in any vital part, rode
safely in an open road on the 18th day
of August.
Here, finding the north and west
already closed against them, the Amer.
lean expedition set their sails -sd bore
homeward, after having dare. and
suffered and overcome difficulties and
dangers such as scarcely if ever beset
the path Of the mariner.
The Advance parted with her con-
sort, in heavy gale, off the Banks.
The latter is expected momentarily.
The Advance brings several fragments
from the encampment of Sir John
Franklin, pair of fine Esquimaux
dogs, and some articles Of curiosity.
Thus ends this noble expedition,
without discovering any satisfactory
index to the fate of Sir John Franklin;
but at the same time without any evil
dcnce to exclude further hope. Sir
John nigh, have won the point which
the Advance was baulked OF by the
fatal drift into Lancaster Sound. If
40, and it is not impossible, there is no
reason to doubt the possibility of him
self and crew surviving in those re-
gions where nature has adapted the
resources of life to the rigors Of the
climate.
The qualification of officers and crew
on once more reaching their native
land is in no small degree enhanced
by the recollection that in no scene,
no matter how trying, was trust in and
mutual love for each other interrupted
and Captain De Haven retains the
most lively recollection Of the gallant,