The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-02-05
THE FROZEN SNIP.


walls respecting The fais of Sir Juhr Frank
lin, every ;hiug relating 10 the polnt tegrrs
is Of interest. The following sketch As one
of the most thrilling we have ever read,
which is eyIraeied by tie Philadelphia Lsdg
er frum the Westminster Review:
One serene evening III tho middle OF Au-
gust. l775,. Capt. Warfens, the nlasler oI
the Gfeenland whaeship, found himself be-
icslmed aiming an immense number Of ices
bergs, 10 about a. deg. north litnude. Ol
one side, aud within mile Of his vessel
lhcse were closely wedged iogeiher, and 4
succession Of snow-culored peaks, Appeared
behind each orher as far-ps the eye could
Fehch, showing that The ocean was complete
iy blocked up in that quarter. and that II hao
probably been so for a long period Of Time.
Capt. Wauehs did not fee altogether satisi
ted with his situation; but there being no
wind he could uOi move one way or the 9th
er, mud he therefore kept strict watch
knowing that he would be safe rs long as the
iicebergs conlinued in lheT respective places.
About midnight the wind rose to gale.
accompanied by thick showers Of snow, Will 9
IA succession ofiremendOus laundering, grind
ing and crashing noises gave fearful eVidenGe
that The ice was in motion The vessel re
Iceired violent shocks every .monent; ior the
lhnziness The atmosphere prevented riinse
on board from discovering 10 what direction
the open wafer lay, or llhere actually was
amy at al! on either side of them The night
was spent in lacking as often as any cause
of danger happened to ptesenl itself, and in
the morning the Storm abaled, aud Capt.
Whrreos Iouud TO his great jiy that his ship
had not sustained any serious injury. He
remarked will surprise, that The accumua-
ted icebeigs which had on the proceeding
evening, formed an impene,table barrier
had been separated and dsananged by he
wind, and in one place canal Of open sea
wound its course among them as ar as The
eye could discern.
Il wOs two miles beyond the entrance oI
! Ibis canal thai n ship made its appearance
about noon. The sun shone brightly al the
time, aud a genie breeze blew from the
north. Al first some intervening Icebergs
prevented Capt. Warren from distinctly see
ing any Thing but her mast; but he wns struck
with the strange manner in which her sails
weie disposed, and with lhe dismnntled as
! pecl of her Yards and rigging. She conIin.
ued TO go before the ~iud lor few farlongs,
aud then grounding upon The low iceDergs,
remained moionl"ss. "a tI Ae. st
| CapI. Warfen's curiosity was So much ex'
cited that he immediately leaped into his
boat with several seamen, and r0wed towards
her, On approaching ho observed that her
hull was miserabIy weather beaten and moi
soul appeared OH the deck, which was COW
cred with snow 10 d considerable depth
He hailed hef crew several tunes, but no
answer was returned. Previous 10 stepping
on board, an open pnIt-hole near the maln
chains caught his eye, aud on looking inlo
1t, he perceived man reclinng back on o
chair, with wr;llng materials on a table be-
fore him, bur the Ieebleness Of The light mldr
every hing iudstrpct. The party went up,
on deck, and having removed The halchway.
which they found closed, they 6rsce ndeG Il
The cabin. They frs. came to the aparlmen
which Capt. Warens viewed through III,
porI-hoe. A tremnr seized him as he en-
tered il. lis inmate retained his former po
sitlon, and seemed TO be insensble 10 stran-
green damp mould had covered his cheeks
aud itrehevd and yelled his open eye balls
lie hnn pen in his hand, and log book
lay before him, the last sentence in whose
un6u shed pago ran thus: "November l4ih
1862. We have now been enclosed in the
ice seventeen days. The fire went out yes
ierdny aud our master has been trying ever
since to kindle Iagan Without suecess.--
His wife dIed this morning. There is no.
relief"
Capt. Warren and his seamen hurried
from The spot without uIletug word. On
eHteilng the principal cabin, The first ohi5ci
that attracted their attention. was the dead
budy Oft female reclining on bed IN an at
tlade of deep interest and attention. Her
cOnneneuce retained the frcshneess Of lie,
aud contraction of her limbs showed That
her form was Illuminate. Seated on the flonr
was she corpse of an apparently young man,
holding n sleel in one hand and afliut in'tle
ahef, as ii in the act of striking fire upon
some linder which lay beside him. In tho
tore part of the vessel several sailors were
found lying dead IN their births, aud the body
Of Il boy was cronched az the bottom Of the
gangway stairs, Neither provisions uor fuel
cnnld be discovered anywhere, but Capt.
Warren was prevented by The supe,sllious
prejndices OF his seamen, from examining
the vessel as minulely rs he wished TO have
done. He therefore carried away the / e..
book, already mentioned, and returned vol
his own ship, aud Immediately sieefed TO the
southwark, deeply impressed with I've awful
exampe which he had just Witnessed af the
danger oi navigating the Polar seas in high
northern lalitudcs
On returning TO England he made various
inquiries respecting vessels lha had dlsnpsI
peaied in all unknown way, and by coppar
ing the results OF those with information
which was offered by the written documents
ID lis possession, he asceraned The name
and history Of The imprisoned slip and berI
unfortunate 10 ,sler, and found tent size had
been frozen thirteen years previous to the
time Of his discovering heramoug the ice.
THE CUBA AFFAIR. The ;rial ofsGen.
for being concerned IN the Cuba
expedition, winch has been progressing a.
New Orleans for some time, has revealed
some rich disclosures. Several witnesses
testified ilat they were engaged by Captain
Hsfdee, al Cneihnnti, 10 60 to Chagfes ond
calfornia 10 work q qunrlz mine The FIST
they had Of Tho real object Of The
expedition was when they arrived at The
outside ofthe Balize and took on board arms
and ammunition. Sse,e on board Inc vessel
expressed themselves dissatisfied and wish.I
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