Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-12
the Csps, with the American brig Advance, nearly
the iccbegs aground and the Prince Albert to the rich

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while the Advance is represented quite among the cebergs
aground broadsds the Shore she is
on the outside Of small iceberg the other she is placed
on the shore side Of large that appears to the
greater part of her up the masthead But both agree
to the Prince Albert In each she heads the west and i
south Of the point of Cape Riley that is she represented
as on her outward voyage with the Advance aground
distance ahead of her the north of Cape
giving to the Prince Albert the appearance of going her
assistance relief while, had the "pan aEd view y
given the positions Of both vessels correctly with the Prince
Aoer south of Cape Riley and heading the east, glance
would have detected the misrepresentation Of Capt Fosyh
Every one would have that the Advance ork
Tag over 10 Cape Hoham but ef aground by Capt.
osyn wnen he ran back Prince Regents Inlet" be-
season was fast approaching when the ice begins
In hs several letters Mr. Snow appears extremely anxious
70 any aPprehensons that might be entertained here for
ne saey o. the Advance His anxiety on this point shows
how long the had been ashore nor what was ha
state oi me de when she grounded 1t was near low tide
when she ed ashore the tide was then rising there
coei oe no aoaot sne was soon got off, But be does
ne effects OF either wind tide helping or retar
ing the efforts OF the crew Of the Advance in their labors at
the windlass
The plain common admirers Of Mr. Snow will regret
the evy Of his remark that the Advance us touched and
was bounding off when be left her. He had seen her
at least hour, and probably hours This did not
look like bounding off" when she ssjus touched" Thew
will also regret his want Of accuracy Of recollection as to bis
reason Tor mentioning the circumstance at all It would
probably never have been mentioned by had appeared
10 my captains official report" In Capt Forsyths report
there is allusion to it.
There is another for regret The uncertainty which
Mr. Snow has thrown around the Advance he has also
tended to the Rescue In his FIRST he gives the
position Of the vessels, as be them the 25h
Of August
The Assistance as near as possible within Cape Ho,bam.
Pennys two ships, the Lady Franklin and Sophia, in
mid channels the American brganne Rescue close be-
set with ice near Cape Bowden."
In thefrst of the letters Mr.. Grnne before cited Mr.
2rar - Ioon L-sl-r 49,
the Rescue Fl
81 had the pleasure Of meeting 1.-THE Advance, all WELL in
Banow's Strait, off Prince Regents Inlet. The Rescue
afterwards saw, al! well, in Wellington Channel"
But in his printed Journal Mr. Snow after describing the
position of the other vessels the 25th OF August says
"Nearer in the eastern shore the Rescue with the
American coors flying, apparently, as our icemaer affirm
! ed, beset."
MIR. Snow avoids saying what point the eastern shore
the Rescue in to- He might have named Cape
Riley, Beechy Island Cape Spencer Cape Inne Cape
Bowde He had already named Cape Bowdsn in his
Of the I'd of October but here he evidently intends
convey the idea that she ssnear Cape Bowden"
The discrepancies Of Mr. Snow may, however be account.
ed for without directly impeaching his veraciy He ap
pears to be without envy jealousy hatred, malice.
He not unwilling TO do justice to officer flag Of
another nation. He not officer Of the "Royal navy
was ne influenced by the spirit that controls
the London United Service Magazine" He was beth
| seaman and gentleman
With Captain Forsyth it was quite otherwise. He
Of class where each is taught envy and jealousy at
least Of all that American whether aor soldier citizen,
Government Some among them, is true, do rise above
this nanow-minded ttleness yet these exceptions very
few. Even good old Sir John Ross he pioneer and the
martyr in modern Arctic discovery with all his beray and
maniness, not an exception. While locked up in the
ice in the Gulf Of Booha, with little prospect Of relief or re-
lease, he could this professional morbdness
For the msstatemens Of Captain Forsyth there can be
other paiation What he wrote written de-
beatey He had month to prepare and revise his report
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every sentence in il. When he said that he saw "two
American brigannes working to Cape Hotham," he
knew Of them beset in the ice the eastern shore
of Wellington Channel and the other aground near Cape
Riley He knew that the commander of the vessel be lett
there aground without oer Of assistance (for Mr. Snow
particular say that his offer Of assistance made with
out his captains orders) the who less than two
days before had received him with great Kindness furnished
him with the information he desed and taken him safely
through pack of ice sush his own habitua prudence
would have kept him from entering with the Prince Albert
And yet he had the unmanns to suppress ne lacI na ne
had left the Advance aground, and the meanness to attempt
conceal this suppression by stating unuly that when he
left her she was working over to Cope Hoham
The conduct Of Commander Forsyth towards Lieut. De
Haven without precedent he could readily lind
in the service which he belonged He had only to
turn TO Captain Sir James Ross. rts4
On the fifth Of April, 1910, Captain Wilkes (whe he
was at the Bay Of Islands, New Zealand after his return from
his Antarctic cuise) letter to captain jones Ross,
giving him. with Of his discoveries, many sug-
gestions Of great him in the voyage he was entering
upon in the Southern and he sent with his letter traced
copy of his original chart made during his cruise, Of the
northern of the Antarctic continent extending from
about 1902 TO 1909 longitude On this chart Captain
Bscoe, of the English merchant service, had marked the
islands discovered by Captain Baeny in 1885, and the
land thus marked by Captain Bscoe, Captain Wilkes had
written English discoveries" ~,
Captain Ross omitted acknowledge the receipt Of .he
letter and chart from Captain Wilkes though he made Of
the information they contained He, BESIDES took advantage
of in the position assigned by Captain Biscoe to the
Baleny Islands, and by pay trick endeavored to mysy
away the good Of who had voluntarily and gener
ous rendered him SERVICE the value of which seven years
afterwards he admitted and for which be then expressed his
" deep sense Of thankfulness"
Before he left England his voyage to the South, sep
ember 3O 1885, Captain Ross informed OF the discovery
by Baeny Of the position of the land discovered
He when be looked at the chart the error Of
Captain Biscoe. This had nothing to do with the dig
of Captain Wilkes nor far he concerned
was Of the sghses consequence Yet Captain Ross should
have informed him Of it. gentleman would matter
of courtesy, have replied to bis letter. and put him
right the position of the newly islands
Captain Ross did neither He the he could make Of
Bscoes to the injury Of Captain Wilkes He could
not write Wilkes without referring this error and to
have done this would have defeated his dhonoabe purpose
Of returning evil for good This purpose as suit
able opportunity offered he endeavored to accomplish
On the return of Captain Ross to Sydney from the SOUTH
in la4i he did not venture in the reports ne circulated
and published that he had sailed open sea where
Wilkes bad marked the Antarctic continent but ne had
taken particular care the 9th Of March ls4l to sail over
the place (where he knew there land) marked
lsh discoveries the chart him BY Capt Wikes