New-York daily tribune., 1851-10-01

ultimate limit Of their Western progress
From this they set sail on the 18th with the
intention of returning to the nl,ed States.
but were locked in, near the mouth of Wei
lnpton's Channel. Here commenced those
perllouS adventures, anything con parable
to hi 1t, were never encountered anc sur
yiyed b, force of H.. rorthcrn iceIriit
the, were hclrlc,sly trlitcd to - - y
lat, and thence criitod again .atn Lancaster
Sound, somewhat, We >hould say. n
sou-h-castcrly direction. The asi.l-
ton OF the ice elevated the advance
nearly seven feet by the stern and
keeled her = feet 5 inches ~tarhoard. In
this position she remained. with some
slight changes, for five consecutive
months. And while IN 1t the depth Of WIN
ter closed It's frozen terrors around the eN-
petition. The polar night fell upon them,
and for eighty days no ray Of solar light
broke upon them. The thermometer
(Fahrenheit) ranged 10 degrees below
zero, aud sometimes Sauk to l6 Early III
this awful night. (November 9TH the Res
cue was abandoned, for the purpose of
economzing the fuel, ard the crews of both
vessels determined to brave their fate to-
9ether. They every moment expected the
embracing ice would crush the vessel to
atoms. and consequently stood prepared,
sleeping in their clothes with knapsacks on
,helr backs. to try chances on the ice. mid
storm. and terror. and night For this ter
rble trlal they had made every prepara-
ton. had provision Iedged and every thing
in readiness which might he useful for
such a Journey They were then 30 miles
from land. and 30 certainly did they expect
that they should make this alarming trial
that on two occasions, (~th December and
23d JaBuary.) the boats were actually low
cred and the crews assembled on the ice 10
await the catastrophe.
During this period the scurvy became
epidemic. and assumed an alarming .charac-
ter Its progress defed all the usual rem
edes. and only three men escaped the at
tack. Capt. De Haven was himself the
greatest sufferer. The constant use Of
fresh water obtained from melted ice, active
mental and physical eyertlon, and the care
of Divine Providence. arrested any fatal
result and the disease Welded to a
beverage composed of a sort of apple tea
and lemon lulcc After entering Batlin's
Bav, Jan. l3, the ice became fixed, and the
little expedition became stationary and fast
in the midst OF vast plain OF ice. 80 miles
from auy land. The stores, materials and
cordage we're slowed away IN snow-hOuses
erected on the ice, and sort of encamp
ment was formed with all the appearance.
if not the solidlty, of terra hrma. The
tables of ice varied from three to eight
feet in thickness.
Nor was this situation of peril and awe
without It's attractions. Auroras Parhclia-
(mock suns) and mock moons, OF the most
vivid luster succeeded one another without
intcimission. aId as day approached, the
twiiahts. streaking the northern horizon.
were vlvidy beautiful. AT length the God
of Dav showed his golden face NSth Feb }
and was hailed with three hearty American
cheers Gradually his influence was felt,
and the waXen-l like colcr OF the complexion,
which the long night had >uperinduced, gave
place to freckles and tan. The disease,
too, quickly disappeared.
On the 18th of Nav the Rescue was re-
occupied.
The disruption of the Ice was sudden and
appalling In twenty minutes from Its first
moving the vast field, as far as the eye
could reach, became one mass of moving
foes. and the expedition once more drlfted
southwark BY continued providential
assistance it passed the perils of Lancaste
Sound and Baffns Bay, aud on the 10th Of.
June emerged into open water, lat. $50 3V
~, a little south of the Arctic circle, be-
ing thus released from an imprisonment OF
neatly nine months, during which they help
lessly drifted ,O6O miles While in Lam
caster Sound the roar of the rolling water
and tumbling ice exceeded all earthly tu-
mutt. and was sometimes so loud and stun
ming as to render both voice and hearing
useless.
Capt De Haven's first care on his escape
was to repair damages and restore the
health and ,gor of the crews. With that
object he visited Greenland. where he rent
ted After short delay, with unabated
couraoe and unflinchin purpose ne once