New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-24
An Interesting Story.

DIR. KANE, already widely known as one
of the heroes who sailed in search of Sir John
Franklin with Mr.. Grinnell's Expedition, and
who delivers this evening lecture in the Peo'
pies Course al the Tabernacle, has led life of
unexampled adventure, as the following account
of it, up to his departure upon the Arctic Expe-
dition, shows. We have not recently encoun-
tered any narrative so thrilling Why may we
not hope for a book from DR.. Kane, comprising
bis remarkable experience?
No American, of his age, has ever seen 30 much
of the perils Of the world or OF the world itself He
was Surgeon OF the American Legation to China,
and on his way to the Celestial regions, he spent
groves OF Brazil, and about month in tiger hunting
lear Bombay. Hence, after dOzeA unsuccessful
attempts to smuggle himself in the forbidden lands
Of China, he went over to the Philippines, and BY
the aid Of the good Monks of the interior Of Manl
Ia explored its fastn esses and volcanic wonders.
He was the FIRST descend into the great crater
Of the Tael lowered down two hundred feet over
the brink, by bamboo rope tied round his idle,
and brought back bottle full of its sulphur waters,
burning off his boots in the lava cinders Leaving
China after second visit, In which he encountered
shipwTeck, he passed to India as physician OF the
DremendhaI Dagore, and was palanquined for some
three months through the wonders OF its mountain
architecture the ancient gories OF Candy, the stu
pend0us passes OF the Ghaut country, visiting Ma.
dras PonoicheYry and every spot that we have read
OF in the trial of Warren Hastings Next, to Upper
Egypt. and AbyssDia, crossing the desert on his
camel to the basis OF Jupiter Ammon, climbing at
break neck risk to the tepstone Of the sounding CO.
lossus of MemnOn, and exploring the tomos OF she
Pharaohs for fortnight or three weeks, with Prof
Lepsius and his associates. Wrecked again while
passing down the Nile and wounded, in an encoun.
ter Ale xandra, he pushed across 10 Greece ana
uaversed every scene of classic interest climbing
10 the Hippocrene Spring and sleeping on the shore
at Marathon. He returned by Italy, France, ana
England, only to rest few weeks, before cruise
Oh the coast OF Africa Renewing here some acquaint-
ancss which had been formed IN Brazil. he was al
lowed TO inspect the entire machinery OF the slave
trade and TO pass up into the interior, under tue
6rraan OF Desouza, the great Intermediary between
the chiefs of the savemaking districts and the Bra
Eli carriers. The coast fever was his pay 1917
this TIP, and he was sent home by Commodore Read,
in, aided Imperfectly patched up from the effects
0t this visitation, he volunteered for service win
the amy in Mexico, and was ordered, with das-
patches on daredevil race, through the country
our troops had left to overtake Gen. Scott Avail
ing himself at Perote of miscreant escort OF jail
birds that Gen. Worth had employed as spy COM
pany he got into a series of fights, in the last OF
which he received the swords Of Gen. Ga0na ana
Gen. TOHejOn, and had his horse killed under MIN,
and was himself desperately wounded, while pro-
tecting the lives of his prisoners against his own
men. Since then he has been cruising and practic-
ment OF receiving his teeeraphc dispatch accepting
his OF services for tho Arctic Expedition
He had the rice fever in the Canton River the plague
in Egypt the yellow fever at Rio, the congeslve at
Puebla, and the African fever on the coast These,
and wounds, and an organic disease OF the heart
which he has had from boyhood have been his prep
arations for the hazards he 10 encounterlng now.