The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-11-10

4 AHs1ee.tHy HeTFdHVe---Ihe BondUn Times
TOT the eth publishes the dispatches from
Commodore Mcclure, to the British Admi-
1rality, relatiye 10 the discovery OF the North
\ West Passage, to which cursory reference
was made by the previous steamer. These
tdespatches are very numerous and very vol
luminous We present below their most In
teresting and important features. The
4 great point settled by Commodore Mcclure
Is this-he has managed to force his ship,
the investigator, far enough through the
icy mountains OF Behring's Straits, To a
point from which she could communicate
with others " hich had entered the Arctic
Seas by the Atlantic passage. II is we'll TO
note tais fact, particularly the impression
having been created that the Investigator
had sailed from ocean to ocean, which is not
fthe case just yet but it viii be seen, by
Com. McClnre's despatch below, that he
has no doubt he will be able to make pas
EsageA to England now, through Davis
Straits. Practically. therefore, he Is entiil
ledto the credit OF ha wing accomplished the
voyage from ocean to ocean, @
The Investigator, while forcing her way
through Barrows Straits (Sept. gath, lS52,)
1 from the west, was run ashore, the Comma-
dore making his winter quarters therein
the Bay of Mercy. Wegive 6elo,o an inter
esting ertrdct. And it is from that point be
1t remembered, that he now writes. Com.
Mcclure is sanguine of returning home to
England,by way of Bafiin's Bay In 1854. -
Portions of the dispatches are exceedingly
interesting.
There are two remarkable. discoveries
mentioned in Captain McClure's Journal.
viz: Some smoking hillocks and a peiriAed
forest. He also states that during bis inter
course with the natives he only once met
with any hostile demonstrations. This oc-
CURED at Port Warren, near the Mackenzie,
where, on attempting to land, two natives
with threatening gestures warned them off.
II was not without much difficulty that they
were paciied and then they related that all
theirtribe. but the chief aud his sick son
! had fled on seeing the ship, alleging as a
reason that they feared the shiph had come
torevenge the death Of a white man they
had murdered some time ago. They (through
the interpreter) relatedthat some white men
had come there in boat, and that they built
themselves house and lived there; at last
the natives murdered one, and the others
escaped they knew not where, but the mir-
dered man was buried in spot they point.
ed out A thick fog coming On prevented
Capt. Mcclure from examining this locality,
which is much regretted,as here is the prob
able position where a boat party endeav-
ering to return by the Mackenzie would
have encamped.
Below we extract from the Commodore's
journali
"The Currents along the coasts Of the Po-
lar Sea appear to be inauencedin their di-
Irection more or less by the winds, but GER
tainly upon the west side Of Barring Island
there is a permanent set to the eastward. -
At one time we found it as much as two
knots during perfect calm; and as the flood
| tide sets from the westward we have ascef-
tanned beyond doubt, as the opportunities
affo dod during our detention along the
western shore OF this island gave ample
proof.
The prevailing winds along the America y
shore, and in the Prince of Wales Strait,
we foundto be N. f., but upon this coast
s. s. w. to N. w.
"a ship stands no chance Of getting to
the westward by entering the Polar Sea,
the water along shore being very narrow
and the wind contrary, and the park impen-.
etrable; but through Prince of Wales Strait,
aud by keeping along the American coast
conceive it practicable. Drift wood is in
great abundance upon the east coast Of
Prince Of Wales Strait, and on the Ameri-
can shore, also, much game.
"In this vicinity the hills abound in rein
deer and hares, which remain the entire
winter; we have been very fortunate in pro-
curing upwards of 1000 lbs.
"The health Of the crew has been, and
still continues, excellent, without any d.
minution of numbers, nor have we felt the
slightest trace Of the scurvy.
sit is my intention, if possible, to return
to England this season, touching at Melville
Island and Port Liverpool, but, should we
not be again heard of, in all probability we
shall have been carried into the Polar park,
or to the westward of Melville Island, in Ell
ther Of which cases any attempt to send sue
cor would only be to increase the evil, as
any ship that enters the Polar Park must
be inevitably crushed; therefore, depot Of
provisions or ship at Winter Harbor, is
the best and only certainty for the safety of
the surveying crews.
"No trace whatever has been met with,
or any Information obtained from the ma
tiv res, which could by any possibility lead to
the suppositicn that Sir. ]. Frankln's expe-
dtion, or any Of his crew, have ever reach
ed the shore we have visited or searched ,1or
have we been more fortunate with respect to
the Enterprise, not having seen her since
parting company at the Straits of Magellan
on the Gath of April, 1892 ,s
TRAGEDY AT CINcINsArf.--On Thursday
night last, while Thomas Smith, James
Freely and William Dickson, were stand
ing on the corner Of street in Cincinnati,
John Hannegan rushed out Of his house, an
with an axe, pitched into them, striking at
their heads, aud cutting them all down.
Freely had two cuts in his head, and died in
an hour OF two Smith had deep cut in
the head, considered dangerous, and Dick
son was slightly wounded Hannegan, who
escaped, mistook one Of them for a man
named Cam, whomhe had threatened.
DISCOVERY OF SILVER MINEs.--It is stat
edthat a silver mine has been recently dis
covered in Stanly county, North Carolina,
which is believed to be immensely rich.-
The vein Is said 10 be three and a half feet
wide, and has thousands Of sheets and humps
ofsilver all throughit. 1t is estimated that
the ore is worth from l,50 to SO for every
eight pounds. Messrs. H. Crosby. Stuart
& Co., have purchased the mine, and will
proceed very soon to develope its wealth.
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SUR FOR DAMAGES. Kendall, post
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