Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-04-08

season but the nature Of his instructions which eponed
on him not to be caught in the ice il could be avoided
during the winter induced him, September 18th 70
turn his prov homewards But he had counted without
his host grim winter Dr. Kane expresses it. followed
too close upon his heels for tho very next day the
/" American Expedition was frozen tight in the mid
channel ut the entrance of Wellington Straits Then
commenced drift norhwards bearing the explorers in
voluntarily into regions where sail had preceded them
and thus conducting them to discoveries which they may
claim their own though attained under circumstances
which do them little honor seeing that they sprang from
causes beyond their control But to refuse the Of
"Grinnell Land" assigned by Com De Haven to the
gion thus discovered, has been done by the British
geographers is alike plain violation of established
nifty and in manifest opposition to the facts Of the
The remainder Of Dr. Kanes interesting narrative, and
by far the larger part Of it. is occupied in detailing the
incidents that marked the backward and homeward drift
of the imprisoned ships For romantic adventure and
thrilling interest have rarely perused any thing moro
attractive than Dr. Knnes vivid and sprghy pages The
entertaining part Of the volume has been as yet un
touched by in this hasty notice Of its contents and
nleed II would be impossible in any abstract of ours to
convey any thing like adequate notion of the "life
and times of our voyagers during their winters bivouack
the floating foe that waiting them back again 70
Bafns Bay. We prefer to close our summary by quot
ing the following from Dr. Kanes interesting scrap
book" as he calls his journal:
| The cold came upon gradually The first thing
that really struck the freezing up of our water
casks the drip candle appearance of the bung holes and
inability to lay the tin cup down for five minutes'
pause without having it'd contents made solid. Next
came the complete inability to obtain drink without ma
nufacturing it. By the 4th Of October We
had mean temperature below Our little entering
hatchway had become 50 complete mass Of iccles that
We had to give up and resort to winter doorway
The opening of door the signal for gush Of
smoke-lke vapor every stovepipe sent out clouds OF
purple steam and mans breath looked like the firing
of pistol on small scale.
An our eatables became lsughably consolidated and
after different fashions requiring small experience be-
fore learned to manage the pecuarities of their
changed condition Thus, dried apples became one solid
breocal mass of mpacted angulostie congomerate of
sliced ohalcedony; dried peaches the same. To get
these out of the barrel the barrel out of them was
matter impossible. We found, after many trials that
the shortest and best plan to cut both fruit and
barrel by repeated blows with heavy axe, taking the
Jumps below to thaw. Saur-kraut resembled mica, or
rather tacose slate. crowbar with chseled edge ex-
racted the iamnc badly; but it perhaps the best
thing could resort to.
"Sugar formed very funny compound. Take q. s.
OF cork raspings and incorporate Herewith another
Of liquid gua percha eaoutchouc and allow to harden:
this exemporaneous formula will give you the brown su-
gar of our winter cruise Extract with the saw-noth-
ing but the saw will suit Butter and lard less changed
require heavy cold chisel and malle Their fracture
is conchoda, with h@matic ron pimpled) surface
Flour undergoes little change and molasses can
be half scooped, half cut by stiff iron ade.
"Pork and beef are specimens of Floren:ne mo-
sale, emulatng the lost art Of petrfed viscera mon
sroses at the medical schools Of Bologna and Mi
Ian crow-bar and handspkel for at 800 the axe oan
hardly chip it. barrel sawed in half and kent for two
days in the caboose house at 76o was still o. rerao
tory as flint few inches below the surface. similar
bulk OF lamp OIL denuded of the stayes stood like vel
low sands roller for gravel walk
Ices for the dessert Of course unbidden in AL
imaginable and unimaginable variety. have tried my
inventive powers some of them. A Roman punch 3
good deal stronger than the nobest Roman ever tasted
little butter and scaldng water and you have an inn
promptu strawberry ice. Many q time at those funny
little jams, that call in Philadelphia parties where
the hostess gdes with such nicey-reguatsd iu1-
ference through the complex machinery she has h at
together have thought noticed her stolen gapee Of
anxiety at the cooling doves whose 10y bosoms we're melt
ing into one upon the supper table before their time We
order these things better in the Arctic Such is the
composition and fierce quality Of ices that they
brought in served the shaft hickory broom
transhxng rod, which stirrer first and fork
afterwards SO hard is this terminating cylinder of ice
that it might serve as truncheon knock down an OK
The only difficulty is in the processes that follow It is
the work OF time and energy to impress it with the
knife and you must handle your spoon defy or it
fastens to your tongue Ono of mess was tempted
the other day by the crystal transparency cice to
break it in his mouth one piece foxe to his tongue and
two others to his ps and each carried off the skin The
thermometer was at -28o. Nv
Now let us start out upon walk clothed in well
fashioned Arctic costume The thermometer is, say
25o, not lower, and the wind blowing royal breeze,
but gently Close the lips for the first minute or two
and admit the air suspicousy through nostri and mus
tache. Presently you breathe in dry pungent, but
gracious and agreeable atmosphere. The beard eye
brow eyeashes and the downy pubescence Of the
acquire delicate white and perfectly enveloping cover
of venerable hoarost The mustache and underip form
pendulous beads of dangling ice. Put your tongue
and it instantly freezes to this icy crustng and rapid
effort and hand aid will be required to berate it.
The less you talk the better. Your chin has trick Of
freezing to your upper jaw by the utng aid Of your
beard; my eyes have often been glued show
that even wink is unsafe. As you walk on you fnd
that the Of your gun begins penetrate through
two of woollen mittcns with sensation like hot
water. nA
But have been supposing your back to the wind;
and if you good ArcticIed subject warm glow has
already been followed by profuse sweat Now turn
about and face the wind What devil of change How
the atmospheres waited off How penetratingy the
cold trickles down your neck and in at your pockets
Whew jack knife, heretofore, like Bob Sawyers apples
unpeasanty warm in the breeches pocket has changed
to something cold ice and hot fire! Make your
way back to the ship! l once caught three miles
off with freshening wind and at time feared that
would hardly the brig again. Morton, who
panied me- had his checks frozen and felt TINT lehar-
gio npmbness mentioned in the story-books"
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APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
By and UiM he aduice and consent of tie Senate
CHARLES FRAILEY of Ohio, to be principal clerk Of
public lands in the General Land Oce vice e. A. Cabe