The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-28
IMPORTANT FROM THE ARCTIC REGION.


Clarence, Arctic Ocean, August o. at 8P. This shi
wiptered Por. Clarence the last winter and
cruising nearer the edge Of the ice hsn safety
justified from Point Barrow, the American side to
thsp hs yssss nor The Easrnss brns .uv
missing whale ship Monongahela Of New Bedford Capt
Troope states that the 2st Of Nay, Indians
fsed TO vsse with three mAsts (Which thsy indie sted
by holding MP three fingers, ana speaking tho word
which In their language sgnides vessel which no un
no. e
missing whaieman, and ads inquiry further /. is
barely possible they might have referred t, the Monon
gAhea. Capt Trolops expresses mach regret that hs
bad not been Of this ship being rred into the
ice, that he might have made particular inquiry
ia the arrival at Port Clarence the 2ls OF August. of
ii. b. N ship Enterprise, Captain Collinson, from h!s
Franklin. will he recollectsd that this vessel ssed
from EpgAcd in the gnd at about the same
time as the Investigator capt Mcclure that rived on
the Atlantic sds o: the continel year SINCE having
pAvgaed the northwest passage No news having been
received OF thu Enterprise almost lch anxiety
felt her safety that of her oicsrs and
for tho expedition she sent in ssarsh Of much
SIS to induce tho English governnent to station tor
Clarence ard the Plover at Point Barrow, during thu
lest winter they both arranging for their
cseding winter quarters a. the time OF her arrival at tbs
ending of which season the hsd given iers
10 abandon tbs search for them.
The Enterprise went into the arctic in the of
1851, and pissed through the Prince o: Wales Straits
but finding the se i'm practicable for hsr advaacs she
wntered the winter Of 1851 in latitude II deg IS Gu
NJ Longitude ~ deg IS min W. After misns every
Land. 90 deg n. los deg 80 min si procssdas Ga
Bay 10 deg. min N, l45 deg. 80 min.w
The ice released the vessel July 18TH 1854 whea she
Barrow until August 9TH having battling southsrly
winds and Gains Immediately her arrival at Por.
Clarence on the 2ist Augaf finding the pioIer mad
left for Point Barrow few days previous for the pur
pose o: assisting ani relieving her. hs sup
plies could bs put board from tbs R.ttlenaxs, at
o ID etc xk.r uiaA
communicate with and recall her, which duty performed
she would immediately procsed to Honskong, and the
Plover to Valparaiso whsre the latter will meet the
Rattiesnake, which leaves this port to. day.
During the three the Enterprise has been Ia the
frozen sea she has lost but three men-May Is, 1853
William Driver ships cook; Nov. "a, 1883. William
Greenaway able seaman; June 90, 1854, William Cheese
man. private marines. The commander officers and
We regret to state that information obtained Of
the fate of Sir John Franklin. The Enterprise found
Ssns nssS % Dsr Ss ra
being able toproceed farther account Of the ics went
up Waaston Strait, and there fell With traces of d.,
kaes SEARCHES II will be recollected that DR.. X. In
command Of an expedition sent oat By the Hudson Bay
Company.
patched the ice one Of which reached Melville
Islands after great hardship Ths natives met with dur
ps the voyage were Of psassae!e and kind disposition
their power.
Probably move interesting news, save information
Of Sir John Franklin could be given 10 tbs world than
the safety Of this ship Embarked errsnd OF mer.
oy which drew the attention Of almost every civilized
posed fate Of those they had proceeded 70 save Tae
news of their extrisAon will everywhere be received
List of officers o, r. B. NJ Relsf ship Rattlesnaks :
Commander, Henry Trollops; Lsutenants, acting, c.
H.ndGed, r. sharps; M,s.sr Ihos Bcad;cs; assistant
Mr.. Gilpin; Second Master, Mr. Nixon.
News from Siberia and Kamschatka
LNTFLLIGENCE FROM THE WHALING FLEET.
From the San Francisco Herald, sept. 31l
By tie schooner Eudorus, Captain Seamsa, thirty.
teIesting inteigsncs from the Northsrn Russian settle
me nts and from the immense Whaling feet In that re.
so We s the hardy their
tally lost, and severe dsmsgs sustained By seve.
raj others A. general thing the feet has been most
much II obtained early In the ssasoa; and
tho probability Is that oa it's ending there will h,ve
We rsgret that Capt Seaman is unable to give any
information of the ship Monongahsa, OF New Bedford
Arctic By the ice in the fs Of 1853 h st.s thu
of the ships he spoke heard from had obtained
any intelligence from the missing wbaers OF course
much interest felt, and lusy had baen 4s
by their brother mariners without This will
dampen the hopes Of friends, lssssniDg the probability
Of their being In existence. As It Is open summer
perhaps later in the vessel may penetrate
far enough into the OF Ice to- IT least obtain
a o e IN tn. B.v
Of Snana This He did not encounter much of IT,
having had no occasion to go In amongstit. On July
head Of the vessel HE ice cid not get out Of the Bay Of
shsnta until about July %, when it began tob!eak and
only few weeks during tbs year that the Sea Of &C.
hoIsk is clear OF ice.
driven on shsre by the ice tho southwest side OF
we're taysd; and put on board the ship Hiosrnia ID
on board tee ship John cossssh.n. OF. F.irhsven.
The ship Massachusetts,, of New Bedford. had been
ashore, but got OF without damage. There
. report that the ship Morea had arrived in the
Ochotsk Sea from the Arctic in charge Of the frst
Officer The captain having shot hi~e while in state
reports having been struck by the 18th of june
which stove six of her pauks and broke four of her tim
bers and obliged her to put into Port AyAn for REPAIRS
where the olpan Kindly received BY the Governor
and rendered every assistance necessary While Ia port
ing split hr among tie ice and essiog aboa. 500
strokes Per hour Aso the ship Cowper, Fisher, Of the
port with four panks stove .nd several tmbers
BROKEN They reported two other ships having sustained
camsge-one, French ship, having good pumps, re.
NAMED ont; the other was unknown Thsse ships wsre
all juyed in the vicinity of Junis Island The Herald
and Cowper also rendered every sary assist
ancs.
Captain Seaman touched at Ayar, Russian American
Compapys settlement, Ochotsk sea- situated 10 latit lie
50 26 north and long itude 1873 20 East has popu
lati,n Of two hundred and ff inhabitants and COVER
nor vho YVES very kud 30 Captain Seaman, he to
al tns and Of American vessels that pat iato
thst place. The Governor invited, through Cap. 81 all
American vessels to tuch at that place. 1t being
ceent one FOR repairing vessels in the summer season
Three whale hips had repaired there, and the Off
ard Of each all treated kindly by the au.hori
ties. he Inhabitants OF Az prepared for at
tack, hsvIrg instructed battery Of nine guns add
well Of their position. they rscivs thar
monthly, by pack mules in the sam season,
and in the winter by sieds drawn by dogs. feou
St. Peter burg here provisions 10 ne had a.
Ayan, although the inhabitants vel off for ths
peoessaries Of fs. Ths Russian american ship sittl
in port, 6is:hsrging stores for the sett ensnts
when the Eudcrus catered that plase tbs Govsrno, "
ieea that it French vessel bat after foun
his mistake b. seeing the stars and stripes uoiutlst
TIE breeze
Tho Governor OF Aynn previous - the Of the de-
elsrat OF being recsved by hin, bat yhsu Il
anticipated, cent word the French ~aalemsa who
ght he cruising in that vicinity, that they Nigh yss
the pert without fear, aud obtain 2plies and repairs
One of them bad acsspted the ovitsti ami mads
pairs, every facility being afforded.
The slas Richards whose loss is reported above, was
good ship OF $50 tons, belonging to Aessrs. Swift
Aen Of New Be- dfosd. Sho formsrly . Liver pool
packet and valued at the time of her loss at about
$4,000 She last heard from having sailed from
Tahiti March with Q 100 harrala whaia oil