Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-06

g wards the unfortunate explorers, ever
5. attribute of man and Christian |
; this ship the party reached God Have
5 or Lievely, in the island of Disco, on tt
: 9Th of September, and in twenty fou
/ hours they would have been on their voy
D age to Europe. Here :hey heard of til
: expedition sent IN search of them, whic
: arrived from the northward on the follow
ing DAY They remained at God Have
TIL the 18th of September, receivin,
, while they stayed the kindest hospitali
; ties of the Danish authorities To th
! Royal Insp ctor Olrick aud to Gov An
: dersen they express the warmest thanks
: We have Low nothing more to recorC
in this connection The history of The
expedition, with all the details, interest
ing and valuable as they must be. would
I'LL avolume. Ie viii of course be witten
The incidents of the passage from Disco
we leave to be told in the subjoincd ac
count of the voyage of the Arctic and Re
/ lease
The propeller Arctic and the bark Re-
! lease sailed from this port on the 3lst of
last May for the purpose of affording re-
lief to the brig Avance, which sailed two
years before to the relief of Sir John
fraukhn Before sailing, they had been
strengthened in every conceivable man
| ner, By an additional supply of braces at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard They were
vIctualled for two years: and among their
stores were large quantities of preserved
vegetables aud meats, provided III order
to secure the officers and crew more eff
fectualiy from scurvy. to which the Are
lioh 10 nd
and cure which but limited facilities are
afforded in those inhospitible climes-
The following is a list of the officers of
the two vessels:
Bark Release H j. Hartsteine, Lit
Commanding the expedition VIM S
Love, Acting Master; John K. Kane
Assistant Surgeon; Joseph p. Fyffe Pass
ed MIdshipmen; Charles Sever, V. r
Hall Boatswain Richard VI Clark Sur
eeons Steward Crew-Robert Bruce,
VIM Smith. boatswain's mates; David
Batey, captain of the foretop; Charles
johnson, maintop George Devys Thos.
Ford, gunner's mates; Wm. Phlnney,
Joseph Morris, quarter masters; Francis
Taylor, captain of hold Benz Moore,
sailmaker's mate Charles Williams. car
penter's do; Thomas Franklin officers
steward WIN Henry. ships cook Louis
Lawrence. Andrew Larsen. Bryson Pot
ter. John Haley, John Smith, George
Bidcyo!d. seamen
Propeller Arctic Officers Gins
G Simms Lieut. Cong; Watson Smith, I
-4cting Master JAS Laws, Assistant
Surgeon Harman Newell, lst Assistant
Engineer; Wm Johuson, Acting Sd do II
Sam'l Whiting Acting Boatswain VIM
Richardson. Acting Carpenter John
Yandyke, Purser's Steward Ab'm W.
Kendall, Surgeons do Crew VIM
Carey ohm Blinn Boatswain's Mates ;
VIM. Grover Walker Wilkinson, Quar-
termasters Richard Hartley. Captain of
Hold Joseph Brown Ships Cook ; John
Fox. John Gilbert. George Tyler, End |
Class Firemen; John Tomson. John |
Brown, George Price, James Bostford |
Seamen
The two vessels made the best of their
way North to God Haven or Lievely, a
port in the Island of Disco, situated on
Davis Straits, off the West Coast of
Greenland, in lat 20 deg North, which |
they reached July 6 From this point.
they pushed on North without meeting
with any remarkable adventure. encoun
tering the usual obstacles to the naviGa-
tion of those seas, till they arrived in the |!
extreme latitude of 70 deg 30 min
Here they encountered impossible bar |
riers of ice, had stood inland towards the |
Greenland shore in the hope of finding /
passage, through which they may attain /
still higher latitudes AS they approach
ed the shore, they discovered Esqui |
maux village. and landed to make enqulr-
les They learned from the inhabitants
the Intelligence that the ships company
Of the Advance. DR. Kane's vessel had
gone south Nothing was left for the
two vessels but to return. aud they at
once put about and set sail for God Ha
ven The return voyage was very dan
gerous oue and the two vessels repeated
ly encountered imminent peril from the
ice The Arctic was at one time subJec-
ted to pressure which would have crush
ed like an egg g-shell vessel of ordinary
construction and on the 4th of September
the Release came in close proximity to
an iceberge. of immense size, aud for
hours was threatened with instant de
structon She was fortunately released
from her dangerous position with only
the loss of her quarter boats, and her
quarter deck broken up to serious ex
tent. A strong gale of wind sprlnging
up on the 9th. they were enabled to re
lease themselves from the ice, and made
God Haven On the 10th September
Here they found the crew of the Advance
which had arrived on the day previous in
the Danish brig Mary Ann. Capt. Am
mondsoa, from Uperuavik town on the
west coast of Greenland. in latitude u
deg 40 min. being the most northern
Danish settlement in that country.
The crew OF the Advance was taken
on board of the vessels sent to their re
lief and on the 18th of September set
sail for New York, where they arrived
last evening at six o'clock. Their arri-
val was announced by the Steamship I'm
ion. and the news spread with inconceiv-
able rapidity. aud excited universal JOY.
The following is from our ship news re-
/ porter:
/ The {T s Arctic Expedition composed