Demoine courier., 1855-10-25
Return Of the Arctic Expedition.
From the New York Times.
THE SEVERAL ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.

hetuTn OI INC AfCUlC EApculliOhs
From the New York Times.
Til SEVERAL ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.
DR.. Kane,'be Intrepid Arctic navigator.
after having been given up as lost, has
returned safe home, with the Joss OF but
three men on his whole expedition. He
leis his brig frozen up in the Arctic sea,
on HE 24Ih Of May, 1855, wen, three
hundred miles over the ice TO sea, and
then in open boats thirteen hundred miles
10 Upsrnavik in Greenland. After wat
ing upwards of a month, a Danish trading
ship found them there, and af'er a sub
sequent delay Of over a fortnight, they
were taken on board ard proceeded
homeward. AT Lively, on D,sko's ISL
aud. $50 miles south of Upernavik. The
Danish vessel fell in with The American
Searching Expedition, under Lieutenant,
Hal!s'eln, and the party were transferred
TO The Arctic and Release, which vessels
reached this port last evening.
Our readers will remember Ina, by this
arrival. W have the return a, the same
time of two parties of Archie Expedition
ists-the Kane expedition, wiihou. its
vessel, with all but three of It's men, and
The llartstein expedition, with its Two
vessels and men all safe and sound
The De Haven Ok pedilion was sen. eat
May 2, 1850. by Mr.. Grinbell, to search
for Sir John franklin. Or. Kane was
surgeon on board.
The Kane expedition started May 81,
1859, under comsanl of DR.. Kane, and
expected 10 be back in two ears. /!
had but one vessel, the brig Advance
For more ;han a year back it's fate was
esteemed very doubtful I; and when, las,
spring, it was proposed to send GU. a
party to search for il, ,hs proposition met
with far less favor Than lis friends desir.
ed; because, it was thought almos. q
settled fact that DR.. Kare and his party
were past all hope s~frecovery. Congress
however, favored The proposition, and
two vessels we're dispatched in search;
on the 4sh Of June, last. They found
the los. searehers for franklin, and re.
stored 'hem to thousands of surprised
AMI rejoicing hiends. Since The third
expeditions sailing, no news had been.
brought back OF them. aud we had no
time to publish The steamer Unions re
port that the expedinonisls were off
Sandy Hook, before they came TO anchor
off the Battery, and the gallant adven,ur-
ers were wi,hstandins as wei as they
could the overwhelming welcomes of
their friends. The Doctor has improved
in personal appearance in his absence.
lie brings hoTe a bronzed face. a long
and heavy black beard, a shock of black
hair just whitening a lillle IA siou,er
body, and a hand with a hearty grip in
il.
The following is the account Of the
steward Of the Advance:
SETTING SAIL.
We lief. the port Of New York, on
the 3lst May, 1853, two years and five
months ago. Our voyage on. was per
formed without, incident. After The usual
run, we entered Davis Straits, following
The route oil the Arc,lc bound vessels,
sailed through Bafin's Bay, penetrated
TO Smiths Sound, returned through Bar
rows Straits, AMI finally took up our
first winter quarters in Rensselaer, Bay,
in the month Of September. 1853. Since
iha! period, the vessel has not moved
from her position. The ice is closely
packed around her, anu there is no open
water within ninety miles. She will
probably remain there until she breaks
up.
HOW ] NJ WAS SPENT ON BoARD TIL sHIP
Life on ship board was regular and or
Derby. There was a time for everything,
and everything in its place. Capt. Kane
aud the officers were u~nlirlng II the dis
charge of the duties OF their posts. and
the The men appeared conten,ed and
hearty. The ship was %abundanlly pro
visioned, aad the diet was wholesome
and various. Atseven bells. or about ~
o'clock in the morning, all hands turned
out. Breakfast was ,akea a, &. The
duties Of the ship were then performed
the decks were cleaned and things were
put in order for the day. S!edge parties
were apportioned for the sake Of exercise,
and short trips were made in different
directions, for two or three miles. By
the lime the parties had all returned to
The ship j, was nearly noon. A. four
bells-2 o'clock-dinner was served
After this, there was nothing to Dc, tx.
cepi to read. talk. laugh, if there was
anyihing to laugh at, keep warm and be
jolly. At 10 O'Clock a. night The ship
and all in il were silent ; the lights,
except those above deck, were cx,in
guished, and the watches were set. This
with very slight variations, was tue regu
lar routine on board the ship during the
whole period of nearly two years.
wHAT THEY ATE n DRANK.
The articles Of die. On board The ship
were o only good and nourisLing, bul
exceedingly p~ala,able. Pemmi;an, mea'
biscuit, walrus, seal, beef. pork and game
were in abundance. In The midst Of the
cold there was no wan. of the good things
of this life. Pemmican is beef, dried
and ground, and ,hen saturated with beeI
or pork (al; there is as much nourishmenl
in one pound of it as there is in four lbs.
of ordinary baef. Ii is of pleasant taste,