Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-16
NEWS.

- ant Ia Tie 4tiCtl0 lfEiN NJ - ~ " III.
ea''' br;neinr back that g~entleman'and his long :
Aah:, companions, with the exception of three
plsSphn d1 died. DIR. Kane sailed from New York
sR9 "hr;rnntine Advance on the 3lst of May,
IN er the Polar Seas, in search Of Sir John
. II, and his companions. taking with him a
AIM. af instruments for scientific purposes, and
afF'3 l.. If provisions sufficient for a three years
,srf' His entire ships company consisted of
s,qnteen persons a.,
5r"s f,llayine came home in the Release:-Dr.
In United States Navy; John w. Wilson.
Ng"".' Bonsall, DR.. j. J. Haynes, Augustus Son
A"O tIonrv Goodfellow. George Stephenson, VIM.
as' ~" and Thomas Hickey. In the Arctic =
gof.u' prooks boatswain L. S. N; JAS. Nectar
itr ro,rge Riley, VIM. Godfrey, Chas. Blake and
G{eo, White. 49,.
1,'; uartstene commanded the expedition
h1% ont for the relief of Dir. Kane, pursuant To
A'0 ~. of Congress, which sailed I. ON New York
ap t y lth of June last. he expedition con-
q u f Two vessels, the propeller Arctic and
: bar1ue Release, which, were differed Us fol
's oSc,rs ofthe Reiease.-IIenryJ J. lIartstene,
' 0g commanding; VIM. l.. Lowell, acting mas
- - Joseph 2. Fyffe, passed m'dshipman Elisha
= Kane. assistant surgeon; Van Rensselaer,
Hale. boatswaln.
ia nGes,s of the arctic .-Charles C. Semns,
,ogt commanding Watson Smith, acting mas
AZ uarman Newell, engineer Samuel Whiting,
,ctint boatswain
~ arrival of the expedition at New York ON
~ .ns5ov created intense excitement. and hun
i t% aocked down to the wharf. DR.. Kane, as
~ as possible, jumped into a carriage and pro-
,ooJpd to the residence of Henry Grinnell, Esq,
%sonrb whose munificence his expedition was
s,tad ont. He met with a most hearty reception
from Mr.. G. :,
n,ing 10 te loss of his vessel, Which, as we
n ao stated, he was obliged to abandon in the ice.
Never mind that replied Mr.. Grinnell; $50
NO Ne Won are safe. that is all we care about.
r199e into the parlor," he added, land let us
hear the whole story
And DIR. Kane proct eded at once to relate the
tory of his second voyage to the Arctic regions,
4, n1arils and dangers to which he was exposed,
atonlerful adventures, and still more wonder
s1 ascane. He was obliged he said, to abandon
iba Advance in latitude 75.l5, after having pene-
hated as far as 2.30, which was further than any
/ ,,ber navigator had gone, with the exception of
Cantoin parry, who reached the latitude of 80 ID.
VILE here he saw the Polynva or open sea,
| ..ptchine away off TO the north farther than the
eve could reach.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENT BY DIR. KANE.
The expedition succeeded in crossing Melville
Bly and reaching the headlands oft Smith Sound
!, early as the 9th Of August, 1888. Finding
e ice to the north completely impenetrable,
bey were forced to attempt a temporary passage
ne the coast, where the rapid tides-running
the rate Of four knots an hour, with a rise and
Of sixteen feet-had worn a temporary open
:. Previous to taking this step. which invol-
great responsibility, and which was, in fact,
tiyalent to sacrificing the vessel, II French me-
lie boat, with IL canoe ofproviSion was CON
led rs Il means of retreat.
The penetration of the pack ice was attended
many obstacles. The vessel grounded with
nrv tide, and but foraher extreme strength
nd not have been able to sustain the shocks OF
IL ice. She was twice on her beam ends. and
ct on fire from the upsrt'ing of the Stoves
me idea Of this navigation may be formed,
ON the fact of her losing her jibboom, best
ower anchor and bulwarks. besides about GOD
thoms of warping line. They were cheered,
viewer, by a small daily progress and by the
nh of September; 1853, had succeeded in gain
> the northern face of Greenland-at ii point
yer reached before. Here the young ice troze
round the vessel and compelled them to seek a
inter asylum.
The winter gave them a degree of cold much
Iog any previous registration on record. WINS
y froze in November, and for four months in
e year mercury was solid daily. The mean
imal temperature was five degrees below zero,
miner and winter included. This, without a
ubt, was the greatest cold ever experienced by
mas the seat of their winter quarters was near
hepole.
The scarvy was readily controlled, but the
Il novel feature of this winter was Il tctarus,
i5ek jaw which detied all treatment. 1t carried
way fifty seron Of their best sledge dogs, and
altogether a frightful scourge.
lie operations of search commenced aS carly
March. The first parties, under the personal
arge ct DIR. Kane, crossing the ice at tempera-
ne, If minus 81 below zpro. The loss of their
g obliged them, las an only alternatives to adopt
is early travel. Many of the party were frost
'ten and underwent amputation of the toes. 1t
Is by means of these efforts that the expedition
eeeeded IN bringing back their important re-
n. The parties were in the field As la.e as the
'a OF July, only ceasing from labor when
winter darkness made it impossible to trav-
Greenland has been followed and surveyed by
Kane towards the Atlantic. with Il coast line
''lag the Nortn.until IA stupendous gIaeierab
l'rIy checked their progress. This mass OF
rose in a lofty precipicp, 800 feet high. abnt-
INTO the sea. 1t Undoubtedly is the only
srr between Greenland and the Atlautic-
an %etfectaal barrier to all future cXpIora-
}. This glacier, in spite of the difficulty # fal.
oorgs, was followed out Ia sea by means OF
D.7o'' the party rafting themselves across open
"Ff pace on masses IF ice. In this way they
'gredfd in travelling eighty miles along its
and traeedit into a new Northern land
- glacier is, we believe, the largest ever dis
era ny any previous navigator.
inns new land thus cemented to Greenland
Pfo'rudlng ice, was named 'Washingtou, =
' ATge by which intervcnes between it and
rloand bears we believe the name of Mr..
423Gy' of Baltimore. one Of The projectors
1e expedition. This icy connection
'F cid and new worlds seems to US a
'1' q peculiar interest. 3. The range of
,r"ge journeys may he understood from the
-LlNt the entir- circnit nf Smith,s Sound has