Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-10-16

circumnavigated the Northern waters as far as the
ice would permit, Sept. Is. Found Dr.. Kane, (he
having abandoned his vessel in the ice,l and his
associates, excepting those who had died from ex-
posuTe.
Found at Leavely the Danish brig Mariana,
Capt. AmmcndSou, Loading iOT Copenhagen
Sailed from Leayety Sept. Is.
No trace whatever had been discovered OF Sir
John Franklin'S party.
Theiast winter III the Arctic hal been unusu-
ally severe, many Ufthe natives having persisted
from exposure ani starvation. Had been compel
led 10 eat tier dogs, lie extreme cold having
prevented the usual hunting expeditions
The vessels are in toleIaGly good conditions
They have been in collision with ieebrrgS, and
severely niPped in the packs.
SUBSTANCE OF the OFFICIAL REPORT.
In advance OF the official report We are enable
10 give the following particulars:
DR.. Kane, U. S. Navy, JOHN W. Wilson, Amos
BunsalE, DR.. J. j. Hayes, augustus Sautag, Henry
Goods fellow, George Stephenson, Vim. Morton,
Thomas Hickey. Chnslam Ohelse,, Jefferson Ba-
ker, and ter Schubert, left this port Tuesday
the Slsl OF Nay, 1858, just years and ! months
ago, on board the brig Advance in search oil Sill
John franklin.
After some bold aud difficult sailing due NcIth,
the Advance reached a bay on the North coast OF
Greenland, the h. aGand OF which is in lat IS d. e.
50. They en;ered this bay on the 10th of Septem-
Der, 1853. aud there the ice surrounded the brig
and set her fast. A this point the company com.
menc,d thrir search for Sir John FrankGin.
The winter was of degree OF seventy never be-
fore recorded. Whisky lrJze- The therrCmelel
sank to 80 deg. as below zero. The sun was alb
SeEt one bundled and twenty days aStronomicaly
really, owing to the elevation of the hills there
weIe one hundIed ANA Thirty days OF darkness
THIS, therefore, must he further north than the
company Of any expedition have ever telUre WIN.
! tered. TWAS a time OF extreme hardship. The
chei enemy was telanuS, or Iockiaw, caused b,
| the severe Cold. The Scurvy as easily Subdued
The coast Of GGeenlanL was explored to pom
where it entirely faces the moth, aud the progT $:
OF the coast towards the Atlantic was followed
until the immense glacerS or icebegeS arrested the
progress OF these daring adventures. One glaciel
was followed along ITS LaSe distance of eighty
miles, where II was dscovered to cement GIeenlnnd
| TO an UNEMPLOYED and ithrrtO Undiscovered con.
tinenl rumning TO Ii { north.
The party surveyed the entire shores of Smith
Sound, which IS believed TO be a gulf or bay.
A new channeI was discovered IL ndIng due north
entirely free trum ice anu opening into the Polnl
sea.
The discovery of the Polar sea is regarded by
DR.. Kane aS one OF the most important and inte.
resting results of the EXPEDITION,
The ZONE OF ice eAtende III solid mass south
ward. SO that IL became evident that the Advance
could not he liberated. Under these circumstt nce
DR.. Kane volunteered a communication with III,
EngISh nj Lancaster sound. lie male his lJuTneN
win FIVE volunteers in an OpeH whale boat, hu
found solid ice to the southwark. BY this time lhs
second winter set in. 1t found them with anun
duut provisions, but destitute OF anti-scorbuurt
and deficient IN fuel. AT this iuncture, unabl,
to pursue navigation, they adopted The habits o
The EsqnImoux. They Returned 10 the brig, which
they envelOprd in moss. They orsanIS1d hunt
ing expedition, and lived on raw meat. The win
ter was so severe aud this diet so unwholesour.
that at one time tie whole crew, except two, wer,
upon their backs with the scurvy. Three oil tl!eI
brave Comrades died al this distressing ason.-
DR.. Kane mentioned 10 Us this circumstance will
evlde nj emotion, for said lie
81 feel great distress at the loss of orr thre,
com. AIDES. We were all companions together II
this enterprise, and had became good irien Is"
Two of the deceased died Of Iockjaw, and one
| abceSS following alnpuIatlOn. Their names are:
CHRISTIAN OHLESEN,
Acting Carpenter TO II Expedition.
JEFFERSON BAKER,