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

! ''Hh' isl ScnryN. md the f4rl ,vgi,,, =. -.
.'afrg' ncY of The previous winter. was 6e;,;s,,
~ l"'atiIh' tndar these circumstances DR.
Nv "''na party at s"lnnieers-nn an attpmnt
~ reach the mouth of Lancaster Sound. in b,nas
" M eilng the English expedition: aud thus civ
Ing rrla t In hi. assnriates-nasseJ i, ~, ~,
Ia over the track of Ba6in's travel. riding out
" "'NY ehie. They found am rnintcrrnpted
""ii''rol zee, extending in one great horseshoe
rom Jones To MureliSon'S Sound. and were
brig. 80" - ~
l'uring the winter which ensued they adopted
'"e haoitS OF the E>qnamanX. living upon raw
"",us meat and surrounding themselves with
walls OF moss. In spite If these precuutian,
the senryey advanced with steady progress; but
ny the aid of Il single team Of dogs, DIR. Kane
succeeded III etfpcting a communication with a
settlement OF l.>quilnauX seventy miles II the
southwark, and 10y organizing IA hunt relieved the
party. At one time every man Of the expedi-
non except DIR. Kane aud Mr.. Bonscl were con
hned 10 their hunks with seuryy but by a prov
iaeht nj lhterpes'tion the party escaped without
a death.
ESCAPE To TIE SOUTH.
The great belt of ice made il clcaI that no re-
let expeditions from the South could reach the
party IN time to prevent the Imprisonment of II
third winter, which, with their deficiencies of
iaei, would have proved most disastrous, if not
fatal. Under these circumstances, Dir. Hume
wisely determined 20 abandon his brig, and at
tempt to escape 10 the South by n combination
OF boats and sledges. In accordance with this
view they left the brig on the 18th May, the
temperature at that time being five degrees be-
low zero. They crossed n belt of ice eighty-one
miles in diameter, dragging the boats behind
them, and carrying four of their sick comrades
by means of a dog sledge, After an aetunl. tray
ei Of 36l miles they reached Cape Alexander and
embarked in open water. Their guns supplied
them with animal food, no provisions being car
ried in the boat, excepting breadstuifs and tai
low.
From Cape Alexander, they travelled to the
Southwark, sometimes over ice, sometimes
through water, shooting duck and seal, aud col
Letting enough eggs to keep the party in good
condition. At Cape York they burned up their
spare boats and sledges for fuel, and left the
coast, striking out into the open sea OF Melville
Bay, steering Tor the North Danish settlements of
Greenland. Here they providentially lanGed ON
the sixth of August, in vigorous health, after
their travel of l.300 miles and 81 days constant
exposure. From Upcrniyik, the largest Of these
settlements, they took passage in a Danish tra-
ding vessel for England.
BY good fortune they touched at Disco, where
they were met by Captain Hartstein's expedition
This searching expedition having found the ice Of
Smith Sound still unbroken; bat having conma-
nicalcd with the EsquamauS, had heard of the
dedartare IF DR.. Kane, and rctractcd their
steps.
The expedition has to mourn the loss of three
of its comrades, two Of whom persisted by lock-
jaw, and one from abcess following a frozen ex-
tremity; They may be said to have fallen in n
direct discharge of their duty. Their names are
acting carpenter Chrirtain Oshlem, jefferson Ba-
ker and Peter Shubert, volunteers.
APPEARANCE OF TIE N~AyIGATORS
A northern latitude Is emminently conclusive
to the development Of hair and fat. At lease the
samples of its affects in the pcrson>,of the return
ed Arctic navigators yesterday woald nnavoida'
bic lead us to this conclusion. Every one was
stout and rosy, and as no razor had married the
boards of ~ mariners since their departure from
these shores every face was covered with IA stur'
dy growth Of hair that was perfectly refreshing
TO behold. Or Kane himself wore "A beard Of pa
triarchal proportion in the eoroners of which still
fingered the silver traces of bis residence within
the frigid zone.