Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-10-18
The LIfc6tIsld enquirer.
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srksrsd<1 llesnIhs, Oct. IS lsss.
RETURN OF DIR. KANE |

| RETURN oF DIR kANEI
The ciliseos d NesS Yorb werssa-
greeably surprised on Friday last by
the announcement Of the arrival at
ssisas port of=tlss esslsnt lscsiie -saven--
surer, DR.. + X Rape, and his party,
after an absence Of more than two
years and four months. They came
ainthe bark Release and propeller Arc
lie, senf our BY Congress loF HER re-
lief They were found al Liesely, a
settlement On Disco bay North Green
land, containing about one hundred
and City inl,ahiiants, consisting Of Es-
quimaux, Danes andhal- breed Danes
! Three Of Or. Kane's parry bad died.
and the resi- were very poor when
found, bat entirely recovered health
Fand strength before reaching New
| York The daily papers contain ex-
tensiyeI accounts Of the expedition and
oftl,e discoveries made, bat we have
only room for the following Substance
Of the official report, which we End in
the Tsibnes: as sx II
Dr.. Kane, u. S N, John w. Wilson.
Amos Bonsatl, DR.. j. Hayes, Augustus
Sontas, Henry Goodfeiiew. George Stephen
son, William Morton, f'noraas Hickey,
Christian Ohlnsea, JeEersoa Baker, and
/ Peter Schabert, left New York on Tuesday,
the 3lst of May, is53.on hoard the brig
Advance, in -seatch Of Sir John FraRklin.
I After some bold and difficult sailing dGe
north, the Advance reached bay on the
north coast Of Greenland, the headiana OF
which is in latitude rs deg. SO min. They
entered this bay on tire 10th of September,
1853, and the ice surrounded the brig and
4 set her fast. At this point the company
commenced their search for Sir John Frank
an.S
The Winter was Of degree Of severity
never before recorded. Whiskey froze =
4 The ikermosne,er sank to 90'deg. 10 below
4 zero. The sun was absent one hundred and
twenty days astronomicaiiy. and really,
owing to the elevation Of the hills, there
Z were one HUNDRED and thirty 4syslOf dapss-
ness. This. ,fhesefore. must be further north
t,ansihe company Of any expedition have
ever before wintered. Ii was time oi
Fextreme hardship. TIE chief enemy was
tetanus, or lockjaw, caused by the severe
y
The coast Of Greenland was explored
to point where it entirely faces the north.
and the progress of the coast toward the
| Atlantic was followed until the Immense
lgiaciers or icebergs arrested the progress iot
aEsllese daring adventures. One glacier was
followed along its base distance Of eighty
miles, where it was discovered to cement
Greenland to an funexplored and Hitherto
lnndiseovered continent running TO the north.
The party surveyed the entirs shores OF
Smith sound, which is believed 70 be a gull
or bay.
4 A new ch,nnel vas discovered tending
due north, entirely fsee from ice and open
Ping into the Polar sea. ssli ssaf
~ l'ItesiiscoseIy Of the Polar sea'is regard.
red by DR. Name as one Of tho most import
ant and interesiingresnlts Of the expedition.
The gone Of ice extended in one solid
mass seuthward so that il became evident
that the Advance could not be liberated
Under these circumstances DR.. Kane volun-
iteered a communication with The English
Iat Lancaster sound. lie made his journey
with live volunteers in IN open whaie-boat,
hui found solid ice 10 The. southward. by
this time the second Winter set in. 1t
4 fonnd9,hem. with attendant provisions. but
| destitute OF aati-scorbutics and defcieat
| in fuel. AT this 3ancture, unable TO pMsse
EnasIgaieu.. they adopted, the habits of the
| Esqumauy., They reformed 70 the brig,
| which they enveloped in moss. They or
! ganized hunting expedition, and lived on
raw ,aeat. The Winter was so severe, and
this diet SO yunwholesome, that at one time
4 the whole crew, except two, weTenpon their
] backs with he scnryy. Three Of their
brave COMRADES died At this Distressing
season. DIR. Kline mentioned 20 as this
| circumstance with evident emotion, for said
he, s & k#s5s4as Is
IL feel great distress al the loss Of our
| three comrades. We were all companions
together in Ibis enterprise, and had become
4 good friends" ssq gass
Two oil the deceased, died Of Iockjaw, aRd
one of ahcess following anspataiioa. Their
names are Christian Ohlesen, Acting Car
ren,er 10 she Expedition, Jefferson Baker.
land Peter Schubert. Seamea. Several am
putatioas were perfprmed-the toes Of those
4 who had mol been north before being FROST
4 bitten. saS a
Finding that liberation was. impossible.
| and that 20 expedition in seasch oil tsem
| could penetrate the ice in time 10 avoid a