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Winter, DR.. Kane determined, as the only
measure Of safety, to abandon the brig and
travel to the south by alternately travelling
in slcdges and in boats The sick were con-
veyed in dog-sedges under the immediate
care of DR.. Kane in person, who attended to
them with all the assiduity of his generous
nnture. The distance Travelled was nearly
one Housdad four hundred miles, three hun
drel and sixteen Of Which was performed in
dog slcl 90 and the balance in boats. 1t
was period Of great exposure and suffering.
The party sustained themselves entirely by
their guns.
On the e h of August, 1855, the party en-
tered the Danish settlements and took pas
sage in the Danish brig Mary Ann, bound
for hnclaui. They touched at Disco on the
9th of september last, where they were hap
PLY met ~ the expedition under command Of
Capt lltrtstcn. DR.. Kane Immediately
withdrew lis contract for passage in the
Mary Ann. and proceeded home by these.
Clt,il T,rtstcin had with difficulty
force, hi, way into Melville bay, and found
Smith sound clothed with ice. lie had
learned o. t.r .sIuimaux Of the departure of
DR.. ktuc. lie then returned and met DR.
Kane at Disco, just twenty-four hours pre-
viou- to th, time fixed upon for the departure
Of the Mary Ann for England
Generous living and the pleasant voyage
home. have completely restored DR.. Kane
and thJ,, pl his party who have survived the
pcrls Of this adventure. They have been eX-
ceedin.iy reduced but they are now 80 stout
that the clothes which before hung loos 'ly
on their limbs are now quite tight, and II
NOR. hc,hJay and iovial p.aty seldom came
into port. They have all dispensed with
the rn4lr, and to all appearance have dis.
covered in the Polar sea II hair invigorator'
hv mrAus Of which they are now adorned
with heirls and locks Of unusual vgor and
oriIitncy.
This cNpe!ition has travelled in lower
temperature than has ever before been at
tenn ted MinEs 46 : and in one case 81
below zero was borne by the party in the
field
BIOGRAPHICAL RESULTS.
|. Gracllant has been followed and charted
~ Dr.. KIne toward the Atlantic with
cIdst line pointing due north, until Il stupen-
dous glacier absolutely checked their pro-
.rcs, lus mass of ice rose in II lofty pre-
cipc, five hundred feet high, abutting into
the set. 1t undoubtedly is the only barrier
between Grcenlind and the Atlantic. 1t is
an cn-c'utl barrier to all future exploration.
rni. gll Ter, in spite Of the difficulty of
falling brrts. was followed out to sea by
means OF sledges the party rafting them
selves across open water spaces on masses Of
ice. In this way they succeeded in travelling
/ eighty miles along its base. and traced it into
II new northern land. This glacier is. we be-
| lieye, the largest ever discovered by any na-
| vigatOr.
/ II. This new land thus cememted to Green
/ land bv protrudng ice was named Washing
| ton The large bay which intervenes between
1t and Greenland bears the name of Mr.
| Peabody of Baltimore, one of the projectors
Of the expedition. This icy connection of the
old and new world seems to us a feature of
rOmatlc interest
I'LL The range of the sledge journeys may
be understood irem the fact that the entire
circuit OF Smith sound has been effected and
its shores completely charted. But the real
discovery Of the expedition is the open Polar
sct. The channel leading to these waters
" entirely free from ice; and this mvste-
riour feature was rendered the more remark
able BY thu existence Of u belt of s)lid ice cx-
tending one hundred and twenty-five miles to
tn" suuthward This sea veritie, the views
OF DR.. Kane expressed to the Geographi
cal Society before his departure. The lash
iIgs Of the surf against the frozen beach OF
Ice was impressive bey ond description. Sew
erl gentlemen with whom we have con-
yrrscd speak of the matter one of peculiar
interest An area of three thousand square
miles has been seen entirely free from ice.
rhi, channel has been named after the Hon.
j, =. Kennedy, late Secretary of the United
States Navy, under whose auspices the expe-
diton was undertaken.
". Tn, Land to the north and vest of this
flannel has been charted rs high as 50 :
30. ili, j. the nearest land to the Pole yet
known. / bears the name of Mr. Henry
GriuHrl t',a founder of the enterprise.
Don't know his Age.
To person. brought up in Il land where ali
the newcomers are accurately entered, with
date ot arrival, on the Iamily-regi,ter in the
biz Bible, it seems strange that individual,
can be found, not only too uncertain OF the
day and Lpue' of their coming to suit til,
purposes OF strology, but absolutely igno
rant Of tae number of years they have at
tlincd. That such is the case, however, is
forced upon oar mind every day. 1t was hu
II short time since, that i Daughter Of Erin,
in reply to question touching her age, tolC
Us that Size WAS almost fifty
why, lltnnah = said we, you can't b
more than twenty.
w eli said she, Il knew twas near twenty
or fity-,omcwhere about there
Tbs case is completely thrown in thu
shade 10y one that came to our knowledge du
ring residence ut the South.
Old Uncle jeff, as he was called, was
simple hearted, thick -skulled darkey, in tn
service of Il family to whom he had beel
willrd, whcn quite child, with the under
standing that le was to be liberated on reach
ing the age of twenty-one His master, t.
s-rure hIs continued services, took advantag
, Of his Ignorance, and persuaded that he Wa
r in hls teens till he grew grizzled. BY tn
time Jeh got ON the shady side of fifty he be
e gan to smell mice, which, with an increas
L. l..lh I.,r
l everybody, to know how long bofore Ia
% would he twenty one.
'lt'll be II mighty long time, before 20
are that DID,, said u waggish neishbor, on
= day after being teased with the usual inqulr
c for about the iortieth time.
e by, thought was mos dat, now
g Do YOU know old Black Pete . said tn
, wag. alluded to an Uncle-N Ned-style Of an in
Y diyiual in that vicinity.
- l.or yes; why, dat niger is as ole a
Mcthusulrm-he's so ole dat his teeth a.
l drappcd ont and dar aint no more hair o
= his head dan dcrc is on Missus' new teapot
c We'll, jeff, old Pete was twenty-one Las
+ spring
0 De Lor = said jeff his eyes expanding
as this new light of ages broke u pom hin
# sur, r0u'. lis mg II hav to wait till all n
i graua,4l .rea gifts growed up, and his fam
d lies iust.
c JEFF didn't worry anybody about his ag
for some time after that.
n He had about as clear an idea OF time
C another old darkey, who. when asked no
: old he was, said
. Don't know, Massa.'
!. How old should you think, sam =
g Bout i've or six hundred. guess. II
s mighty Old, Massa.'
;, Too ANXIOUS, BY HALr.-An amusing affI
/ happened lately between coal dealer and
!. purchaser, The latter was very anxious
o see that the former did not cheat him, so
II (the purchaser) inspected the weighing
u tine coal himself, and felt perfectly satisit