Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-10-20


latitude known to nayleators. They re
turned IN July, and thus closed the opera
tons for the year 1854. Soon after this
il became evident thstthe ship would nc
be liberated Hom the ice that wear. The
all felt that they were doomed 10 spen
another win.erin the dismal regions Of TIL
Z North, unless relieved BY other meah>.--
Dr.. Kane for this purpose, enteavored Ia
communicate " iti, Sir Edward Belchpr, a
Beechy island, in Wellington Channel
abeHt seven hundred miles TO the South
west. He endeayered to effect commu
niealion by beat. DR.. Kane and crew
Of five mrn set ont in an open whale boat
and crossed Smiths Sound. skirtrd the
coast, till they reached Jones Sound
where they met the heavy pack ice O
Jones, Lancaster, Whale, and Smith
Sounds. o'mlDg an inprne'rthie barrier o.
ice, from iir. to thirty feel in fbiekness.--
They SIX i,lt d this pack to the Southwark,
ma king repealed efforts TO bore ttindgh it.
The boat on "heh their lives drpenaed,
was several iimessa imminent danger oil
being crushed. they crossed BaHin's
Bay TO Whales Sound IN thus rno,.-
F,om this po,nt The, tetuued TO ,,e ship
hoving matte up their mind, tn spend the
winter as best they rould. No further
expeGiiors wtie sent out.
Bs this tune having run short Of coal.
they were Obliged to burn every superflu-
Gus part OF the ship. and confine themsel-
! YRS in the smallest possible space. Pros.
poets were ind--d gloomy. During this
+" utter, to add to the oIl,-r horrors which
surround them the scuryy broke cut, and
the Whale oirw suffered more or less. At
cue time. DE-. Kane and Mr.. Boa>sl we're
the only persons able TO move about. On
them developed ali the duties of the ship,
nursing the SEX.
The s. urvy disappeared With The return
Of til" sun and warm temperature. They
owed their recovery to the free use Of the
raw walru> meat p'oftrcd from tae Es-
qnimaux, for /" hieh they paid III jack
knives, needles, pieces Of wood, Or ),
which ale highly rtizea bv the Esqni-
maas. ==se .s#
On the opening of Spring, last March,
(lS35. il brcanie evident HAT the ship
woaid no, be released this ,eason, and that
II be impossible for the party TO spend
another :. inter with Interpretations we're
grow ing short. and fuel had failed, extep,
from The bulk 10 the ship. Nothing as
yet had been done 10 render her unseawot-
thy, but i, would soon be necessary. AZ
ter full consnl,aion it was then resolved
to abandon the ship. aud end~avoI TO make
a passage to tlIs Soataw ard in the boa's,
thee in number. "hich renaned with
them. These with change c: clothing,
and SEQ lbs. OF bread, $50 los. OF pork, Fat,
and ;aow 100 Ds Bordens menl buscnil,
(Which they found invaluable they, ir.as-
ported eis hly miles over The lee travelling
TO accomplish il, more !han 800 miles. 10
the open water. hey left the ship on the
20h Of Nay, 1875, without ceremony, end
ia silence, aad made open water near Cape
Alexander, on the 18Th Of June. but were
not able in consequence of southwest
gale TO proceed further. We w-se unable
SO launch our boats i'll the Dist On that
day started, with three cheers Tor home we
close 70 tins coast -
They encountered ice continually, until
they reached Upefnav, L, the most north
ernly Danish town Oh tue western coast Of
Greenland They were many times OBJ
lisrd 10 dag their boats npon lhe ice from
one "lead' Of " alter to anolher. The dis
lance travelled III reaching Upernavic was
1900 miles. The party subs,stsd more Of
the time on game, consisting OF buds aud
seals, procured by taeir cans. They reach
ed upernavrk on the evening OF ,hr 9Th
Of August. Here they felt that their hsId.
ships were over.
The expedition sent in seaeh OF them
must have passed them at Melville Bay,
aud " hst was little strange, the Arctic
aud Release we nearer in shore than the
open boats. The party Often discussed The
probability of an expedition yomiug to
10 their relief, and a sharp lookout was
K pt for them. The whole patty were
confident that such an expedition " oud be
sent, but yet they did not feel justified IN
running the great risk Of awaiting II, ar
,;val. The separation ltom The ship with
The boats, was desperate attempt, but was
regarded as the only chance Cor laei. lives.
This ds"geroms feat wa> accom- piished with
the loss o.; but one lie. Christian Onlsen,
the carpenter. STAINED himselt SC severed,
in lilling the boats out OF the water over
Tue uauutOCkS tHAi uS UIVu. lac VS.
beloved and regretted by all his associates in
danger. he was buried on small island
in Melville Sound
At Upernavi,k they took pnssage.in.the
DANISH ship Mary Am, Capt. Anmond,on,
who d,splaye in his drmeanor towards
the unfortunate explorers, every attribute
Of man and christian. la the ship, tht
party reached God Haven, or Levtily in the
Island of D>ico, on the 9Th Of September
and in "a hours they would have been OIL
their voyage to Europe. Here they fist
heard OF The expedition sent in search OF
them, which arrived from the northward
on the follow ing dav. They remaiped at
God Haven tili the 18Th OF september. re-
ciryiGg While they stayed The kindest hos
pii.liti.s Of the Danish Authorities. To
the Royal Inspector Ori,k, aud 10 Gov.
Anderson thu express the warinest thanks
We have now nothing more to receld
in tins connectioa. The history OF the eA-
prdiiion, with all the details, interesting
and valuable as they must be, would till
volume. 1t will Of course be written The
incidents OF the passage from Disco we
leave TO be told iu the subjoined account Of
the
VoyAcr Of THE ApTIc AND RELEASE