The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-11-26

The stores Of the psrs consisted Of psmni.
cau, bread, aud los, cansass tent Ave lssi
BY sixs and two sleeping bags n lelnassf
akin. Tho slsdss Vas light, built of hickory,
and bu, nine fee, long. A soup sks:lIe, for
melting snow snd mskina tsa, was arranged
10 bell silhsr with Issd. or spifils. 4 subdi;.
vision OF the party with another sieda1
started two days before ihs departure Of Dr.
Kane, which look plads 'ou ibs a7ih. He
fsuchsd The Gssat Glacier 10 safsty, The
coast Of Greenland in the vicinity is OF >
highly picturesque character. The red sand
stone frssenl an impressive contrast win The
blank whiieness, associaling the cold tinIs.
Of the drssry Arctic Landscape with The
warm coloTing Of more souihsrnIspds. The
diffsrsni layers Of the clif have the appear
ance Of iointsd masonry, and The narrow
line Of grsepstone caps them with natural
battlemenis. Al one place rose the dreamy
semblance Of castle, Asnked with triple
iauars, -eompiaielp isolated and efiaed. To
these Dr.. Kane gave the name Of the Thee
Brother Towers, A still more striking oh.
jecl was single cliff Of greensboro, noHh
Of latitude 10 degrees, which reared itself
from .,crumbist base of saadstones, like
tho boldly chisselsd rampant of an sncjeai
city On one extremity stands solitary
column or minafet tower, as sharply finish
ed az If il had been cast for the Place Ven.
dome. The length Of The shaft alone is four
hundred and eighty feet aud |, rises on q
plihih or pedestal itself two hundred and
eighty feet high. "I remember well, ,nsays
Dr.. Kane, "the emotions Of my party rs !,
first broke upon our view. Cold and sick as
| was, brought back sketch Of il, which
may have interest for the reader, though il
scarcely suggests the imposing dignity Of
this magnificent landmark. Those who are
happily familiar with the writings Of Tenuy-
son, and have communed win his spirit 10
the soiudes Of wilderness, win spprehend
the impulse that inscribed the scene with
his name." No description can do justice TO
the Great Glacier itself. Rising in solid glas.
sy wall, hree hundred feet abeve the water
level with an unknown unfathomable depth
below it, lie curved face sixty miles id
length from Cape Asasiz to Cape Forbes
vanishes into unknown space al not inose
Than a single days railroad travel from lhs
Pole. The inferior with which II commnni-
Gated and from which il isissued was an un-
surveyed sea Of Ice apparently Of boundless
| Dimensions.
The journey, however, failed OF success
in torcing a passage 10 the north. On the
sixth day the party was pliacked by sour
Wy, from which they bad suffered terribly
| during the winter. Two Of ihe nnmbei were
taken with snow blindness, and one was
condemned as altogether un6! for travel. To
crown their discom6iures, they found that
The bears had got hold Of their pemmican
casks, and thus destroying their chances Of
recruiting their supply Of provisions al the
several caches. ! DR., Kane himself was seiz.
ed with violent Illness; bic Limbs became
rigid, and certain telanoid symptoms mado
their appearance. In .lhis rondlion be was
unable to make more than nine miles day.
He was strapped upon . sledse, and The
march continued; hu, he was soou 90 much
reduced as 10 find The moderate iempersiure
OF $ deg. below zero intoleSabls. His isft
foot was frozen up 10 the ankle joint, and .lhs
same night Il became evident ihai the diff
crlty in his limbs was eansed By dropsical
efusion. The next day he grew delirious
and tainted whenever be, was taken from the
Ian, 70 ,hs slsdss..s Every man in the party
was SO far gone as TO make the continuance
Of the journey impossible. Scarcely able TO
travel, they bore the commander back to
the brig, which the reached by forced march.
ss on the sourteenth. DR.. Kane was sulire-
y pfostrsted for about d week. The first
business after HE convaIeseence was to al.
range new psnies for explorations. They 70.
turned in safely, with ample experiences Of
ihs perils Of AIciic discovery. - sg e
Passing over the remainder of The sum-
mer, without further extracts from the inter.
esling narrative, We find the LILLE party pre-
pared 10 encounter the terrors OF second
winter ii. that drsaIy region. The brig was
fast in the ice, and every effort for her
liberation bad proved unsuccessful. All this
crisis Or. Kane called all hands together, and
explained 10 them The reason which had de-
cided him not 10 forsake the brig. He LEFT
Ito the choice Of each man, however, 10
ailemp, an escape 70 open water, or 10 stand
| BY Ihe fariunssof the expedition. Eight of
the seventeen survivors Of the party resolved
| 10 remain with their commandsT the others
were fitted out with every appliance that
could be furnished, ard departed on their
almost desperate enterprise. They carried
with them every assufsnGs OF brothers.
welcome should they be driven back; but ID
was not uuiil afler many weary months Of
trial and hardship that they were seen agair.
The arrangement of lke sWinier-qnar.sls
now occupied the whois attention Of the
little band. Dr.. Kane detarmined 10 adhere
10 The roptine of observance which bad
made mp the sum of their daily life. No
accustomed form vas to be surrendered. -
The importance Of systematic employment
was fally appfee,ated. The distribstion and
details of daiy, thu religious exefcises. The
osremonials Of the liable, The fisss, Tho lights,