New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-18

r,ck IL cost us Two hours Of bard Isbor, thougn1
Ainftlly bestowed; but at the end Of thal .ine u y"
VIE a, least four miles of opposite the great Vaiey
in n. center Of BedeviDei Reach. Ahead oil US Ial
,Iy "a tie north We could the stroit growing sun
hanover and the heavy ice tables grinding uP ant
cIocgine il between Oh. shor.-citis on one sde a'S W
80 On the Other Tbeie was but one thing IeE iol
49, t,eu IN sone .ort The ccmmatd uf the helm by
roirs freely where must otherwise De driven. We
all AID h,r 10 scud under rec oretopesui aA'
hands at,hing The enemy as We cicseu 10 @ nir
- A, : in the morning We wee cose upon lhe P".ns
.s We dr-pped our heaviest snchor alth Tie
Errste hore o. winding the brig; but there vas 10
,andipg tie ice-,orr, Mt ihst followed Us We hat
crlv time 10 as;en spar as buoy 10 Tue ehain' a"u
10, b,r slim So went our besi oo7er'
"Do.n We went upon The gale again. hclpessy
,ari, along lee of ice seldom ess Than thrty ieet
,Iirt one foe measured by Inc a. we tried 70
6,s, il more than forty had sten sEn ice On
&C.. h. tn. and ever in such rapid motion. One up
,r,n,d mass rose above yunwaIe smashing 10 ou'
Lu,Ya,ks and deIositiDg hall uh OF ICE Ia lu'ip
mon our decks Our sisnch little org pore heis
,Iovqb all this Wild adventure AZ she hah cusfn
life. -. .ho.5 D;yoetlx
But new enemy came IN SIGHT aheaa: pueeuy
in our vay lust beyond the hbe OF h9--ce asa.l's
which We were alternately sliding aid uuuP'ne'
sroup Of btrgs. We had no power U aV"i 'uen,' o..
lie NV oueron was whefh.r we were Ia DE dasneu u
ices against them or whether they might not onTl Us
soue uroyiden,ia book Of refuge from we s'oIu p,
"a we peared them we perceived tnal tney ~ 80 a.
sore d;,tance from the a, edge, aud separaed ron
Inv an interval of open water. Our hopes oe as u'e
cal. dove US this passage. ana INTO ~ suu
were ready 10 exut when, from some
1robably an eddy OF the wind against tue lo'ty zee
uslis-we lost our headway. Ala ost at tue same mo-
m,ut we saw that the be ~ were not At ret toat WIN
! NC enium of their own they were bearing aoTa
upon the other ICE. ana ua' II ius' NC ''' A'A'S -
! CRUSHED betwee the iwo' -, .,
| g. Inst then a broad sconce-piece or low water
va,bed berg came driving up from the SOUTHWARK.
Tie thought flashed upon mt OF Que oil our es,aPcs
Melville Bay aid az the 'conSe nTsoo iaPu "n
ALONG side US McGsry managed 10 plant an ahc1o ~
ia sIre and hold on to II by whale HE IL was
| an aIxous m,mept Our noble to"-horse "niter
than the pale hCro that seeued 10 De pursuing p.,
Lsutd Us hravely on, Tie sp,a! psrn'ne wv ,hs
uiuduard haiks, ard bis forehead po"ils up 'ue
l.s,r ice as f in scorn The bergs encroached upon
n we advanced Our channel narrowed to "idth
of pehsps forty feet hraced the yards 10 Gear INC
/ intending ice walls.
Wo passed clear; but il was a close shave
go close that our poft quarter.boat would nav. OeSn
crushtd if bad not taken II in from the da'sauu
found oun elves under the lee ct berg III conn
, lively oten lead Never did heart'ired men aeAno"-
cJoe with more gratitude their mercifu delye ance
/ irm vretched death. "
The day had already ~ iuli share of trials; bat
there more to come. iat drove Us h1 ON gu,
,h tier and the gale soon oHrtd us beyond inc e"u
Of leksd. We "ere again in the Ice. sometimes ts'-
Gaming its onset by waping sometimes forced To rely
on tie strtnlth and buoyaIcy ct the og 10 sha Us
riessure souetin IS scuddmg wildly through TIE hil'
! m,n dri1 Our Tbb,o ON was snapped of IN the cap
W. carried away our barricsdc stenchlons ard Sere
| forced to leave our little Erie vita three brave Fellows
and their warps, Uut upon the Hoes oehind US. =.
"a hule ,ool Of o. en- water received us al last
va. i,st b., vond lofty cape that rOse up ike wall,
and uuc .r sn iceberg that anchored Itself oct"re6 US
| and the gale Ard here, close under me FRO" Ilhs
sore OF Greenland ten miles nearer the Pole than our
h, ldr ground OF the morning. the neh nave 'u'uou
in 10 rest.
Twas afraid to Join them, for the gale was I'M
broken aJd the foe, kept pressing heavily upon our
borc-at one time heavily as To sway 1t on It's Ver-
| ,sl IL. 4 wand the shore and make its u lihcie
oy,rfape our essol. Ny poor fellows had but pre-
caiious sleep before little harbor was broken up
| 1hey LaIdly reached the deck when we were driven
asein Iudder spLtered, and the pines torn tfom
| their bultmgs
Now began the nippings. The first shock took US
ON POI quarter; the brig beaoirg II well al d. AFTER
momeLt the o-tash JDed suspense, iiripg oy JERKS
| snCsomely. The next WIS frou veteran noe,
| ton gued and hone eombed but hoatlng IN single
| table over twenty feet in Thickness VI course, no
wood or iron could stand this but the shore Sard lace Oh
our iceberg hsppened 10 prrteb inclined pane de-
sceudng oe, the wafer, snd up tbe the oilg was
driven some grea, sic All screw power was ioFcins
| her into dfy-do,S. ~,
| AT Ole time expected to see her carried bodily
up iis fac, aud tumbcd Der side. But Que o.
iiuse ny st.rous reaXatiohs, which have eisesheie
calico tie pues If IL ice lowered us quite gradually
down ogain into The rnbb So. and were forced out
OF the lne of pressure toward the shore. Here 80
succeeded in carry ing out warp and making fast.
We grUuud a. the tide fell aud would have heeed
TO seaw ard but for Of detached lsnd ice
that grounded alongside of US and although il stove
our lulwalks as We rolled over IT, shored us up"
We must also give his account of the sequel:
Il" could hardly get TO my bunk as went down
into our Uttered cabin on the Sunday morning after
our hand. working vigil Of thhty.sx hours. Bags OF
coihli e. food tents Inda.iubber bIankets, aud the
hundred little personal matters which every likes
TO rave in time of trouble, were scattered around in
places whore the owners thought they might have
them at hand. The pemnlican had been Oh deck, the
boats equipped, and everything of real Importance
| n ady for a march, many hours before.
| During the whole # the scenes have been trying
TO describe could not help being struck by the COM
posed ard manly demeanor Of my comrades The ur-
MOL of ice under heavy often conveys the i'm
preston OF danger when the reality absent; but in
this edtiu passage, the parting of our hawsers the
loss Of chors the abrupt crushing OF our steven
bulwaIks aid the actual deposit of ice upon decks,
would have tined TIE nerves of the most experienced
| ctutn. A-Ofiicers and mel worked alike. Upon
each occasion OF collision with the ice which formed
our lee coast efforts were made to carry out ues and
| some LatIow escapes were incurred, by the zeal of
tic parties leading them into positions of danger. Mr..
BOpsal avoided beng crushed by eaplDg ~ float ng
al Mtnt and 10 less than four of men at time
carried down by the drift and could only be re
covered by relief party after the gale had subsidized
| As our brig, borne on by the ice, commenced her
ascent Of The berg, the suspense oppressive. The
Immense blocks piled against her. range upon range
over Upon her eide M urged by the successive accu-
uuaiioIs she rose slowly AID a. il with convuIs ve
ehOrs, along the sopn wall. Still there was no relax
alton OF the lmpe ling Orce Shock alter shock Jarrlug
h,r TO ker very center hs contioued 10 mount steadily
on ber pr.caiiOUs cradle But tor the grooming OF her
nmbeIs, ard tie heavy sough Of the hoeS, We might
Lave heard pin drop: And then. as she settled
down into her old position, quietly taking her place
euopg the bruken iubbish, there deepbreathlng
silence, though oil waiting for signal be-
fore the tlamor of congratu!aton aid comment could
! bust forth"
BY the I'D of August, they had reached the lati-