Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-02-16

cry Senior, save my hther.n A rryup of the
sug'ilIa suaras were dashipg upon the Mexicans,
nnduled together, with their lances i'm rest. lie
,n'tN himself before them; one Of them transhxed
his morse, another gave him a severe wound ii in the
Sfo'h' ne Killed the hrst.lieutonaut. wounded the
secondlioutenant and blew a part of the colonel's
Jc'ro on win the last charge Of his six-sllooter;
then, graphing with him and using his f,ts. he
bFoughtthc party to terms. Tho lives Of the pris.
ohefs We're saved, and the Doctor received their
thelr swords. As suon rs General Gaona could
reach his son, who lay ut a little distance from the
scene OF the last struggle, tho Doctor found him
Snung oy MN, receiving his last adicus. Shifting
Vio Soiulel ana resuming the surgeon, he secured
the artery, and put the wounded man in condition
10 travel. The ambulance got mp for the occasion
contained at once the wounded Macmillan, the
wounded second-licutcnaut and the man that had
prepare" them Tor slow travelling, himself on the
iltter from the Ian 20 wound received l defence o (
ms prisoners! When they reached Puebla, the
Doctors wound proved far the worst in the party.
nc was taken to the governmental house, but the
GA General, in gratitude for his generous services,
nan MN conveyed to his own house. General
IilIuS, American commander at Puebla, hearing
OF the generosity Of his prisoner, discharged him
without making any terms, and the old General
became the principal nurse Of his captor and
1enciactor, dividing his attentions between him
ana ms son, who lay wounded in an adjoining
room. The illness OF our hero was long and doubt
lnl and he was reported dead to his friends at
home.
When he recovered and returned he was employ
cdln the Coast Survey. While engaged in this
service, the Government, by its correspondence
with Lady Franklin became committed for an at.
tempt az the rescue Of Sir John and his ill.starrod
companions in Arctic discovery. Nothing could
% better addressed to the Doctors governing SEN
tments than this adventure. The enterprise Of
or John ran exactly in the current Of one of
his own enthusiasms-the service Of natural
science combined with heroic personal effort,
ana, added to this, that sort Of patriotism which
charges itself with its own full share in the exc
cution OF national engagements of honor and
BESIDE TINS cordial assumption of his country's
debts and duties, there was no little force into the
appeal oil a nobly-brave, spirited woman to the
!, chiyalry of the American navy.
ne was battling in the tepid waters of the Gulf
OF Mexico, on the 18th of May, 1850" when he
received his telegraphic order to proceed forth
WIN 10 New York for duty upon tnc Artic expe-
dluon' In nine days from that date he was beyond
the limits of the United States, on his dismal voy-
age to the North Pole. OF this first American expe-
dition, as is well known to the public, he was the
surgeon, the naturalist, and the historian. 1t re-
turned disappointment Of its main object, after Il
" inter III the region Of eternal ice and a fifteen
months absence.
Scarcely allowing himself a day to recover from
the hard>hips Of this cruise, he set on foot the
second attempt, from which he has returned, after
verifying by actual observation the long question
ed existence Of an open sea beyond the latitude of
- degrees, and beyond the temperature also of
lO0 degrees below the freezing point. lis Per.
sonal Narrative" published early in 1853, recounts
the adventures Of the first voyage, and discov.
ers his diversified qualifications for such an enter
prise.
Tho last voyage occupied two Winters, in the
highest attitudes, and two years and a half of uu-
lntermltted labor, with the risks and responsible
Ties attc ldant. lie is now preparing the history
tor publication. But that part Of it which besr
reports his own personal agency, and would most
ms u ft nG1nf thn1 man 70 tLa -1,l,, ILL % ,A,,o,o
be suppressed. We would gladly supply, it but as
yet this is impossible. His journal is private prop
erty, the extracts which we may expect, will be
only too shy Of egotism; and his companions have
not spoken yet, as some day they will speak, Of bis
conduct throughout the terrible trugglesiwhich to-
gether they endured.
To form anything like an adequate estimate of
this last achievement, it is to be recollected that
ms whole com pany amounted to but 20 men, and
that Of this corps or crew he was the commander,
in naval phrase; and when we are auprised that
his portfolio Of scenery skctched on the spot in
pencil, and in water-cOlors kept fluid over n spirit
lamp, amounts to over 800 sketches, we have a hint
Of the extent and variety of the Offices he filed on
this voyage. lie was in fact the surgeon, sailing
master, astronomer and naturalist, as well as can
tain and leader Of the expedition.
This man of all work and desperate daring and
and successful doing is in hight about five feet
seven inches; in weight, sag 1870 ID. or so, il health
and rest would but give him leave to fill up his
ldluidl measure. Ills complexion is lar, HIS. hair
brown, and his eyes dark-gray. with a hawk-look.
lie is II hunter by every gift and grace and instinct
that makes up the characters; an excellent and n
brilliant hOrseman. He has escaped with whole
bones from all his adventures, but he has several
wounds which are troublesome and, with such
general health as his, most men would call
themselves invalids and live on furlong from all
the active duties of life; yet he has won the dis
~tinction of being the first civilized man to stand in
latitude 50 deg. 30 min. and gaze upon the open
Polar Sea--to reach the northcrnmost point of
land on the ~globe--to report the lowest tempera.
ture ever endured-the heaviest sleigh-iourneys
ever p~erformed--and the widest life that civilized
man has successfully undergone; and to return
after all to tell the story Of his adventures.
The secret spring Of all this energy in his reli-
ginus observation-disclosures alike in the generous
spirit of his adventures in pursuit of science, in
his enthusiastic fidelity to duty, and in his heroic
maintenance ofthe point ofhonor in all intercourse
with men,
In his department there is that mixture of shv.
ness and frankness, simplicity and fastidiousness
sand wiched rather than blendid, with marks the
man Of genius and the monk of industry. He
seems confident ia himself, but not Of himself
llls manner is remarkable for celebrity Of move
ment, alert agtentlvenesS, q~uickness OK cumprehen-
sion, rapidity of utterance and sententious COM
pactness Of diction, which arise from a habisual
watchfulness against the betrayal Of his own en-
thusiasm. He seems TO fear that he is boring YOU,
and is always discovering his unwillingness To
'sit" for your admiration. If YOU question him
about the handsome official acknowledgements of
his services by She British and American Govern
ments, or in any way endoaved to turn him upon
his own gallant achievements, he hurries You away
from the subject to some point Of scientific inter
est which he presumes will more concern and en-.
gage yourself; or he says or does something that
makes you think he is occupied with his own info
riority in some matter which your conversation
presents to him. One is obliged to struggle with
to maintain the tone Of respect which his character
and achievements deserve; and when the interview
is over, a feeling of disappointment remains for
the failure Of your efforts to ransack the man as
you wished, and to render the tribute which YOU
owed him.
We Bish we could be sure That he will not, in
his forthcoming work, give us the drama without
its hero; or we wish the expedition and its hero
had q chronicler as worthy as he would be were he
not the PRINCIPAL character in the story.