Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-04

actual observation the long questioned
Eexistence of an open sea beyond the lati-
tude Of 80 deg. and beyond the tempera-
ture also of 100 degrees below the freez-
ing point. His % Personal Narrative"
published early in 1853. recounts the ad-
ventures Of the first voyage, and disco.
yers his diversified qualifications for such
an enterprise.
The last voyage occupied two winters
in the highest latitude, and two years and
a half of unintermitted labor. with the
risks and responsibilities attendant. He
is now preparing the history for publica-
ton. But that part of it which best re.
ports his own personal agency, and would
most justly present the man to Thereafter.
will Of course be suppressed. We would
gladly supply it, but as yet this is inn
possible to us. His journal is private
property, the extracts which we may ex-
pect will be only too shy of egotism. and
his companions have not spoken yet, as
some day they will speak, of his conduct
throughout the struggles which together
they endured.
70 form anything like an adequate esti-
mate Of this last achievement. tits to be re-
collected that his whole company amour.
ted to but twenty men, and that Of this
corps or crew he was the commander, in
naval phrase aud when we are apprised
that his portfolio Of scenery, sketched on
the spot in pencil, and water colors kept
fluid over spirit-lamp, amounts to over
three hundred sketches. we have hint
of the extent and variety Of the Offices he
filed on this voyage. He was in fact
surgeon. sailing>master. astronomer, and
naturalist, as we'll as the captain and lea
der Of the expedition.
This man Of all work. and desperate
daring and successful doing, is in height
about Eve feet seven inches in weight !;
say one hundred and thirty pounds or so,
if health and rest would but give him
leave to fill up his natural measure. His
complexion is fair, his hair brown, and his
eyes dark grey, with hawk look. He is
hunter by every gift and grace and in>
stinct that makes up the character an
excellent shot. and brilliant horseman.
He has escaped with whole bones from
all his adventures, but he has several
wounds which are troublesome and,
with such general good health as his,
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and live on furlough from all the active
duties Of life; yet he has won the distinc-
ton of being the first civilized man to
stand in latitude 80 deg. 80 min.. and
gaze upon the open Polar Sea-to reach
the northermost point of land on the
globe-to report the lowest temperature
ever endured-the heaviest sledge journeys
ever performed-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 is
in his religious enthusiasm-discovered
alike in the generous spirit of his adven-
lures in pursuit of science in his enthu-
siastic fidelity to duty. and in his heroic
maintenance of the point of honor in all
his intercourse with men.
In his department there is the mixture
of shyness and frankness, simplicity and
fastdiousness, sandwiched rather than
blanded, which marks, the man Of geni-
us. and the monk of industry. He seems
confident in himself but not of himself
His manner is remarkable for celebrity OF
movement. alert, attentiveness, quickness
of apprehension. rapidity of uLterance
ouN oS"SSuIOuo APaSthO99 W AISh0Ap
which arises from habitual watchfulness
against the betrayal of his own enthu-
siasms. He seems to fear that he is bor-
ing you. and is always discovering his
unwilliugneso Ito sit'' for your admira-
ton. II you question him about The hand
some official acknowledgements Of his SER
vices by the British and American gov.
ernments, or in any way endeavor to turn
him upon his own gallant achievements.
he hurries you away from the subject to
some point of scientific interest which he
presumes will more concern and engage
yourself; or he says or does something
that makes you think he is occupied with
his own inferiority in some matter which
} your conversation presents to him.
DR.. Kane's Narrative of the Expedition
now preparing, and in process of publica.
ton by Messrs. Childs & Peterson Of Phi.
} ladelphia, will embrace the important dis
coyeres made in frozen regions far be.
yond the reach of all the predecessors o
the American exploring party, and their
!, pcrilous adventures, crowned with roman
tic incidents, which in the Language of the
Secretary of the Navy, " not only excite
our wonder. but borrows novel grandeur
from the truly benevolent consideration.
which animated and neryed him TO The
task. - Graham's Magazine.
A GALLANT Youxe MAS.-There wa,
fellow in York State that asked q young
lady out to ride the young lady agreed
) he drove around to the house at the sp-
pointed time the young lady made hel
appearance dressedin the prevailing fash