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


sstaew wlsdss ~ith mora ssa,isuds ihsis nsr.
eifuI deIivssasos from wssschsd dsaah.
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"Ths dap had sITsady iss full shafs Of ut
als; but there wefs more 10 come. A flaw
dfovs us from oar shsIIsr, and lhe hdis toon
carried us beyond the end Of she issds We
we're ssain Ia ihs ice, sornsiimss escaping
hs onses BY wsfpiug, soms.imes forced 70 %.
" on The strength and buoysnsy Of he brig
10 stand lie pressure, sonssiaass ssudtlns
IwildIy thfoueh the hall opened duff. Our
jibboom was snapped OF in tho cap; We osf-
fisd away oar baHicsds s,anehions, sad wsfs
forced 10 have our little Erie, With three brase
fellows and their wsrps out upoa shs aoss
behind %. q. - srs = - -
"a litde pool Of open wafer sscelved ~ st
last II was just beyond q lofty cape kstross
up ike wall, and under. an iceberg thst
anchored itself beswssn ns and the gsle.---
And hare. close under The froYniaEz zteres Of
Greenland, ten miles nearer The Pole than
oar holding-ground Of the morning, The men
have turned 10 TO rest.
az was afraid 10 joiu them, for the gale was
unbroken, and the foes kept pressing heayi-
ly upon onf berg--al one time 60 heavily as
TO sway i, on its vertical axis towards the
shole, and make lie pinaadls overhang our
vessel. My poor fellows had but a, prscari-
GUS sleep before our little hnfbof, was broken
up. They hardly. reached the deck when
we were driven assern, our rudder splintered,
and The pinlels Torn from liieir boI!ings.
Now began tho nippings. The FIRST shock
took us on our port quarter; the brig bearing
it well, aud. after moment Of the old fash
ioned suspense, rising by jerks handsomely.
The next was from q vslsran foe, iongued
and honeysuckled, but floating 81 a single
| table over twenty feet in thicknesA or course
no wood OF iron could stand this; but lhe
shoreward face of our iceberg happened to
present an inclined plane, descending deep
into the water, and up 10 this the brig was
driven, as If some grea, sieam screw power
was forcing her iuto dry dock.
Gal one time expected 10 see her carried
bodily up its face aud tumbled over on her
side. But one Of those mysterious relaxa-
tions, which have elsewhere called the pull
sss Of the ice, lowered us quite gradually
down again into the rubbish, and we were
forced out Of the line Of ofpressure towards the
shore. Here we succeeded in carrying on,
warp and makipg fast. We grounded as The
tide fell, and would have heelsd over to sea
ward but for mass Of dsisched land.ice that
grounded along side of us, and although il
slove our bulwarks as we rolled over, II sho.
1 red us up. A.
We must also give his account Of the Sc.
qnel:
81 could hardly get to my bunk, as went
down into our Uttered cabin on the Sunday
morning after our hard working vigil Of 80
hours. Bags Of clothing, food, tents, India
rubber blankets, and the hundred little per-
sonai matters which every man likss 10 cave
in time Of trouble, were scattered around in
places where the owners thought they might
have them at hand. The pemmican had
5esn on deck, the boats equippsd, and every
thing OF real importance ready for a march,
many hours before.
"Durns the whole of the scenes have
been trying TO describe, could not help be-
ing struck by the composed and manly do.
meauor Of my comrades. The turmoil Of
ice u1der heavy sea ofien conveys the i'm.
preston Of danger xksn tbs realty isabsenI
but 10 iilis fearful passage, ,he parting of oul
hawsers, the loss oi our anchors, the abrnp
crurhing Of sloven buiwsrks, and The aetna
deposit Of fte upon our docks, wcnld have
tried the nerves Of ths most expsrienesdice
men. Alt--officers and men--wnrked alike
Upon each occasion Of collision with the
ice which formed our ice coast efforts wen
made to carry ont lines; and some narrow
escapes were incufred, by the zeal Of the
parties leading them into positions of dan
| ger. Mr. BonsalI avoided being crushed bJ
leading TO sfoating fragment; end no ies
than four ofom men at one time wore carried
down by the drifi, and could only be recov
cred by tslisf party after the gale had sub
sided ggs ss ~
s2aAs our brig, borne on BY the ics, com
menced her ascent of the berg, The suspenss
was oppressive. The immense blocks pilse
| against her, range upon range, pressing ihem
selves under her keel, and throwing her owe
upon her side till, urged by the successive
accumulation, shs rose slowly, and 70 II with
oonvuhivs efforts, along tue sloping wsll.--
Still there was no relaxation Of The inpsllina
force. Shock sfier shock jarring her TO hsl
very centre, she eoutinusd 10 Insant steadily
on her piecaious cradle. Bul The sfosniua
Of her timbeEs, and The heavy soughi Of the
foes, We might have heard q pin drop. And
thsn, as she settled down into her old position
quietly taken her plaes among the brokel
rubbish, there Wsss desp.breaihins silence
ss though Ill were -waiiing for some sigma
before the ciar1or ef cousrsiulsiion and CON
msnt could buFst fefihD - sssa sss
Ay The s2d Of August, they hadssaehed
the iaiiiads Of zee 4r'--s distance grsaseI
ahsn had bssn attained By apY pfsxiens en-.
piores, sxcspi Parry On his spissbsrzsu ioo
tramp. About This tims somsef ITO pariy
bssan % exhibh symptoms Of diseoulsni.--
Fhs rapid advance Of winisr, lhe deprivation
4 e resi- end the slow psoRress Of the exnedi.