The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-02-27
Death of Elisha Kant Kama.

We have now positive confirmation Of the
sad intelligence Of the daalh Of Dr.. Kane,
which look place a. Havana Oh the l6'h
inst. A despatch from New o.leans under
date Of yesterday, says
The steamship Cahawha, from Ilavans
2O,h. bruushi the remains OF D.. Kane.
The bid, nov lies ~ stats nj the Cry Hall.
Tomorrow il will be placed on boafd ,hs
steamer cor Louisville, en- route 10 Phlladel-
phla. An rscuit ol the civil AMI military
associations aud private 81 izsns viii accom-
p,ny it 10 tbs. bast. Tue highes' HONOR
were paid To- DR.. K,ne's remains ny the o.
fciaIs ol Cuha.
We copy The folIowiag Wei written bio
graphical ,kcch 81 d.. Kane, the Arctic
cIploer, f,om he National ln,slligencer |:
Elisha Kent Kans - unquestionabiy one
M the mosl remarkable mn oi the age
Having iec-nily placed bcf,,ts our readers
s-,nup-is OF hi later and mprs imp"r'zn'
discoveries, We have thought ,ha, a lew
particulars ab"ul The man himself. aud u
short &C 'uunI oi hi. earlier eNploits, gather
ed c.iray lr1m ihuss Who knew hun per
g. ally, mllhI lie acceptable tooor readers.
What Iiuls We have ta say, Ne inter la n
.piim ~ alrio'ic Satisfaction, aud yeI W.
cannud diyrsl ourselves OF The thought that
our Arctic hero his g,Ge abroad Tor the
TesOlatiOu ui his health. witch has been
p,onouucei eIo"e,iInsly pr-car'ous. To-
dos,l, It 10 thou lht by SINE, that he may
n-ser again bo permitted IIser his native
land Such a fate wUuid he most deeply
lanenied, anil we must cheri.h the hope
thai he will not o,ly Ie,urn, but live To-
spend many h,ppy and peaceful years IN
the Land where his name has oecome a
much-l vel household word.
DE- Kane WA, born in Philadelphia on
to J 81 February, 1922, and aiaddaied a
the Utiyrt,iiy OF Pcnn,, lvania ia lsI3
Cir, ~ Ia. collegiate a'd subsequently 10
the IN .dic,l department; and whea he
..ifyed upln his active career of adventure
hc wa esteemed u goo'' classical schOlsr,
ard 4 god chemist. nincralagi1. astr,no-
NOR, and N. geo.. ~. frame, even fem
blyhuoi, was delicate, AID, w,h view 0!
srrngihenlug his constitution, he solicited
an an p.inInl,nt IN the Navy "a. Surseoo,
aud IN aimed 10, AM WAS attached 10 The
6-t American embassy to China This
pp.,,,rli gave him opp1',uaily % explore
a.. P,iIlipir. islands, which he eiiscted
An tiul, ,n E,oi. Hs "a ih. hfai man who
de ,c.nds into the crater az Tssl, l1ws,-,I,
more. than a hupdsrd feet ~ bamboo
rup- Con he oserhlnging cllii. anil, clan
b.fins dOyu simr seven hundred mure
through the sc,rD he made a t,poytaph-
= - L.. u - l.
ctno collected bottle Of sulphurOus acid
fson The ycry IN nth nf the crater; AMI, al.
th ugh H.. W.s dfaSu up almost Sens.less,
hr brought up with ham a ske'ch OF thi'
lile1us cdvera and he spec!msns which 1t
all nied.
Bslo,e returning home from this remote
exn-di,ion. he hal assembled The Himalayas
and rriaugulled Greece "a foot; he h,d
visited Csylnn. the U per Nile, and all III,
neurological rrsirn o, EIyp'; traversng
The rnuI, aud makiis the acquaintance OF
the laarnsi Lep,ius, VII" was then prose-
Culiu, his ucGfe Iloy'cal researches. IT,
a'sI Irayer,e Greece on foot, and Ieturnel
90 the United States through Europs Soon
after III. arrival no was again orJeTed Ou
duty, this time 10 the western coast Of Ail-
ca. lie nav attempted 10 vi-,t The slave
mat. ~ Whyiah, but, having taken the
Niric IN fever. ms was s'nt home Ia preca- |
ripus sists OF heath. he recovered, how
oves, aai we next fpd him a volunteer in
the Mexican war HIS adventures in Maxi !
60 proved him 60 Do the pose ssor Of lion
ike c,urase, anal ola most generous ait
noble heart but he fell a victim to one oi
the lever, al the country AMI Was vo6y I
near IL lag. When he recovered and re- |
tune 1. he Wa enplnysd IA the Coast sur
vey Department., lTon, which be Vas trans
fsfrrd by the Secretary "r the Navy, Ia IN.
y. I OF surgeon on the G. innell Arctic eN.
pe 'itihn. III, hi-try Of that expedition
gave hl,n u high position ~ au aulhas.
Nave satisfied. however, Ia ,cucely
pave hims II iims 10 recover iron he h,ri-
SHIN. nr thu cruise b.'iJre he st on foot
IN. SEQ mi G,ui-ell o. Kane - petition, the
results ~ which hay. been pronounced by
the hishe.l Eu.up-In au,hu.ities s Gmnng
the wonder, OF ihr pi.rrut ceHtury Thas
D., h inc has acc unr l'-a,i much Tor he
hru,r ~ his cmn'ty j. nckpOsle,lced by
81 men 81 alt p,r'ir-. and st lac last See
d n OF Cutgrs,s. a II use OF x 'lressn,a
tive, pss-e I y ftsniuJi N tp- the purrhs.- ui
Ii Ia 81, thuu saul rn i,e- - his va a 'le w"Ts.
the Secretary Of the Navy hay'n, inyr,ti-
g,tsi the sh,le suij''aI ani suggested tho
y u,ai O. O, p',slng he reslluiinn. That
I..olnJian i roW b'lurr he S'uaie, a d Se
az pleased - lraru that. Ia spite 81 their
il.a. u rrtr-nchm-u', many SsnFof, think
D.. X me. appeal a peculiar oIr, AMI that
IL l., quite ,r,nihls large m.j 'r'iy ni 'hrm
ar o., f,yoi IT the restitution. Contrary a.
au upi liut that We have ~>rh expressed,
NO 49, q "a n, abe o. stI'o hat VrrN
uu'h the la,''-t p,upOriiU1 -! he p'Uil>
OF "a. work vii & ialo the hands oi The
FL ,iorsr.
Whst ~ REMEMBER the ch,rlcer VI hi>
gre It discoveries. All 'hi fan" h. has :"
Ju.,ly a,qnirrj. aud then think If him,
" .fu ina * -,pt IN ~ di.st.- ciuitacie'i :
wtrio hyfrirally ser.iuv his cpunry-yrs-
t'riay. as u were qui liz. M, hone To 6ni
h-ilth ~ l. i'aid ard tod " sailiug for a
mo nltl cline ~ the sans puisuit-Se |
cuiuut bui believe tina l. woull tel ice his !
heat aud d. much iuwlrls TesIpiny his /,
be ,l,h t. learn that the gjvermet OF h.
cuuIify he'd rososIiz,i NJ ssrvire H. some
sun,tmtiii manner. whereby the 70 naln-
de- nr he liie migh TO spent L. pleasant
meas aud pace. Numerous learned sOcIs
ties. says cllenporary. AID a whole body
OF swans. with Humbalit at their head.
arl all the commercial nations, with the
T. ,lish admiralty ~ TIE van, have loudly
declared their gcn'Tou, spp'ecia'inn oi DR..
X ,ns's l,hir-, and by arterin: tssinor,.
sls have sought 10 do honor 10 the gallant
American explorer.
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