New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-31


ne wss mounted on an elevation, utteriog he shrii,
: ON cry, which sounded much like mockety OF our
defeat.
severaI seals, but all Of them at distance. One was
fired "a BY bin the long range oftwo hundred yards
~ was wonrdea: another was killed " snpposad
To be- at shorter distances but the wounded one e.
csped and and the other sank.
The pace Is barreu aOd desoate beyond inscription.
Kaupnsh told US that the coast from little way be.
low Cane Par, to the month ~ Woa enholp ne Sount
is called tho barren ground" Even the poor pit
lance of stone moss that we get, comes not without
bard labor and much searching. Some OF ne ara 10
rursu Of il ALMOST every day. This service generally
fslls 10 the lot OF Sonntag, Bonsal and myself S'e.
phenson is an ov Aid, but when he crawl ont OF
doors We may count upon him io5 ne " fn o. sPrs
wbirple well with the rest OF us, ADD VS. sell
dom have their help; therefore put them on wsc'
alternately at the hut, and let one OF them 90 VIA
Petersen and the ether 10 toe traps as Bootn Bay
when they are able. The poor fellows, however, are
mostly sick and they seldom stir abroad.
We the gatherersl 90 out IN tue morning ~
soon as il il light. Eacn carries to-pafe pecs OF
hooprop IA relic Of our kegs bent in the shape Oh
horseshoe aud little bag-whch is SHIRT with tbs
rect and sleeves ed up The plate Is 70 Gear away
the snow which is often more than two feet deep soe
iron is to scraEe off the moss. we ravei always
much ground. Opce crossed The oay 10 inc sonsn
n, ma and were distant from the hut six miles Soma
! times oyr labor is rewarded with good supply,
enough TO last two or three dave soneumss We 10
Dot cole ct enough IN I'VE or Elk noars W wv no ;
ole real have sought alone, Tor whois usV' WIZ
ont getting a pint The greater nqmoer oil tae rocSs
have poihng on them, and the hard labor OF clearing
ayay the deep SHOW is unfecomp ensed'
We boil the NOES with haudf Il or TWO OF mea@
hisc, four or bread dust aud thus eka out or sap
nles II is disgusting at best, and Is scar;el, more
nutritious than paper. When the qumauk 1917 u.s.
we bad each hirty.si1 becuts beside three PaS VI
hresAdnst The allowance TO each man was one D g.
emit n day; but the temperature Is so low, ana our
aNor ia 20 hard that this small quaotty OF iood not
sufficient for our need. We vote to live better, aud
then starve If we mnst-and so we oouole Tue rauon.
Everv cav of this sort of life tells ia tale In burrows
In onr ~ eeks: the one has given come OF as
violent diarrbea and gssrts. We are all frghttnlly
weak GODFREY has tainted in trying TO raise himself
and falling, he would have seriously lluLeu n' q
| AGAINST the wall had he not been caught by Jonn.
The latter 70 scarcely able to walk and besides, he
a. lIers much from hemorrhoids. Whppe is no strong
er. Stephenson lies beside me, gasp pg for brsath.
His heart troubles have come back; and never go
ont without expecting TO find him, upon my return,
| corpse. ,e
| We must refer our readers to the volume itself
for the thrilling details offurther plans for reaching
the destined ha,bor, AID their ultimate failure,
together with the return of the discounted party
TO their old comrades in the Advance. Df. Hayes
sso tets forth at length the reasons for his coni'
d4pce in the success Of an expedition intended to
re,ob the North Pole. Neither his faith nor his
courope is in the slightest degree abated BY the e1-
nerer 90 of sueriug aud the sanguioe, adventurous
spirit which he evinces connected with evident
practical ability Of no common order, presents an
encouragement, if not guaranty, for the success
of his intended enterprise.
| THE LIFE or DANIEL WILSON, D. D., Bishop Of Cal
| cult. ard Metropolitan Of India By JOSIAH BArEsAS,
| A. NJ syo pp 76O. Gould Lincoln
4 Il. H.
of religious parties prominent representative OF
the Evangelical or Cavinstc tendencies in the Courch
Of Epglard. Receiving his earliest religious impress
| sors under the influence Of John Newton, Richard
Cecil Rowland HILL and others of a similar stamp, he
commenced his public career as an earnest advocate oil
the opinions maintained by Wilberforce, Charles
| Simeon, Thomas Scott, and Of which the "ChriEiaa
Observer is well known as the able and strenuous
chsmpitn. He commenced his ministry in lSOl a:
Cbobbam, an agricultural village in Surrey, curae
TO Mr.. Cecil; in 1903 appointed to tutorshlp at
Oxford whore he remained rUr about eight years and
half durirR which time be was first curate of Wor-
op. and item of st. Johns Chapel, London, whore he
| remained until tie year 1924 He then became vicar
of Isreton, dischargipg the duties of that office,
| until 1889, whep, on the death Of DR.. Turner,
| Biebop of Calcutta, he was appointed his sue
cessor and from that time - his death in 1853 at the
ace of 80 he was devoted TO the arduous and indefa
gable labors for the promotion of Christianity in India
which have made his name conspicuous In the
| history Of missions. Bishop wilson was man
| Of studious habits and solid learning, though
| lees addicted to contemplation than TO action;
| of great decision Of character, In some cases bor
dering on sewill; with little respect for forms
ceremor ies compared with inward experience des-
tue Of the elegant culture and graceful address OF
Heber one of his most distinguished pre- ,essors, he
was stem of purpose explicit in speech, and unpublished
in manner his ideas confined to lmi Ted range Of
Subjects while his energy 10 the discharge Of duty
almost without parallel; with little imagination, he
possessed an enormous conscenousness the object Of
| profound reverence he not greatly loved by
many; social in bis disposition, fond of conversation
| and exercising generous hospitality he appears to
| have had few attachments, and no intimaces; free
from worldipess from every trace Of ssfndugence,
from all duIcity and guile, he was not free from am
bop; but he found his highest glory in the progress
OF the faith; and in bis ZEAL courage, frmness and
| selfdevotion, mult be regarded a model Of the
missionary bishop. The biography contained in this
volume il instructive than interesting. II awk
ward sDd diffuse in Eyle obscure in narrative, and
wholly devoid of any redeemng charm Of composition.
The salient features Of character which evidently be-
opged to its ject not illustrated by happy den
cation on the part of the writer but make pc xerul
impression by their own intrinsic strength.
rHE lNTuIILoSs OF THE MIND ISpucTIyELY IN;
FESrIGATED. By the Rey JAMES hCosH, LII. ID.
vo PIP. sCl. Robert Carer Brothers
In discussing the subject to which this work is de-
voted the author has attempted TO steer middle
between the theory whish traces all knowledge, judg
nents and maxims 10 observation and experience and