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RIDAY NOVEMBER % 1850.
THE HAYES EXPEDITION.

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THE HAYES EXPEDITION.
DR.. William LOngshaw, the returned sur
geon from the Hayes expedition, under advice
from members of the Boston Committee,
gives to the public some of the details of the
voyoge, instead of waiting for DR.. Hayes
dispatches, not yet received from Copenha-
gen. We fad the article in the Boston Jour
nal, from which we take the following ex-
tracts. concerning what occurred after the
United States, as the little vessel is called,
reached Proven, Aug. l6.
At IL o'clock Sunday night, August s.,
when the vessel lay becalmed about Is miles
from P;oven, Mr. S0ntag, the only man on
board, besides the cook who could speak the
Danish language, left the vessel and was
rowed to the shore, where he arrived at three
o'clock in che morning. He awoke the
Danish officials, through whose assistance he
procured boats, manned by Esquimaux, and
after an absence Of twenty three hours, re-
turned to the schooner. The arrival of the
Esquimaux, male and female, they being the
first natives en- by the ships company, Gre
ated quite u sensation.
IN EsoUIMAUT.
The pilot the only one Of them who could
sprak any English, was a half breed Dane
He spoke but a few words, which he STAN
mered out, accompanied by spaSmodio ac-
tiou Of his right leg an arm, similar to q
dancing Jack. He wore reindeer boots, seal
skin half f-breeches, colored cloth overshirt
with hood at the back and fur cap with
out any Visor. lie was greasy and dirty,
both in clothes and person, but he had an
intelligent cOuntenance. After the bOatmen
had taken some retreshment, they tOwed tho
United States into Proven h4rbOr, where
she remained seven days. The expedition
made the island of Disco in twenty-one days
from Boston, which is probably the shortest
passage ever made. They were greeted at
| Proven by salute fired by order Of the
| Deputy Governor, which was answered by
| Commander Hayes, The rocks were covered
with E>qumaux il their best attire, and pic
turesque indeed they looked IN their many
| cocred costumes. The vessel was very soon
surrounded by ''kyaks s''-the singular canoe
| of the Esduimaux To one of the natives
was given a piece OF salt pork if lie would
/ turn over in his kyak in the water He did
50 very quickly.
The joy OF the exploring party was great
a; fPdlng themselves once more at anchor in
/ still water, with a dry deck and cabin, for
| during the time they were sailing from the
| 58th to the 68th parallel Of north latitude,
! there was water constantly on the floor OF
the cabin, varying in depth from half
| inch to ten inches. Often the contents of
the dishes on the table were diluted by sea
water, which came IN unceremOniOusly
through the skylight. One day especially,
when off Cape Farewell, in a gale, it was
impossible to set the cabin table, and the
! furniture sailed about the cabin on its own
account.
TIE STAY AT PROVEN.
The stay of the expedition at Proven was
! quite pleasant The cargo was all broke
out and removed in boats TO the shore,
whence it was re slowed on board. The
/ ships company were assisted by forty or f.
| tv ESquimaux. They worked hard all day,
and gave their nights to jollity, attending
! balls, parties and feasts, given in their honor
| by the natives The Danish officials render
ed Dr. Hayes and his officers every service
| in their power, and the usual courtesies
! passed between them. Numerous presents
were made to the Danes of delicacies Er the
| table, in return for which they sent fur gar
ments, which were of better quality and
make than any that could be bought.
At Proven, DR.. Hayes procured forty dogs
large supply OF furs. and the expedition
sailed for Upernavk on Saturday, Aug. 3.
On the following day, while the expedition
was on the way to Upernavik, Gibson C.
| Carruthers. a native of South Carolina, and
the carpenter Of the expedition, died in his
berth from apoplexY. He was in the first
Grinnell Expedition under DR.. Haven. He
was about thirty-one years of age. The ex-
pedition reached Upernavik Aug. IA, and on
the following morning his body was buried.
At UPERNAvIK.
| Prerarations were now made for entering
! the ice. The schooner was out of water 81
inches more than when she left Boston har-
| Dor, having been lightened, adding greatly
to her sailing qualities DR.. Hayes procured
forty dogs, secured the services of ESqui-
maux, and hired Mr. Jansen, the assistant OF
the Danish Governor in charge of the station
at Tessuisak, and the only white man in the
| place; he was a cooper and carpenter and an
able man. The Danes told DR.. Hayes that
DR.. Kane and his companions owed their
! sdlcbN anu CcNupC ~ Suii OtSAcOHs
who is now the keeper of lighthouse on the
coast of Denmark. Possibly, Mr.. Jansen,
who seemed to have similar qualifications,
may be of great service to the present expe-
! ditiOn.
| SAILING OF THE EXPEDITION FROM UPERNAvIK.
The expedition sailed from Upernavik,
August IA, for Tessuissak. They encoun-
tered some ice, and arrived there on the Odd
At this place there was q small settlement of
the Esqumaux, 1l2 of whom were employed
to make up the furs purchased at Upernavik
into clothing, sufficient for years. Six dog
houses were constructed on the deck of the
vessel, and the work of housing in the deck
had been commenced before DR.. Lopgshaw
left the expedition.
SEPARATION OF DR.. LoNGsHAw FROM TIE ExPE-
DITIoN.
While at Proven, Commander Hayes ask
ed each of the officers in succession if he
would volunteer to carry dispatches to the
United States, and the answer was, in every
case, " No, sir" DR.. Hayes urged some one
to volunteer. as otherwise ne should be
obliged to order some one to return. DR..
Longshaw's duties as botanist and geologist
at Proven, Upernavik and Tessuissak had so
taxed his eye-slght, as, added to the eneoS Vi
the ice glaciers. to render him partially snow
blind, in consequence of which DR.. Hayes
thought it best to send him back with dis.
patches, believing him to be in danger OF
becoming entirely blind If he remained. DR..
LIS eye-sight is still much affected. He left
the expedition on the Cd of September, at
which time the following were the
PLANS FOR The FUTURE, ETC.
Commander Hayes intended 20 leave les
suissak about the 2sth of August, bound up
Smith Sound, on the west side, in order to
attain as high latitude as is possible before
winter set in. DR.. Kane went up on the
| east side but Dr. Ha yes exnecta to find the