New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-22

evening ceremonies incident TO crossing the Arctic
| Cirele-GSo 30-took place on board.
Neptune and his myrmidons received the cusr
tomaTy tribute Of those entering the frgid zone for
the first time. He was courteously received with
salute, the ensign and pennant were run up, and
after his departure the evening was passed In joy
ous aTnusenents, both fore and aft.
When nearing Egedesrninde, on the 31st, the
wind was better than common, and wss determ.
ined to go on to Proven, where there was proba-
biiity of finding the Danish brig which annually
sails thence in August 70 Copenhagen at this
time, over dozen whales, both sperm anls fla back,
were seen, and many icebsFgs, upon one of which
Commander Hayes ran his vessel, by way Of ex-
pertinent to test her strength. The little craft
withstood the shock admirably. Daylight row
| prevailed throughout the tweatyfou hours. The
sun set at 1890 p ". and rose At 2.40 a.. NJ, gwi
| light continuing 80 that the Joysgers wrote out
their journals at midnight without the aid Of s.
| lamp.
SENSATION DAY.
| Wednesday. August /, was sne day, with no
/ lack Of sensation for the ships company. At 10
in the morning the shore Of Disco Lland was about
five miles off, and visible for the length of thirty
| miles north and south. The high mountain peaks
| their tops hidden in the clouds, and seemingly
| reaching to the sky above; the mountain sides
covered with snow, and the dazzling glaciers con.
stituted glorious scene; and still more SO was If
| in the gorgeous lights and shades Of sunset. Al
forty seven icebergs were counted on the port
| side of the vessel. One monster Tesembled bis
| sissppi steamboat loaded with cotton, only much
| unaeniGed another looked like house, the gable
| end toward the spectator; another bore very
| striking resemblance to the coliseum at Rome !;
another was like quadrangular fort, with its can
| non mounted and its sentries on duty; another
| sailed majestieally on like a square-F1gged ship;
and in which the imagination discovered animals,
buildings, castlesi cathedrals, and thousand
/ vagaries of form. When of 0menak Fiord, at
| P. NJ, eighty ieebergs were counted across the
mouth of that sound, and there were one hundred
| and forty in sight to the westward. These came
from ,,er de gtdce in the interior, though some
4 of the young gentlemen averred that there was a
| steam factory constantly engaged in their manu-
| facture, which statement favored by the fact
that on the borders of the " ford " was large
| coal mine.
| the expedition. This the first night in which
they had entire sunlight. The sky being cloudles,
| the sun was seen the entire night, first to pass
slowly in circle to the northward, and then cast
! ward, till it began to rise again.
| The expedition was becalmed several days of
4 Svorte Hook, but at length reached point
| within sight of the low islands, beneath Sander
sons Hope, great landmark for Arctic navigat-
| ors. AT this time scene of sublimity was wit
messed. The coast, for miles either hand to the
north and south, plainly visible. Cliffs high or
/ low land, mountains and inlets, were seen in the
distance while around the vessel ioated thousands
of icebergs. In the intervals between the heavy
reports and of falling turning csbergs, the
noise of the surf beating against each Of the
many bergs was distinctly heard, sounding as a
distant Niagara or d near small waterfall, SO con
tinuous was the noise. The greater part of the
time the crushing and tumbling of the bergs in
1 turning over and coming in collision with eact
other,-or of detached pieces falling, or glacier
parting from its de gldce and rolling down Q
4 thousand feet into the sea, kept up terrific can
nonade.
Il ARRIVED AT PROVEN.
i At Ii o'clock Sunday night, August 5, when the
/ vessel lay becalmed about Is miles from! Proven
Mr. Sontag the only man on board, besides the
cook, who could speak the Danish language, left
A the vessel and was rowed TO the shore where be
arrived at o'clock in the morning. he awoke
the Danish official, through whose assistance he
n procured boats, manned by Esquimanx. and after
an absence of twenty-three hours, returned to the
schooner. The arrival of the Esquimaux, male
and female, they being the first natives seen by the
ships company, created quite sensation.
AN EsquIMAux PILOT.
The pilot, the only one of them who could speal
any English, was half bred Dane. he spoke bu
few words which he stamnlered ont aceempan
led by spasmodic action of his right leg and arm
similar to o dancing-jaek. He wore reindeer-skiI
boots, seal.skn half breeches, colored cloth owe
shirt with q hood at the back, and "a fur cap with
out any visor. He was greasy and dirty both ii
clothes and person, but he had intelligent coun
} tenance. After the boatmen had taken some re
freshments they towed the United States into Pro
! ven Harbor, where she remained seven days Th
expedition made the Island of Disco in twenty. on
l days from Boston, which is probably the shortes
/, passage ever made. They were greeted at Prove
by salute fred by order of the Deputy Governo
I which was answered by Commodore Hayes. Th
4
attire and picturesque, indeed, theyloeked in the
\ many -coiored costumes. The vessel was soon SUI
It rounded by "hyaks''-the singular canoe of the e
:, quimaux. To one of the natives was given piee
of salt pork, if he would turn over in his hyak
the water. He did SO very quickly.
9 The joy of the exploring company was great
q finding themselves once more at anchor in still WI
ter, with dry deck and cabin, for during the tin
they were sailing from the 56th to the 6Sth para
8 of north latitude, there was water constantly o
!. the floor of the cabin, varying in depth from ha
t an inch to ten inches. Often the contents of til
q dishes on the table were diluted by sea watel
!. which came in uneeremoniously through the sky
8 light. One day especially, when off Cape Farewell
in gale, it was impossible to set the cabin table
d and furniture sailed about the cabin on its ow
account.
IL THE STAY AT PROVEN.
u u The stay of the expedition at Proven was quit
! | pleasant. The cargo all broke out and Fl
moved in boats to the shore, whence it was r.
a slowed on board. The ships company were a
: sisted by forty OF fifty EsquimauX. They worke
hard all day. and gave their nights to jollity. a
q q tending balls, parties and feasts given in the
= honor by the natives The Danish officials rende
ed DR.. Hayes and his officers every service in the
) | power, and the usual c0urtesies passed betwee
n them. Numerous presents were made to th
= Danes of delicaeies for the table, in return ft
which they sent fur garments, which were of betts
quality and make than any that could be bought.
= = AN EsQUILAux BALL. 5
y = Every other night ball was given to which Il
:. | whole ships company were invited. A promise
a Gus company assembled at these balls, compose
~ as it Of all the human beings in the vicini
|, who were able to dance, or who wished to look 0
a. In the same set at one time were Messrs Inke
a man, Hansen, Hayes, Sontag, Carruthers all Il
~. crew of the expedition and male and female 1
~ quganx, perhaps twenty in number while OF
!. ers, in such numbers as to uncomfortably CROW
= the room, were standing around, laughing al
shouting in high glee. The ballroom was the Ca
penter's shop, decorated with the flags of the We
Or sell lighted at midnight with candles, for thoue
g light outside, the flags covering the little windoy
TX made the room dark. In an adjoining room was
le table, on which there variety of drinks, OIL
At huge wooden bowl of punch made of three kim
as | of wine, brandy and rum, with lemons and suga
q Mr.. Sontag, with his assistants, was engag,
ST most of the time while at Proven in making t
rs biographical survey of the harbor, while DIR. Lon
shaw was employed in geological and botanical
'h bors. Commander Hayes was busy all the time
general supervision of affairs. at u o'clock
the evening OF the first day in Proven, DIR. Lon
N shaw assembled to the top of high bill for the o
10 sefvance of the sum- 1t did not dip below the h
a. rizon in the least, but moved slowly northward
n, at length it began to ascend shining brilliantly Il
er while
1e At Proven DIR. Hayes procured forty dogs
Nv large supply of furs, and the expedition sailed
'. Uppernavik on Saturday, Aug. 5.
Id DEATH OF THE CARPENTER, AND ACCIDENTS.
A On the following day, while the expedition W
d, on the way to Upernavk, Gibson G. Carrathsrs,
OF native of South Carolina, and the carpenter of