The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-01
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SAN FRANCIsCOs Oct. 28.2T6e Attn
Californian prints the following details
in regard to the Russian American
Telegraph expedi ti ION: z q "a 4 II {
The bark Palmetto, Capt. Anderson, Of
the Russian Telegraph expedition, ar
rived from Ployer Bay on the Coast of
Asia on Sunday evening; by this arrfy-
al we have late news of the progress
OF Inc telegraPh'e edition. 81
Col. Brekely and party arrived ut
Flowers Bay in September, having
sounded across Behring's straits with the
steamer Geo. H.EWFight. = The bottom
OF the Straits was found quite as fhVo-
rable as indicated for the faying of the
cable.
Colonel Brekely reports that the river
laid down in the map as the Kinchpack
y Identical With the Yankeen, and is
naYigable FOR small steamers as flras
English Fork. Mr.. Kennicutt with a
party sent to explore the Yonson to
New Westminster, British Columbia,
was LETT at Fort st, NIichaels. They
VIII 80 up the Yonson and KinGhpacit
IN small steamer the Lizzie Homes.
which is but thirty-ffve feet long. They
viii proceed to the head of navigation
and then across Mt. Reindeer on foot
over tho snow, until they strike the set
Elements in British Columbia. Col.
Brekely's party found the earth on the
american side thawed to nm average
depth OF ten inches, but frozen solid
below 70 an unknown depth. On their
arrival they found the ground unfavor-
ale for the laying of the cable, as it is
shallow and exposed to the Southeast
gales. Machigin Bay was found fun of
ice. Pintman Bay was found to be n
good harbor and we'll adapted for the
landing of the cable. .d,i isaFt ~
The ASintf0 nO0at HHynu Fovyy,Sl
destitute of timber and more monoton-
Gus than the American. The ground
was found thawed to depth offthirty
inches, and frozen solid below that.
When the Palmetto left the northwest
WIND was bitterly cold and winter was
fast approaching.
The barque Golden Gate, which was
TO return to this port next month, will
be expected soon. - fssFtrz7
The steamerGeo. S. Wright, with Col.
Brekely, Will return in November next.
Inc schooner Milton Badger will also
return here to winter. The party found
the Indians on both sides of the straits
well disposed md capable Of being
made useful to the enterprise. Rus
sian officials and private citizens REM
dered every possible assistance to the
party and expressed the liveliest inter
est In the enterprise. rG-t4 ~,
Inc scenery in many places visited
GuhB was
strange and new was Witnessed by the
party. The waters coursing through
Behring's Straits were alive with wall
rus, who appeared to be taking q dead-
head summer trip to the Southwest
On the arrival Of Col. BrelSely of the
Russian-Am erican Telegraph party in
the vicinity of Plover Bay, the Indians
were extremely shy, and hesitated
about coming on board. When they
ulu come on board they reported that
they had seen II steamer burning ships
in the vicinity but few days before;
and some of the crews belonging to the
ships had been sent ashore by the
steamer. 74 5ljr.9-77ls- 80 -.
The Indians did not understand the
burning of these vessels, and therefore,
hesitated about coming on board.
Some 2 or sailors sent ashore by,
the Shenandoah arc reported to have
been taken of by the telegraph party
by n young man who returned. by the
Palmetto, though Col. Brekely does not
mention the fact in his letter and moth
ing is known of the present where.
abouts of the parties.