Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-02

YELLOW FEVER ON THE STEAMER Don
"A despatch has been received at the Navy De-
partment from Commander r. Chandler, of the
Steamer Don dated Santa Cruz, W. l.. Decem-
Der 10th. 1867, announcing that yellow fever
broke ont on the Don on the 26th of November
in its most yiurlent form. Seven men were
taken down, but the symptoms did not at first
seem alarming and the fever was light Soon
however, delirium took place, followed in
few hours by black vomit and death. At the
time Commander Chandler, was, by order of
Rear Admiral Palmer, exmanining the island
Of ST. JOINTS, as reports had been circulated
that the recent earthquake had destroyed Il
portion of it, but the reports were groundless.
He then returned TO ST. Thomas, when the fey yer
became malignant, and was then ordered to
Santa Cruz, where the patients We're removed
TO the shore. The matches were then fastened
down. and the ship steamed until the heat
reached POS degrees. The ship was then thor
onghly cleaned, and new cases have since
broken out. Several men afterwards COM
piained of pains in the head and back,
with a little fever, showing that although
the disease had been mortaIly effected, il was
stll struggling for existence. Commander G..
says he is fully persuaded that heat eradicated
the disease on the vessel as effectually AS a
severe frost. and recommends that vessels of
war destined TO cruise on the West India
Station be provided with means OF steaming
the lower decks and holds. Commander G..
says before leaving New York he received from
member of the Board of Health there a
pamphlet advising extreme heat to clear ship
of the fever.
DISCOVERIES IN THE ARCTIC OcEAN-A dis.
patch has been received at the Navy Depart
ment from Captain William Reynolds, of the
L. ;. steamer Lackawanna. dated Honolulu
November II, enclosing a copy of the Pacific
Csmmercidt, containing an interesting account
Of a discovery of land in the Arctic Ocean
by the American whale ships Nile, Rein
deer, Monticello and others during the
past summer The account says the exis-
tence of this land has long been known, but
owing TO the impossible ice barriers along its
shores, nothing was learned of it. Baron
Wrangell, the famous Russian explorer, first
communicated to the world the knowledge of
its existence, as he learned it from the Siberian
Indians. The past summer has been the mild
est and most favorable for whaling. and the
ships went farther north than ever before, hay-
ing reached as high latitude 10 deg 30 min
Captain Long, OF the bark Nile, who ex-
amined the land attentively, and cruised
along Its entire coast, has drawn a
sketch of ii. 1t is quite elevated. and
near the centre has an extinct orator cone,
which he estimated to be 2.4sO feet high He
named it s'Wrangelrs Island" The land was
discovered on the evening of the 14th of August
and the lower parts had "A green appearance as
if covered with vegetation. large black
slope, about one-and "A half miles long and
half a mile wide, had the appearance of coal
A 10 the extent of the Island il was thought the
Southern shore run distance of 100 miles east
and west: how far it run north could not be
ascertaincd, but il is thought extends several
hundr miles.