, 1873-10-30
THE JUNlATA.
Her Arctic Cruise Amid Rocks and
tCCberEbs

From fhr Ne,o 1,oyk Times oct. 27.
Tho Uniled States sloop-of-war Juutata Com
modore Daniol 1. Draius, whoso arrival from tho
Arctic expedition IN seafcn OF Inc tolarls was
noticed in tho Times, lay yesterday OF the Bat
tory. The experience Of tho Juniata cxpodi-
.on's.s nas pson ane nls
tory Oh .ho voyage ID +" recoru ot ,nan''neas aan
gers and hair-hrcadth oscapos, although but ono
man was lost, Bonlnau named Thoa. +. Smith,
,,a 'r, n,.o.mntoa H. % Ioat ~ ,,a ,;fo e IN t,,o ~
us "essl1atos. no toS! h.0 ".o on 'uo
homo passage from st. John, N. r., to
Now York. While tho ship WA rolling heavily
in tho trough Of tho sea, sudden lurch flung
him hoodIonr from laddor oyor tho borth-docb
hlu noau.one 'lom ] .auao. ~. suo v'..ao.A "a
to the bottom, anu ffactufod nae skull 80 al TO
cauge Ills DEATH Tho Juniata, 1t will DO rome1n-
borod, loft this port on juno 2l, 1873. After
run or nSe ueys sna els' nu' Ar.,ssu ,s ~
st. John, Newionhdlaha Ihore was thlok log
all the way and tho ship was foroea to ieel nor
t',,. ,raro .hocoma ~ ,iaooreea,,v familiar
before the IL cruise was ended. Tho ship
1aid ut St. John. for ten days. and was loaded
tho Tiorega. uor bows vero a1so shcathod with
shoots & nf boi1or.iron AZ nrotaction arainat tho
ico. and every precautiou was taken aud prepa-
rntlon made for tic dangers to 10 encountered.
aaoa ~ ~ ,,rarra;i;nr tnot IL ono,,ag6 ~
~ i,' ~ n,anr on con1a aoorooi5 aon +ha
nt,;,,s i' fron, tic },rlooS 1a fou cons
tinned nm to tie latitude Of Gapo Farewell, tie
a',taE a. TnIn hmaa co,,orr VIVA 5"scr;na
on u "a III I'LL, aa th sp;na rmaata ~0 1ooonn M
Nv to a for md oa thc ah nassoa Il hcr r1,1rds
n1mnet gT5nzof, IT, IN tha morning of tho i9tl
of Jniy heavy calo eot in from tbo south aud
oa anal Tho recoIection Of thin Gala in STAMPED
a,,, nhae T., ~ ,,,;m. y, tnaae ~ ;ta
nernv ~ n1,a of tha most tarriblo they Ind AVER
annnynteral ia II nnbaided the next DIV and tGe
et;n atosrcd for Fslarnaoa small tradinr nnrt
e tha "oaat ~ Grcnnan1 Tho cnntin,,nnsr fo,
M at;,i M inn1 1ka a mil ovor ovcrythnr and f|llc1
evervhoy e,. @ viii a faeiinr Of deprosson' An en-
trarSe % to tic larbor Of Fiskernaos % waa proyent-
GO py a. oas for e sa Of ta eross narty
Guns l were frod but no pilot appeared in answer,
liz tho effort, stoercd for sufkertoppon, an
other trading port further north. A a TOW hours'
frnm destruction by prompt action, Executive
nficor nIorrman SAWS tLat Wills Cant Braiuo
and % Himself wore sitting in tho cabin ho heard
cry Of !. proakers ahcaa" Tho Captain, much
r;n,6n o';rtiv nwaloncd him. and Tia twn rushod
~ dncf and fonnd the nroanect boforo them mn,
na1iing. : Nothing mot tho!r eazo but rocks,
kraoLers- and iceherrH. The acene wan Milo.
rekhnr wild. terrible, aud {pdeBcribAbIc..
Fiat fho holm nv: Tas instantly pnt :" hard q Star.
ho"ra = tho angina stoppe1. and tho shin,
onas ouawsr;ns ~ roadily. us stoered safoiy;
| thrnnrh = narrow spaco, between two icc-
horra into open water. Next morning the Ju-
MIA i' reachod sukkertoppen. rho paco was
found FOUND to contain about loo peol}ie, principally
Esonimaur. living miserably In eatlalid l1uts
~ foW Danes tbere woro housed comfortably.
an,i I Gov @ Tarason. The Danish ofncial In chargo
Of the mort. showed tho Juniata's party ovory
| t4ant;,rr a., lie rn,ror m fhc;r diannnoirf
rnent however, it VAS found that no dogs could
hn bought loro. and tho noxt day the Slip LETT
| for HoIsteinborg, another trading port, whore
more Danish houses and moro evidences Of pros.
nerity waro found than at sukkortoppon. At
fInsfe,nborr eighteen dogs aud number Of soal-
elius wero purchased. Tho dogs worc bought
s1.65. 81 ind tic soal.skins At tho cost Of ono
Danish dollar each. From Holsteinborg tho