New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-24

Sea, her tombstone the monuments VI 'oo "ui'-i
nature has been so many thousands of years Id pre-
pairing. Her brave commander, who sailed away
from his friends and home happy IN bis convictions
of success is silent in his tomb cut from the solid
ice 24O miles from the spot where his ship went
down.
THE LITTLE JUNIATA EXPEDITION.
"No NEWS D-pERus OF THE ICE PACK-AN ARCTIC
GALE-sHoRT OF CoAL-BACK AGAIN.
[FRoM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRlBUhh''
II. s. s. JUNIATA, GODHAvN, Disco ID,
GREENLAND Aug. lion Monday Aug H. the u D. D.
Tgress left Upernavik for the northward' VIA cape
York On the evening Of the 18th insl the Little Juniata
hove in sight about four miles or and as they entered
The harbor we manned our rigging and sent up from
more than one hundred throats three hearty cheers OF
welcome At eight o'clock they alongside, and as
Lieutenant belong, followed by the rest OF his crew.
stepped up over the gangway they were warmly re-
ceyed by Captain and the other officers of the YES
sci The first remark made by the commander OF the eA
pedtion as he touched the deck IL am sorry nave
no news than that we all well and safe" Clad in
the same seal skin costume when they left u.s. their
appearance gave evidence Of having had tedious trp
The little Juniata" made her first stop at Tessuisak
making its way among icebergs and Islands,
and arriving at the above-named place at IL O'CLOCK
at nigt where left 600 pounds Of COAL to be used on
the return At Tessuisak they we're deanedfor IL hours
owing to the dense fog which had set in TessuisaK Is
small place Of 80 inhabitants living In about half
dozen huts and presided over by Chlef Trader
Jensen, who, with his young wife, occupies quite a
resnectable house. Jensen is the Dane who
ACCOMPANIED Dr. Hayes on his several expeditions as
dog driver hunter. he is fnelookng Fellow more
than six feet hight, and one Of the most hosptaoie
fellows in Greenland He speaks good English, Is very
enthusiastic Americans, anxious and willing TO DO
them every little service within his power While lying
| felt
OF the numerous cebergs in close proximity TO them
shoud topple over or burst there not only rain
but the thermometer stood at $50 Fahrenheit Their
alarm was increased by the continued cracking and
turning over of bergs within the harbor.
CAUGHT THE ICE.
After leaving Tessulsak they kept in close TO the
land working their way the bergs and being al
WAYS ready to run in and anchor in dense fog
sbould overake them They found that instead OF
burning 500 pounds OF coal per day they were burning
twice that amount This extra consumption OF coal was
caused by being obliged to salt water as they found
they used too much steam to melt the ice which they
had filled their tanks with along the route, In order to
obtain fresh water. On the 4th they were obliged to
wait on account Of fog near Wilcox Head. When they
cast of from the berg to which they had been anchored
they rounded the headand and kept on TO the north
ward hoping 10 get a sight OF the Devils Thumb"
from which they intended 20 take their departure for
crossing Melville Bay to Cape York Devils Thumb Is
| sO
several hundred feet in hight juttnR abruptly out Of
the sea- The weather thick and oggy that it was
impossible to get sight Othis remarkable ponto land
still they continued their course TO the northward the
fog growing more Dense and finally obscuring the land
entirely from their view About 10 o'clock p they
encountered pack ice cebergs and some new ice about
| An inch in thickness. They then put about and at
tempted to of the pack ice but owing to the in
creasng thickness Of the fog missed their former track
and were finally checked in their progress BY slowly
and carefully forcing their way, occasionally running
into small patches of water covered with thin scaling
Of ice which proved that the ice gradually ncreas
in thickness and to delay for the clearing of the
fog might cause the risk Of being frozen in, they finally
| worked their way out Their rigging was covered
| with white FROST and the temperature below 800 f.
They injured their little craft more than giving it
| few scratches by the new ice.
After getting open water they sailed to the north
east by compass which, allowing the variation Of eight
points due to this latitude gives them northwest true.
They passed in sight OF the Sabine Islands, while abeam
they had large number Of cebergs, and the icepack
seemed TO stretch from the Sabine Islands across Mel
| vile Bay to the coast. On the next day they found
themselves on the edge of the icepack, with signs Of
lead hrou it, and dense fog shutting in. The fog
finally became SO dense that rather than any risk
with the boat they made fast to Iceberg On the 18th
inst they cast of from the berg. made sail under light
breeze and about noon discovered lead through the
and after running about nNe miles IL proved TO be
false one when they were obliged to retrace their
course when they found good lead. About a on
the ath inst they sighted Cape York. about eight miles
distant In two hours after sighting the land the
fog shut in thick and obscured the land.
Al the same time the wind freshened to a southeast
gale when their situation became critical the ice
mack preyented them from reaching the shore with the
boat and It was an utter Impossby 10 haul the boat
mn on the pack Had they been in open water they
Can YorkW ~
The gale made very heavy sea. which commenced
breaking up the border of the pack and throwing i'm
mense blocks OF upon its top The waves were break
ing over the bergs least hundred feet in hight and
the boat shipped quantities Of water, delugnR every
thing in IT, The fog continued thick and 1t raned In
torrents This gale lasted about thirty hours, during
which time they "tacked ship" the sails close-reefed
and made about rs miles each tack bringing up at
about the same place at the end Of each tack.
GIVING UP.
On the morning OF the 9th there came lu and fear
ing for safety Of tho boat In the wind should
die out leaving in stead such fearful sea, they
concluded TO get up seam but found considerable diff
Guilty in getting the fire started They had taken
matches and finder with them. both Of which were sat
urated with water and OF whatever in that
condition one OF the party warmed and dried some
matches by placing them next to his body and, lighting
some of the cotton-wase and junk which they had pre-
viousiy saturated with OIL succeeded In raising steam
eight hours after the order given An inspection OF
tina coal now proved them that half goDe and
I'm obedience 70 their fromCap BraDe oireturn