The New York herald., 1874-10-23

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with the western parts Of Greenland ne pfes
enoe OF innumerable icsbergs In Gil the sound 4
remarkable. while they are not seen 70 the south
IN the sea Of Nova Zemble. me absence OF Ice
oergs In this sea justines the belief that they move
towards the north.
In this peaceful struggle to increase our knowl.
edge Of the earth the different nations habitualty
set up rher nags ct the point which IL the cap non
plus ultyu Of the moment We did SO. Az the ex.
treme point OF our voyage toward the north the
Austro-HunGarian nag has been set nearer to the
pole than that 6f Sny ether nation After this Ger.
emony we deposited In the crevice Of rock doc
ument attesting our presence. and thought OF
returning to our ships, 100 miles TO the south.
Thanks to forced marches and the absence OF
every burden except the tent and provisions we
soon rejoined our companions who had renamed
behind and who were watching anxiously for
our return. After passing the glaciers OF the
large and beautiful Island OF Landenbourg and
doubled Cape Ritter so deg. l6 min. on the 6th
OF April we remarked, with concern, that
the sea water everywhere impregnated the
lower layers Of snow and that the weather
appeared menacing. We found ourselves above
the embouchure OF the. great Markham
heard distinctly the cracking caused by pressure
OF Ice noes. Next morning we pushed for
ward and, when near Hayes Island. found
ourselves in face Of an immense sheet OF
water, which barred further progress, and which
nowed toward the north. We had no boat. All
south OF Austria Sound had been transformed into
an open sea, and at thirty PAGES from US the
waves dashed against the ice.
To complete our msfortune dreadful snow
storm came on. We retreated, ana at the end OF
two days OF most dtnicult and painful march we
succeeded In passing around the abyss by skirtIng
enormous glaciers. We were saved. At length.
on the 21st OF April, We arrived at Cape FRANKFORT
and found the ice road which should conduct us to
our ship intact But did the Tegethon still exist
The ice bank TO which she had been chained, mad
It not been carried further away But the ship
was there. We foundi exactly at the point where
we had left 1t, on the south OF Wilezek Island.
In the beginning OF May n. Brosel the Tyrolese,
Haller and myself made third excursion with
the object OF exploring the west We took the
sleigh and dogs. When forty miles rrom the ship,
having climbed high mountain, Cape Brunn, we
could judge that the country extended very far
toward the east. Our view extended az far as the
46th deg. or east longitude. The country Is cut up
with numerous f0rds. mountains assuming
contcal form, the summit eliminating at Point
Humbold at 5000 feet. On the south side the sea
was covered with compost ice extending as far as
the horzon-sad prospect Tor our return home
ward.
rhis excursion ended, and Lieutenant weyprecht
having finished taking observations, our mission,
under given conditions, might he considered as
fulfilled, and from tnis moment our whole atten-
ton was directed toward one object our resurn TO
Europe.
On the evening Of the 2oth Of May the nags were
nailed to the ship and We began our return voyage
Our equipment was very slight, because clrcum-
stances compelled us to give up every
comfort. Each one carried in addition to
this clothing only one blanket to shield him nom
the rigors OF the nights. Our means Of transport
consisted Of four boats on wheels and three large
sleghs. with loads OF seventeen quinrals and .
half each, provinons munitions, &C., for three
or iour months. The mounds OF snow forced us
as first to make the same journey three times
over, because We were obliged to leave Q part Of
the convoy behind and unite tn suficiens
numbers to transport the remainder. Then,
arrived at the limit OF the sotd Ice,
1t required unheard Of efforts to transports
the boats and sleighs from ieebank to icebank.
| BY misfortune, persistent winds from the south
reduced to nearly nothing our feeble progress ss
| that at the end Of two months we were only two
German miles from our ship. We were even in
clined 70 abandon useless struggle against in
vincfble obstacles ana return to the ship for
third winter, giving up all hope. In the interva
the Ice became perfectly compact and on man!
occasions we we're obliged to pass whole weei
| on fragment, waiting for Q canal to open.
At length. In the second half OF the month o
July, the wind turned toward the north, anc
| pools and canals were formed in the ice. Heavy
| rains also fell and softened the Ice 80 that In
twenty days we succeeded in passing over slxty
miles, sometimes freeing passage with the axe
or the narpoon, sometimes rowing and at Others
making use OF the SAIL During the voyage We
acquired the certainty that no ship could have
| penetrated this summer to the newly discovered
land.
| In the beginning Of August the state OF the ice
| warned us that we were approaching the open sea
which suddenly terminated our hopes. 1t is true
that Immediately afterward we saw ourselves i'm
| prisoned for i've days. Our liberation took place
on she 18th OF August and the day alter we arrived
at the limits OF the Ice In the astonishingly
high latitude OF n deg. 10 min. From
this moment we looked on our safety
as assured. and indeed, we owe our safe return
chiefly to the favorable state Of the ice in this at
tude. Our escape from the ice was then the last
act Of series OF happy conjunctures to whcn we
owe our escape from the dangers that menaced
rs, and to which We must attribute our success.
When we entered the open sea and coasted
along the western shore OF Nova Zembla the
weather was delightful On the 18th Of August
We again set loot on Hand In the peninsula OF the
Admiralty on the cath tafter ninety-sx days Of
traveD, we found In the Daneu-Bai the Russian
schooner Nicoiai, Captain Feodor varornine, who
received rs shipwrecked ones with the hospitality
which distinguishes the Russian people.
short voyage brought US soon TO wardoe, in
Norway where we landed September 8, 1874. IL
was three O'Clock In the afternoon when we SET
loot on this hospitable soil, with all the satisfac-
tton natural at our delivery, after SO many and SO
great sunerings and privations.
UTAH.
The Indictment OF George q. Cannon.
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. %, 1874.