The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-07-29
The Pandora Expedition.

makes any expedition of search therefor
an object of popular interest. A CORE
spondent of the n. Y. Herald writes as
follows under date of southampton. Eng
land, June "A, OF the voyage of the Pan
dora, recently fitted out by James Gordon
Bennett and others to sail to the Arctic
regions:
Scarcely have the echoes OF those part
ing cheers which sped the Alert and the
Discovery on their voyage from the shores
OF England died away when the public
attention is drawn to the departure of
another Arctic expedition about to follow
tor some distance at least, in the wake of
that which sailed out of Portsmouth har-
hor little more than three weeks ago AL
though the object of both expeditions is
the same-viz., Arctic eXploration-there
is yet an essential difference between the
two. The Alert and the Discovery We're
equipped at the public expense, they We're
manned by officers and men selected after
Il fierce competition from the naval ser
vice, and the Instructions which We're
broadly laid down for Captain Nones to
follow We're, therefore. known to every
one The vessel which is now on the eve
OF departure has been, on the contrary.
fitted out entirely at the expense of pri-
y;tc individuals. who have not courted
the popular applause i'll any way, and her
| probable movements are, consequently,
shrouded To some extent in mystery. MI
mcrous conlectures have Of late been laH-
ardeu as to what her sphere Of action is
| to be, but almost all of them have been
more on less wide of the mark. This
much is certain, that she will make for
| Disco and surrender to the Nalorous the
dispatches which she has taken on board
for her; that she will then push on and
endeavor to reach the Alert and the Dis
covery to deliver the letters and despatch
es which She carries for them, and, failing
to accomplish this, she will deposit all
| the papers at some spot where it may be
deemed likely that they will he found by
those for whom they are intended. King
| Williams Land the scene OF Franklin
last operations, and where all doubts rs
to his fate We're finally set at rest, will in
| all Likelihood be then visited for the pur-
pose Of exploring for any further trace,
that can be found OF the Errbus and Ter
| rOr.
The commander is Captain Allen Will
| liam Young, whose name, in connection
with Arctic exploration, is already we'll
| kliDN Ii. ne StlNcu uHticl LAliillllli Nit-
Clintocl in the gallant little Fox, which
50 triumphantly accomplished the mission
on which She started and where 50 many
had previously failed. Not only did he
| do good service there, but he commanded
her IN the expedition upon which She sail
| ell shortly after her return for the purpose
Of examining the route VII; Greenland for
| the cable to connect the Old and New
| I L. L.. L.,
ed for this next voyage of discovery is
named the Pandora.
The old classical legend Of Pandora,
from which the name is taken. is almost
too well known to require repetition.
Readers Of mythical lore will remember
how Jupiter being enraged against Pro
metheus, either for having stolen some of
the thunder from heaven OF for having
formed Il being Of clay, gave Vulcan or
| ders to fashion Il female also OF clay.
| Each of the deities endowed her with their
own distinguishing characteristic, and
| when thus enriched With every possible
accomplishment 1.-The king OF gods and
men," in pursuance OF the scheme which
! he had in view, presented to her Il box
containing all the plaques and passions
(which stir This mortal frame" She was
| lIltn sent 20 1 IollltIHtlto, put ne. lhiIil3
| lorcwarnei, successfully resisted All the
Establishments of the charmer His bro
ther Epimetheus WAS less Wise; for car
ried away by her beauty aud noble quail
ties, he married her Curiosity to ascer-
tain what was ia the bon led to its being
opened by them Immediately this was
done It's contents, IN the shape Of wars,
tlmines, plaques, pestiences, evil pas
| !
alone remained seated in the bottom Of it,
And thus. clinging to the breasts OF many
rs she clung to plndora's box, Hope, no
matter how long deferred nor how many
hearts have sickened over il, has been the
handspring of more than one Arctic eN-
pedition having the same object in view
as the Pandora, which is now about to be
added to their number
The Pandora belonged to The British
government, from which She WAS lately
purchased by Captain oung. She is II
smart looking schooner of | II registered
tonnage Her burden--that is to say,
her internal capacity-ls set down At l20
tons She was built rs a despatch boat
in the dockyard ut Portsmouth, in 1861
Her engines Were made for the govern
ment by G.. A. Day Il Co., of Southamp-
ton and are of eighty horse power, nom
inal. The two cylinders are thlrty-two
inches in diameter and the stroke is eigh-
teen inches. When tried over the meas
ured miles at Stokes bay an average speed
was obtained from tie engines. when new,
of 1876 knots per hour. The Pandora,
when the property of the admiralty, scrv-
ed in two commissions up the west coast
of Africa as we'll rs in the Mediterranean
After being bought by Captain oung she
was toWed round on the Sth of March
! from Portsmouth to Southampton and
placed in the hands of Day, Summers Il
Co., Of the Northern iron works, for a
thorough ret to both the hull and the
machinery. As regards the hull it has
been doubled with four and Il quarter inch
American elm planklng. and the bows
have been further strengthened by iron
bars and shoes over the stem piece The
inside of the hull has also been fitted with
very strong additional beams and string
ers, the object of these being to resist, us
tar as possible, the pressure Of the ice.
The machinery has been overhauled
throughout; the engines, shattng and
propeller have been taken to pieces an.
put in thorough working order; the boil
ers have been lifted from their bed, and
had new bottom plates rlVtted on To them
their tubes have been likewise removed
and relitted, Il large number of new stays
being added, and finely, the boilers have
been tested by hydraulic pressure up to
forty pounds per square inch. About IL
fortnight ago, after all these alterations
and repairs had been duly completed. the
vessel went upon a trial trip in the South
ampton waters and with very easy steam
u speed of 50 knots per hour was attain
ed. while every portion of the machlGery
was found to work admirably. Her en-
gines when working at maximum speed
are calculated to consume ten tons of coal
a day this when they are going at easy
speed is reduced to three tons a day. But
apart altogether from the powers Of the
Pandora when under steam her sailing
qualities are OF very high order. Capt.
Burgess, X. n, who commanded her for
three years when in her last commission
hIl,t,