, 1880-08-06
~ -, :. IN, ARCTIC SEAS.

Pxoaross or the Cor,san,s, Icy Voyage
* Starvtn. ropulatton-NG'N New from
tts n1lxsin@ Whnlers Mount wnllas-
ton and 4VIgi1nMt-'Clic;" Jcnnncstc's
suppo.sa ~ 1ttae & sf,s to;s X iit1a,d
SAN FuAsclsco, CAL, july .30-fhe report
Of tho proxrcss'of tho United states raycnue
cutter Thomas Corwin to the Arctic seas. Hs
a relief ship to lind tho. missing wEalers
Mount .Wallnston, md Vlgllallt has Just
rcachgd here by the arrival OF tho Alnskn
Com,ilerciat C0tnp1ny's steamship Dora,
which loft Ounalaskn for this port on
tho 17tll inst. Tho correspondent Of the
Her,ld on hoard the, Corwln sends very
Erspl,ic letters describing the cutter's north
ward voyage and experiences fr9nl Fur
I'D law With n i miles M = il II Wranssi Land.
Tic first encounter with zee was on me
18th Of June, IN I,ohrlng Sea. where tho Cor
wtu got. thumred aittt. squeezed, mid wns
S11 say %as 1s na " e Ga III ep e M
81 that vigorous Wlntcr clinlate.. The little
steamer got ot, tl,e lee 0f. a huge Iceberg and
anchored to u, thus riding oat the storm. I
following the openIngs with, sktll and care
fulness, tbs CorWfn reaclietl M1claeloyskt,
ST. Aliahael's, on juno 10, III pleasant
To asccertatn the truth or to obtain con-
tsadiction Of tho reported starvnton OF the
natives OF the st. Lawrence Islands the Cor
win: crossed North Belrtng Sen; antl, on On
landing, found u9n tanorts furnished TO aa tio
trNc. Tho Inhabitants. had bceL III z stary-
ing condition for two. ycars. Tl.s first I'll
laRo visited was entirely deserted. Tho
eecoud, soma miles distant. prnsenfetl =
bc(ng Waa to he seen. The dead lay i,nl,urlcd
on Hehil]stttes and IN their beds, just Ms they
Ind expired. Further. westward, nj North
Cape. = similar speetaclo was M witnessed. At
epidemic, hut there Ia no doubt TINT there was
ahcer starvation, from whlch from 100 to hol
persons died. Happily d wiale was caught,
and the lives Of the remnant Of tho settlement
x humber Of whalers wore boarded in ,the
Arctic. One June W, iii latftudo ", the wlsn!
Ing bark Pac'tlc, OF New Bedford, knowle:
aste teF9s t M sana, hsS na stxsT atared ie q,
Arctic. May Vt; Inns taGenl Hn wnlrus
crossed eastward IL Point Hope, Wcsl
ward to Culo sctdga: heard nothing q
r. S,nS GssS Ys YHsTS ,p 9f he 81 wnes fd SG q st
aud thAt possibly they May have oolli!lcd i
hsnow-atOnn, which oueuErel lust Atiar, III
raw them. lie glYea; thelr position lpo n,l!e
ssstwn[d of tat fo1~q5ly md 'ys, 'Lrnorts III IL
Silly he permanently icebound. but tint tht
officers and crew, may escape, ak thgy ar ar'
well! proyldsd with elOthipE and all utila
Hseeasaries. 1la says that Tho seasoll In
been gooh for whulers, the feet having a
READY taken eighteen whaiea.
Capt. Boulder wis tic lAHt To sec the Noun
WaJlnst0n and Tho VlB!lant Oh Oct. Il
north pf llernld .tatglM, with open: wate
nptthward Neither being provided wit
WiNter supplies, aud not being se9wortby, l.
thinks they nrt lost, md ~ do all tho ashalt
men with Nhot' tla.e0rwin hatl collvsrsct
:. Ar, r. New1ntll,, ugent nt the AlHakn Con
mercinl CNlnpal.y NJ St. MlelaeFs, WHO l!a
hpeA snyeral yeals VI tl3at place, arrived VIZ
tho pora lust evening" fi0 snys THAT Cap
1looprr wustu lenyu st. Mlchaels ngaIl 4
the e',Arctlc, OIL the It'll. OF July, g0lng ~ It
N0TIh us y1s possible aNl cruising il, searc
OF the missing vessels. Though tho wlnt,
hal Iheell very Severe and tho leo letv
wlaalpfs Thought, fraln tho farly descent
whales, that II would be = very open senH0
~ The Arctic ard tll,1 tie Corwin could 70
iar north as II wppld bc f,f any service to 4
Mr., Sewnlan'H conversation ~ eneourngl!
torth0sA Interested III this Jeannettt. us
thinks that capt. d. Long would reat
WEaHgel Land before The seFerltyaf thu wi
ter bURan, ind that thay Wuul4 bu sAfe,
Capt, liz Long W iuLndetl. LA Wut f0l
provided Tor overland travel a1m a1plDrAtI0
Mr. Newman sees no rEas1n - aAt!rlpa
disaster 70 the expedition. OF tlls satety
tbs Whaiera he lAnpt tlulte ~ sA4RuiAt, u
hG'tOpka for their rescue.