The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-22
-,scoucut Expeditions to Find the
Long-Lost Explorers.

Tho news Of the safety OF the Jeanette
"a, puhlishcd IN these columns ycster-
y, must have been gratifying to all who
Vs. watched in vain for news OF that ex-
,,,ion. which left san Francisco in July,
"a Further particulars OF this event.
.t,,b. % use the words Of the Secretary Of
~. Nayv. lis rs welcome news as could
!. ldcn ihe hearts Of the people on the eve
= The great festival of Christmas viii be
r.,d with interest.
v,ys reached the Government al Ja-
~ Eastern Siberia, hat on the 14th Of
s.,.emher three natives OF OulOns, near
So Barhay. 40 ycrotS north CT Cape BIZ
~ discovered n boat containing eleven
IN. who stated that they belonged to
1e Jcanneite and had undergone terrible
'~r.rjnc. On hearing the news the Dis
~ Deputy Governor, with doctor and
..8irine>. was Immediately dispatched 10
IN the ,hipwrecked sailors, and was in
'.r,.,ed % bring them TO JakutSk. The
corsrnor was also instructed 20 do eyery-
si,r in his power 10 recover the remain
3-of The crew, 500 rubies being given
Nm iodciray the first expenses. Engineer
y,gillc has tclegraphcd 10 the American
i-ion a. 81. Petersburg that the jean
,'.,e WAS surrounded and crushed bv ice
=, ,be Esd OF June i'm latitude TO north.
trffude 1872 east. The crew left the
,,..d in three boats. About fifty miles
Com the mouth Of the Lena they were sep
.s,ed by violent winds and thick fogs.
p,st No. 3. commanded by Engineer Mel
,ire. arrived on the 18th Of September at
M eastern mouth OF the river Lena, where
: was stopped 10y blocks of ice near the
,ihee Of BOlcnenga, inhabited by idola-
ar. Boat No. reached the same spot.
M occupants Of these boats state that
Lieutenant DE Long and DR.. Amber. with
rselyc others. landed al the northern
mouth Of the Lena, and that they are in "a
fearful condition, suffering from frost-bit-
IN limbs. \ party OF the Inhabitants of
R9lenenga started Immediately to their
.ei.tlncc. Nothing is known OF Boat No. ..
Engineer Melville forwarded by natives
LONG dispatches TO Mr.. Bennett. OF the New
Work Herald. For want Of funds they have
ben forwarded by post, addressed 10 Gene
MI lgnatic0. On October 10Th Nindcman
and Noras. Seamcn, who were in Boat No.
Joined their comrades and stated that
Lieutenant De Long, Or. Amber, and
Twelve others had reached the northern
mouth Of the Lena and were starving. An
Cuedition was at once sent out 10 rescue
fam. The survivors lost everything. En-
ineer Melville says money is urgently
raeded. and should be sent by telegraph TO
hkutsk. He has urgently requested that
GO0O roubles (abOut $4,000 be transmitted
Immediately to the Governor Of Jakutsk
hf the return and care OF the Shipwrecked
men.
LONDON. December 21.-The Standard
70 an article says: "Though the Jeanette
b.s suffered destruction, the Americans
lye added additional glory 10 that they
have already won in the frozen regions"
4 concludes: alt is more than possible
that Lieutenant De Long may be the herald
Of q new race Of THOSE 'who fcareth not
the spirit which dwelleth in the land OF ice
and snow.
PERSONNEL or THE CREW.
Lieutenant Commander George w. De
Long, whose boat arrived at the mouth OF
DE Lena river three months ago, is Il native
Of New York. from which State he entered
he Naval Academy at Newport October 1,
1861. He was graduated i'm 1865, and at
tanned his present rank November ], 1879,
three months after he sailed from san
Francisco in the Jeanette. He had some
fhingOf an Arctic experience in 1873. while
navigating officer Of the shp-Of-war Junia-
"a, and while on the Greenland coast wait
nc the arrival Of the TigrcSs commanded
;hc ships steam-launch in trip across
Melville Bay TO Cape York. He is married.
and Is now thirty-siX years Of age.
Lieutenant Charles w. Chip is native
d and j. also q Ncw-YOIker by residence,
ana entered the service July %, 1863. at
Newport. and graduated in 1868 at An
uapolis. lie was also serving i'm the Jul
1ata i'm 1873. and was with Lieutenant
Commander De Long in the steam-launch
cruise 10 Cape York. He is about thirty
I've wears OF age, and j. unmarried.
Lieutenant John W. DanenhOwer Is
native and resident OF Illinois, but his
father is now residing in this city. He en-
tered the service in September. 1866, grad
uting from Annapolis in 1871, and most
Of his active service until 1877 was on YES
~, engaged i'm deep-sea SOundings. lie is
low about thir:y-twO years OF age, Is OF
hrge frame, j. Of dark complexion, and is
Unmarried.
Chicf-Engineer George w. Melville, who
the third boat, is Pennsylva-
nm by residence. although born in New
York. and entered the service in July,
1861. and was promoted to his present
nnk April 4, 1851. lie was one OF the en-
gueer officers on board the frigate Lancas-
Ter when that vessel was flagship OF the
south Atlantic fleet, when she was caught
IN a terrible gale, with the PatagOnian
coast under her lee. and her machinery
and by his own cXer-
tons succeeded in making connections
and getting steam enough up 10 make
Storage way Just as the ship was IN
water so shallow that the berth-deck dead
lights were All plugged up with mud stirred
lD by the waves. I'm 1873 he was senior
the search-yessel Tigrcss, which
Vas sent 10 the Arctic 10 relieve the sur
iNOrs OF the POlaris, and nOhiy disiln-
,ui,hel himself on that cruise by his en-
.Tgetic lab0rs. lie is now about forty-ilve
'cr, Of aye. is married, and his family
I've, I'm the ncighbOrhOod OF Philadelphia.
ast-Assistant-Surgeon James VI. Am
Bier is the Youngest Of the naval officers OF
Doe Jeannette. He is native Of Virginia,
'Ai entered tnt htiNiCt AlIh - 'o'''
+ a resident Of Virginia, and Is unmarried
As the original crew numbered thirty,
bere are. il none have died, five OF the
hip not yet heard from, including Lieu
nant Chlpp, Master Danenhower', Mr.
Collins. the Herald correspondent, and Mr..
taXidermist.
One Of the happicst women I'm the coun-
By Tuesday night was Mrs. George W. DE
long. wife Of Lieutenant-COmmander DE
long, OF the Jeanette. She has resided
b Burlington, Iowa, with her sister, Mrs:
General Glasgow, since the departure OF
s,r husband in July, 1879, and during an
h1t time What must have been her anxiety
.or the fate Of her gallant partner!
WHAT A RUSSIAN TRAVELLER SAYS
In nn inio1.riew with a renresentatiNe OF |