The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-07-14
THE CORWIN'S CRUISE
No Tidings from the Missing jean
nette.
WHALING SHIPS VIGILANT AND
MOUNT WOLLASTON DISCOVERED.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 13.-Capt. G. L. Hoop
er, commanding cutter Corwin, writes from
Plover Bay, Siberia, under date of june 18th,
saying: "We reached st. Lawrence Island
May 18th and entered the Arctic on the 30th.
On Ynne I'd we lost a rudder in the ice, in lat
SO deg 10 min north, lon. 176 deg. is min.
west, and had to steer several days by a jury
rudder. The same day on which the accident
occurred we landed party consisting of
Lieuts. Herring and Reynolds, one seaman
and two natives equipped with % dogs and
sleds, with two months rations, arms, ammu-
milton, plenty of fur clothing, tent and skin
boat, with instructions to explore the coast of
Asia as far north as joachim for tidings of the
Jeanette. A report had reached the Corwin
that party of seal hunters from the vicinity
OF Cape North had seen the wreck of two
whallers, supposed to be the Vigilant and
Mount Wollaston. From the Captain of the
harque Tom Pope, which arrived this evening,
we learn that the natives boarded the Vigilant
last November at North Cape and found the
the bodies of the crew. The Wollaston was
found eighty miles further north. Both YES
sells were stove in and full of water. On the
wrecks were found spyglsss, lines and bomb
gun. Hooper, he said, would endeavor to get
every Information and get back to St.
steamer St. Paul, and forward details The
season in the Arctic has been very open, and
the whalers iken it to that of 1867, when thew
all went to Wrangell Land
Inc Corwn has already got further west
than she could get last year. She got caught
in heavy foe Of ice during binding storm
OF snow, and in trying to get out backed
against huge piece and broke her rudder
stock. When the stock broke off she was
steered out of the ice by sails. At the date of
writing everything was working we'll. All on
board were we'll. Whalers are doing splendid
ly. The Tom Pope, the first whaler in, Is
days from Fox Island, brings HOO barrels of
whale oil, 100 barrels of sperm oil and 1900
pounds of bone. The following is the catch of
the other whalers already: The Abram Bar
ker, five whales; the w. Carol, six whales; the
Progress eight whales; the Fleet wing, eight
tRrsa ha ne a Hns Ind ne se
Francis Palmer, three whales; the Hidalgo,
two whales the Helen Mar, four whales; the
steamer Belvidere, five whales; the John
Rowland, six whales and 100 barrels OF sperm
oil; the Northern Light, three whales; the
Sappho, one whale; the Rainbow, five whales;
the Sea Breeze, two whales.
Professor Muir, the botanist and geologist, is
much interested in the cruise of the Corwin.
He finds traces of the glaciers everywhere.
Only three corpses were found in the
whaler Vigilant, and from their appearance it
was evident that they died in the first year of
their captivity in the ice. The Indians took
away from the Vigilant some money. spy
glass, bomb gun and fowling piece. No one,
dead or alive, was found on the Mount VOL
laston. The Revenue cutter Corwin has sent
a sledge party in search of tho Indians to re-
cover the articles named and obtain further
information. No news from the Jeanette.