Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-08-18
ruE LOST

Las, Monday the Alsska Commercial
Ceupany's steamer St. Paul arrived at
San Francisco. bringing latest intslli-
Rsucs from the frozen Tar north to the
effect that the lost whalsrs vieilsnt and
Mount wollaston had been heard from
through the natives Of that irisid re-
gion. They had found . ship floating
amid the Toe peck near the coast and
succeeded in boarding her and securing
quite Q lot OF various articles, before
the moving leo sdmonishsd them to
leave. They found. also. four eorpses,
evidently dead for . year or two. The
ship's masts were cut away, but from
various circumstances In their dsscrip-
ton the ship mus, have been the lost
vigilsnt.
Mr.. A. q. Nys. Of San Francisco, has
identified among those interesting rslics
. pair Of spsetselss ss belonging to his
brother. Who was Captain Nys Of the
Mount wollsston. How these spec.
tsol.s came on board the visilsnt Is. Of
eourss. . question. yet not difficult to
answer. Mr.. Nys explains Il on the
assumption that the officers and crew Of
the Mount wollastsn LETT their ship
when ,hs began breaking up and went
on board the vigilsnt. Mr.. Nys argues
that subsequently, the visilant driftsd to
within twenty miles or so Of wrangsl
Land, aud then the men left for the
island. where they we're probably picked
up BY the Jssnnetts. The four men
whose remains we're found on the vigi-
LIANT probably determined to remain
i, ON board. considering their chances Is
i. good on the vessel a. on wrangel Land.
}, The San Francisco Col, editorislly
commenting upon this interesting sub
jsct. Offers the following very easona.
/, BILE theoretical remsrks:
The probability il that the fate which
vas feared had bsisllrn both vessels
when caught In the Toe. wal limited to
: the Mount wollaston. the Toe doc crush
Ing the vessel into splintsrs ~ Il swept
/. down upon her from the north. The
vigilsnt, being better prepared. or more
fortunately located. possibly escaped
J the doom OF the Wollsston, and the
officers and crew Of the latter sought
shelter within her walls. At . lstsr
date the same fate befsll the vigilsnt, 81
10 evidenced BY her vatsr.loesrd condi'
: ton when bosrdsd by the Esquimsux.
{ Under such Q condition OF things. an
1 exodus from the yigilsnt became impsr.
: alive. There are always In cases Of thai
& kind men Who take . different view oil
the situation to their fsllows-who pre-
Tor to abide by the ills that they know
encompass them and take the remote
chances Of the drifting craft reaching an
a inhabited shore. or being thrown by
. winds and tides into the regular track oi
whaling vessels. rather than risk an
abandonment and wander through an
: unknown and an inhospitabls region.
There 10 NO doubt Il takes . brave heart
to face such an extremity.
II these suggestions are what actually
= occurred, the whalers sought the nearest
shore In the vicinity Of the whaling
grounds. wrspg,l Land was probably
, the land reashsd. They may have
: fallen In with the Jsannstte expedition,
8 but that 10 scarcely probable, - the ex'
0 plorers would be pushing northwsrd In
. pursuit Of their mission, while the ship
Z. wrecked mariners would naturally dirsc'
their course to the south.in which dir.o'
ton lay their safety. The breach be-
tween the two parties would eonse'
y au,ntly widen. Even II they CAM
together, IL would be Ia the interest Of
a both that an early separation should
follow The best that the Jeanette
explorers could do for them nm
der such suppositious circumstance
q would b to provide the whsleri
i With means to set forth at once on
q their southwark march. To hang to.
" esthsr would destroy the prospects Of
. the expedition and surround both par
. ties with the most dangerous possible
. ties, a. the very material on which the
n explorers relied for their return trip
would thus be rapidly consumed. and
the chances OF any n getting back
would bs made more doubtful with eseh
days consumption Of the supplies. The
: uhalsrs would have nc interest In the
objects OF the expedition, and would b
totally unable to aid 1t.
Whether the two parties ever came to.
gethsr or not. II the whalsrs reached
q Wrsnels Land, the shsres Of that un'
! known region will no doubt contain svi.
deness Of their presence. Cairns will
have been erected BY them In their wan
dsripes. In which probably . guide to
their fate will BE- found. 1t took many
, years TO learn % much concerning the
late Of Sir John Franklin - has already
been revealed concerning the missing