The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-12-24
THE JEANNETTE.
No Tidings Expected from the Missing
before April.
w ANIMATION Dec 23-The following was

No Tidings Expected from the Missing
before April
WASHINGTON Dec. 23.-The following was
sent to-day:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 1
WASHINGTON d. c., Dec. %, 1881.
To Hoffman, st. Petersburg:
Convey the thanks of the President to the
Imperial Government for its liberal and gener-
Gus action in advancing the necessary funds to
render assistance to the members OF the jean
nette expedition, and inform De Giers that
you are authorized to draw on me to reimburse
that Government il it will kindly inform you
of the amount.
(Signed) FRELINGHuYsEN,
Secretary of State.
The State Department bas just received the
following despatch from james Gordon Ben
nett with regard to the survivors of the jean
nette:
To Hon. Frederick r. Frelingluysen, Secretary
of State, Washington, D. c.:
have just received the following telegram
from my correspondent at ST. Pc tersburg con-
corning the Jeanette parity Ignatieff
has given orders to send two new expeditions
from Yakutka in search of the shipwrecked
crew, and has directed that every available
means be employed to find boat No. 2. On the
18th of September, as has already been stated
Melville and ten men were met by the three
Yakuts. The Yakuts are good uatured No
MAIDS, very skilful IN caring for disorders and
maladleS caused Dy COlu. ne party cOuIu not
have fallen into better hands. Ii must be re-.
membered, however, that from Barchoi, wAese
they were discovered to Yakutsk the distance
is 1000 versts, or 400 miles, with no regular
means of transport. At least twenty days are
required to get there, but as those who went to
the rescue started three days ago the time nee
essary to find the party and bring them to Y a.
kutsk will be- about two months. Nor should
it De forgotten that although the wheieabouts
of Melville and his party is pretty well known
thaG of De Long, who sent forward by
Mendeman and Noras out of his rarty of thir-
teen, is not known, and that for the succoring
expedition TO reach him will take long time
over a country where there roads. The
distance from Yakutsk to Irkutsk is 28l8 versts
or 1900 miles, with hampered postal facilities,
which will reqaire at least fifteen days to trans
port twenty-four persons. The Governor of
Yakutsk, Gen. Tchernaiff, will receive instrucs
lions OF the Governmeu ut and orders for fresh
expeditions in eight days by courier extraordi-
nary travelling 250 miles per day. There will
be no further news then from the Jeanette
party themselves in less than three months, as
the telegraph wire does not extend beyond r.
kutsk, and from Irkutsk to ST. Petersburg will
take them probably month travelling as rap
idly as possible. They will probably be at st.
Petersburg by April and in New York by May.
This is all the information have received to
date.
In case the Government should wish to COM
municate directly with the Jeanette, beg to
say Gen. Anoutcnine, Governor of Eastern 81
IBERIA, is now in st. Petersburg, but that his
representative during his absence Is Gen. Pc
dasheusk, with whom you can correspond di-
rect. In case any further news is received
shall at once inform you.
JAMES GoRpoN BENNETT.