Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-07
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THB LOST JEANETTE. A FRUlTLESS SEARCH IN
 THE ARCTIC SEA. THE CRUISE OF THE C0RWlN. No Traces of the Missing
 Explorer.
 A ReIiefVesseI Recommended One Last Effort for Her
 Discovery.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The Jeaneste-A Eruitless Search for the Missing Vessel-The Wanderiags of the COrxvin.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Captain c. L. Hooper, of the United States revenue marine steamer Corwin, has presented to the Secre- | tary of the Treasury preliminary report of | his recent cruise in the Arctic ocean and Beh-
 ring sea. The important features of the re- port are the captains conclusions touching the Jeanette, Vigilant and Mount Maston
 He says the work of preparing full report of the cruise will require some weeks. I therefore submit the following preliminary, embracing the time since the date of my last from St. Michaels, July 9, 1881. We sailed from St. Michaels July 9 and proceeded
 north touching at Golwin Bay, Sledge Isl and, Kings Island, Cape Prince of Wales, Cape Espenderg and the head of Kotzebue Sound. On the 18th we touched at Cape
 Blossom and Notham Inlet. On reaching
 clear water south of Icey Cape we spoke the
 bark Northern Light and learned that the
 whaling bark Daniel Webster was in pack to
 the northward. We made an attempt to get
 up the coast in shore of the pack to learn her
 fate and render any needed assistance, but
 found the iee packed in against shore so
 closely that it was impossible. The top of
 Herald Island was carefully searched for
 traces of the Jeanette and the missing whal-
 CTS. All the prominent points were careful
 ly examined for cairns, but none were found.
 We followed the edge of the pack to the
 westward and southward, hoping to effect
 landing on the south end of Wrangel Land
 Finding it impossible to effect landing until
 a decided change should take place in the con-
 dition of the ice we crossed over to the Slber-
 ian coast following the western pack
 On the morning of August 4th, in latitude
 69 5 north, longitude 1925 west, we picked
 up lower yard about fifty feet long and
 twelve inches in diameter possibly part of a
 wreck boarded by natives of Cape Warkarem.
 A part of the iron work still remained at the
 yard quarter, blocks, sling band, jackstay,
 etc. To the latter piece of bolt rope was
 attached, showing that the sail was bent
 where the yard was detached from the entire
 mast. The entire surface was so chaffed and
 worn by contact with the ice that nothing
 remained to indicate the color except under l
 a piece of metal where it had the appearance
 of having been painted black We made
 Cape Warkarem on the evening of l the 18th, where we procured from | the natives the following articles taken | from the wreck supposed to be the Vigilant ! One chain bobstay with heart attached, sev ! eral pieces of chain plate, one whole with | dead eye attached, several small pieces of | chain, iron bo1ts pieces of iron bonds, etc., a sheath knife bearing the initials ''W. B." 8 | table fork, an iron spoon bearing the letter | HI" on the handle, a small black leather | pocketbook containing number of articles1 of cheap jewelry, finger ring with Masonic | emblems, two coins, one cent and five cents, portion of truss pad and Rodgers pock- ct knife and many articles of no value for | identifying vessels. Two whiskey cases were also seen marked "Honolulic." The articles | obtained have been placed on exhibition for Identification at the office of Wright * Bownce, ship chandlers who fit out many whalers. On the Sth of August we steamed to the northwest, following the coast line as far as Cape North, where we again came up to the ice pack and hauled off shore, keeping the course for Wrangel Land. Two days later we landed, after hard battle with the ice and, raising the American flag, took possession of the country in the name of the United States, giving it the name of New Columbia. It is with some degree of diff dence that new name is suggested for this hitherto unexplored and untouched land. It appears that Admiral Wrangle, after whom it has been called on some maps, not only never landed upon it's shores, but never approached near enough to the shore to obtain glimpse of it. Killett, whose name has been append ed to the country by English map p-makers, only dimly saw what he supposed to be an island lying south of Herald Island At all events there is considerable confusion regard ing the designation of this country, and in view of the considerations mentioned the name of New Columbia is suggested as one of national character, and not calcu- lated to do injustice to anyone, r 11oI oft those eminent Arctic navigators, Wrangel and Killett We had good observations dur ing the day and found our landing place to be in latitude 71.04 north, longitude 177.40 west, We had confidently hoped to find some t1d- ings of the Jeanette at this point, either cairn containing records or some sign of parties from vessel having passed. When last seen by the whale ships she was in the | vicinity of Herald Island evidently trying to get near enough to effect landing there. This she did not succeed in doing, or at least she left no marks there by which her pres been made cairns would of course have been erected and records of cruise left. It seems equally certain that had they landed either to the north or south and remained any considerable time, this place would have been visited, since it has natural advantages as landing place over all other parts of the coast As the first object of Captain De- Long's voyage seems to have been to land and explore Wrangel Land, it is presumed that had he succeeded in reaching it, he would have left the exploring party, even though he might not have gotten his vessel into winter quarters here. In view of these facts it is believed the Jeanette did not reach the eastern part of Wrangel Land at all, and if she reached any part of 1t did not re- main long enough to make any extended explorations. It seems equally clear that no accident befel the vessel in the vicinity of | Hor on a ah-E sence of any record of the event at those places and from the fact that we are reasona- ply certain from our own observations and reports of natives with whom we commum cated that her people had not landed on any part of Siberia between Cape John and East Cape and between Cape Prince of Wales and Mackenzie river on the American side, nor have they passed along either coast in vessel. We have been unable to discover the slightest traces of her or her people although during two seasons in the Arctic we have cruised about 15,O0O miles and examined every accessible part of the sea- including the ice pack as far as possi- ble to penetrate and over one thousand miles of coast line. Therefore taking into consid l eration the position of the Jeanette when last seen it is almost an absolute certainty that she did not make an extensive stay at Wrangel Land or Herald Island if she reached those places at all, and It IS to suppose she met with no &C., cident during the first winter at least. that necessitated the desertion of the vessel It seems strongly probable that she entered the pack northeast of Herald Island, and was carried by it in a northeasterly direction. This being the case, in view of the fact that net one of the whole of the ships that have from tme to time in the history of this ocean been carried north in the pack has drifted to tue southward again, and knowing, we do from the testimony of every Arctic navi- | ( gator, how futile would be any attempt to re- sent the force of the pack when once fairly in motion, we may, I think, conclude that the Jeanette will not return by way of Behr- ing Straits, but will continue to move toward the north and east, and although Captain De Long will undoubtedly land and take ad- vantage of every lead in the endeavor to