Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-15
P0LAR aYsrERIEA.


Notwithstanding all efforts from the
earliest times down to the present. the
great mysteries Of the frozen Arctic re-
gions still remain not only unsolvsd. but
year after year brings An accumulation
Of mysteries. Indeed all the later ex-
petitions have been projected to solve
the mysterious fate Of those which have
preceded them. Atlast definite news has
been received a. to the missing whalers
vigilant and Mount wollAstou. 10 long
captive amid the icy wilderness, but not
through any expedition sent out in
search. but BY another whaling vessel
arriving ct Ssu Francisco. The natives
Of that terrible region had seen two
ships floating amid the ice. and boarded
them. From their description they were
the missing whalsrs. Three corpses
were found on board the visilant. but
no human remains on the Wollaston.
The probabilities are. that the crews Of
both vessels persisted missrsbly in on.
dssvoring to escape from their icy cap
tivity. The natives said they found q
bag Of money and other articles which
they took from the ships. and informa-
ton having been conveyed to the Cor.
win. q party was sent to rescue these
things from the natives and obtain such
other Information In the matter as Was
possible concerning the vessels or the
fate Of their crews. East Cape. near
which the vessels were found BY the ma
tivss, IL the ssstsrnmost point Of Rus.
sian territory. and . long distance south
Of where the missing Jeanette wal last
seen. As Q matter OF interest in this
connection We print the following tsls.
gram:
Nxw Yoax. July IA special to the
Herald from st. Johns. N. F.. July llth.
says: Early this morning the schooner
Era, from New London. Conn.,. arrived
in the bay. bound northward TO Hudson
Straits, on . whaling and sealing expe-
diiion. Within . few hours afterwards
Captain Spicsr. her commander and
owner, was rowed on shore for the pur-
pose Of procuring supplementary in
formation with regard to the northern
ice. dow travel. and the general locality
and tho movements Of Labrador coast
Toe. In speaking Of the probability OF
the Jeanette appearing in Arctic waters,
during the coming autumn. Captain
Spicer, an old experienced navigator,
stated that In Q conversation With Cap
tain WIN. Dunbar. Ice pilot Of the Jean
netts. the latter seaman said. in wishing
goodbye to his old friend u day. when
hs was about starting for San Francisco
to join Lieutenant Do Long: "Look
out for rs two years from this in Bafin's
Bay. II va wait to come with the miss.
ing whalers, va will want one full year
to have . look at the pole. and 1t will
take Ms ell the next year to force our
way through the ice In the water course
out into Bsf1n's Bay.
Captain Spicer will 90 o. far north As
the 18th parallel In his present voyage II
practicable. and will then return TO Cum.
berlsnd inlet. He has two other vessels
accompanying him. the Lizzie p. sim.
monds and the Roswell King. The
former will proceed up along the eastern
coast OF Greenland. right on the track OF
the Alliance, and will endeavor to reach
the northern end Of Spitzbergen. The
Roswell King il destined for Hudson
bay. to operate on the whaling grounds
in that vicinity. The Captain intimatsd
that all his vessels would keep up . keen
and v~igilsnt outlook for the Jsannette
during their northern cruise, expressing
at the same time his implicit and IN.
doubling confidence in her reaching the
open waters Of the North Atlantic before
the advent OF the coming October. Capt.
Spicsr will leave two Of his vessel and
their crews with . years provisions be-
hind him at Cumberland inlet and return
to New London. which he will sndeayor
to reach by the goth Of the ensuing No
vsmbsr.