New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-05
r;,,, CpI-1SF OF THE CORWIN
= LETTER II ON CAPTAIN HOOPER, TAKING POSSES
SION OF wEANGEL L LAND--A NEW NAME PRO

= LETTER from CAPTAIN HooPER-TAklN POSSES
Sion OF wEANGELL LAND-A NEW NAME PRO
rusTD-INcIDENTs.
NAspI>GioY, Oct. 1.-THE following Is part of
letter rec lived to-day by Major Z. w. Clark. Chief
of-the keye me Marine Bureau, signed by Captain
c. L. Hoop y OF the United States revenue steamer
Corwin, "a oint harrow, A. T., August IL
We arrived here last evening from the westward.
We have been very fortunate 50 far. On the Isl OF
this month yc landed on Herald Island and Oh the
l2th "e ,a,riet on and took poNS'sS"9 Oh IanEtii
Lam. We found no traces OF ue J6ahhel'e
OF either place. although we searched care
fully &C. hot think she reached either place.
or tnst N" vii come out az the ice AGAIN on TINS
side ol tie continent. believe 1t was the intention
o. G. plain IL long to enleayor. IN case OF bcllg
shut In, to reach Mcclure straits between Banks
anI Prince l#tTicls Land aHd IN that case as ist-
anoe con! o.iJ reach them from ilr Authtic sue'
This Aa b..u q Iuos, open season, aud II she does
not show h,iscl lS ear the vessel VII not m an
human prub' lily be seen asali' ai'louSh II Is
possible ii' crow may. The W hHlcrs are all very
pOsitV th.t She en-! ered what they call the nor
"a LEAD 20 the northeast OF Herald Jsldnd-anL that
sAgll a5t have time to write - official report
iron h'T' "n tn. new possession OF OhSl' oaiil;
Me to- .n.-ssion, planted the American nag, ana
now we want ia give il a new name. as believe we
are cI.}iti-.i 10 10. | propose E" call IT " New
Columbia" II seems TO me that 10 call II New
COLUMBIA would be appropriate. aud less likely TO-
give pi,crc t. those who aIc Int rested Iii the Old
names o. the different charts than TO give
q .aInc f q les National character. NrangtII
never saw The land. and after try
in! for tree successive years to get a
sight 81 IT, r.frs 10 II "a III" Prnhematlcal land OF
The North Neither was he The lirst 10 report the
eXIstcL,e al il. The object OF his cTusc was To IN
vestlgatc iac truth OF the reports to that effect
brought bY previous travellers heIett aIicr
whom J., cared on the English charts only dlmly
saw what lac supposed was a sulalI Island, ana
which H. Called Poy,r Island. hat Is where We
landed, ~ tLo mouth OF good-siZed river on the
ca t end, Which now appears on oar chart az Clark
River
We hav. made some valuable corrections in loca-
tionS Along the coast Of Asla between h0iutchln
Gay and ~. North, and have taken good set OF
magnetic observations, which / tHnk VIII De NdIu-
ablc, - they extend all over the sea
snoulL not have lett the vicinity of WrapgclI
was reBor.rt "a, being in the pack 10 the north
ward Ec ast time We were Oh ,liiS shore and L
wanted e. .raTA her fate ana assist her II possible.
She was crashed aud her escaped TO Point Bar
row Over the icc They have all been
picked no by different vessels along the
coast All win be taken to san Francisco.
we iay. nine of them on board the COrw1n.
The 5 .asoa is in all respects remarkable one.
The ice is welt Oh shore here, ad very open to the
westward. I suppose we might Try twenty more
srasOnS and not mud one 50 favorable.
Tie Roa.rrs las not put iii an Appearance yet,
but think ,Il be able to reach tac land AL nght
later ihe easun, although l. Is not Tree from nee
by any means. We ran INTO a lead about twenty
miles ana amen ioroed the vessel through the Hoe
Tor six Jr i sIt miles more.
wait 80 .ct back to San Francisco before the
fail gale, ia Tic Pacific cOmmeaCc. Our Tuudcr Is
not irsi-,l is out II is the best do with II mp
here. i. vessel Ina, also leak Iurwdrl about the
water In, / suppose, although cannot ind II,
which take, in good deal of water WhcHshc pitches
into hval sea- have iul Ontili OF everything Tor
wInterIug ana would Willingly stop all winter II
neccsS ) compelled, but hope there will be no ne
WewiI Accp sharp lookout and do all that is
pC sibie io"ar! laying down the coast lines, etc,
un'il the ICE drives Us ont., Every ihng On board
cruise viii prove satisfactory and come up to all eA-
pectIUoua.