Daily Republican., 1881-12-22
Dl1RRRD ARTIcLRs.
THk JEANETTE FOUND.
she II Crushed IN the Ice in tn Q
Polar Ses, ,but tho Crew Essnpes es-
Terrible ekuHertugs.

Polar Ses, but tho Grew 20
TcrrlbIe ekuRerings.
LONDON, Dec. 2O.--Reuter's Tel,
gram Company has received the follow
ing dispatch
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2O.-Lisu
tenant General Anantcnine, governo
general of Eastern Siberia, who ha
IN arrived here, has brought tn
news that a steamer of the Nortl
American Polar expedition, which ha,
been lost since 1877, has been discov
cred, and that assistance has been rem
dered to the crew.
LONDON, Dec. 20.-A telegram from
st. Petersburg is published here, which
says it IS believed in that city that tn,
Information brought by the governor
OF Eastern Siberia of the discovery of {
s'eamer in the Arctic refers to the j can
nette. The dispatch adds that the crew
have suffered no loss.
The Press Ass )ciation says: The
huding of the Artic exploring steamer
Jsannette was reporteu to u meeting
of the Royal Geographical Society
to-day.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 2O-The
Secretary of State received today, the
following telegram from the charge
daft irs of the United States, at ST.
Petersburg:
Secretary of State, Washington, d. G:
Jeannette crushed in ice June II,
latitude II, longitude, l57. Crew en-
barked il three boats; separated by
wind and tog. No. 3, with eleven men,
Engineer Melville commanding, reach
ed mouth Of Leua September ~. Sub
seluently No. |, with Captain Delong,
DR.. Amber and twelve men reached
the Lena in apltable condition. Prompt
assistance was sent. No 2 not heard
from. Signed HOFFMAN.
In responce to the above the following
was transmitted,
Department Of State, Washington,
Dec. 70.
Hoffman, charged affairs, st. Peters
burg,
Tender hearty thanks Of the president
TO all authorities of persons who have in
any way been instrumental in assisting
the uniortt nate survivors from the
Jeannette, or furnishing information to
this Government.
Signed FRELINGHUYSEN,
Secretary Of State,
Sr. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20.-A spe.
cial supplement of thesOtticial Gazette,
issued this evening, announces that all
telegralns from Engineer Melville, Of
the lost ArtlC exploring steamer Jean
nette, will be- forwarded to their destina-
tions as promptly as possible, and that
most eAergetic measures will be taken
Tor the discovery ofthe remainder Of
the crew of the Jeaunette and those left
on the ice at the mouth of the Lena
river.
LONDON, Dec. 20.-A despatch to
Il uters Telegram Company, from St
says: News reached the
at Jakutsk, Eastern
that on September IA, thres
natives of Oulons, near Cape Barhay,
l4O versts north OF Cape Bikott, dis
covered boat containing eleven men
who stated that they belonged to the
Jeanette, and had undergone terrible
On hearing the news the
leputy governor, with doctor and
was Immediately dispatched
o help the ship-wrecked sal 'ors, and
vas instructed to bring them to
akutsk.
The governor was also instructed to
10 every thing in his power 10 recover
he remainder of the crew, 500 roubles
,eing given him to defray the first ex
,enses. Engineer Melville has tee-
.raphed to the American legation at
st. Petersburg, that the Jeanette was
urrounded and cut by ice on June 70,
n latitude n north, longitude l57 east.
The crew left the vessel in three boats.
bout fifty miles from the mouth Of
he Lena they were separated by vio-
ent winds and thick fogs.
Boat No. 3, commanded by Engineer
arrived on September 20, at
he eastern mouth OF the river Lena,
shen it was stopped by blocks of ice
ear the village Of Bolenenga, inhabited
y idolators. The occupants Of these
oats state that Long and DR.. Amber,
With twelve others landed at the north
rn mouth of the Lena, and that they
re- in fearful condition, suffering
rom frost bitten limbs. A party Of
he inhabitants OF Bolenenga started
to their assistance. !
;olhing is known of boat No. 2.