, 1881-08-18
THE POLAR REGIONS.

Capt. 1H00pnrsA Hcnrc1t for tho mt&san1
WhntcrH NttcccHxflil-IIelfcs OF tll0 III.
Fatcd ycsscls IRccoycrest from tho
Nattvca-:rtAc Cortvln to Continue lta
search for the Lust Jcunuottc.
San fIlANCisco, A,ir. 15.--'Ffio Alnska
Commercial Colnpany's steamer st. l'anl nr.
rived this morning, anil brings tho following
Intelligence:
Capt Hooper, OF thu revenue cutler Cor.
viii. received intelligence Of tile discovery
Of wrecked wllalcrs by intttans May 20. nnd
Mt ollce sent ostt aledgc purity nllter Lieut..
Herring to Investigate It. 1t la,,ted OF
kalucl,min Island .ttnU :. anl fnadu
Its way over tho fte westward 10 tho
mouth Of thu WnMkerem River, about loo
miles from Cnpe Ser'lze. where II fclt III with
IL party Ut nntivcs, III w'i0se possession wcro
fountl articles taken frum n wreck. Corwti's
party als0 saw md tnlkeu with nntivcs WHO
ha.l boarde.l tile wreck, alll exhibited two
piles of articles, which they satd they
Ind tnkon from her, ;tlley. consisted
principally ut carpenters FOULS, etc:
The ly o,ownE ss b s5css e "" %s'o r.se {ss"SssS s I'd
Forwarded to thu United States Treasury 1lc.
pnrtmleMt. One whaling Iron, marked y. T.;
possibly the initials &C the owners Of tho
bpat live. " oao @ ir ' q stiysrp bowcd spesia.
md Il knifo innrkcu v. oil tho, lianlle:
'The ratfves ,Satd. the wrecked vessel
fns'' s end pafF 81 of o1 E''ndfSG SSoo. Horns rs IL
Vigllnnt Is known 70 llnyc carried sncl, ~
ornament, ulld Is saf,l 10 le tho 9nly onu y
the whaling fleet laylnE s,icll. which !eads s
to the co,!sl,!sio', tlat TUG wFcck was OF tliat @
!,lssts gone, alld fur dead bodies found IN
the iioyr. THo natives sai.l tint illo ;lea.l
"kcd t"k rs II daSs. they lGt1 that bsi,, tSa
skin Of ihe!r fnccs was wfthrrcd aiul drawn
tight. From this description Il WAS sr-
back NJ tha winter of ls7o- -'so,-tlle llrst wn;;
ont 10 TO- yea, aid @ WIS iost sIei,t Si. Tho stcdFe
oil luroiiiit q liz ,ie! !llnr u tho SNOW, 30;
| ccc.etl to Cape, Serslze, arlti were icSet!
n'all i:D @ or iIo miles. Tha cutter i,a,l her
rutltlcr rarrled away by leu nu jung |, but
repaired It III st. Lawrence Bny with mate.
rials obtained from, tho wreck Of nll old
sSy aa yo Esf iEsns sDFi on s t1sS san asf 5 sss ss
tf straeivo a''' fa,ine ''lt Of w isiS m and ~ 1s;o
r TUG s,slvI lt'a ,lg x,lage', ,oss Few si r5p"fss r.
:l,g natives appenred 10 bp t,i no want, They
were nbunlhntly supplied with nrnls and
ammunition, aud NlsO with guilds plulluerod
| from tho wreck tlf the sctlnnller Lelltn.
Tho lust intelligence Of the cutters move
mcnts Is up 10 July0, when stte sailed fr0tn
Nurtun SUuntl 10 tio,ll,!o0il bay. TliBNue
su WIS to preettd n0rthwnrtl to knntze-
bo Suuntl tuld Point Darrow to look after
r0yell,lo ,inttcrs, and thon westward
IL Wrmls1e Latd before tile leo cl9sest III. to
senrcl, fur tile .Ienilllette. Tho lnilttncss OF
Tho previous winter n.Ml tic 1tslItncss OF the
lce ei,colntcrct!! by the xCorwin, gave CAPT.
lt0opcr str0ng hopes OF leinG nble to reach
anll explore tiiat land. Wl,nlcrs, win wGrc
Interviewed, considered tho prospect fayorit.
bic. Fear. nre entertained tint sol,le .whnlo,
llas been lost, MS early III July largo
| quantities Of whNlU oil WIS reported seen BY
iativu otter hunters oil tho sen Mb0ut Shank
lsln,M. Fur tasks Of whale.oll drtttet
stgtls give rFso to tho apprehension that sone
returning wllntur WIS wrecked III u fog Of
ti,a outlying reefs or rocks nlOt TINT island
lilo tnct that tho packages ut o! found wnrc
unhrokp,l Is thought 10 Indicate TINT possibI,
ono enttFu stle OF tho unfortunate vtsscl ,vat
hrnkgM IN, letting the carg0 0.lt.. No f.lrtllol
"details of thu supposed wreck lad reaciIot
OHnaIaskA up to Aug. I, when tho St Pau
left -,
At Seal lsInlMt tie scaling season closet
SlICCtSsfttlly ,July 20.