The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-21
THE FOUND
THE wAIF OF THE FROZEN SEAS

After alternating In BOrsal ClInsI for Two Year
TuraI Up on the Eastern Coast Of SIbSrIa.
Most Of the Crew Rescued In Good COndI.
uSa-PsrIsulars Of the Discovery
ST.. PETRRsBuRo, December 20.-Lieuten
ant General Anoutchine, Governor Gen
eral Of Eastern Siberia, who has Just arrived
here, brought news that the steamer OF thu
North American Polar Expedition which
has been lost since 1876, has been discover
ed and assistance rendered the crew.
LONDON, December 2O.-A dispatch from
st, Petersburg says it is believed in thai
city that the information brought by the
Governor Of Eastern Siberia Of the dscov.
cry Of steamer in the Arctic seas refers to
the jeanette. The dispatch adds that the
crew has suffered no loss.
The finding OF the Arctic exploring
steamer Jeanette was reported to the meet.
ing Of the Royal Geographical Society to-
day,
HOW THE EXPLORERS WE'RE DISCOVERED.
LONDON, December 20-The Governor
Of Siberia has Just issued proclamation
announcing that the Arctic voyage ship.
the Jeanette, Is safe, with all on board
well and all her equipments intact. The
Governor, who has taken for long time
special Interest in Arctic explorations,
caused an extraordinary searching party
to be sent out to hunt traces OF the Jean.
nette When he learned that fears were
entertained that misfortune had Overtaken
her and that relief expeditions were being
organized for her interests by the different
governments, knowing the delays Incl.
dental TO such government action, ut once
equipped and sent out on his own account
u party OF tho most experienced and re.
liable explorers at his command with the
most ample powers and most positive In.
struCtiOns. These men at once entered IN.
to the undertaking with all their souls and
stuck to their work despite the most dan.
gerOus obstacles until they found traces Of
the lost ship and tinally overtooAher. The
people aboard the Jeannetto were much
astonished when they were informed by
Siberian explorers that they had become
the objects Ot the solcitude Of all the civil.
lied nutlOns Of the world, and that nearly
all the Christian governments were pre-
pairing to make appropriations 10 flt out
vessels looking to general search for what
1t was generally feared would prove to be
only their remains.
After ascertaining that the Jeanette was
absolutely safe, and that all on board were
well and fully provided for, the Siberians
hastened buck to report the good news for
which, the Governor had impressed upon
them, tho whole scientific world WIS inx.
iously awaiting. The Governor Of Siberia
at once despatched special couriers with
the news 10 have 1t got to London with all
possibl 10 speed, aud it reached London u
few minutes ago.
TIE LATEST.
ST. PETERSBURG, December, 2O.-A spec.
ial supplement Of the Official Gastte, Is.
sued this evening, announces that all tele.
grams from Engineer Melville, Of the lost
ArliC exploring steamer Jeunnttte, will be
forwarded 10 their destination as promptly
US possible, and that the most energetic
measures will be taken for the discovery Of
the remainder Of the crew OF the Jeannette
and those left on the ice at the mouth OF
the Lena river.
Engineer Melville has telegraped the
American Legation at 1t. Petersburg that
the Jeanette was surrounded and crushed
by leo OH the 23d OF June; left tho vessel In
three bouts. About fifty miles from the
mouth oi the Lena they were separated by
violent winds and thick fogs.
Boat number three, commanded by
Engineer Melville, arrived on the 2Oth Of
September ut the eastern mouth Of the
river Lena, where 1t WIS stopped by blocks
Of ice near the village OF Bolinga, Inhabited
by idOlaters. Boat number one reached
the same spot. The occupants OF these boats
stNtO that Lieutenant De Long and DR..
Amber, with twelve Others, landed at the
northern mouth OF the Lena, and that they
are IN fearful condition, suffering from
frost bitten limbs. A party Of the inhabi.
tants Of Bolinga started Immediately for
their assistance. There Is nothing known
Of boat No. 2.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
WASHINGTON, December 2O.-secretary
OF State Frelinghuysen received to-day the
following telegram from the Charge D'Af.
faires ofthe United States ut st. Petersburg:
"!Secrctdry Of STATE, Washington, D. t.:
The Jeanette WAS crushed In the ice
June 1lth, latitude ~, longitude 1917. The
crew embarked In three boats, which we're
separated by the wind and fog. Number
three, with eleven men, Engineer Melville
commanding, reached the mouth Of the
Lena September 10Th. Subsequently num.
Der one, with Capt. DeLong, DR.. Amber
and twelve men reached the Lena in a
pitiaDle condition. Prompt assistance was
sent to number two, but Il was not heard
from. [Signed. HOFFMAN.
ST. PETERSBURG"
ouR THANKS.
In response 10 the above the following
w0s transmitted:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, |
WAsInSGToN, December 90, J
10 Hoffman,, Charge DAEdires, 81. ptters.
burg:
Tender the hearty thanks Of the prcsi.
dent 10 all the authorities or tho persons
who have in any way been instrumental
In assisting The unfortunate survivors from
the Jeannutte, or furnishing information
TO this Government.
signed FRELiNGHUYs
Secretary Of STATE.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE tEANNErTE's rRtr.
[The Jeanette left San Francisco for her
Arctic voyage In charge OF Lieutenant De
Long In July, 1879, and was seen last by
Captain barnes, Of the whaler Sea Brceze
on September 2, 1879, about fifty miles
south Of Herald Island. Lieutenant De
Long, In letter to his wife, written at sea
August II, 1870, said that he proposed 10
proceed north by the way Of the eastern
coast Of Wrangell Land, touching ut Herald
Island, where lie should build II eaifn and
leave records, thence landing on Wrangpll
Land and leaving records on the eastern
cuast under cairns at about twenty-five
miles apart. II was apparently with this
purpose in view that the JeIhnettc was
steering for Herald Island when last seen.
| DeIO does not appear 10 have accom-