The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-23
THEL0NE WANDERERS.
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WhO are ThAWIus Out on the Siberian COast-"I
! G.B," TurnI Up Sailing with ROlbla for Re.
lief Interesting COrTsIpOndSnss- Con.
nsnu Of the London Telegraph.
WAsHISGToS, December 22.-The secre
tary Of the Navy received from Enginee
Melville, under date Of Irkutsk, DecembeI
81, a cable message identical with tha
cabled from London last night to the New
York Herald, To this the Secretary replied
as follows;
NAVY DEPARTMENT, |
WASHINGTON, December %. I
TO Engineer Mslville, u S, NJ, Lrklask;
Omit no effort and spare no expense in
securing the safety OF the men in the sec,
ond cutter. Let tho sick and frozen Of
those already rescued have every attention,
and as soon as practicable have them
transported to a milder climate. The De-
partment will supply the necessary funds,
[signedl Hunt, Sec'y.
The Secretary Of State received, to-day,
the following dispatch from the Charge
d'Atiaires Of the United States at St, Peters
burg;
"FreliaghuySen, Washington, D. c.;
Saw lgnatieir. The Russian government
has ordered nm active search for the second
cutter, and will furnish all the funds neCes-
sary to st, Petersburg, For subsequent
needs | will draw on you. Have long
telegram from Melville. Understand same
went through last night to the Navy De.
partment, VIII communicate with Mel
vile through Ignalief as regards possible
measures to find second cutter"
lSignedl HOFFMAN,"
The following additional dispatches in
the correspondence ofthe State Department,
relative TO measures for the relief OF the
Jeannelte, have been furnished for publi-
cation;
PARIS, December 81.
To Hon. Frederick Fulinghuysen, Secretary
Of Slate, Washington, d. t.;
Immediately upon receipt Of the first
news from mySt. Petersburg correspondent
about the Jeanette, saying that six thou
sand roubles were needed, l transferred
that sum by telegraph, through Mr.. Roth
childs, to Gen, lgnatietf at st. Petersburg,
with request 10 draw OH me for any fur
thpr sums required for suCcor and comfort
OF Capt DeLong and bis party.
l have to-day received the following tele-
gram ttom General Ignatiefr:
"Have hastened to communicate TO your
correspondent news received from va
koutsk, and have given orders to the
Governor to take the most energetic meas.
ures for the rescue Of the shipwrpcked crew,
together with authority to undertake all
necessary expenses, for which have prom
ised to reimburse him.
[signedl "CoNTE IoNArlEpP."
You will see by this that everything pos.
sible Is being done by the Russian govern.
ment to secure the safety and speedy return
OF Captain DeLong and his men. II you
or the Secretary Of the Navy have any sug-
gestions | shall do my utmost to act upon
them. l intend to send a special CORES.
pondCnt TO meet the party on It's way here,
and rs II will DO some days before he starts,
perhaps you or the Secretary OF the Navy
might wish TO take advantage OF tho Oppor-
tunity to send dispatches or forward mes.
sages from relatives and friends Of the
party.
My correspondent at St. Petersburg tele-
graphs me that the distance by wagon TO
the point where the crew now are Is four
thousand miles requiring for single trav-
eler, provided with pdpier detdvetir, at least
one month. also learn from st. Petersburg
that the Emperor has personally given or.
ders that all necessary clothing, provisions,
money and transportation shall be put at
the service Of the Jeanette party, which
gives full assurance that anything posi-
bic will be done for their aid and comfort.
[signed1 JAMES GORDON BENNETT"
DEPARTMENT or STATE, |
WASHINGTON, DeCemb er21. !
To James Gordon Bennett, Paris:
Telegram with the news Of your generous
provision. Before reCeiptt had sent the
following cable to Hoffman. Then follows
the telegram already published.
[Sign1d] FRELINGHuYsES,
Secretary Of State
The following telegram was sent by Sec
retary Blaine, to Minister Foster, ut st.
Petersburg, on the 2Sth Of last May:
TASK the Russian Government TO direct
that vessels with her flag keep friendly
lookout on the Siberian coast for the
steamer Jeanette, fitted for an Arctic OK.
ploration by the muni1CenCe OF James
Gordon Bennett. No disaster to her Is re-
ported, but watChfulness Is deemed wise
precaution which this Government desires
to invoke"
LONDON, December 22.-The Daily Telt.
graph has an editorial on the Jeannette,
from which the following are extracts:
every generous heart and cultivated
mind must have experienced at the mo.
ment great satisfaction when the news
arrived that the whereabouts Of the Jean.
nette were known; but Just US great will be
the disappointment TO hear that the
American exploring vessel has been desert.
ed, and only a portion Of the gallant crew
brought back the painful tidings OF her fate.
Assistance, no doubt, has been sent In
their direction by the Russian government
and the natives, but we may loo surely ex-
meet 10 hear Cruel account Of their PEnpr-
ience, even II amy OF the missing patty be
rescued alive. Tie bestthat can be expect.
ed ID that the greater portion have, and
that the skillt6l American crew put on
board the Jeanette will be saved, while,
| II as the case may be, the ship hasachieved
any discoveries Of Importance they will
have been purchased at a bitter price.
The story Of the Jeanette, which Is sure to
reflect glory on the American press, will
not be buried In the mystery Of the still In.
visiblepole But what occupies all gentto is
minds at present 10 the thought Of The sui.
ierngs which nust have been borne by
those gallant men who strove 80 long and
80 hard 10 win scientific distinction, which
was the object Of this enterptising patron.