Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-06
rIir IEANNErrE.
Danenhower and mis- Comrades
at 81. Petersburg-State OF
Their Health.


By Cable 10 the Herald.
LONDON, May 9, 1SS2.-A dispatch
to the Standard from st. Petersburg
SAYS with reference to Lieutenant Da-
nenhower's arrival: "All the party
appear to be in good bodily health but
Cole, who is completely out Of his
mind. At times he had to be kept
from attacking Danenhower aud his
comrades by the exert;ons OF Cos
sack who accompanied the party all
the way from Irkutsk. Lieutenant
Danenhower suffers from weakness of
sight and has to keep himself as much
as possible in the dark. He hopes,
however, that his sight will return
and that he will regain his usual
strength as soon as he gets into warm
err climes and can receive the attention
Of a skilled ooulist According to
Lieutenant Danenhower's opinion
Captain DE Long and his comrades
must have landed within a very few
miles of inhabited settlements and
we're probably misled by inaccurate
maps into taking a direction into the
wilderness, where they are now being
sought for.
sUFPERINGS OF THE EXPLORERS.
"The story of the sufferings of
Danenhower and his comrades before
and after leaving the Jeanette is too
long to relate here. When they
landed their legs were so swollen and
frost bitten that they were obliged
almost to crawl on their hands and
knees until they could get fuel to
light fires. Both Eisenhower and
Cole were noted among the party for
strength and vigor. Lieutenant
Danenhower thinks threading a paper
before the Geographical Society on
the subject of the possibilities of
trade on the northern coast of Siberia,
as he thinks the seas have been much
misunderstood. He is loud in his
praises of the excellent treatment
which he received from all the Rus
slams, both officials and civilians, and
has evidently not been weaned from
his ambition for Arctic exploration by
the hardships and privatiOns which he
has had to undergo"
DANENHowER's EYEsIGHT.
The Times correspondent Tele-
graphs: "Danenhower is still suffer
ing in his eyes, otherwise he is in good
health. He has had no less than
five operations performed on his left
eve. Both are now so weak that even
with blue glasses and a green shade he
cannot remain long in either sun or
gas light"
JACK COLES INSANITY.
"The most distressing case is that of
Cole, who had to be watched narrowly
day and night ever since landing at
the mouth of the Lena. A Cossack
has kept watch over him all the way
from Irkutsk. Mental arrangement
first showed itself while in the boat
leaving the ship. At times he be-
comes violent and threatens the Lieu
tenant. At Mastchansk he dashed
at Lieutenant Danenhower with a
knife, and before he could be secured
wounded the Lieutenant slightly in
in the hand. 1t is hoped, however,
that the influences ofcivilization and
comfort may do much toward his re-
covery. The Chinese steward is ap
parently in robust health.
THE NATURALIST.
The fourth member Of the party,
the naturalist NewcOmb. has also sue
cessiully withstood so many hardships
and privations, remained one day
longer at Moscow. Lieutenant Dan
enhower gives no hope that De Long
and his men will be found alive in the
wilderness, east of the Obi, where
Engineer Melville and parties are nov
on search, not more than twenty miles
from the spot where De Long and hir
comrades are believed to have landed
THE GEoGRAPHERs.
Advices from St. Petersburg saJ
that deputation Of the Biographies
Society had an interview vath Lieu
tenant Danenhower yesterday. 1t wa
expected that an arrangement would
be made for a special meeting Of tn,
society, at which Mr.. Danenhowel
would make an address, but the plal
was given up on account of the bat
condition OF his health.
THE SEARCH FOR DE LONG.
Intelligence from Yakutsk state
that the American officers searchin
for the eannette's men, in conse
quence of the exorbitant sum de
manded for the steamer Lena, en-
gagged another steamer for the search
The latter, however, is unsuitable. |
is also stated that NJ. Sibiriakoff ha
, despatched the Lena to search 70
Lieutenant Commander De Long
party.
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