The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-01-07
Loss OF the Jeanette.

The Jeanette has shared the fate Of tho
Tegcthoif. That vessel disappeared OH tho
coast Of Nova Zcmbh, IN 1871, and was never
again seen, but two years afterward Payer and
Wcyprecht and their companions returned
without their ship, having broken away from
Arctic Imprisonment and effected their escipc
IN their boats after an agonizmg struggle. In
like manner the Jeanette has been crushed
in the Ice, md her gallant Commander comes
b ok without his ship two years after Il was
last sighted north OF Bchring srih |
The scene Of the disaster was lntltude q |
degrees, longitude i51 degrees east, and tho
time June y. Tho crew embarked In three
boats, one Of which reached the mouth
OF the Lena on September %, aud another
subsequently, while the third has not
reached land Tho survivors were In their
boats from seventy 10 ninety days, and their
condition on reaching land is described is
pltiabe. Their suircrihgs must have been
even moro heaftrending than those OF the
Polarls eastaways, whom Dc Long himself
rescued oil tho coast Of Labrador; for, al
though they, too, left their ship In latitude n
degrees and,had been 1906 days on the floating
ice when they were picked up by the Tlgesa,
theyhad started with more than hcatsluau0l
provisions, The escape Of two-thirds OF the
jvannetie's crew Is dellyerance almost
miraculous. Tho sufferings Of these brave
sailors will excite thrill Of sympathy wher-
ever this last story OF Arctic adventure stold
The Engllsh.spcabing World, recognizing their
Anglo-saSon grit, will rejoice with one CON
cent over the safety Of those who have been
rescued, and will lament the possible fate oil
the missing boit's crew.
Has De Long the .ar,s solsce which Payer
, and we,pfeSht enjoyed, when they reap
: pearcd after their two years yoyagei They
| had discovered Franz Josef Land. II was 81
) sccidcnt, 10 be sure, for their vessel had beer
2 caught In the Ice and they had been drifting
IN utter helplessness for mouths when theil
Q eyes frst caught glimpse Of that hystnrlou'
: shore; still, II was a discovery which richl,
. compensated them for ~ their Auffthngs AM
4 triAis. Has De Long DOM anything nor
= than 70 return hslf.w.y on the trsck Of Nor
4 denskloid, the intrepid Commander OF th
, vsgai Unable 10 break through the ice Of
! the Bchring Strait meridian, has be turned Y
I the left through Long Strait, snsi, spendin
+ two winters on the sirtilan coast, only edge
y his way as fsr vest as the Siberian Islandsi o
II hss Ne tiso made discoveries in higher l't
\ tudes, 90 that he (. can do somethin
n- besides compare notes With Nsfiensklold
y The details Of hI, e-riA will be awaited wit
+ the kcenes, interest The latitude where d
| sss-s overlook his trim little vessel indicate
that be had a higher ambition than TO repc'
the swodes exploit II Is higher latitnt
than fhaI Of the northerumost cape which u
n Vega rounded, and Is on a level with Prini
Patrick Land and the southern edge OF spit
bergen Whether Il was the highest lstitu'
which he had reached, or whether be had ma
dIscovoric. Of real Importance before bic th
be was abandoned, ~e shah h-s'- ~her .hs J.
~ V furnished In dctAl. II viii be mclanchol
ds indeed, n this gallant commander and
be piuehy companions have struggled and ~
ln fercd a. they must have done without hayi
y added materially 10 the sum Of human kno'
ny edge or enlarged the horizon OF the pol
basin.
In the first aush " thh sudden news m
thc Jcsnnettr, science and geography cDu
for little. II is the human element viii
touches the hearts q people of generous
~ stincts. There Is Joy over tho delivsrsneo
'se the bnlk Of The eEev; there !. vmpathy I
90 the brave Commanders vile, who has be
'os waiting 70 ansicasly for twen,y-eight 10
o. months for ttiings ofhis safety; there is '
no row that als ships company has been tiivid
~ and that % many brave men may have peri
W ed. But the scientific aspects cannot he
'AJ tirciy. oyeriooked Tba failure of this crpo
tIon may tend 70 simplify the future course
fm Arctic exploration. The theory genera
~, adopted In recent yesrs has been that IN or
y 70 reach a high latitude within the Ar
Circle the vessel must follow . eoast J
en- trending narth~arf wheu De Long left |
IN Francisco IN 1872 there rere three cpastz vi
90 seemed 70 offer peculiar advantages for An
no exploration. One vas. The Greenland sh,
o. which Kane, Hayes, Hall and Mares had
'Au loved. smother vas The reentiy disoose
v" rnns Jo<ef Land, which has 81
been partially explored BY Leigh smith.
az he third was wrangsll Land, which vas .
ing posed 70 be large Island and possibly ons
''n chain Of Islands stretching toward the p
us d Long hoped 10 snccced In wintering
nns wrznrrll Land and IN following shat uAs
'Sr cied might Be . polar archipelago far 10
'ses north. wfsnKsil Land Il nov known 70
'oss smail Island with an Impenetrsble sea 70
9" sorsh. and Leixh Smiths disappeanacs1n
'ns Kara eea discour.ers attempts 70 make "
Jos<f Land bsse Of operations. n the rl
pee lon qsest for the Pole l. ever 70 Be resun