Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-12-30
tsrEctAL DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD uSIos.l
DOaEsTEC NEWS.



DOMEsTEC NEWS.
Fac Jeanl cite Dlsss;er-De Longs Re-
port.
WAsHiNGToN, December 80 ,h.-De Longs
report, found beside his dead body, has been
gaa1e pubic. L. makes 80 600 words, and de-
tails the incidents If the cruise from the de-
parture from Ssn Francisco in 1879 to Jaru.
ary, 1881. Its principal feature is an elabo-
Ta.s account Of De Longs views in regard to
tie expedition. lie considerei it good iudg
nent to hsad for Wrsng4l Lind. His idea
WAS to adopt that land as a support to the
fret winters campaign, He embodiss the
story Of how land was sighted and how he ex-
pscted TO reach il, and graphically describes
h3w on the next DAY the Jeannette became
b set in ice, never again TO be released, and
says The party was compelled to make
virtue of necessity and stay where we were.
Sometimes all nigh, and aqmeimss all day
aud night, feJm January 10 h to February
4th, SHeetman aud NiIderman stood down in
the forepeak, tie icy water lowing around
them nearly to ihsir knees, working faith
fully until their woIk was accomplish.
e3, and the good results of that work
was evident in the era5uilly reduced
smognt of water coming into ths ship and
our ability to control tho Il ak withcuS sach
ruineus expendi uro Of fusl ss had been
necessary hsretlfJre. For these reasons |
have TIE honor 10 recommsld tiese two
meu to you for medals Of honor, as a
recognition Of hsroic conduct under the most
trying circumstance.
Captain Do Long > record ct the remainder
os the winter and su inner OF 1880 is for the
nos- pars n.o20soIous e,ord Of storms, ice
movements, con tant anxiety and altnos. ua.
r. ban IsSa .;rlr a
summer drew 10 a close without te ting the
Jeannette free, and ano'har dreary winter
| approached, De Long evidently began to re.
vo!ve in his miGd tbs Question of whether it
would not be better 10 alb ,a9ou tbs skip and
make Tor the nogt era coast Of SibeIi, over
the ice, thaa to run TIE risk Of q second vim.
ter in the PACK. Under date of Ssp,emher
~, 1851, he says: dislike naturally to
dwell on tie IDEA of au ab.udcr msut of the
ship. We have cone ttryuga so 1l1ch it gives
ire hopes OF surviviag n r.. As long as
enough or the ship remaios to shelter us,
sticking ~ that fragment is preferable to
camping on the ice, and | caa conc i've OF no
greater foriorn hope than to attempt TO
reach Sjberia-say 30 m les distant-lver
the ice that surrounds it, sud with the win.
t. 8 cold Swapping one's lie az every step.
Or course, if We we.o TO lose cur ship we
would make 81 effort 10 get there; but our
chances OF success would be exceedingly
problematical."
Ths last eniiy in .he record, dated Decem.
I ber 81. 1880, is rs fellows g Minsfrels and
ringing IN the New Year in latitude 73o AS
north, longitude l77' 81 east During the past
| sixteen months Ne have drift 500 miles,
far enough, ii it had been in straight line,
to carry US to sna Beyond tha Pole; but we
are get only 220 miles nor b vest of where we
| were icst bese+. We have suffered il ilry.
I'D a rr afs .f..,- I
| been aecz9d sud jsnmel, tcssed and tum.
| Died; ne have painred leaki sip for o
year-5ut are not yet dauoted. aud as ready
to da:e everything as ever; and we face the
! new year, iimly hogin. to 90 slme.hiop
worthy OF crr.eivss, OF Bsn: est's enterprise
and the h,g over u.
Ia less than ten IN 1utas astec these words
were written tie JeannetSe was at the bot
tom Of the Arctic ocean, and DsLong lay
dead in the Lsns della.
A Sister CT Charity Married.
YANKToN ID. T. }. December 80 ,h.-Grest
excitement exists mere over the sec,es mar
| risge yesterday Of DR.. V. Sebidtin Rpss a
| young Russian physician, and Sister Marv
Paul, OF the Cs,holic Convent Of the Sacred
| Heart. The sffair leaked out to-day. TIE
! doctor is determined sort of fellow, ard p1o.
poses to stand by his matrimonial rights in
| spite of the Church.
SECOND DISPATCHl
OMAHA, December 295h.-Particulars of
the secret marriage at Yauk.or, D4k1ss.
which is causing considerable sensation, are
as follows: The facts leaked out yesterday.
| The parties are Sister Mary Paul, of the
Convent Ct the Sacred Heart, and Dr. V.
Sebeakln R1ss, q prominent physician, a
| Russian by birth. The marriage took place
1t the residence of George Hoffman, and was
performed by Congregational milister-
Rev. Joseph Ward. Ross was physician at
the c)IVSfat. and attended Sister Paul when
she wss injured by fall several months ago.
An affection sprarg up between them, and
ripened into love, and theic love was bitterly
oppo;ed ty the Mother Superior, the Sisters
generally, the Bishop and others. Threats
were made to break off the engagement, even
if violence had to be resorted to. The Doc
tor and his stianced, however, defied them
all, and concluded TO bring the affair to
crisis by marriage. A mutual friend sent an
Invitation to Sister Paul yesterday to conae
| to her house, and soon ths convent carriage
appeared, with Sitter Mary Paul, who went
into the houss and thence to an
adjoining house. where the ceremony was
! performed. She then returned to theicor-
vent In the carriage. The affsir became
known this morning, and caused great ex.
citenlSnt among the Catholics and citizens
generally. Threats we've made, but Ross de.
ned them sill aud stood by his wife, and this
evening she lefs the convent and joined her
husband. Her right name is Mary Kerrs, and
she WAS a prominent, beloved and valuable
member OF the sis.erhood. She is very in-
teliigent has winning, beautiful face and
| elegant figure. II was through her efforts
that the convent and Bishops residence were
butt at Yanktoc. Her husband is man of
nerve, an excellent physiciln, and for five
yvc O Sihnriar erile oE Io
ing Russian Nihilist. fser tbs expiration
OF b 5 term OF baaishment he came to the
United States.
Fiiz John PGrfer's yindGcatsOn.
BosToN, December 29sh. General Fitz
John Porter, in response to the kindly reso-
lutions of the Twenty-second Regiment and
the Third Battery Association, writes: Dur.
ing the dark days that tell cf your endurance
ard courage and devotion 70 your country's
cause, up TO t. lay, our Government, through
misiHGormatiop, deprived me of my r;2ht to
draw my sword in her defense, and sent me
into the world with the brand of Cain. |
felt that the confidence l had repOssd in you
and all Of the Ff h Corps, as shown on hotly
contested faljs of battle, was reposed by you
In the man who never unnecessarily har-
raised you. or recklessly exposed ycu
to disas.er but wko, when duty de-
mSudsd never hesitsted 60 strike with
yo1 the blow need, for our cause, or toward
one aimed sc it. Though socially and poIiti
cslly ostrac ze1 b. that Government the act,
severe as is was, ard all the more severe be.
cause unde-erved, feel that if my country
dsman7ed Of Tne a esc-ihce greater than that
Of my Hss-ofered oa many bloody fields of
battls-I could endure il with steadfast
faith that when the passions Of the hour to
which L have been sacr;hcel shonld have
been Gained. my character as a soldier and
patriot would be vinGicated. That vind'c -
jon has come"
Mormon Leader Dytng
GALENA tI1.l, December 20 .h.-A tele.
gram received lo-day from Salt Lsks CITY
announces that Hon. VIM. Ii. Eooper il
lying at the point of dea.h, aud the end is
hourly expected Hooper ~ss q resident of
Galela from 1885 20 about 1913 msrchaudis-
ing and stesinbcatiDg He removed to st.
Louis aud SAT- Lake, where he espoused Nor
n onisrn, and soon became one OF the leaders
os the Church, although always opposed
to polYgamy. He was a delegate 10 Congress
from Utah for several terms, and at the time
tie Territory applied for admission presented
himself in Washington Gs It's Senator elect.
Father and Four Children Burned 20
Death.
CHICiGH, Dscsnber 29jh A special from
Beverly, West Virginia, gays A. Cucepce.
d po-ai-e.s hAnHospa county farmer, was
banned to dsa5h Wednesday night, with four
Of his Chi dec. His wife wss fatally injured
also. Cluenc1 had lest much sisep watohing
with sick nsigAbor, and Wednss day righs
was slsepiug at honns, while his vie and two
cdildtsa watched at the Reghbols bedside.
They saw tie flames OF their homestead. an.i
bsfora they c,gia get thera the walls hsd
fallen in. envelopipg the five inmates. Mrs.
Cunencs made frantic hut unsuccessful at.
tsrp.as 20 fha-, rA 4 "A
VII prove sssa'. Tna charEed bones were re-
covered es:eriay By the neighb3rs. Gu
nence was an ex.Judys, snd served in tde
ThirtY-fFss Virginia Regiment during the
war.
3epiorab,e Tragedy.
ST. LoUTs, December 29sh.-Nsws CT
deplorsbls trsgsdy comes from Monroe caun-