Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-21

The shipherd Inquiry-The Sick Man
 Heard From-ConkIing's Only Ambi-
 tiOn-Cabinet RumorS-OtherM Matters.
 WASHINGTON, March 2O.-The House Com mittee on Foreign Affairs met at II o'clock this morning. After the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved Chairman Williams announced that he had received 8 dispatch from Assistant Sergeant at Arms Kayanaugh which he read as follows: 'Saw MT. Shipherd who has been i'll. He leaves for Washington Monday morning, and takes physicians certificate with him." Mr. Will Hams then read the following dispatch: New York, March 2O-I expect to reach Washing ton this afternoon. Jacob R. Shipherd. :" Representative Rice moved that the further hearing of Mir. Shipherd be postponed until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The mo- tion was adopted, and the committee went into secret session.
 Congressman's Blacks condition is more unfavorable to night than at any time yet His physicians think he will not live till morning.
 A Republican Senator says Chandler will surely have a Cabinet position soon, in all probability the Navy. Secretary Hunt tells
 
 West. The same authority, personal friend of Conkling, says the latter has no ambition but to make money and reputation for three years and then return to the Senate.
 The Presidents dinner Wednesday will in clude thirty persons. General Grant and wife are among them.
 There has been such an increase in appli- cations for telephonic inventions at the patent office that the examiner sof electric inventions hoe ali a1 on telephone applications.
 The Treasury officials deny alleged mis- takes in sending out interest checks, and state that the cited case was the result of a wrong address furnished by the holder.
 Railway Commissioner Armstead, in let ter to Secretary Kirkwood, reviews the gov ernment cases against the Pacific railroad, favoring a vigorous prosecution, showing that the road is heavily in debt to the govern sioner French whose removal was on a charge that he had sold out to the roads. The letter may possibly be made public.
 The superintendent of mails calls for the experience of subordinates as to whether any detrimental matter IS now admitted to the mails, with proof.
 The Lost Jeannette-Nanderin of the
 Dispersed Crew-A Letter From Engi-
 neer Melville.
 WASHINGTON, March 2O.-The Secretary of the Navy received a long letter from Engi- neer Melville to day, dated at Yakutsk, Si- beria, January 6, and giving the full details of the events that transpired after the dis persion of the three boats of the Jeannette on the night of September 12 last. During 8 heavy northeast gale and when only 50 miles oED fIai,. ioa cordance with the orders of Lieut. De Long under date of August 5, he proceeded to the Lena river, made land September 16, found there three natives on September 19, and reached settlement called Bukof Septem- tember 26. The ice was making in the river, and the natives informed him that they could not proceed south until the sledding season commenced which would be in about 15 days. On the next day Melville made an effort to get up the river with three native pilots, but after grounding very often, the pilots insisted on returning and the condi- ton of the party did not warrant him in ad- vancing, for most of them were very much exhausted and suffering from frozen feet and legs and lack of food, the majority being un' able to walk. The natives gave them quar- ters and limited quantity of fish and dried geese. October 8 Russian exile, named Koosmah Guymaysff, discovered the party &C., cidentally, gave them salt and all the food his scanty supply allowed, and agreed to go to Belun to inform the commandant ot that place of their presence and obtain food and transportation. He started on October 15 and was to have returned in five days, but he did not return until October 29, when he brought small supply of food and reported that the commandant would be at Bukoff November 1 with deer and sleds to carry the whole party to Belun. On his way back Kosomah met two of the first cutters crew at Kumouk Suaka. Melville immediately started with dog sleds for Belun, hoping to intercept the commandant on the way, but he had reindeer and travelled a different route. Arrived at Belun November ?, anc found the two men in very exhausted con dition These men gave the details of wha | transpired after October l, the date of Lieut. 1 De Long's latest records, and the account wal narrowing one of deprivation and suffering ! They were found at Belcour by three natives | who supplied them with food and transported | them to BeIun, where the commandant tool good care of them, but could not understand them From there they telegraphed to tht American minister at St. Petersburg. No vember , Melville sent Danenhowsr south and himself started for the north to the relic of De Long He found traces of De Longs party at various points, and gives an inter esting account of his progress and the diff culties which he was obliged to contend witl and overcome.
 FALL RIVER, Mass, March 20.-Louis J 1 Noros who was one of the two men on tn Jeannette who last saw De Long alive writes from Yakutsk to his father here, re grettin the facts of the wreck of the Jean i nette, and says: ''The boat l was in al rived safe enough We had 14 men. Som of the men had their feet frozen. Min
 were frozen. One man died after we got O
 shore We travelled about two weeks shor
 of food. Then the captain decided t
 send Kindermann and myself O. ahead to look for assistance. We walked 12
 miles without anything to eat. For six day
 we had not mouthful of food. We wer
 most starved when found by the natives
 The captain and the ten men l fear hay
 died of starvation and cold Three mer
 Engineer Melville, William Kindermann ali
 Bartlett, will remain here this summer
 search for remains and for the ships papers
 The rest of us-there are ten men-wiu pro
 ceed to the United States as soon as possible
 We have been travelling now for over
 month on sleds drawn by reindeer, and thi
 is the first place of any account we hay ! Fn