The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-04-01
bf loses rHonlhir FATE.

Ths rhllHislfhia flma II fersal dale eaH
lalns ihe following interesting miUfnaliuu "a
b ~ etndaHaes " the trsauella rtpimes
ahd The ffataba fais II tis Long sai W
misalnH f6mfides
4 Alsiisf VS. fsrflsrd " fN ~ Mr. Nol
Vile fesidIng Al shafsnsils a shaft dislanrs
bdslds u fhiladsli hlt. ffds Mr. hnsl#nh
ilenionAhl UeufFe " Melville, n iha unilrh
flstaa hiff, whp sent mt A. ehifi ruRncef
Of The etFloflug fafif anil wM III command
ci The bpai containing NE survivors whlth
landed 90 the aafihein e1asi ~ slwtla Sep
tsmbef " " this htiel letter The liefu " The
latest, hnd, s all tle acrpnhta hayn shown,
the inutl rcflrus attempt " explore lhr m.
known Polar seas, speaks " W Long and tho
others with him M having ncrishcd, and In u
eatea that when Chici Engineer Mulyllle fet
ont ufon the search n which he IA nov 20
Eaged IN The regions 0i enfhfl Ice and snuw
u waf Without hnle Of finding hlA epnfadss
alive, but almply 10 perform The melancholy
duty Of Discovering u possible thelf dead
h'4iice and whatever irarea of their hnri
ships and adventures they had lcit bahird
them. IN all the accounts that have been ~,
ccltei from Lieutenant John Danenhauer,
who was one oi those saved with Melville,
there has been a hopeful tome concerning the
possibility Of DE Longs safety; but In tilch
kilograms ~ contained facts alone ihcp was
not much room for encouragement In the
last aud most important commun catlon frup
Dancnhaner, received al Paris February .,
from lrkutsk, he gives entire the latest record
Of DE Long found by Melville, nj one of those
polar mllesiunes, such a. all Arctic explorers
have etcctel along their way On thi. Do
Long wrote! Fourteen NJ the Officers aud
mcn Of the Jeanette reached this hut on
Wednesdiy, September y. and, hiy ng been
forced to wait for the riyor to freeze over, are
proceeding 10 cross 10 the west side this
morning, on their Journey to reach some
settlement on the Lena River. have two
daye' provisions, but, having been fortunate
enough thus far TO get game In our pressing
needs, We had no fear for the future. Our
party are all well except Han, Erikscn, whose
toes have bein amputatcd In consequence
OF frost-bite Other records will be fonnd
In several hlts on the east side " the river
along which we have come from the mouth"
| After quoting this, Danenhnucr says "Thrc,
other records were foun - bu, he gives moth
Ing of their contents further thas to say
"Eriksen died October ~ The party was in
great distress for want of food Nnros and
Windcman, two OF DE Longs conn anIons
were sent ahead for relief On October .
They marched south for fifteen days, and we're
found In starving condition on October ~,
by three natives, who took them 10 q settle
meut.
Evidently there was some reason for not
giving the other records entire. Nine day.
after, the party Of fourteen had lost two DAYS
provisions, und after Erlk.en's tors b vi been
ampuiaiei, they we're In great distress fof
want OF food, AMI then Eriksen and two nes
probably the only two WHO wsre able 10 walk,
went ahead aud reached settlement ia o
starving condition. Exactly five months have
passed since De Long nni twelve men tthc
thirteenth having Just dicdl were In great
distress for want o, foid, and no tidings Of
them TO give a ray Of hope have been receive
In that timc. In that condition, they wer,
about Ave thousand miles from ~. Peters
burg, In region where there Is scarcely any
game, Just at the beginning Of most rlgor
Gus ~inter when everyone, even tho hardest
natives, flee hundreds Of miles inland aud d'
not return until March or April. Under sucl
circumstances MelyIllc's letter to his wife II
consistent with all thc known facts. Since h
was chosen BY the authorities at Washing Ton
ont OF all the competent men In the naYy, n
accompany the Jeanette expedition Just fou
years ago, aud set sail from San francisco II
July, 1873, few months after receiving hii
order, Melville has had no opportunity b
communicate with his family. The Anrioui
mother and the three iittle girls have beer
awaiting "a letter from papa" ln their so
eluded little cottage at Sharon I'M, In Della
ware County, the fond mother and chldlsi
trio have looked out daily from the windop
adorned With an anchor as an emblem Of hop,
OF the fathers safe return, aud wondcrc,
again and again, with the smoke aud whistle o.
every mall train, II their long looked for mes
sage was coming. Al last, when three years ha,
passed, little Meia-who was babe juai born
when he went away on dirk, stormy nj ght
and, having klsse1 Il and the llps that wer.
above u, said; "wIfe, II Is possible vii
never knoS thsss inys again"-wHs able q
talk, and she expressed the thoughts Of all fnHl
when one dag she said: Mamma, / thlnl
papa must be deaI;n but they neSrr tpoL
down from the nail the hat which he hung NJ
when be changed u for bis naval cap, and hll
favorite cup and saucer were never stirred
from their place In the cupboard There WAS
Joy In the household when some friend sent
the newspaper containing the telegram sgued
with her husbands name, giving th,
frat news Of the safe arrival Of hiuscli
and crew, and the joy was not lesscnet
by reading after the maine ''in command =
Every telegram since signed "hcl
villen has been meat and drink to the ncw.
fsmished little household. aud although tn,
mother kept telling the children continually
.that II was duty, aud duty 10 God aud coun
Try must always Ro ahead Of duty 10 family,
the little folks could not understand wby
rapa did not send some messages home. >
Yesterday, Maud, beautiful child sboul
fifteen years Of age, went, a. she has thou
sands Of times In over three years, 10 the pat
Office. 10 knos n there vas q litter. Mr..
Melville vas seated At home sewing iisiiens
~, and the other two little girls uers
playing with their dolls. Suddenly aue of th,
little onessaidi why, ma something's N,
matter With Maud. I actually believe there Il
letter from papa Mauds feet did not appeal
10 toneh the ground. She ran througl
the gate. With tears of Joy streaming dowr
hss face, and choking wlsh sobs, shs thfea
herseh st her mothers feet, dropping th'
letter and crying out. "oh, mamma, Al last
Its frum papai Oh. It IL fym papsi" Tn
mother tore u open. read II al glance. am
raj II several times over. An the afternoon
and up 70 going TO bed Last night, the chIisireI
were doing nothing else bu, reading ore
papa's letter. With the intelligence that /
contained II the fats Of others, and th
kno~iedgs that just now he himself. With IN
sesrrh party, 4 facing similar dangers, ther
vas little In the letter 10 Rise hoIs d The ~
] turn Of the husband aud father Written on
! single ,hes, Of tough, heavy mole paper, th
. letter read ss foilossi
"inkorrzx. Russian Siberia,
January l, lse7 I
"DE.s Hrrrfg. Afier many trials an
! sribglations srriyei here yesterday. weca
. muster bat ihifteen people all told out Of III
original thirty thres persons. | am pFett
| veil. and will b. home this summer or net
? winter. secoriIng a. | msy be Instructed b
. tho S<vy Department. ! have telegrsphed
|. askInx b remain aud search for De Loar -
. lhe others ~ho psrished Il The mouth of N