The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-01-07
THE JEANNETTE.

A Telegram from James Gordon Bennett.
WASHINGTON, December %.
The State Department has the following dis
% .ch from James Gordon Bennett with regard
tc.thesurvivors of the Jeannette; ?, MA q
Hs.,. PARIS, December %.
Hon. Frederick ]. Frelinghuysen Secretary of
State, Washington: VI
have just received the following telegram
from my correspondent at st. Petersburg con-
corning the Jeanette party;
General Ignatietf has given orders to send
two new expeditions from Iakoutsk in search
OF the shipwrecked crew, and has directed that
every available means be employed to find
boat No. 2. 49, NO..
On the 25th of September, as has already
been told, Melville and ten men were met by
three Yakats. Yaksts are good -natu1red mo-
MAIDS, very slillful in caring for disorders and
maladies caused by the cold. The party could
not have fallen into better hands. II must be
remembered, however, that from Barchoi,
where they were discovered, to Iakoutsk,
the distance is 1900 persts, or 400 miles
with no regular means of transport. At
least twenty days were required to get there,
but as those who went to the rescue
started three days ago, the time necessary to
find the party and bring them back TO Iakoutsk
would be about two months. Nor should it
be forgotten that, although the whereabouts
of Melville and his party is pretty well known,
that of De Long, who seat forward Nende-
man and Noras out OF his party of thirteen, is
not known, and that for a succorihg eXpedi-
ton to reach him will take a long time over
country where there are no roads,
The distance from Iakoutsk to Irkoutsk is
ISIS versts, or 300 miles, with hampered
postal which will require at least fifteen days
TO transport twenty-four persons. The Coy
ernor of Iakoutsk, General Tschemaieff mot
General Tchernaiff of Servia), will receive the
instructions of the Government and orders for
fresh expeditions in eight days, by courier en-
trGordiHGire, travelling $50 miles day. There
viii be no further news, then, from the Jean
nette party themselves in less than three
months, as the telegraph wire does not extend
beyond Irkoutsk. From Irkoutsk to st. Peters
burg will take them probably month, travelling
as rapidly as possible although they will prob
ably be at St. Petersburg by April, and in New
York by May. This is all the information
have received to date. In case the Govern
ment should wish to communicate directly
with the Jeanette, beg to say that General
Anoutchine, Governor of Eastern Siberia, is
now in St. Petersburg, but that his represen
tatiye during his absence is General Peda
shenski, with whom you can correspond di
rect In case any further news is received,
shall at once inform you.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
The following dispatch has been sent from
the State Department;
DEPARTMENT or STATE,
WASHINGTON, ID. C., December -.
To Hoffman, st. Petersburg;
Convey the thanks of the President to thu
Imperial Government for its liberal and gener
Gus action in advancing the necessary fund
10 render assistance to the members of tn,
Jeanette expedition, and inform Mr.. Degeir
that you are authorized to draw on me to re
imburse that Government, if it will kind!
inform you of the amount
FRELINGHUYSEN.