Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-07-18

ing ~ hours. Every care and attention was
given us. | saved and brought back copies
of meteorological tidal. astronomical magnetic
pendulum and other observations; also pend.
ulum, yale and standard thermometers, 4S
Photographic negatives a collection Of blanks
and Photographic proofs, Esquimaux relics
and other things necessarily abandoned. The
rhetis remains here Eve days probably.
(Signed) GRsKLY.
CommandinG,
Gen. Hszen. chief signal officer, this after.
noon received the following telegram from
Lieut.. A. W. Grrely. dated 81. Johns, n r,
July 18th For the first time in three cen
turtles England Yields the honor OF the far
therest north. Lieut.. Lockwood and Sergeant
Brsiasrd, Msy 18th, reached Lockwood
Island, lat. 1924 long. AS, They saw
from 2ooo feet elevation no land north or
northwest. but TO the northeast OF Greenland,
Cape Robert Lincoln, lat. S6.S5, long IS
Lieut. Lockwood was turned back in 1888 hy
open water on North Greenland shore the
party barely escaping drift into the Polar
Ocean. DIR. Pavy in 1852, following the
Markham route, was adrft one day in the
Polar Ocean, north of Cape Joseph Henry,
escaped 10 land, abandoning nearly every
thing. In 1882 made spring and later
summer trip into the interior Of Grinnell
land, discovering Lake Hazen, some Go miles
by 10 miles in extent which was fed by ice
north of Grinnell land, Drains Ruggles
river and Weyprech Fiord into Cony ybeare
bay and Archer Fiord, From the summit of
Mt Arthur. 5000 feet, a contour Of land
west of Conger mountains convinced me that
Grinnell land tends directly south from Lieut.,
Aldrich's fartherest in 1876. In 1883 Lieut.
Lockwo ood and Sergeant Brainard succeeded
in crossing Grnnell land, and 80 miles from
Beatign bay, at the head Of Archer's
Fiord. struck the head of the ford from the
Western Sea, temporarily named by Look
wood. Greedy Fiord From the centre of the
ford. in lat $3.50, long. Is 30 Lieut.. Lock-
wood saw northern shore Of the termination,
some % miles west the southern shore, cN
tending 80 miles with Cape Lockwood, some
20 distant, apparently separate land from
Grinnell land have named that new land
Arthur land. Lieut. Lockwood followed, going
and returning on an ice cap averaging
about 10 of feet perpendicular face, IL fol-
lows that Grinuell land in the interior is ice,
capped with a belt of country some GO miles
wide between north and southern ice caps
In March, 1854. Sergeant Long, while hunt
ing, looked from the northeast side Of Mt
Carey TO Hayes Sound, seeing a northern
coast, three caps ", stward of the furtherest
seen by Mares in 1876. The sound extends
some 20 miles farther west than is shown hy
the English chart, but possibly shut in by
land which showed up across the western
Two years OF station duties, observations, all
explorations and the retreat 10 Cape Sabine
were accomplished without the loss of life,
disease, serious accident or even severe frost
bites. No scurvy was experienced at Conger
and but one death from /; occurred last
winter.
(Signed) GREELY, Commanding.
The following dispatches were cent to
Lieut. Greedy to-day bv Gen. Hazen:
WAR DEPARTMENT
SIGNAL SERVICE, L :. A., July II.
Lieut. A. W. Greely, st. Johns, n. 4.
Our hearts are overlooking with gladncss
and thanks to God for your safety, aud ~
sadness for those who, without fault Of yours,
are dead. Your family is well and in San
Diego.
(Signed) W.B. HAzEN.
July 18th, 1884
Lirut Grnely, ST, Johns, y 4
Your dispatches are most satisfactory and
show your expedition TO have been IN the
highest degree successful in every particular.
This fact is not affected by disaster.
(Signed) W. B. llAzEN.
WEST PoINr, n. Y, July H.
The following dispatch has Just been for
warded ny Secretary Chandler:
Commander w. 5 Schey, st, Johns, n. +
Receive my congratulations and thanks for
yourself and your whole command, for your
prudence, perseverance aud courage in
reaching our dead and dying countrymen. The
hearts of the American people go out with
great affection TO Lieut.. Greedy and the few
survivors from his deadly peril. Care for
them unremittingly and bid them to be cheer.
ful and hopeful on account of what life yet
has in store for them. Preserve tenderly
the remains of the heroic dead and prepare
them accorrng to your judgment and bring
them home.
(Signed) W. +. CHANDLER,
Secretary Of the Navy.
NEW YoRK, July II.
The Evening Telegram's correspondent at
st. johns. n. f., who boarded the Thetis on
her arrival, telegraphs the following account :
LAS we ascended her gangEay and board
ed her deck, Commander Schley grasped the
correspondent by the hand and gave it
wiring as if he would wrench il from lts
socket. Hurrah, said he, but he stopped
short and with a gloomy countenance cOntin-
ued. We have only six Of the poor fellows
alive, one of the seven we rescued dying
after we had started for home
Chow did you find the partyS''
"On the 22nd of June, while lying in drift
ice off Cape Sabine, in Smiths Sound, we
sighted signal. Of distress at distance of
about seven miles. II was about nine =. VI.
and the sun was shining brightly, but bit
terly cold. After considerable trouble we
steamed down towards the pack ice upon
which they were, and horrible sight met
our eyes. Lieut.. Greedy, Brainard, Frede-
ricks, Long. Biedebick and ConDell were
crying like children and hugging each other
franticaily. They seemed frantic with joy
put off IN a cutter and after great difficulty
reached them. They flew at me and ! first
imagined they were crazy. They seized each
Of the men in the boat, hugRed them, kissed
their hands and did everything one could i'm
agine to show their JOY and gratitude. All
but poor Ellison. His feet and hands were 30
badly frozen that he could not move. He
lay still on the ground and moaned. Others
Of the party. also. we're more or less frost
bitten, bat seemed 10 forget their snfierings 9"
"where we're the remaining members Of
expeditionf'
Dead, and a. he said this hs eyes
moistene1. Yes, dead, and the most hor-
rible Of deatbs-staryation The party on
the ice looked as if they could net live FIVE
hours, they looked 80 feeble. notwithstanding
the almost superhuman strength they had
shown when se reached them Slowly, one
BY one, seventeen Of the party had yielded
up their lives tn the demon starvation. One
Of them the strongest had gone seal hunting