New-York tribune., 1884-12-26

us aud orr attendant now said thnt W. would hn
,nrriVri hy thn ttht ~ The reception tonnl' hiN'
,,biri go would hc presented 80 the cyaihh IN MI
IA soon. then ~ Minister Hunt had departed wc
"a ono rnu1uptpd tn "A door nppilng INTO lNN'nH'-
wny which led directly 10 the audience chnhprr;
This door wns thrown open hy M usher. VINO cailrn
ont our mines aud vanished We ndNancru " lfW
narcs two nbfcast and ~ We did 80 t7At AcNnnuer
III Fmnrtor of al the Rnssas crossed The room
with oustrcchcd hands aud greeted us' saying III
English: nh, .., yossrs
uc,y,ile ,mJ Brtft yh ch Is Mr. NclIncW
sci him lirht hy introducing the others and
Lieutenant Berry performed the sainc service ior
"prtf6rcz vous parlcr en- Francois on en- Anglas
monsieur - the Car inquired. ,t..,
assured him that English lcing my naIVr
tonrnc pcfcrtcl 10 speak IT, NJ TINS 'unttlf' nc
! C7arua approached ard giac ouSN Ricci'd US "
rcniinn dditc Selections about ou hrlllh, ana 'SN
ae W3y as'oa5 n '{9It 'sgoou 'pi'HY3 " H3ercst cy.
amipci my hands anl iihgcis vhich SIM oo'' '"'
mWE)Had9 E.s,1 c'j. e Nic 5f conversations each ot
! ~ tti ,nii c6nt6sing ~ tunes Vith Qne ot 2p-
| WNEtAfRbt taAC ENAitt6 i1Ar tStics'e hS
briN ,bt sAl 81 US sh3h'l htEg g5E lPF( Lam
! V@ IlG }N'lpe 9lN'lN 8fsgiWWt BaAa NMrH
r'fne t1atMa Y9l3sWl.A dAf WpAgig agi (7Ef
3;e,rM lhtN 9ns e.tFAt Gi i'eaeN sLa gaellttd.
! g lDat lqu VII nei asa'N tWP' W'NNN I" WV
'Spcakins OF our own land She olHeNei EHhh q
| gentle sorrow in her tone had h0pfl III IAl
EEsFS EEoFS'' 10 ''''' N"'''''' '"' "'', '''' .'n. 49,.
There coming lull at length N our taxi We
! snook hands "a second time and with mnlna' lalt
| wells and my honest wish that the lnlcr'a coupe
! might be blessed with future peace ana naPtr
ness" our audience was ended III i'u l"s'o" '"o"'S
Ne passed ont without the ushers and into tue
| antero0m, where the crowd oi Vlsltois vas id idS'
! swelling Our Official conductor escorted Us III
carriage back to the breakfast room, where no de-
hvcrcd us over to the tender mcrccs ol lhe clN!ai
usher tender since there was mere Spleii onu % iu'
our e,lIication a delicious breakfast, whose Tempt
inc yiands we had not the least inclination ID
| slight We were then driven for several hours
through the grand gardens full OF lakes ana aitlnt
cascades pouring, one over SILVER anu nhnlnGl S
| over a gold plated wall of rock, ana calIed 'He
Silver Fails" and "Goldcn Falls There were
| fountains casting spray IN every part, "i the
grounds: cnriously and beautifully trained plants
| fish i'm ponds which came at the sound oi ici I"
be fed geese swans and other watcrlow-a lorni-
ing the most magnificent ARTIFICIAL larh nave oN'i
We returned to st. Petersburg by boat, obtaining
! n fine view of the great work, then III progress o'
| making a harbor at Cronstadt. whose shlp,hg VIZ
| barely visible in the distance. Reaching tile cltN
| toward dusk arranged nj once 10 lea'e 'or
! Liverpool ria Berlin and Paris. AZ each ol th9Sc
| points we rc>tcl for few days, rccelNlht hili'iS
tokens of interest every hand ana li"aiiN "''-
ting sail from Liverpool on the steamer IaItnd We
arrived at NcwYorK on the l3th OF N.nle,n@rII ii.a
| SS2-tlrcc years and six months from inc 'luo
left the Atlantic sc1hOarl To loln M Sau frtHcSCo
| the lucke,s Jeanette: and one wear from the day
when our three boats were scpara'cd III 'n'' '"'"'
gale.
Mr.. Melville adds to his story bret history "l
the Grccly Relief Expedition, and Proposed
Method of Reaching the North Pole Tie gives
reasons for believing that from Franz josef Land
(thc territory chartcd by Wcyprecht and falci
north of Nova Zcnlbla) there is either continuous
land or a chain OF islands extending well up toward
| the Pole This land ha, bccn explored ~ far as
latitude $50 and has been viewed Ia about 81. u
it stretches only one degree further II VIII booaEV To
march thence TO the Pole and back The distance II
600 miles. and Mr.. Melville believes that II l'
covered by firm and compatat vcly smooth zee
cap; the survivors Of the Jcanncttc travelled '"o
| miles over lee OF the most difficult and dangerous
! kind. The southern coast ol Fran Josef Lana Is
accessible by steamers. Mr. Melville would marcI
by land from the point of dchnrkaon as lar ny thc
land extends. establishing dcpots of supplies. and
| the rest of the advance should bc made by one
officer and ten picked men. without dogs