New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-25

...a,uo, ~, ,ho Czar in the reception room. aftor
which we would be presented to tho Cz"r'h" !" az
SOON then as Minister Hunt had departed we
were conducted 10 Il door opening INTO paS,aas
wnv which lei directly to the audience CUM
TLIs door was thrown open 10y an usher VINO ca.cu
AZ our names and Vanished We advanced lew
nsces Two abreast and ms we did SO Gar A,eNanuer
Ill. Emperor of all the kussias, Gro sea lnc u',,
With ou,s,retchcd hands ana gie'teu w. Say '"S -
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ls tGuiml, howf'W NNnt, ,,,' ,inu.ir sIunn. and
not tLn GOODNESS Of heart oi an OF ny pr plp N''"
caused the death ol your cQmAd,a ,,,.l, and ,our
The Clarua eommrnl u our lu'i'""i of lie
age, Which, she said. were p"'"!'Hii - ".',,'rlrJ
tmcricau character; Eat hope SUI lu"!,
that YOU win not again tempt ''''""' ~
''S SneaLing of our own land She observe J. Wl'n
oi'Ii'" s,,,' in bcr tone ." had hoped In my
Youth to visit America but now, lear IL eau "''''
There coming a lulI at lcugth IN our tax; we
shook hands a second time and with mntha' laltt,
wells and my honest wish that the iml"fai TuuPi1
might be blessed with /" future peace an, u"It,,.
ness our audience was ended. 1t had asicl twenty
minutes. Ala ,,s,or,s and into the
auteronIn where the crowd OF visitors was !aS.
swelling Cur Official conductor escor,ou IL ~ =
carriage back 10 the breakfast room wh'ie ne uu
hvcrcdus over 70 the tender mrrclrN Oh l, CIV , e.,
usher; tender, since there was here 'ptran opl W.
our cdIGcation n delicious breakfast. whose i'lhpt-
| inc yiands we had not the least inclination ~
| slight We were then driven for several h"nlS-
thIoug tho grand gardens full of lakes and aItlca
cascades pouring one over n silver ANA ;h1t '
| ever a gold plated wall Of rock; ana tai a uro
| silver Falls" and "Golden lailS lrcic VIZ
| fountains casting spray III every pa'l ~ ts'
grounds; curionsly and beautifully tialh,d plnm's
| fish in ponds which came AZ Tie sounl "' " cr
| lie fed geese swans and other watcrlow an '"l
ing tho most magnificent artificial park nave ever
We returned 70 st. Petersburg by boat, obtaining
| n fine view Of The great work, then III piotrcS' "
| making a harbor at Cronsi dGt whose shipping Wl'
barely visible in the distance. Reaching the oty
toward dus We nlFanSean , al oHvt each c OF these
| points we rcstcl for few days, rcr'i .'s I'M
! tokens of interest on every hand ana m'uiH -,
ting sail from Liverpool on hc ST. amer aitns1 W.
| arrived nj New YORK on the 18TH OF Scnteinher
| 1852 three years and six months from t!ie llli'"
left the Atlantic scnh0ard 10 ION M Sah M "
| when our three boats were separated III tha' l"'"
gale.
Mr. Melville adds to his story bret history u.
| the Grccly Relief Expedition, ana propose"
Method of Reaching the North Pole lie give.
reasons for believing that from Franz JOSEF i"h'
lthc territory chartcd by Wcypiceht and Ia'''
north of Nova Icmblal there ia either continuous
land or a chain of island, extending well up '""W'
tho Pole This land has been explored ~ Tar ~
| latitude 81 and haa been viewed to about 49, v
II strctchc' only one degree further II VIII hco'" u
march thence 10 The Pole and back. The distance j.
900 miles. and MI Melville believes that II j.
co, red bya firm aud comparatively smooth zee
| cap; the survivors Of the Jeanette travelled ""'
miles over lee oi the most difficult ana daiiG'i"u
kind. The southern coast Of Franz Josef Land u
accessible hy steamers Nj Melville ""nln nar'i
by land from the point Of d"harkation as lal rs '
land extends, establishing dcpos Of supplies nn'
fine rec, Of tho advance shonid lc made b. Dn'
! officer and ten u clcd men. without dogs.