Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-15
1857 N Tue ICE
hpest ffsn a crdissf b AIasta
-, Watees.
r.E NAPOLEON AND s.zsllElo
Suffering Of the Crews Of the Lost Steam
srs,,Iwenb-Two Persons Perish
~ in the Bleak North. &,
GENERAL WASHINGTON OlspArcHts

WASHINGTON, d. C.. August l&-ActinG
Secretary Of the Treasury has received . -
port from Capt Healy, commanding TIE
revenue steamer Corwin, in regard 10 ~
cruise in Alsska waters. The report 4
dated Port Clarence, A. T., July l0th.
Lieutenant Benham and two seamen vsrs
left on Otter Island. early in the cruise ~
tie protection Of seals relieving LisutsnAnt
Cantwell from that. duty. No evidense 81
Illicit sfses vas found among The wha.s
,,ysaels. Ipioemstion was rscsiyea ef
] - - 80 ! = : ~ !
80 n. and long, III. OF. Anfks&
we're manned By the respective crs~s e.
en- endeavor made to reach aplAce q
safety over the ice. Two Of The bosts ven
lost and all on board, numbering sightset
pesons, perished. Four Of the men q
other boats were frozen TO death. Steamer
Rsllava and Thrasher and bsrks Atlantic.
Arnold, Dawn, Young, Phoenix and Elizj
were also badly damaged BY ice. Th
agents Of St. George and 81. Paul report thai
no marauding vessels have been seen % fat
this season. The natives at Cape Prince o,tl
Wales and on the Diomede Islands xef(
found peaceful and thriving. Al Hatha9i
Inlet Lieutenant Cantwell and three mssI
we're dispatched with the steam launch n
explore the kowsk river and II possibI|
reach its headwaters. Another expeditiog
Was despatched under Second Assistant
Engineer McLeneSan TO explore the NJys
tag river Successful results are expsctst
from both.
July Sd nothing had been heard at Hath
am Inlet Of the schooner Viking having Of
board the naval expedition under Lieuten
ant Stone The Corwin will extend hi
cruise TO Ko,zebue Sound.
Not Satisfactory. Il
Firs, Comptroller Durham says he is nd,
exactly satisfied with Mr.. Lorings sxplsn1
ton OF bis accounts, and that utless he ca
offer better reasons for expenditures for see9
etc than have yet been submitted he I'll
comptroller) Will have 10 refer the case q
the solicitor Of the treasury for the institu
ton OF legal proceedings.
Blasting He'll Gate.
Geo. Newton, Chief Of Euginecre. in hit.
annual report on the removal Of obstructon{|
at He'll Gate, New York harbor, speaks q
the tunnelling in the reef and drilling G
holes for the great blast. The charging
the holes was commenced in July. and it r
expected will be completed about 0ctobC
!, at which time the blast will be fred. N
The explosives used will be about ZOO
pounds Of rock powder, $4,000 pounds u
dynamite No. |, about $4,000 copper cart.
ridges will be used, ranging from 10 to1i,
inches long and q inches thick.
A Naval Order.
An order similar 10 that Issued by ~.
tary Endicott will shortly be sent ouf ftos
the Navy Department. The navy rIexuls|
tons require that officers shall servel shfs{
years ai sea and three on shore, retF n
at the end oi the latter period 10 ses n
Complain, has been made t'Pa'-s
that they did not receive their lney =
shore. To remedy any such evil tuAr -
exist, two officers, one from the line 80
one from the staff, will probably BE- dessils(
VI
The kind Of work officers are empIoys1 o
and the length Of time they have bssa =
gagged. When three years Of shore -
have elapsed, the officers will bc sent 70 81
UnoGiciai.
II is announced uno6cially tbs. Gto
Luther Meiley, Of Lima, Ohio. has been ~
pointed Assistant Com missioner OF the 0oo
eral Land Office. and will assume the q.
ties Of the position on September l-f
Nciley Is q native Of Ohio and ser,~iie. y
unv on Gen. yandeners staa. VA ~
oeo' b war be prActiced Law until 1878
when he was appointed Attorney Gsosfa,
Of his S,a.e under Gov. Bishop.
A Message In Bettis.
A letter has been received at the Deaf
etter Office poNmarked Nantucket. hase
August 4, and addressed 10 Mr. George ~
Ir.vers, No 3lll Eaa hmity street Ne
York. lts contents are two notes, the q
ritten in ink and unsigned, :he second
,encil upon a smsll sheet Of MANILA pa
They arc "a follows:
SrRrMDg HoTEL, NAsrucKrT, MAu
August 5, 1854 bottle containing @
enclosed paper was found on the bcsch ~
two ladies Of Surfside on Tuesday, Augsa
itb:
Sunday, July l9-L A. M-Ysd1
Sylph upset ut this morning OF No Ass'h
Land. Jack and Tom Ingersoll drorseo
viii Smith snd have righ,ed the bosl, -
the sails and oars are lost, and We ars tsi1Q
ing out 10 sea. This bottle and msssAe4
90 over as chance.
"GEoRGE T. TRAyERs,
mo. 3Il Eat Amity street, New Yofk
Goodbye oil. Don't expect!c fes horS