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VOL 18..1
The Battle at Ball's Bluff
teblm"~►"dpeeJal t' sreii ii diFpt.
nxxity rmits.
The fi=st. battalion of - the j California
regiment Was under the immediate corn- -
niand of Lientenant-dolonel Wistar, and
was composedlof companies A, C, D, q i ,
L, N, H, and P. . The Battalion. tinder i
3tajorParrialt comPrist the Other
panies, *Ai E, F, I, K, o, had '
been detached more than a week ago for
picket duty,.near. Little Motrneacv, pro ,
totting the front or theßrigade anti much
more ground. At two o'clock a. in., our
Monday, the 21st, orders came.from Gen.
StonC, conimantlitm the division, that the
First Batt alio!' should beat Courad!s Per
aboitt set-en nines distance,:at day
break,-and ;Fonttnanding offlecri of eont
paMes were .nrousekte take action, re
garding an early breaMst for. their men
and t•rocuring.their dax's rations.
The Battalion- marched at. the' proper
time, and "diminished by the guard left to
prOtect - the camp and ;valuable stores, as
well as large numbers pf siec_ numbered
barely six hundred. men.- The other reg
iments of Colonel Baker's`Brigade—Bax=
ter's, 3,lorehead's and . G wen's regiments—
did- not receive orders to march until -d
-iet two D. in: of the santeday, thOugh
they ;were held = in readiness under arms
from seven - a. ru. Portions of the Fi
.teenth- and . Twentieth
. Massachusetts reg-
Unentshad . eroSsed the Pot Othae.early in
O p-morning, and frein reporis of
scouts it was supposed that the rebels had
retired,at leaSt as far •es Leesburg.
The Massachusetts regiments Were not
molested - '-in crossing:or forhotws after
wards. ,FuurCoinpanies of the Tammany
regiment, of New York; crossed during
the 'Morning - by order of General Stone.
Col. Baker .Was placed in Command of
the wh,2le advance front that The
orders. given. by Colonel -Whitar Were,
that-when ,heavy firing shOuld be heard
in front on the Virginia side,'ln cross
over with his battalion at, a point bet ween
Edward's and._ Conrad's Ferries, and
alsnit a mile b elow the latter, where the
Alassachusetts 'regiment had crossed be
fore. Additional Orders arrived to cross
immediately, about 11 •
The passage of the river was commenc
ed by the first .-battalion of the California
regiment, at Harrison's Island, on
,which
are , several farms and farindrouses. The
Island isabout two-tliird's of the 'distance
from the Maryland,side, leaving two-hun
dred. yards of the Poteipat tioning be:
tween it and the:. Virginia bank. The
current is strong 'and the river deep.—
Thtee miserable - flat-boats Nilere 'all the
means of transportation between' Mary
hind and the Island, and .one I: , qnally bad
flai-boat which had been lett bet ween:the
Island and Virginia, and the scow here'
would only hold abOut sixty-five or seven
! ty-', and one - In:a was kept constantly bail- .
'mg out the water with a shovel, and still
at one side it flowed in . so rapidly as to
make a .mall cascade.. The life 'Loaf
.wbilld only hold seventeen. The inexpe
rienced boatmen pushed the float s.,up
. nearly quarter of a mile,to get advantage
of the current, and make a landitlg at a
point which they-often failed to do, and
were cagicti (=Sing more delay.
The last company . of the California regi
ink•nt did.not get aer4;Ss until nearly four
1% m.; The. Virginia bank 61 Thel l otonme
at the crossing point iis very, high and
precipitous.
: The battalion, as the; first •Cempanies
Carne;iiiade, ita way„up by a winding path
to , ,the left ; in single file, for one hundred
yards. 'Two companies were thrown oat
in! thellanks as 'skirmishers,: "and after
wards acted as pickets. ',They then hal
ted and stacked arms, and had remained
but.a.te . w.iatinutes. They were then or- .
tiered forward and =relied to the right
aliout tier handledyards.up .a dry ra
vine. ,• On their right and-left:was athiek
of-hushes and trees in front.
• T ietv' Were some five or six acres; of corn
field, the groundoccupied by the battat
ioH being open and sloping. . .
;In ;the morning, about three o'clock,
scouts crossed the river and could find, no
rebels. 'They. returned
.and then the'
Massachusetts Fifteenth . commenced to
cross. AbOut daylight. three hundred
and fifty of them :starred-out towards
• Leesburg to surprise and capture asebel
cimp.which \vas supposed tb be about
two miles frnm the store. 'None was
fontid, and they then went on within a
mile and half of.Leesburg, 'and: where
itleould be plainly - seen, !Suddenly thirty
rebels Were reported to be quietly march-;
trig toWards Leesburg. and a company
started 'atter them on double quick:
•. THE DAME . COIigESCES.
. They had gone but n . gb ort -• distance,
when suddenly the rebels rose iiiout of
a ravineandfired a volley. Twenty-three
of boys fell; and , -•after
firing at them they carried the wounded
hack. io: the "wOiids. then were re
inforcedly the belanCe of the three hun
ilredand fifty; and gradually firing and
Tallinn , back bawaide the riser, .they Were
reinflirced by the Massachusetts Twenti
etlrandithe balance of their regiment who
had eincsei,l.
Theylcoulti_not findi out how many reb
els were agaiust;them; aa they Were kept
Concealed by fenosa,c,orn fields and ;woods.
Their cavalry only showed themselves in
snutli squads. and kept at a:
They had fallen back quietly and.orderly
to withinaieWllundred'yatds of the riv
er. When Gen.,,BakercaMe up and. dreW,
them,allup in - lino of battle,. II then.
'said to r Pol...DeVens.,.+l26w.do you lil e . the
_position ; Colonel : `"lts Swell as you
can arrange thein " General,: 'We
have iiiat; enough, . replied Dev.-
ens, .. 'finii 'me in th 4 centre Col.
- if von i Want:. remarked General,
salt he igimediately left for. the centre..
The j6ring soon -liegin upon the: eft,.
;it,d grad ally pr -riroina,,to . . the.
riglit.: Soon the . 4 1 .4
_boo we
All *long, our, linos, from AO inlOt i tifity
*tiiiht'fire - from aover s nth_ rifle ~.
and every few nunt44in . Ony _would ''rush
out : *itb .1.10 Vi - fne.-459;n0Rif,4 5 ..nd 01:0 -
ter tbe:nioat
pnd . 612bUtirierifilii.C 6 00 6 1 1 4:1 1 40r
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rept that they •Ponld'n'Oiltieiiiheii - ranks
for a bayonet eharge; which
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tention.' They were-mostly armed with
rifles, while Moat of our tnen.hail Smooth.
hdre muskets; -. ' ' .
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AIiTILLEIMMIN 41.N AND MM Plkita.
The, two .-he‘i; . itsers were tired four
ines with shell ? and .swept the bushes.
,I
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d men withlerribledestruetion. They- 1
tent riflemen out, • whct,shet; doWn the
grners, mid the pieces *ire soon aban
d tied, but were not it: anktinte used by
the:' rebels. The: twelve= pounder was
OM twice by Senator 13aker,bunhe hor
ses were all sliot, , and the Lieuten a nt in
charge says he lost every man—only one',
horse escaped, and he broke loose, ran to
the river, and swain over to the Mary
land shore; . The caption teas afterwards
rail down into the • . b as h es towards the
riv,get i t i
er, but the Men could not get into
the river,_ so they have all three pieces, •
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i -- A DESI4LKATE CONTEST. • .
The firing beCarne general here abOut
half-past two . .p. in., and until 'bur p. m.
there was the most desperate contestwe
lia'ye ever read .or ~ We had 'now over
.twelve hundred men, oppotied. to -au im
mense force:of lioness. than eight or nine
thOnsand, ' consisting of the Virginia
Eighth,,Confederate Rifles, "and the Miss
isilappi and Louisiana briga,des.. The rob
ehi could not be a induced to come out in 7
to ithe field excetit for sallies, and our men
would come - out into the eld, fire, pick
upthe Wounded andretorn. .
1
I - A REDEC.OFkICEK KILLED. _ _
• IA rebel oflieer4rode out in front, and an.
officer who was*mirling by says Colonel,
B4ker exclaimed, "my-God, boys,. there
is general Johnson—tire on him!" The
rebel fell, and his Inirse went down •at
the same time, lint the rebels rushed out
and gathered WM up.
. . ,
iA• REPEL AUDiCITY.
t a nother
- time an oflieer came slid
deidy up in front of- the Massaelnisetts
regiment, and said, "now is your. time,
foliward ! - Do not fire there, it's- your
friends." Co!.' Dereni and several oth=
ere eried,out at once, "It's a ruse! He is
a . traitor!" and 'the men *W . ) had star
tts to • obey the order, fired's volley at.
hith and he rolled over.
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AN EX-CLEUE. CAPTURED. ,
on after a charge was made by the
tel els,and one of them was taken alive.—
tr 4 was found to . be•First Lieutenant Liar
relit, of the Virginia POO. - He Was a
eltJrk in one of the departments at Wash•
ingtonlast • winler,nrid . said.his regiment
was at Drainsville last Sunday, and they
114 just come up. He inquired forgen.
StOne, and saidite - wanted to see him, as
lee would he ell right then . He was very
indolent, and was sent over the • river t ---
This is the only 'prisoner taken.
COLONEL NtIgTAII. NVOC.NDED.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wistar had :been.
shut in the early
. part of the tight, in the
• t
ninth, a ball cutting aWay a portion of it,
and• at about hall-pa et !Our lie vas shot
in. he arm Our men were now each.one
fig sting . on his own hook and by promis
eurus squads. _ All the companies and
regiments were,mixed up and most of .the
ofticers verb shot
'THE DEATH OF COL. RAE F-R
Odonel • Baker tried ,to get them to
charge bayonets on thy rebeh: and ' dear .
tit,• woods, btu just as he advanced on
foot; waving his hat and sword, a . ball
struck bun, passing through his head.—
H. 4 clapped his left hand to it and fell
ba •kwards, as a whole volley was tired at
hit t. He fell upon hts back with his thee
to the eiteiny. The rebels rushed out for
it,` and Captain Beird .exclaitned, "For
%v ad z boy's! For God's sake, save your
t4cluei al's hefty',". Abouttwenty sprant ,
-fur it
,and at the same_tima sapped .to ob e. -
tail his hat. A ball . passed through his
he (I, and then occurred the only blOni-im
hand tight that tool: place ; our men re
co
t
ered it with a loss of three or f&nr,and
it, was immediately taken to the'rear:-
Colonel Baker did not utter a word after
he lwas, hit, and a - physician iayr either
ba I he received wee suflieleot to have
ki ed• him, His body rec.eived - a bayonet
w o und during the fight'. The, rebels were
strongly reinfOreed and'ared ten shots to
our one. • . • ' , , ~
" INDIVIDUAL GALLANTRY.
At one iime'the cannon wasioafkd and
6rCd by Colonels Cogswell and. Wistar,
who,ith Qiiarterniaster-Young,displayed
gOargallautry, enolness and daring -he
roism—cheering up the men whenever
any disposition was shown to fall back.—
Wistar did not go back until he was
shin the third time, , which,inok effect in
tb knee.
THET SEND TOR REINFORCEAIENTS.
Messengers _ had been sent .repeatedly
foe 'help, but none came,' . - when on':
the other side were two thousand men
anil several pieces of artillery waiting to
cross; but . hnd no means to do so, and•
were compelled - .to witness the ; result and
hear the firing ; within less than one thou
sand yaills. .
- On the Maryland side, we had — several
pieces of artillery, which were fired early
in 'the morning.. throwing shell for two
miles, but they could not be 'used •subse
quently,:for fear of injuring onr own imen.
quartermaster Long, who had been at:
ter help; returned ; and reported General
Gt man as coming up:on the Vitginin
si with a large force. • _ .
- " This encnnraged • the - nien,,•-and. the
again fought with- the most-daring hero-
_,
, On Colonet , Baker's ftilling„ . .seTefal ofl'i
cent who, chanced to .be together, asked,
'N'i r lio will lead .its now—who- is in com-
Mind ?" Colonel Cekgshnll exclaimed,
and.at it all . hands- Went: lie
was • xubietittently: wounded, , - but kept in
the Acid. , - ', . .. • -
THE OUDEE TO itETEELT,
It was now nearly dark. Our - ranks.
Were thinning out - rapidly; and:the Order
Was given to 'company A,liassnehnsetts
,F.ifteenth, - to retreat to the river. Then
-another Company.-followed, and soon all
marched down to thaivittr's - 'ffre •
a e'onsultation -- viningaitt heldmid Masts
410hufietts He .:or•
and AO toßha forward
'and tried . 4 Charge she ravine
rwbicb the bad come chef totitio - *Ak
tit stip,Auniptdirad-veiller
.
\
after vollet doWn nim theti-- the - lead
falling thick as hail. - -The fell be& and
tried twice, but it was of no e. '• The
rebels 'were now ttpbn the Brow of the
hill, and, called up . en them to "surr '. der,
and at the same time ke p t , firing. - ~
SIMLING OF SCOW.
Many jumped.- into the river,,tr,ying td
swim.. Another scow had'hien - bnought
over, and it wits loaded down With:Weim ,
ded, when some ten fell out. It .was Sank
by too "pat!) , jumping on . it. It never.
rose, all being drowned tint two iittliree.
The • other two were used - to . Carry off
the wounded first, and in the meantime
the men kept itp•a fire at the 'rebel's above:-
TOE ORDER TO CEASE rtamoi •
About eltiven o'clock some one stirten
-tiered, and the
.order was given, to quit
firing. "Down came the rebels uttering
the most.horrible oaths, to-- give up or;
have their - brains blown out, and some .
one cried ont, "EVeryanan for himself that
can. Throw everything itito the river."
Then in went -knapsacks, guns, clothes,
m.d everything. .All who could swim
started "for the Island, and many rushed
madly in, and tunkto Hie no more.
The night was very cold, the water
running swiftly . and deep, Mid -bnt few'
who started with , their clothes on wel•e:
Saved. When the last boat,Was
out it Was eommanded.to "surrender and
come back." A. Lieutenant' cried out
"go to we are the victors and you
will be caught before morning." Atium
her of shots were fired at the: and
whenever ahead could be seen in the
'river, it was fired at.- We will-not at
temptto describe the appearance of the
few who reached Harrison's Island and.
the 11Iaryland shore. _ •
Every attention was- shOwn them 'by .
the troops on the Maryland side i swho di
vided their clothing with them. Many
passed the night in the%pen air; and the
next day were taken by canal boats to
Edward's Ferry, and frOm thence to
Poolesville and the surrounding camps.
It was undoubtedly unfortunate that va
rious portions of regiments were not ae ,
(painted with . the officers of the others,
and, perhaps not knowing at first win;
were alive, had, after the death ordisabil
ity-of their recognized offile4, no corn
mander:,. But that could not hafe long .
affected the result; 'as no reinforcements
could come to them from the brigade af
ter the sinking of the boat and the:grow- .
ing darkness.
-Thel'e was no hope except" to have the
force-which was.reported to be below,
bin in,g crossed at Edward's FerrV...
Ttlli STRAGGLI)FtS nertlim.N="a.
The men emliinUed to'come into camp ;
doring Tuesday' and 'Wednesday, but
tunic have come in sinee, up to the time 1:
now write in the vamp, Friday noon. Ser•
ttearit Franris Cooper and eleven others,
started to go up to the Virginia side on
Momlity evening, -but they ,were , fired all
and ttti•u killed, securing a• small boat,
they pushed otr two tni:es up the stream,
and were again lircid at and another kill
ed.: They left the shore on Tuesday at
two p. m., and came into camp the same
evening:
Tur,co6l2ss or COL ,FISTAIL
After Col. Wistar had been 'brought'
over to the • Island, ' the Doctor went
to dress his wounds. • "No i " be
said, 'kDoetor, there are others worse off
than Joe, attend to them first." Two
men came in_ on Wednesday, who: had
worked their way up to the POint of
Rocks, and crossed tok'Col. Geary's pick
ets. They had to throw away their ri
fles before - pickets would let 'them:time
over. A number also worked their way
down to Edward's Ferry, and came 'into
(irlines there before our troops had all
crossed back into -Maryland. About one
hundred crossed in a yaw!, furnished by a
negro, about a mile and a half above - . the
Wand on Tuesdaymorning.-
A TLIBL - TE TO THE BRAVE
The bcavery of the men of the battal
ion, who, in theface of certain destrtict-•
ion, fighting ng"alnst hope, and holding
their ground to .the last possible Moment
against fearful odds 4 has never been ex
celled by any army that was ever led in
to the field. The Massachusetts Regi
ments also done nobly; and a small part
of the Tammany, from Net• York.
The Rebel pickets, ' which were sta
tioned all along the river, could' see every
boat load cross, and knew how-many we
had over as well as - we did. We had not
over sixteen to seventeen hundred over at
any time, and not over . twelve • hundied
in action. -
•
THE . CALIFORNIA EteLLOSE THE MOST Itis
The loss is heaviest in the California
Regiiment, though the MassaehusettsTif-,'
teefith have lost two 'hundred and fifty to,
three hundred killed, wounded' and miss
ing. The Twentieth and Tatnninny have:
also lost heavily._ Among the rebels were
the Tiger Zouriv : eS; who wore red shirts.-,
- ' • A MIDNIGTIT 'ALARM. ,
Last night, about -Midnight, - we were
awakened by eamtonaditiit near the mouth
of the . Manoeacy, four miles distiint, : By
: listening to the time between the dis-,
charge Of eannon,explosion of shells,
'we found' thitt they were firing- near two
miles distant. . Sixty-one'
. (01) . . rounds
were fired, • • _ ' •
• - This morning, *relearned', that a body
of rebel Caialry were :putting up in.' a
farm -house, which ryas fired by ourshelis,
and they were, compelled •to hunt other
quarters.- - • • •
A ItP,SSENTGEIk FROX stiwAnn'Srunnv.
A messenger, just - in , frin Edwards'
Ferry, has nothing 4 t f interest to report. •
1..;,r ism o TUE' HOSPITALS atiooirsvitLn.
Yesterday, we were iii the hospitals at -
Poolesville. T-wo brothers,zGeorge and
Andrew. ITootier, were there; both badly
wounded. ' George said; "Good bye,. An
drew, von are wounded: work, than I am ;1
you will die first." Bnc-he . soon died ;
and uow bis,body„With a; fellow-comrade
Coggsivel I, is on its way to Philadelphia
1 with m eseori,"whereltite Will teach to
morrow mornuig,on_the fit)t, train,
slut, EAGER POE VIE 'ton
There seeinii . te . be - an - air of
.. sadness '
:pervading the Camps; tint we havinct seen
.s, man': who' is tint eager to ; . . have. another
greOpla, with • the ,Rebels , • pip Tided they
t have any fair, chance.. • There is It' meat
: . iin:t.ii:.. 1 . : : i,.8'0',:i . .,.? : - i 1 ;::: .
deai of sorrow expremed at Col: Baker's
loss. Many tents are vacant,-and -a large
number of letters hare come iv; but - there
are none to read them. - - -
,
We regret sincerely', that our :report
must dow differ so largely from the ,first
account, but we have compiled it carefully,
ltit will be found to, be as near correct
aspossible.
The First California has won a, name
that entitles them to rank first in the.roll
of honor,-for bravery and unflinching
courage. Every man is_a hero and Phila
delphia may well be proud of them.
Dr. Hayes' Exploring Expedition.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.
Hinman OF lIALIFAX, Oct., 1. .18.64
DID DEAki. Sin :—T.-haVe the pleasure to
send you the following itecOuttt.ofthe-Pro•
ceedingd of the expedition to.
.the . Arctic
seas, under my' command,- subseqent to
the 14th of August, 'lB6O.- My lettei fronr
Upernavik_to the contributors-to.tliC ex
pedition bearing the above date, will
haVe instructed you Only movements up:
to that time. -
We sailed from Upernavikon the, 10th
of August 1860;
but calms detained,' us
T
on our way to esSuissak,and we did not
reach the latter 'place :.llay.
ing there increased . the number. oT our
dogsby the addition of.the Interpreter's
team, making a doinkilement• of twenty-.
five animals ; and having further increased
my drew by the .addition of . two
.Thtnes
and one Esquimau !muter, we put to sea
again on the 22d, .and - stood Northward
with a fair wind. On the fitorning ofthe
22d we entered.Melville . bay. On the:fol
lowing day at three o'clock P. M., ilve
passed the. Sabine Islands ; -thence' we
made a direct coime to Cape York, which
•we reached at five o'clock P.M., of 'the
25th.
Our passage through Melville Bay Was
remarkable. No field ice TM seen until
'we reached within a few miloa of Cape
York, when we encountered a narrow
_stream, which under a full press of - ,`sail
was bered without difficulty. We were
only fifty-five hours in effecting the pUss--
.
age - of the bay. o• • •
.
'age
'close in 'under Cape York, I
kept a careful e Watch frolo aloft for Esiini:7
maim; and soon had the gratification to
discover a group of them moving -clown
towards the beach. The schooner Biting
hove to, I went ashore, and was met by
[Tans, Dr. Kane's runaway boy; and other
natives. Hans' quickly recognized - .Mr,
Sontag and. tnyst-P.; and having expresed
a wish to go with us, I took him, togeth
er with his wife and, iddldren, his hunting.
egaipmetit and two dogs, on&-boal-d, 'and:
again stood Northward. . .
At 7 o'clock of the morning of the 27th
we were .brought •np by a h eau .ite pack,
twenty miles south of Smith's
Straits.—
There being a high sea setting direntlY
• upon the ice, and the air being thick With
falling snow, we lost no time in plying to
windward„and having obtained a. good
Offing, hove to, to await better .Iweather.
The wind soon fell to calm the elduds
broke during the night and on ...the morn
ing, of the 27th we rounded. the ice; in
shore, and,undera light N. E. wind stood
out towards the centre of thestrait, Which
we entered at fa o'Llock.P:M.!` : Here I we
-- filet a - heavy pack, through which rio Prac
ticable lead could be distingnkfied. Our
examination of its margin, with the-View
of finding-an opening, was env sbOrts by
heavy gale which broke suddenly upon
us from the N. E. The-bergs being very
thick about us 'we could not, heave Ito ;.
and we ran g:e:it risk of losing everi ex
:posed sail. • :
The gale lasted with very little abate
ment in its volume during the 28 and 29th.
On the morning of the 33, : havingcarried
away the foresail, we were glad to
reach a small cord twelve miles south Of
Cape Alexander, and there: dropped an
chor in four fathoms water. 'Here . ! I o,b
-tained excelent - view from an elevation'
of twelve htindyed
: feet. : The - pick !: ap
peared -to be itnpunetrake, and - vdy little 1
water was to be ant al . ong the we t - shore.
I ,determined, heweve-,- to attempt
pas - sag,e. • I
I had scarcely returned from My jOttn .
ney' . to the mountain when the. gale again- .
set. In from the same quarter, and with a
violence which I've scarcely seen eqnaled: -. 1
On the'morning of the 31st -we werd•driv,
en from our moorings, and in the effort
to save ournnchOrs . , We were forced upon !
a group : of iceberg?_ which had drifted in
with the current, and carried away lour
jik:boom. The wind moderated soon' af.l
terward, and we once more entered the
strait, but the gale setting in again, ithe
' fore gaff was kroken in -wearing, and I be-.
ink now obliged to hare to, we were . a
third time driven out of the strait, to Seek . 1
shelter behind Cape Alexander. • 1
. Damages - having been repaired iwe
' again entered the strait - on the evtning of
September Ist. Diseciverine• no . lead
(,through the ice to the westward, we bore
up for Littleton- Island; with the hope of
finding near the more solid lea higher: up.
the strait a pr •cticable opening, I'he
gale'still continuing-to blo w,•with great
force, and being under "reduced canvas, we
•Jnade but little head Way..
.! i-
Littleton Island was reached September
-2d. 'Being unable to penetrate the.ice to
the Westward; I determined to. work Op
the coast to Cape- , Hatherton, with the
hope of there 'finding the' ice. more open.—
The, undertaking was necessarily
:Attend
:ea with considerable risk to the yeSsel, on
k - account of the hark fields of ice lying Off ,
Littleton . The-Schooner:frequent
ly tomein collision with lee, fields - from
fifteen to twenty feet in thickness. hel
quarter inch iron plate 'on .' the entwater
wag torn off, lind - the fake Stern was
icar
vied away. Soon-afterward We en'etninter:
severe "nip," and -before . ,thei : ritdder.
-could be shipped, the: twcr lower • pintels
were :broken off. • - -
• • . In thilerippled •oondition was-,n
possible,
ink
to make _father , •lteadWay,:'and,
.
after extricating oelves - from - thd, we,
joie run down - find Hartstein bay:and-anch
ored, - During the - 211 - ,:tzh; and Iktli r of.o4
teinUr ‘ihniiiinflilew:'-with:'; great 'ldiree
froni the eari:Wqnarteilid - befOrei;, Oti:ttin
. 401, reneholiwith-intudi-.4ifeini4l4o4.
nidew tntliiMatinrdleti,tn4onrftiniti
the Musio of the 'Whole Union.
of some four liundred feet. The ice '* a s
very beaq La the ,
West dud Southwest-=.
a thick, tmpenetrahle 'pack—but to the
North Ward, along the land, it wag loose,
and the prospect of -working Westward
from Cape Patherton was encouraging.
- 9n.the 6th the. wind fell to a calm. The
baste were got put and we Pulled up to
'Littletcin.lsland ; but two days-had com
pletely changed the position otthe ice.—
Betwetn Littleton Island and Cape Hath
ertoti there was'ng open water, nor, Was
there any - .visible from the top or
Island to the north-west. west, or south
west. Unable , to advance, and fearful of
being frozen in we - again' _ . extricated
the vessel from tbe.ice and ran . back to
.llartstein
Everything about us now. 'began. to
wear a wintery aspect. The temperature
had fallen to eighteen degrees below '
freezing. ' Thick snow had been falling at.
Thick,
inturvals since Aug ust 2.5 th--. The, deck s
were covered' with ice the "sails-and rig
gings were so stiff with it.that they could
barely be worked, the gehooner's sides '
were lined with a thick crust i , and large
masses of ice had accumulated on •the
cutwater and forward rigging. The nay=
igahle season was clearly. drawing to a
close. -
Northeast gales detained us during the
7th and Bth, and the temperature centin
%dug to fall I deemed it imprudent again
to enter the ice, and aceordingly we went
into winterqunrters on the 9th in a bright
at the head oftlartstein - ,bay. The Schoon
ers were tapored by four hawsers, forty
yards from shore, in seven fathoms water.
The sails were - unbent and the- topmast
housed ;arid after giying.the crew a hol:
iday, our;winter preparations were corn
mencetl.- The stores were deposited hr a
house built for the purpose on shore. - The
hold was Converted into a comfortable
room for the'men • and the upper deck
was housed - . over qv,ith boards. - .owing to
bad weather, three Weeks elapsed before
these arrangements were completed.
. Our Winter - .harbor, - which named
Port Foulke, in. honor of Wm. Foulke,
Esq:, of Philadelphia, Was: well sheltered
except to the Southwest. Observations
made by Mr.:Forming, at the observatory,
tat nude 73 17 41 N., longitude 72 30 57
W 4 twenty miles farther,Sotith than Dr:
Dane's winter quarters; and distant rcitn
it by the coast ninety miles. .
I'need hardly say that I deeply regrset
:that we could not attain a higher !attitude
with the vessel, particularly do I regret
that we could not reach the West coaSt.
That 'coast-was wholly unapproachable
with a sailing vessel. ; -
The weather continued' boisterous
throughout the autumn, and, indeed, du
ring the greater part, of the winter. .In
consequence of the ' repeated gales,- the
water of the garbor. was sot frozen over
until,March, sb that 'sledge traveling to
the North
willatl WasiMpracticahle during
the month of October, at which time I
had expected to carry out provision- de
pots
. for Elie in .the spring. 31r. Sonntag
made iltl'attemp.t to reach Rensselaer Har
bor in November, and although Abe dark
ness of winter had then set in he was
baffled by the opeawaters.: • •
While the daylight lasted- we mere
profitably employed. A survey .of the
harbor and adjacent coasts w.ls made -by
the joint labors of Messrs. Sonntag,
.Mc-
Cormick, 'Dodge lAnd Radcliff. -In Sep
tember,-31r. Sonntag put up in the obser
vatory the fife pendulum apparatus con
structed expressly for • the expedition. by
the Messrs. Bond; of Boston, and a full.
set of satisfactory experiments were ob-.
tained., The magnetic instruments were
subsequently placed in the saine'building,
and observations were there made from
time to time:. A meteorologic obServitto
rywas erected on shore,and obseivatio- s
were there recorded' three times daily,
with. - several instruments. A hi-hourly
record was kept near the vessel; with a
single instr s ument. I may Mention that
all of the instruments have.been well com
pared. -
• A survey ofJohn'S glacier , - was made,
•by Mr. Sontnag and myself in • October.
This glacier, which was discovered and
named by Dr. Kane, approaches the sea
through a deep valley, and its face • two
miles from the sea. The Angles, not yet
reduced, obtained in• October', Were re
peated by myselflast-June; Mid they shoW
a eimsiderAle movement 'of the glacier.
'The survey of this glacier was' further
continued by me late in October, -with a
party of five persons ; I ascended to the
my de. placr, and 'travelled Eastward-fifty
iniles. Our greatest eleVation was 4500
feet, the temperature at which elevation
.was• 15 deg. lower than at the level of the
• The Winter was pissed in health_ and
comfort. We were fortunate in captur
ing-upward of 200 reindeers, which ; kept
both 4:lpr - selves and the dogs. constantly
supplied. with fresh Mod. -
The winter brought, however, some se
'rions misfortunes. A disease, which had
been prevailin g in North Greenland -du
ring the last few years, brolie:ontil amorig
the dogs, and of the fine pack which had
taken from the Danish= settlements only
eleven animals rernaiiied alive on the 20th
of DeceMber. You are well aware - -that
my plan of explorations. was wholly based
upon dog,s as a means of transport across
the ice, and situated. as- '1 .wason. the.
Emit side of the Straitl:. and. ninety ~miles
flintier South than I had anticipated, I be
came seriously apprehensive for .tbk sue;
cess of,the approaching effort.. , •
My party -being necessarily small, I
could not send into the field more than a
boat's crew of able-bodied tnen;and these
I had always dodaidered as merely auxil
iary to the dogs,-and ;without - the...dogs;
altogether- unavailable fir - the SerVines to
be:performed... • ' - •
.My anxiety. ica.srupr shared-.; ley
Senntag,,the astronomerte the expedition
and - inyiable:,'secon4lo‘.'Corowand.. 119 I
early
,v9liinteer,4otii te:endeav
or,Wolil9.o:C6r4uyiuniOatipn with - the • Ls
gqidmanx Neithuitiborland'lsland,With
tiro-hope eczobtaining_dog_s. . his fanner
eipmetteb";*heti Dr. Kane, had'
familiaitzcd hint with all.the phases of see. l
ad 0:0 - 4,1;:and. T k 6.464 - ould base. beau
.liittet.titel fol.
"-I*l4oelt:hi:UsettilnPeaini. the groposeii:'.
I wan harmony.
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of type. rte.. and we are now prepared. to print fillEiplgete
eta., etc." In thobeet little. on abort peaky.
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• ilandbills. Post Ors, Programme', and
other kfi4i of troth to Ole, Uhl. 4onQ seefedinif to mill •
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Business, Wedding; .and Ball. C*
Tleketfi, etc., printed wlth mantas end o.edpara.
Justices' Aid Constables'-Bbnkm,, Notes
, other. Mean. 04 *II othor ntsnks. hand; or priatid .9;dtr
•
.1 NO. 44.
with his active and enterprising spelt.— • .
His offer:was eicePted, 'awl 'Le left the
vessel on 'the 22d-if'December,_ "with a
sledge iuknine,dogs, accompuiled by the
Eiquinfaux intending:to make -
the - journey and:return during. the, 'mewl
light perio d then Setting in'. Iris lay sad •• • .
duty to inform you that. Lei died while
It-appears that from Hans'. iej4rt, that • ,
theimmediate cause of Mr. 'Sonntag's
death was cold. Hans upon his • return. - •
stated that they had traveled the first day
to Sutherland Ishind, Where they camped •
in .a Snow hut, and were .there detained
Iwo days... Their next camp was at Sor.
falik, a deserted esiquimaux station on .the
.coast, fifteen miles below Cape Alexander
where they hnilt another snow hut. They
set off next day directly for Northumber
landlshul. •
..-. .
The icg i althriugh - . covered with ..light
anow„.appeared to be sufficiently- strung.
Mr. Sonntag vyalked in .• advance of the •
sledge, and when about five; miles , from,
the land he came upon thin ice - and:broke'
through, Hans assisted- him out of, the
water, and they iminediately put baekfor
Sorfilik.,' but before that place was reach
ed Mr. Sozintag, was insentiblei arid;,he ,
died soon Afterward, , His remains_ were 't •
.Subseipently brought to the "vessel, .;and
were interred near the observatory. •
Hans succeeded in reaehing the Esqui- •
Manx; but by over-driting arid injudicious -
management, five of the - dogs were killfd
and the rezhaining thur were
. permanent. -
ly injured.. I had now only; six animals.
The Esquirnaut came to the vessel' some
weeks later, and from them I obtainedbit
putchase,'a sufficient number tomake•tWo
tearna - rif seven - each. •' • .'• -
rirloh fork lord Maks., tote Pad foitwrdelfver)
It, was not untiLlate in 3.l.ariah that the .
ice famed around Cape Ohls&), ind
land being too mountainous - . for. sledgn . _
traveling, I was not until that time. able
to set. Northward. At that, period
. 1
made a preliminatyjourney to Fog Har
bor, and there established m
provian_de
pot.. -I availed myself this.opportunitv
to vist - Re,nssehter Ha?bor, - 1:30t. -Ha:teal:a
*inter quarters. ' NoNestige:of = the Ad- -
vance was discovered. She had proba
bly
drifted out: to sea with the ice.:- I •
ring this journey the Coldest temperatures :
of the*ernise were recorded. - On one day
the thermometer Sank to GGi degrees, and
on another to GS deg,ree below zero: pi's .
camped at night on this, as well - as (la: all ;
'subsequent journeys*, 313 the -snow.. hut of : t o:.
the. ts'qnimaux. - . ,
Active preparations had -been making
.since January, br the Spring campaign,
and we were ready fur the final start on
the 4th of April. 'The chief equipment •
consisted of a•metalle life . boat, twenty
feet in feligth, mounted.ou runners., 'pro
visionS let a boat's- crew •of six persons
and fourteen dogs for six -weeks, togeth:
er - with a careful allowance' .steck.
of 'Thel fur the
_above - 'named period.
We started from the vessel on the above
mentioned date, with our entire * equip
inent* and ontfif, . being . drawn by•
the whole available - ship's company and
fourteen dogs. Mr. RadelifT, with two
men*, was left in charge of the vessel a
Upon reaching Fog Harbor we .made
nearly - a due North - course,-intending
- reach the West. coast and thence
it „ ,
pon the land i;.te. We soon encountered
hrunmocked ice of extraordinary - thicknes, • *
through which, it was often„neees.sary_ to
break a passage with an axes and shovels.
It- *finally became'evident from - tlje-tdow- .
ness of our progress that the entiie 'sum
mer would . be consumed in, reaching the.
'welt land, even if the boat 'cold be trgins 2 - •
ported to it all. Being well i assfired . that
nothing could be accomplished with* the
boat expeditionj sent the' main 'Finis*
back on the. 28t_lf Of April, and continua
northward with three companions and two
sledges. - •
The ice grew.worse as we advdneed,
'and. We 'were* fourteen' days. in reaching -
the. West coast, a*distatice in aiiirectline -
of only forty miles. From this fact you
dart form some:estimate of the *character
' s -.
.of the ice over which we - travelled. The
severity of the labor broke down the dogs
and I compelled to feed to them a
- double portion, thus consuming rapidly
the provisions,,
and proportionally shorten-.
jog - -my Nortl)ward journey. ' Reaching
;the . West coast at; Cap.e Hayes we travel
ed
along the land through Kennedy
until the 18th orMay, when our -prov=
isions being exhausted, - we'were
to tern our faces Southward.. • .
The latitude attained upon that day .was
31 deg 25 miti.,•a
not
of Northin,g
which believe to'have been exceed:
ed - or equalled by any explorer except sie
Edti and Parry. The land was taken pcd
ses;ion 'of in name of the- U. S., With the
usual forms, and the flag' which was used
upon the occasion has coverdd the most.
Northern knowit land upon the'grobe:
Although early in the:senson the
ice in Kennedy channel , was eVerrelere
much" decayed, - and unsafe, and' in some
places was entirely' ;one: In - one exten.
sive fool a flock of water fowl Was discov
ered. 4 I entertain no deubt•that the ice
of. Kennedy channel was-broken up : . arid
dissolved at a very early period - of the
Summer. It was in this channel Mr.
Kane - discovered ati open sea at a period
six weeks later,: in the Summer of 1854.
Ketoro reaching . the•vessel I fait. all but
se‘'en of - the remaining dogs, and the ice
having broken op around Capo'-'0111sen:
futtlier exploration to .the ; Noethwa`rd
was impossible" during the . present sea::
•
The six weeks subsequent to• my return_
to Port Foulke Were occupied . in 'prepay;
ing - .the vessels for sea, m completing
some unfinished surveys, in making mar'
netic and other , o'bservations, in collecting .
Specimenis of natural history, in
. pliote--.
.graphingthe scenery, and objects of inter - -
est in the .vicinity. The schooner 'hsut.
• been much damaged by the iceemiounterx
of the previous - summer, and it -- wasibtuad
iriipossible to restore her original strength . :
Being without a carpen teriia.large • sharp:
'of the labor of repairs fell. upon lffe. Ma.: •
Corm iok,- t he. sailing Mast er of the expedit
ion, of whose readyingenuity and-practi4;
lal skill.l cannot-toe warmly, express .my:
aoktio Wledgenta.-!.: • The ice ~broke up : ar4
:mind, the , vessel. sitit herlOth .of July, and: -
` lO 7O Went:to iLeacqn Plea:olu -:,-: - . .
After much diffletilty, and two trials,- wio