alp Rtglotti. Allentown, Pa. , WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1855 C. F. lIAINES, EDITOR ALLENTOWN ItAILELOAD By reference to. our advertising columns it will be seen that the books for subscription of stock in the Allentown Railroad, (between Al lentown and Port Clinton) will be opened in Allentown on Tuesday the Gth of November.— On Monday morning last a competent corps of engineers sta rtcd froth this place for the pur pose of making a survey of the proposed route. That the road will be put under contract at an early day there remains no doubt. The Election. The result of the election in Pennsylvania, last Tuesday, may be stated in a few words. The Whigs, Americans and Republicans arc badly beaten, resulting in the success of the Democratic party in every section of the State. Its result may be summed up in a few words. ARNOLD PLUMER, Democrat, is elected Canal Commissioner by 15,000 or 20,000 majority ; the Senate is Democratic by a majority of not less than three, and probably five ; and the Rouse of Representatives is nearly three-fourths Democratic. This places the election of a Democratic'U. S. Senator, to succeed Mr. Coo per (Whig,) beyond all doubt. In another column we publish the majorities in the differ ent counties as far as received,—there not being a sufficient number of reliable figures to make out a regular table of returns, and our readers most therefore wait until next week for definite results. In our own county everybody—Demo crats and Americans,—were surprised when it was seen that the majority would reach near 800. Indeed, we heard some belonging to the latter party assert on the day of election that they would not be surprised if they would get a small majority in the county. But they, like their brethren throughout the State, were disappointed. The result is attributed to as many different causeS as there arc different in ,•sts to attribute them, but it seems to us " the people have spoken out in such strong against Know-Nothingism, that it will -hardly bo, revived on any future occasion. .11" LLENTOIVN 'rive just received the Announcement ani. r iilogue of this excellent Institution fur the zammer Session of 1N55. It shows an attend ance of 167,-122 in the male department, and 45 in the female department:. That its' reputation and Lem fits are extending rapidly may : be sun from the fact that pupils are there from several of the adjoining States, and one even from far off California : and almost every township and town in our own and the adjoin ing counties sends pupils. We are much pleased with the success the Principal, W. M. REYNOLDS, sums to meet. Young men can here be prepared for admission to college, or, if they prefer, can procure classical studies, to very near the same extent as 014 would at College. The Weather—Fellhig Lenven. Some one once said that if a man could find nothing else to talk about but the weather, he had better hold his peace. That man was no editor, for if he had been he would never have made such an uncouth remark. When he can chase up no items, what must lie do to make his columns look respectable—why, as a matter course, he must fall back on those never failing t' .roes,—the weather, or the season. Now, as V A,hful sentinel upon the watchtower of. behooves us to inform our readers '‘ 4 that the'derk of the weather has been in rather a versatile mood since our last issue. On Thursday 'lpit*cuing last, our borough was visited by quite heavy rain, accompanied with some thunder and lightning. During Friday we had a lively North wind, stinging the cheek, giving unmis takable indication that winter is approaching ' with his hair-frost and desolating breath. ,On Saturday. he changed his tactics and ordered the sky to be overclouded, with now and then a little rain, intermingled with a few stray flakes of snow—the first of the season. On Sunday it was real cold, with the skies over cast with clouds, and a little rain during the afternoon and evening. Fires were in demand and the step of the petlesirianwas quickened on the street by the keen air. On Monday morn ing, he again, like a petted belle, smiled on old Sol, who not wishing.to ha exceeded in polite ness, smiled upon him " and the rest of man kind." Truly while we write. (Monday noon) the day is glorious, the air being warm and balmy, showing sonic evidence of a visit from that most delightful of all seasons, the Indian Summer. As October draws ncar the hour of its depar tun, the forest leaves that decked the trees in the young days of Spring and through the bloom of Summer, arc rapidly changing their green for soberer hues, and one by ono let loose their hold, to fall to the earth. In " sear and yellow" decay they streW the grass, and each moment adds to the number of the blight ed ones, that are destined to return to the (lust Irons which sprung the parent tree. The ever greens, ns if conscious of immortal life, stand like stern and vigorous sentinels, gazing upon their companions of more genial days, as they aro slowly • shorn of the beauties with which they have .been adorned. To the sensitive - (eii; • ~i 6dam brings melancholy musings. There is inelffli choly in seeing tho blighted leaf upon the tree, 'and there is more of the Same feeling as om footsteps rustle among the withering heaps.-; One by ono the leaves depart from the pa, rent tree, until, when the storms of Winter. be. gin to howl around and beat upon its boughs it stands liko Lear, forsaken by his daughters ' 'hestie, though deserted. It reminds us t youth is fleeting, and beauty deCeives our footsteps arc loud in the•withering eaves." Now ie the Time. Just now is the time to subscribe for a news paper. Throughout the country the out-door work principally is done—the election is over —politics have settled down—the days are short—the evenings are long end there is plenty of time for reading. Nothing can contribute more to mutual improvement and pleasure than a good newspaper in the nfidst of a family— such for instance as the Regis( rr ! ,We can almost fancy we see a little family group com fortably suited around a cozy fireside, in such a way only as we know our country friends can be with the Register, in their midst. Mark ! One is reading it—lle has just finished the in side coluinns, having carefully scanned•and col lated the newspeeped at the marriages and passed over the deaths—then he runs over its Outside columns—first reading the talc, then the poetry, then the enigmas—riddles—miscel laneous —family circle—then the humorous— jokes, &c.,, &c., always concluding with that which will put all into a good humor. Approv ing smiles are seen in every countenance at the conclusion of the reading, The father is well contented, the mother . is delighted, the "little ones" are in ecstacy, and " soft eyes look love to eyes," and all are " happy as a marriage belle." This is the picture of more than one family in this county—with a newspaper, that is with the Register in their midst, of an even ing. • This is one of the families made happy by its presence. Now, then, is the accepted time to subscribe, now is the day on which you may secure your happiness by sending in your names for the Register. Sec you do it. Tho Circus. The celebrated circus company of'Spaulding & Rogers arrived in town yesterday, and per- formed before very large audiences in the after noon and evening. On their arrival in town the band wagon was drawn by forty horses, driven by one man, and made an imposing array. Among those who attended last night we noticed old Stick-in-the-mud and the man who can't nflbrd to take a newspaper with their families, embracing two wives and twenty three children, more or less. Official Vote of the Assembly District. The following is the official result of the As sembly District, composed of the counties of Lehigh and Carbon : ..... •-4 A. ~. 0 P In 0 Lehigh county - - 33 . 89 3493 2G 25 . 30 Carbon county - - 1253 1211 813 773 Total, 4642 4704 3445 3308 Official Vole of the Senatorial District. The following is the official result of the Sen atonal District, composed of the counties of Le bight and Northampton : Lehigh county 1:125 2601 ;';orthatoptoti county- 3734 2528 .7ergey not el, Ncw York We take pleasure in calling attention to the advertisement of Mr. TnomAs C. KRAMER, who has taken charge of the above named Hotel, at No. 71 Courtlandt street, New York, near Jersey. City Ferry. Ile is an obliging and ac• commodating landlord, and we would advise all his Lehigh county friends to give him a call.-- If Tom can't " put you through," and send you home satisfied, there is no man in the woild that can. That's so ! Welch cC. Lent's Circus This company which is to.exhibit in Allen town on Tuesday next, offers unusual attrac tions the present season, and as Welch's Cir cus is known by everybody to be one of the best exhibitions that has ever travelled, there will doubtless he a full , attendance upon the perfor mances.. The following notice from the Port land Doily Argus will testily to the impres sion produced by its entertainments : " CIRCUS. This afternoon and evening, leh & Lent will give their concluding en tertainments in this city, entertainments which have never been surpassed, and hive not Wien equalled for years. All who have visited the exhibition, have been delighted with the saga city displayed by the trained horse and ponies, astonished by the feats of the riders and acro bats, and amused at the comicalities of the clowns. ,, Great care is taken to exclude all ob jectionable features from the enterthinments, and the performances arc of such a nature, that a mother may take her little ones to them, with out fear of their witnessing anything caldulated either to corrupt their morals, or vitiate their taste." MECHANICS Mechanics are the palace builders of the world. • Not a stick is hewn, not a stone is shaped, in all the lordly dwellings of the rich, that does not owe'its beauty and fitness to the mechanic's skill. The spires that raise their giddy heights among the clouds, depend upon the mechanic's art for strength and symmetry ; the thousands of noble ships that cover the seas of the world ; the;mmagniticent steamers that plow the Northern Lakes and Western Rivers; the swift locomotives that traverse thee' the States with the rapidity of lightning, arc all the construction of that noblest of human beings— the mechanic. Not an edifice for devefin ,, - 2 ,, %siness., for ...alb the noprceO of their onnuy work. How exalting is their calling--how noble their pursuit—how sublime their avoca tion ! Who dares to sneer at such a faternity flill.h: i high-minded men? Who. dares to cast odium on such an eminent and patriotic race? Their path is one of glory, ambition and honor, and it is their own fault if it does not lead them to the highest fame antirenown. C.7lt has been ascertained by experiment, that a cow will drink about eigbty-seven pounds of water in. twenty-four bourn. During the New Ydrk State Fair, Ex-Gov erne'. Bigler of this State, mounted on a mass of Pennsylvania coal in front of the Pennsylva nia tent, addressed a multitude on the occasion of the presentation to the New York State Ag ricultural Society of some very fine and large specimens of anthracite cull. Before him stood a train of cars laden with coal brought direct from the mines in the interior of our State and around him were the New Yorkers, looking at nothing in the vast. collection of products be fore them with so much wonder as at:the spe cimens of black wealth of their neighbor State. It is not more than twenty-five years since Pennsylvania coal began to be a recognized ar ticle of production and commerce. This year the product of our &lir:mite mines alone will amount to not less than six millions of tons.— This, as delivered at the mines, is worth at ' least twelve millions of dollarg, so that this great sum may be regarded _as the amount of solid wealth dug annually, at the present time, from the bowels of the State. We do not here undertake to show the additional advantages it gives, in the encouragement of industry and the employment of hundreds of thousands of per sons in manufactures and commerce. We only wish to impress upon the minds of our readers that twelve millions a year is a low estimate of the sum now paid to Pennsylvania for the coal dug froth beneath her soil. Ten years hence, when railroads, canals, mining, manufactures' and population shall have vastly multiplied, our annual product of anthracite coal will probably reach eighteen millions of tons, and be worth at the mars thirty-six millions of dollars. In comparison with the coal crop of Penn sylvania all other crops of every other State sink into insignificance. There is a greater value of cotton produced at the south ; but it is at great risk, with much labor, and it depends for its value solely on the foreign demand.— But the coal is part of the very soil of Pennsyl vania ; no frosts, floods or droughts imperil its quantity or impair its quality. It is subject to no influences from abroad, and to no tricks of the commercial world. Its market is at home and the demand, we may be sure, will always equal the supply, however great the supply may be. Wheat may be ruined by flies and vermin, corn may perish from drought, and po tatoes from the rot, but the coal of Pennsylva nia can suffer no destruction or damage. It rests safe and sound in the recesses where Providence has placed it, and asks nothing of human industry except that it be taken out.— It is a crop ever ripe and ready to be gathered,' in quality unimpeachable and in quantity inex haustible. No competition from other States can injure it, for there has been no diminution of its rate of advance in supply and value, no matter what rivalries have been undertaken.— The country is vast enough to consume all that can be produccll, and manufactures and population increase at a greater ratio than can be expected of the production. At home; here, where coal has become a common-place thing, we arc not ropily sensible of the magnitude of the wealth it aflbrds us, and are not dis posed to award it the dignity. it deserves. But such on event as that which has just occurred at Elmira, where Pennsylvania coal glittered before New York eyes, and an ex-Governor of Pennsylvania stood upon a rostrum of the min eral and spoke to New York cars, is calculated -to expand our ideas of its consequence and to enable us to see, though dimly, a splendid fu ture for the State and a prosperity in com merce, manufactures, population and all that engenders wealth, such as Would have amazed the boldest prophets of the past generation, and all this the result of coal. EDE ELIE Pennsylvania Coal. Pcnnoylvnitin Election The returns from the counties throughout the State come in very slow. We here give all the returns that have reached us Phancr,(l)an.) Adams, 1001 Allegheny, 400 Berks,* 368 L Bucks, 1000' Cambria, 700 Oonberland, 100 Fulton, 200 Lehigh, 761, Monroe, 1200 Montgomery, 1600 nwthantliton, 1300, Northumberland, 800! Philadelphia,* 2614 Schuylkill,* 2030 Wayne, Nicholson (Fusion.) Bedford, 50 Chester, 500 ; Datiphin, 000 Delaware, 105 Franklin. 800 Multi ngdon, 500 Lancaster, 800 Lebanon, 373 Susquehanna, 500 Centre, 200 Clinton, 200 Lawrence, 500 500 York, 1000 Carbon, 400 Colnin'a & Montour 000 Clearfield, 300 IVestmoreland, 100 Meeting of the Board of Bank Directors. The Ilpard of Directors of the " Allentown Bank" met at the Banking House Oct. 8,1855. The President announced the death of Sol. L. Kr:el:, a member of the Board, whereupon the following preamble and resolutions were o fered by Pr. Wilson, seconded by Mr. Probst and unanimously adopted. "WasnsAs, God, in his inscrutable but Su promo will, has removed from our midst our late friend and associate Solomon L. Heck, who 1. " his many virtues and the exerciseof tender relations which bound him to mends while - living carries to his gr Inc respectof all. Res,ovi cp y sympathize with the funny of' d, u ..e - deceased in their bereavement and irr ' t eparable loss. • ~.sofred, That these proceedings be catered 6n the minutes of the Board, and a copy fur nished the family of the deceased. Reso/vcd, That these proceedings be publish ed in the papers of the county. Roared, As a furthoiniode of respect WO now adjourn, and in body attend the funeral' of the said deceased,friend and associate. . • By Order of the Board. CHAS. W. COOPER, Cashier (L/"Dr. Mau, of Norfolk, died at Ihunpton on Tuesday last. The total number of deaths at Norfolk since the commencement of the fever, is estimated at 2500—at Portsmouth 1200. Commerce of tho United States. The September number of Hunt's Merchant's Magazine contains a statistical view of the corn merce of the'United States for each year, from 1700 to 1854 inclusive The articfe is the re sult of great labor and research, and will prove of great value to the numerous readers of this excellent and useful publication. From it we learn that for the year 1790 the exports of foreign and domestic merchandize amounted to $_0,205,156: imports nine year, $23,000,000. For the year 1854, exports $278,341,064 im- Torts; $304,562,381. Total exports from 1700 to 1854 inclusive, aggregate value, $.'5,894.- 917,898 ; imports, aggregate value, $6.721,- 432,084. The total value'of PiiiPerty exported and imported since 1790 is the great sum of twelve billions six hundred and sixteen millions three hundred and fifty thousand eight hundred and thirty two dollars ! The tonnage of the, country in 1789 was 261,562 ; in 1854 it was, exclusive of steam vessels, 4,802,902 ; of which 181,901 was engaged in the whale fishery.— The tonnage employed in steam navigation was in 1823, 74,879—(before that nothing,— in 1854, it was 676,607. Such figures exhibit the strides of progress which the country has made since the adoption of the federal constitution.— Judging of the future by the past, it is appa rent that wo are destined to be a very " great country." The Coal Trade is increasing so rapidly, that a new route will in time, become absolutely essential. The Miner's Journal published in Pottsville, thus sketches the elements of a new route. " if the Allentown and Auburn:and the Nor ristown and Allentown railroads should be built, they will doubtless be able to sustain themselves profitably, independent of the traffic between Pottsville and Philadelphia ; and there fore all the profit actually required to sustain our new route,, will be the interest on, say $lBO,OOO, the estimated cost of the connecting link. But it will be fair to charge this line with its proportinnate share of interest on the cost of the whole route. Titb, estimated cost of the portions of the above named routes used by this line is not quite two millions, but say two and a half million;. The Norristown and Phil adelphia road, say one million, making three and a half millions, including the connecting link. It will certainly be liberal if we assume one-third- of this capital, 'as the proportion chargeable to our line. " Assuming one million tons of coal, as the annual business of the road, eight mills per ton per mile is the maximum cost of transporta tion on a road of this description, or sixty-three cents per ton, from Auburn to Philadelphia.— Then 0 per cent interest on 8166,000 (one third of 3 t millions) will give 70,000 annual interest, which divided on one million tons, gives seven cents per ton— making the cost of transportation and interest seventy cents per ton, from Auburn, and all that is charged over that amount, will go towards extra dividends. This calculation may at first view be deemed visionary, but we are satisfied it will bear a rigid scrutiny. A line can also be branched off at Mann yunk and run down the Schuylkill, bringing all the landings into requisition, and then pass over the Neck to the Delaware, where a better shipping port can be established than now exists at Port Richmond." The Journal states further, that the money for building a connecting link betwcen'Auburn and Allentown, has'already been obtained, and the road will be placed under contract as spee dily as possible. The editor adds : ie Norristown and Perkiomen connection at Saber-Cs Gap, should therefore be corn- menced at the same time—the dilkrent inter ests in the line of the new Road from Seibert's Gap to the Delaware front, Philadelphia, ought to go to work at once, and ensure the prosecu tion to completion of it." Onto ELECTION.—Thc Ohio election has re sulted in the triumph of the Abolitionists.— There were three tickets in the field, Democrat ic, American and Abolition. Returns from sixty-two counties give Chase, for Governor, 10,000 majority. There are thirty-seven coun ties to hear from.. Chase's election seems to be beyond doubt. BALTIMORE MCNCIPAL ELECTION.—TIic muni cipal election in Baltimore on Wednesday, re sulted in the choice of twelve Democrats and eight Americans, to the City Councils, being a gain of six Democrats over last year. The DemoCrats have about 1000 majority on the popular vote: The Americans had a majority of 2700 last year. INDIANA. ELECTlON.—Scattering returns from Indiana show considerable Democratic gains, and indicate that the State has gone Democrat ic by a largo majority. - . Oflicial PRICES OF Pnooncw ••• Ins advance d cent. per barrel since our last. .our has been in good demand, and has .we " advanced ; the stock in small. Wheat has ad vanced 20 cents per bushel. Corn continues to come forward in large quantities, amounting to sonic 00,000 bushels daily on the average, The crop of buckwheat has never been more abundant ; it is selling at $2.30 a 2.50 per 100 lbs. There-are some complaints of injuries to the potatoes, but the loCalitiesare limited, and we have every reason to believ / e that the losses will be below the average fot the last ten years ; the best sell as this data for 30 to 50c. per bushel, wholesale. In some parts of the corm ' try they are selling at 12 to 25c. Fruits and nil kinds of vegetables are extremely abundant, and at prices barely remunerative to the pro ducer. • . T. BAIINUM delivered the address. at the Chenango County Agricultural Fair at Nor wich, on Thursday last. He made his entry on the grounds in an omnibus drawn by twenty one yoke of oxen. Allentown and Auburn Railroad. LATE ELECTIONS. HORRIBLE lkiintrant AND SUICIDE—A Noble Dog—A Fiendish Man.—Wo record this morn ing one of the most frightful instances of human depravity that is has ever beer our misfortune to learn of.- The circumstances, which !!,re briefly these, are shocking beyond parallel : A German shoemaker named William Ebber ling, living in this city, on Fourteenth' street, near Madison, has for a long time led an un happy life with his wife. Their quarrels and dissentions have frequently disturbed the peace of the neighborhood. He has on more than one occasion brutally beaten and maltreated her, and her life was one of drudgery and hardship. On Thursday afternoon last, about 3 o'clock, he' was seated on his bench, working at his trade, when a dispute arose between them, and he made a sudden spring upon her, catching her by the throat, , and indicting five wounds upon her with a sharp pointed shoe-knife, which he had in his hand at the time, any one of which was sufficient to have caused death. She is pot dead yet, but the physicians in attendance pronounce her recovery impossible. He then fled from the lionse followed by a large Newfoundland dog belonging to him, and proceeded to the river and jumped in, for the purpose of drowning himself. He was dragged out, however, by the dog, before he had ac complished the purpose. He then caught the dog, and with the same knife with which he had stabbed his wife, and which lie had never let go, deliberately cut its throat, and again jumped into the river, and succeeded in accom plisliing what the more noble brute had prevent ed him from doing at first. The murderer is a young man, about thirty years of age. His body bits been recovered, and the Coroner called to hold an inquest:— Missouri Democrat, Oct. 6. FRUIT _GROWING IN NEW YORK.-Fruit grow ingin this State is becoming a matter of the first importance, and why should it not ? John I. Slingerland has an apple tree that brings him in as much money as two cows. It gives him this year forty barrels of " rusty-coats," which he will sell next spring for *2,50 per barrel. P. Barry, chairman of the " Fruit Growers' Society of Western New York," says that there are four thousand acres of nursery embraced within the 23 counties covered by the Society. At 10,000 trees per acre, this would give 40,- 000.000 trees : one fourth of which yearly, would be 10,000,000 trees annually set out.— Now, if we suppose that only one-fifth of the trees set out " live and reach maturity," it will be seen that our fruit trees are increasing at the rate of 2,000.000 per year. Such an in crease must soon Lave a telling elfect on the exports of this State. In England, Rhode Island greenings sell for $1.2 a barrel. At such a price apples become the best crop that our farmers can possibly send to market.—Alb. , Runk. " Wawa is Mom ?"—This has been a query in the minds of all unbiased people with re gard to Politicians, Religionists of all creeds, and Theorists, in all ages of the world. A life of experience is the only test that can decide positively with regard to it, and that experi ence, precluding as it does every (jtance of rec tifying any error that might be made, there can exist, we think, no doubt as to the proper course to puisue. Do to others as you would be done by, keep a clear conscience, and take enough of Dr. Wright's " Liquid Cathartic" fur health and comfort, and we are of the opin iun that you will always be (w)right. AMa i:sl'-- . W.tri..—Money is the sinew of war, and the people bleed to sustain it both in their purposes and persons. Still they say " let the fight go on." Great Britain proposes to raise for 1.856, the enormous spm.of over ninety-four millions of pounds sterling ! This is the second year of war. By the time thai is expended, there will have been raised, in the ways of loans by England and France, and the subscriptions completed, the sum of .C20,000,- 000 by the former, and of 'X66,000,000 by the latter, making together 1.05,000 ? 000 of public securities absorbed within two years. CoNarArrnoN OF' GOLD.—It has been ascer tained that in Birmingham, England, not less than one thousand ounces of fine gold are used weekly,equivalent to some $900,000 annually ; and that the consumption of gold leaf in eight manutlicturing towns is equal to five hundred and eighty-four ounces weekly. For gilding metals by electrotype and the water-gilding processes not less than ten, thousand ounces of gold are required annually. A recent English writer states the consumption of gold and silver at Parr at over 18,000,000 francs. At the present time the eevisumption of fine gold and silver in Europe and 91e United States is mated at fiftylYl" • :humidly. Oristox.—Attorney General Cushing has delivered an opinion that fugitive slaves cnii be reclaimed from organized) territories, including that of the Choctaws, Cherokees and Chicka saws, as well as States ; that a fugitive in the Indian country is subject ~to arrest by. the United States executive ; and that suet fugitive cannon° protected from extradi tion by any Indian tribe or nation, for the Indi ans are themselves the mere subjects of the United States, and have no power in conflict with the Constitution. Cr7Among the monsters in the Horticultural Exhibition in New York city, is a pumpkin measuring nearly eight feat in circumference, a squash from Stamford, Ct., five feet in circum ference, a yellow French squash between seven and_pjght feet around; and a beet thirty inches round. [lit is rather embarassing to lift your hat to a lady in the street, for the sake of polite ness, and let a couple of dirt collars roll out upon the sidewalk. p3lt has been said that " to make a happy home, the husband must be somewhat deaf, and the wife somewhat blind." • Return:of Dr. karat. The Kano exploring expedition, after an ab senco of two (years and four months, returned to New York on Thursday last. Three of their number died from exposure to cold in the Arctic Itogiens, but the others are in excellent health and spirits. The barque Release and propeller Arctic, sent out by Congress fbr their relief, found them at Lieyely,.having abandoned their vessel in the ice. Most persons had given up all hope of Dr. Kane's return, and the an- nouncement of his arrival was attended with the greatest public joy. No traces of. Dr. Franklin's expedition were discovered. Tho subjoined account is of great interest : SUBSTANCR OF TUE OFFlcrAr...Rvxonr. Dr. Kane, U. S. N., John W. Wilson, Amos Bonsall, Dr. J. J. Hay% Augustus Sontag, Henry Goodfellow, George7Stephenson, William Morton, Thomas Hickey, Christian Ohlesen, Jefferson Baker, and Pieter Schubert, left this port on Tuesday, the 31st of May, 185.1, just two years and seven monthEi ago, on hoard the brig Advance, in Search of Sir John Franklin:, After some bold and difficult sailing, ducV north, the Advance reached a bay on the north' coast of Greenland the headland of which is in latitude 78° 50'. They entered this bay on the 10th of September,lBs3, and there the ice sur rounded the brig and set her fast. At this point the con taify commenced their search for Sir John FranEln. The Winter sias of a degree of severity never• before recorded. Wiskey froze. The thermo meter sank to 90° 75'1)61°W:zero. The sun was absent one hundred and twenty days nstrono- micnlly, and really, owing to the ekv ttion or the hills, there was one hundred and thirty days of darkness. This, therefore, must be further north than the company of any expe dition have ever before wintered. It was a time of extreme hardship. The chief enemy was tetanus or lockjaw; caused by the soyoro• cold, the scurry was easily. subdued. The coast of Greenland was explored to a• point where it entirely faces the north, and the- wogress of the coast toward the Atlantic was followed until the immense glaciers or icebergs. arrested the progress of these daring adven turers. One glacier was followed along its base• a distance of eighty miles, where it was discov ered to cement Greenland to an:unexplored and hitherto undiscovered continent, runnipg to the north. A new channel was discovered tending duo. north, entirely free from ice and opening into the Polar sea. The discovery of the Polar sea is regarded by Dr. Kane as one of the most important and in teresting result of the expedition. The zone of ice extended in one solid mass southward so that it became evident that the• advance could not be liberated.. Under these circumstances Dr. Kane volunteered a commu nication with the English at Lancaster sound.. He made his journey with five volunteers in an open whale-boat ; but found solid ice to the southward. By this time the second Winter set in. It found them with abundsuat provi sions, but destitute of anti-scorbutics, and dill dent in fuel. At this juncture. unable to ppr sue navigation, they adopted the habits of the Esquitnaux. They returned to the brig, which they enveloped in moss. They organized a hunting expedition, and lived on raw meat. The winter was so severe, and thier diet so un wholesome, that at one time the whole crew, except two, were upon their backs with tho scurvy. Three of their bravo comrades died at this distressing season. Dr. Kane mentioned to us this circumstance with evident emotion,. for said he— " I feel great distress nt the loss of our threw comrades. We were all companions together in this enterprise, and had become good friends." Two of the deceased 'died of lockjaw, and one of abeess following amputation. Their names are Christian Ohlesen, acting', carpenter to the expedition. Jefferson Baker, and Peter Schu bert, seamen. Sevezal amputations were performtrdthe toes of those who had not been north before being frostbitten. Finding that liberation was impossible, and that no expedition in search of them could penetrate the ice in time to avoid a third Win ter, Dr. Kane determined, as the only measure of safety, to abandon the brig and travel to*tho south by alternately traveling in 'sledges and in boats. The sick were conveyed in dog-sledges under the immediate care of Dr. Kane in per- • son, who attended to them with all the assiduity of his generous nature. The distance traveled was nearly one thousand four hundred miles, three hundred and sixteen of which was per formed in dog.sledges and the balance in boats. It was a period of great exposure and suffering. The parties sustained themselves entirely by their guns. On the sth of August, 1855, the party enter. ...e1 the Danish settlements and took passage in the Danish brig gary Ann, bound for Eng land. They touched at Disco on the 9th of Sep tember last, where they were happily met by the expedition under command of Capt. Hart stein. Dr. Kane immediately withdrew his contract for a passage in the Mary Ann,. and proceeded home by these vessels as above described. Captain Milstein said that ho had with difficulty forced his way into Melville bay, and found!Smith's sound clothed with ice. 110 had learned of the Esquimaux of the departure of Dr. Kane. He then returned and met Dr.. Kano at Disco, just twenty-four hours previous to the time fixed upon the departure of the Mary Ann for England. The generous living of Capt. Ilaristein, and pleasant voyage home, have completely restored. Kano and those of his party who have survived the perils of this adventure. They have, been exceedingly reduced, but they are now so stout that the clothes which before hung loosely on their limbs aro quite tight, and a more healthy and jovial party soldoth come into port., They have all dispensed with the razor, and to t all appearance have discovered in the Polar sea a "hair invigorator," by means of which they are now adorned with beards and locks of un usual vigor and brilliancy.
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