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VOL. LVI.
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Return of the Kane Expedition
NEW LANDS FOVNI),
A, BRIDGE OF ICI;'. FBONI GREENLAND
TO TEE CONTINENT.
AN OPEN SEA POUND.
The propeller Arctic and the barque I]c•
lease, of the expedition' fitted out to search
for Commander Kane, of the missing Aretie
expedition, returned to New Turk• on Thurs
day evening, having Commander Kane and
his party on board. The propellor and barque
made their way north in SMith's Sound up to
tat, 79 ilO, when they were stopped by the
ice. Worlting their way to shore, they dis•
covered an Indian v,illage, and learned from
the inhaDitatits that Dr. Kane and his party
had gone south. They then returned to Dis
co's [~hind, where they found Dr. K atie a nd
the expeditioni.tts.
IN=
The e%peilition succeeded in erossin
Bay. and reaching the headland ,f Smith's
Sound, n> earl as the tith of A t w0..1.,
Finding the ice to the lump comp:etely itn
pet:ert•ahle, they were hirced to attempt 0
temporary passage along the coast, wi,et•e the
(arid tides, •vunnte at the rate of foor miles
an hour, with a rise and fall of sixteen feet.
had worn it temporary opening. Previous to
tithing this step which involved great risk—
which was, in fact. equal to it sHeritiee ut• th e
tirig in which Dr. Kane was—a Francis toe
tittle life boat, with a cd.she of provisions, was
concealed as a means cf retreat.
The penetration of the pack- ice was attend
ed by many obstacles. The vessel grounded
with every tide, and but for her extreme
strength she troaltl not : have been able t,,
NUStalli the shocks. Silo was several times
”ri. her }wain ends, and once on fire from the
upsetting of the stores.
Some idea of this peculiar novrgattion may
be formed by a knowledge of the fact o f h er
losirg her
,iibbontn, best power anchor and
bulwarks, hrsides about WO fathoms et wrap
ping line. They were cheered, however, by a
small - daily progress ; and by the 18 of Sep
tember, 1863, they had succeeded in gaining
the northern face of Greenland, at a point ne
ver reached before.
Here the young ice froze around the vessel,
and compelled them to seek a winter esylum,
in which they experienced a degree of cold
much below any previous registration, Whis
key froze in November, anti for four months in
the year• the •mercury was solid daily. The
mean annual temperature was five Jdegrees
below zero. This is the greatest degree of
Cold ever experienced by man, and their win
ter quarters were nearer the Pole then ever
before occupied.
The scurvy was easily controlled, but the
most fearful, as well as the most novel, fea
ture of the winter was a tetanus, or lockjaw,
which defied all treatment. it carried away
fifty-seven of the hest Exquitneux sledge dogs,
and was altogether a frightful scourge.
THE
The operations of search were commenced
as early as March—the first parties under the
personal charge of 1)r Kane, cros-ing the ice
at a temperature of Arty seven degrees below
zero. The lbss of thmr dogs oblidgml them as
no only alternative, to adopt this early travel.
Many of the party were frostbitten, and un
derwent an amputation of Omit' toes It was
by means of these efforts that the expedition
succeeded in bringing back its results. The
parties were in the field as lute as the 10th of
July, only ceasing from labor when the win
ter's darkness rendered it impossible to tra
eel.
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MEM
Greenlandims been followed by Tr. Roue,
and surveyed with a coast lino towards the
Atlantic, fronting due north, until o. moven
duos glacier checked their progress. This
mass of ice rose in lofty grandeur to a he) gt h
of five hundred feet, abutting into the sea,—
It undoubtedly is the only obstacle to the
insularity of Greenland—or, in other words,
the (wily barrier between Greenland and the
Atlantic. It is, however, an effectual barrier
to nil future explorations. This glacier, in
spite of the difficulties of falling bergs, was
followed out to sea, the party rafting them
selves across open water spaces upon masses
of ice. In this way they succeeded in travel
ling eighty miles along its base, and traced it
into n new northern land. (This glacier is,
we believe, the Pagese , discovered by any na
vigator..
14FAIT 'LAND
Thin-now land thus cemented to Greenland,
by, protruding ice, is named Washington. The
large bay which intervenes between it and
Greenland, bears, we understand, tho name
of Mr. Greorge'Peabody, one of the proprietors
of the expedition. This icy connection be-
Aween the Old and New Worlds is a feature of
8410'114r and romantic interest.
'The range of the Fledge journeys may be
mlerstoodll•om'the , faot that • the entire cir
cuit of Smith's Sound has P bean effected, and
itp.,sbores completely charted.
„ 0P.1.1N POLAR RNA,
134 . the real discovery of the expedition i.
214illet fur tiji Cirde.
WEIOESDAI, OCTOBER 17, 1555.
the Open Polar Sea The channel leading to
these. waters was entirely free fro n ice, and
this feature was rendered more remarkable by
the existence of n ZIIIIO or solid belt of ice,
extending more then one'hundred and twenty
five miles to the southßard. This sea verifies
the views *of Dr. Kane, as expresQed to the
Geographical Society before his departme )
The lashing of the surf against thin frozen
beach of ice was, we are assnred, impressive
beyond description. Severol gentlemen with
whom we have conversed, spook of it with
wonder and admiration. An area of three
thousand square miles was seen, entirely free
from ice. This channel has been mimed after
lion. John lienedy, late Secretary of the
N o v 3 ,, under whose auspices the expedition
was taken. The land to the north and west
of this channel has been charted as high as
S 2 deg. 30 min. Pas is the nearest land to the
Pole yet discovered. It bears the name of Mr.
licnry Grinnell. the founder of the expedition
which beans his name.
The extreme severity of the previous season
made evident that the brig could not be liber
ated before the winter set in. she was fast
imprkmied in the centro of a large field of
The provision ,, . although abundant, tt (le not
calculated scony, Ni , •)
h. the etz , ergelosir! ,
Tinnt;ty. l'uder eireilmsmn-
K•itio, with a party of volunteers. if)
nn ationlnt to reach the mouth of Lancaster
:Sound. in hopes of meeting- the Engli-di expe
dition-, and thus piling relief to his fis,ociates
missed in an ' pelt boat over the track of Bal
tin's trove]. ri ;ing out a heavy {tale They
fotind• au ani»ter, opted barrier of ice, extenl
ing iu one great horse•slioe from Jones' to
to Murchison's Soffmtv, and were forced, after
various 'escapes to fa turn to the Prig.
During the winter that ensued, tiny adopted
the habits of the Ex inluunts, lay teraq rate
tvalritz. msfa, ;Id surrounding themselves will,
walk of moss. In spite of these precautions
the scurvy ally:meet! w.ith 'steady 4 , rogre4s
but by the n'ril of It single team
Kane succeeded in effecting a communication
aid) the Exquiumax, seventy mites to the
(the ruldrrt drive according to the
doctor, tt at he ever had.) By the le m of
Itilittlat assistance, the Expedition exchanged
meat with the Exqufnuttlx, and by organizing
a hunt, relieved their party. At ire time,
every man of the expedition, exeept the. Kane
and Mr. Bonsoll, were ye:Ailed to their bunkii
with scurvy. Lr, Kane had to cook. cut lee,
&c.„ and Mr. Bousell had to do other menial
service. .By Providential interference, the
party escaped without n single (lentil.
The great belt of ice made it clear that no
relief expedition from the South could reach
the party in time to prevent their imprison
ment fur a third winter, which, with their
deficiency of tuel, would have proved most
disostrous, if not fatal. Under these circum
stances, Dr. Kane wisely determined to aban
don his brig, and attempt to descend to the
Smith by a combination of boats and sledges.
In accordance with this view they left the
brig on the 17th of May—the temperitture at
that time tieing five degrees below zero. They
crossed a belt of ice 81miles in diameter, drag
ging their boats behind them, and carrying
four sick comrades, by menus of a dog sledge
After a travel of 316 miles, with 31 days of
constant exposure, they reached Cape Alex
ander and embarked in open water. Their
guns supplied them with animal food—no
provisions being carried in the beats except
powdered breadstulls and tallow. (Tallow,
says the Doctor, is a very good thing ) From
Cape Ab xander they travelled to the south
ward, sometimes over ice, sometimes through
water, shooting eider duck and seal, and col
lecting enough eggs to keep the party in good
condition. At Cape Fork they burned up
their spare boats and sledges for fuel, and left
the coast. Striking out into the open sea of
Alellecille ilay, they then steered for the north
Duinish settlements of qrernland. Hero they
providentialy landed on the 611) of August, in
vigorous health, after their travel of MOO
miles, and eighty one days of eourtant exposure.
I.IIAVING COAST-FALLINO IN WITII 11A1tT-
From opernivllt, the largest of these settle
ments, they took passage in a Danish sailing
vessel for England. By great good fortune,
they touched at Disc, where they were r mef .
by Capt. flantsteites Expedition. This last
searohing expedition had found the the ice Of
Smith's Sound still unbroken, buthaving com
municated with the Exquitnnux, had heard of
the departure of Dr. Kane, and bad retraced
their steps.
DEATUB ON VIE EXPEDITION.
The Expedition has to mourn the loss of
three of its comrades, two of whom perished
Of lockjaw, and one from nbcess, !Wowing
upon a frozen extremity. These men may he
said to have fallen in the direct discharge of
a noble duty. Their names are :—Aeting car-
Tenter, Christian Ohlsen : Jefferson Baker, of
Philadelphia, and Peter Schubert, volunteers.
Onuanun Orr.—A young mall who. expres-
Sed his opposition to the "peculiar institution"
at Macon (lee., a few days ago was ordered
out of town forthwith, and escorted to the cars
by ri largo crowd of citizens, who dispatch e d
him north ward. You niurt.not speak against
shtvri•Y as the South, but die play() owner m a y
bring his ohatfols hero and be defended by our
Judge MUMS This is the glorious land of lib
erty.
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THE WINTER or 1854-7)5
VHCAPE TO TUE SOUTH
EXPF.DITION
IRII
STILL LATER FROM EUROPE
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA
AFFAIRS BEFORE SE,I3.4STOPOI,
The steamship Canada arrived at Halifax
"on Tuesday evening, with European dates to
Saturday the 29th of Sept. The intelligence
which she brings is highly interesting indica
ting that the Allies are about to follow tip die
success of Sebastopol by prompt and vigorous
efforts. No other course, indeed, remains o
pen to them, no . iess they would have the en
tire Crinon exleditita tutu out far more ilis
as.reens y than :toy one has as yet dreamed of.
(in the ?..;5,1 Sept. , Gortschlo,lity:egrnphed that
the Allies had landed twenty thousand tacit at
Eapatoria, nrei that the enemy have now thir
ty thouNatol on the Russian flank, Meanwhile
the Ft eneh are advent n their cavalry and
infantry towards Bakslt:szti it is evident
that the a are nis frog 3. Oct 1113(111111 tt
bflati(l. 0:(CIL the C(111 Only
escape by 3 i'll(!(•11( (leapt rate straggle --
Un
toe ti:11. of Sept die latter were laded iii
f(" 10 . Ho' „North side
ek,r,,truclin g new batteries, but it is n o t
the le-s true that they are greatly straightened
f:r peevi , ions, and that nothing short of It
miracle can prevent frnth being forced either
t:: suri coder, or to risk a battle of terrible
fierceness and magnitude in ease of n retreet
Great preparations of an active, campaign are
of course being made by the Allies. They at
tacked the Russ'e't Infantry on the 2'2:1 Sep
tember.•when the latter retreated. On the
2rth. the Allies above 83,000 strong, debouch.
e
:1 Irmo Eupatorifl Slid occupied the neighbor,
iityir villages on the left flank of the ltos,hms.
;-'('he dismal state of the physictrl comfort of
{tenth armies, caused by the late engagements
had b2'cn heightened by a terrible Mot in and
heavy rains. The "demoralization" of the
Russian army is reported to be complete—a
report which derives' a strong confirmation in
the tart that front the beginning of the assault
Gtt be Allies, the Russian troops were paraly d
and spiritless, and at the time were literally
exhausted with fatigue. having been twenty•
four hours without food—a State of affairs
which produces a far greater went of energy
among them than would be supposed, as their
rations generally are far front being abundant
or wholesome. The total loss of Russians du
: ring the assault is estimated with what. truth
Iwe know not, at 18,000 men. It has been al
ready proved that Pelissier over estimated by
about one-half the number of cannon taken on
the occasion. Four, hundred Poles have deser
ted to the Allies
Meanwhile great preparations are being
made in Russia for the winter campaign.—
They evidently repose the utmost confidence
in the defence which will.be afforded by their
climate and by desolating all behind them as
they retreat. Sebastopol will be effectually
conquered, but the war is far front being ended
The Russians have abandoned Erzeruurn, but
Kars is still invested and the garrison are said
to be reduced to extremities for want of pro
vissions. Austria has declared througle.her
press that she will . mantain a mediatory atti
tude—meaning thereby that she Will be neu
tral to the last. We shall await with impati
ence the next arrivals, as may ere long confi
dently anticipate a grand change in the entire
aspect of the war and a considerable dispiny of
far more rapid action.
Breadstuffs have, slightly advanced, Flour
has been in active speculative demand, and
prices have ad en aced Is. Philadelphia and
Baltimore flour 41s. a 4:„5.: Western Canal
flour 40s. rt42s. White Corn 465. a4Gs.; yellow
40s. Cd. a 415.,
TILE FRI:NCII LOSS
Gen. after stating' that the4e
sieged army had, at various times during the
siege, 800 guns in battery, and had fireihmore
d is a 1,000,000 times, ailift—' l 'Our losses on
t hi s d ay (s e pt ew h er 8) were tiro general's
killed, tour wo unded, and six Contused; 24
superior officers killed, 20 woundediond two
missing; 110 subaltern officers killed, 224
wounded, eight missing; 1,489 sous•officers
and soldiers killed, 4,2s9,*.weuuded, and 1,40
missing—total
THE RESSIAN LOSS
It is stated inn letter from 'St. Petersburg,
dated the Ilth ult.—.We have suffered horri
ble loss.—General lasi:soil is dead. Generals
Chruleft; I‘lartineau, Loveland Wojenlcoff aro
severely wounded, and Kullen is taken prison
er.' The total Russian loss is said to be 1800.
It is further reported at Varna that general
Osten-Sad:en had committed suicide. The
I'resse d'Orient says that the Russians detitroy
ed all the forts and bastions south of Sebasto
pol, including forts .St. Paul and Nicholas.--
Fort Alcicander blew up, and Fort Quarantine
wits set tire to.
VA.A State Agricultural College for 011ie
has been organized at Cleveland with five
capable Professors.
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`l7Ol, The next' Democratic National Con
\Tilden will be held nt Cincinnati, Oblo, May
18AL,'
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In I'utnrun centity,indianti,int wecl2,
tw o iitiildro thousauk.l kolullara'wortix Q2' mules
Were sold.
FALL OF SEpASTOPOL;
SCENES IN THE HOSPITAL.
We copied Insti3l , eel; a. graphic narrative o
the capture of Sebastopol. Tire. artily coeres -
politica of the London Tune.v, under ~, l ace t,f
Sept. 11th, gives the folloa lug terrible picture
of scones ainong the dead and dying:
Of all the pictures of the horrors rf war
which have been presented to the world, the
hosPital of •S'ehastopol presents the most hor
rible, heart rending and revolting, It cannot
be described, and the imagination of a Fu,eli
could not conceive anything at all like
lit , w the peer human hotly can be mutilated
and yet hold its soul within, when every limb
shattered nod every vein and artery is ',cur
tog out the life stream, one might study hire
ot every step, null at the sometime %tender
what little will hill. The building used ns an
hospital is one of the noble piles inside, the
dolk yard wit',l, and is sitmited in the centre of
the row at right angles to the line of the
Reda!).
' NO. 7.
The whole row was peculiarly whaled to
to the action of shut and shell bounding over
the Regan, ;tad to the missiles directed to the
Barrack Battery, awl it 1 ears in sides. roofs,
windows and daps frequent and destructive
proofs of the severity of the cannonade. En
tering one of the d wrs, l beheld such a tight
as few men, thank (sod, have ever Ivitnessed!
in a long, low room, supported by .-glare pil
lars, arched nt the top and dimly liOlted
through shattered find nuglazed wmtlow
frgmes, lay the wounded Russians, wh , had
/icon Oblfidotied to our mercies by their I,:ener
al. The wounded did I say "! No hot the
dead, the , rotten festering corpses of the sol
diers who were left to die in their extreme
agony, unattended, uncured for; packed as
dose as they can he stowed; some., tt th e 11 00 ).
others f , ll wretched trestles and bed•teads, er
pallets of etrow, shyped and saivrated with
blood, which ~ ,owed and trick , led through upon
the floor, mingied 'with the dropvings of cor-
ruptien.
\%iththe roar s-- )exploding fortre- s-s in
their cfi T r•-; shot ioreing through
-the roof owl sides of the rooms in which they
lay ; with the moo/ding and hissing of tire a
round these i Pier fellows who have serv
eil,,their loving friend and master, the Czar,
but too well, were consigned to their terrible
fate. Many might have been saved by ordi
nary care ; ninny lay yet alive, with maggots
crawling shout in their wounds ninny nearly
mad by the scene around them, or seekirg
escape from it in their extremest irony, had
rolled away under the beds, and glared out on
the heart stricken spectators, oh: with such
looks. Many with legs and 111111 S broken and
twisted, the jagged splinters sticking through
the raw flesh, implored aid, water; food and
pity ; or deprived of s peeeli by the approach
of death, or by dreadful injuries on die head
and trunk, pointed to the fatal spot.
Many seemed bent alone on making their
peace with heaven. The attitudes of some
wore so hideously fantastic as to appal and
)'root one to the ground by a sort of - dreadful.
faseinntion. Could that bloody muss of cloth
ing and white bones ever Wive been a human
soul ? It wits fearful to think what the
answer must be The bodies of numbers of
men were swollen and bloated to an incredible
degree; and the features distended to a giant
size, with eyes protruding from the sockets,
and the blackened tongue lolling out of the
mouth, compressed tightly by the teeth which
set upon it in the death rattle, made one
shudder and reel round.
In the midst of one of these 'chambers of
Itrrors'—for there were many of them—were
found some dead and some living: English
soldiers, and among them poor Captain Vane'.
an, of the 00th, who has since succumbed to
his wounds. 1 confess it was impossible for
me to stand the eight, which horrified our
most experienced surgeons—the dewily clam
my stench, the smell of gangrened wounds, of
corrupted blood, of rotting flesh, were intoler
able nail odious beyond endurance. But what
mu s t the wounded haVe felt who were obliged
to endure ttll this, and who passed away with
out a hand to give, them a cup of water, or a
voice to say tune kindly word to them,'
Most of these men were wounded en Satur
day—many perhaps on the Friday before—
indeed, it is impossible to say bow long they
might have been them In the hurry•of their
retreat the Muscovites seem to have carried in
dead men to get them out of the way, and to
have putthem upon pallets in horrid mockery.
So that their retreat was secured the enemy
cared but little for the wounded, On Monday
only did they receive those whom we sent out
V.l them during a brief armistice for the pur
pose, which wits, I believe, sought by our
selves, as our over crowded hospitals
riot contain, and our ovor-worked surgeons
could not attend to any more,
The Great itedan was next visited. Such
a scene of wreck and rain! All the houses
behind it a mass of broken stones--a clock
turret, with a shot right through the clock—a
.pagoda in ruins—another clock tower with 011
the clocks destroyed save the dial, with the
woods "Remise, London," thercon----cdok
houses, where human blood was running
among the utensils; in ono place a shell had
lodged in the boiler and blown it and its con
tents„ and probably its attendants, to piece's.
tiverywhero wreck and destruction. This
evidently was a bean gnarlier once.
The oldest inhabitant could not recognise it
now. Climbing up to the Redttn, which VMS
fearfully cumbered with the dead, we witneti
sed the steno of the desperate attaok and de
fence, which cost both sides so much bloodes—
The ditch outside made One sick—it was piled
up with English deal, seine of them smelted
and•. blackened by the explosion .tintl otheis
lace fated beyond recognition. The quantity
of ;broken Fabians and gun carriages hero was
extrtierdinary; the ground was covered with
thein: The bomb proof weko the swain as
the Malakoff, and in one 'Athens a musk book
was fount', with a woman's name in it;./1/Itil%
canary. bird and vase of flowers wore puPsl4 o
the entrance.
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