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TEE arctic expeditions,
tie northwest passage at last
Xifffely Important Ctooffraphical and
?Mlofical 91ico??rlea.
Tkrillio: Irfoait of a Heetinf of English Offi
cers from the East and West on the lee,
Ac., Ao., Ao.
I From the Loodou Time*. Oct. 8 ]
Important ue?s win ye*terdiy received at the
Admiralty with refereuce to the \ ratio expedition.
Commander Ingletield, of Her M sjeety s .thip I'husnix,
h.M arrive in town, and announced to their lord
thiMtbe gratifying fact of 'fce safety of Her Ma
jesty's ship Investigator, Ciiput'u M'Clure, about
wbioh great anxiety began to be felt Commtinder j
/ngtjtmd also brings t dings of the rhirovery of the !
lomt *o?ght for nortkwt.st patfagt He Li the bearer
of ieapatobes from Sir Kd?ard Belcher, Captain
M'Olure, and Captain KelU-tt. No trace his been
dlaoovered of Sir John 'ranklUi's txpidition, ind
Capto n lag tefleld announces the lo*s of the -tread il
bane, the consort ship of the Phoeuix; and the death,
by drowning, of a gallant officer of the Frenoh hn
peritl Navy, Lieutenant Bellot. The de?i?at:hes
thus received are lilted with long aad highly inte
resting detail) connected with the expe-lltion; bat
seme idea of the new* contained in tiem -niy he
CUvered from the following extracts made from Capt.
glefieU'n official report:?
tin Stium Sloop Phumx, )
Off Thorao, Oct. 4, 1 8.V1 j
9at I hart the honor to r?| or: to you. for the infor
mants rf my Lords Oommtsaioaers of the Adrairal'y, my
arrival fiom the Arc'ie resinn*. bringing wirh me the im
portant inU>llijren>*e of the -afety of th? Investigator, nrul
tk e. din>"rry if the north ivrj-t th*-'i'ih. unUipjiUij,
without Jivdmg the slighiat tract* of the mining i>_r/i tiiiiit'n,
either hy thin rente or on the field of setrcli occupied by
the aquadron under Sir Kdward B-lcher'a oomnand.
I aa the bearer of de*p? tchea frnoi that officer and
Capt. Kellatt, ant Lieut < Y?'-o??!l. of the Investigator,
whom I appointed from the North Star as supernu aer.iry
to thia abip, ia charged with the letters and journals of
Commander MoClmre
Ah hia journal la of considerable length. I will endeavor
to acquaint yon with the substance of it, that their lard
ahipa may tbua be early informed of the leadiug
Of tha Investigator's discoveries ; hut. ere 1 enter 1 lto this
matter, 1 deem it to be my duty to acquaint their lordship*
with the raeult of the expedition I have he honor to r mi
mand ; and, though 1 hare carri?l out their lordships' in
struction* to the letter, anc, I truit, to their entire satis
faction, it ha* not been without great difficulty, consider
abla peril to the safety of this vessel, n 1 the total loss of
the Bteadalbaoe transport, wittout the loss of a single
life.
Thia unfortunate event, wbiih occurred an the morning
of tha "let of Auk '"t, off Bern: (ley Is. and, no human pow
er oouid h?ve averted and inv owu vassel, which at that
time ha<l the transport actually ia tow. barely ccaped a
similai fute, receiving a -*>ve*e nip, vhich raised the stern
??everal feet, and amed the quarter deck, destroying the
rudder and screw ; one of the beams fo-wird was *prunu,
and the ]>ort bow partially ato/e, breaking one of the ri
dara, and lorcicir in the planking. This latter damage,
there is tome fienbt, mav have b.-en ?u?tained m a heavy
g*le on the morning of the lMih of Aug ist, when the ship i
waa aeveiely nipped off Cape Uiley. Tha ice mast-.- is of
opinion it was received in MWlville B*y, while forcing a
paaaage under full ?team through some heavy ice; how
ever thin may be, I have lit.le doubt but that for tie so id J
nature of the stowage of our hold, and the strengthen
tag* fitted in England, we must have shared the same
fata aa the unfortunate Bread?lb?ne.
Commander Inglefleld then proceeds to give a n?r- I
ralive of the principal events connected with the ex- |
pedition of the Phoenix, from the time of their arri
val at Disco. In thib otateiueiit he mikes the folk)*- I
ing mention of the death of M. Hellot, a brave and
enterprising Frenchman, who seems to have been
attracted to these explorations in the Arctic regions
from the very dangers by vhich they are surround
ed. Captain Ingledeld, w ruing ou the 30th of Au
gust, a moment of extreme peril to himself, says:?
While thug employeo, I received by an ollicial letter from
Oaptain l'ullen, a copy of which I enclose, maiked 1. 1, a
report of tha melancholy intelligence of the death of M.
Ballot, who had been cent by t'apuin l'ullen on his return
daring my absence to acquaiut me of the same, an 1 to
oarry on tha original despatches to Sir Kdward ISelcher.
Thia unfortunate occurrence took place on the night of
tha gala, when 11. Bellot. with two men, was driven off
from the nhore on a floe; and shortly after, while recon
noitaring from the top of a hummock, he was blown off by
a violent glut of wind into a deep crack in the i and
periahed by drewning The two men wtre savec by a
oaaaparativa miracle, and after driving about for thirty
hoars, without food, were enable to land and re join their
tallow t-avelleiH, who gave them provisions, airi then re
turned to the ship, bringing back in safety, the despatches;
but three of them tit subject* only for invaliding.
The despatch proceeds with the following il ustrji
Won of what Arctic navigation is: ?
She ice closing attain obliged us to quit Cape Rilav be
fore midnight. and in endeavoriug to push the ships into
a bight 10 the land floe. the Phteoix teuohed the ground,
but came off again imm^iitcly, without damage, flu*
whole night was spent in struggling to get the ships into
? place of securitj, but the ice drove both tmmI< fast to
the westward, when at 3.30 A. M. of 'ho 21st of August,
the ice el' sing all roun 1. both vessels were secured to *
0 >e edge, but with steam read/ to push through the in
ataot the ire should loosen.
Shortly, however, a rapid run of the outer fl->e to the I
westward, placed tbe Pbvnix in the moat perilous posi
tion. 1 ordtred tt e hands to be tnrn-d up notthat aught
oould be dooe. but to be ready, in case of the worst, to
provide for their aa'ety; the ice, however, e^ i n { off, !
baring severely nipped this vessel, passed astern to the
Breadalbane, which ship either received the presauro lsss
favorably, or *ai le*s equal to the emergency, for it
psanad through her starlxuid bow, ard in less than
fifteen minutes she rank in thirty fathoms of water,
giving the people barely time to save themselves, ami
having the wreck of a b<>at only to mark the *j?ot wh*re
the ioe had closed ?,ver her. Anticipating such a cat*s
trophe, I got over the stern of the 1'ho-nix as soon as the
tranaport was struck, and was beside her when she filled,
andean unLesitatingly state thit no human powi-r could
have saved Ler. Fortunately nearly the whole of the
government stores ha- been landed.
flk'vim; talen on b?>ard the shipwrecked crew, every
precatrw"*1 waf used wi'h regard t* the 'Safety of iler Mn
jesty'g st^ak.-ve?',el ; but it ?.is not till the morning of the
22d of August thfc? we succeeded in ge-ting her to a safe I
position iu Krebus ann X''r"''r Bay, where the ship waa !
attain secured to the lain] Co?
Another example of the same kind occurs further
on, and la <u> follows : ?
We arrived at l-ie* ely Iiisco on the Sth of September, ;
tot immediately c< remecced coaling. The barometer |
threatening a ?? utherly gale, Itiaced me tJ p*.i* through
ths WjiRHt to e-cspe it. and it the dark Less f n giit, ?
running under full sail sod ? tf ;tra, we wore neirly go'ng ,
stem on to an iceberg 10<) feet in height, to avoid which !
we roun ^ id to ?i hie half pistol -r ot ot a roc!; awash \t
thaentracct ot the Moligate and whicb, though not laid
Iotto in the charts we supposed the ship was well clear ,
Of. A strong set through the channel to the uorthward
must have cauted the daoeiition
The following extract fr >m the despatch may in
terest geologies:?
At IjeTel) 1 obtained lnforma'ion nf a rnal min>. a] ml
| Mnwt) fr* wnlc* frrsa thr h&h.r on *hf *wi)h'rn thmrtafth* i
liUiX'i, an'l / ant UM that IhrnnUto V nhtairv i l?r* i? in j
mch quantities thai a thip mbM talr 1,000 (fix*. For burn
ing u stoves it is preferred! by the Pane* to English coal.
1 obtaiied a mfllcieDt quantitj of sn infer! r sort to
make trial in our boilers A copy of the chief engineer'!
report I enclose marked ' 1.7,'' and I hate retained on
board four easts of this fuel lor their lordships' disposal
The latter part of Cftp'ain Inglefl eld's despatch is
?hiefly occupied by a summary of the news from the
Marching squadrons, and e?;iecially of the discove
ries made by Cdptain M dure in the Investigator.
He aays
And now, sir, I beg to narra'e, In a summary rmnn'r
the intelligence gleaned from the searching squadrons;
and. Bret, with r?f?rence to Sir Edward llelcher. I have
little else to say but tbst he wintered in % spot he ha I
named Northumberland .Sound, in latitude W 51 .V , and
longitude 07 W., near the j>oe tion now rnsrke 1 in t!i#
charts of Wellington as Cape Sir John Franklin. j
From ( sptain Pollen I learned that not tin sligh'"-t
traces of the missing expedition had been met with, either |
by this or tbe western branch of the searching squadron,
and that it waa evidently the intention of Sir K lw*r I
Belcher to return to Reech"y Island as soon as possible
For the rest, Sir Hdward'n despatch** will convey all
further details
Captain Kellett wintiTsd at Tiealy I-<1 ? r? 1 . Mslville
Inland, he bad a narrow ???e.ape r>f losing his ship on the
night of his departure fr??m li-e^hey Is'nud: sh* gr uin Isd
<M Cape Col bourn, and wa.s .nly ^ot off sft?r th- i ?* ha I
set down upon h??r, ras' ing h?*r over on her broadside, and
?With the li SS of sixty fv~t ol her fal ? ke?l
It was'a party frrm his v. -??l that ilscove-ed the de
epateh of Ouptam Mf<1ure at Wm'er Harbor, arj I w* \ thus
led to the Inveetigitor's po?itlen, a brief ai ^onnt of the
WTMf and dlsooverles of whirh v? I will n>w rel it".
Their lordships will remember that it w ? :i tl:<> fHh of
Aiigost, 1850 that the Investigator ls.s* =een ru lrilr.'*
to fhe northeasnward wi'h studding -sils s-t. m-y
rounded Nit Barrow ? th nueh dilu ulty.
At tie river Colyiiie, in 1M) degrees W., they T7"r? de
talned eoihe dsys, and t*.'-n thick weat'ier (? s;s, and con
trary winds set ir, the la* -r proving r?t!i"r an srlvan
tage. as it kept the lee open, an I the i,v y of woi k'ri?
to wtndward between tne Polar pnrk iud thi gn.l ul
sloping shere ftave them th? Mans of avoldln/ dangers.
On tbe Wth of August they reached tli" mouth of t''.e
Mackenzie, tbe pack at t hi jmrt t,?'i n r apwar l? of ninety
miles dis ant On the 3<>th ttey were off Cape lUt'oor
IFhen at Ope Parry en water to the north . nM in
dooad Captain M ?flu re to pn?h for Rhnks' I.r.nd an i
whw about 60 miles from this cnj?" th?v f?il in wit;, n
unknown coast, which waa named Baring ! -1. n l Pass '
ing up a straight between this island and i eon, t that
was e ailed Prince Albett's Lund, they roaehe ! lati
tude of 73 deg , where ice imp" hwl their further pro r ?
The aeacoo suddenly ebacgiaf, the ship was !>'? ei a-; i
forwd to winter Id the pack. Ihriftin^ to tli? southward,
thef were ultimately frozen up In Ut. 72 40 V., Iqh^.
117 M W.
Th* travailing parties in the - ?riu< found no traces of
the missing ei(>>>dition, hut dl sewered and laid do.vn
Nok ?f the adjacent ces?t*.
Oa the 14th of July, I*">1, the ice broke up, nn 1 free
ag the ship, an en leavor w.is m ide to pus i to the
Aerthward tosrards Melville Island, but an imt'-ii' rst>le
pack in lat 78 H X., l<mg. 115 W , precluded their ?ma
alatlag what their autumn travelling parties bad proved
U h? fMMTthweat passage. An attempt was now msde
(a rowad the aonthera shore of Baring Island, and pro
?ead ap the vast side and with icr??at perii to the vessel
thev eoAonaded in reeehing as far as lat. 74 n, and long.
Jit It, where they were frozen in on the 21th of Sep
I' mher, Mil, and hare never since beer, able to r-io. e
the khip. Their record m deposited at Winter Harbour
the year lollowieg MCHotook'a visit, while empl >yed ou
Captain Austen's expedition.
there ate twomnur kabtt <liw*riet mrntiimed in Captain
tl'Clure^ jottrH.il, Mix: ?"*?* fiw-ktng killf'ki ,i*d a jtrlriHii
f i irra lie also stair* thai durint) hit intercourse until tlx
naturi Ite on hi we ind with any Ivmtile tlemanstriUi'M. Thu
amrrtd at I'oitit H'arrrn, It'll, lit. .situ krnste . vKnrt, imat
tint fill ni) to la ml. two mi/im u-ttk thrralmintl ijestur** mm eed
thun "J) It in j> n>4 loHJviiit iHtuh ili/HfuIti) >KU they ?w
pKi i tttd a tut then they reiahxl thai ail their tribe but the. chief
and hi* ruk sim had tied on sreiuij tlu ship, aUesptuj
tu rt rnu'iti /hat theyjntrri the M/t hail ame la rerenite tlx
death of a white twin they K ill unaltered *<m- Unit a?r>. They,
(through the interpreter,) related that noma white men
had coma there in a boat, and that they built themselves
a house and livei th?ra. At la?t the natives murlered
una, and the other* e-ciped they know sot where; but
the murdered man wis buried iu a spot they pointed out.
A thick fog co n>ng on prevented Captain M'Clure from
examining this locality, which in much to be regretted,
as here i? the prubabla position where a boat party en
deavoriug to return by the Mackenzie wjuUI nave en
camped.
1 have now only to state, further, for their l.ordshipe'
information on thin head, that Commodore M'Clure had
made airangements for ilenertiug the ship, to have been
carried out a few days later than the opportune arrival of
the officer from the Resolute, and that Captain Kellett
sent hi? surgeon to report upon the health of the crew.
He also desired that, should there not lie among them
twenty men who would volunteer to remain another win
ler, Captain M'Clore was to de-ert hi vessel. Thelntrepll
was exjiec'ed at Beechey Inland with the ?Mrew, i?ud Sir
Kdward Belcher had on e red the North S'ar to be pre
pared on her arrival to proceed to England, Nailing na the
I t of September, and lo leave the Intrepid at ileeahey
Island in her stead.
I have now, in concluding the intelligence gained con
cerning the Ardic searching squadrons, to acquaint their
l/>rdKhi| s of the dangerous position In which the North
Star panned the witter. Shortly after I left 'leee ley IsUud
la?t year in my yacht, the Isabel. % vi lent gale which 1
encountered in the "trait- drove the North Star on shore,
where she renoained during the whole winter, and was
only got off tlis spring without much difficulty. * * *
In natural history we are nble to add a large collection
of mineials to our museums; pearly 1,<*X) specimen- of
ores and eirthy substances have heen obtained at diller
eut parts of the coast of (ireenlind. Specimens also of
the flower, leal and root plan*.', of all the kiting we liave
met with, are cart fully preserved; and such crustaceous
and other creatures irom the ani nut kingdom as >ur
limited means have allowed us to collect are prepared for
the naturalists.
A caretul meteorological journal has been kept, a tide
register at Holsteinb^rg. and a great many observations
m ule on the direction, dip, and force of the magnet.
Tliese have been carried ou by Mr. S'un'on, and the late
lamented M Bellot, whose industry in 'his branoh of
science is well proved by the mass of valuable matter he
has left behind.
I have only now to beg that their I/irdshlps will accept
mv assurance o? the perfect satisfaction 1 have received
in the conduct of every officer and man in the expo lition
during a pored of incessant labor, continual hardship,
at d frequently imminent peril; each has done his duty
with a zeal and alacrity tint I find it hard to inlividu
alixe.
The following despatch gives a description of the
intended progress of the expedition during the pre
sent jear: ?
Rfcs Majesty's DrsoovEKY Ship Ixvimtiuator, 1 I
Bay of ilercy, Baring a UmI, April 10, 1S63. /
Sir ? In the event of our njt getting to Kngland this
year, 1 think it necessary to acquaint you, for the infor
mation of the Ix)rds Commistioners of the Admiralty, |
what our operations will be to effect that object in 1854, |
that their Lordships may be enabled to take such co-opa
rative nieasures for our relief as nny appear expedient. :
^>>uld the ice break up in this bay sufficiently early to I
permit of our getting through the Straits this naa.-.on, |
and finding the water opet to ths eastward of Leopold
Island, it would be my < bject to push forward without
stepping to take on board any provisions from Port I*e >
; pold; but if, on the contrary, the ice should be thick
towards Ijtncaster Sound, I would, if possible, pro
ceed to l'oit I^opold, and complete a twelvemonths
provisions, and then risk wintering in the pack, or
getting through, in preference to romainiug at the
above port. If, however, we are detained in this
bay until next year, it will then be requisite to
leave towards the end of April, and make for Port I
Leopold, where I am awire there U a good boat, I
a bouse, and ample supplies. at.d trhon the navigable
season opens, proceed to Pond's bay, coasting along the t
?outh s lore of Harrow's Straits. Arriving at Pond's bay, i
snd finding from the K-qui uaux that no whalers hart- as I
vrt been there, 1 should there await their appearance a?
Ion * as my provisions would admit, and then go down the ;
?ett shore of Baffin's bay, keeping close along the land
floe, where whaler- or their boats lire almrst certain of j
being met with, failing this, 1 -houlJ cross to Disco, with :
the hope of getting a passage in some of the Danish ves- {
sels wbici cone there annually, and leave about the be
ginring of September; or, being too late for them, either I
chaittr orpurchate one of their coasting schooners, which 1
I believe made .imong the settlements, if she was capable
of standing an Atlantic voyag*. t'ould neither of these be
accomplished, we mast of necessity remain until the fol
lowing sea-on at that settlement. Should an r of Her
Majesty's shins be sent for our relief, and we -liouid have
quitted Pert Leopold, a notice containing information of
our toiite will be left at the door of the house on i
Whaler's Point, or on some conspicuous position; if, how j
ever, on the contrary, no intimation should be found of j
our having been there, it may be at once surmised that |
some fatal cata-troplie h?- happened, either from
being carried into the Polar Sea or suii.shod in Barr iw'a !
.-irafts, and no survivors left. If such should be thnca-'e
? which, however. I will not anticipate ? it will then be |
Hill e unnecessary lo penetrate farther to the westward
f. i our relief, ax by the period that any Teasel cool 1 reach
thai port we must, from want of provision*, all have per
i led. in fncli a case I would submit that the officer may
'* oirecte< to return, and by no means incur the danger
ol In ing other liven in place of those who will then bt no
more. As, h' weveer, it may occur, (as was the case with j
Mr John Ross.) that the ice may noi break up in Prince !
liegent's IuJet during tbe whole sun mer, it i> as well to
provide against such a contingency. If suili should hap
pen, it would be noees*ary to wint-r at I'ort I^eopold, un
le.ss appiiaed if the locality of any (hip that might be
M-ntfi rourielief. which I think, might he accompii-hei
w ;'hout nnv very grew; difficulty, as, although such ves
??I nay not be enabled to gr* lar up the Straits, yet, as
Admiralty Ii let would be \ rettj certain of being clear of
ice, she n iglit proceed thither and in tome secure hay
freeze in, and, when the Strates were tinuly frozen over
aboct the middle of October, a small travelling party
could be despatcbel with the intelligence; the whole
would then proceed to bar. and. although rather lite in
the reason, men working fur their lives are not likely to
be disct nraged by a little cold.
Whatever may be the final termination of this long,
tedious, but, I hoje, not UDimportant voyage, 1 beg, sir,
that you will assure their I/irdships tha; iu every stage I
have been guided entirely l>y what I have considered to
be my duty in prt- ecuUDg to t ie utmost the object for !
whicn the expedition was fitted out, and although we
have not succeeded in obtiiioiug any information which I
could throw the slightest clue upon the fate of our mi?- |
ing countrymen, I hope that tbe services performed in ;
tie tracing a very greit extent of oowt line, the disco
vtry of much new land ? a portion inhabited by a simple ;
end primi ive people not hitherto known ? and, above all, j
the accurate knowledge of that passage between the At- ,
Ian tic and i'acillc oceans, whicb for so many hundred j
3 ears ha* ba tiled maritime Europe ? iu very existence I
being almost considered sceptical ? will be considered I
events sufficiently in'.eros'iug and important to e icit from ;
their I/ordsbips a favorable consideration of our services. ;
I have the honor to be. >ir yctir most obedient humfcla j
terra at. HUBERT McCLURE, Commaader.
The i'ollownnK is an abstract of the proceedings of I
her Britanuic Majesty's discovery ship In ?e*tig?tor |
since parting company with the Herald upon the
31fct of July, 1850, off Cape Liabourne: ?
At 550 A. H , August 2, in 1 it. 72 1 X., long 166 12 W.,
made the ice, which did not appear heavy, b it upon en
tering it a short distance was undeceived, an 1 ran out. i
Aug &. ? In running alms the pack edge, endeavoring to ;
Snd an open ng. exchan^l numbers with the I'l >ver, and ,
at 11 A. M , made a lo-v shingle beaoh to the eastward of ;
Wainwright's lrlet. and at i&iinight rounded Point Bar- i
row in seventy-three fathon ?, li it, trom the f jggy sta'.e
of the weather, did not see it.
Aug 8 ? 1:15 A. M.. being oil Point Drn ?, sent Mr.
Court, second master, acd Mr Mioztacliing, interpreter,
to deposit a notice of having parsed, who met aome Es
quiroaux that had arrived three days previous. These
trade with th* Rus.-iuis. an-! wi re very friendly; there
fore lent a letter with t)ie chance of its reaching the Ad
miralty. Wo al?o heard 'roni them that last year three
boats bud jia scd to the eastward with white meji and
Indians, wfcicb was mos' probsbly Lieuteaaat Pullen. In
the evening elected a cairn, and buried another notice at
Point Pitt.
Aua. !< ? Pa.-sed the Odville about 40 miles from the
entrance in three fathom* and a half.
Aug. II ? Iieposited a rot ice upon Jones's Island,
which waa thickly strewed with driftwood. In the fore
ikh n twn baidnrs, oon Mining twenty-fi ir natives, cime
alorpside. The cbiel pos-e?sed a gun, with 'liurnet,
1840. ' on the lock, obtained from the Riissims. Barter
ed tobacco fur salmen and ducks. In the afternoon com
municated with another paity. who were exceedingly in
telligent awl i lean. Sent despatches tor the Admiralty
via Colville. and. from what tne interpreter state*, be
lieve tbat thev will arrive.
Aog. 12.? Several baldars ennr." alongside Received
fish nnd ducks for presents of bull an i tobacco. These
are adroit piH'erers.
Aug. 14. ? Run upon a -loal eight mile* north of Yar
botough inlet, having, during the list iwo days narrow
ly escaped several of these dang-rou* bunks, which a.e
very little above the water, and hidden fiom view by the
ice. Hove eff nith the *tream anchor, out unfortunately
up-et a whale boat and lost Ml"v :i ea- -s of b?sf, having
to i*rry sail lo prevent beiug set again on shore.
Anjr. 16 ? Konnd it impossible to get tsra mi lee in any
direc tion, the ice having closed from the northward, rent
ing upon the shoals in that di *e it*on, and to the soul h
v ? ri1 ; the lo* banks which wegmurcUd upon yesterday.
Anchored to await . ??tne fa ? irable chan ;???
Aug. 16.? Ice to the northward of the shoals, slightly
eased, leaving about 160 yard of rspvn water. Weighed
ii nd uai[ed tliroi'-'h two cable-,' leugth of ice to get into
it, which ot'c; pled ei* lioti'< ol' hard labor, so heavy was
th4 pa< V .
Am.' IT \t noon the wether, which h.vl been r< >fr pry ,
cleared with i bre< vm from N. K : made sail tbtoogh heavy
railing ice, oc< ai>iou:illy striking violently; navigu h n
along thii coaat tery da ngerou , the windbanka bein( low
and numerous, i.at. To:'.*), N , ! ng. 14^.1. W.
Aug. '21? inaile the lvlly Islnnds olf the Markenz.Ie
liuce tbe 17th have encountered very heavy Ice ; ran
ninety mllea into a bigh1, whi 'i brci lit us to the solid
pack . fortunate'y, we were enabled to run out of it beforo
it closed
Aug 21. ? '?b erving "me h'it i a little to the westward
of Point Warren, aent despatch f>r the a Imlral y, with
i he hope* of their Wing forward?d by the Hudson Bay
Company ; thi- tribe, towe^e*, have no t aflic with them,
hot baiter with other* farther west, that trade with the
( olvllle giving aa their reason that the Hmleon Hiy
i Company lnd given the Indian wa'er which had killed
many of them, and they did not with to have any; they
appear savage an! warlike, and are at enmity with their
neighbors. Brought the de- patches hick.
Aug. :? ? Observing a post created on tbe beach near
Poiat Maitland, in Liverpool B.iy, sent to examine it, and
deposit ? notice of our passing, i'oond it was an !?>?) at
nmux mark, and that they had apparently recently quit
ted It, there being several "" ' 1 containing birds and fish
fa the aftemiKin, while app < acli'ug Cape Bathurat oh
*erved Kiqniiaaal on the '-'lore I pou eonnnuoiealin"
vttk thaaa fM?l that ther btlowgtd to * *rtb? mow >t
CkptBiUuint, who ?m catching fbilw. and the ua<
who had mm Sir J. Hie hard ?o? Wat year. In the ?Toning,
; being thick, and getting into 3^ fathmna, anchored be
i tween Baillie'* UUmix and the mainland.
Aug. 31 ? Proceeded to Cape llathurat. Tribe on oat* ted
of 300. verj friendly, would g< south in three week*; gave
them despatches for tba Admiralty, a gun and amuiuui
tion to the chief, an 1 many presents atnoo.' them; and,
judging from their intelligence and cleanly appearance,
have great expectation of their reaching.
Sept. 1 ? Off Cape Bath unit, many native* came on
! board, and being nearly calm, remained until the evening,
when a l>ree*e springing up. we took our dual leave of tue
IVquimaux upon the American connt. fully convinced that
neither the ehipa nor any of the crewi of Sir John Frank
lin'a expedition have e'er reached their shores; they ap
pear a quiet, inotlenaive people, (with the exoeptiou of
those at l'oi?t Warren, who. a the Ckpe lUthurjt tribe
have no deulloga with,) aid would assist any white people
thrown among them.
The whole of thin coai>t ia shallow, but with the lead
may be safely navigated, the soundings being very regulai
The shoals terminate about thirty milen to the eastward
of Yarbi rough inlet, and water, varying in breadth from
one mile to forty, may be calculated upou itlon^ whore be
tween the beginning of August ami 10th of September,
according to the wiu. a more or le->i> ice encumliui-ed. but
the natives state that every year the ice opens from
the shore. We found the prevailing wind* from K. S. K.
to N. ?
Sept. 6 ? At 11 A.M., being to the northward of
Tape l urry, remarked high laud from N. by K to E X K.
Sept. 7. ? At 7 30 A M. landed and toik possession of
the dUcovery, and named it Raring Island Toe land U
bold upon the southern aide, bring upward* of 1,000 feet
in height, it* northern being (tanks' I, and; e?cted a *ig
nal-pole witb black ball, and left a notice ia lat 71 8 N ,
long 122 48 W.
Sept. 9, ? Obaerved land N.X.K. Named It Prince Al
bert'K land, which is continuous with Wollaaton and Vic
toris land, and extends north to lat. 73 21 N., long 112
?IS W
Sept. 11. ? Ship beset, lat. 72 52, l ing 117 2 W., but ica
in motion.
Oct. 8. ? Sinee the 11th of last month have been drift
iug in the pack ? narrowly escaped destructicn tevetal
times ? until, with a heavy nip at 3 A.M. thin day, which
lifted the ihi]i 3l4' > egrees, we were (Irmly Hx?d for the
space of nine mouth*, in lat. 72 47, long 117 34.
Oct. 10 ? T' ok possession of l'riuc* Albert's Land, di<
taut four milts.
Oct. 18. ? And to ?' ay of the Princess Royal I ~lci?, lying
in the centre of the l*rtnce of Wal*s Strait, distant four
miles from the ship. There ia erected a large cairn, pole
and bull upon its summit, in lat. 72 40 X., I mg. 117 44 10
W , and have deposited three months provision 'or sixty -
aix men, becides leaving a boat and some a lim inition
(tet. 21. ? The Captain, Mr. Court, and party started t i
trace thi* strait towards the northeast.
Oct 21? Discovered the entrance into Harrow 'a Strait,
in lat. 73 30 V., lorg. 114 14 W., which establishes the
existence of a northwest passage
Oct. 30 ? five lounk oxen shot upon Prince Albert's
I .anil, which terminated our opera inn* for 1850.
April 18, 1861. ? Tsis day despatched three travelling
parties to search the cast line under Lieutenant Maxwell,
to the southeast, to wares Wollaiton land; Lieutenant
Cresawell in the direction of Banks' land, and Mr. Wyn
niatt, mate, to the northeast, who respectively reached
the poxiti n as noted below,* and tracked the coast as per
acccmpanj ing chart.
Jnre 2. ? 'Japtain and Mr. Miertsching, (the interpreter.)
communicated with the Ei-qttimaux upon Prince Albert's ;
land, about 60 miles aouth of our position, who had pre- '
vioualy been met by Lieut. Haswell; they traced the coast- i
line as marled in the chart and state that there are many !
of their tribes inhabiting the laud t iwarils the south; but i
that thsy know of none to the northward; they are a kind, i
simple people, and hove never before seen the white man, i
at whom they were evidently altnued.
July 14.? The ice opened without any pressure, and the |
vessel wa- again fairly afloat, but so surrounded with it ,
that we only drifted with the pack, having bwn aula to j
use our sails but twice, am' then only for a few hours, up j
' to August 14, wh?n we attained our furthest northern po !
aition in Prince of Wales Strait, lat. 73 14 19, long. 115 I
I 83 SOW.
i Aug. 16.? l'indlng our passage into Harrow's Strait ob
I st rue ted by northeast winds setting large masses of ice to
, the south wan, which had drifted the Blip 16 miles in
that direction during the last 1'.' hours, bore up to run to
: the ?outhwtrd of Baring bland.
Aug. 20.? lat. 74 27 N., Ion. 122 32 15 W. Have hai
clear water to reach thus fnr running within a mils of
the coast the whole dUtance, when our progress wki im
peded by the ice resting on the shore. Secured to a large
grounded lloe-piece in twelve fathoms. It appears to have ;
but recently been detached from the coast.
Aug. 29.? Ship in great danger of being crushed or '
driven on store hy the ice coming in with a heart pres
sure from the Polar Sea, driving her along within one
hundred yards of the land for half a-mile, heeling her
15 deg., and Mining her bodily one foot eight inches,
when we again became stationary and the ice quiet.
Sept. 10.? Ice again in motion, and ship driven from the
land into the main pack, with heavy gale from the south
west.
Sept. 11.? -Succeeled In getting clear of the pack, and
secured to a huge grounded floe. lat. 74 29 X., long.
122 20 W.
Sepe. 19 ? Clear water along shore to the eastward ; cast
oil and worked in that direction with occasional obstruc
tions, and several nartow < sea pes from the stupend- us
Polar ice, until the evening of the 23d, when we ran
upon u mud-bank, having six feet water under the bow,
and live fathoms astern ; hove olf without sustaining any
damage. i
Sept. 24 ? At daylight, obierving IUrrow's Strait full !
of ice, and large mioses retting into this bay, determined !
upon making this oar winter quarters, aud, finding a |
well sheltered spot upon the south side of the shoal nnon I
| which we In fit niitht grounded, run in ami anchored ia
1 four fatliuo'H, 1st 74 0 N? long 117 !>4 W. TtoU night
j *?? frozen in, and bare not since moved. The position
is most excellent, bring well protected from the heavy
! ice by the promotion of the reel, which throws it cluarof
; the ship CI (' yards.
The entreats aloi g the coasts o' the Polar Sea appenr to
be influenced in their direction mo e or leu by tlm winds;
but certainly upon the west fide of Baring Island there is
? permanent net to the eastward. At one time wo found
i as much as two knots during a perfect culin; and that
tbe Hi o tide set* from the westward we have ascertained
beyond a doubt, as the opportunities ft 111 tried during our
i!et? ution ilong tie western shore of this island gave am
pie proof.
T) e prevailing winds a'onu' the American shore, ami in
the I'rince of Wales Strait, we fouud to be NK., but upon
this coast SSW. to JiW.
A ship stands no chance of getting to the westward by
catering the I'jlar Sea, the water aloDg shore be ng very
narrow and wind contrary, and the pack iiupeaet -able;
but through Prince ol WMM Stra.t, and by keeping along ;
the American coast, I conceive it pra tticable. Drift woo] i
is in great ab.indu nee upon the east coast of the Prince ?
of Wales ttrait and on the American shore, also, much
game.
In Hit ricitrtfy the hilU abound in reindeer awl ham, '?
which remain Ihr <_nlirc winlrr ; we have been very fortu
rate in procuring upwards of 4,000 pounds.
The health of the ere ? has been, and still continues,'
excellent, * i' bout any diminution of numbers, nor have
we felt the (lightest trace of sjurvy.
It ia my intention, if possible, to" return to.England this
season, touching at Mellv 1? IsUndand 1'ort Leopold, but, j
should i\( not again be beard of, in all probability we :
shall have been carried into the polsr pack, or to the west- j
ward of Me'lvi.le 1 datd, in either of which eases any at- |
t< nipt to send succor would only be to increase the evil,
a< liny sl ip that enters tbe polar pack must be inevitably
crushed; theiefore, a depot of provisions, or a ship at ]
Wiuter Harbor, is the best and only c< rtainty for the safe
ty of tbe surviving crews.
No trace whatever has been met with, or any informa
tion obtained from the natives, which could by any posri
bility lead to the supposition that ?ir John Franklin'* j
ex|*dition. or any of his crews, have ever reached the 1
shores we have vlrited or searched, nor have we been j
more fortunate with res|<ect to the Enterprise, not having
seen her since partine company at the straits of Magellan
on the 20th of April, iKftO.
This notice was deposited by a travelling party in April,
1S52, consisting of laptain M'Clure. Mr. Court, second
master. John ( abler, cap'ain of the forecastle; Sergeant
Wood, Kojal Maiines; lieorge tiibbs, A B : (ieorge lioun
[ fall, A B ; John Ihivis, A. B ; and 1'eter Thompson, cap
tain of the Ion-top.
Whoever finds this, it is requested it may be forwarded
| to the Secretary Of the Admiralty.
I la ted oil board Iler Britannic Majesty's discovery ship
. Investigator, frozen in, in the Bay of Mercv, lat. 74 0 N.,
long. IK 54 W., April 12, 1852.
ItnnSRT M'CI.URE, Commander.
I'nless there is a vev-el now at Melville Island, it is not
my intention to revisit it, but make the best or iny wsy
down the straits. K. M'CI.URE.
?I.ieiitmt Ilns? I'll, lat. 70 .')s l?n(. ll'i; Lisntciant Crm
well. 1st 74 Iti. Itn<. 117 4" W Mr. Wynnatt, 1st 7Jii.N.,
long. 107 4 2 V. K.
' Meeting of Commander M'Clure from the
East mid LlenU nnnt Plni from the West,
i The fii>t meeting ol Lieutenant Bedford Pi n wth
| the party from the Investigator ifi thus deflsrioedia
a private litter from Captain Kellett, C. B , date !
her Maje?ty'? ship Resolute, Meilville Inland, April
lltlh, 1*63; ?
This is really a red letter day in our voyage, sn4 shall
le kept as a holiday by ?ur lieirs and successors former.
At nine o'clock this day our look out mm ma le the sig
nal for a patty coming in from the westward; all went to
n eet them and iisiiat them in. A second party was tlwn
Men I?r. ilorville was the first person I met. 1 cannot
deieiilie my feelings when he told me that CapUiu
M'Clure ?as among the ne\t party. I win not long in
tes< hing him, and giving hi in many hearty shake* ? vt
pnterw?re ever given by two men ii this world M'Clure
looks a I'll, but is verv hungry. His description of Pirn's
making the llailsir of Merry w( uhl have been a Hue tub
joct for tbe jien ?f Captain ilarryatt, were lie alive.
M'Clute sod liis first lieutenant were walking on the
Hoe. S?e'ng a p?rson coming very fast to sards them,
they suppo-ed be was chased by a hear, or had seen a
bear. V alked towards him ;? n getting onwards a linn
('red yards, they could see from his pioportions that ho
v as not i tie of them I'lm bejan 1o screech and thro*
up his bands (his face was as black ts my h it) ; this
brought tbe ciftaln and Uentctant to a stand, as they
could rot hi si 'ffli' ien'ly to make out his language.
At I ??till* It /'in mil her* thr part y h"i'lf hi.n >>nl
FtitviWrnl i ut, mi ,W Chirf'r a f inp him. ? tVhn ill' put, ur> l
v hrreilny"i ii tne/rcm ' "lAeiil-n ivi I'im II >'!, Co/i'lii
k libit." This ?W thr mm-r in, rylinlj, I , Mr''hin , ?< / .?1.?
Ihi IiiiU |ierfn hr ihntk hamt* i "ilh in ll'hrinji SlrniU //?
1 ul levylh fnuivi thnt thit nAitary lirunirr iron a lru- KnyliMi
| wit!*? an i intel rj liftkl //? <"<f: ? "//' ??mm ma* wn f run
I the thii>: thry had ' ?'u im< Italth "H/ tip ii mvl the ere*' h* ? ?
fairly jowtw' Uterr tfi thnr rrulnn-n In ty' uji The v '
mj*>i mil nf th<ir hammnis, mvl the i m- fun? I th.-inl. /????
', rfteii; in 1'i't , all ii ti* i hiinifl mi bwiitl the Iniy.'Hiiabtr.
Mct'Iur'e had thirty men ? ml ibree oflicers fully pre
rared to leave for the depot at I'oint Spencer. What a
? i ?>? ( poltitn cut it would have be u to go there and An l
the miserable yacht Ms r> ?ltb four*tn flvera-k* of pro
vision', instead ol a lino large depot.
Another party of seven men were to bare gone by
MrKenjle, with s request to tbe Admiralty to send out i
iblp to meet at J'olot l#0(inld, In I*.ri4 The thirty men
eie on their w?v over to me now I shall, if pnsslbl
s?nd them on toBeecby Island, with about ten meu of m_,
?>wa crew, to le taken home the first opportunity.
Msv 2.? investigator's secmd partv, consisting of Isi a
ti nsiits Cresseell and Wynniatt, Mr. I'iers, snl Mr
K ferteching arrived, biini(ing two men on their sludge
Tt?; made an ftt'90 diaary passtge acr its for cne'i >a
their itftta. The greater part of them are aUeeted with
?curry, but aiw rapidly inftroving*
Bum from Um Arctic Whallif Fleet.
BAD WHALING 8KA8ON ? POOKABI.lt PAT* OP SIR
JOHN fkanelin's kxperition.
The whaling bark Harriet Thompson, Captain Fordhatn,
arrived at San Fraaciaco September -S, from the Arctic
Ooean. Captain K. state* that the catch in those regions
for the present season baa been remnrkably meagre. Hi*
vessel left Han Kranelsco on the 16th of April last, and,
standing away from the California c?>', Captain F.
shaped hi* course for the Kox or Ucutian Islancs, in let
titude of about M degree* N. T' ese island*, stretching
like a huge bar or cam airoaa the entrance to the kaui
schatka Sea, he found glittering with ioe and snow even
at that late month in the Hiring 1'assing with a irrnng
easteily br?e*e around the wettern point of Somltach
Inland, be followed the Kamachatkan coast along to Cape
Aponjiinikoi the Kaatern premoutoiy oi the Rmaian
Asia tie possessions, and from accurate obsei rations as
certained tliat in the charta of the day thi.i Cape is laid
town neatly two degree* north of ita ac ual position,
llrre he found the great region of ice extending across
the K*ms?batkaii Sea from Cape Si Tbaddcus to Cape
Roman/off, on the American continent, aud ao thick that
no vessel could hope to ueuetrate this apparently eternal
barrier.
Whi e waiting bete for the ice to break up, the greut
American whaling il Jet gradually collecte 1 at Cape .St.
Tbaddt us. On the 20th of June a heavy gale sprung up,
the vast field of ice became agitated, aud In less tbaa
twenty tour hours the wnole was broken and separated
into two acre pieces, and on tha 'J4'h, a lleet of abjve oue
hundred whalemen started for Behring Strait*.
The whaling reason in these inhospitable region* is in
cluded e'uHU the months of June and September, after
which the weatber become* ko iixleinent that no boats
can live amid the Morula and other dangers that beset
the matiner The success of the whaling Heat ha* been
but poor tliia year. ('apt. Fordhatn thinks that out of
l.iO whaling wssels employed <luiin< thd past season in
the sea of Okhotsk aad in Itehriug'a Straits about one
bundled have not averaged one hundred barrels each.
There has b* en a remarkable sctrclty of whales during
the present season, uot only in Behring 'a Straits, but in
ehe whole noitbern whaling regioa. This, Capt. lord
ham thinks, is owing to tbe wanton destruction of the
calve* along the Uussian coast by the whalers, who thus
sacrifice, for a few barrels of oil, the tuture prospect* of
the whole lleet. It has only been within a few years that
whalers have penetrated as far north as B'hriug's
Straits in pursui: of their occupation ; the supply Is fast
giving out, and there are fewer whales this year than
during the past two .seasons.
What few whale* ?ere seen were remarkably wild, and
consisted of what is know n a* the bowhe&d whale, of a
large size, aud yielding from 150 to 'J00 barrels of oil.
Tills sptcies has hitherto been but little known, and re
sembles the light whale in appearance and in the quality
of its oil. Captain Fordbam state* that the horned whale
described in Lieutenant Maury's work d- es not exist, but
there is a species known as the muscle Jigger, whish
conies up from a depth of from thirty to forty fathoms,
with it* bead coveted with mud ami shell*. Flock* of
birds generally surround them when 'hev rise Tho ap
pearance of so much of the country as was visible
w*s desolate an J cheerless in the extreme. Some
time*, however, the whaling fleet wai in ?uch cl se prox
imity that conversation was carried on from vessel to
vessel, in numerous inatancs. As a whole, the catch of
t lie present season has been uncommonly small, and the
whole whaling fleet will be in rendezvous at the Sandwich
Islands by tbe middle of October. Many ves els had not
captured a single wha'e.
C?pt. Fordham, of the Harriet Thompson, thinks that
all further search for the Erebus and T"'ror is useless. On
the 15th of August he saw one of the < hip* of the search
ing expedition, supposed to be the I'lover. She was tben
in tbe Arctic Sea, be' ween Priace and Wales Head itnd the
Diomede Islands. She was bound north, and would pro
tmbly winter iu I'lover Bay, (named after lier. ) whi h was
her place of refuge last winter. Capttin F. exchange! ]
signuls with her, aud the signal- were mutually misunder- !
stood. At tke time she was seen the set was entirely .
clear of ice, though the same den-e fog which had hunK
over the waters fur two moD .lis still prevailed. Another
ship belonging to the exploring expedition was in 1'ort
Clatence on the 19tli July.
Captain F held conversation witli the Esquimaux In- |
diaus at places where lie landel with h> boatn. Sonuuy !
ex|*?diti' ns have been sent there during the last five !
years that many of tliem could Ujjc intelligibly on the
subject of Sir John Fiuuklin. Tneir arguments were such
as to discourage all further search lor tbe missing navi
gators
It was thought by such whalemen a< have navigated
these regions ilia*, the Erebus aud Terr<r were not
crushtd by nnv iceberg.- or field-ice, but that they were
capsized by being forced upon the tiurfaoe of partially
submerged ice. It ?as lh? opinion that the exploriug
expedition could not penetrate further this year than 72
deg N. The Aritic Sea has been unusua ly clear of icc,
anil tbe winter has beenfomparativelv mild. Tho moun
tains surrounding tlie Arctic Sea showed but little snow ]
at the time the whaling fleet left, not sa much as was
seen on the Aleutian Islands teo month- before
Judge Edmonds and the Spirit*.
T1S1T OF OUR RSrOBTKR ? FULL ACCOUNT OF THE
IMTERVIEVT.
Two or three days ago one of our corps, led by curio
sity, from rending Judge Edmonds' book on "Spiritual
ism," visited him at his house in Lexington avenue, for
the purpose of obtaining some light on tlie miracles de
scribed in that extraordinary publication, and, if pos
sible, to witness some of the operations of the spirits, in
order to form a correct judgment on a subject which,
since the period of the "Rochester knocking*, '' has engaged
the publis mind more or less, just in proportion as other
questions of an absorbing nature permitted. Contrary to
the generally received doctrine of ?hakspeare concerning
" that undiscovered country from whose bourne no tra ?
?cller returns," he had read in this wonderful book of the
spirits, of Is)rd Bacon, Swedenborg, Daniel Webster, Henry
Clay, John C. Calhoun, and thoisands of others, returning
to earth and holding lengthened conversations with mor
tal men: some of these communications being made to
Judge Edmonds, some to Governor Tulmadgeef Wisconsin,
and some to other individuals. lie had seen in the same
volume what purported to be fac similes of th? hand writ
ing of the spirits of Swedenborg, Bacon, Isaac T. Hopper,
also of ' an UDkaown spirit" and of an " undeveloped
Fpirit," all of whom had made written revelations from
the other world. He had read not only of " rapping* "
without any physical cause to produce them, but of
tables, chairs, and other material objects, being lifted up.
suspended in air, and waved about in all directions, and
in the most singular manner, without any visible agency
whatever ? finally, of events occurring in the most dis
tant places being described accurately, and the most
secret thoughts of the heart being laid as bare as if tbey
were committed to paper. Impelled by a djaire to test
the truth of these alleged mysteries, which surpai* in
marvel the miracles of Christianity itself. our reporter paid
a visit to the distinguished author of the work, and gives
the following as his account of the interview: ?
On the afternoon of Saturday, the 'J 2d inst., stepping into j
one of the Fourth avenue cars. I proceeded a* far as
Twenty-sixth street, when I got down and turned off east- |
ward, to the house of Judge Edmonds, No. 80 Lexington
avenue, which is not more than a minute's walk from the
railroad. I rang the boll, and being answered by a ser
vant girl, I inquired for the Judge. 1 was shnwu into the
parlor and asked to Rend up my name, which I did.
While waiting in this neatly furnish*H room, 1 cast my
eyes around to fee if there was anything in its appearance
to indicate that it was "a gate of heaven," through which
those aw ful and mysterious communication* from the
spirit world were made to Judgo Edmonds and the
rest of "the circle," that 1 had heard met regu
larly twice a week at his house. While thus muting
the servant returned, and asking me t'> walk ap stairs,
ceniuctcd m? into the presence of the Judge. It wa< in
bis library. It was the tlrst time I iiad ever met him. He
was sitting on a sofa, wearing a dressing gown, and with
the remains of a meal of coffee, eggs, and bread and but
ter before him, on a small table, which the girl imtnedi
ately removed. He asked me In a polite and triendly
manner to take a seat beside him on the sofa ? an invita
tion which 1 at once accepted. I was face to face wit i a man
abour. fifty years of age, of gentlemanly mien, tall and
erect in (inure, and thongh of spare habit, yet of hale and
healthy u pp? a ranee il is dark hair was slightly silvered
with grey, and his oblong. huIIow countenance and sharp
teat uies, bore the lines ef cultivation aud thought. His
:? relitad, though not exhibiting to the phrenologist the
b'ghert order of intellect, in the reflective faculties, is
do mean* an insignificant or mean one The perceptive
organs are large, and the temperament active. His dark,
piercing eyes were partly coucealed by a pair of spec
tachs, which, however, he immediately rai-ed, thin giv
ing n e a fnll > iew of the visual orb, which bs.s ulways
been regarded as the surest index of the mind. I looked
into it stead IV Mly , in order. If pos iblx to penotrate his
mystery^ The impression conveyed was that of
tcuttness, fjuiikress of perception, and truthfulness;
r it n mingled benevolence : but there was then, no
irrtiiatUn of that propliettO rapture which might
I ?? evpcttid in the can' of a seer who liailsu< h lrei|ueut
I I ii iu nioti with ''the spliits of ins', men mad" perfect,"
or with ,lgt>bllns damned." Over the sofamwlii h we sat,
was a range of sli?lve?, containing tomes of ieg'il lore,
from BlacLstOM and Coke upon Iilttleton, down to the
New Code Iti tween the two v indows was a writing table,
hnvin { on it a copy of Judge Edmonds' book, and
covered wi h letters and p?pers, some of which
no tfoubt v.eie in the hieroglyphics of the spirits I or
thete it was, as I afterwsrds lea.ned, that the ghor.ts of
1 ai< n and Sv . Vnfo g lyfnttd I sder t io table Wi- a
heap of manuscript book , as if intended for the press
Ti <? evening was rather gloomy, ud the sombre light of
the hour added to the my terious character of the scene.
1 nrveytd the man snd the place, an I I could not help
thinking t >. a t If hw If of uliat 1 hid heard and read of
Judge Esmonds arid the spirits ? i-rc ti ue, I wu then upon
holy (round and lik nndtst ? the horning bush that
v?a. niH consumed," I ought to line tai.en off my shoe"
Is it possible, I silently ejaculate! ? as I gave loose rein
!.>r an instant to my inrigi'talior; - Is it possible that this
i - another Bttlicl, i<n whleii il tsone end of a I idder whilst
the other end reacl.e to htaven, like that wbiah .lac?b
miw, with 'he angels <f tiod aaoendlng an 1 descending
up' n it' The spi'll was partially broken by the si^ht of a
jitt'on whlrh suddenly "truck my view, as it lay at the
: ?t of the Jin :<? . and firm its appes ranee il was evl lent
1'iit he had hf-cn chewing the oit.hr wired. 1 was com
| i 'tely roused from this brief reverie by thp entrance of
M air haired, beautiful girl ? a daughter, I pre.umel, of
j ,i "dge Edniond.' ? who cams toainmiiM e that soinc ladies
v 1.0 bad been in the bouse, were nl> itrt to leav.- ninl lm
; n ediately they rattle their appearance, when t lis Judge
'hook hands with them and bade thein gou i hye J In iug
I r'o.sed tb# door, h<r then resumed l>i -eat upon the sofa;
? Uerenpon, having mentioned who sud ?hat iwn I -; t .t t -
I tdtfenhjMt of rtiy vtsl *nd the d ilo|ti' pro. a4
I f< ih w -
-ter, lo (iilt-ir ? Brer since read our l"'tei , jiub
)i .ben n the ftKHsui in Aim ?t la?t, ou spirit' aIi uh, I
lnvo takeu a deep interest in the sublet*. I Vtoew \ou
were not an mipi ter. and the only |UJ> ,iton ?tt'i me was
v liether you were dee?li ed yourseli, whlel i 1! ffi?ni?
to beherc iq tb9 ea of * go'ttlevio of ; u ,j ?i "itioa
and ability, and particularly a judge, whoa* oflN It U U
scrutinize tha character of human testimony. Ob read
ing your book I facial ill more embarrassed. ana am wholly
at a loaa to aocouat for the phenomena which it describes.
Before you declared yourself a C' overt to spiritualism, I
regarded the aiatter aa unworthy of serious attention; but
your public adhesion to the new CTeed entirely altera the
Judge ? What then ?
Reporter ? I have come to get come further light upon
the subject. and would like very much to witness some
of the rapping* and other phenomena.
Judge ? But we cannot control tlfc apirita. They coma
aud go when they plettse. Aa for the rappingx, they are
the smallest part of it. Any one can rap. (Here the
speaker suited the action to the woru, and gave two dis
tinct raps ou the floor with hla kuuckles, and, unlena the
reporter'* imagination greatly deeeivrd him, he heard
these knock* responded to by two fainter U nocks, ax if
from the room underneath.) It ia the presence of an in
telligence that can reveal your secret thoughts, or o >m
municate what is goitg on in the farthest parts of the
earth, and even in the spheres millions of miles distant.
(J. Mr. Bennett takes a great interest in your book, and
the progress of the new faith. He would be glad to have
the views of the spirit* upon the affairs of this country
and of Europe ? for instance, a* to the result of the quar
rel about the spoils in tho democratic party, and the
Usui' of the war between Turkey and Russia.
A. The spirits do not trouble themselves much abiut
politics or worldly aflairx.
Q. But if the spirits would tell us what 1- now going on
in r.uroj>e, or what would be the upshot of a series of
events that are attracting the attention of mankind,
would Lint that |Q a gin! length to spread ipirituallsm
all over the world ?
A. Not at all; people who don't want to believe will not
believe from any amount of evidence; men e 'ery day wit
ness in private stronger proofs than tint, yet they uo not
believe: when Christ fed the five thou-aod with the the
bailey loaves and two fishes, the multitude did not
believe; not withstanding all the miracles of Christ and
hi.- apostle* ilie progress of Christianity was very slow at
first; beside*, with n-gard to future events, the spirits have
only the same men n* of judging of them that we h*ve
ourselves, unless that if they are highly developed spirits,
they know the present better than we ran, and tho.cfore
can form a better judgement of the future; spiritualism
is milking silent progress both in this country and in the
old Woild; there are at least thirty thousand convei t* in
tl.is city, mid there are a million in the country at large;
it v ii revealed to me by the spirit* seven months before
hand that spiritualism would break out in Kurope at well
as line, k ml now it is extended over Knglnud un l other
countries of Kurope, and it hai found its way even into
Asia; the most intellectual and most learned meu are be
lievers in it.
(j. Is that the case here?
A. Yes; if you only saw what letters I get from nil part*
of the country ? from judges, clergymen, editors of news
papers, men of high portion? you would be astonished;
in this city the most respectable and intelligent clause*
have become convert*.
Q. I think the rapid bale of your book at a dollar and a
quarter per copy is a pioof of "tha*.. I liive learned from
tiie publishers that it lias already reached fou ? edition*,
and i.' likely to equal the sale of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
A. Yes, they cannot supply the demand.
Q. Would it not have been better to lavo made it
cheaper?
A. That was my opiivon: I wished to have it sold at flf
! ty cents; but for the first 10,000 copies the publishers
| have an agreement, ami I cannot reduce the price till after
that number is disposed of; I don't want to u.akc money
of it, but to diffuse it among the people.
Q. 1 perceive it is but the first volume. Is there
another to come?
A. Oh, yes. Look at that pile of mauuscript under
the table. There is more there than would makti another
volume of the same size. Besides, I have materials for
still moie.
<j What is to be the nature of the second volume?
A. It will enter more in detail into the occupation*
and employment of the spirits in the spheres. The pub
lic mind in hardly prepared for the e revelation* as yet.
There are some things we have seen and heard tliat we
dare not tell now, bec?use we would not be believed.
Q. Is it not possible to account for the phenomena
mentioned in your book by referring them to the work
ings of the imagination?
A. How the d 1 could ten persons' iraagir ations be
all affected in the same way at tho same time? They
have raid that my imagi ation has become the prey of a
mot bid melancholy on account of the lo-s of my wile, and
that this will account for what 1 have seen and heard. I
candidly confess that 1 wai laboring under mental de
pression about the time my attention was directed to the
subjec:. Ilut what has this to do with facts witnessed
equally by myself and other!--? It ii useless to talk of
imagination when we know that what we have been con
recant with fact*. What a noiint of persuasion would
inducc me to believe that 1 am not now looking at you?
Hi en, when we find such men as Judge Fowler, of the
Supreme Court of Kentucky, firm believers in the system,
from their own experience, what other conclusion can
any rational mind come to than that this is a tremendous
reality? Judge Fowler called on me home month- ajo,
and I conversed with him on the subject, and introduced
Dim to the circles. He not only became a convert, but is
{ now practising spiritualism in Inn own family, members
i of which are mediums. You have seen Got. Talmadge's
j letters. The first time I ever had any communication,
, wan one night when 1 was lying in bed awake, reading. I
< was not thinkiDg on the subject at all. The manifestation
i was as distinct to my senses as anything ever was. When
my friend Isaac Hopper was sick, I called to see him, and
on my way home 1 visited a medium, and asked a question
mentally about the health of Mr. Hopper, and whether he
would recover. The medium answered he was already
dead No one present knew the question 1 asked. 1 ?eut
back and found my friend dead. His spirit hassinct) visit-'
ed me. Where is "the imagination in this? I could men
tion many name* of persons in high station who are be
liever*. but for the fear of the ridicule with which they
would be visited. I/iok at the manner in which I have
beon misrepresented in the Times, and the Journal *fOom
mere. This is what destroys the influence of the press.
The Mvning Pr>*t is a good paper. Judge you for your
sel'. If ti^b thing be true, there is something worth
knoniug in ll and it deserves investigation. Unreasona
ble tests ought not to be asked. For instance, a man
wrote to me to say that it would have been better that
Eactn and Hwcdenborg had communicated with me in
I.atin, in which they wrote, when living, that the public
m ght have an opportunity of comparing their style,
lli.w rnaiij in the United States are judgos of the I.atin
style of Bacou and Swedenborfc?
y. I should like very much to be present at some of
these circles, and see and hear for myself.
A. We have private circles which are only for the in
itiated,' ar.d those somewhat developed. There is a pri
vate circle at my house taice in the week ? .Sundays and
Thursdays; but there are public circles where money is
charged. There is a Mrs. Cohen, of White street, and a
Mrs. Brown, of West Twenty -sixth street, at whose resi
dences rapjirgs and spiritual communication* can be
witnessed.
Q. And is money charged ?
A. Yes; I had to ben in there, and plodding through
much that was perplexing, worked my owu way upwards.
I It requires a vast amount of patience and perseverance.
I I know another lady ? a Mrs. Seymour of Sixth avenue ? who
is so exquisite a medium that she can describe most ac
curately the character of any person whose handwriting
is enclosed La an envelope, or as many envelopes as you
please, witle* breaking the seal. Ia every instance she
invariably Swib?iis in this.
Her* the interesting girl before referred to again entered
the room and handed the Judge a newspaper in t wrap
per, and retired. On being opened it was found to be the
Sjnrilual TeUgrnjiV, the organ of tho spiritualists, issued
by the same parties who publish "d Julge Edmonds'
boot.
Q. All this is very wonderful, Judge, and I want to
see it.
A. There arc things more wonderful yet to be told.
What would you think of a chair running up stairs? A
gentleman a few days ago told me that a chair followed
him i hrough ? very "part of the room in which he was,
and he then went up stairs to see if it would follow him,
and it did, step by step.
Q. But can jou rely on his tolling you the truth?
A. (rutlier indignantly) ? What the deuce motive could
lie have in deoaiving me? I have myself seen a chair
shooting actoss the room like a racket, in tho presence of
a largo company [Here the Judge t*>ok a chair, and put
ting it on its back on the lloor, described the motioo.] It
would fly to the farthest end of the room, and then como
back towards me, with the speed of a locomotive, and
would inevitably luive cut off my legs did it not suddenly
stop within an inch of mo. Then, when I put
my foot upon it to hold it dowx, it darted away
fiom me an if impelled by some irresistible power.
[Here the Jiuigc put his foot on the chair and
showed how it slid from him, as if by magio.j
Then, again, a short time ago, at one of our circles in
which ?e were in the habit of sitting ia the dark, a box
of lucifer matches was laid on the table to save the
trouble of lighting tlfe candle-, when the meeting was over.
On* of the indies felt on the table for the matcses. but
cold not find t tie in. I'poti culling on the spirits for a
light, sn nu-een hand rapidly rubbed a match against the
wkII over the mann ljiirce, when It ignited ami l'ghted the
ciR'ile. 1 he whole circle I hen saw the box of matches
s uok against the < ieling, with two or three of them drop
pingdonn. The medium then callc I down tho wh ?le boa.
?l.?n it immediate ly cam* upon the table, where :t tu
origins lly placed.
Kejxrtei ? Do the spiritualists believe in the 3il>le?
Ju' pi ? Most certsinly they do ? both in the 01 1 ?*ul
New ti- uieut. In both w> read of the very on i muni ?
citions from the spirit vorld, now so much deri<M.
Tne spirits spi ke " in unknown tongues'' in the days of
the Apostles, as they do now. lu the Cathoho Ohurch,
during the dark ages, miracle'- wi re coutinued, and they
ate row revived. The present developeinent* aue but
inodiHcati< ns ot what lias taken place among tho W?s
k?< .m-, the Quakers, find the Shakers. An ign'Kimt man,
a briekla' or. at one of the circles, list d the tr.? Oreuk
words, (tnoUti > mi Inn, ('-Know Uiystlf;'1) and his wife
uselthe word "microcosm," which she certainly had
ivevtr heard before. At another circle ono of the me
diun. used the word '? fole;" * hereupon I bojpM to think
what language that could bo. 1 knew it w?v not (ireek,
l-a'in, Kivnch, or Italian. I asked, was it a word
of an African tongue, oi Ot some of tho tribes of
Asia? The medium mid "Mo, it is :iom? of these "
??What then?" I a-ked. Shu replied it was the
language if tho Marsians. ' Who aro tho y ?rd*u??" I
Interrogated " Why, of course." saiil she. "tho inhabi
tants of Ihn planet Mars. The word meant an assem
blage of woi bis. The mediums frequently speak in Ita
lian. I'ri m li, Spani'li, ami other Corei&A toMfues, without
knowing a word i .1 the e language .
<). 1 1? any < f tl e clerr.y believe in it?
A. Yes, many of them; but tlusy arO afraid to s;?*??k
Out, on ateovtit of their congrega'S"o-? They are bo>?iu
ring, however, to prcacli it fr>Mu thuir pulpits. I had a
Utter a <lav or two ago from a tbegwan wh? delivered a
sermon to his ornnpgatioa on tho oabiect. Krv.llviiry
Ward I'eecber, bearing of my views on ? pii/.tual'.iiii, was
desirous of seeing uio We mot at Ui? luufeo of a mutual
'riend in Brooklyn, and tho re salt *M V.nt &V- Beechtur
peached a course of four aerin?ns on s, iri'.ualism, oo
I verth, and as his congregation roulit bear', but ere ' .>ag
1 b? u ill no doubt come out plainly. He bv.wve ; now I hat
i lie is preaching by inspiration.
Tbi". then, il a system of tell* ion
A. Kstotly so; sod It is ooo which u cslculitod to ie
form the world Somethiug is wanting to do so. Out of
the twenty live millions of o?.r poo'ilalioo, about twenty
millions never go to church; aud the m i jority of th'>-~t
w ho do go are ver\ 1HH* Influenced b" i< nat the hear.
Hie Mosaic and Chri^fan dlsts-n-ati >ns were ssiMI to
ill#'.: d*7, but another ?rl * hotter ii .^Haitiou is now
required, and U a boat to to established Man U a betag
of progress, and religion muit keep pace with that pr?
A. Because, whoa men know that the spirit 4 are erar
present, and mi read their very thought*, they wUl to
afaid even to think what U wrong
Q. I* not <iod always present
A. Ye?. but we do not realize his pretence. rt U im
possible for a *plritualist to be a rogue. It will make
meu better. 1 know It baa m *de me better. A oariona
case occurred in a circle, which Rhowi the importanoe of
spirit us Hum. A medium raid to a friend of mine, " rom
have had a disagreement with your wife, and hare' fallen
out with her because she did a very mean thing." This wa a
literally true, and I wa* the only man present who knew
it. What a salutary effect, therefore, must this have
upon domestic matters! See how it would reform our le
gislation, too! If men were spiritual! <ta they would never
consent to capital punishment for crime.
Q. Why so?
A. Iieeause it would be removing a man from a worse
to a better oondidlon.
Q. 1>? criminals that are handed go direct to heavenf
A. No, but any condition out of this world is better
than their condition here. The wicked continue in hell
after they die, until they are developed and purified.
Q. l)o the spirits of negroea ever come?
A. No, not that I am aware of; I have nnver thought
of that, and it is important, bacause you kno? they say
the African race have no souls. I saw twa colored medi
ums in the South.
Q. What is your view of hell?
A. It is a condition, and not a locality; And though
there is no literal flro or that sort of thing, the spirit*
of the wicked suffer dreadfully; they are in tue most hor
rible and black despair, and ant ke pt in ignorance of the
future heaven that awaits them. When bad men die,
they are only delivered from the bondage of the body,
and not of the mind.
Q. I >o these spirits ever communicate their suffering"
to tbt circles?
A. They do, in the most fearful manner; and the spirit*
of the just also communicate their happiness.
Q. Have the spirits bodies after death?
A. Certainly, but spiiitual bodies, wtich are continu
ally becoming more highly developed. They have homes,
but they can wander from placet to planet, and over the
regions of infinite space. That is the reason that some
time* Ihev are not within call. In sleep, the > pirit is absent
from the body, unless, perhaps, connected by some little
umbilical cord. What the spirit does in sleep is conceal
ed from us in life. When we die it is all revealed, and then
l>< thour sleeping and waking moments will make up our
existence. Such is the philosophy of steep, unlit show*
how important that our waking life should be pure, for
our sleep will partake of the sam<* character.
Q. I?o the t-jiirits always Ull truth ?
A. No; for there are evil, lyint spirits, as well as good,
and ?e irtust learn to distinguish het?veen them by our
own reason, just as we distinguish between the good and
the evil in this life.
Q. Then we are liable to be led astray by some ef the
spirits ?
A. Certainly; and some of these fellows cut extraordi
i ary pranks, and do immense mischief; and the only way
to defeat them is by bringing discredit on their teaching*,
by the agency of good spirits There is a great deal of
fanaticism mixed up with spiritualism. A man who na
led astray by a fanatical medium was cured in this war:
He was directed to dig into the eaith six fee', at a certain
' spot, when he would find a vast quantity of gold. He
did so, but found none. Qe was thou directed by the
spirit to dig two feet more; but > till he found none.
Again he >vas directed to dig another foot. He did, and
found nothing, upon which he said to the spirit, " You.
are humbugging me." The spir.t replied, "To be sure I
nm: go home, you fool, and attend to your business."
Thoie is another case of a man who is operating in
stocks in Wall street under the influence of a fanatical
spirit, which is keeping him posted iu advance of the mails
about the operations of the Rothschilds in Kurope. Thia
man will probably be ruined. How absurd it is to consult
tl e spirit* on such matters !
Q. I)o the spirits always know what is going on in thia
wei Id ?
A. That depends upon the knowledge or ignorance ot
the paiticul&r spirit. Some are highly informed and de
veloped to a high state of perfection, while others remain
comparatively ignorant and undeveloped. Soma, again,
have wandered so far away from this world that they
have never found their way back, aud some do not
wish to come back. Though my wife died only
a few jean ago, I hare had frequent visits from her. Bat
my sister, who went to the spirit worl 1 in 1837, has only
come twice, and that recently. She had much trouble
in this life, und she did not desire to retain to it.
lately, a distinguished historlcftl chtra iter, who lived in
the reign of Henry VIII., visited our circle, and wa* to
tally ignorant of spiritualism anl almost of everything
else. I am very fjad of reading "PollaoV* Course of
Time." Pollock i? a very fine poet, who, like Milton, ia
oniy beginning now to be appreciated. I expressed a
desire to have communication with Pollack's spirt. Ha
came and looked at me earnestly, and silked all round the
room.
Q Did you nee his person ?
A. No. He spoke through a medium, a woman, ef whoaa
he took possession.
y. Do you ever see the spirits them:<elveR?
A. Ye?, sometimes; but it will rot do to tell that to th*
vulgar, lor they would not believe it. The spirits of Baton
and Swedenborg generally communicate by writisf
through the band ot my associate. Dr. Dexter, as a
medium; and what in so singular, he does net know what
he writes till after, and has to read it to And out, and
sometime* 1 have to decipher it for bim. In the Kama
way, when I wax in Central America last wiuter, Dr. Dn
tj consulted the spirits about the state of my health,
nd wrote the response in a book. He did not know
what he had written, or had forgotten it. On oom
pvring my journal with his, I found that they exactly
i orrcspot ded.
Q. How do you know that the medium* are not impoe
Idk en you when they profess to be posseted by the
spirits*
A. Just as I know when any other person is not im
posing on me. For instance, one night, ,iust as
the clock on the mantle piece struck, the medium pos
sessed by the spirit of my wife, exclaimed, in the unnia
tnkeable tones of the deceased " Ob. that old familiar
sound!" He know the medium is not deceiving as b*
infallible tests.
Q Is the writtar of the spirit! always done by th*
hand of a medium?
A. Not always; sometimes the spirit* writ* theat
er Ives.
Q. The spirits, then, hare bodies?
A. Yes, spiritual sublimated bodies.
Q. You have mentioned that the spirits art wruetima*
seen. Do all present see them'/
A. No. For all have not the same developemeat a*d
tlie same acutt ntss of vision.
Q. This reminds me of what I used to hear of ghosts
when I was a child? that when two or three penona
were together, one saw the spirit while the rest could se*
nothing.
A. Kjactly so. I know a lady who can see a flam*
issue from a magnet; and I have, myself, seea something
like an electric tiarue proceed from the top of the heal
in a continued stream. Have you seeu the work of Reioh
enbach on 1 hit subject ? I mean his l'hysieo phytiologl
Q. No, 1 have not, but I will take a note of it. All thin
is mo*t extraordinary. But if it is a revelation front
heaven, why are not the spiritualists, who are so numer
ous, organised into a church? and why do they not com*
openly before the world ? ? because, if these wonders were
only seen by the multitude, converts would bo made la
thousands.
A. You will see something of that kind verr shortly.
Before another month we will appear before tne public,
aid I myself will take part in the matter.
Q. You regard the revelations made in your book at *?
following up of the New Testament, and a step in ad
vance in the progress of man to perfection.
A. Kxactly so. And I think it will be the meana of
reforming the world.
Q. I have never attended any of the circles; but from
what yju havo told me, 1 am determined to do so. Uood
evening. Judge.
A. Have faith, patience and perseverance; begin at tb*
beginning, and go on step by step, and you will arriro at
the truth at last.
The stars were now beginning to twinkle in the hoareoa,
and I took my leave of the Judge, strongly impressed
with his afTability and good nature in answering my
questions so readily, and giving me to much infbruiaUm
on the subject of my inquiry. I was also struck with th*
familiar way in which he spoke of the apparitions, just a*
If they were every day acquaintances. The interview
occupied from two to three hours, and was, to me, motit
interesting. Occasionally the Judge's eye would seem I*
rest on vacancy, and again his face would lig ht up like
that of a rapt prophet, a sybil, or a Pythones. As I re
turned home I meditated on wliat I had heard, and mad*
np my mind to curry my investigations to the- utmost
imits into tliia n?w phase of the science of physychelogy.
An Afikctjno Sight ? An Insjlns Who. n*
Chain*. ? Yea-erday, a girl of seventeen years, who had
been in jail since Saturday, as a raving maniac, wa*
brought to tho court houns, and put into the aAte-room
of the lock up of the tamo, chains being placed on her
wrist and the.i attached to the iron bars. Here she re- >
mained for sireral bourn, at times howling in a terribl*
manner awl at others apparently weeping. There was <
no doubt of her IcsanUy in the miod of th* court, bat ?
the tronlin was where she should be placed. The Insan* 1
Hospital a* South R*ton is running oven, having ao- '
corning to a con municatloo of Miss Otx si tty one mora
patients than rotas, and these extra patient' of necessity i
were lodged in the lulls passages, or arty where a spaeo '
could l r. found for spreading be<'s on Ilia floor, or for i
crowding a liedfteiwl in apartments u koady filled bey </n4 i
safe or arnveniert .rapacity, ind that hi) way compelled to i
endure the Inevi'^ble rosr.lt, riz, ? disquiet, violence,
cou'wairn and cojaplalit, In piece ot t>im)ls>snre, tranqnl- ?
lity, order, and ercerful ?ess, '? 1 buve ppas?d," Mr. i
Wnl'ter, the nrr'rintenda ?t inform:)- MS?.s i)ix, "tore~ ?
gari my hospital as a remedial institution; almost ever* I
hour br i?KH w ill ground *1 cau ?? ?f ooioplaint, from both i
patients anU attendants. New .*{>^14**' ions are ncied '
a'.moet dailv, which it i? necessary to refuse, and the avtl I
M urif lies kxI aggravr?>e.s it?*V.' TV. Cmiritr states that ?
?un.' ol tli* insitue o? fufTolK cocoky have actually boen >
lent to tVHmiKM 'i Correct '??u; some tire at Deer fslaoil, I
ranch t< ihe dlscoivfort of t lie sick there whilst nsltty |
t or flne?'r in private famiUca. because there in elsevrheie nc? t
place provided far them ? /fc *lom Trcitrllfr Or/. -A. ?
r
Klkhjmim- in Qctodm.? Persona tatbo arr??.c.|'
in ti e ritv yesterday from western portions of the Stat*,
sad from rmn?ylv.nia, report a depth of snow of a >ro,?i
k ht or n i ao iuclitv on the ground, and ever whieh. tU?y?
i> n c:ry sleigh ride, some of tlieni ?.4?lit or ten i-Jtlea, . *
? inciniltf to the ears. The country people i;eneratlv ? l s
I thiit Is, sii'h ns were not of the imcuense throng oomlngij
to I'sliiinore to attend the Agricnltural idio* aud lnwtt-|
tute fair ? were getting nut tl-e'w jingling tiams for a
'grod time ' snionu the lads no \ lassies in iy'u riding. I?
n th? tipper part ? f Montgomciy *rd Krc ^crick coiintieaj
Ihere w ?* quite a hard crufci on the snow. Southward!
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