HASZAltD’S GAZE'l"l‘i:.', OCTOBER 27.

THE RETURN OF DR. KANE.

New York, Oct. ll.-—-'I‘lie propeller Arctic and the bark Release, which sailed from this port in June, in search of Dr. Kane and his followers, returned to this

ort this evening, having on D08.‘ Dr.

tins and his party. ‘

The propeller and bark made their way north in Smith’s Sound to latitude 79 30, when they were stopped by ice, and work- ing their way inshore to ﬁnd a passage, discovered an Indian village where lns party had gone south. They then returne.d to discover an island in Davis’ Straits, where they found the Kane expeditionists.

It appears that Dr. Kane pushed his vessel

as far north as 81 degrees, when she was frozen in and remained all thewintcr, seiid- ing to the Indian village above mentioned, 80 miles south, for pi-ovisionb, which were supplied by the inliabitants. In the spring they abandoned the ship and made their way southward on sledges, until they reached the town of Upcrnavik, a I)aiiisli settlement offthe west coast ofGri-enlaiid, whence they were conveyed in a Danish vessel to the Island of Disco, and found there by the searching expedition, as above stated.

Three of Dr. Katie's party died from ex- posure, viz: Pierre Schubert, the cook, and Jefferson Baker, seainan. The re- mainder were more or less frost~bitten.'

On the 4th of September, the bark Res- cue narrowly escaped shipwreck b_v coming in contact with no iceberg, which stove her bulwarks and carried away her boats. The two vessels were fast in the Great Pack for several days, and were frozen in for the winter, which was unusually severe in the Arctic regions Many natives have perished from exposure and starvation, having had to eat their dogs.

No traces whatever of Sir John Franklin and his party were discovered. The fol- lowing is Licut. Hartstein’s account of his expedition:

“ Left New York May 30th, and arrived at the Isle of Disco, Greenland, July 5th. Coasted along the shores of Greenland and Holsteinburg to lat. 78 38, touching at Lievely. Hove Island of Upernavik. Hal- kuyt Island, Cape Hatherton, and other places on the coast. Were ‘.33 days boring through the Pack in Melville Bay.—Thence

Vvhiskey froze in Novem- ber. and for four months in the year iner- cury was solid daily. The mean animal temperature was live degrees below zero, summer and winter included. This, with- out ‘ti doubt, was the greatest cold ever ex- perienced by man, as the seat oftlieir win- ter quarters was nearest to the pole.

The scurvy was readily controlled, but the most novel feature of this winter was a tetanus, or lockjaw, which deﬁed all treat- ment. It carried away ﬁfty-seven oftlieir best sledge dogs, and was altogether a frightful scourge.

The operations of search commenced as early as March. The first parties, under personal charge of Dr. Kane, crossing the ice at temperatures of minus 57 below 'I.eI'o. The loss of their dogs obliged them, as an only alternative, to adopt this early travel. Many of the party were frost bitten and underwent ainputntioii of the toes. It was by means of these efforts, that the expedi- tion sncccedrd in bringing back their im- portnnt results. The parties were in the field as late as the l0th ofJuly, only ceasing from labor, when the winter darkness made it iinpossihle to travel.

Greenland has been followed and surveyed by Dr. Katie towards the Atlantic, with a coast line fronting due North, until it stu- pendous glacier ahsoluti.-l_v checked their

vessel, and compellftheni to seek in winter They foniid an uninterrupted barrier of ice, asylum. The winter gave tlieiii a degree extending in one great ll()l'8t'.-‘llou from Jones‘ of cold much below aiiy_ previous rcgistra- . to Mun-chison’s Soulldi “ml “"“"—‘ ll"'°°d tion on record.

after various escapes to return to the brig. : During the winter which ensued, they» adapted the habits ofthe Esquiiiiiiux, living

upon raw w; lrus meat, surrouniling illt'Ill'l selves by walls of moss. In spite of illt'.~'l2

precahtions, the scurvy advniiced with

steady progress; btit by the aid ofa single

team of dogs, Dr. Kane succeeded in effec-

ting a cointiiutiicntioii with it settlement of Esquiinaux seventy miles to the southward,

and by organizing ii hunt relieved the par- ty. At one time, every man of the expo- dition except Dr. Knno and Mr. Boiisel were conﬁned to their banks with scurvy ;

lint by a providential interposition the party escaped without a dentli.

Arrr.inii.\'ci: or rnr. NA\'lGATOKS.—A noi-tliern latitude is eininently coiiducive to the drvclopuient of hair and fat. At least, the sainpli-s of its vlfccts in the per- soiis ofthe ri-turned Arctic iiuvigators yes- tcrdziv would iiiiavoiilnlily lead us to this cuncfusioii, Every one was stout and rosy, and as no rat’/.oi' had llHll'|'C(l the In-:ii-«ls of the inarincrs since their (lepnt‘ltIr<- Ii-out these sliorrs, every face was (3t)\'Cl'l‘(l with a sturdy growth of hair that was pi-ill-ctly rcfresliiiig to lu-hold. Dr. Kane liiinself wore a heard of |l$lll‘lEl.l'1‘l|tll proportions, in the corners of which still lingered the silver traces of his residence within tor frigid zone. His little body was wrapped in mul-

progress. I‘his mass of ice rose in a lolly precipice, 500 feet high, abutting into the sea. It undoubtedly is the only barrier be- tween Grecnliind and the Atlantic—it is an effectual barrier to all future explorations.

I. This glacier, in spun of the diﬂicul- ty of falling bergs, was iiill1)\\'(.‘d out to sea by means of sledges, the party raftiiig them- selves t1ct'o.~':.i open water spaces on innssi-s of ice. In this way they succeed in tI'uv(-.l- ling eighty :.-iiles along it.-' hiise, and traced it into a Nmthern land Tliis glacier is, we believe. the largest ever discovered by any previous iiavtgutor.

. This new land thus cemented to Greenland by protruding ice, was named “ Washington.” The l.-ii-;_rc biiy which iii- tervenes between it and Gi-ceiiliind bears, we believe, the name of Mr. Peabody, of Baltimore, one of the projectors of the ex-

cruised Davis’s Straits, went tip Lancaster Sound as far as Admiralty Inlet, where they were opposed by asolid pack which entirely stopped their progress. Thence proceeded down the Western coast. BX- amining possessions, ponds and bays. \Vere fast in the great middle Pack for several days, to all appearance for the winter. In lat. 68 39, long. 60 30 west, spoke English whale ship Relapse, ofPeterhead, bound to Cumberland Inlet. They had taken three ﬁsh, and were all well, and arrived at Lievely, on their return from entirely circumnavigating the North waters as far as the ice would permit.” On the 13th ofSeptember, they there found Dr. Kane and his associates, except-

pedition. This icy C0llllt‘t:il()D of the old and new worlds seems to us a feature of peculiar interest.

3. The range of the sledge journeys may be understood from the fact that the entire circuit of Smith's Sound has been effected, and its shores comptetely charted.

4. But the real discovery of the expe- dition is the open Polar scu. The clianncl lending to these waters was entirely free from ice, and this my:-'lPt'ioitS feature was rendered more l‘eHIﬂl'l(llltlt' by the existence

b's sea veriﬁes the views of Dr. Kane, as expressed to the Geographical Society be- fore his departure. The lashing of the

ing the three who had died from exposure. The expedition succeeded in crossing Melville Bay, and reaching the headlands - of Smith Sound as early as the 6th of Au-

surf against this frozen beach of ice was impressive beyond (le.-'cripti0n. Several gentlemen with whom we have converscd, speak of this as one ofthe most remarkable sights which they observed during the ex-

titudinous layers of llanuels and skins, and over all was drawn a tight worsted shirt, so that his person was of alinost Falstiifliati proportions. The doctor looked quite Ht-sh} ‘in the face, and altogether his Arctic so .journ seetiied to agree with liitii wonderfully .well. Between the doctor and his men an almost fatherly feeling SL‘('ltlt‘(l to exist, they looking tip to him with pride and ve- ncration, feelings which he retiiriird by an affection for them that was truly paternal At an early moment after anchoring, Dr. Katie, Lieut. l'Iil|'ISlt'll|, l)r.Knne’s otlicers and seve of his llll‘ll went on shore, ac- cotnpaiiicd by their iiuinerous friends, who had already put off to the ship to wi-lcoinc ;them home.

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Late from Ca1iforni'.a..

The Northern Light connected with the Cor- tes, legit. San Francisco September 20th, in coinpany with the mail steanier Sonora for Piinaiu-.i.. The Golden Age arrived upon the 12th of Septcnilicr. and the Nicaragua. stcniner Uncle Satin, it will be remeiiibcrcd, put into .\c.tpulco with cholera. on board, and before she r-.--.iclicd San Fraiii-isco, the disease had carried olflllli ol' her pltt~‘.\‘t:Ilg0l'8, of which ‘J5 were adults. ~--.'cn otlicrs subsequently died in the lloﬁll" ' tn-l l-l r-.-iniiiiiod under treat- ment. No new cases of cholera had occurred at San Frniiciseo, and the city was quite heal-

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The allied fleet, after its visit to Anioor in scarcli ofthe Iiussltlll tlcet from I’cti'op:iulowski, proceeded to the Bay of Castro, where the

discoicred tho Riis.-.iu.n ships. The alli-.-s left two l'rig.i.tcs to blorkaido the port, while a steamer sailed with all expedition for liiikodzili, for the purpose of briiiging up the l'I.tst India r1tll|tl.'ll'Ull to tin-ir assistztiicc. The llcet innue- diati.-ly sziiled for the Boy of ‘Tnstro, but the lliissiaiis iiia'.ii.tgcd to escape ninlor cover of-a

og.

SL'llU1)fl\'I'l'i. F. l"oster lltltl itrrive-l front Ja- pan. The l"o.~!cr sailed from llonolulii with stores for the w.’::iliii_;lloet, but the Jup-.'.ii autho- rities rcfiiseil l|i.‘l'llllSa'l0lI to ll‘(ltlt‘, allcdging that the tn-.it_v ni:idt- no protisioii tor uiiyttiitig more than ll. in-iiiporzii-_v l't'Sltlt.'Ilv‘l.‘ at llakiidudi. liiiglniitl and lillt~.‘~‘l2t. l.:id- concluded treaties similar to the United bitiitcs.

The fire at Grass Valley broke out 11 o'clock at iii;_;ht on the l»ltli of S:-pteiiibor, in the l*'i'cin:.i hotel. It sprrzid with i~ltt'it rapidity, that in two hours the toivn was ll-'ttl‘ly dc- stroycd. ‘

‘l‘hc iiuinbor of liiiildin_-_r,s burnt is tlirco liuii- dred nnd lilty, including all lint one of tho

iriin-ipal binoiirss lzoip.~'i-.~a. A corrc.-pondcnt at tiriisn Valli.-_\' says, the tot-.il loss is put down at .f~‘400,tltlU.—l'lie loss was greatly incre-iscd troin tho f:ict, that most of our int-rcluints had jiist laid in heavy stocks of full goods. All the hotels, bakeries, and every boarding-house in the town were dcstroyc

o-——.__. Loni) ;\'i‘t..~'o.\t wrote thus of the Picdiiioiitcso in 1:403 :——.$:irdiiiizi is very little known ; it was the policy of l’iriliiioiit to keep it in the back ground, and it has been the iiuixiin to rule its inhiiliitaiits with severity, loading its produce with such duties as prevented their growth.- The country is fruitful beyond idea, and abounds in cattle, sheep, corn. wine and oil. In the hands of a lll)(‘l‘itl government, there is

Pm‘Aiii.\'.--llio Pitcairn Islanders, descend- ants of the niutineers of the Bounty. were visited in March by tho Amphitrite, one of the British squadron in the Pacific They are dressed nearly all alike, except tlie.Nobbs, who wear shoes and are regarded as su erior There are only eight of the first generation, two men land six women. The oldest man is sixty, and I the oldest woman between seventy and eighty. ENone of these will leave the Island, at least ' they say so, and onl_v wish removal to Norfolk Island for their children's benclit; for, they sit , in ii few years the ishind will be too small . for them. The number of inhabitants at pre- isent is a hundred and ninety, ninety five iiiulcs

Q plantains, he. very house is beautifully clean i with scrapers made out of old cutlasses. The

are all excellent swimmers, being in the water as soon as the can walk. 'l‘lie women are considered the best. ‘They rise at diulight

no telling what its products wouldamount to." Lord i\clson’s wishes lnive been realized.

Life is a fountain feel by it thousand streams that perish, ifone be drieil. ltis a silver chord twisted with it tliousand strings, thnt part

lasunder. if oiio be broken. Tliouglitless mortals are surrounded by innumerable dangers ; which make it more strange that they must all perish suddenly at last. We are enconipassed with , accidents every day to oi-usli the decaying tang- 'nients we iiihal)it. The seeds of disease are ! planted into our constitutions by nature. The »e;irth and iitniosplicre whence we draw the ‘breath of life, are iinpregnatcd with death; iliealth is iniide to opcraite to its own destruc-

ofa be" ofsolid ice extending mm hundred gmld nine,y_ﬁ‘.e ,-e,,,,,1e,,‘ They sum 03- to the, tion. The food that nourii-tlics contains the and ¢wem_y.ﬁve miles u, we 30u[h“Iard_ [ship's coiiip:iny,lots ofpumpkins, water-melons, j cleinent of decay ; the soul that uniiiizttog it by

lvivilyn1g,lirst tends to wear it out by its own Auction ; death lurks in ambush along the jpiiths. Notwitli.-tiinding this truth is so palpa- ' ‘ry conlirined by the daily cxainple before our

‘ eyes, lioiv little do we lay it to ln-art. We see

“nd begin an, day‘, wmk ; but ,,“.,,,,g,_, to 8,, , our friends and neighbors die, but how seldom the wt naming ml noon‘ than ge,,e,.,',”y wg,,_ does lt.0cctll' to our tlioiiglits that our knell tab e food, with meat once or twice a week‘"',‘‘)’ t-UV“ ll"! “C” “'“""”‘l5 m ll"? W01'l<l 5- onl : they have it supper about seven o'clock, ‘\"""“"" M'—""'""l/-

gust, I853. Finding the ice to the north completely impenetrable, they were forced to attempt a temporary passage along the coast, where the rapid tides—-running at the rate of four knots an hour, with a rise and fall of sixteen feet—had worn a tempo- rary opening. Previous to taking this step, which involved great responsibility, and which was, in fact, equivalent to sacriﬁcing the vessel. a Francis metallic boat, with a canoe of provisions, was concealed as a means of retreat. The penetration of the pack ice was at- tended by many obstacles. The vessel grounded with every tide, and but for her extreme strength would not have been able to sustain the shocks of the ice. She was twice on her beam-ends, and once on ﬁre from the upsetting of the stlves. Some idea ofthis navigation may be formed, from the fact of her losing her jibbooin, best bower anchor and bulwiirks, besides about 000 fathoms of warping line. They were cheered, however, by a small daily pro- rsss; and by the 10th of September, 1653, End succeeded in gaining the northern face of Greenland—at a point never reached before. Here the young ice froze around the

pedition. An area of three tliousnnd square miles has been seen entirely free from ice, and was named after the Hon. J. P. nedy, lute Secretary of the Navy, under

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en. The land to the north and west ofthis channel has been charted as high as 82 30. This is the nearest land to the Pole yet known. It bears the name of Mr. Henry Griiinell, the founder ofthe enterprise.

T/ie winter of 1854-55.—The extreme severity of the previous season made it evi- dent, that the brig could not be liberated be- fore the winter set in. She was fast im- pounded in the centre ofa large ﬁeld of ice. The provisions, although abundant, were not calculated to resist scurvy, and the fuel, owing to the einergency of the pre- vious winter, was deﬁcient in quantity. Under these circumstances, Dr. Kane, with a party of volunteers—on an attempt to reach the mouth of Lancaster Sound,

and thtis giving relief to his associates- passed in an open boat over the track of Baflin’s travel, riding out a heavy gale.

Ken-

whose auspices the expedition was under-

an go to bed about eight P. M. The houses are raised about three feet oil the ground, and thatched with palm leaves. so that all the rain runs oil‘ clear.

Am roii -rni: Jizws.-—Sir Moses Montcliore arrived at Alexandria by the last. steamer from Syria, being perfectl satisfied with the result of his visit to Jerusa em, where he is to found a. hospital on a large scale for the benefit of the Jews. Sir -Moses returns to England, via France, to-day, and tiring his stay here has been treated by the Paclia with every mark of respect. a house in the country being placed at his dispos.tl,iind his meals daily sent to him. The Vicei'oy's attentions to Sir Moses are in consequence of his Hi hncss having been for some time his guest w ion in London, in 1852.

Suiiiiiiu.vr. 'I‘iii.noiuru.—Signor Boneli of Turin, has submitted it proposil to the British Govermnent to carry the submarine telegraph from Cngliairi, in the Island of Snrdiniri, (where ii line already starts from Algeria) to the Island

i . hopes of meeting the English expedition,§

n of Malta. llc otfcrs to do it in two months, at

a. cost of $50,000. He also offers to carrv the line from .i\I:i.lta to the Dardanellcs in. one direction, and to Alexandria, in Egypt, in th- other, in six months’ time, and at scent of $300,000.

A new horse-slioe has been invented by Mr. 0. Short, of New London, Connecticut. 'l'ho pt.'ClllI:||' feature is, that the new shoe has not a nail or nailhole in it! Otherwise it is made in the common form, iind is held on to the foot by an iron cap. soiiietliii.g in the shape ofa low cut vamp of a man's leather shoe, or the leather peak _ofn boy's cloth cap. The iron cap on the lioofis about two inches wide at the toe, but narrower on each side towards the heel. It is so thin as to be it little flexible, and is fastened to tltc foot by ii. screw pnssiiig through the two ends behind the heel. The lower edge of this cap fits into it groove cut in the outer edge of the slice, which holds them together, and the screw fastens them both to the hoof. This cap does not come to much wear, and will last out many shoes.

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Ax AERONAUT Sri-rosi~:n 10 as Losr.—0n Tuesd: 'afternoou of'last week, Mr. Winches- ter inn e an ascension in a balloon from Nor- walk Olno, and on the Friday following be had not been heard from. The balloon took it nortli-easterly direction. and it is feared that the daring voyager either descended into Lake lyric, or that the intense cold of the upper re-

ions froze him to death. When he started, s said he intended to go higher and further

tlisn wronaut had ever dared to think of going,