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A PRINCE SHOT AT, | Attempted Assassination of the Prince of Saxe-Weimar in London. ‘The Duke of Cambridge and Mr. Disraeli Threatened. (SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. } Lonpon, June 1, 1874. In the afternoon to-day the Prince of Saxe- _ Weimar, on leaving his residence to attend a Jevee at Court, was fired at. The offender es- caped. The Prince was not injured. THREATS OF ASSASSINATION AGAINST EMINENT PERSONAGES. The Prince has received threatening letters, as have also the Duke of Cambridge and Mr. Disraeli. SHIPWRECK. The fhip British Admiral Stranded and Wrecked—Sevent -three Lives Lost, MELBOURNE, May 81, 1874, The ship Rritish Admiral, from Liverpool for this port, went ashore on King’s Island, in Basa’ ‘Strait, and became a total wreck. She had on board forty-four passengers and a crew of thirty- eight persons, all of whom were lost except four passengers and five seamen. KING'S ISLAND is uninhabited and very dangerous to shipping, several vessels having gone ashore there and be- ome totally lost. THE AMERI AN PILGRIMS. French Catholic Banquet to the American De- votees—To “The M-mory of Rocham- bean cnd Lafayette.” PARIs, June 1, 1874, The Catholic Club gave a banquet to the Ameri, can pilgrims to-day. Tne Comte de Ségur occupied the chair and Proposed toasts to the Pope and the American bishops, which were received with great enthu- ‘siasm. Judge Theard, of New Orleans, gave a sentiment fn honor of Catholic France, and in an eloquent speech reviewed the lives and services of Rocham- beau and Lafayette. Mesers. Forbes, Zwanger and others made appro- priate remarks. FRANCE. Powerful Parties Moving Towards Parliamentary Union—The Establishment of the Repub- lie an Essential Point—Gambetta to Enlighten His Friends. Parts, Jane 1, 1874. The Left Centre, at a meeting to-day, took ac- tion towards an alliance with the Right Centre, A motion was drawn up declaring im favor of the establishment of a republican government, which all the members of the Leit will sign, in hope that the Right Centre will support 1+ when it is sub- mitted to the Assembly. M. GAMBETTA 10 ADDRESS THE PEOPLE, M. Gambetta has gone to Auterre, where he is to deliver an important speech on the political situation. NEW CALEDONIA. fae ede A French Communist Colone! Escaped. Panis, June 1, 1874, Intelligence has heen received here tnat a Com- manist colonel who was sent to New Caledonia has made his escape. ENGLAND. The Salary of the Minister in Washington Brought Before Parliament. Lonpon, June 1, 1874. In the House of Communs this evening Sir H. ‘Wolff moved that the salary ot the British Minister ‘et Washington be reanced $5,000, ‘Ihe motion ‘waa rejected by a vote of 89 to2 SPAIN. Carlists Press ng a Siece—Republican Armies’ Junction. Bayonne, June 1, 1874, The town of Hernant is hard pressed by the Carlists, and the republican commander there re- quires reinforcements, REPUBLICAN ARMY CONSOLIDATION. General Loma, with the First corps of the Army ‘of the North, has joined General Concha’s com- mand at Miranda. Political Exiles To He Retarned to the Republic. Maprim, June 1, 1874, A Spanish frigate has arrived at Oran, Algiers, to take on board and bring to this country the convicts who escaped from Cartagena at the time of the suppression of the intransigente insurrec- ‘tion, Carlist Troops Dispersed by the Repub. licans. MADRID, June 1, 1874, ‘The national forces have entered Chelva, dispers- ing @ body of 4,000 Carlists, MOROCCO. Citizens in Arms Azainst Unjust Taxation. Lonpon, Jane 1, 1874, A despatch from Morocco says that 12,000 of the InNabitants of the city of Fez have risen in conse- quence of the reimposition of the gate tax. All Dusiness was stopped, but at last accounts there bad been no fignting, 1t was hoped that the Sul- ‘tan would yield to the desires of the people and re- wove the objectionable tax. INDIA. Timely Rain Gives Hope to the Famine-Stricken People, Lonpon, June 1, 1874. The Viceroy of India telegraphs that rain has een generat north of the Ganges, and portions of the country south of the river have been visited ‘with rain, The fears of iurther distress are queasuredly allayed. BROOKLYN OAARTER BILL SIGNED, ALBANY, N. Y., June 1, 1974, The Gevernor to-day signed the Bruoklyn Charter pi. THE WAR OF RACES, Memruis, Tenn., June 1, 1874, Thomas Farrel), a white man, disputed with a ‘colored man named Henry Porter, concerning the Civil Rights bill, whereupon the latter cnt Farrell ‘With @ razor across tue abdomen, letting oul the datestines, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1874.-TRIPLE CONFLAGRATIONS. A Valuable Block in Chicago Destroyed— List of Losses and Insurance. Cuicago, June 1, 1874, The large and valuable brick biock, corner of Madison and Market streets, owned and occuptea by M. D, Wells & Co,, whoiesale manufacturers and dealers in boots and shoes, was entirely destroyed by fire this morning. The total loss of M. D. Wells & Co. on their stock 1s not less than $300,000, The loss on the building 18 $70,000, insured ior $60,000, bat in what com- panies cannot now be stated, as the policies are in ‘@ sale in the ruins, insurance on the stock is $240,000, a8 fol- $10,000 in each of the following compa jes:—Hartiord, Home, of New York; Unde writer, of Connecticut; Union, Liverpool and London and Giobe and North British; $5,000 each in rhe Westchester, of New York; Phoenix, of Brookiyn; Phoenix, of Hartford; North Amertean,. oi Springfield, Mass.; Royal Continental, Pennsyivania Fire Assurance, Ameri can, of Philadelphia; Queen, Khode Isiand Agsoci- ation, American Mutual, of Detroit; riremen's Fund, Firemen’s Mutual, Manufacturers’, German- American, Hamburg aud Bremen, La Crosse, Gen- eral, and $2,500 in each of the ioliowing:— tna, Orient, Connecticut Shoe and Leapher, Prescott, North, washing ‘on, Home, of Cincinnati; merce, of New York; Guard and Irving, of Kaffalo; German, Franklin and Atias and Neptune, of Bos- ton; Northwestern, of Muwaukee, aud $2,500 adal- tional in the tna, of Hartford. There is also $2,000 in the Franklin on muchinery and $11,000 in the Hartford on fixtures, The fire broke out on the third or fourth floor, anda its origin ls wholly unexpiained, us there nas been no tire about the building, not even in the engine room, since Friday. ‘ue stock of ‘Thomas Fearly & Co., dealers in Albany shoea, who occu- pied the premises next east of Wells & Co., was somewhat damaged by water, but ts fally insured. Neus & Co, saved thelr books and most of their pers. ‘The following is the insurance on Wells & Co.'s building :—$10,000 each in the London Assurance Company, Lancusnire Scottish Commercial, Nova Scotla, and Underwriters’, New York, and $5,000 each in the Commercial, Uuion end Fire Associa- tion, Philadelphia, An Incendiary Fire at West Point. Garrison's, N. Y., June 1, 1874, The stables attached to Cozzens’ Hotel were de- stroyed by an incendiary fire this morning. Three horses, fourteen carriages and omnibuses and twelve sets of harness were burned. The losses are as folluws:—Cozzens? estate sta- bles, $3,000, insured; Goodse.! & Wyart, $2,700, insured; Fitchett & smith, $1,000, insured; Charles Fitchett, $2,4.0, partially insured, $ Fire in the State Lunatic Pennsylvania, HARRISBURG, Pa., June 1, 1874, Late on Saturday night Jast an alarm of fire oc- curred at the State Lunatic Asylum, caused by a slight fire in the fan house, and the smoke was biown into the main buiiding. There was great alarm among tie inmates, who broke the glass in the windows to admit iresh air. Finally the doors were thrown open and about 400 in- Mates were a'lowed to escape. Oniv twelve leit Whe sanounas) and all but six have since been re- turned, Asylum of A Paper Mil) Burned. ConcorD, N. H., June 1, 1874, A paper mill at Ashland, owned by Carr & Hughes, was burned yesterday, together with tne stock house and 200 cords of wood. The loss ts $15,009; insurance $12,500. KE. F. Bailey lost $500 worth of paper stock in the stock house, A mill on the opposite side or the street, owned by S, 0. Baker, was damaged to the extent of $200; fully insured. i Valuable Flouring Mill Destroyed. Sr. Lovts, Mo., June 1, 1874, The large flouring and carding mill, owned by M. Casey, at Farmington, Mo., was burned on Satur- day night. The logs is $27,000; uninsured, Valuable Live Stock Burned. WALTHAM, Mass., June 1, 1874. The barn of Nathan Sanderson was burned on Sunday morning with eleven cows, one horse, two enous and harness and a quantity of hay. grain and farming tools. The loas is $4,000; insured for $1,700 ia a Concord office. Fire in New Orleans—A Man Burned to Death. New OR.Eans, June 1, 1874, Four houses, one of which was James Fink's coffee house, on Royal street, between Port and Enghien, were burned to-day. A man, named rig Anderson, was burned to death. Loss Twelve houses on Liberty and Perdido streets were also buined tu-day, causing & loss of $40,000. AMUSEMENTS. Wallack’s Theatre. Mr. Theodore Moss opened his summer season here with a decided success. This was done in the shupe of an American and partly local play, calied “Fate,” by Mr. Bartley Campbell. It 18, o! course, one of that class of plays intended to bring out tne strong qualities of a particular “star,” but still tnere can be no question that, both in plot, dia- logue and situation, it 1s much superior to the run of such pieces. The play introduces a good wife and a bad woman, who wants to get her place— two husbands, one an ass and the ocher a luuatic, The first husband is not meant to be an asa, but any one who would give up a wilé he loved, as this one does his, could possibly be nothing else. The lunatic, on the other hand, Serves more of a purpose, because he ts recog- nized to be what he is, and forms in his introduc- tion in the play @ strong argument against the Management of our asylums. ‘The characters of a broken down showman who ts a knave, 4 strong Woman whois a nuisance, and a follower ot hers Who 18 @ nondescript, complete the cnaracters, The plot into which tlese several persons are drawn {s artisticaily woven, and, while Mr. Camp- bell has done bis work periectiy, he has written a piece wuich pleases an audience and draws down rounds ol applause at each moment. Much also that is comic in the piece without be- coming broad burlesque. Carlotta Leclercq as the wife is the pivat of the play upon whica ali turns. In the many strong situations Which are afforded her she makes many hits. Miss Leclercq is @ little given to Stepping over the bounds of naturalness, a fauit which her master, Fecnter, had toned down; but she 13 an accompiished artist, and in this play shows a depth of emotion and much magnetism over her audience. Her success was very thorough, and she was called out three times. Miss Lite, @ new actress here, who “did? the jemale villain, while being a hittie stagy, did an ungrateiul part well, and certainly deserved the second place in the successo: the evening. Mr. Theodore Hamilton, who did tne husband, is too well known in the city to need notice. The part uid not quite suit his peculiar capacity; but at times (notabiy in the first act) he was effective. Mme. Ponisi, as the strong minded woman, gave an excellent pertormance, and caused much amusement. The remainder of the cast filled the remaining parts effectively, The stage settings were in the usual style of Wallack's, and the house was superb, Olympic Theatre. If one cannot satisfy his appetite for variety in theatrical performances with the programme of the Ulympic Theatre itis past being satisied and can only be restored to its natural tone by a judi- clous use of real drama, For the many who often attend that theatre, the entertainment at the Olympic is the pertection of mental teasts; and ior Others it may a healthiul laxative. The pro- eons for this week is remarkably varied. it egins with farce and ends with an Irish sketch, the mean being _oceupied by negro minstrel performers, song and dance men o! un- certain speech and agile jimbs, and singers of sentimental songs. ‘ihere are, besides, a Anona Bridges, who looks very prettily In mage line attire and sings as 11 she felt a love for a cer- tain lovely Pachoula, and Eugene Blitz, who delivers a speech on “Woman's Rights,” There is something to please everybody in the periorm- ances; and this tact certifies that the entertain- ment at the Olympic is successiul, Masical and Dramatic Notes. Mrs. Dora Steele has a benefit concert this even- ing at Robinson Hail. Bach’s Passion Music has been sung for the first time in Paris with great success, “La Belle Bourbonnalse,” the operatic work of Coeces, a novice, ts voted dull in Paria, “La Batagiia di Legnano,” an opera py Verdi, has been recently given at the Politeama, Rome. Signor Bolis, the tenor, who has taken London by storm, goes back to La Scaia, Milan, in the fall. Signor Tagitafico, the basso, is the only member left of the Covent Garden Italian Opera Company of 1847. THE MISSISSIPPI. The River Bank Falling—A Telegraph Office in Danger. Monroe, La., Jane 1, 1874. The river bank began to cave in atthe rear of the Ouchita Telegraph office at 1:30 o'clock tuts af ternoon and the loss of bank is now filty feet. The Zelegraph power press bas been taken down and the whole office isin confasion. The bank of the river has fallen to tae bagk steps and the Caving ii continues, { ‘There 18 | EX-SOLICITOR GENERAL BRISTOW. His Career and Public Services—A Lawyer, Soldier and Statesman—Effect of His Nomination to the Treasury in His Native State. Loursviiug, Ky., June 1, 1874. To THB EDITOR or THE HERALD:- B. 8. Bristow, son of F, M. Bristow, a prominent lawyer and politician, of this State, who filled many positions of trust, is forty-one years oid, was born in Eikton, Todd county, and practiced law with much success at Hopkinsville before the war. He was @ strong Union man, and entered the Union army in 1861, He was at Fort Donaldson and Shiloh as Major of the Twenty-fitth Kentucky regiment, and was wounded atShiion, He was afterwards Colonel of the Eighth Kentucky Cay- alry. Mr, Bristow was appointed United States District Attorney about the close of the war, and filled the position with distinction, being frequently sent by the Treasury Department to other istricta to look after the interests of the government, He resigned the District Attor- neyship and resumed private practice. When the office of Solicitor Genera) was created he Was appointed ita frat incumbent, organized the office, acd during the absence of the Attorney Gen- eral performed bh 8 duties and flied his piace in the cabinet meetings. The ability he displayed in this oMce gave him high reputation at Washing- ton. After two years’ service he resigned to at- tend to his private affairs. In December last he was nominated Attorney General, at the same time when Williams was nominated for Chief Jus- tice, Mr. Bristow is a man of the purest private char- acter, and has @ strong will and mind. Heis a great lawyer, conservative in his financial views, and thoroaghly Western in his feelings and inter- ests. His nomination is recelved here with great satisfaction and with thorough confidence that he Will Gill the place honorably and acceptably. R. M. KELLY. . THE NEW DOMINION. The Government Approves the General Features of the Reciprocity Treaty. Orrawa, June 1, 1874. The Citizen learns that Senator Brown, the Cana- dian Commissioner at Washingvon, has sent a Partial draft of the proposed reciprocity treaty to Ottawa, and that the government approves of the | general features thereol, The chief details of the sohemes are to form the subject of iurtuer inter: | change of views. Chief Justice Duval's resignation has been ac- ceuret) aud his successor will be appointed umme- istely. Death of a Steamship Captain. MONTREAL, June 1, 1874. Captain Kennedy, of the steamship Canadian, died during the passage acrous, aud the Chief OM- ; cer, Mr. Henry Learmouth, who took command. was presented oy ce Passengers with an address | complimenting m On the manner in which oe discharged tue duties. The Minister of Justice to Retire, TORONTO, June 1, 1874. The Glode this morning announces that Hon, Mr. | Dorian, Minister of Justice, will shortly retire trom public life to take a seat on the bench, Five Raftsmen Drowned. QuEBEC, June 1, 1874, A despatch from St, Raymond says that five men in the employ o! Mr. Hall were drowned while en- deavoring to run two rafts down the rapids of the St. Anne river. The names of the men were 1. Morrosse, Francis Gilbert, Joseph Dion, Camille Gubert and G. Apneau. THE ARKANSAS WAR, Supporters of Brooks Arrested and In- carcerated in Jail-—Baxter Will Not Approve the Amnesty Bill—Alleged Attempt to Destroy the Republican Party in the State. Sr. Lovrs, Mo., June 1, 1874. A special from Little Rock to the Democrat says Sheriff Vaughn, County Treasurer Kenyon, Supervisor Murphy and several other leading re publicans of Jefferson county, were arrested a week ago for treason and thrown into jail, Only { two of these gentlemen were in Brooks’ service or | had auytbing to do with the late troubles. A. Williams, attorney tor these parties, was also arrested and confined in jail. Trial John | ‘northward of west of us." was demanded on Saturday, but dota trial and | bond were refused, and ull the parties are still in prison. The alleged cause of arrest is to break up the aint party in tnat county. The Little Rock Gazetce suys :—“Governor Baxter will not Spereys, of the Amnesty act. being sent daily to counties in wnere the republicans have a majority arm the militia with the design to in- timidate and overawe the colored voters and pre- Vent the election of republicans to the Constitu- tional Convention. E. W. ‘Ihompson, Baxter's chef of staf, on Saturday officially notified Judge | Warwick, uf the Caancery Court, and Thomas 0. Peak, Justice of the Peace, that martial law still exists and that they must govern themselves ac- cordingly, DEATH OF THE THREE STUDENTS ON LAKE GENEVA, Details of the Acciuent—One of Them Frozen to Death in the Boat. Private letters to the inends of one of the young American students drowned at Lausanne, Switzer- land, May 15, give such details of the accident as could be ascertained upto the 17th inst. Une of the brave brothers was found sitting upright in the boat nearly submerged, wrapped in the sail and frozen stiff, his lands ciutching the sides of the boat so hurd that tne skin was torn irom his flugers. As the two days intervening vetween the departure o! the boys and the discovery of the one body had been stormy and coid, 1 18 supposed that the boys discovered the approach of the storm und, on attempring to lower the sail, the smuiier of the brave brothers fell overboard, and that William Woodbury, who was an excellent swim- met, sprang overboard to save nim, but that both were drowned. ‘The renaining boy, it is supposed, wrapped himself in the sail tor protection, but de- came drenched and troze to death in the long con- tinued storm. A NEW STATE TREASURER, The Report of Dr. Gray, of the Utica Asylum, on the Condition of Mr. Raincs—The New Incumbent, ALBANY, N. Y., June 1, 1874, The Governor has appointed Sopraham Lansing, Of this city, State Treasurer, in the place of Thomas Raines, incapacitated. fluenced to this action by the statement of Dr. Gray, of the Utica Asylum, that the condition of ‘Treasurer Raines was such that, perhaps, he Would not be abie to resume his duties in several moatns, and the fact that about $300,000 in checks were awaiting signature, Mr. Lansing accepts the position with the under- standing that he will vacate the office as soon as Mr. Raines can resume it, or, in case Mr. Raines ‘Will not be wble to resume, he will hold the office till the Legisiature meets next January and pro- vides for t. OBITUARY, Isaac Green Pearson. Another of the old merchants of this city has lelt us with the death of Mr. Isaac Green Pearson. ‘The death of this gentleman was not unexpected, as for years he had not enjoyed health, and for | several months had been confined to his bed by feebleness induced by ® severe attack of pneumonia. Mr, Pearson who was # native Of Boston, resided and was in business in this city for many ye: He was prominentiy associated with the Chamber of Commerce and was the first secretary of the Merchants’ Ex- change, of which he was one of the jsoundera. Though he retired irom active business several years ago, he yet retained connection with sev- - - eral business Associations, and at his decease he | was Vice President of the Relief Fire Insurance Company and a director Mata Life insurance Company. Mr. son 10 part in gocial iife and was & prominent member of the Century Club. Since his retirement irom mercantile pursuits Mr. Pearson has given his time to the management of his real estate in this city. His aeath occurred on Sunday, at No. 14 West Ninth street, and he had reached the age of ei hty-lour years, It is a note- Worthy tact that Mr. Pearson had three daughters, Who were married to three brothers, sons oi James K. Paulding, the Secretary of War during Van Buren’s administration. ARREST OF COUNTERFEITERS, Fort Wayng, Ind., June 1, 1874 United States detectives arrested William Rath- burn here to-day, and Abe Hall at Cairo, near Lima, Ohio, on Saturday, charged with counter- feiting, currency (Stinton head) was captured, together with $10 notes on the First National Bank o! Delphi, Ind, altered trom ones, Tue prisunerd ‘were taken to Vieveland, His Excellency was in- | A large amount of counterieit filty cent | al ME ANTARCTIC REGIONS. Wilkes’ Continent Not Found by a British Expedition. Letter from an Antarctic to an Arctic Explorer. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERIES. The Round the World Voyage of H. M. Ship Challenger. A Sea of Blubber at the South Pole, but No Land. We publish below a highly interesting and important letter from Lieutenant Hynes, R. N., to Dr. Hayes, the well known Arctic ex- plorer, giving an account of a portion of the cruise of the British ship Chal'enger, which sailed from England two years ago on a voyage of dis- covery alound the world. Primarily the object of the voyage was to obtain information of the deep sea currents of the ocean, to ascertain the temperature of the water at great depths and the life which was there supported, Many curious and valuable results of this expedition have been already pub- lished, and no scientific expioration of the present century has excited greater attention. The chief of the scientific corps is Professor Wyville Thomp- sony the commander of the expedition is Captain Nares, R. N., each in his way eminent and thorougily devote] to the work in hand. The chief importance attached to the let- ter is, that it shows the Challenger to have done away with a considerable part of Wilkes' Antarctic Continent, whica, since we went to school, has figured on tho maps. This is really am important discovery, and we consider it at this time, when geo- graphical discovery is occupying so much of Public interest in all parts of the world, worthy of very particular attention, In order that its importance may be the better appreciated We quote from Captain Wilkes’ report of the United States Exploring Expedition his remarks in relation tothe discovery. that in computing | ngitude Captain Wilkes reck- ons from Washington, while that of the Chal- lenger is reckoned from Greenwich. Wilkes saya:— ‘Wilkes’ Famous Discovery of a New Continent. This day, at noon (January 17), we were in lati- tude 62 deg. 20 min. south, longitude 156 deg. 2 min. east. Many petrels, albutrosses, a few whales and a seal were seen irom tue ship, and tue water Was quite green. Wth—The weather tnis day was variaole, with lignt westerly winds; the temperature of alr and water thirty-two degrees. Occasional squalis of snow and mist occurred, but it was at times clear, The water was sul olive green, and the other ves- sels occasionally in sight, beatiug to winaward, ‘On the morning of the 19th we iound ourselves im & deep bay and the Peacock standing to the southwest. Until eight o'clock A. M. we had a moderate breeze. The water was of a darker olive green and had a muddy appearance. Land was now certainly visible irom the Vincennes, doth to the southeast and southwest, in the for- Mer direction most distinctly. oth appeared high. It was between eight and nine in the morn- ing when I was iully satisfied that iT WAS CERTAINLY LAND, and my own ovtnion was confirmed by that of some o1 the oidest and most experienced seamen on board. The officer of the morning watch, Lieutenant Alden, sent twice and called my atren- tion to it. We were at this time in longitude 154 deg. 30 min. E., latiiude 66 deg. 20 min. 8. The It will be ovsérved | day was fine and at times quite clear, with light | winds, After divine service { stil! saw the out. | | oil line of the land, uncaanged in iorm, but not so | distinct as in tie Moiming. By noon { tound we were sagying on to the barrier. The boats were lowered*in consequence and the sip towed off. ‘The report from aloit was:—“A continued barrier of ice around the bay and no vpening to be seen, having the western pomt of it bearing to the | I stood to the west- ward to pass around it, jully assured that the Pea- cock would expiore all the outline of the bay ‘The Peacock, 46 3h. 30m., according to Vaptain Hudson's journal, having got into the drift ice, with a barrier still anead to the west, tacked to tie southeast to work up for an immense mass, which had every appearance oi land and which Py ‘ was believed to be such by all on board. It was seen | beyond and towering above an ice isiand that was Irom 150 to 200 feet in height. It bore from them about southwest* and had the appearance of being 3,000 feet in height, iorming A SOKT OF AMPHITHEATRE, looking gray and dark and divided into two dis- tinct ridges or elevations throughout its entire extent, the whole being covered with snow. As there was a0 probability of getting nearer to it in this quarter, they stood out oi the bay, which was about twenty miles deep, to proceed to the west- ward, hoping to get an opportunity to approach the object more closeiy on-tne etuer side, There being now no doubt in my mind of the discovery ot land, ib gave an exciting interest to tue cruise that appeared to set aside all thought of fatigue | and to make every one willing to encounter any dificulty to effect a landing. WHAT THE CHALLENGER DISCOVERED. MELBOURNE, March 17, 1874. My Dear Dr. HayEs:— As perhaps you will take some imterest in our roceedings while cruising in the southern seas, shall try to tell you without, 1 nope, wearying you with too long letter, what we did trom’ tne time oO! our deparvure irom the Cape until arrival in Austraiia, You know the purposes of the Challenger expe- ditiun—deep sea explorations in all parts of the world, and ruuning lines of soundings, which, be- sides their value in @ scientific point of view, Will be of great use when laying submarine telegraph \ Cables in future times. We were also directed to examine Kerguelen, or Desoaiion Islund, as Captain Cook called tt, and to select an observatory site lor the Transit of Venus Expedition, which is expected to arrive there towards the end of this year. Heard or Mcvouald island was also to be explored, and as we had to go so far south Captain Nares deter- mined to go a little jurtaner, have a look at the ice and endeavor to settle the douotiui question a3 to the existence of Wilkes’ “fermioution Land,’ Bat we were in no way prepared to enter pack ice, asthe ship was not strengthened Jor it, and did not carry provisions sutiicient to allow any risks of being frozen in. Ice anchors and chis- els, @ coupe of whaieboats, extra stores aud some warm ciothing, all of which were obtaiwed at the Cape, were the only things taken outward for our Antarctic cruise. DEPARTURE FROM THE CAPR OF GOOD HOPR. We ieit the Cape on 17th December, having fin- ished up with a great round o/ hilarity at Cape ‘Town, the Governor, townspeople a.d ourselves having given balis during the last few days, and, with the wisnes of many fair ones for our success, bey our booms, in nautica! parlauce. the distance to Prince Edward and Marion islands—1,100 miles—was run in eight days, the “Roaring Forties,’’ as the sound in that degree of latitude 18 called, not giving many opportunities for sounding or trawling. Christmas Day was spent hove to off the islands, and the 1oilowing day exploring and surveying parties landed on MARION ISLAND. It is 8,000 feet uigh and covered with snow, which extends in places to within 800 fect of the Jevel of the sea; 4 avit moss, which grows ID great proiusion, gives the hillsides a veautiully green appearance, but there is not @ sign oi tree or shrub, and the largest plant is the Kerguelen land cabbage (Pringiea antiscorbutica), which is de- scrived by Hooker tn his “Flora Antarctica,” Jt 1s very pieutitul in sheltered situations. and on the banks of the numerous small streams which run down from the snow quantities were brought on board and relished by some, but @ forced bitter aftertaste made one dislike it. jouk and Captain Koss speak very highly of itas a reventive of scurvy, and later on our biue- jackets were very giad to get it, and it was con- sidered & Welcome audition to the salt meat. Tne moss was extremely soft and boggy, which made walking Very laborious, although at first it was so springy that it did not feel so. Tne jarge albatross (diomedia erulans) were sitting on their eggs in great numbers on the hul sides, Where from a distance they looked not unlike @ Mock of sheep grazing in a green fleld. Three kinds of penguins were found—the king (aplino- @yies), the white winged and the eudyptes, or gol- den crested, or maccarories, as the seaicrs call them, besides numerous proceliaria, tern, &c. No fish were caught, although they were tried for with all kinds of allurements in the kelp, which grows in great quantities close to the shore. It is somewhat singular, as at Tristan d’Acupha, an isiand resembling Marion in many respects, great numbers were obtained. A SEA ELEPHANT WAS KILLED, but there were no tur seals seen. ‘The 3ist December brought us to the Crozet group. A couple of hauis of the trawl on the pas- sage in 1,375 and 1,600 fathoms were most success- 1ul, numerous specimens of sea eggs, star fish, shells, crinoids and umbellularia being ob- tained. At Possession Island, one of the group your countrymen propose to observe * Sketches of this tand will be seen in the Atlas on the Ghart of the Apiarcuc Conunent | the sealers and a fine estuary, | off some small islands which are most appropri- d | fate as deg, 42 min., longitude 17 oes 49 min, east, SHEET. the transit of Venus, we renfained in the netgh- | borhood jor four days, but were enveloped the Whole time im thick iogs and mist, One evening we managed to get into Navire Bay, but there was | suca a heavy ground swell that it Was not safe to | anchor. Seeing no signs of life on shore, although | We fired guns to attract the attention of any stray | seulers, sail was made and we bore away. There hut and tne ddéoris of a sealing establish- asks, &c., on the peach. The bad weather | was rather @ disuppointment, At one of the isiands the hogs are descrived as being numerous end (ferocious, so we wanted to make tueir acquaintance; and there are said to be rabbits on Possession Istand. An outlying arched roc! which 18 said to be higa enough for @ sulp to through, ts @igo one oO! the tugtitutions, From the few glimpses of the shore that we saw it appears | to be much the same as Marion—high mountains covered with snow, soit moss and a kind of coarse grass on the siopes o/ the hills, with, no doubt, the cabbage. The shore in places is very precipitous, with cascades tumbling down. The temperature averaged about forty degrees Fahrenheit, But What will be found to be most disagreeable is the wet and jogs, which, of course, render the chance of successin! observations very doubtful. Christmas Harbor, Kergueien, was reached on th January, 1874, Tue place is Papsresyng, as | Ross baving been visited and named by tain Cook on his first voyage, and spent sixty-five days there thirty-three years ago, during which time hourly magnetic observations | were registered ata station on shore, Pieasant work it must have been on the cold nights watch- ing the dipping needie. Our observations were taken on the same spot. The next twenty-four days were fyent examining the numerous bays, | gon, and flords on the east or lee side of the island. 4 HIGH RANGE OF MOUNTAINS COVERED WITH SNOW extend the whole length, the highest peak being Mount at Royal sound, 6,000 feet, The vege- tation 18 much the same everywhere—so't moss, coarse grass, plenty of the cabbage, but no trecs or sbrubs. The Qowering piants in all do not num- ber over thirty. Sea elephants and leopards were numerous in the cre-ks, and a few fur seals optained. but the latter are known gen- | erally to frequent outlying rocks and islands, which we had no time to visit. Tne only four- legged animal discovered was a mouse, @ colony of which probenly got ashore from some whaler. We landed goats at Betsy ove, or as it 8 called by the Yankee whalers “Pot Harbor,” from a blubber pot which has been lying. on the beach from time immemorial. There was capital duck shooting everywhere. The birds are smail, of dark | brown plumage, something tke widgeon,and capital | eating. We could not find that tuey were described | by naturalists, and probably the species is only to be found on these soutnern islauds, Our sports. | men sometimes mustered eigut guns, and we have shot suficient for issue to the ship’s company, 243 Men. ‘The ducks live principally on the seeds of the pring.ea. They were iound in great numbers iM the valleys and ‘near small lakes, which were very numerous in low lying land, Walking was bad, particulary with a load of birds on your back. The moss Was 80 soit and wet that irequentiy you sunk over y ur knees, bat, as lam very tond of snooting, | went im jor itevery day, a bark and THREE SCHOONRRS, ALL HAILING FROM NEW LONDON, fish for whales, seals and elephants here and at Heard's {aiand. We met the schooners, ‘The mas- ters and mutes were Ame:icans, the crews prin- cipally Portuguese irom the Cape Verde Islands, Two of the schooners, the Emma Jane and Ros- well King, Were in company with the bark Komaa, which vessel Makes an annual trip t» the Siares With oi] and for suppites, Captain Fuller, of the Roswell King, was most intelligent; bad been in 1his neighiornood for the last twenty years, and. | knew the isiands thoroughly. He is the only one that ventures on the west shore, which is gener- ally enveloped in mist, brought on by the pre- vailing westerly winds, and bas only a few small harbors, diticult of access. The schooners gen- | eraly cruise ior whales of Kerguelen, close to tue | laud, irom January to August, getting elephants | on vhe beaches, and afew iurseais. In Septem. ber they go to Heard’s Island, and are enguged until Decemoer KILLING ELEPHANTS, WHICH ARE VERY NUMEROUS, ahd boiling down. The Roman then takes the on board and they all take their de- parture, leaving-a party of about thirty men on shore to kill sca elephants during the winter, One of the mates was a most amus- ing fetlow, @ Scotchinan by birth—his Captain called him @ whitewashed Yankee—and could stow more whiskey without Spilung it, a8 you say, ina given space of time than any man! have ever met. Alter dinner be would killa few “right whales’? Jor us in good style, AS you may suppose, they were ail very much surprised at seeing us, a8, except themselves, ships rarely come so far south. When we boarded the Charles Coalgate the skipper uessed we were rather out of our reckoning. ‘hen told we had been into “Pot Harbor” he asked where In the thunder we had got our pilot. On veing offered some papers he guessed he had later dates than ours, but nis proved to be August, 1873, While we had London papers to 15th Novem- ber. We could not get him on board. He excused } himself irom dinuer on the plea of being not | much of & ship visitor. ‘The mate was a very good fellow, and told us of a trip the captains made in one of the schooners to look tor land, which they all believe to exist to the soutn of Heard’s Island (tue crews have invariabiy reiused to xo lurther south), He guessed, however, they all came back when the schnapps ran out, Captain Nares was in favor oi Royal Sound for an observatory station. with iully, I suould | think, ONE THOUSAND ISLANDS in it; we laid down about 100 in our running survey. Mount Koss is to windward and disperses | to a certain extent the clouds and mist, so that | reasonably fine weatuer is enjoyed. The report was leit tn a cairn at Christmas Harbor. The climate at Kerguelen may well be compared to thac of Engianu in winter. Gales of wind, how- ever, were rather nore frequent: our average was one every thre days; we were blown olf tle land several ti:nes and had difficulty in returning | on account of thick weather. The thermometer | generaiiy stood avout 42 or 44 degrees, and ranged Irom 88 to 53 degrees. No land birds were found. ‘The list of sea birds ts rather long, but the prin- cipal are:—Three kinds o! albatross, four procell- aria, prion, guils, duck, puitinaria, gracalus, | megalistris, and four penguins. ery few fish were caught; most of them were smail irom the dredge, trawl, and surlace nets, The sealers told us that large fish were tobe caught ately called the ‘Rocks of Vespair,’’ but we kept weil clear o1 them. Thick foggy weather was experienced on the.) passage to Heard’s Island, which was reached on the oth Febraary. Corinthian Bay, or Wuiskey Bay, 88 it 1s called by thesealers irom THE QUANTITY OF BOURBON CONSUMED every year when the barque arrives, is the best anchurase. ‘The land is very high, the moun- | win being variously estimated from 6,000 to 12,000 sect igh, but it does not appear to have been measured by surveyors, and is nearly always envelope in mist. On one side of the bay @ magnificent glacier runs down to tae water's edge and 1s said te extend the length of the island. It is the first | have ever seen, but I cannot at- | tempt to describe i(s grandeur. Snows swell on snow amazing to the sky, And icy mountains high on mountains piled, | Becm ‘o the shivering satiors trom atar | Shapeless and white, an atmosphere of clouds. On a low beach at the head of the bay, which ts | much frequented by sea eiephants, a party of tive men were stationed, living in tolerably comiort- | able wooden huts. ‘They hdan ampls supply of | provisions and coal and were well ciothed. About | twenty-five more Were hear the southern extrem- ity of the isiand, We were told at Kergueien that the chances of being able to land were very doubt- ful, but we were toleravly iucky in that respect for a couple of hours. There was scarcely any green Ou shore, no cabbage and no ducks. The temperature fell to 34 degrees, and that of the water to 36 degrees. | In the morning a very sudden fall of the barom- eter and a heavy swell setuing into the bay obliged us to be of, The whalers coming here have an- chors and cables double the ordiwary size to en- able them to ride out the gales. ‘That night it blew A WHOLE GALE OF WIND from the northwest The Chal- pits was under treble reefed topsails and almo: on her beam ends ball the time. A very heavy sea struck us and washed in two of the bow pol cleared out the sick bay, drenched ail the sick and | flooded the main deck. Great seas alao broke over the alter bridge, the first time that has occurred. Ice was frat seen on 11th February, in latitude 61 degrees 2 minutes south, longituye 80 degrees 20 minuies east, when we sounded 1D 1,260 tathoms and dredged close to @ large berg 217 leet high and a quarter of a mile long. For the next few days we sailed through great numbers of icebergs, most of them tabular or flat topped, and braaa ice. (I see you call it trash ice, which, perhaps, 18 the more correct term, but the other 1s used by our Arctic men), until on the 1étn of February we were by the pack ice to the southeast in latt- ng the Ck meen is Ld | westward, and crossed the Antarctic circle oa ue 16th of February in longivude 78 east. We Teached within 1,400 mties of the Soutn Pole and ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILES TO THE SOUTH- ‘WARD OF THR POSITION ASSIGNED RY CAPTAIN WILKES TO TERMINATION LAND, put 470 miles to the westward oF it, 80 we stood to the eastward with the view o! seeking for itin that n. baht RIGHTY-SEVEN ICEBERGS IN VIEW. The icebergs which we passed were, I may say, innumerable, 88 many as eighty-seven being in g.ght at one time, nearly all fat topped, and evi- dently set adrift irom the great southern tee bar- rier, The effect of a shot at a large one, over 200 Jeet high, astonished us all one day by the quan- | tity of ice it brougut down Irom nearly the whole | length of the verg. ‘The weather was now fine, tolerably clear, the nights never properly dark, bright Sashes of aurora australis and @ brillant red light generally illuminating the western horizon, caused by the reflection of the sun oo Ice, There was @ good deal of snow and sharp irost; the lowest tempera- ture was 22 dey. Fahrenheit, and toat of the waver 27 deg. When running through open “pack? Great numbers o1 whales were seen all the time we were near the ice. On some aiternoons they were blowing around the ship in dozens, Many ag to be “tight whales” and spouted only ome {et of water. Shoals of grampuses were also | seen. The Roman woud soon fli up wv she ran | down here for @ month or two in the season, 1 had almost forgotten to say that when we gave ‘up the searca to the westward, @a the 16th ot Feb- ruary, a0 Gpen sea, almost free of bergs, was seen to the southwest and nothing to prevent a We bore away | Years ago, and it is understood arrangements ba 7 deg, 15 min. south, longitude 94 being within six wiles of tue Seicteed one ota oF Wilkes’ Termination Land, when pack ice was geen ahead, extenaing from west-southwest to south-southeast, and compieteiy stopping us, .We were also surrounded with bergs, eighty-eigbt being in sighs, Soundings were obtained in 1,300 fathoms. WILKES’ CONTINENT, The al bby yy s the time, the range of vision belng logged at between twenty- five and thirty miles, but jonty THERE WAS NO APPEARANCE OF Laxp IN any DIRECTION. The next morning the dredge was put over ag close a8 we could get to the supposed position of the Antarctic Continent, but nothing was broazus up which would show any lignt on the subject. ‘Tne wind now freshened @ gale, with heavy squalls. snow aod a thick mist, so that it was scarcely possible to see a sbin’s lengto. In trying to make fast to an iceberg, an eddy current set us on to it, and the jibboom,- doiphin striker, whisker and- all the he: gear were carried away. Shortly alterwards we were nearly fou. of alarge berg before it was seen, It was only the promptitude of the maintop- man in letting fall toe matntopsail, which was thrown aback, and by going astern fuil speed with the screw, that we cleured it, and thus probaly escaped @ rather untimely end to the cruise, There is notuing more now to tell (you will con- sider that very good news, | think). The weather continued bad for the next few dava, We | ally ran out of the tee, heaving to generally as night, Nearly all our coal was gone, 80 we had to be of, Aslam writing this the ship is going ten knots in the strong westerly winds, and we hope to be at Melbourae in a week. We arrived here March 17, light and baffling winds having lengthened the latter part of the voyage. How ts my good friend, Mr. Blunt? I hope he is well. Isee by the papers which have just come on board, tnat his old adversary, Maury, hes passed away. And Agassiz has also gone, We go to Sydney next week; then round New Zealand to Cap» York, New Guinea, and hope to be at Hong Kong in November, JOHN HYNES. Believe me sincerely yours, Arctic Exploration. (From the London News, May 21.) Captain Wigans, of Sunderland, is to proceed om an Arctic crutse, by way of Nova Zembla. He has chartered Mr, Lamqpd’s steam yacht, the Diana, and will sail from Dundee onthe lat June. Cap- tain Brown, ot Peterhead, will be in command, and the voyage is expected 10 occupy about four months. A search will be made for the Austrian expedition, which proceeded to the Polar seas twe been completed for anording succour should thas be considered necessary, Advantage will be of the sport vo be had tn those distant regions. + THE OROPS IN THE WHST. Flattering Prospects for Cereals and Fruits. Crrcago, June 1, 187% The Times this. morning publishes several cole umns of crop reports (rom various points through- out the States of liiinols, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indi- ana, Missouri, Minnesota and Kansas, from which it appears that on an average the acreage of wheat sown is much in excess of that of last year, and that the yield promises to be quite up to the average, and in corn, oats and bariey iully up to the average. The average amount of land bag been seeded and the crops will be large. Fruits of all descriptions never looxed better. In several counties in Jowa, Kansas and Minnesota grasshop- pers and chinch bugs have made their appearance, MAILS FOR EUROPE. ‘The steamship Calabria will leave this port om Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. ‘The mails for Burope wiil close at the Post OMoe at half-past one o'clock P. M. Tue New York Hetato—Ridition for Europe— will be ready at half-past eight o'clock in the morning. Single copies, {nm wrappers for mailing, six cents, Died. MASTERSON.—On Monday, June 1, JOSEPH, som ot Wiham and Maria Masterson, aged 19 mouths and three days. The relatives and friends of the family are re- :pectfully invited to attend the funerai, from the residence of the parents, 36 Willett street, om Wednesday, 3d inst., at one P. M. 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