Show BY TELEGRAPH TE B azer usa uma I 1 AMERICAN washington ron rox 20 the report of melville to the secretary of the navy is at hand dat d sk siberia hibl unia erla january oth he says wo ve made a landing at tile tha of the lena river rive r on september loth four days after the dispersion of checan bettes three boats liea itea bed hed a settlement called burbott on septem ber her ice lee was making in the river on the next day we made an effort to get up the river with three native pilots but after grounding ai very often the pilots insisted upon returning and our condition condit lon iun did not warrant me in advancing for the most moat of ua us were very much exhausted suffering suu sua ering from frozen feet and legs and auk lack of food the majority being unable to walk the natives bave gave us quarters and a limited quantity of nan nah ana dried geese on october loth a russian brusslan exile name named 1 ikus Ihus mah discover discovered cd us accidentally he gave us sait salt and all the tha food his scanty supply al lowed and agreed a to go to to inform the commandant comman dant daut of that place of our presence and obtain tood rood and transportation ho he started on october lhand 15 and was tj ta have returned in lu five live buth edid not re turn until october when he brought a small supply of food and repined that uhe the commandant would do aa at bukolt bukoff on Nover riter wita deer and sieds sleds to carry the whole party to balun baun 0 on a his hia way back on october met two 0 oi the first cutters crew at kumduk and they gave him a brief note I 1 immediately started with dog sleds sieds for tor belan belau hoping to anticipate the commandant on tile the way but he had reindeer and traveled by a different route john W having recovered cover eti etl mie the use of his hia eyes ho he was placed in charge of my party with orders to follow me to balun as soon as transi rt atlon could te le obtain obtained ea I 1 arlivea at balun on november ad and found the two men in a very exhausted condition from them I 1 learned le arneil the particulars of what had transpired subsequent to october 1st ast tiie the clate date of tho the latest of de longs bougs records the party cro crowed bed sed the lena to the west bank on october iso at a summer hunting lodge called Ua terHa ertla the toes of seaman erickson having havin beun been amputated ho he was placed upon an improvised sled which was hauled by nia nis coin eoin comrades rades several of whom were hardly abe to stand owing to frozen feet and legs they proceeded south slowly for two days and crossed cro sed a small branch of the lena which they had to wade on the of october they stopped at a small hut but where ericason died the next day and a ud was buried in th the a lena by this time they were in a deplorable condition having eaten their last dog meat and being on an allowance of three ounces of alcohol per man per day they thuy proceeded south until october ath when delong decided to i end two men ahead to seek relief the feet of Nin ainderman derman and noras were botter batter than thom those ot the others and they were supplied with their blankets bian blan keta arid hem Kem alies alles with forty rounds of ammunition ion lon and six ounces alcohol which was a per capita division of the stock of the laiter they were wore ordered to proceed south on the west bank of the lena and to send relief it if found being told others would follow their footsteps when the two men started the party was at a halt on the north bank of the larze a western vestena vest west ena tra branch of the lena the two men ascended that branch about five miles to maeo maso a crossing and then traveled P southeast to a hut known by tho the name of two crosses and situated on the lens lena bank after 14 days intense suffering and slow progress they reached belcour and were fould found by three natives who supplied them with food and transported them to delun on deer sleds arriving at that place on november the commandant at balun tok toik tolk good care of them he gave them writing ma tenial and they wrote a long dispatch addressed to the american minister at st peters Petera petersburg burg barg which tho the commandant cam mandant took with him to cerkot nauen Dauen danenhower hower howen immediately sent it to me by special courier together with orders from tho the commandant to his bis subordinate at belum to furnish mo ma with an outfit iii and td appointing aa as the tile rendezvous dez at which anee I 1 met him and the rema rems remainder luder fuder of my party november 5 had a con eon consultation gith with uh the commandant ordered danenhower Danen danon hower bower to proceed south with all the party except J H R bartlett first class fleman fieman fl emana who was to romain remain romain at balun to communicate with me and I 1 started north on that everil evening ilg tig to the bellef of de long having with mu me two tro natives an i iwo two dog with provisions for fon or 10 days november 6 reached bulcourf Bul coura found wo woo b bou lou ou es and traces of two men Ni and noros examined small huts where two men had slept sept and where a number of sleds were slowed stowed siept sopt in a snow bank bink that night plaited visited huts at two crosses shoal and ria reaching noevia after cle dle next morning I 1 found in a hut a waist walso belt bolt that nai lial na 1 been made on loard the jeannette and tuese these were goo gool indications that one or two of DeLon bolonga Do Longa gla party had slept in the hut but on november loth provision provisions running short shorts I 1 decided to go to in order to holew them 11 neachea Rea cheu choa chea upper betuu on the alth having stopped at a deserted hunt ng ug station of callicott Calli cota cots and also having visited e echt nuts ajuts on the route routt considerable stale fish ush and deer meat found at Calu cota eota but no ans signs of the huts having been by delonga delon DeLoa gd party darty on my arrival at upper tho tile natives i bi brought ought mo mu De delonga Longs record dated and I 1 learned that tuat others had begu been lound found I 1 tent cent to the no ne gh boring villages for thym thaw th aw aud nud next morning ane records date bateu J september sep dep ud and mth and some sin yin Win Vin chest r illies lines were nvere brog brought bt to niu me the thy provisions provis provia ions lons to te le tb cb taints were deir deer meat and fish nish there being belog a carcity scarcity of the latter t enat enst ived having to send bend for their own cupply november I 1 obtained four days supply of fish and with fi esh dog teams and natives a s arted for Ball bail huu hul in which record number bertao to winchester ruie rule were found slept there that night found both nuts huts filled allej with anuw on november I 1 followed the easu easi balik batik of tue the lens lena to the coas foli owed owea the coast about thred thres mies to tho the east euist and ana lound found the cache that had been made by del deb ng sept kept I 1 made a thorough search and gathered up everything being too heavily laden to 10 carry it I 1 beal beai ched for thu thy boat both east and west of the cache for a dis tance of five miles antl and haw kaw no sign of it the ice was very much br broken ken acid aad was shoved up in masses to within twenty five tive reet vf the cache I 1 dictum d about midnight to the upper behin next day november turning stormy I 1 was obliged to wait wail ait ebere two days t rest and feed the clogs dogs during this time I 1 overhauled everything obtained in the cehe and I 1 ii a correct list via viz ode oue box containing refuse medical stores one box small articles mess mesa gear one box for lion books and sexta t one box chronometer two tin icalea cabes containing four tour log books two cook stoves es seven old weeping ble bags hags condemned one cine lot old clothing worn out one ritie one repeating rille rilie aud and other art cles cies thero was no live article found in tho the ache but tho the following record was vas found hi in the navigation box bux arctic exploring steamer J onnette annette wn nette lena deita bella monday september hep Bep temoer 1871 the ol oh lowin owins names 14 persons dd long Jeannette which was sunk by lee ice june 1881 in latitude north 77 cl dt grees 15 minutes longitude degrees landed here on the aven evening of thelah lust and will proceed td on foot this afternoon to try to reach a settlement on the lena lens river signed george IV do long lieutenant commanding lieutenant da de long r argeon ambley al ml jt collins F F 0 Ninde rinau A goetz A H sam alex Y H A erl Bri erickson brickson ekson H H roch koch och C VV boyd 1 W aleen WL lee eeN N Juer soe sov L P noros A dressler dressier dres Dros sier whoever fanda paper ia Is requested to forward it to tho the secretary of the navy with note of time and ani place at which it was found copies of the above in ox faix languages followed on nov I 1 left leit the upper balun with fish for 10 days daya fool cooj and with three d dg g teams driven by three natives 1 I discovered v ezi eal the place at which the da adlong long party crossed the lena and traced the party to from which pace I 1 wished to search for the hut in which erickson died there was a storm raging and the natives insisted oa on returning either to balun or the upper balun because there was lack ot of food and t the he dogs refused to work we had only raw frozen fish nish to eat so I 1 determined to return to balun and arrived theren theroN there nov kov ath in a gerrib 0 condition t feet hands bands legs and face badly frost bitten haying having been ten days in continuous storm remaining two nighta and one day all the while in a snowbank without shelter of any kind bind from my knowledge of the country and the evidence of tit nerol and aud Niti ernin crain 1 I I 1 am alit that delong D nong long and party are herm hurM to the westward of the lena lens and between ter tei aneck and bul our which are aro separated by an extent of about of barren and desolate region i devoid of substance to heatch beatch beatch leatch tha that t region realon a large force will bo be required with proper authority from the russian off omm melas lelas I 1 therefore came to this place to communicate with the united states and immediately immediate lj with the aid of the auth odtis G t organize searching parties in the meantime the commandant of be lun is bearch search ing with a al 1 the foice his station elation offers the governor of this giovinco lovince pio po vince vinco has sent a genoval order throughout the entire region from leua lena to dolgma to search bearch for and r rider assis assistance tunce to both parties that are I 1 iam lam am now completing my arrangements and aud will start north in a few days k siberia jan 7 neros nerce was a one of the tho men elated t by lieutenant delong to go ahead for roluf in a letter he says we traveled about two weeks short of them the captain decided to send alaci man and myself ahead to look for assistance wo we walked miles without anything to eat for six days we hadnot had not a mouthful of food and A ere m st starved when found by the natives the captain and 10 men have I 1 fear died norm horn starvation and cold governor general in charge rendering tendering every issal assistance stance in his power B j next mail I 1 wil give you a full statement explaining the organization and the plans ati adopted opted for the bearch search when danehower reach balun transportation south could be furnished fuini shed for only six men EO fco he took four of the weakest of the party and reached this place dec 17 the remaining elx eix arrived yesterday the general health of the whole party la is excellent but era cra eyes are badly jan roele beaman seaman su th tiered red from abera abena tion lion of or mind mirld and hubert leach from frozen toes tomorrow danenhower with nine men will t loveed proceed to and thence to the atlantic tt b aboard I 1 will keep bart lett jett fireman and W F bindeman nin Hin deman with me danenhower will carry to the unitt unil d states stales the records and anil articles found in the cache in conclusion allow me to call the attention of the department to the upright and manly conduct of master J W danenhower who cheerfully cheer chee rully ully rendered most moat valuable ablo abio assistance under the tho most trying circumstances and who e professional knowledge I 1 availed myself of on all occasions we were in perfect a alcord cord at all ill times although an unfortunate circumstance cum stance deprived him of his legitimate com eom command maud the conduct of first class fireman bartlett is worth special notice ius hid superior intelligence intel I 1 cheerful disposition and energy is highly commendable also seaman hubert reach beach who was at th the helm 11 hours in a gale during which time his feet leet and legs were badly frozen after which lie he worked manfully a at t the oara oars without a murmur and during the most intense pain yours respectfully signed GEORGE MELVILLE melvilie past A sl cengr U US Navy the following record was left about one and aud a half miles north of i he thes butita end of island burled under as a take stake the 33 persons persona comprising the of fibers and crew of the jeannette left that island bland in three boats on the morning of september sep Bep one week ago that same eama night we were separated in a wind and have been seen nothing of them since ordera had been given in the event of buch such an accident for each boat to td beat its way to to a settlement on the lena river before waiting for anybody my boat made land the morning of the and I 1 suppose we are at Len lena deita delta I 1 have haan hadn had no 0 chance to get sight right for position since once I 1 left sim himy alki island after trying for two days to get in shore without g bounding oun ding cr or to reach one of tha thu river mouth mouths I 1 abandoned my boat oat ont and waded one and a ha half hair miles carrying our provisions and outfit with us wo must now try with gods help to wall walk to a settlement which I 1 believe to bo be 95 miles distant we are all well have four days provia provisions lons ions arins arini and ammini t on and are carrying w th us only the ships books alid and pairs papers blankets tents and medi medicine cino Cine therefore ip our clia haco of getting through to be je good sil Si Siu gued ed GEO W DELONG aleut surgeon burgeon ambler J J Co collies Illus A gibitz 0 ainderman Nin derman A dressler dressier ff II 11 erickson A sam H H jol jop alex T 0 H boyd L P noros W lee L jurs jars n it is umer understood stood the of the union nand and central Compan fes ies aro are working vigorously against the passage of the chinese bill in the house they are in hard bard money and anti also chinese labor MEMPHIS country routh south of here Is a 4 arming with buff 0 guati and much stock thai that ws saved from drowning by the overflow are being killel billec by these in beets keets bt st loul loui 20 captain leeon the government relief kitelinger hit kit toimi eliner r anita has that there is grell greit greit gre it distress and buli sull suffering bring through throughput ut the yaz 10 0 delia it was originally Lally deigned to remove the from the flooded to s cure comfort cout COUL fort able quarters but it is learned harned there are so many of them that it would 1 lequia e qui 0 a whole fleet of and boats to carry out that pi pl n people will te to left in their bous noua a in extreme cass cassand and ar range menta monta will le jle made mado to furn furnish sh thoen t i from d pots which will be e established at a 0 eligible poin B s capt le held a consulia consulta con sulta in ln with prominent citizens of greenville nd at last many were all haste haae to yazoo coun babeu veu ven peb pen persons ons were 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