The Jeannette

Lieut. Danenhowei' w rites to bis father in Washington underdate of Belun, mouth of Lena, Nov. 9, with a postscript dated Yakoutsk Dec. 17. He says : The trip up the river from Bulun to Yakout3k occupied thirty-six days, aud was made on sledges with dogs, reiudeers and horses. He describes the journey as one f uil of severs hardships. rhere were stations at intervals on the w;iy constructed of logs. He describes the last of these, seventeen miles from Yakoutsk, the beat of the lot, as a small log building with cow shed attached. It was composed of one room, in which were about twenty people when his party arrived. In the center was the body of a horse, killed for food, and brought into the room to thaw out. During the night the party stopped at, the hut, Jack C ole, boatswain, while laboring under an aberration oí miad, got up and started out to walk to New York to see his wife. ïhe thermometer was sixty degrees below zero. It required all Lieutenant Danenhower's persuasive powers to induce him to come back into the hut. At Yakoutsk, Lieut. Danenhower says he found a man who understood French and was taken to the governor, who treated hira with great kindness and consideration. He detailed a lieutenant, with instructions to give tho wants of the party special attention. ïhey were quartered at a small hotel conducted on the American plan. Lieut. Danenhower speaks of his stay in Yakoutsk as cxceedingly pleasant and conifortable under tbe eircunistances . Dec. 24 the goveruor sent an offlcerto Lieut. Danenhower to ask him at what time the Christmas festiviiies usually began in America, and when informed it was usual to commence Christmas eve, he sent his sleigh for the party to come to his residence for supper and spend the evening. In speaking of the terrible voyage of the party, Lieut. Danenhower says they had to travel 700 miles over the ice from the ship to the mouth of the Lena. They landed in shoal water and were cornpelled to wade two miles to land. They were torced to travel 100 miles further before they reached shelter, and he says he was up five days and four nights without sleep or rest. He nientioned the tact thatoutof thirty-three comprising the crew and oiïieers of the Jeannetto only thirteen are knowi to be living, and one is knovvu to be dead.