Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1875 — Return of the Pandora. [ARTICLE]

Return of the Pandora.

Nxw Yobk, Oct. 17. A London special to the New York Herald gives some interesting details of foe cruise of the Pandora to the Arctic regions for the purpose of receiving dispatches from the British expedition. The steamer crossed the much-dreaded Melville Bay without encountering ice. They were disappointed in not finding Capt. Nares’ dispatches at Carey Island, and so they steered on to Lancaster Sound. There they encountered gigantic floes and navigated with much difficulty. On reaching Barron Straits they were enveloped in an impenetrable, fog. Beechy Island was reached Aug. 25, and a strange discovery was made. They found the yacht Mary, which had been drawn upon the beach by Capt. Ross in 1850, still standing with her masts upright. Traces of bears were also found. The headboards over the graves of Sir John Franklin’s men were still standing upright, and in good preservation. The Pandora then sailed for Peel’s Strait, and was beset on the voyage by vast fields of ice. She passed foe farthest point reached by McClintock’s expedition and reached King William’s Land, thus navigating a sea never sailed over by any other vessel before except, perhaps, Franklin’s. She then steamed down the west coast ot Prince of Wales’ Land. Here delightful weather, soft, refreshing atmosphere and open expanses of water, with warm-air currents, were enjoyed. Officers were intensely excited and expected important results; many believed they would discover traces of Franklin’s expedition and some were hopeful that Sir John Franklin’s papers would be found and they would eventually make Behring’s Straits, but in this they were disappointed. They ice-fields at Rouquette Island, which effectually blocked the vessel’s further progress. They stayed there Sept. 7, and then set out on their return voyage. This was full of difficulties and many exciting scenes and narrow escapes were experienced. At last they reached Carey Island in safety, where they found the long-looked-for dispatches from Capt. Nares for the British Admiralty. These were brought home to England. ,