Washington Standard

A Sad Memorial.

The following memoranda, in the form of a diary, were found on the body of Dr. Beane of Baltimore, who, with Mr. McCorkendale and Mr. Randall, were lost in September last, in a severe snow-storm near the summit of Mount Blanc:

"Tuesday, 6th September. I have made the ascension of Mount Blanc, with ten other persons—eight guides, Mr. Corkendale and Mr. Randall. We reached the summit at two o'clock and a half. Immediately after having quitted it, I found myself enveloped in a whirlwind of snow at 15,000 feet, English height. We have passed the night in a grotto dug in the snow—an uncomfortable asylum, and I have been ill all the night.

"7th September, Morning.—Cold very intense. Much snow. It falls without cessation; the guides are uneasy.

"7th September, Evening.—We have been on Mount Blanc for two days in a terrible snow-storm. We are lost. We are in a grotto, dug in the snow, at a height of 15,000 feet.

"I have no hope of descending. Perhaps some one will find this book, and will send it to you." [Then follow directions relative to his private affairs.] "We have no provisions." My feet are already frozen, and I am entirely exhausted. I have only strength to write these words. I die believing in Jesus Christ, with the sweet thought of my family, my friendships and all. I hope that we shall meet in Heaven.

Yours, always.

"My effects are partly at the hotel du Mont Blanc; a part are with me in two portmanteaus. Send them by post to the Hotel Schwietzerhoff, at Geneva. Pay my bills at the hotel. Heaven will reward you for your kindness."

Then follow more instructions to his family; then a sudden close, as if strength failed.