The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-14
THE POLAR REGIONS.

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An American shipmsster on Cockburn Island
IAN Esquimaux I'm the Herald 0nice-LiHe
~ Northumberland Inlet, &C., sc.
Sidney o. Buddington, master Of the whaling bark
Mcclellan, of New London, Conn, which vessel has
lately arrived from Davis Straits and Bafns Bay, was
in town yesterday and visited the New YORK HERALD
Office. aptain Buddington has been in the Arctic
gions at various times since 1850 spent last winter
among the Esquimaux Northumberland Inlet,
or Cockburn Island sixty mine degrees north latitude
He has later intelligence relative to the Kane Frank
lin expeditions. Smiths Sound, where DR.. Kane was
last heard FROM is ten degrees north Of Captain Bud
dington's winter quarters, and Back River where Sir
John Franklin and his companions supposed to
have pershed Is several hundred miles west Of Cock
burn Island.
Captain Buddngton is not explorer a sdrant but
simply master Of whaer, with the power Of observa
ton the desire for rambling and the capacity to endure
fatigue and cold and hunger, which have always been
prominent traits in the New England character He has
had his vessel locked Straits by ice and has twice
endured all the horrors Arctic winter. He rather
likes it, and is going again. With the present anxiety
relative to this interesting region why could not cheap
excursion say to Smiths Sound and back, be made to
pays
Captain Buddinet ton found himself Last autumn In
bad fishing ground and he resolved to leave his ship and
60 ashore to live for while among the
Esquimaux, in order to make arrangements
for something better in the spring. He was accom-
panied by dozen volunteers from his crew, and the
party spent the winter among the natives
of this region. The thermometer sometimes marked as
low as forty eight degrees Fahrenhei below TIE
captain thinks that this cold weather and we agree
with him. Ugh 1t makes one shudder to think about
it. The Yankees improved in health by their resi-
dence among tie Esquimaux, they obliged to
take . great deal Of muscular exercse-baii playing
being the favorte sport The Esquimaux have lately
been carried off in great numbers by consumption
and it probable that, this maIady is often
transmitted hereditarily, they will be all annihilnted
As the Straits have been Of late much equented by
American whalers, this win be . great deriment to
them, the Esquimaux always very kind to
strangers.
As far the personal appearance Of the Esquimaux
Co. we had specimen before eyes in the person Of
Uget of the natives, who returned with Captain
Buddington and is feasting his eyes the
ders of the great Southern World Uget Is q stout
rugged welbuilt fellow apparently about thirty years
old. In physique he is superior to many Americans,
and equal to the majority He Is Ave feet eight inches
in height with rather small black eyes, good teeth long
black hair, and in complexion resembles the North
American Indian The face is not, however, strong
ly marked that Of the Indian, there is heavy,
greasy, lazy, contented expression about it, The Es
quimaux all good natured creatures, like Uget.
They live chiefly sh-sea eaten is their favor
lite dish. They have written language-no mission
ares-no government-no chefs-it is al perfect equal
ity and, during the tme (niue months that Captain
Buddngton spent among them, he witnessed any
quarreling dissension. Happy people They do not
aggregate together in large numbers, unless it is for
special purpose, such seal catching to visit
Q whaler.
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Bay, during the past summer, has been good. The
Mcclellan brought home five hundred barrels Of oil,
and her master obtained valuable information as
to the fisheries from his EsQumaux friends There is
need Of new charts for this region and also of
extended surveys Of the ry along Davis Straits
The exploring expeditions we all made for the
point through Barrow's Straits may easily be
by tn Immense number of names of bays, straits
islands capes, and inets with which they have lately
adorned the Arctic maps. Captain Buddington prefers
Cockbnrn Island to the other side Of the Straits Green
land-Fisherman's Inlet, as place for winter quar-
tiers.
Although the Esquimaux not quite civilized
the Greenlanders, the captain thinks they
kind and kospitable.
Captain Buddngton made excursions into the in.
terror but could not proceed further than fifteen or
twenty miles for fear Of losing his party The compass
is Of land in the Arctic region in consequence
Of some unexplained magnetic attraction The light in
this region in winter is chiefly obtained from the aurora
5oredi and here these wonderful phenomena are seen
n all their beauty and glory They appear all around
the horizon, and brilliant at point at ano
ther Captain Buddington thinks that North cumberland
Inlet extends through the island and eoesnear to the
Straits of Fury and Heca which at the north of
Melville Island. There is strong tide setting through
this inlet, the greatest width Of which is sixty
miles, Captain Buddington states that some Of
the explorers have told very large stories and
claimed great deal credit than they deserve He
puts no faith in the Back river story about Sir John
Franklin, and thinks that he driven out towards
Newfoundland and his ships there crushed by the ice
from which the Mcclellan once had narrow escape.
The last winter was very in the Arctic
region, and Captain Buddington thinks that Dr. Kane
and his party did not succeed in getting away from
Smiths Sound account Of the ice 1t very certain
that they could have got far south and
Back River where it Is alleged the bodies of Sir John
Franklin and his party found.
Captain Buddington win soon make further Arctic
searches He is intelligent navigator, good Officer
and, altogether an honor to his calling.
Legal Intelligence.
LIBEL ON THE AUSTRIAN cONsUL-sUITE AGAINST THE
NEW YORK EXPRESS FOR $4,000 DAMAGES.
The Austrian Consul, Charles r. Loosely Esq, left
New York. Saturday last, by the steamer Baltic, ON
his way to Vienna to mature projected line of steamers
between this port and Trieste Since then paragraphs
most unounded character respecting the object of his
leaving have appeared in the Express from malicious
person. 1t appears, stated time since in the
HERALD, that Mr.. Loosely obtained injunction against
the holder OF large quantity Of goods which arrived
at the custom house here from Vienna afadavits
stating that they had been obtained merchants there
under false pretences Proceedings arising of that