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killed the first lieutenant wounded the second
| lieutenant, and blew part of the coloners beard
| on with the last charge of his six-shooter then
graphing with him. and using his fists, he brought
| the party TO terms.
The lives of the prisoners were saved, and the
Doctor received their swords AS soon as General
Gaona could reach his son, who lay at little dis
tance from the scene of the last struggle, the Doc
| tor found him sitting by him. receiving his las {
adieus. Shifting the soldier, and resuming the
surgeon, he secured the artery, and put Il q
wounded man in condition to travel The ambr-
lance got up for the occasion, contained at ono
the wounded Maximiliau, the wounded second
lieutenant and the man that had prepared them
for slow travelling, himself on his litter, from the
lance wound received in defence of his prisonersl
When they reached Pueblo, the Doctors wound
proved the worst In the party. He was taken to
the government house, but the old General in
gratitude for his generous services, had him cor
veyed to his own house. General Childs, Amer
can commander at Puebla, hearing of the generoF-
ity OF his prisoner, discharged him without making
any terms, and the old General became the prir.
cipal nurse OF his captor and benefactor, dividing
his attentions between him and his son. who Law
wounded in an adjoining room. This illness of our
hero was long and doubtful, and he was reported
dead to his friends at home.
When he recovered and returned he was en-
poyed in the Coast Survey. While engaged in
this service, the government, by it's correspond
ence with Lady Franklin, became committed for
an attempt at the rescue of Sir John and his IL
starred companions in Arctic discovery Nothint.
could be better addressed to the Doctors goverr
ing sentiments than this adventure The enterprise
OF Sir John ran exactly in the current of one of his
own enthusiasms--the service of natural science
combined with heroic personal effort and, added
to this, that sort of patriotism which charges se
with it's own full share in the execution of national
engagements of honor and besides this cordial
assumption Of his country's debts and duties there
was no little force in the appeal of nohly brave
spirited woman to the chivalry of the Americas
navy.
He was bathing in the tepid waters of the
Gulf of Mexico, on the 18th of May, 1882 when
he received his telegraphc order to proceed forth
with to New York, for duty upon the Arctic expe-
dtion In nine days from that date he was beyond
the limits OF the United States on his dismal vow
age to the North Pole. OF this first American ey-
pedition, as is well-known to the public, he WIS
the surgeon, the naturalist and the historian. II
returned disappointed of its main object. after
winter in the regions Of eternal ice and fifteen
months' absence.
Scarcely allowing himself day to recover from
the hardsbips of this cruise, he set on foot the
second attempt, from which he has returned, after
verifying by actual observation the long ouet-
toned existence OF an open sea beyond the latitude
OF 81 degrees and beyond the temperature, also,
Va wv ucBTccS DciOW tHs freezing point. HIS
Personal Narrative" published early in 1853. re-
counts the adventures Of the first voyage. and dis
covers his diversified qualifications for such an en-
terprise.
The Iast voyage occupied two winters in tho
highest latitudes, and two years and half of un-
ntermitted labor, with the risks and responsible
ties attendant. He is now preparing the history
for publication. But that part of it which best
reports his own personal agency, and would most
justly present the to the reader will of course
be suppressed. We would gladly supply it, but
as yet this is impossible to US. His journal is
private property the extracts which we may ex-
pect will be only too shy of egotism, and his
panions have not spoken yet, as some day they
win speak, of his conduct throughout the terrible
struggles which together they endured
To form anything like an adequate estimate OF
this last achievement il is to be recollected that
his whole company amounted to but twenty mep,
and that of this corps or he was the command
err in naval phrase; and when we are apprized
that his portfolio of scenery, sketched the spot
in pencil, and in water-coors kept fluid over spi-
rit-lamp, amounts to over three hundred sketches,
we have hint of the extent and variety Of the
Offices he filed on this voyage. He was, in fact,
the surgeon, sailing master, astronomer and natu
ralist, as well as captain and leader of the eyped-
| ton.
This man of all work. and desperate daring and
successful doing, is in height about five feet seven
inches; in weight, say one hundred and thirty
pounds or 50, health and rest would but give him
leave to fill up his natural measure. His complex
ion is fair, his hair brown, and his eyes dark gray,
with hawk look. He is a hunter by every gilt
an grace and instinct that makes up the cbarac-
ter--an excellent shot, and a brilliant horseman.
He has escaped with whole bones from all his adj
ventures, but he has several wounds which are
troublesome; and, with such general health as hs,
most men would call themselves invalids, and live
i f,.rlnu oh ,allt he
he has won the distinction of being the first civil
lied man TO stand in latitude SO deg. 80 min, and
gaze upon the open Polar Sea--to reach the north
ernmost point of land on the globe--to report the
lowest temperature ever endured-the heaviest
sledge journeys ever performed, and the wildes
life that civilized man has successfully undergone
and to return, after all to tell the story of his ac
ventures.
The secret spring of all this energy is in his rel
gious enthusasm-di discovered alike in the gene
GUS spirit of his adventures in pursuit of science
in his enthusiastic fidelity to duty and in his heroic
maintenance Of the point of honor in all his inter
course with men.
In his department there is that mixture of shy
ness and frankness, simplicity and fastidousness
sandwiched rather than blended, which marks tic
man of genius and the monk of industry He
seems confident IN himself but not of himself hi,
manner is remarkable for celebrity of movement
alert attentiveness, quickness of comprehension
rapidity of utterance and sententious compactne.
Of diction, which arise from habitua watchful
ness against the betrayal of his own enthusiasms
lie seems to fear that he Is boring you, and is Al
ways discovering bis unwlingness to sit" for YOU
admiration. II you question him about the hand
some official Acknowledgements Of his services By
the British and merican governments, or in an
way endeavor TO turn him upon his own gallan
achievements, he hurries you away from the sub
ject to some point Of scientific interest which b,
presumes viii more concern and engage yourself
or he says or does something that makes you think
he is occupied with his own inferiority in some