The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-10
Return of DIR. Hayes Arctic Expsai.,on


tclegraphic despatch from Halifax announces the
arrival there yesterday oil the schooner United Staoe the
vessel in which DR. Hayes sailed from Boston on his ass
expedition TO the Arctic regions bringing back The
mandcr and party all welt but reporting the deaths of
two Of thcr fellow voyagcrs. These Mr.. August
Sonntag the astronomer and second ia command of the
expedition, and Mr.. Gibson Caruihcrs Tho carpenter.
The expedition sailed from oston tho 7h of July
1sc0, in The schooner United States 140 tons burhen
which had had It's changed from that Of Spring
Hill The plan to proceed lrst Upper Nayich in
lat 70 deg 40 min there procure dogs and furs 10
leave that port abcu; the end of July and proceeding
eiHV4s'. !nn 49,. s...:.,,ss anent
tho 15th Of August. Il cacriaea thai tho siIs'
summer would be exhausted in reaching that locality
the wintcr setting in early in September Prom ,hs.
time Till March, 1861 they remain inac.ive but
on the earliest return of SUNSHINE sedga parties were
TO he formed aud engaged II making explorations
The expedition reached Smith Straits about the 18th
degree OF north latitude, tile 2etl or August 1850
bu found That The leo could not be penetrated an that
the schooner could rocac an higher They wu,crod al
Port Folke expecting to Foi into Smiths Sound when The
ice would be melted in the Summer u was b this Sound
in titude Is degrees 40 minutes that ir hanes vessel
the Advance lad to be abandoned in May 1866 Bc,the
Straits continued sealed up and far The navigation
Of the sound formed part Of the pian had TO be aban.
doted.
Sclgc parties. however, formed, and in one u
those Dr. Hayes made cxoIations r n0rt 81 deg
8 min; about the latitude that was reached by
sadgo parties In the last expedition commanded Dr.
Kane. This point reached the 18th Of Nay 1851.
The objects Of the expedition were
l. 10 explore further the open polar discovered by
pr Kane. and 10 determine lie limits and character
2 10 complete the survey Of the northern coasts &c
Greenland and Grinnel land.
8 To determine important questions relative 10 The
magnetism, meteoFoiogy. natural history, and gene
raj physical features o the uacspored region north
Of Smiths straits.
The rs, object could not 6 course, he accomplished
account of iie ice blocking up tho passage mls
Sound, but VIC may presume from Dr. Hayes activity
and determination, that the others have been far at
least as po. sibe 10 effect their accomplishment
The expectation composed follows:--
C.Bv,rader--nr Isanc J. Hayes.
Astronomer, ;na Slcord ia Commaad--Auglst srniag
S1iag Mosie,-S H. Mccormick.
Motel w. Dodge.
Carsains Ctcyk--Geor.o =. knorr.
Assistont Aston6aaGr--fIenry q. RadcllG
tspcaieT-tihson Caruthrrs.
CdtiR BOy-Colcn C. Starr.
Sisord,d--trsnk l.. Harris,
Cook--Iohn Williams.
Crcw,-chares Mccormick, William Miller, Harvey s
Haywood Thomas 4. Browne, John Mcdonald and Thos
Bowman.
Mr. August sonntag, whose death vi are sogry to see
recorded an experienced voypgcr, highly accom-.
rlshcd artist and distinguished man Of science Lie
engaged in the service o. tho governmca. on the
Mexican expedition, DR.. kane Arctic expedition aud,
believe, on Commodore Pelry's Japan expedition.
His death VIII grcye large number Of friends aid al
mlrers.
We await with iooresi NJ. Hayes report OF the exre-
di ion
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