Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-15
Arrival OF Or. Haye.'s Artio Expedi.

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A dispatch from Halihx, !, Oct. 8, contains the
following; .r...7a -e--st acV .s.ff. 4Jt
Dr. Hsyes's polar expedition arrived her Q this
morning IN the United States. The party are
all we'll. Two have died, including August
Sontag, the astronomer, and Gibson Caruthere
Dr.. Hayes reached Smith, q Straits on the 25th
of August, last year, but could not penetrate
the strait with his vessel, either last season or
this. He wiltered at Port Foulke, near Cape
Alexander, and with dog sledge reached lat.
81 deg. IS min. on May 18th of this year.
The following dispatch reached New York
city last evening Ti .'5'g '''--
~ ~ ne M '- HALIFAX, Oct, 8, 1861.
To HEsRY GRrNsELL, II Bond street: Ho ne
ward bound, Put in, after a stormy passage,
for repairs and water. We we're unable to PEN
citrate Smiths Straits either this season or the
last, on account of heavy ice. We wintered at
Port Foulke, near Cape Alexander, and have
penetrated, with dog sledges, to latitude eighty
one degrees thirty five minutes, on tho west
side on Kennedy Channel. In that channel
there was much open water. The thirteen sur
viving members Of my original party are all
well. Two of my companions, Mr.. Sontag and
Gibson Caruthers, have died. M - ~.
ISAAC I. HAYES, Is,
American Polar Expedition.
The expedition sailed from Boston on the 7th
of July, 1860, in the schooner United States, I40
tons burden, which had its name changed from
that of Spring Hill. The plan was to proceed
first to Upper Navick, in lat. 70 deg. 40 min. /,
there to procure dogs and furs to leave that port
about the end of July, and, proceeding through
the middle ice, to reach Smiths Straits about
the 18th OF August. 1t was calculated that the
first summer would be exhausted Ia reaching
that locality, the winter setting in early in Sep
tember From that time till March, 1861, they
were to remain inactive; but, on the earliest
return Of sunshine, sledge parties were TO be
formed and engaged in making explorations.
The expedition reached Smith's Straits, about
the 18th degree of north latitude, on the 26th
of August, 1850, but found that the ice could
not be penetrated, and that the schooner could
not reach any higher They wintered at Port
Foulke, expecting TO get into Smiths Sound
when the ice would be melted in the summer.
/! was in this sound, In lat 78 deg, 40 min, that
DR.. Kane'sIvessel, the Advance, had to be aban,
doned, In May, 1855. Bat the straits continued
sealed up, and so far as the navigation Of the
sound formed part Of the plan, Il bad 70 be
abandoned. H''t stH
Sledge parties, however, were formed, and In
one Of those DR.. Hayes made explorations as
far north as 81 deg, s min.--abouti the same
latitude that was reached by sledge parties In
tho last expedition commanded by DR.. sKane.- -
This point was reached on the 18th Of May,
1861. The objects Of the expedition were. u -
i. To explore further the open polar sea die.
covered by Dr.. Kane, and to determine its hm
It's and character. -
2. To complete the survey of the rtherr
coasts Of Greenland and Grinnell land.
3.rTo determine Important quettlons relative
to hs.msgnetisrn, meteorolgy, natural history
and general physical Features Of the nnexplored
region north Of Smiths Straits. q nip6l 'las3
The first object could not, Of course, be &C
complished on account Of the ice blocking up che
passage 10 Smith 3 Sound; but We may presume
from Dr.. Hayee's activity and deterniinntion
that the others have been, % far, at least a N
| was possible 70 effect their Accomplishments. 9
4 The expedition was composed as follows, s'
y Commander Isaac l. Hayes. A'oi