Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12
Selrrted Sflisfellanp.
The Hayes Arctic Expedition.

The Halifax Journal gives the following
particulars of the cruise and arrival of
the Hayes Arctic Expedition:
Up TO the time Of their arrival at this
port the party had been for over twelve
months without receiving news from home.
excepting however solitary English
newspaper obtained at Upernavik, which
contained President Lincoln's proclama-
ton for an extra session Of Congress- 1t
may be readily imagined how eager were
officers and crew to possess themselves of
newspapers containing news from home
Since their departure the storm cloud
then mere speck on the political horizon
/ has spread over the whole heavens. and
! plunged the country into the horrors of
civil war. Events have followed one after
the other in quick succession, and to these
Arctic voyagers 1t must seem as if the oc-
currences Of an ordinary lifetime had
been compressed into the few months OF
their absence.
The United States" sailed from Boston
in July, 1860. She reached Upernavik af-
ter a short passage, and proceeded from
there to Smith Straits, where she re-
manned until July, 1861
On the 4th of April, however, Il party
4 left the vessel consisting Of thirteen men
and sixteen dogs, with boats on sledccs
The leader of this dog-team is now on
board the Enited .States. and is a fine
I specimen Of the species The party
reached latitude 10 in the Middle Smith
. Straits and here the party diydcd-Dr
I Hayes and three went as far as latitude
) deg. - minutes, west side of Kennedy
/ Channel and were there Obliged to put
back-their provisions BEING exhausted
/ DIR. Hayes reached his vessel on the 9th
of May. On the 18th Of July, 1861. thev
proceeded to Littleton Island, where the
vessel remained until the 9th Sailing
from thence in Il northerly direction they
were met by immense packs Of ice, which
the vessel could not penetrate. She tiIen
made for Cape Isabella on the west side
Of Smith Straits, which was safely
reached Boat parties were sent out
from here to explore, but the ice was SO
solid that no chance was found for pro
ceedlng. The vessel next came to anchor
At the Esquimaux settlement Of Natlik.
northumberland island on the coast Of
Greenland
After surveying Whale Sound the yes
sci sailed for Upcrnayik, on the VOYAGE
home. arriving there on the 18th of Au-
gust, 1861, after passing through 80 miles
Of field ice in Melville BAY She sailed
from thence for Discoe Island, and on the
/ 18th of September left for New York
From Sept 24th TO Oct 7th, the vessel cx-
perienced very heavy gales, and sustained
some slight injury to her sails and gear
She put in here for repairs, and will prob
ably remain until Monday next
August Sontag. the astronomer. a zen
tleman Of high scientific attainmcnts. who
accompanied Or Kane on his last expedi-
ton, ana was at one time connected with
the |. : Coast Survey. was frozen to
death in his sledge while out exploring
accompaniedby a single i1SquimauX The
body was recovered and Inferred at Port
Folke near Cape Alexander
The Carpenter, Gibson CaruthcrS. died
during the voyage These are the only
deaths out of the crew Of sixteen persons
which left Boston The party was unusu-
ally free from sickness
six men belonging to the wrecked whale
ship. 81 1ndrelc, Of Aberdeen Joined
the " THitcd StuteS at Discoe. making the
crew twenty in number
IIans, an ESquimauX, on whom DR.
Kane placed great dependence, who Is fre-
quentlv mentioned in Dir Kane's book.
and who deserted that expedition while in
the ice in the far North, was found mt Cape
ork by the crew of the IHitcd .States,
and returned in the vessel TO Upcrnavik
from whence he had started with DIR.
Kane
The expedition went as far North as
81 deg and 81 minutes; a latitude which
Is said to have been before reached only
BY Perry, in lS2T-S. On the coolest day
experienced the thermometer was down
10 IS deg below zero
The vessel was proyisioned for two
years, and her returning now. without
having had any serious disasters inclines
rs to the belief that the party has made
some important discoveries which thev
are not desirouS of communicating here.
If 50 it viii be laid before the public ere
long