New-York daily tribune., 1862-11-08
upon the loyal army fighting tie battles of our
cnlnuun country. ----- ---- -
The 1orts pole nni Sic r. quirnnux.


The T0rts rOie ani ,ac r. ruirnnux.
lsrg- audience was attracted u ihe Lecture Ilall
in the Historical Society i}uilciug IN Thunday even
iuf. by the announcement that Capt. G.. f. Hall
would report TO tie Geographical and Staisticai
Society the results Of bis Arctic Explorations. Il
will he recollected that Capt Halls expedition was
fitted out by contributions from the friends OF
science in this and other ctee among he most ger
erous of whom was Mr.. Henry GIinne The bark
George Henry and schooner Rescue, were put in
ihorcueh repsir and with picked crews aud provi-
so's fOr two-yenrs vOyace, sailed from New
London Nav - 1860. Touching at -. Johns,
N. r., The expedition Tsde Iis way 10 DAVIS
Straits, and thence beyond Northumberland Inlet,
10 q point IA FIOhisher's Stsas, about 800 nlies 10
The southwest OF the localities which Kane has
msoe 40 familiar 10 the pubic through his works.
Wolfe wing here, i iearinl gale arose, which blew
for toytral days without cessation, and lnnlly
wrecked he Rescue and destroyed small shillOp
in which Capt. H.ll had counted upon ex-
tending his voyage toward the North Poe.
Being warned by the friendly EsquimauX
who were eucamped near his vessels that
il would be impossible TO proceed further upon bl-
projected Journey az that Of the year. lie went
into winter quarters with the full intention Of max
luga move IN early spring. But unforeseen difficulties
arising, he WAS CON. ellsd 10 remain where he Was
for rearly two years. during which time his stock of
proviaions WAS exhausted and he Was thrown upon
the hoe ahy Of his EsquiInauN friend for the means
Of Subsistence. His intercourse with them was
pleasant and profitable, leaoing not only to his ac-
qninng "a high seuse Of the LOnesty ana oblbty oi
their character, bnt also 10 the discovery oi rLcs
which explained the fate Of the five MN Of Fro
hishs pariv hO bad been captured by the Esqni-
maux nearly 200 yeirs before. Ibe Lsqumaux, ac
coIdug to Cant. Ill., is brave, honest, truthful and
very h0-jitaile. be has code Of laws and
eAa f,r uu9Irgs aud A. Ar
known.
Daring his two years involuntary fojourn in Fro
ti-heI's Strait, Capt. Hall explored about l,OOO
miles of tie coast, id,nlhed the localiy OF Irnce
Williams Land, and on Kod-lH.n0h. or the Wliie
Mans Land dfcovsr red multitude Of relics OF Fro
bisbei's men. Trenches Dug for holding supply Of
water bite of lTick, wood, coal, broken boie- aia
the iron Dulh,st a boat together with oler ari-
ds4, corOboriied IN the fullest manner tie E-qulm'
aux ua1iions OF lie fate Of these Ioor ieilo~h.
Auonr the natives le found q woman called Oo.kl-
zox--uino0 or the White Bear, moIe than 100 years
old, who had heard from her parents about the cap
ure and final death Of the bite men, auC Tecounted
the story WI fidelity.
Lac ia the evening, Capt Hall introduced 10 hi'
audience tie EsQuimGuX family winch he hai
brought with lin 10 Ills country. II comprised
man. wouan ana infant, who were all. clad III rem
deer aud seal sAlus but not thlcky az hey would
have been if tue weather lad been cooler. lne|
husband E-hrin-piug, is short, ttou-hnlt, and al
parenly very muscular; bis olen cOuIlenaDee i1di-
taes ratieut honest cheerful disposition, and the
etl res.ion is decidedly Intelligent. Iuk-ro- too,
the wife, seems 20 DC Hn aul Die, lEoiheily sort
of creature, and Iuk-or-hkcta, her but erhy,
squalled, ard chncEled, and drew rourishmeut from
what Dir. MicaWoer calls "the maternal font,
much ike other ba lee. The mct5ers ftyle Of
beauty i. North Polar, ana SHi eearrs. Tie under
ia1y l. wide. ana tbs forehead narrow INT lu m the
Yeicepiive region; viewed IA front, ihe lace Is
pyr-ri ill ana tue fat cheeks and short, straight,
black haif i've her more unistellec'unl appear
ance than teems warranted b. tie tealimOuy OF
Capt. Hail. who declares her 70 lie . better Inter
prefer than even the famous Petersen.