Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-01-30
AMUsKMENTs TO-NIeHT-

the elite OF the city, who flock to see " the beau
continuous. Look out for seat early this the
last night but two Of Senorita Isabella.
CHRIsIg's.-A huge bill Of burlesques and side
splitting comicalities, with " The DOuble-bedded
room Christv as " Dulcimer Swipes."
CANTERBURY HALL.-Songs, dances, and the
great pentOmime, "Robert Macaire"-Butler as
Jacques Strop" Attractions sufficient to draw
out the entire fun-loving public.
KINe's AMPHITHEATKR- Original and dashing
equestrian feats, vaulting and ecrobatic perform
ances, with the great "Zouave Halt" Pentland,
the "people's clown" and Mile Heloise tonight
In new Characters.
ORPHANS FAIR, for the benefit Of St. vincent's
Female Orphan Asylum, corner OF G and Tenth
streets
ROOMS OF THE YOU'VE MEMS CHRISTIAN As
socIATIoN.-Essays upon the s'Gulf stream and
the rise and fall OF the waters Of Lake Superior"
loefore The Mashington Scienane Asso;iation,)
by Rev. G. w. Dennson and j. Disturnell.
ACADEMY OF MusIc-Open all day Free con-
certs, with selections from the most popular
operas, at O'Clock.
SMITHSONIAN LEcrURE-Last evening, DR..
Hayes, the Arctic explorer, delivered the fourth
lecture OF the regular Smithsonian course upon
"Arctic ExploratoDs." The lecture room vas
denselY crowded, far beyond that Of any lecture
this season, hundreds being unable to obtain seats
The expedition OF Hr. Hayes, cons sting of the
schooner United States Of 1873 tons, and sixteen
persons, len Boston in 1860 The little vessel had
nae1 up as perfectly possible for the great
voyage before her Her sides Were strengthened
with beams and braces, her outside thickly
sheathed, and her bow protected by plates of iron
one-fourth Of an inch in thickness; and was so
heavily laden that her deck was but eighteen
inches above the water line. The expedition
matted a. the various stations In Greenland, where
Il provided itself with dogs, sledges three Esoui-
Zndux hunters and an interpreter
Leaving the most northerly station in August
1850, they pushed on for the North Sea by way Of
. aNr and STnfN "a SNraNN ~
miles nom civiliZationl was reached on the 23d
efAugust, In the midst Of severe storm of thick
driving snow, and surrounded by icebergs In
every direction, which assumed in the bright
sunlight of the succeeding day the most fantastic
forms and glitterng cOloTE; some with tall spires
towering up far above the waters with lofty
arches, and long galleries through them shaped
themselves Into immense gothic cathedrals; Others
Into creek temples, and some into houses ships
and even animals. One berg had an arch so large
that the schooner could sail through 1t with ease
aud was christened the s'triumphal arch - Al
times these mountains Of ice were like immense
fountains, scouting upon all sides bright gilt
tering cascades Of melted snow, and pouring tor
rents OF water into the sea Some of the ice6eros
were two miles long and two hundred and affv
feet hight above the surface while IL must be
borne In mind that ONLY one eighth Of a berg is
visible, us immense weight Of many millions Of
tons settling i far Gown into the ocean
But little he. d Ice was encountered in going
through Me-Sille Bay. These fields Of ice are
nom TWO feet to many miles In width, with
which the vessel with ali sail set PUSHES with
gres-S force, widening the passage by her own
Momentum. Passing Smiths Strait, and stand
ing i over to the west coast, the expedition met
thsm TO anchor near the shore. The gale in
creasing, the anchors dragged and the schooner
suffered considerably, losing portion Of her
made for the east coast where they found the ice
loose but thick in many places sixty feet through
Pressing Into this the iron sheathing was torn
a. -
rudder disarranged, and the vessel lifted up al.
most entirely out Of the water, while the immense
pressure Of the ice upon the sides Of the vessel
caused her beams to squeak and groan terribly.
Winter coming on, and fearful Of being frozen
up, the expedition went into winter quarters IN a
large bay, which they named sport Hope.n The
schooner was fastened to the rocks with four haw-
sers, banked up at the side with snow, and COW
cred with good roof, and was soon locked fast
IN the thickening ice. A neat little room was
fitted up in the hold, stove put in, and every
thing made comfortable. Their fuel consisted of
anthracite coal, which, with two fires, was con-
sumed at the rate Of a ton per month. Their time
was now occupied In hunting and scientific OBJ
servations; the former proving so successful alto
furnish them with one hundred deer before win
ter was fairly upon them. Besides this they sup
piled themselves with plenty Of rabbits, foxes
and Ptharmigans, the latter species Of grouse.
They also captured one bear. Walrus, white
whales, deer, foxes, &c, are In abundance, and
were a well organized enterprising company to
go out there they could In one year procure suf-
Arctic expeditions fitted out from the United
States
At Port Hope the expedition built a small OBJ
servatory in which they placed their instruments
FOR taking observations and making experimentS,
These instruments were furnished by Prof
Bache Of the Coast Survey. Near the observatory
they constructed a shelter for the thermometer
None Of the observations made have been reduce
The winter proved milder than the two preced-
Ing and was very stormy. March was the coolest
month, the lowest point indicated by the thermo-
, hell
DR.. Hayss surveyed an immense glacier, preyf-
ously discovered by DR.. Kane, and 10 was found
that the mountain Of Ice had moved 81 feet In
eight months. IL was ascended by means of
steps cut In the Ice with their axes to height
Of 5000 feet above the level Of the sea, fifty
miles in the interior.
prominent headlandS. The largest glacier found
BY Dr. Kane was at the head Of Smiths Strait
and was 50 miles long and 500 feet high This
was named Humboldt glacier The glaciers are
Land, and moving towards the sea at different de-
grees Of speed, according TO the steepness Of the
decllvity down which they moye-some travelling
30 feet a year. As II slides down along the bot.
tom Of the until II gets into water Of suncient
depth to hoas IL, the sun and water detach huge
fragments, which form the icebergS and as the
glaciers are Of concealed snow, the bergs are Of
course always fresh, which II not the case with
the noattng ice.
The sun set on the 10th Of October and by the
LIST Of November IL was getting quite dark though
period Of MONDAY. Darkness prevailed for ten
weeks, though the light Of the moon was fre-
ouentlY 30 brilliant as TO enable them 70 read the
finest print Thsy were disappointed in the
Aurora Borealis. IL was red and never brilliant
while the eorascations never reached the zenith,
and were always white. siE reJ
The daily routine Of life, while in winter quar-
tiers, was as follows The cook and steward
were called at Eve O'Clock brea kfast eaten at half
past seven, the decks cleaned, the water hole In
the Ice opened ito guard against ere party dis
patched TO an icebsrg for fresh water, dinner at
Two, supper at six, and TO bed at ten. Their ex-
ercises were hunting, walking over the icefelds,
sledge riding, football, &c. They kept all the
holldays-Christmas,6 th Of January, I'D Of Feb
ruary, &c, and each man was allowed 10 have as
many birthdays as he pleased, all Of which were
duly celebrated. The bill Of fare Of the Christ
mas dinner embraced dessicated soup, salmon
venison, plum pudding, etc. They established
while at Port Hope manuscript newspaper called
the I" Port Hope Weekly News" and attempted
theater but as all were required for actors, there
was no audience, 90 that enterprise was aban-
doned. ~
On the 22d Of December, DR. Hayes companion,
Or. sontag, Left on expedition with his sledges