Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-02-15

He Is an attentive burd, and durin' The
day can always be found in.
He is festive burd, and don't come home
until morning.
Thus the owl, mistaken emblem OF soil.
tude and sadness, if VIC dig into his nature
closely, Is emphatically one Of the boys, and
belongs TO the club.
The Open Polar sea.
On the 29th Of April lS6l, Dr.. l. l.
Hayes left hIs ship, ice bound in Hartstene
Bay, TO make with fourteen dogs, three
picked men and sleige, his last attempt TO
reach the open sea to the North.
On tie thirty-fiIs. daY Yof the urnoy IRON
tie ship (9lay ~ they touched the further
shore OF Smith S Sound, and two DAYS .aier
reached Kennedy Channel. On ,ae lj,l tle
strongest man of tie little Tr.Y-J Jensen
broke down. \ comrade was lett 60 watch
him, and DR.. Hayes pushed forward, with
onlv one companion, 10 make Ais "iasJ
throw" lie writes My purpose now
was to make the best push l could, and,
travelling as laE as my provisions warranted.
reach the highest attalna5le latitude. aud
secure point OF observation that would
enable me to form definite opinion respect
ing the sea before me, and the prospects Of
reaching and navigating It with a boat OF
with the schooner. | had already reached q
position somewhat TO the n0rthwari Of that
attained by Morton, Of Or. ksuC's exVeli-
tion, In June, 1854, aud was boxing out
upon the same sea from a point probably
about sixty miles 10 the n0-tlWarc and west
I ward OF Cape Constitution. where. only "a
month later IN the season, hls further pro-
grcss was arrested by open water. l. only
remained for me now to extend t.c survey
rs iar 10 the north as possible. By tie
Judleious Outstanding OF my resources / had
still within my hands ample means 90 guar
anty a successful termination 10 4 journey
which the increasing darkness and extent
F Of the vater-skY 10 the. northeast seemed 20
warn me was approaching its olim1z."
On the 18Th of May be- clnb.ll ragged
elf, whence be saw the Ouca Sea; ana thc
next day, advancing further, built caiIn
and planted The American 1ag upon the
Iryst northern point ever To ctC- hy 1..a.
lie tells ,He story THUS
the orEy .lAR SPA.
Sanding against ID, dark ssy O.. ,ae
north, there was seen IH lim Outline lLe
white sl1p!uE summit ot no'l. lc.Ilaui,
the moss northern known lani upon the
globe I Judged il % be 10 latitude -
North Pole
Nearer, another bold cape stood forth
and nearer still the heaGland. for which /
HAD been steering my course the day before,
rose majesticallY from tie sea, as !. pushing
up INTO the very skies a lofty mountain
peak, lpJn which the winter lal dropped
It's cIItom OF SHOWS. There was 10 llud
visible except the coast upJn which | stood.
The SEA beneath NE was a mo-tel sheet
%! !tc and dark patches, these latter le-
II. -.tles soft dCcaying ice or places where
.,s lad wholly disappeared. These spots
heightened N intensity Oi shade and
f.iod III size as they receded, until tlo
.. the watCr-sSy tlend,d il,l ali to-
.-y.ler into one Uniform color u dark blue
I-a ID and solid h1cs (s1me a quarter OF
m.lt, and others miles, Gcr0ss) and the mls-
siyu ridges and wastes OF hummlctcs ic
which lay piled between them AMI around
/ their margins, were the only PARIS VI llc "a
+ which retained the WhitCn1ss and sJlili-y Ci
winter.
All the evidences showed that stood up-
on the shores Of the Polar Basin, aui thar
tie broad ocean lay at my feet; that tie
/ land upon which 1 stood, culmuatIng IN the
/ distant cape before ne, was but q point Of
/ LAM projecting far into It, like the Ceyerr0
| Y0--ochmoi Moss Of the opposite c1a't of
Siberia and that the little margin ol ice
which lined the shore Was being steadily
worn away and within month. the whole
sea would 5e as free from ice as / had s1el
the north water Of Baihn Bay-inter-upted
only by moving pack, drifting to and fro
at the Will Of the winds and currents.
PLANTING THE FLAG N LATITUDE 81 = So.
1t now onlv remained for Us y plant our
iag in token Of our discovery, ,and 10 deposit
record IN proof oi our presence. Tic flags
were tied 70 the whip-lash, and suspended
between two tall rocks, and while We were
building a oairn, they were allowed TO hCt-
ter IN the breeze then, tearing leaf from
my notebook, / wrote on II as follows:
"IhIs point, the most northern land that
has ever been reached, was visited By the
undersigned, May 18th, 18th, 1861, accom- |
panied by George p. KuoTr, travelling with
a dog sledge. We arrived here after toll
some march Of torty-six days from my win
ter har5Or, near Cape Alexander, at the I.
mouth of Smith Sound. Ny observations /
place us in latitude 81 3j,longutune 70o |
30 ". Our further progress was stopped |
by rotten ice and cracks. Kennedy Channel !
appears to expand into the Polar BASIN
and, satisfied that it is nayigable at least |
during the months Of July, August and
September, go hence to my winter harbor, |
to make another trial 10 get through Smith
Sound with my vessel, after the ice breaks
up this summer. l. |. HAYES
MAY 70, 1861"
This record beng careiUlly secured IN q
small glass vial, which | brought loE the
purpose. it was deposited beneath the cairn
then our faces were turned h0mewGrds. But
quilted the place with reluctance. Il
possessed a fascination for me, and it was
with no ordinary sensations that ! c9ntom-
plated nv situation, with one solitary com
panion, IN that hitherto untT 5d1cu desert;
while my nearness TO the ear.h's axis, the
Consciousness Of standing upon land far be-
yond the limits Of previous observation, the
reflections which crossed my mind respecting
the vast ocean which lay spread out before
me, the thought that these ice-girdled waters
might lash the shores Of distant islands
where dwell human beings Of an unknown
race, were circumstances calculated to invest
the very air with mystery, to deepen the
curiosity. and to strengthen the resolution to
persevere in my determination to sail upon
this sea and to explore its furthest limits; and
as l recalled the struggles which had been
made 10 reach this sea-thr0ugh the Ice and
across the lce-Dy generations Of brave men,
1t seemed as if the spirits Of those Old
WUrthIos came to encourage LIE, as their
experience had already guided me; and |
i.it that had within my grasp ''the great
a notable thing" which had inspired the
Of sturdy Frobisher, and that had
-ieyed the hope of matchless Parry.
/ On Thursday last man in apparent haste
/ entered one of the express Offices on Fourth
street, and inquired of the agent how long
it would take to express corpse to Ben
nington. Vermont. Two days and halt,