Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-06-07

AS to those who are going to be the
principals in this adventurous and dan
gerous expedition, they are. all told,
twenty mine men. There is not a man
among them whose qualities and char.
acter have not been well tested, from the
captain down to the COOK. The leader
and commander in chief is. of course,
Captain Hall; next in the command
comes Captain S. o. Buddington, Of
New London. an old whaling master Of
thirty years experiences. twenty-one of
which were spent in the Davis Strait and
Bafin's Bay. He is an old and trusted
friend of Captain Hall, who has implicit
faith in his long experience and acknowl-
edged ability. The second officer is Mr..
H. G. Chester, also whaling man of
twelve years experience among the ice !;
and the third officer is Mr.. William Nor
ton, who was Dr. Kane trusted friend
and companion, and is the ouly living
mortal 10 whom it was ever permitted to
look upon the open Polar Sea. He had
the sad privilege to accompany DR.. Kane
to Havana. and to bring his remains
from there to Philadelphia for interment
Mr. Emil Scbuman occupies the post of
first engineer, and the Scientific corps
will consist of three gentlemen, one of
whom, Dr.. Emil Bliss lis, of Heidelberg.
Germany, will attend the expedition as
surgeon-naturalist. A student from
the Observatory at Aun Arbor, Michigan,
will probably be the astronomer and an
officer of the Signal Service Department
will be aboard in the capacity of meter
ologist Besides these, there viii be
blacksmith, carpenter, steward and four
teen sailors, besides the Esquimau1 in.
terpreter, Joe, and his wife, Hannah
This latter interesting couple, with their
little daughter. are genuine specimens of
the Esquimaux. but having been in con-
slant company with Captain Hall for
eight years past, they speak very good
English. and have acquired civilized
manners Joe is famous hunter aud
"seaer," and his little wife is quite an
accomplished woman il a small way,
with considerable talent for languages
and for music. Their little daug ghter,
who will accompany them, is FIVE years
old
Although Captain Hall expects to ac-
compllsh bis purpose of penetrating into
the great Polar basin, if such one real
ly exists, and visiting the North Pole in
less than three years, the Pola,is has
been provisioned four years, which can
be extended to six with little economy
and judicious distribution of rations.-
The great staple of provisions is the so
called "pemmican,' which is composed
of three parts of selected dried meat to
one part of the best suet, mixed with
some other ingredients The food is
both nourishing aud wholesome, and,
through the absence OF salt, there is no
danger of scurvy-that pestilence of
Artic travelers-to be feared from it's
use. 1t is packed in 45 pound tin cans.
hermetically sealed, and of this there is
no less than 10000 pounds slowed away
in the hold. the manufacture of which
and condensed $4,000 pounds
of ordinary beef and 5000 pounds Of
suet. Besides this there is any quantity
of dried and dessicated vegetables, such
as potatoes, tomatoes, onions, etc. and a
large stock of -four, biscuits. sugar, cof.
fee, tea. condensed milk, canned fruits.
and all other necessaries for the protract
ed voyage. Capt. Hall. however, ex-
poets to be able to economize with these
provisions to very considerable extent
by substituting in their place the meat of
the reindeer. musk OK, walrus and other
game of the regions that he is abo ut to
explore. Everything has been done to
make the quarters of both crew and of,
6cers as comfortable as the rather lin
tied space would permit; and the be-
tween- decks and cabins are perfect mod
es of cleanliness. The state-rooms for
he officers and scientists are plain. but
gotten up in good and convenient style,
md the cabin aft is perfect drawing
-oom in miniature
On the morninc of fha lat inst Col /