The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-06-22
Captain Halls New Expedition.

| TO pierce the mysteries Of the ice-bound
| Businesses of the Arctic regions. We take
/ from the account the following extract
which will be found interesting:
50 much having been said and written
about this famous xpedition-much of it
being unreliable-a Republican reporter,
anxious TO obtain an official account of the
preparations and the personnel Of this
party, called last night on Captain Hall,
at hlS rooms IN l.. street, between Ninth
and Tenth streets. He was cordially re-
ceived by the Captain, and made the fol-
lowing pen and ink portrait of the Arctic
explorer:
CAPTAIN HALL.
Captain Hall is about five feet eight
inches high, with firmly knit compact
frame, Indicative of great vigor and
strength, and weighs probably l90 pounds.
His head is large, with a profllsion of thicl.
brown hair and heavy brown beard, in
clming to curl. His forehead is broad
| and massive, with 4 full development of
the temporal and coronal regions. His
eyes are blue, and the whole expression
of the countenance firm, out very agree
| able, kind and pleasant. Captain Hall
| halls from Cincinnati, where he was once
engaged in the newspaper business, pub
fishing the Occasional, ard afterwards
the Daily Penny Press. He sailed north
ward in 1860 to seek for Sir John Frank
lin, since which time his name and fame
have been the common property of the
world
As our reporter entered Captain Hall
was engaged in conversation with gen
tlcman whom he introduced rs
DIR; EMIL EIssELs,
the chief of the scientific corps of the ex-
petition and a member of the late Prus-
sian expedition to the North Pole Dr.
BlSselS Is young man Of very high repu-
tation rs u scientist; is a graduate of the
famous University Of Heidelberg, and is
most highly endorsed by such men as the
celebrated DR.. Peterman, of Gotha, the
greatest living geographer in the world,
and Professor Agassiz. Dr. Bissels is Il
nephew of the renowned astronomer
i'issols. who first determined the exact
distance from the earth to the star Alpha.
in the constellation of the Swan and
several others of the fixed stars In per-
son, Dr. Bissels is slightly and gracefully
built; a large and intellectual head, with
y heavy dark beard, a protusion of dark
hair, handsome dark eyes and regularly
moulded features. He is a most enthu-
siastie naturalist, and has fully caught the
electric enthusiasm of his chief.
In reply to our reporters intorrogato
res Captain Hall stated that he will leave
Washington on Wednesday, the 1th inst.
(to-morrow,) ut twelve o'clock NJ He
will go first to New York city and from
thence to st. Johns, Newfoundland, stay
ing there some days to get Il few dogs
probably one team-and certain stores for
Arctic navigation, which are more easily |
obtained ut that port than elsewhere. He |
will also probably ship few experienced |
sailors ut that place. From thence he |
will steer for Disco in Greenland-pcr- |
haps touch at lIolSteinborg. At Disco he
will establish Il rendezvous, whittier he |
can resort for supplies, il needed, instead |
Of coming nearer home. Vessels can be |
more heavily ladened up in Batlin's Bay
and contiguous waters (they being smooth |
and lale-lkc in charactcr) than they can
bc with safety to meet the heavy swells, !
the fierce gales or the storms of the Allan |
tie. Hence 4 storeship (the Supplv)
Will FOLLOW THE roLARIs
with provisions and all material necessary, |
which will be debarked at Disco. the !
southern RENDEZVOUS Of the expedition |
Captain Hall will not, as has been so |
often stated, get his dogs AT King vii |
liamS Land, although these are the best |
EsqulmauN dogs in the world, being sub |
iected to 4 training of starvation while |
puppies, which eminently fits them for |
their precarious and laborious duties. lie |
does not 60 within many miles of King |
Williams Land, and hence will not GET |
his dogs there. lie will obtain them from
,,,'st tortl,o,., s1t,lon,o,+ w. C"an,,1oIn
anL toroa4a,. ,t s,eI ,,ain4s a ~, ,,'
need Them.
AFTER LEAVING pISCo
ne ne Witl Stfike oolGly across blii'n bay
ltN" "oiiuH 1otlilu' ~ l't!t"'e .o' inu
',Lei ~ SIilI,9 a"ouV wv llliicS VII III slIiAc
u" SuuuIHis 20 'le noltllMaru' - ne uoes
It''. ~. i1''i" Mnctipi nc Nintcls ~ JontS
;t", ,G',l'' o"s ,rop'1 H. 'nt He'S't ,u5o
"A'1Vi i"'" "'etN lI'l w. ~ l''''t""e
= r. "tSlteS' II. 'iG t"rly SPrlhS' ABOUT
lnc !lrSI ol April nc VIII coininehce
slGusih5 lo"ar" tne iole' Wltch ne IS
1ully 'olliur'l' % ie'ci.lnS' II El!eSihert
i'''l,'' "hich eN!en's from zones on'Hu
hoFthward' w coil'ih4eS i!s upward 70 lhe roe,
lic WI N.Y. no. u'll.ui'S ~ IN Le'ioni1is II
;sn tn,,,;natn i, ~, n;,no pala,, sna bn -
prepared, by means Of boats, to complete
thc trip. This method of travelling is
considered under the supposition that the
pelaris may he lee locked in latitude
eighty degrees, or thcreaboutS 1t is not
improbable that he will he able to anchor
her RIGHT over the Pole itself
April, May and June arc the best months
adapted for slcdoiug; in fact the only
time when il can be done with absolute |
success. Captain Hall is an adept ut
''-hp''r- '"N' "''''lN'''
lie has travelled over ten thousand miles
IN sled@es, and considers himself perfect
ly acquainted with all the minutie of such
y manner OF locomotion. lie will train
his men to adopt the customs OF the native
ESqumauN in their food and dress. The
uncookcd flesh of the whale, the walrus
or the seal is the food prepared by nature
ior man in these latitudcs, and by using
If he stand with InlIlnitV tbn lrauI-