Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12
The Polar ExpeditiOn-Latest from
Can't. Hall.

Capt. Hall.
From statements made by the Wash
in5ton Chronicle, on the authority of the
Navy Department, it appears that the
latest authentic information from the
Polaris is only down to August "a, 1871.
The reported accident to that vessel,
causing her return to Disco for repairs
last February, as published in the New
York Times of the 25th of April, has
never been confirmed, as it would have
been long since if true. Not one word
of it has ever been credited at the Navy
Department, nor were its plausible, yet
intrinsically absurd, statements received
as true by the accomplished officers of
the Smithsonian. 1t is not believed
that any disaster has overtaken the ex-
petition, or any ground for apprehen-
sion exists.
The official dispatches received last
week by the Navy Department com
plete Capt. Halls record down to the
time OF his final departure for North
Greenland, year ago last month,
and are dated off Tossak (Tas-su-is- suk),
north latitude 73o 2I, west longitude
So 81.
The delay in the reception OF these
dispatches, which only reached the
American Minister at Copenhagen on
the 30th ult., is accounted for by the
fact that there is no regular communi-
cation between Denmark ard her
Greenland colonies except once year.
All on board the Polaris-ofhcers,
scientific corps, and men-were well
and in excellent spirits; the sea-going
| e Il loI Tod
and found admirable; the engines and
machinery were in perfect working
order; coal, resin, ETC., in good supply,
and the ships crew abundantly pro-
visioned; for the long Arctic night
before them they had books, games, in
! strumental music, etc.-in a word,
l everything that the Thoughtful care OF
the Department could supply or letters
$ of credit at Newfoundland and in
: Greenland furnish had been laid in to
complete their outfit, and of all this
Capt. Hall makes characteristic and
thankful acknowledgements.
Gov. Elberg, of the Upernavik Dis
l trict, had accompanied the Polaris as
e as far as Tossak, the extreme northern
4 limit of Danish jurisdiction, as well as
y of civilized life. and was to the last mo-
ment assiduous in his exertions to
: further the interests of the expedition
5 Mainly through his cooperation, Hal
4 was fortunate enough at Tossak tc
make up his full complement of Esqui
maux dogs (sixty strong, healthy ami
/. mals), matter of almost vital import
, ance. He likewise laid in large sup
: ply of dog food, and considerably
e augmented his stock of reindeer furs
! sealskins, etc., for the adventurou
d voyage.
r At Upernavik the expedition hac
s shipped Hans Christ an, a famous nativ,
e hunter and dog driver. Hans will b.
L remembered by the readers of Kane
= narrative as the favorite "boy hunter,
It who, after faithfully serving the heroic
e Kane almost to the end, loitered behint
8 among the savages, smitten Jas NOR,
s civilized men have been before him) b,
l, pair of black eyes. Hans, his black
It eyed, savage little wife and baby again
's figure in the narrative of the Hayes ex
$. petition, having been picked up in th'
e extreme North, and on its return
E. brought back to civilized Greenland
l. and now, enticed by the munifcent pa
of about twenty-five dollars per mont
u 1.-THE accumulation of which will, on hi
Of return, make him an Esquimaux mi
er lionaire), Hans, with his wife and tire
Is children-for your Esquimaux neve
b. travels alone-has united his fortune
o. with those of Capt. Hall and the goo
re little ship Polaris-a valuable acquis
K ton.
is Jensen, the Dane, who was unde
rs promise to join the expedition at To
p SAX, seems to have backed out at tn
rs last moment. Prom what is known {
" Jensen's antecedents, the expedition
t, probably quite as we'll off without {
81 with him.
O. Capt. Halls well known native int
IS prefers, Esquimaux Joe, Hannah, an
IN their little daughter Punny bright as
I'd button when she went to school in Coz
lie necticut) are all on board the Poleri
1e very well, in high spirits, and wi
al doubtless be of great service to the e.
1e petition.
IS, This brief summary embraces all
II public interest in the present dispatcl
he which is largely made up of detail
n, items of expenditure, etc. Gov. Elber
al of whose many kindncsses Hall speal
Id with full heart, waited at Tossak ii
ne return of the native pilots bearing it
Is him, and it closes, the prov of ii
Polaris northward, in the early mornin
S. of August "a, with p complete roster
It. all on board (thirty-three souls) and
TO fervent, hopeful, and earnest prayer fl
a. honorable success.
PerilOus POliteness.
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