Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-21
o., polaris and Her Commander.


Tho rcported disaster to the
liaris & is a great shock and sur
.;." a 70 the Navy Department,
hsre p, no uneasiness had been felt
,be failure to receive informa-
!" % from Captain Hall, since at
aa,n. in Greenland, on the af
,,no n of August "a, ISL, he
,otp nj, last communication to
DEPARTMENT "a follows:
~Tne Polaris bids adieu to the
|vilzed world. "
His letter of instructions di-
.at4d him t. throw overheard
diva sealed bottle or cylinder
"niaining brief report of stu
Han and progress, with II printed
lo,dinr. in several languages. re-
ua.tinr the finder to forward to
Washington, but no great eXpec-
atoms were put upon this device.
This last expedition was fitted
MI under an act of Congress,
as.ed July T., 1870, and Capt.
I1ll contested successfully the
(laim of DR.. Hayes to command it..
,mlIl vessel belon ging to the
Fsyy was thoroughly repaired at
he Washington Navy yard, APT.
hall being allowed TO superintend
ealterations designed to fit her
br Arctic navigationS and to select
is own officers and crew. He
hose Captains sydney Il. Buding-
nn and II. J. Tyson, old wnalers
nl Arctic sailors, as navigating
md siedIe ofli GERS, and had Il crew
two ma'e es, two engineers, two
smpn, steward, cook and car
pnter, ten seamen. an EsquimauX
bterpeter and assistant with wife
ni daughter, and an Esquim lux
os-driver and hunter. with wife
nd three children. There were
so on board by selection of the
National Academy of Sciences,
Dr. Emil BesselIs, of Heidelberg
University, as surgeon and chief
ienti,t: r w. d. Bryan. of La
4yetie College. + ,ston, Pa, as as
nnOmer; and Mr.. Frederick
lever, of the War Department, as
IpteOr 'lo@ist. DR.. Bes>ells had
Ken chief scientist of n German
Eploration in high attitudes years
Ei6re. Tuis scientific party We're
nd9r orders to collect such facts
Ndspeclmens as they could with
utinterferenre with the main de-
sn of cqulring geographical
aowled-e OF the region about the
North Pole. Minute directions rs
astr0mlcal observations, mag
Ftlsm, force of gravity, ocean
yslcS, meteOrClory, natural his
ry geology and glaciers We're
fawn up b.; Professors Henry and
BlIrd OF the smithsonian Insti-
lle; Hifgard of the Coast Sur
F, Newcomb, of the Naval Ooh
Frvalory ;and Louis Agas>iz; and
InAted and distributed by the
Favy Department. Every quail
d person on board was
Keep Il rivate journal to be
lfhtd overto the Government at
ae end of the voyage. PartiCu-
pans We're taken by Professors
henry and Hilgard to secure re-
fd' and specimens at once am
L and authentic. The Polaris
y Washington June 1Gth, 1871 4;
tW York, June Goth; New Lon
July I'd, and st. Johns, New
aAaIand, July l9tn. She ar
'td at Fiscanaels. Greenland,
y 2dh, and at Holstemborg,
lly ols', where the Swedish eX-
VnIINn to Disco and anh Uper-
a'lK was 'het on its return home.
e foiafiS was next reported by
" commander ns al GOdhaven,
ruSust itl', where she took coal
u supplies sent out in the
sa''ef Congress under the late
,P.a'h davenport, and left for
rihaVlk, August 18th, reaching
"..t . 'ie 10Th of that month. The
a''n% n between the Congress and
=, rolariS in G ldhaven harbor,
u'e ialter steamed out on her
\, w voyage, WAS both affecting
Enthusiastic. Captain Hall
H., " III an ecstatic frame of mind
"n lIle day he went on board till
F',i mo Ient of parting with civil
n H'n' lie repeatedly recognized
,gehero,ity of the Govern
u. III giving him so fine YES
h, suci, , good officers AMI men,
Fansh II such ample supplies, and
rtS ,n,Fu and repledged the best eff
lam ana devoted services of all
EDosoI aiu I" repay the confidence
an msei IN them and their mis-
t,ah 90 impatient was he to
h, nj. 'ne goai that. in his last re-
aooune y" .he Navy Department, he
|sv angeS an, e Polaris as under
s,,a na"d leaving Tossuc harbor in
strN, se oi a pilot, to whose skill
Aks ', ,ed 10 escape the reefs and
tS, tieh cred d0ubly dangerous
a "e "n uenSe fog prevailing. This
sl4 :" = august 9th, 1871, in lati-
Dri,n 20 deg. II m. north and
Iuue w % deg. 5 IN. 40
Elrd "est. Nothing more was
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