The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-09-12
TBhBGRAPHI6,
Reported Expressly for the Bulletin
FROM NEW YORK.

NKw YORK, SepSempsr ia o'PsoS
from on board the steamer Juniatu, ssysin
arriving 81 upper Navick. Commander |
Brain paid bic rsspscts 70 Kroup smith,
inspector marshal Of North Greenland,
Who narrated with considerable minute.
mess the details Of the quarrel on board
the Polaris and attribtsd the unhappy die
ssntions 10 DR.. Bissil, scientific officer, Who
spots most contsmptuously Of Capt. Hall
and alleged that he was ignorant Of Arctic
history. He sndssvorsd to prejudice the
crew Of the ship against him and he sp-
parently wished 10 give The szps-
dition . German character and also de-
sired to take full command Of
ne inspector. He unhssitatinsly further
stated that Capt. Hall evidently had some
kind Of missiving or premonition ofdsath
while ct Disco, whers,hs saw Smith and
placed in his care valuable records Of
Franklin search expedition, which records
were handed TO Commander Brain who
will place them in the custody Of the see
rotary Of the navy on his srri.
val in the United States. The
steam: launch Of the Junists sighted
the Tigress near Uppernovik. Lieut.. De-
Icing boarded and impaired the valuable
information to commander Greer, exbib.
ting the chart showing tie track OF
launch, and recommen led him to take
north westerly course from Cape Shackls.
ton. On the 18th OF August the Tigress
passed Cape Alexander and Port Fsulks.
It WAS now oil day light, and the rock in
the vicinity Of Cape Asia WAS recognized
ny Capt. Tyson'as the same that hid the
Polaris from view Of the party
on the ice float. Tho YES.
sci Was here stopped whom
, sound Of human voices Vas heard and the
!. boat was instantly lowered. It was about
: 9 o'clock in the evening, and amid the
r greatest excitement Commander Greer Ok.
claimed: II see their house! Two tenti
are clearly perceptibls, and moving hu.
man figures can be seen on the main land
near Littleton Island" In an hour after
wards the beat returned, but Only brough,
y intelligence that Capt. Buddington and
D his family had gone South in the middl.
5 Of June last In the hope Of meeting some
D frindly whaling vessel TO carry them &c
New Foundlaod. The Tigrsss boat va,
again moored, accompanied by Com.
.. mandsr Greer and Esquimaux Joe % in.
terpreter. Five men, two women and two
children greeted them, and they found q
house abandoned and presenting intsriorly
. scene Of the widest confusion. Broken
instruments lay on the floor, while the re-
mains Of . mutilsted day.book we're scat.
tered about. The Esquimaux was from
Bonds Bay and had remained With the
Buddington party all winter. Only hall
$40 N.Y.. sYvns ,n sssrrnsng Or s"s
. records by the commander and his men
who picked up what curiositiss they could
and returned 10 the ship. The boat VA
= manned the third time. This party
Q picked up some torn diaries, oil rsfsrsnc,
o to the death Of Capt. Hall being
destroyed with the exception Of
. torn memorandum setting forth an
agreement between Buddington and Ches.
ter to continue research for the north pole
; Nothing Of importance was discovered
during the entire time Of the Tigress In
the neighborhood Of Littlston island
was only Eve hours. ThsEsquimax whsr
they we're first seen from the deck Of III
Tigress were in United States sailors
, uniform but they subsequently, changes
' their clothes and redonnsd the Esquims.
spparel-an action that looks very suspi
cious. They had but little provision,
neither had they boots, and, through JOE
asked to b taken on board til
Tigress but Commander Greer declined
ANRw wITNEss IN TIE sroKEs CASE.
r NEW YoRK, September 1.-THE friend
q Of Mrs. Benton, arrested yesterday, - .
n important witness in tho Stokes case, q
, lsgs that the evidence she would Civ
oi would DO the following: She had bee
h visiting friends in the Grand Csntr'
> Hotel. Half an hour before the commi
10 sion of the murder, happening to look Of
Of of the parlor window and saw on the o.
i'd posite side Of the way Edward Stokes. 81
IT, beck onsd 70 him and
he crossed Broadway and e
an tered the hotel; then came up
Of the parlor and convsrsed with her over
nd minutes She left him in the parlor, d
ng scended the lsdiss stairway, and was il
rty going out Of the street door, when Fl
lch drove up. Fisk met her and talked wi
Tue her in front OF the hotel for . few mi
'us, utes. Fisk then entered tho hotel, .
act she stated, when she heard the report
r.. the pistol and saw the boy run out Of ,
hotel in evident fright, che went back
=. the ladies entrance and h
ne entered the hotel, when, looki
49,. up the stairway, she saw two men car
~. ing Fisk up stairs. As she Vas going
stairs she found on one of the lower q,
revolver, and from iS position thou,
" It must have belonged TO Fisk. She /
concealed the revolver and had gone
r''N stsirs TO her friends room. That fri.
had persuaded her not to reveal her a.
rch' ing the pistol. Since the murder she
- not said anything TO the authorities c
- corning Fisk's revolver. fearing II mi