The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-19
OF July. and rescued Che unfortunate men
and brought them home.
THE NEWS At THE NAVY DE-
PARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS, 1873.

WASHINGTON, oept. 10, 1919.
At four o'clock this afternoon, after bus-
ness had been finished for the day at the
Navy Department, and just as the Acting
Secretary of the Navy was preparing to leave
for home, messenger from the telegraph
Office interrupted the conversation between
| Commodore Reynolds, Commodore Rogers and
Chief Clerk Hogg regarding the reported sus-
pension of the house of Jay Cooke, McCullooh
u Co., of London, where the Navy Depart
ment deposits its balance in favor OF the
foreign naval stations. The contents of the
envelope embraced the telegram from Consul
Molloy. This telegram dissipated the finan.
cial storm, and a calm such as Wall street
seldom sees pervaded the briny atmosphere o.
the Office of the Secretary OF the Navy.
| ''The Polaris party all safel" exclaimed
| Commodore Reynolds; "now we shall get Of
all the particulars.
Wonderful |" remarked Commodore
Rogers. ''They must have been picked up by
a whaling vessel and taken across the Allan.
tic"
The charts of the Department we're un.
rolled, and the voyage track from the Arctic
region to the Scottish coast carefully traced.
When the officials were satisfied that all that
was left of the Polaris expedition was on terra
tirma copies of the despatch were at once sent
to the President and the Secretary of tho
Navy.
The hope is expressed that the survivors
have been able to save everything valuable in
the way of records. AS the report of Com
mander Greer showed that nothils>. of any
value or importance had been left
on Littleton Island it is the
opinion OF the naval officials that all the
| records were carefully packed in small box
and protected against water and weather.
These, it is said, could be taken care of with
little trouble AMI would be watched with
scrupulous care until the last moment If an
English whaler has picked up the survivors,
and the whole party are rescued there Is not
the slightest doubt but what the log and
diaries ore also in the possession of Budding
ton and his party ceta e
The Tigris was expected to report at St.
Johns not later than the 25th Of September,
and the effort to intercept the Juniata will
! end the duty of the Navy Department on
this side of the Atlantic.
at eleven o'clock tonight your correspond.
ent called on Commodore Reynolds, who was
in hopes that something definite would DO
received from Dundee but had nothing to
/ communicate The Acting Secretary of State
also had no further advices up to that
hour 1t is thought that Buddington tele-
| graphed to Consul Molloy at st. Johns, al
though we have Consul at Dundee, Scotland,
! whose duty it was to telegraph to the State
Department the earliest particulars To-mor-
row despatch will be sent to Consul Nc
Dougall, at Dundee, to report the exact con-
dtion of the Polaris survivors, and to draw
on the State Department, through the London
agency, for the amount necessary to pay ex-
penses already incurred
The Navy Department will pursue the same
course with respect to Buddington, Bessel.
Morton, Chester and others, as was followed
in the examination Of the Tyson and Meyers
party. and as they are still under the command
| OF the navy until released by order of the
Secretary. they will be ordered to report to
Washington without delay