Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-10-01

Tue Arctic ARGoNAUTs.-Although the ar
arrival ut Dundee of whalcr with the rcmain-
ing ten Of the Pola,is crew, last week, happily
leaves no mystery to be solved as to their tate,
yet we seem TO lie M far as ever from certainty
regarding the death of Capt. Hall. Before the
survivors sailed for AmelSas, several of them
81 talked - pretty freely. VI is now apparent
that the sehsm on board the slip was not 50
snnch between Hall and Buddington, as between
the American and German elements. Hall was
bound to go TO the pole, if possible, but DR.. Bes-
sells and Sergeant Meyer wanted to lipgcr and
collect specimens. Bessels is a great naAsralist,
hut great egotst also, and in his articles to the
German scientific reviews about the project
called itlthc " Hall-Bessels expedition" Since
the return of tie Buddington party to light,
Sergeant Meyer hastens to confess that he sup
poses he was the "innocent eaase' of the
trouble, as he hesitated in obedience between
the commands of his countryman, Bessels, and
Of Hill. Bessels and Meyer, full of the petty
conceit of professional scientists, took occasion
to sheer at Hall as mere sailor and an ignoa-
mus This testimony comes, however, not from
the rescued party, but from II X. Smith, an Of
fetal at Tessusiak. who before the expedition
sailed from there learned the whole story Of the
quarrel from both parties
DR.. Besses is confident that Hall died OF apo
plexy, but Smith and Morton, the companion Of
Kane and discoverer Of the open sea, take a more
sinister view of his demise Morton says Hall
returned from his trip in perfect health. and
became sick and vomitcd Immediately after
drinking coffee. That was certainly not apo
plectic. But VIC can hardly believe that any OIL
Capt. Halls foes would proceed to the length Of
poisoning him. As Give said, when pressed tC
punish certain officers who were said to have
plotted his assassination. 81 will not hear of it
these men arc Englishmen, not assassins." Thu
very fact of participation in a perilous Arctic
expedition should secure for all of these mer
the highest presumption of their innocenc'
from so terrible a crime, until some facts o
weight are alleged to the contrary.
The Buddington party saved much valuable
manuscript from the wreck Of the Polaris, Blu
Mr.. Smith of Tessuisak is said to have docu
uments which belonged to Capt. Hall, quite a
valuable as any others likely to have been LET
by him. Hall and Bessels both frequente
Smiths house, and meeting there, one evening
came to very strong language regarding eac
other. Subsequently Hall confded 10 Smith fou
boxes Of papers, some of which referred to hi
researches into the fate Of Sir John Franklin
Hall had never permitted these notes to be pull
lished, being determined, he said, to keep tn
secret till after the death of Lady Franklin
ont of regard to her feelings The supprcsse
data were to the awful purport that Franklin
party we're reduced to eating each other. II
discovery of evidence Of such q calamity, awft
as IL was, would of course have added o gre,
exploit to the list of Halls achievements.
keep ever about with him these precious mem,
randa for which he had sought so arduously,
delay, rs it proved, beyond his own death, Il
full realization of his fame, out Of regard to Il
feelings Of the aged and mourning widow, max
altogether an exhibition Of real ,chiyalry thi
attests the trae hero-stuff in this man. 1t is nj
alone his ice-hewn grave that challenges Il
world. The heart within 1t was both brave an
tender. -SprinGfeid Republican.