Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-05-29

ing WOIuS which WOulQ render his name
immortal, and which will be garnered
up among the choicest treasures. of the
language, and prove an exemplar to
Others amid similar scenes of trial and
danger. 8 l could" says he, ''have got
aboard the vessel that night, and been
there now, but would not leave the chill
dren. My duty was on the ice" Grandly
did he perform that duty, and great, we
trust, may be his reward. ..
Turn We now to the other picture, that
OF mans inhumanity to man. Here, too,
actions are more eloquent than words.
The mere mention of the name of Cap
tain Buddington will, hereafter, carry
with it shudder of disgust and con-
tempt. Let him be, henceforth, anath-
ema and maranatha forever. The facts,
as stated by Captain Tyson and his fell
low sufferers, seem to leave no room for
doubt that they were deliberately and
Intentionally abandoned to their fate by
Buddington. Heron says, 81 made a
rush for the vessel and sung out for a
line, but they would not give me one.
Buddington stood on the gangway and
could have thrown me one" The testi-
mony of all of the saved is to. the same
effect, the prevailing impression of all
being that Buddington had deliberately
left them to their fate Tyson even
makes it worse than this. He expresses
the opinion that 'the ill-feeling and bad
designs of Buddington and a few others,
who.wer his accomplices, had continu-
ed from the first, on account Of Halls
determination to go as far North as pos
sible, and Buddington's determination,
from fear or whatever cause, that he
should not" This tends to show actual
premeditation on his part, and gives
color to the suspicion expressed that Hall
was poisoned. The facts connected with
the death Of Hall and the desertion of
the Polaris are ALMOST too narrowing
and sickening for belief, and seem to
prove that christanized, civilized man
can he guilty of even worse treachery,
cruelty and cowardice, than the ignorant
savage or blood-thirsty pirate.
From this horrible crime against hu-
manity, we shrink with horror, and find
a partial relief in the nobility of Captain
Tyson and the achievements of Captain
Hall. That the Polaris had penetrated
farther north. amid the ice and snow of
a perpetual winter, was already known,
but it seems to be now rendered more
than probable that the open Polar Sea
can be reached, if, indeed, iteXiss. The
reports, in a measure confirm the exist
euce of such a sea. so far as unsubStau-
tiated human testimony can establish
such fact That its existence is prob
able is beyond controversy The i'm
mcnse. bodies Of floating ice found in the
most northern attitudes, the flow of the
gulf stream, in the Atlantic, and of a
similar body of water in the Pacific, ali
90 to confirm the truth of the theory
Every fact brought to light, every eX-
| ploration, adds but to the solution of the
problem The fact that the greater
number of those on board of the Polaris
were anxious to push further north. of
itself, shows that the difficulties and
dangers Of the voyage have been rycr-
rated IF there is an open Polar Sea
it VIII he demonstrated beyond doubt
before many years, and we might, pos
sibly. have had the solution even now
hnt for the practical endeavor to carry
out Budlngtons determination to send
Tyson and his companions Ion the road
to he'll as soon as an opportunity was
offered" ..