New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-10-09

Such supplies Of fresh provisions were very
thankfully received. Occasionally the tiny
craft were sadly beset, and it was feared that
they would come to grief among the ice.
There was nothing, however, to be done but
to endeavor to force passage southwark at
all hazard, and ultimately, after great cxer-
tons, Cape Parry was reached, and few
miles below il, at F'itzclarence Rock, an en-
campment was made. Every night, when
the days labor was over, the boats were
pulled up on the foe and everything taken
out of them. The only hot meal got was
cooked, and the apparatus employed for the
purpose was of very primitive character.
Each boat carried a quantity Of the rigging
OF the Polaris and can os oil, and with
these materials a fire was made in the bottom
OF an old iron bucket. Tea was the only
thing, with such an apparatus, it was possi-
BILE 10 make, but il was singularlv refreshing.
such, in general is q description of the life
which these men daily underwent. They
state that the priyations which they suffered
were by no means of serious character.
The life was rough, laborious. and moncto-
nous. and although occasionally danger pre-
seiited itself IN a way well calculated to in
sljic the greatest fear, yet no accident of any
Importance occurred u the adventures. At
last, on the Dist Of June, the boats reached
Cape York. The boats were quite bcsct
among the ice, hut the greatest possible eX-
element and fear were experienced when on
the I'D vessel was spied. She turned out
10 be the Ravcnscrai. whaer of Dundee,
Captain Allan. All hands determined t.
reach the ship with the least possible delay,
but III performing this they were greatly
assisted by Captain Allan, who had sent his
crew to help them in carrying what thing,
they had in their possession. They brought
one boat with them and left the other On
reaching the ship they were very handsomely
treated, but subsequently, so that the fishing
operations might be interrupted as little az
possible, Captain Allan shipped few Oh The
Arctic. The latter vessel having finished
her fishing earlier than was expected, and
knowing that the crew Of the PolariS would
be anxious to return home as speedily as
possible, Captain Adams. her commander,
went in search Of the Rarenscraig. Finding
her, he took on board those of the survivors
1t contained, but Captain Allan had previous
" put on board the Intrepid Il. W. ID. BRYAN,
astronomer, and Chaplin J. Il. March, sea-
man, and John W. Booth, fireman. The
last men will be brought home in the Intrepid,
which is expected in the course Of few
weeks. The survivors state that when they
were rescued they had bread sufficient to last
them for a month, but the general opinion
among them is that they were not likely to
have reached any of the settlements. Mr..
Chester, who is spoken of in terms of high
praise by all, states that he has no doubt
whatever he would have got southwark with
out any assistance. Capt. Hall is regarded
as man who was peculiarly adapted for the
great enterprise under his charge, and all
lament his untimely end.
In regard to the statement which has been
made to the effect that those in the ship
might have rendered aid to those on the ice
we may give what is cOncurred in by all, viz:
that it was impossible, after the Polars
broke adrift, to learn the whereabouts of
those who were left behind. Every effort
was made to find out where they were, but
ii was ;.bortive. Captain Markham, X. ",
accompanied Captain Adams, of the Arctic,
on his whaling voyage, with the view OF
making investigations in the northern re
sions. The captain left Dundee to-day, and
intends to be present at the meeting of the
British Association at Bradford.