The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-15
OFF TcNrIHE ARCTIC.
Departure of the Tic ress on Her Search for
the Polaris-How tn Little Ship Sailed
Away-"Bring 1t b. OK IN OCTOBER"

All day yesterday there waA lore ous'"ng o'
| board the Arctic search steame. eo'a ~ '"'
| Brooklyn Navy Yard The little sh " was W oaV'
on her mission of humanity before tn, sun hau SCI
and from seven O'Clock In the morninA 'eNoryoou'
on board her was astir tugboat swu. u AMY
side her and put in about two hundred u 10 auu'
tional OF bitumlnOus coal in bags, the supply iva
previously put into her hold having been al '.os
entirely anthracite. She also took in guam IL.
OF fIesh water, sufficient to last her for ten
twelve days, and upon her arrival at st. Johns
she VIII Ill her tanks afresh. She has now about
three hundred and seventy five four hundred tons
OF COAL One by one most OF her officers dropped
ashore to take leave Of friends, and not few
brother naval officers called, also to say farewell to
their associates on board who were so soon to set
out on this peculiar ana perous service. About
three O'Clock Commander Greer, LteutenanH
Berry and wilkins and Lieutenant Commander
White took o boat at the landing aud pushed of
for the last time to the ships. A short time pre-
viousy DR.. !. l. Hayes, the Arctic explorer, had
gone aboard to
"sEB TIKI SHIP OFF,
ana one by one several other gentlemen had been
rowed over to the little vessel that was swinging
to every point Of the compass as she lay moored to
the baoy. An hOur later Navy Yard steam launch
made several trips between the landing stairs and
the rgress, carrying over supply Of mattresses,
''stogy" boots, blue flannel shirts and thick navy
pants.
Lieutenant Sebree, big -hearted young oalcer,
VINO impressed every one favoraby with his biunt,
square" manly manner, was experimenting the
receipt OF supplies, and az the HERALD reporter
stepped aboard, welcomed him with q hearty shake
OF the hand shat showed by It's begrmed anG
brawny, sunburned look that its owner was not an
ornamental officer" Ali was confusion, and there
was much dirt on her decks. The dirt came from
the coal and the handling of supplies and the
fusion resulted from the vast amount of stun lying
about. The dirt Will he
WASHED AND swABBED OVERHEARD,
and the "stuff' Will be put shipshape and dashed
"the sound" and then she will look like really
trim little craft. About this time smoke began to
and half an hour later a white steam ruflle was
wavering about her valve pipe Presently a boat
s % Sa4 of to The The 'R srsss ssams
Captain Tyson acting coxswain, and the
Oh the ST. Gha.
meo. N Brooklyn; Or. Hayes and Captain Chandler,
executive officer OF the Navy Yard. AS the boat
to the ship two ladies the head of the steps
and spoke to Captain Chandler. One Of the ladies
was his wife and the other was the vile Of Com
mander Greer. Captain Chandler called to Captain
Tyson to "wait minute, and Mrs. Greer descend
over the water handed Captain Tyson
SPRAY OF MIGNIoNETrE,
i'Pleasc hand this to Captain Greer and tell him
send it with my love and shall expect him to
bring it back to me in October"
Aud that pretty little message from the Com
manders wife to the Commander was the last
verbal communication the TIgress had with the
brave and manipulating little man. bowed,
bushed, smiled and ordered the boat showed on,
and Mrs. Greer ascended the gangway and reJoined
her friends
HALF AN HOUR LATER
all the Tigress boats but one were swinging from
their davlts, and three or four men in that one
were busy at the buoy arranging slip" hauser
past i've the Tigress driited slowly backward from
the buoy paying out on the ''shp' cable, ana two
the shrouds and rigging OF the war ship Brooklyn,
just returned from Europe, and almost as many
more were cl clam up the snrSuds Sol o!
within two or three hundred yards of The Tlgress
minute or two later the cable slipped FROM the
swept away rom the stern OF the little rescuer.
Another minute and she was Just perceptibly
moving ahead, and the swarm OF marine warriors
IN the rigging OF the Vermont sent up
THREE HEARTY, RINGING CHEERS
ropes on the brooklyn, seeming almost ike
an echo from the preceding htzzas, and
lust then about twenty men S of the IgrsSs
shrouds, and sent back ringing cheer That
sounded brave and hearty, though not SO full and
were repeated from ship to ship, and the Tigress
was fairly steaming on her way toward the dark
most humane and, perhaps, eventual voyages ever
undertaken. AS she passed the upper end OF the
u
battery and fifteen minutes aIterward tho search
ship was receding spectre IN the haze that was
fast settling on the river
LADY WITH A LITTLE CHILD,
both gent and attractive looking, rose nom the
pier where they had been seated for all hour or
two watching the vessel and walked away up the
Navy Yard avenue to the gate, with wistul and
thoughtful expression that told too plainly that
some enc they loved was on the gallant little ship
that had Just sailed away.
Captain Greer will put in at St. Johns TO replace
coal consumed and take in water, but will not
main there more than twelve or 1iteon hourA
The Esqulmaux, seven persons In all, went
! aboard yesterday morning ana appeared 10 be
quite comfortably slowed in the deck-house amid
| ships. The visit Of the clergyman above referred
TO was made i0r the purpose OF bapt'sing several
members OF the crew before their departure,
| which sacred ceremony WAS, OF course, performed
| in the most unostentatious manner on bOaId ship.
II the Tigress does not return by October or No
yember next she will have to winter in the Arctic
| Circle and will be absent about at least sixteen