National Republican., 1873-09-12

~ !, tno hnhue oi ROCKS. In the lower part OF the
ice in september. In NAV they e eooid a,g doWn
nine inches before reaching frost, and stil later
N the season one 70 two feet. In the vicinity Of
dry In summer. IL rained occaslonAily on the
land, while on the sea the precipitation pre-
sented itself over the ice In the form OF snow.
rapidly. In localities that were WHOLLY bare of
snow In summer the existence Of former Riaxiers
could be recognized By the occurrencSo Of ter
The temperature Of the air In winter was less
excessive than had been expected; on an aver
age the Thermometer showed zero and-15 deg.
Fahrenheit; the lowest temperature was-bs
deg. Fahrenheit, and during the whole OF
March the mercury remained below its freeslnR
point. The temperature OF the air on land In
summer was very high, and on top OF the eleva-
The dip Of the needle amounted to about as
deg, the variation to about % deg. west, being
hsrbor, as given BY Kane and Hayes. Aurorss
were quite frequent but OF no great brilliAncy,
their general feature was an arch, while stream
forss could be seen; 6at only in S one instSnes,
on February ~, 1917, did the W !
AURORA ArrRAR IN prsrrScr, ROSY TINT.
It's appearance had been foreboded BY great
disturbances Of the needle between 8 and 10
o'ciocs, a. m, Of the same day. Disturbances Of
the needle were usually observed sig hours pre-
vlous TO the appearance Of an aurora; the needle
then varied " deg, while the original daily var-
alton amounted to perhaps 20 min. Shooting
special shower was observed, u was scarcely
possible over to look At the stsrllt sky, without
noticing them In one direction or smother.
west, sl.houan mere werc SO, occssonsiy violent
tempests from the southwest. Light winds were
noticed, however. from all points OF the compass.
from fty 70 sixty miles an hour, no sccursts OBJ.
servations could be carried on. IL occurred moro
than once that obseyen were actually blown
miles from the elevations stoncs ooud 20 found
on the ioe that wore carrtsd there BY the gale.
The rise and fal Of the tides were carcfuly
Ssif feet ri The creates. depth % q water ter noticed %
was about ono hundred fathoms. The existence
OF constant current southwark was noticed BY
the expedition, its rapidity varying with the
On October 10, ISL, Captain Hall, accompanied
by Mr. Chester, frst mate, and Esquimaux jos
tue north in two siedges, Drawn by Ksqulmsux
dogs. Tue excursion lasted Two weeks, during
which time Captain Hall advanced as far a
kcpuse M natnoI, MniGn ne nae vnited u.. iwce oe,
undertaking, and soon after his return, on Octo-
ber "a, death overlook him. .......s
On June =, ISIS, another attsmpt uaa made n
20 further north In two boats under command
Of Capt Tyson. On July one OF the boats, Mr.
Chestars, the flrst mates, was crushed 10 the
ice; tho other boat was then drawn on shore,
huh Nut WHutt NouphuJ ntaittu VI iOotp = ut,-
tance OF twenty-five miles, back TO the vessel;
orders from Captain BuddinRton dlrccting theii
return for help. as the Polaris had beer
On tsis excursion trophies Of the zpimsl King.
collected on the plains and In the ravines Is well
Sp Ss nsssss % % Tas o"g q s: sSDu B.ss ss
they found hunting implemena, axes and en-
campments that had evidently been used by
Esqnimsux hunting exoursions, though not In
Much credit is due TO the neseoroloai,t, Mr..
Meyer, for his surveys OF the east and west
coasts. He gives the following data In reference
feet he could see distance Of - mliea. Towards
north he observed . line Of light, which othcrs
took to be land, but which he supposed was open
as far Is 81 deg. NORTH; the east coast TO about
- deg. 20 min. The entrance 70 Newman bay n
eignt 10 nine miles wtde It's southern blun, sum
Gsps esf deg asG MIN ..o
all heights on the east and west coasts. Al Thank
God hsrbor he found the elevations were 900 70
300 feet high. He established stations on them
and took surveys OF the whole region around.
rThe expedition waited for an opportunity 10
advance farther north, but nonaNsme. hobeson
channel became no much blockvloy Ice, drifted
by northeast winds towards south, that II was
not even practicable to undertake sledge Jour
neys. -........-- r--..- ~.
On August 10 capt. BuddIngton, 1t seems,
GAVE UP ALL HOPE ..
to reach the aim OF the expedition, and started
on his soutnward "trip. Up 70 October 10 tho
vessel drifted from 81 deg. min. down to II deg
IS mln., where, during violent southeast gale
It was beset by Ice. Capt. Buddington, fearing
provisions, &C., on the Ice, when the ice sud.
denly broke and the Poaris got clear again
while nineteen persons were on the Ice, and had
10 make their Involuntary voyage south on tho
ice-nJe.
TRx BIOGRAPHICAL RESULTS.
So far - was possible the geographical result
have been sifted, and It has been attempted Il
represent them In the annexed chart, for the
construction Of which the chart ACCOMPANYING
the report OF the United States Navy Department
army" scale 1-1, 100, ,000) has been used. At the
4" Diagram Of the Explorations OF the Polarts
drawn BY +. Meyer, signal service United Slater
same time availed myself Of the opportunity ts
Hayes expeditions, which, u would seem, is but
little known or noticed In Europe. THIS lattei
chart was published In the " Smithsonian Con
% scSSts essay on 81. syes p Physssi aspsnS, oD
servations In the Arctic Sea- !" and bears the title
Chart showing the discoveries, tracks and sur
q E1DSSCS q 1890 .nt
projected from revised Materials discussed fol
the Smithsonian Institution by Ch. A. Bchott
ton, D. G., January, 1885," Published 1861, scale
IL had appeared too late to he used In table
OF the Geogr. Mitth. Of 1861, and, therefore, al
| subsequent charts that have reference 70 Hayes
work have been printed after that on table Q
without regard 70 which, however, attention hai
been called explioitly-tGeogr. Mitth:, 1868, pag,
4699 In the nomenclature which differs greatly
| In different charts the names given In DR.. Hayer
work have been preferred.
ACTION OF THE oyRRsARsr,
As soon as Information had been received q
| Warrington, the United States Secretary OF tn
Navy, Robeson, with correct estimate Of th
demands Of humanity and science, ordered thre,
vessels for departure, viz;
I. The United States steamer FrolIc, to New
ioundland, TO bring the rescued party directly /,
Washington.
.. Tue United States steamer Juniata, to Disco
and u prActicsble to uperuiyik, 10 estabilsl
there depot OF coal and supplies for the Polari
ana lts crew; As also to seek. II possible, will
| the aid OF the Danish authorities in' West dreen
land, communication with NorthumberlAn,
island, where the Poaris had last been seen b
| the rescued crew. .'I I-I-' =
8. The Tigress. the sealing steamer which res
ntted for Ice navigation, was purchased by IN,
Governmen', aud will proceed d. once to NORTH
umberiand Island. Captain Tyson and all OF
| the rescued seamen will accompany this expedi
ilon, which Is expected 70 leave New York sbou
These high. toned acts Of the American Gov
oringiug 70 an end the loud tain OF INC EarIian
and inddce them At lsstto ht aud send odt ii
expedition In 1874. A, PETERxlS
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