Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-05-17

DIR. Hayes has his doubts about tho story of
Captain Halls death.
There Is something mysterious shout the
whole affair Of the P0lartS since she lett Disco
iii August 1871. There was II quarrel betw cen
Captain Hail and Captain Baddngtpn ut that
place. The latter Was sailing master of the
fps'.2is and the lorner commander Of the ex-
prt.hiOn Captain Hall WHO w,ls not II traned
navigator, but who had picked up valuable
knowledge on that subject, Us on many Others
through experience, and who could Justly
clam large practical knowledge of Arctic nny-
lgullon, oruer,d some changes To be maze
in the wui Sng " Tie P0iari. Sailing Mustr
Burlington, who also had some Arctic cXpe-
riencc and WINS in addition II iruinru navigator
objected 10 Captain Halls Interference, and
claimed sole command OF the sailing details
oi The ship Tn" dlsseuson seriously rmbur-
rassed the progress oI the expedition and was
only terminated by the arrival OF the United
States sup Congress, whose commander deci.
ueu the relative positions of the diff rent
memb' rs oi the expedition. There was also
disas retment among other memDers Of the
party, the leader oi the scientific corps DR..
Bissrls, not being IL lavorte with some of the
! sailing part q, the expedition.
Under tnOsr circumstances the P0taris siar-
| ted from Disco IN August, 1871. The opeu
quarrel between Hall and BuddinglOn nud
uccn quirted but few days previously by the
superior authority OF the comm nuer of the
C0HgresS but The ill-trehng el course remained
In such Il quarrel each, OF course Ind udhe-
rents among the members OF the party, and
The dtlcrcl.c between them would not pass
away III II lew days at the mere or.,r of q
nhIII who was no longer with them To- eniuIce
his auth riiy.
From this point there Is n slight confusion
in the narrative. The RiariS saitG north
ward until according to one verisuu-she
reached latitude SO. 10, The highest point ev-
rr reacned by amy ship. though The same
point had been previously reached by slcdges
Then she retained 10 latitude 81 3S, longi-
tude o.. A. being about The point marked ON
~ cent maps, MS "kdne's Farlhrst," and at the
supposed widening Kennedy Channel inlo
kanes sea. There in September 1871. she
went into The ice and " inferred Captain Hall
went nortbward with sedging party, and
reached latitude 50. 10, the point from which
The fOtdI1s had just rcturned-H she had been
there, which one account says nothing about
Immediately or very sOOn after his return,
according To one account. Captain Hall ad-
dressed his men in the cabin, exhortiug them
lu renewed courage and holding out hopes of
eventual success, when he was suldcny
struck down by apnpleXy aud expired, 10
the great "gricI OF these aEOund.h Another
account say he was taken sick and soon after
dlvd II was supposed at npuplrAy. One ac.
count says lie dird October 9Th, 1871 An
olhCr say he started on his slcdgu expedition
October 18Th, reluracd October 24ih, died
November Slh, aud was buyicd Noycmber
lIih.
he Eoldris remained In the lee from Sept.
1871, In August II, 1872 hen she broke away
and started southward. OcOuer 10Th she Was
| caught in the ice again, in latitude SOO2. nnd
Lrllled soulhwurd To latitude 7735, where a
heaSy gale was encountered. The ship had
Oren ported leaking, and IN the night assist.
ani sailing master ysOn and about hall the
parry, got out rn the ice and landed provs-
| ions, When this was done, Capt. Tyson went
on board and found the P0'driS icdS making no
more tcdter than during TIC SuW,ReYi lie re.
turned 10 the party ON the ice and Immediate
| ~ the ice splil, carrying oil tue I1idris. The
parry lett On the Ice attempted lO reach the
shore with boat, but mlyd. und hauled the
uuaI upon the ice. The Ioidris Mus seen
steaning along shore, but although the parry
TN the ice sci their colOrs, no notice wns tax
en, aud the steamer soou disappeared behind
II bend o. the lund, .Iom which time nothing
Mas known ofh, Tue deserted portion oi
the expedition remained ON the ice, which
continued 10 drih soulhward, until the first Ol
April last, when thy took To the boat and
were pick, up April 30,h. by ths vhaler ~
gr6Ss in latitude 53 30, longitude o. having
Oeen six and n hall months ON the ice.
} Captain Buddngtcn and Professor Bssrk
remained With the P0sdFis, as did Morton, ,whC
was Mhh kane's expedition aud discovereC
the "open Polar S.a." Assistant Sailing mas
ter Tyson und Fred. Meyer, meieorologst
were with the party thai len the ship Whel
The fbtdrts returns, and both parties are a
nomH 10 tell their story, the suspicious plrcum
stances now surrounding the death OF Capt
Hall and The division OF the expedition, nla,
ne explained AWAY Al present IL must b
adnihed there is need for explsnaAosA
tB- Captain Jack and his crew are nes
reported to have evacaated the laYa beds. an
taken 10 tha onsn country. s