The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-05-11

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New IsrsiA, May 10. Fifty Me.r.polit
IA cavalry, under Cooney, arrived here
last night, and left about 8, this morning,
Tor st. Msrtinsvills. They report hav inr
difhsulty On their way, snd the man who
reported a skirmish sixteen miles above
Brashear was descrtsr. '.tl 6'1D.
UNITED STATES rRoops.
Two hundred United States lroops mr..
rived here At ~, to-day, And proceeded
on TO 81. Msrtinsyille by the steame r
Iberia. N1'' III NF'Vd
AFTER Oh BLANC,
General Badger has scouts through,thc
sountry trying 10 ascertain peSlanc =
WHEREABOUTS. His movements so lar are
unknown.
1t is reported here, this morning, that
reiaiorcemenis wero coming TO De Blanc
from 81. Loudly, Colonel De Blanc has
evi'enily Intended from the hrst to main
tain resistance to The Kellogg govern
mont, andd not desire the Shedding OF
blood. The whole affair is virtually over,
except the action which may be taken by
the United States troops and Marshal.
New OpLEANs, May l0.-Thrce compa-
MES Of the Nineteenth Infantry, upder
Captain Bradford, left this evening, for
Brsshcnr, TO join othcr troops there await,
ins Transportation St. Martinsvi lie.
General Smith will command the expedi.
ton. ,'-s-,
IN .Iuck.b - E(-b
Henry Ware, Of Placquinine, We-vine
parish, to day, received five thousand dol
lars in gold from the louisiana Fair AS
ISOLATION, the capital prise in the recent
lottery. rs -f.Rfff :
OFF FOR ruE FRONT.
BRAsnEAR Cry, May l0.-One hundred
and seventy United States troops, General
Smith commanding, left by steamer Nosn,
at IL for st. Martinsvills. All quiet.
y E.fg ~ FROM LOUISIANA y
WASHINGTON, May l0.-DisratcheS in
dictate Do Dlanc's disappearance from be-
fore st. Mariinsyille, Three micro compa
MES Of Federals at Brashear. u 'LFJ
THE MoDOCs.
Later dispatches confirm the evacuat on
Of the Lava Beds by the Modocs. They
have forty horses. ;.a
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
ST. JOINS, N. f., May 9.-ihe State De
partment at Washington has advices from
the Eng sailing ship waisus just ar,
rived, who reports that the steamer Zig
ress picked up, or tho ice at Grady's har-
bsr, Labrador, April 80, the last hftee n OF
the crew and Ave of the Bsquilnaux Of the
steamer Palsris, of the Arctic expedition.
Captain Hall died las, summer. The Tig-
ress is hourly expected at st. Johns.
Signed I. N. Mallory, U. s. Gensnl.
New YORK, May lO.-A special from St.
Johns, N. f., of tho ,9il, says the steamer
Wslrus arrived from seal fishing, At ST.
Johns this morning, bringing the news
that the steamer Tigress had come into
Bay Roberts, Is miles from h ere, having
on board nineteen survivors OF Captain
Halls Arctic expedition. A oorrsspon-
dent Immediately started to Bay Roberts,
to learn the full particulars. The Tigress
WAS at anchor, and the rescued men were
assembled on deck. They furnished the
following deeply thrilling narrative of the
of the expedition. the death OF
Captain Hall, and the final escape Of the
who we're taken of the ice by
the Tigress in April last, in latitude 5S0,
-, after having speut 1876 days on thu
foe. Rvs
The following are the names Of tho res
cued: H. G. Tyson, assistant navigator
Frederick Msysr,metso rologist; John Her
on, steward; VIC. Krujer, Fred Gulpa,
Will. Lindeworm, Fred Antioj, Gustsvus
|. Liuguist, Peter Johnston, seamsp; Vim
Jodson, cook; EsQuimsux Joe, interpreter
IIomob and child, Esquimsux; Hans Chris.
tian, Of Kancs expedition, his wife and
four children, tho youngest only eight
months old. This party which had been
landed from tho Polaris, were driven
from her by gale, which burst her moor
ings on the 10th Of October, 1872, in lati.
tude TO So. When they last saw tho Pc
laris she was under steam and canvas
working for harbor on east side OF Nerih-
cumberland Island. She had no boats left
of six which she brought with her from
New York. Two were lost in the horth-
err expedition, two were landed Gu The
ice with Capt. Tysoas party, one was
burnt as fuel 10 make water for the crew,
and the other is en- board the Tigrcss.
The Posris was in command of Capt
Buddington, who had thirteen of the crew
along with him, and n plentiful stock Of
provisions. She was making a. good deal
of water. but, as Capt. Tyson Informed lha
correspondent, she was not more lsaky
than when he was on board. rs5s'
All tho provisions fol, fall and winter
Of the Polaris we're some " hat damaged, and
il is the opinion of the survivors that they
will be unable to get clear before July, and
even then, if the ship is unsea worthy they
will have to make new boatssbefore they
can effect their escape.
On tho 9Th Of October 1871, in latitude
1SO 81, longitude &c. Az, Capt Hall died
of apoplexy and was buried en- shore where
they erected wooden cross 10 mark the
grave. lie had tuned from q northern
sledge expedition in which he had attain
ed tho latitude Of 80 l6|. lie seemedsin
his usual health, and had call,d the crew
into the cabin to, encourage them with
hopes of future rewards, and. stimulate
them 10 renewed exertions, when he was
suddenly struck down and expired, to the
rrief Of those around hims to whom he lad
endsarsd himself by bis kindness aud de.
votisn. tss ~ sHs a 1900 ~
In September, 1871, the Polaris went
into winter quarters, and left them August
u, 1872. The ice was very heavy, and
set in q southerly direction. She wal
forced south, and SO continued drifting
till Captain Tyson and party were driver
from her. The sledge party crossed Kans'l
Polar Sea, which they pronounced to be .