Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-11
THE MISSING POLARIs.
IHk MhSSsNW y V1AohSs
Nfws from the Inflated VeSsel-She Is
bandOned by BuddtnytOn's Party,
and is Wrecked am Ong the IceberSs-
The Party all Well ON the lst of J ally
The T1xreyS Searching for Then.

and is w rocked among the Iceberys-
The Party all Well ON the LIST Of Jaly-
The TlSreSS Searching for Them.
A dispatch was received at the Navy depart
nent yesterday from Commander Braine, of
the Juniata, stating that he arrived at st.
Johns yesterday, and that they 'met the III
gress at Upernavik and coaled. She sailed
on August II for Littleton Island. The Til resS
met the Juniata's steam launch Lieut.. DeLous)
off Tes suisak who had been to Cape York In the
launch and returned u Disco. We met the I'll
gress again and again coaled her. August p
Commander Green reports camp OF Poiaris
found August IA, off Littleton Island, Latitude
7s deg. % min. north, longitude 70 deg. IS min.
west.
Had gone south two months before in two whale
boats made of POlaris sunk one month after
Kept careful lookout going north and coming
south. No signs Stopped at al sesslemen's
of whaler from Cape York. Tigress left d. co
August %, for Labrador coast, to continue
search as long as coal and season permits"
The New York Tribune has special from
Disco, August %, via st. Johns. September 10,
stating that the Tigress sailed from Upernavik
on the 18th of August, and examined the shores
of Northumberland Island, where Tyson and
his party reported that they had left the Po-
laris. No trace of the vessel was fouzd, and it
is supposed that the rescued men we're mistaken
in the locality of their separation from the YES
sci.
DISCOVERY OF THE CAMP.
Near Littleton sound, however, in latitude
l6o, 70 D0rtn, longitude t3', 40 west, we dis
covered the camp in which the Buddington
party had wintered. Six Esquimaux were liy-
ing in it, and from them and the manuscript
records left behind by Capt. Buddington, we
ascert.ined the history of the expedition up to
a period of six months previous. After the sep
aration from Tyson the Pola-is party con-
structed house of ship timber and canva in
which they spent the winter. The ship being
too badly damaged to risk a voyage home
though she still f1oated, they used some of the
material in her for the cor strncton of two whale
boats, with which they purposed going south as
soon as the first open water presented.
THE PARTY PUT TO SEA.
On July LIST they were enabled to carry out
Their intention, and put to sea, probably making
for Cape York, on the coast of Greenland, %
miles to the southeast, where they could hope TO
catch a whaler bound for Labrador. We kept
sharp lookout all along the coast, both going
and returning, but saw no signals and no hui
man beings. We obtained from the camp all
the manuscripts of the expedition and all the
journals. These records are very lony, and con-
tain great deal of valuable information. Bud
dington's party were all well when they took to
their boats.
THE POLARIs SUNK.
The Pc lris remained aloat until three weeks
ago, when she parted her moorings in a gale,
dlitted two miles southwest, and sunk in the
ice. Two icebergs now cover the wreck. We
sail to-day for Labrador in search of whalers
which may have picked up the missing men
Nine steam whalers have gone north, and are
now on the west side. All on board the Tigress
are well and full of confidence.