The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-12

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sound hmm anI I'd Hoes was hasrd An,
the DISTANCES hoAt wasSf fhsfSnfIyS SioWs
cred. It wass AbSGt o O'Clock in the
evening, e E. md an!d TIE greatest s.oi.e;
Gee their house; twostents are clearly
peroeptible. ..and moving human figures
can bs seen on the mainland, near Lit
tlston Island" There was considerable
exultation on bonrd at this announce
ment In an hour afterwards, the boat
returned from shore, but only brought
uisaPpoiniment to tine eager crowd that
awaited intelligence. Capt. Buddingtou
and his porty had gone South in the
middle OF June last, in two boats,
hoping to meet q friendly whaling yes
sci, to carry them to Newfoundland.
The Tigress boat was again manned, ao.
companied this time by Commander
Green and Esquimaux Joe, as an inter-
prefer. A crowd Of Esquimaux, consist.
ing OF i've men, two women and two chill
dren greeted them on their arrival on
shore, where they found house aban-
doned, and presenting scene OF the
widest confusion. Broken nautical in.
strnments lay on the floor, while the re.
mains OF mutilated log book were
scattered about in every direction. The
Esquimaux had come from Ponds Bay,
aud had remained with the Buddington
party al the winter. The house con-
talned store room. ships galley
stove, tables and chairs taken from the
Polaris. There we're fourteen bunks
ranged along each side of the chief
apartment. Only half hour was spent
in searching for records by the com
mander and his men. Esquimnux Joe
conversed with his kinstolk present
briefly. bnt the boat was quickly order
ed away. This party from the Tigress
picked up what curiosites they could,
and returned to the ship. The bout
was mannod the third time, and this
party picked up some torn diaries: all
reference to the doath OF Captain Hall
being destroyed. With the exception
OF torn memorandum. setting forth
an agreement between Buddington and
Chester to continue the search for the
North Pole, nothing Of Importance was
discovered. The Esqnimaux pointed
out the spot where the Polaris
had sunk, and stated that Captain
Buddington had given them the ship,
but that when the ice broke in the mid
die of July, she Aoated into small cove
and went down. A small iceberg had
grounded on the wreck, which was in
about nine fathoms Of water. No at
tempt appears to have been made to ex.
anime tue position Of the wreck, and
nothing WAS ascertained us to how the
winter was pnssed, the whri eabouts of
tho missing men. or how they spent
their time while waiting for the leo to
break out. The entire time of tho
Tigress in the neighborhood of Littleton
Island was only five hours. The Esqui-
maux were not sufficiently interrognted.
When first seen from the deck OF the
Tigress, these people were in the uni
form of sailors of the United States
Navy. but they subsequently, changed
their clothes and re.lonned their Esuui-
maux apparel. The E,quimaux more
over had but little provisions, their
food being nearly all consumed; neither
had they any boats. Under these cir
cumstances, through the medium of
Dusty Joe, they asked to be taken on
board the Tigress. but Com mander
Green declined to allow them to do so.
After the boat had returned to the
Eigress, three cheers wero given for
homeward. The assistant ice pilot re-
ported an ice blink fifteen miles off, and
the vessel was hastily headed South, ut
fifteen minutes past 2 o'clock this morn
ing. after an imperfect search. aud leav-
ing the unfortunate Esquimaux behind
to. battle with their fate. Instead Of
crossing to the Westward of Cape York,
and following the probable track of
Buddingtons party toward Ponds Bay,
the Tigress returned to upper Nayik on
tho 10Th Of August, and arrived ut God
haven, Disco, on the 25th. Although
tue Tigress has again gone in search,
the prospects of finding them are dis
couraging, however, unless, as they
hoped, they hayc been picked up by
whaling ships.
BosroN, September 1l.-Commenting
upon tho defeat of Butler ut Worcester,
the Boston Adrertiscr says: 1T is hard
" known yet whether Gen. Butler aud
his champions were squad or an army
When they started out on their expeli-
ton, they had Il fire time for day or
two, and everything their own way.
Nobody was looking out for them. They
not only proposed to take Massnchu-
sets. but declared that they had cap
tured Washington, New York, Long
Branch, Kansas, md nil the outlying
Provinces; and it really looked some-