The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-15
IN THE ICEBERGS.

4 peditlOn, In the steamer POlArlS, Whicl
was fitted out by our national Govern
ment with all necessary scientific m el
and means, and which sailed FROM New
York in June, 1871 has been unfortunate
On the 9th Of October, 1871, In latitud
s1:3S longitude II "a. Captain Hall dice
of apoplexy, and was buried on shore
where they erected q wooden cross /,
mark HE grave. He had recently return
ed from northern sledge expedition, il
which he had attained a latitude OF 50 :l6
He seemed in his usual health, and hac
called the crew into the cabin to encour.
age the hopes of future rewards,and slim,
ulate them to renewed exertion, when he
as suddenly struck down and expired
to the great grief Of those around, tc
whom he had endeared himself by his
kindness and devotion. In September.
1871, the Polaris entered winter quarters
and left August 18th 1872. The ice was
very heavy, and set in a southerIy direc
ton She was forced south, and so con.
tinued drifting till Captain Tyson and
party were driven from her.
Captain Tyson makes long statement,
full of glaring improbabilities, and DR..
Hayes, the Arctic explorer, suspects that
Hall did not die of apoplexy bat that he
was murdered la mutiny. DR.. Hayes
is of the opinion that Hall succeeded in
reaching the fatherest northern point ev-
er made by my vessel. K4ne's nearest
approach to the North Pole was to with,
in $40 miles, and Hall reached a poins
464 from The pole. Captain Tyson and
his associates have been Summoned t.
Washington, and if further developments
warrant such action the Government will
disr atch a vessel in search of the Pnlari
CAPTAIN Halls Arctic Expedition can
not justly be called failure. He did
not entitle himselfto the reward of G5 600
which was offered so long ago as 1776 by
the English Government to the exp orer
VIII should get within degree of the
North Pole. He has not discovered the
northwest passage, a channel which the
commerce of the world has long SINCE
ceased 10 think about; but he has un-
douLtedly by his intrepid exploration,
added to our geographical and scient fic
knowledge of that mysterious nor hern
region with which the names of Cook,
Ross, Parry, franklin, Kane, and HAYES
are + .rever associated. He has carried
his vessel within AGA miles of the Pole,
219 miles further than DR.. Kane went,
and greater reach of Polar navigation
than has ever before been accom- plished,
ana he seems to have discovered the true
entrance into the Polar Sea, which has
e'uded preceding explorers. Capt. Hall,
of whose death ON Nov. s, 1871, the world
learned yesterday for the first time, from
the lips of nineteen survivors of his party,
was In early life prominent journalist
of Cincinnati. He became deeply interest
ed in the su bject of Polar exploration by
following the career Dr.. Kape in his
two Arctic expeditions, as well as watch
ing the searches for Sir John Franklin.
He determined to join the search for
the lost navigator, and In 1860, when So
years of age, sailed on an expedition of
which large part Of the cost was suppli-
ed from his own means He was more
fortunate in his search than any of his
predecessors, and brought back with him
after an absence Of two years and three
months, some very valuable information
in regard to Sir Johns fate. He publish
ed narrative of his voyage under the
title Explorations and Adventures in
the Attic Regions" He made second
expedition IN 1864, during which lie
spent five years learning the Esquimaux
language, and habits of life. He secured
many relics of the Franklin crew, and
discovered beyond a doubt that they had
persisted, and when and where. After
his return he spent year in scientific
study, and sailed in July, 1871, ne yer to
return. The Polaris, winch carried him,
vas Government steamer equipped
with especial reference t his needs, with
a picked crew, scientific observers, and
all necessary appliances, for which Cong
ress had appropriated 100000. He was
sanguine o' reaching the North Pole, bu'