Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-09-11
aIIegi.any Canal Convention.

III this CITY were met Ill inc tSucch wy io'e
this morning at half l'ast eleven O'Clock BY
committee OF the Board Of Trade, representing
the wealth and business interests OF Cumbrr
land, and escorted t, the rooms of the board,
the lecture room, &c, of the English Lutheran
Church
A. Z. German, president Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company called the meeting
to order. He said the object of their COM
ing together was we'll undcrStood--it Is to Sc
cure cheaper transportation between the Allan
tic sea board and the great West.
Montgomery Blair was elected President OF
the convention.
Judge Blair, taking the chair, addressed the
convention at some length on the subject OF
the Trans-Alleghany canal &c. He was ire
quently applauded.
Delegations representing the following organ
izations reported: Ioughlogcnery Navigation
Company, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com
papy, Coal and Coke Exchange, Southwestern
| PENNSYLVANIA Board OF Trade, Cumberland
Steamboat Association, and ONO representatives
of cities aud towns.
4 committee Of thirteen Oh resolutions Was
appointed Judge Pearre chairman.
| Letters were read from Il number OF irom-
nent gentlemen expressing approval of the pro-
ect, and regrctIing inability to attend. Remarks
we're made On the projected extension hy Hon.
John Richie, Judge Pearre, John ". Davis
and others.
At the evening session the committee of
thirteen reported the following:
Whereas the vast growth and cxpanse OF az
| ricultura aud other industrial interests III the
great West, now iuperatlvcly demand lucreas-
| ed and cheaper means Of transr ortaton to the
eastern markets and foreign ports; and whereas
| experience has demonstrated that the want can
be adequately met only by means OF Improved
water communication; and whereas the cXten-
sion of the Chesapeake aud Ohio canal to the
| Ohio river offers the most favorable advantages
both Us regards feasibility and economy. There
fore be it
Rcs0lrol, That committee Of twenty-five,
| Of which The president Of this convention shall
| be chairman, be appointed 10 meIuorlaZe the
| Congress of the United States to aid IN the
completion of the water line from Washington
via the Chesapeake and Ohio canal and the
Youghiogcncy river, and confer with the Com
mttee of the United States Senate on Traus-
portation aud Routes to the Seaboard, and pre-
sent for their consideration the advantages OF
| the proposed route as national highway, and
procure such national and State legislation us
may be deemed necessary to carry into effect
the object Of the foregoing resolution.
Remarks on the report OF the committee
were made by Judge Pcarre, MeSsrs Richie,
Moore, Bigley, Bannon, Pcckin, Heath,
German, Cowan and others.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted,
and the committee appointed is as follows =
Richie, Lloyd Lowdes, II. W. Hoffman, ~
?. Goruan, Col B. S. Heath, j. j. Hazl4tt,
Gen. J. G. Blunt. Thos. Moore, 2. MamiII,
NJ. Bannon, W. W. Mckag, \. +. Wilson.
Frank Cowan, H. d. Cooke, \. r. Shepherd
w. j. Murtagh, J. &. Bcrrct, Jas. Harlan
n. j. Bigley, C. n. Brave, G. NJ. Watkins,
Gilmor Meredith and +. G. Pechio.
The convention then adjourned, SUBJECT to the
call of the chairman, which will probably not be
made until action is taken by Congress.
The Lost Found-The PoIaris Heard
From.
The following dispatch, was received by the
Secretary of the Navy yesterday afternoon, and
will be read with interest by all:
ST. JOINS n. F., September TO- 1873.
Hon. George NJ. Robson, Secretary Of the
Navy, Washington, d. c.:
The Juniata arrived day. Met Tigrees at
Uperuavik Coaed her. She sailed August
| | for LittIeton Island Tigress met Juniatas
sack, who had been to Cape York in the launch
and returned at Disco met TigresS again.
Again coaled her. August -, Commander
Greer reports camp of Polaris found August
II, off Litteton Island, latitude, 7S0 23> north,
longitude 73o Sc west. Crew of PoIars all
well. Had gone south two months before 10
two whale boats made Of ship. Poaris sank
one month after Kept careful look going
north and coming south. Nosgn Stopped
at all settlements No news. Crew Of Polaris
probably on board of whaler from Cape York.
Iigress left Disco August 25 for Labrador coast.
to continue search so lorg as coal and season
permits.
Commander, i. 5. n.
New York, September l0.-Thc following
is the Tribune's special from the PoIariS expe
dition:
UNITED STATES STEAMER TIGREss,
Disco, August %, 1873
Via ST. JOINS, n. f., September 10, 1873.
We have at last positive aud very late news
of the missing Arctic voyagers. The Tigrcss
sailed from Upcrnavik on the lth OF August,
and examined the shores of Northumberland
island, where Tyson and his party reported
that they LETT the PoIaris. No trace of the
vessel was lUunQ nCrc, anu w SISh VI INK, d'A
it is supposed that the rescued men were mis-
taken in the locality of thir separation from the
vessel Near LittIeton island, however, in lati-
tude 7So 23> n, longitude 7330 4G> W., wc
discovered the camp in which the BuddIngton
party, had wintered. Six E<quimaux were liv-
ing in it. and from them and the manuscript re-
cords left behind by Capt. Buddington We as
ccrtaned the history Of the expedition, up to
noriod of sly months DrpvInuS
After the separation from Tyson the Poaris
party constructed house of ship lumber and
canvas, in which they spent the winter. The
ship being too badly damaged to risk voyage
home, though she still foated, they used some
of the material in her for the construction of
two whale beats, with which they proposed 60
ing south as soon as the first open water.
On July l they were enabled to carry out
their intention aud put to sea, probably max
ing for Cape York, on the coast of Greenland:
$50 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
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