The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-05-16

over land on the Sth of July to where
they had wintered. On the 18th of
August 1872, they started for home,
the vessel drifting to the south west
under a heavy gale. Under the
heavy pressure Of the ice, the ship
was reported in leaking condition,
and provisions were landed on the
ice. Soon after the ice broke up,
and Captain Tyson and his party
became separated from the vessel.
They had good quantity Of provis-
ions, but drifted about on the ice
until they we're all consumed, and
for several months before they were
rescued they had lived ON raw seal
and polar bear as they could catch
them. After they were rescued by
the Tigress they rapidly improved,
and are reported in fair health.
The Polaris when last seen was
under steam and canvas, making
for a harbor on the east side of
Northumberland Island. She was
under the command of Captain Bud
dington with a crew Of l3 men and 4
good supply of provisions. The
survivors think the captain will not
be able to get the ship clear until
July, ana then if the ship is unsea
worthy. he will have To make new
boats 10 affect an escape.
Captain Hall was once q resident
OF Cincinnati. In his yonth he was
a blacksmith and afterwards news
paper man. His education was linn
ited, bnt he determined 10 solve the
mystery Of Sir John Franklin's fate,
and by pegging away at the public,
at scientific men, and capitalists, he
at length by the liberality of Henry
Grinnell, was enabled to fit out an
expedition which returned in about
two years bringing relies of Frobish-
er's expedition.
The experience gained in this
first attempt encouraged Captain
Hall to make another, feeling conf
dent he could find ont something in
regard to Franklin and his party,
some Of whom might still be alive
among the Esquimaux. In June
1864, he started on his second expe-
dition, in the barque Monticello,
and remained away over five years,
during which he fully cleared up the
circumstances and date of Franklin's
death, and secured number of rel
les. On his return Captain Hall
delivered lectures before numerous
literary societies, accompanied by
some ofhis Esquimaux companions.
But he had the Arctic fever, and his
new motive was the discovery of the
north pole. Congress finally voted
$4,000 for the purpose, and placed
atCaptain Halls disposal the steam
er Polaris, fitted up to suit himself.
The unhappy fate attending the ex-
pedition will doubtless end the
search after the open Polar Sea.
NEW YORK, May l4-In June 1872, just
before embarking on his voyage of explora-
ton, Capt. c. f. Hall deposited with Messrs.
Leggett g. Storm, hotel keepers in this city,
q package marked &C. F. Hall, care of Henry
Grinnen." 1t was to be kept in their safe,
with the desire that if anything happened to
him, it was TO be delivered to Grinnell.
The instructions Of Capt. Hall were carried
out last Monday, and on opening the package,
Grinnell found il contained throe books, COM
a journal, kept by Capt. Hall when on the
King Williams Land expedition, in search of
Sir John Franklin. There are also notes of
various Arctic explorations, from which he
contemplated book The journal contains
much important information relative to the
Arctic regions, which was known only to
Capt. Hall