The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-11
THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
The Question OF observation-disclosures
tho Chart-How Buddington May BE
Hoard OF by Cable-The Search to be
Pushed ON with Zeal. a

| Pushed ON with Zeal.
| WASHINGTON Sept. 10, 1873.
The telegram from Commander Braine, of
the United States Steamer Juniata, dated at
st. Johns, Newfoundland, to-day, announcing
the partial success of the vessels sent in search
of the North Polar expedition, was received at
noon to-day by Acting Secretary of the Navy,
Commodore Reynolds, and copies immedi-
ately sent
TO THE PRESIDENT, AT LONG BRANCH,
and to Secretary Robson. at Portsmouth,
N. Fl. The Navy Department officials had
some difficulty in making out the despatch at
first, as the latitude given by Commander
Braine of the locality where the tidings of
the Inflated vessel were obtained by
Commander Greer, of the Tigress, was ques-
toned. An examination was at once made
of the charts drawn by Kane and DR.. Hayes,
as well as of those of the British Admiralty.
The reports of Captain Tyson, Sergeant Meyer,
Of the Signal Bureau, and others belonging to
the Polaris were also carefully examined They
all agreed that the Polaris, as last seen, was
| sTEAMING BEHIND NORTHUMBERLAND ISLAND,
in latitude n degrees, 10 minutes. The de-
spatch from Commander Braine showed that
her camp had been found by Commander
Greer at Littleton Island, which is in latitude
70 degrees and % minutes, and was cor
rectly reported by the commander of
the Tigress, or over degree nearer
the Pole than the locality of Northumberland
Island. This excused the questioning by the
Navy Department Of Commander Braine's
despatch, but Commodore Reynolds believes
that it is perfectly correct. The query then
WIS., Had the Polaris during the Arctic winter
just passed
| DRHTED TO THE NORTH
with some unknown Arctic current, or been
driven north by strong southwesterly winds,
or were Tyson and his party, as they drifted
away from the ship in the Arctic night,
SONrOoEO IN lknAAh oGAAnANSfs,
and uncertain of their whereabouts I? The
naval officials, as they cudgelled their
brains considered the latter more prob
able. Littleton Island, the charts
showed, lies just to the south Of Cape Hather-
ton, the northern point of the channel which
leads into Smiths Sound, and is tie scene of
the burial of one of the men of Kane's expe-
dition. Repulse Bay, Kane's winter quarters,
! is but few minutes of latitude north of this
position, but nearly degree east on the
southern border of Smiths Sound. The de-
spatch of Commander Braine to the Navy
| Department it was thought was unnecessarily
vague; but the hope was expressed that with
the memorandum or despatch, or whatever it
may have been, which gave Commander Greer
his tidings of the Polaris, other data may
have been found, and possibly all
the scientific papers, charts botanical and
other collections which had been made pre-
vious to Captain Halls death.
The latest despatch received at the Navy
Department from Captain Hall in 1871 was
delivered by him to Danish whaler at
Uppernavik and carried to Copenhagen, and
thence sent to Washington; and it is thought
possible that, if Captain Buddlngton and
party have been
PICKED UP BY ONE OF THE DANISH WHALING
VESSELS
in Bafin's Boy, that they, too, may have
been carried to Europe, and that we shall
first hear of them through the
cable. Commodore Reynolds thinks that
neither this party nor their possible
saviors could have known anything Of the
search instituted for their safety as they ap-
pear TO have had no communication whatever
with the Esqui maux of the Greenland coast,
| who could have transmitted such intelligence.
| The character of the vessel commanded by
| Commander Braine-the Juniata-obliged
Secretary Robson to give him orders to avoid
any
UNNECESSARY DANGER FROM THE ICE
and to allow the Tgress to push forward
among the ice foes. It will, therefore, be
necessary for the Juniata to allow the Tgress
to prosecute the greater part of the search ne
cessary on the Labrador coast, but the Juniata
or some other vessel will be held in readiness
in this latitude to assist the Tgressif possible
It is stated on authority that Secretary Robe