Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-05-29
General News.


STATEMENTS OF THE sURvIvoRs-ruEYn M
uHyk THEY wRaE DEsExrED-INrInA-
Ton that CAPT. HALL WAS POIsOuRD-
bUDDrN0TON's THREATS AGAINST rYsoy.
ETC, ETC.
New York asDocla1ed press sdespatch'
says that the papers Of Wednesday morn
Ing publish thirteen columns of the details
OF the Polaris expedition, derived from the
survivors. The prevailing impression Of
the unfortunates when LEFT on the Ice was
that Aieut. Buddington had wilfully aban-
doned them. They also believed that Can't.
Hall was poisoned. They lived principally
upon seals, occasionally induiginy in a
roasted dog. They attribute their wonder
ful preservation to the sagacity and perse-
versnce OF Capt. TysOn. while tho latter
says the scientific results amount to moth
ing. The expedition demonstrated II IL
possible to penetrate farther into the mys-
FERROUS region Of the sea and ice than
Franklin, Hayes. or any other explorer pro
ceeded, and furnished evidence Of the
probable existence of polar sea- John
Heron, steward Of the Polaris, makes the
following statement regarding the sickness
and death Of Capt. Hall:
Capt: Hall had good health up to the
time Of returning from the sledge expedi-
| ton. He was not sick when ne came on
board, but complained soon Afterwards,
and said the heat Of the cabin effected him.
He got water to wash and put on clean un.
derclothing. asked him what he would
have; was anxious to get him something
nice. lie did not care about anything but
some coffee, and he did not drink that. I
had no conversation with him when he was
sick, except to ask him IL he was better
occasionally, or how he was, aud such like.
lie was sick fortnight, and talked very
little. de was perfectly delirious for the
| last few days. | think he WAS paralyzed
| on one side. Heard no one say so. Iiwas
my own opinion. There was nothing sud-
den about his death. He was attended by
DR.. Bessels and Mr.. Morton. who did every
thing In their power to alleviate his suffer-
ings. but without effect. His illness cast
gloom over the entire company, and was
the hrst discouraging circumstance which
mad occurred In connection with the expe-
dition. His death made us all lee, very
| sad.
The prevailing impression among the I'M
fortunate nineteen who were len behind
was that Buddington had wilifully aban-
doned them to their fate. He had been an
tcipaiing the breaking up ofthe ice for some
time, and II he had wished to have Tyson
and his companions on board he could
easily have represented matter to them in
such light that they would not have ven
tured to be absent at SO critical a jupc,urc,
but no such intimation was given TO the
men on the ice. The vessel did not driff
away 50 suddenly that the men could not
have been rescued from their perilous po-
sition. Mr.. Heron says:
made a rush for the vessel and SING
out for a line. but they would not yiye me
one. Chester and Buddin gton were stand
ing on the panpway and couid n. Va ,hro,.-,
me one. | was with four others nm |. ~.
of Ice that had provisions ON /, 7, cracL-
ed OF and went adrirt We ao, h.nt- :.
the M ain doe in n scox n, ho.e n.,,or -
under one of the men. bu, We ali 90, .S.,i,
back.
TYSON SAYS; could have 90, .ho,r, ,,o
vessel thar nigh, and been ,her. now h'',
would mot leave the women .nd .,,,,,.. '
Nv Int was on ,ha ,a. ''I eu.ia'ei.
would Jet bacl n ne Nh. nov, a. ne
he could have done Tb. h,.,Iin "n.on
was caused bv the 40. IN ,,hi"h * "nH
was fastened dri,,,r,, 4, h.,,...>., -. sup
and some ,cehervs thu, ,...r, F.. ~,
jam broke up the doe and III, go, 49,
away. II was ahout nJ,e or "a, ,,e,,.,' H'
the night. The tcmne,a,nr. -, -.
zero. '"'
Capt. TYSON. spealiny Of Can, Ham.
death SAYS:
Can't. Hall was sick sneen d.vs A,
he was paralyzed. and then d.li,Ious IL
started from The shin ON = LII a.ao,,,in
nortbwards on the ,o,h Of Oc,o,,., ua
Was absent fourteen d,ys and r.,n.,, 's
the Path of Octoler 10 m. shi, a., ~, ~.
sth of Novemher n. dI.d ar1 T.
His grave bore south son,h..s, 80, no
PAGES distant from tho ohsary,,or, =, per
aris Raw which Was ,n ~, =, "a a. o-
ei.H v~ ti.v ohe.s. W. e.-r,ud
over his grave with an inscription cut, Civ
ing his name, age, 80 wears. date of
death, and Commander OF the North Po-
lar Expedition All hands. except the
cook. attended the funeral. /, vas d,,t
dismal. cold, windy and disagreeable day'
The wind was mournfully bowling. and the
hearts OF all were developed In the deepest
sadness. I held a lantern. And nv the Iigh,
Of il the beautiful service OF the EPISCOPAL
Church was read by Mr.. BRYANT. As the
soothing words, Il am the resurrection and
the life saith the Lord" fell upon the ears
of the auditors. there were few dry eyes:
and there, amid the savage desolation of
nature most rugged, the power of chris
tianity made itself felt by those who had
never before acknowledged its influence.
Few OF those who were present al the bnr
ial will forget the deeply affecting scene.
Old sailors, whose faces had been brouzed
by summer suns, and frozen in arctic seas.
wept aloud. Capt. Hall was universally
beloved, and his death, at the time when
the enterprise promised SO hopefully. was
felt by his survivors to be An irre,rievable
loss. Those thoughts were uppermost in
the minds of all. and when the funeral
party returned to the ship there was q
hushed silence attending the performance
OF every duty.
Esquimaux Joe says that Capt. Budding.
ton was quarrelling all the time, and speaks
in general disapprobation of him. lie
and that the latter se cYnreSsa,, him cir 90
MN. .,
taPI. Tyson thinks the III feeling and