The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-05
ARCTIC ExpER1EgcEs-CAPrs GEO. FL
TYsoN's HIsroRY OF THE PoLARIs

EXPEDITION.
Is an interesting and valuable
book. In this, as in other works OF
a similar character. ~portraying the
like experience, the reader is given
a history Of the. indomitable purpose
and useless toll of the explorers;
and the details Of the poilaris expo
di:;on whose scanty results were
purchased at suc1, cost, IN q manner
quite as suggestive, because matter
Of fact, as the Captains log book;
and therefore the more interesting.
The burial OF the lamentGd leader,
Captain Hall, is thus tcrchingly
depicted;
eat lali-past eleven this mor:.-
ing wo'placea' oil tl,at was mortal OF
our late commando. il the frozen
ground. Even at that hourof the
day it was almost dark, SO that I
had to>hold a;lArterh for Mr.. Bryan
to readthe prayers. I believe Ill
the ships company was present, I'M
less, perhaps, the steward and cock.
It was a. gloomy 1ay, end well be-
fitting the event. The place also is
rugged and deso!astei in the extreme.
AwayoG, as:5Sar as tAc lin Light ell
aIb5les is TO see, we are bound in BY
huge" masses oi slate-rook which
stand like q b~arricade, ~gty::ard;ns tic
barren land Of tic inferior; between
these rugged hills lies tho snor-
covered plain; behind rs tie frozen
waters Of 2ol.ris Bay, tie shore
s:reweJ with great ice-blocAs. The
little l.tw,,1ich they caiI ca obser-
vatory be,.:"s eloft, upon a tall flag
staff, the only cheer.ng object III
sight; and That is sd enough to-
day, for tho stars and ST. 7pes droop
a!fr,,";: IT,. -.-!t ,S- !
~ 'o .",r 49, '.-- -. =!
"As VIC went TO- The grave lis
morning, the coffin ha4!aa. CT III
oyer'whicl was Spread in
stcaa Of Il. pail tic American flag, !
we walked in procession. Iwall;edt
n with my lantern a>:,'little IN adj |.
=: then came tire. captain and
*de cns;noet, Dr. Bessel, !.
. land, then the crew, /:
ID Meyers " yarpp i; at(hceAed
the body The men on
the aLedgsee, one o.: a. 81 lantern.
e right holding *anoth>, :,e, and,
early all are dres ed n III we
ere there otiaer:eyes to soc us, Il
:ould look. like any thingg:but a
neral cc,s,,:ys. The Esduimaux. -
flowed the crew: ,:'1 ih is d weird a.
rt Of light il the all, partly boreal III
electric, through which the stars Of
Ioae brightly. III. c!!oveeta. ;A::!.st while H
|. Our way to the Gravc." 20
t1E I41vf~5 ,L1st--Bx JAS. DEL G,
Al.l1E, ,>77Hy YoRx, 1874. CT
MI. De Mile is atother Of that III
pc. Of American novel writers Of =.
houn We seem to have an excess Of ii,
Ie Sylvanus Cobb. j., order. In o.
The Living Link" the public is st
with an. incoherent sen y
.tticual story, wherein is murder, -,
and love s o:aterwoven that Il,
III tho excited and wandering
'ail Of the asthor could have lie IN
,We know Of few conai- n
JUS OF the uind wherein u sansi- =,
c person could wade through such ~
book, but"we presume the patrons Il;
dime novels viii fl. feRrait Of inter Iii
T.. =: ia
.AEf = go. IN
cPHERsQN'S HAND BOOZE "a
Or PoLiT1Os, 1s7I. co
CONTENTS. ..:.-. ~
7, List.of Members OF tie Forty b
Congress- g. ".
II. Passage Of the SALARY Act, Of +,
a~. ',>ys,I = -: ~. II
III Rsport: Of TIE Salary Act OF n:
7a,.aaa restoration Of former com 50 SO
:zsation and allowances and gpp- IT.
y Mileage and other *'statisaeal f.,
relating, Thereto. II
". Judsicial=D D DECISIONS and Opir- ii
H.. e~ -
Y. Proposed Amendments to the IN IN
.L.p:o, oef1,o ITn:4o5 Et.!as. A