New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-10-08


dressed for show. He 10 rather moro than Of medium
hight and wears beard cut Close and ashock
Of uxurant hair equally Jet, that gives him peculiar
appearance. Both Weyprecht and Payer are Drown
from exposure, while Kepes has In ADDITION naturs
swarthiness, though he were native OF 6iciiy or
Cuba. HAIR beard, and eyes are black, aud the SKID
keeps them closer company than We are accustomed 70
any Of the regions that border the Northern seas
A. dark he but with different cast OF FEATURE 10 Dr.
6chweinfurth the distinguished explorer Of Africa VINO
IL here - guest from Berlin. He gives you the impress
sion of very small man; his hair 10 black and thick
and parted in the middle, and IL grows 90 far down IN
front - to make forehead appear narrower than
H. His face 10 dark partly BY nature and partly oy
exposure, and his mustache 10 black and uxurant ana
rises above somewhat moro than Napoeonic goatee.
Among the others present were Capt. Kaldeway ana
Capt Hegeman both Arctic explorers the former hav-
ing commanded the Germana and the latter the Hanss
Then there 10 Count Itchy, . prominent Hungarian.
who orignated the Tegetho6 expedition Count Wilt
check who gave $4,000 forms toward Ito expenses Pror
Horstetter Of Vienna and Dr. Dove Of BcrliD venera
bio man. rather profusey decorated aud called IS Herr
Barber ct my side informs me- the Tynda OF Germany
Dr. PetermAnn Of Gotha was expected. bus could not
come and the IL the case with ono or two other
celebrities whom Hamburg wished to see.
The speaking began after the first course and was kept
up between and with the that We had mental
and physical refreshmen blended In an agreeable way
The President spoke after the nsh and called up Capt.
Weyprecht who thanked the Society for It's hospitality
and closed by toast full and sonorous to stadt Ham
burg. should say that before calling out weyprecht
the President toasted the Emperor Of Germany, to
which all responded with cheers With the et dc boV
Ia jardiniers we had Lieut. Payer. and Q toast to
Kadeway and HegemaD his predecessors and of course
this called out Kaldeway, who 10 slow and poor
speaker marked contrast to the graceful orator that
followed him, Herr Godefroy, President Of the
Hamburg American Steamship Company, who closed
with Q toast to the memory Of Admiral Tege-
thon Prof. Harms made speech full of dignity and
vigor and warmly commencing the guests OF the even
ing for their herosm and manly bearing Altogether
there must have been dozen speeches in ALL have
named the most noted Of the speakers and am happy to
say that nobody was lOng-winded and prosy. There
was very lively ripple OF conversation between the
speeches but 1t ceased almost entirely as soon as the
President raped to order Several OF the toass we're
followed by songs analogous to Hes Jolly Good
Fellow" "Aud Lang Syne," and other dinner-taoie
ditties.
About 2:so In the morning the party began to melt
away t had been melting before that the room was
very warm and vino plenty, and block OF Ice
that was placed before Capt Weyprecht as souvenir
of the Arctic was speedily thawed. 1 melted with
several Others and was in bed in my hotel little after
8 O'Clock.
This forenoon at ten went to the meeting OF the
Geographical Society postponed from last night ana
heard the reading Of several congratuatory kilograms
and letters One of kilograms from the Empress
of Germany, and another from the Emperor OF Austria
and there kilograms from geographical societies OF
Berlin Halle Bresiau Gotha Florence, and half dozen
other places. The guests were there OF course Wey-
precht was IN the full uniform Of an Austrian naval
captain and Kepes in that OF cavalry lieutenant out
Payer dressed exactly 40 he was the night oeore
The President made o speech, and introduced
1hn
than half an hour. and told the story OF
their voyage. In q calm, clear and strong ,volee ne
told how they sailed from Bremen and nrst eucoun-
tered the ice and how they struggled and batted with
IT, In the Autumn of 1872 they were firmly nclosed anu
frozen in at time they had thirty feet OF Ice under
the keel and were in region OF intense cold They
drfted slowly though not with regularity. and were
perfectly helpless; no power OF steam or sails or men
could do anything against the ice of the North and they
were quite at its mercy. The Summer brought
them no release; they made excursions with
sledges and discovered land hitherto unknown
which they christened Franz Josefs Land.
in honor Of their Emperor When Lieut. Payer returned
10 the ship from his last expedition, 1t was necessary to
consider the question of abandoning the TegethoA.
The ship was firmly blocked In the Ice and was urching
40 much that 1t became necessary to shore her up with
spars. There prospect Of an escape and no
prospect that by remaining longer they could accom-
psh much more Besides the loss OF the ship was quite
probable in the crushing and heaving OF the ce or
this should happen In the Winter the destruction OF the
entire party was inevitable 30 1t was decided to return
TO Europe and Goth Of last Nav they left the ship
with boats drawn upon sledGes. The way was
terrible; they had to break down the hummOcks
with axes and picks so to make road
for the sledges, and there were frequently days
when they did not make nautical mile in "a hours.
Sometimes they could not stand and were forced to
crawl over the rough way, and as they approached
broken water they found there ice which would not sup
mort them standing and where they were again forced
TO crawl Several days after leaving the ship part OF
them returned to get q smaller boat; they fancied
everything safe in the vessel, and Capt Weyprecht
thinks 1t not impossible that she may yet be recovered
Through the broken water they made their way with
many hardshps and at last reached open water once
on the sea they made the best OF their way southward
rowing by relays at the rate OF about 40 miles day.
They we're picked up by Russian fishing smack, ana
treated with every kindness. The Russians brought
them to Norway, and thence they made ther way
hitler.
Can't. weyprecht was cheered both at the commence
ment and close Of his speech, and was followed by
Jieut PAYER who spoke little more than quarter OF
an hour which he devoted mainly 10 the account OF his
Of Franz josef Land, which ne describes as
very rough with reddish gray beach showing through
tina SNOW and with mountains Of various nights up to
600 or 1000 feet. Neither Of the speakers could DO
more than give rough outline OF tner adventures ano
their detailed report will be looked for with interest
After tho session there was q breakfast to the ex'
plorers at which there more speeches. tonight
they will attend the Stadt Theatre BY special invitation
and believe all the theaters have been thrown open W
them IL is understood that they leave tomorrow;
The crew Of the Tegethon the guests Of the city at
the Seemanshaus Sailors Home near the narDor,
and were doubt receiving the best attention from
their fellow occupants of that establishment The Ham
burgers would evidently like to keep the wnoie party
hare for a week or two and would undoubtedly treat
ham the comedian says, kindly ana OIteRs
THE PHELPS LARCENY TRIAL.
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