New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-07
The HERO OF THE. POLARIS
FOREIGN TRIBUTE 10 CAPT. c. z. HALL.
THE GREAT RoouErrE PrIzy AWARDED MN ny TnE
BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY or PAEfs 49, HEMARk-
AnIr sIpyp.ItI-y tn rnYrTCNFus IN TuE Dis

FORE1GN TRIBUTE 10 CAPT. l.. X. HALlI
THE GREAT HCouErrE PIIZy AWARDED MN ny Iut
BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY or PARIS 49, KEMARk-
ABLE iIByRAIITY To FOREIGNERS IN TIE Dis
TlBUTION OF MEDALS
TO the Editor or the Trfbsne.
SIR: IL has been my pleasure to receive from the
Geographical Society Of Paris the announcement of
this award, tho notice of which has been Ollie ally
communicated by its Secretary. Dir. G.. AannOir, To
the esteemed President OF our own Now-fork sOci-
ety. Judge Daily My letter from V. A. Ma t. Brlln
IL oi 81 pleasing n character that am tempted 10
offer IL to yonr columns for tie interest which it may
awaken not only among the ficnds of fIe noble and
lamenicd Hall. but among all who have sympsthiIh
with these Arctic explorations. NJ. Saite Brun, son
Of tho Industrious geographer and encyclopedia,
inhers his fathers ability and zeal in she cncouT
agement Of all worthy explorers. lie Is ViccPresi-
nnt of the Geographical society of Paris HIS letter
is follows:
DfAu SIR: You aware TIA; oaeh year 'hc Gcogaph-
Teal Soctiy awards be,s 10 tie n.Ut u.ii gnish *
lOrcis In ihe fs-T rrgiOus al Ito globe. A. Chairman
ct the Committees to report upon tles and 10 pun"lise
lie rdsns OF Ito aNrd have the p asI;re to Il II yoh
Fellow ountrJ Capt G. r. Hin. for HE eXcrl Mt cS
~ rst's ni'iio In The poars 1e courageous Vor r,
should Oi GIT Inn The metl will h scnt 10 lis tan ~.
- WIS ut cae when we - Ut me-. ! agasded to Di.
Kane. A. '. MALE BktS.
Iaris. March .. 1873.
The mention 81 kanc's ranc, Ilustrious also in
Arctic explorations, is very Suggestive in this fact
that Name, like others preceding linn in this field,
an like Hall hiuEcli, gave :s .ilc 10 tho purposes
OF suiencc in the frozen field, 81 tie north. And it
is not unintcrcsting TO frd tl,at by tho proposed
tribute this gear from the oldest geographical so
,iciy # Europe, Halls name will tins be honoral'y
handed down 10 The scientific world IN she sanc list
with thosc 81 Sir John Franklin, Rare. and Or.
Hayes. The Pans Society has had waterfall eye on
nj in no
p, lar regions ~ well as in AL other quarters may
say. of the globe. Their extremely accurate and
rich bulletins attest thia. TIE following table
shows their awards 10 Arctic explorers. bcsinnnc At
the very ela Of t1e exploration:
AGCnC MEuALisr3.
Yemot F,rs%. r.n,o. r.-.
-! CIT lda -ccoa Grand,
~, 1p' . .h rs 18th - ~. T-e .,,u,
i-i' u',~e Sra"-In own a Isplar ,u.sI"f medal.
lsj9 Capt Mcclure. .. risenvrrv oi
1852 Capt rrgiodeid... Comma, ne lay
frankiins steam .
1858 ~ K ZANE ID ';r rrri Evir c rnd Of medal
lsfn Or l. T. I'a,r. . .Toat Jour ey I'll be
1873 apt {. r. h4H. The rolar.s. The same
Ii may strike the reader. at first. remarkable
that no awards or indeed important explorations IN
these Northern regions accredited to trcnchmcn
The Paris Society have with worthy fairness and
libcra lily made aurcatrs Of the English ard Ameri
cans only. But it vii be rcmcn brr,d that since
1863. France has had 10 such object for opening
Il Norill-N est pls-a"r around continent, ~ siic
would, d0uht'esS. have attempted hid she rot r.
linqu;,h,d Ter NoGtlcrn Ancrcan domain. Among
the w gallant Frcnchmcn who have shared the
glory of these Arctic adventures, the name oi Joseph
Rene uc!lot il honorcd by England with Il NOM
mcnl al Glccnw;c h He lest his life III carrying
dispatches among the iccields near lie strait which
.r-if,f XslTfrt tstT
Belohrr in search of Franklir. descendant f his
house is rcputcd DESTROYS Of jJining the present
Eneli-h expedition.
At the Ii5k of - seeming DEPRESSION beg leave
to note the f.ct that thls expedition pre-
pairing IL leave England ia the only one
since Sir John Fla1klin's. in 1915, winch
tho English Government has dlspa; rlrd 10 the Arrhc
Seas for exploration alone. All Others have. II? To
thi. fatr been ma,r in search of frTrk.In and his
lost pcu On tn. other hand it il Just true that
the American expeditions Of Kane. Hayes and Hal
have had for their object discovery and scientific
observations. To put his foot the Pole and To
make geographical discoveries up 70 the Pol was
Capt Halls wrll-kuown prime oLieci-his lie idea.
Aud tlis forces to say that nIsmuch IL AIneri-
cans only have openel up tn rout" To the grand
discovery If the Pole, Americans Ought ~ Share in
the final triumph Will it not to be- in
thc eyes If the whole world if any other nation he
PERMITTED without associates TO PISS through the
rontr Of Smiths Sound entered never before by any
except Kane Hayes and Hall. and passing by the
grave of Hail. that of stranger to take from ms
memory the wreath which but fer others he w"uld
have won for himself and for the American iagf
flashing on. May ;, 1879. j. +. n.
PS-sinee writing this lcttcr. find that the
President Of the Geographical Secretly of Paris NJ.
pelrsse has Delivered to Dir. WaSbburne. Onr Minis
ter the medal earned by Capt Hall. This consip1I-
trent to our Minister includes probably request
that the medal viii be sent hrough the State Depart
mcui 20 tho care OF the Secretary Of the Navy, for
Mrs. Hall