The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-10-31
FOREIGN.
An American Vessel Wrecked.

An American Vessel Wrecked.
Halifax, Oct. pa Government
steamer which arrived to-day from
Cable Island reports that during a
heavy northwest gale on the 18th an
American built schooner, supposed to
belong to the east part of Maine, struck
the bar at the west end of Cable Island
and went to pieces, all hands being
drowned. Five bodies and parts of the
| wreck washed ashore.
Du Sommerard's Denial.
Paris, Oct. 3O.-The Figaro to-day
publishes letter from Du Sommerard,
chief commissioner of France for the
American Centennial Exposition, de-
claring that the letter printed in that
journal on Friday, attacking the man.
agement of the exhibition and contain
ing other base charges, the authorship
of which is attributed to him, is an ut
ter fabrication. Du Sommerard puts
his disayowal in most formal and ex-
pressive terms, and adds that if his de-
nial be not sufficient, he is in possession
OF documentary evidence to prove the
truth of his statement.
The English Arctic Expedition.
London, Oct. 3O.-The narrative of
the Arctic expedition is published. 1t
relates that after first encountering ice
the expedition was detained several
days i'll Bert Payai. 1t started thence
August Sth, but before reaching the
shore of Grinnei Land the vessels we're
caught in an ice-pack. After this their
progress northward was an incessant
struggle through chance openings made
in the ice by wind and current, the
constantly closing behind them. The
Discovery wintered in well sheltered
iarbor oh the west side of Hams Ba-
sin, few miles north of Polaris bay.
The Alert pushed forward and rounded
the northwest point of Grants Land,
but instead of finding, as expected, a
continuous coast hundred miles to-
ward the north, she found herself on
the border of an extensive sea, with i'm
| penetrable ice on every side and nc
harbor.
The ship wintered behind barrier
of grounded ice, close to land, com.
posed of floating masses of thick polai
| ice that had i'll meeting pressed VI
quantities of intermediate ice in blocks
frequently mile in diameter and vary
ing III height from ~ to so feet. OBJ
stacles of this kind destroyed all hope
of reaching the pole by sledges. Be-
fore an attempt was made the sledge
party was obliged to make road with
pick-axes nearly half the distance il
| travelled. AS it was always necessary
| to drag the sledge loads by installments,
| the party really traversed 276 miles,
| although it only progressed 73.
All the cabins erected by the Polaris
expedition were visited. At the boat
depot in Newman's bay chronometer
| was found in perfect order. Wheat
left by the Polaris was successfully
grown aboard ship.
When at Polaris bay the Discovery
hoisted the American flag and fired a
salute A brazen tablet with the fol-
lowing inscription was fixed on the
grave of Captain Hall: SACRED to the
memory of Captain Hall, of the Polar.
is, who sacrificed his life in theadvance.
ment of science. This tablet is erected
by the British Polar expedition, who
following his footsteps, have profted
by his experience Two sailors of the
Greenland sledge party were buried
near Captain Halls grave. The suffer
ings of the sledge parties from scurvy
were frightful.
An expedition under Markham and
Parr, which endeavored to reach the
Pole, consisted of seventeen persons
Nine became utterly helpless and had
to be carried on sledges, and three
could barely walk and were unable tc
| render assistance.