The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-21
The Schooner Florence to Sail on
Wednesday.
CAPTAIN TYSON AND HIS CREW.
An Appeal to the Public from
Captain Howgate.
WAsnIxaros, July is. 1877.

little beyond. After making her cargo OF bone and
oil she will so into winter quarters and the seamen,
with two scientists comprising tho ships company,
viii establish in the Arctic regions what Is 10 DC
rnown 10 the scientific world the He~gate
Polar Colony. This expedition has awakened cnthusi-
ISM among the OF Europe, and In tho HERALD
II May 90 last there a long interesting letter
rom julius Payer favor of tho scheme Of discovery
vhch the Howgate Colony goes out to begin
During the last OF the Forty-fourth
Congress earnest effort to obtain appro-
,riation OF $4,000 10 organize and send out
more expeditions toward the North Polo and 10 estab
ish temporary colony Tor purposes OF exploration at
scme point the shore OF Lady Franklin
Bav Tho House Committee Naval AT.
fairs reported favorapy upon tho passage
OF tho bill, the Electoral Commission
and the divided feeling the Presidential question
made 10 impossible TO favorable action noar
The close fiho session The subject had been dis
cusscd before chambers of and scientific
socations well as in Congress- ana SO laudablc did
the purpose appear individuals that thought
advisable to start colony by contributions from
private sources
CAPTAIN
The long experience OF Captain Tyson a whaier
and Of the officers OF the -fated Polaris sug
gssted him tho head OF the expedition in the event
his services could be had by detail. Since his escape
tho leo noe has been employed in the Navy De-
partmcnt civil capacity Secretary Thompson
appealed to to permit Captain Tyson to be
detailed, but it found that there was
services could only be had by paying for them seore-
tary Thompson regretted that the law would not allow
him TO help the expedition In which be expressed the
greatest interest From the generous hands, then. OF
citizens throughout the country the money for the
purchase OF the vessel and outfit obtained two
gcntemon in Now York giving 5000 anu $500 each re-
spcctveiy.
The following letter from the editor OF lie Temps
shows what interest is felt in the success OF the
colony
rcsp"nenco Of the Paris Joans ihat you placed
a. ss head OF fo the nv ro" bPve ar e
The srn 70 consider myself as having been the medium
the osnSsts du %
NY ay Gn xs n, Of the % y e I II % @s
can appreciate with the aid OF The pamphlet have the
Even !iustave Lambert take lively interest in the
lie If the Ws" Ia oo%ns the route s' Witch the
Germans nave condemned
pree"te your success be- Ss' advise You in The
SapsGo
nsye At n & nr's h ysrx 70 w"ra m
With do not know whether tho rules Of your organza
lowed / offer myself as a candidate. I would desire
"a be the
Of the expedition Althous balloons cannot he used ad-
vented means to guids them there will doubs.ss be &C.
prsximity "i the Veins Of col in the Lady Franklin
by The experience ihsvs s.nel asoasa: = nv
enable 70 give You precise information on this Important
believe it to be useless to add def ais relative to myself
Times. The eataiorne my works appears in The
speak and write your language without difficulty
sns w" % nps
London, which were much applanded
Known as enjoying good health he proposition make to
ihusiasm Of my younger years. aud that | ready TO
.acrihee my life Tor it with the sane alssri,y as WOULD
sran%it.al g my TREND Mr. Ryan sorcspoadent Of Tho
Jon you telegraph avoid loss Of
In all event; Wish yea m l. the so.a en-
''"'V rs H Sss f'iS Imp
80 Rue des Addresses. r'ari-
To Captain II. W HowcArr.
AS the accommodations limited, tho offer of N.
Fonviee had to be declined this time, though tho
hope is expressed that no distant day his services
nay be gladly utilized.
OBJECTS THE EXPEDITION.
The object OF tho expedition to collect full data in
reference TO the mctcorology, geology natural history
md other cognatc sciences OF the Arctic
regions by long series OF systematic OBJ
scryations made under the lavoring circumstances
Of permanent colony, comiortabiy located aud amply
provided wnh Tho necessary faciiitics. This be
done In corporation with similar colonies statons
OF obseryations In Spitzbergen Nova Zembn and
Franz Joseph Land n leutcnan. Wcyprccuts iJca of
international work is carried out as laid down Ia m
address delivered by nm before the forty
, eighth meeting OF German nauralists and
physicians in september 1915 on the lunda-
mental principles D scientific Arctic nvcptl-
gatpr. Ana nrst, geography will Geriyc most
substantial benelts and additions from further 20 ar
research In tho survey OF The Coz OF
tho point rcac bod by beaumont of the Mares cxpedi-
ton even to the Pole itself IL land extend so far;
and Is thus the colony Is &c establish q base,
and hereafter sub bases nj suitable points as
advance Is mace. In photography and meteor
ology, so important not only to the needs oil
trade aud com mcrcc bu. our daily WANTS and ex-
iscncc important discoveries will douDtc be made.
Tue question OF ocean streams and currents where
tho Gull Stream and kurosiwo end aud The iolr cur
rent commences, with tho phenomena al
= tending the diurnal rise ana tail or The tides,
The direction, changes, velocity and character OF
winds AMI many questions Of temperature are
10 he carefully studied. Observations upon the vbrn-
tlons oil pendulum swinging ia the immediate