The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-12-24

SATURDAY, DECEMBER "a, 1881.
anaruAHY.

Isaac lsrael hoyes, NJ, u, A cue eN-
Plorer, army surgeon, scholar, lecturer
aud politician. died suddenly in New
York, on Saturday, 18th inst. aged 40
years, at the house OF his friend, Mr.. Fas-
sit. who had. induced him to leave the
hotel which was bis permanent home and |
come to his (Mr. Fassitt's) private home,
as the Doctors health has been poor late
ly. He has been lecturing recently on
The Water Courses OF New York" and |
"Arctic Exploration" DR.. Hayes was
born in Chester county, Pennn., Mapch
8, 1882. His education was commenced
in a Quaker school. and continued at
Westtown Academy in that county AZ
ter passing the academioal course he en-
tered the University of Pennsylvania,
where he studied medicine, graduating
in 1853 with the degree of NJ. d, H.
took great int rest in the writings and
adventures ofDr. Kane. and accompanied
that explorer as surgeon Of the second
Grinnell expedition in 1853, and was ab-
sent two years and a half, during which
in May, 1854, the Advance" being ap-
parently hopelessly fixed in the ice, he
started with a sledge party hopiIYte find
means to send relies to the party remain
ing on the ship, and to get fnr enough
south to go home. The trip was III sue
cessful, and, after three mouths resi-
dence with the Esquimaux and two long
and dreary sledge journeys, they returned
to the ship. During the expedition be
penetrated Greenland's long distance.
On his return home in 1855, he wTote and
publishei considerable new information
about the Arctic regions. and in 1860 he
projected an expedition under lis own
direction, aud after hard work and much
difficulty he raised $40. 600 in monry and
the Philosophical Societies Of PLiladel.
phia and Boston presented him with the
schooner Omitted States He started
for Melville Bay. wintered ut Port Foulke.
and started northuard in April, 1867.
They reached the west coast OF Greenland
IN May, but, their provisions giving out,
they were obliged to return after, how
ever, having gone 4S0 miles nearer the |
North Pole than any previous explorers. |
After arriving in this country he publish
ed Tue Open Polar Sea" upon which
subject he was an ehihusi ,st For his
discoveries made at this time he received |
tue geld medals of the Geographical So
cieties Of Paris and London.
When DR.. Hayes arrived in Boston, IN !
1861, he first learned of the existence OF
the War for the Uuion. He at oL ce ttle-
graphed to President Lincoln off .riug the
services OF himself and Lis vessel to the
United States The schooner was not ac-
cepted, being too small He then vol
unteered for the medical department. He
was Immediately appointed Brigade Sur.
geon and was afterward promoted to the
rank of Mujor and Brevet Colonel. The
Satterlee Hospital, in West Philadel-
phia, which could accommodate 1000
patients at once, and IN which 80 600 sick
ring the war, and which was said to be
the largest military hospital ever built
was erected under his supervision: At
the close of the war Dr. Hayes went to
New York and was for two years Presi-
dent of the Knickerbocker Coal Company.
He also devoted himself largely to litera-
ture and study.
In 1869 he accompanied his friend VIII
liam Bradford, on board the steamer
Panther to explore the southern coast OF
Greenland, On his return he published
"The Land of Desolation" and Cast
away in the Cold, and history of mar.
itime discovery. In 1874 he went to Ice
land in company with Cyrus W. Field,
Bayard Taylor, MIR. Gladstone and 9TH
ers to take part in its millionith year
celebration. Soon after his return from
Iceland DR.. Hayes said: 81 stand ready,
as always have, to lead party back
again to the field of my former conflicts
with the ic'. hope, indeed. to return
to that field which discovered ears ngo,
or, if do not, I hope some other Ameri-
can citizen will, and pick mp the little
flag which l left floating there and carry
it forward to the very apis. of the earth st
In 1875 DR.. Hayes turned his attention
to politics. He was a member of the
New York Assembly in 1876, 1877, 1878,
1879 and 1880. serving each year on the
important committees Of the House, and
in 1873 was chairman of the COMMITTEES
on Canals and in 1879 was chairman Of
the Committee on Cities. He was the
author of the hill auth horizing the con
strnction OF tue Hudson river tunnel from
Jersey City to New Y rk, and Ee worked
two yeaIs to secure its passage. He wal
unmarried.