Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-20
ARCTIC BOUND MARINERS.
TWO RELIEF CRUISES TO BE
MADE THIS YEAR.

One of the Parties to Go by the West
ern and the Other by the Eastern
ROute-0ne of the Companies to be
Commanded by a Georgian-Washinr-
ton Topics.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-Twe Arctic
expeditions viii be sent out this year by
the Government. One will be on the
west side of the continent and the other
on the east side. They will both be re-
lief expeditions. There are now 1t Point
Barrow Lieut.. p. H. Ray and twelve men
including the Esquimaux Indians who
are with them. 1t has been decided to
bring back this party and abandon the
station which they have established.
The relief party will leave San Francisco
in June next in the Arctic vessel Leo. An
experienced observer will aecome
pany the expedition 10 take
observations of special interest to tht
coast survey. Ii upon arrival AT Point
Barrow the weather will not permit him
taking observations to advantage he win
be left on the return at some point in
Behring's Straits, where he can be picked
up at any time by a whaler, ms most
important mission will be what is de-
scrlbed in scientific terms as Swinging
the pendulum"
Government scientists say that the work
of the party at Point Barrow cannot but
prove to be of great value, Their OBJ
seryation Will greatly increase human
knowledge OF meteOrOlCgy and magnetic
variations in the immediate Arctic circle.
The other Arctic expedition will go to
the relief Of the colony planted two years
ago at Discovery Bay, in Lady Franklin
Sound, This party is under the command
OF First Lieutenant Greeley, An attempt
was made to reach it last year, but no
higher point than latitude 10 degrees 10
minutes could be reached, The relief
vessel dld good work in its attempt, but
thel ice was packed so thick that it was a
human impOssibilitY to get further north.
1t may be no better this year. The ice
leading to Discovery Bay is generally
very ugly. 1t crushes and leaves no pas
sage for vessels. Greeley has,
slons will not last longer than September
next. There are number of cairns
within hundred miles of him where pro-
visions have been left by exploring par
ties, both of this and other nations. But
he may not be able to reach them. The
command of the expedition to bring back
Greeley and his men is to be entrusted to
Georgian. Lieutenant Darlington, of
Atlanta, is the officer. He is a First
W
He has served in the cold Northwest and
is selected as being in every particular
the man for the place. He will leave st.
John, New Brunswick, this summer in
either the Arctic schooner PrOteus or
Neptune. The expedition will be fully
equipped in every respect. If Darlington
cannot reach Greeley in his vessel he will
make harbOr at Life Boat Cove just above
Littleton Island. From there he will
cross to Cape Sabine and send out sledge
parties to the North, Greeley's station is
40 miles north Of Cape Sabine. 1t is ex-
Pected that he and his party will be found
IN retreat towards Cape Sabine,
THE LOSS OF THE ASHUELOT.
The report of Rear Admiral ClitZ, rela-
tive to the circumstances attending the
loss OF the United States steamer Ashue-
lot, by which several lives were lost, has
been received by the Secretary of the
NAVY. The report is not made public,
but IS OF such character that the Secre-
tary has ordered a court martial to try
Commander Horace Z. MulIan. who was
in command when she was wrecked.
A COLD WAVE IN THE NORTHWEST.
Reports received here say that a cold
wave extends over the entire Northwest.
AT st. Louis the mercury fell from n de-
grees to the freezing point. At II O'Clock
last night one of the severest snow storms
OF the season was prevailing throughout
the Ontario region.
LOST PENNIES FOR CREDITORS.
Comptroller Knox, who is an ex-oficio
commissioner of the Freedmen's Bank. is
preparing to declare another dividend to
the depOsitOrs of that institution. This
dividend Will be Z per cent, and will be
the last declared. Heretofore dividends
amounting to 65 per cent. have been paid.
KEYS CLAIM TO BE PAID.
Justice Cox to-day delivered the opinion
of the court, in general term, in the case
of Key vs.. the Secretary of State, and
directed the issue of mandamus to COM
pei the payment to Key of portion of the
award made by the Mexican Claims Com
mission in the case of Beni. We'll