The Portland daily press., 1883-09-15
THE GREELEY EXPEDITION.
No harssaer News Received at Washington
--Coss,nanss Upen she Loss of ihe Pro-
tens ard lsetaris &c tho Eantic.

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WAsHfNGToN, Sept E-No additional re-
ports have been received today either at the
War or Navy Department from the officers of
the returned Greeley relief expedition at st.
Johns. 1t is generally conceded by those who
have given the most attention to the subject
/ that the complete and disastrous failure of the
relief expedition is mainly due to the mistake
OF Lieut.. Darlington in not loading his stores
and house at Littleton Island or so me other ac-
cessible~ point near the mouth OF Smiths
Sound before attempting the hazardous navi-
CATION. beyond. If he had done this the de-
structon OF the Proteus would have been a
comparatively triflng misfortune and not nee
| essar1ly imperiled the lives either OF the crew
or officers of the party they were sent north to
rescue. darlington and his men could then,
attef the destruction of their ship, have re-
| treated to the secure base OF supplies thus
established and carried out the remainder OF
their plan FOR the relief Of the Franklin Bay
party by means of a sledge expedition up the
coast Of Grinnelps Land. Now there is no
party at the mouth OF Smith Sound to cooper
ate with Lieutenant Greeley and no consdera-
bic supply OF food for him to retreat upon. IL
woutd seem, however, there is some justifca-
Won Ior the oe~ssa r-ssned by Darlington in
JUST before he sailed from New YORK,
The friends of Lieutenant Greeley's party
anxiously await particulars Of the movements
OF that vessel. 1t Is known that the provisions
and stores on board tho Proteus are all lost,
but II the Yantic succeeded in landing some OF
her stores at one Of the points described by
Lieutenant Greedy in his letter of instructions
there Is still chance that the party may
reach the cache before the Arctic winter sets
in, as they were to start on their southward
march unless supplies reached them by the
end OF September. Officers Of the signal SER
vice say that it is unnecessary for the friends
OF the party to become respondent, as some-
thing may yet be accomplished for their relief,
although there is no available fund upon
which to draw Extraordinary exigencies,
said Lieutenant Caziarc, "allow us to use ex-
traordinary discretion and there is no reason to
believe shat the Greeley party will suffer for
want of food, even If it fails to reach them this
year, as there are several stations at which
provisions are stored that are known to Lieu
tenant Greeley" Navy officers, however, do
not take as hopeful view of the situation as
the signal service men profess to do.
Lieut. Dauenhower, formerly OF the jean
nette, and Mr.. Pyson, formerly OF the Polaris,
have expressed q willingness to take part in
another Arctic expedition for relief OF Lieut..
Greeley.
DUNDEE, Sept. 2.--The captain OF an Arc
tic whaling ship just returned from cruise
in Davis Straits reports that he made searchs
ing inquiries of the natives along the coast but
learned nothing relating to the Greeley expedi-
tion
The Lost Proteus.
NEW YORK. Sept. 1.-THE Proteus, which
was crushed in the ice and lost while on its way
to the relief of the Greeley expedition, was
wooden vessel, barkentine rigged, British reg
lister, built at Dundee, Scot, by Allen, Stevens
81 Co., In 1874, at cost of EGO, 900, expressly
for the sealing and whaling business. Her hull
was of oak, with sheathing Of iron and wood
three inches thick extending her entire length
from above the water line down below the
stem of the bilge. The stern and bow had in
addition plating of iron-the stem plate three
inches in thickness. Her dimensions and steam
powers were as follows: Length over all, $50
feet; breadth of beam, 20 feet; depth of hull,
Is feet; draught Qoaded), IS feet; gross ton
mage, 619; registered tonnage, 467. She was
provided with a spare rudder and two spare
screws She had one pair compound engines,
25-inch and 50-inch cylinders; horse power,
registered no; steaming capacity, 8 1-2 knots.
She was known as one of the stanchest sealers
out of st. Johns, N. f. AT one time she was
"nipped'' and forced out of the water three
feet without injury. The dock master at Sgd
ney, O. B., said previous to her starting on the
Arctic voyage, that she was the strongest and
finest of the many fine vessels that had been at
his dock