The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08
The Expedition for the Relief Of
Lieutenant GreeIey's Party.

A telegraphic dispatch has been for
wardod by General Terry to the Secre-
tary of War giving the names of tho
persons selected from the Department
of Dakota to take part in the eXpedi-
ton which is to be sent out for the re-
lief OF Lieutenant Greeley and his
party at Lady Franklin Bay in tho
Arctic regions. The detail consists of
q commissioned officer and four enlisted
men, who have been chosen as espe-
cially we'll qualified for tho duties which
will be required of them. Tho selco-
tion was narrowed down to the regi-
ments which had served longest in tho
department., as it was thought that men
who had seen service in the Northwest
would be better able to withstand tho
hardships OF an Arctic winter but
even with this restriction there has been
no lack of applications, and ever since
the call for volunteers was issued q
month ago, the list has been length
ened until it included the names of
more than one hundred persons First
Lieutenant Ernest A. Darlington. Sew
enth Cavalry, who has been selccted to
command the expedition. was born in
South Carolina and graduated from tho
Military Academy in 1876. The others
of the detail are Sergeant John Kenny.
Troop /, Seventh Cavalry; Corporal
Frank Elwell, Company E. Third In
fantry; 0. +. Moritz, Company A, Sow
entccnth Infantry, and Private J. j.
| Murphy, Company +, Eleventh Infant
ry. Three Of these have had expert
| encc rs sailors, and all have been
| chosen with special reference TO
their physical qualifications. Lieuten-
ant Darlington s less than thirty years
| n
strong, we'll built, soIdIerly physique,
and strictly temperate in his habits.
He is very intelligent, and possesses
more than ordinary quckncss and en-
crgy. He is considered by all who
know him especially adapted for such
command. In addition to Lieutenant
Darlington and the above designated
four others have been selected, and
with two men from the signal corps and
medical officer will comprise the party.
1t is proposed that the expedition shall
leave St Johns. N. F., about June Is
next, SO rs to take advantage of all favor
able conditions Of tho ice, and If posi-
bio reach Discovery Harbor. Should this
| not be possible the vessel would land the
party and store at ,Life-B Boat Cove and
return southwark The party would
then establish itself for tho winter and
GnuehVOr 10 OpCu COMMUNICATION WIN
| Lieutenant Greeley by sledges and as
sist him in his retreat from Lady Frank
lin Bay. 1t would not be expected that
the station at Life Boat Cove weuld be
kept up longer than August, 1884, whom
a vessel would bring the entire party
away. Should the vessel sent in 1888
reach Lieutenant Greeley, and his party
be furnished with the necessary sup
| plies, it will be desirable that the sta
ton at Lady Franklin Bay be main
tanned at least one year longer in order
to realize the full purposes for which IL
was originally established 81. yPd0g
| (Afinn.) SpeclaLtO Chicago tribune.
The expression "white as SHOWS is
not strictly accurate, for there is such q
thing as red snow. Aristotle, in his
writings, mentioned the phenomenon,
but could, not explain it. Nj. Sossure, 4
Fronch scientist, observed, red snow on
the Alps, aud upon examining it with q
microscope discovered that the snow