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outside the tent. The party was too weak to
bury him, and he was covered only with his
sleeping bag. For some days after their res
cue the men were in a precarious con-
dition. The great joy at their rescue
was followed by a depression, both
mental and physical All Of their
minds were weak, and their speech like
their movements, was very feeble and slow.
The case Of Corporal Joseph Ellison was the
most serious. His hands and feet were gone,
and his greatly weakened condition could
not Withstand the shock He became insane
a few days after his rescue, and died seven
teen days after, July 8, of mental and physi-
cal exhaustion.
Comment on the Expedition.
WHAT AN ARCTIC TRAVELLER SAYS.
WASHINGTON CITY, July l9-Mr. George
KEENAN,, we'll known Arctic traveller and
author, says of the news: at is story Of re-
markable and heroic achievement in field
clouded by disaster, due to incompetence in
Washington. If Lieut. Greedy and his party
had all returned in safety to the United
States, as they might have done had they
been properly supported, their Arctic
record in point of skillful management
'Could the disaster which befell his party
have been averted with the knowledge avail
able at the time the relief expeditions were
fitted outs"
"Unquestionably; and that is the pity of it.
1t doubles the grief which must be felt in the
face of such terrible catastrophe to think
that two ships in successive years, and proba-
bly, third, were in position to land stores
which would have saved the lives of those
eighteen dead men. Beebe, in 1882, anchored
in Payer harbor, just north of cape Sabine,
with ship full of stores Darlington last
summer anchored in the same place, also with
ship full of stores, and a few DAYS later the
Yantic, with four months provisions on
boar, was only thirty miles away Any
one of these three ships might have landed
stores enough exactly where Greedy after.
ward made his winter camp, to have car
riei that brave party through, but their
commanding officers were not ordered to do
SO and they did not think of it.
How important are the discoveries made
by Lieut. Greely!"
From the point of view of an Arctic
| geographer they are of first class Importance.
| Lieut. Greedy has not only taken away from
| Com Markham, of the British navy, the
| blue ribbon of Arctic discovery for the
| highest latitute ever attained in
| any Part of the world, but
he has greatly extended the limits of Mares
! explorations, both in Greenland and
| Grinnell land, and has given a severe blow to
| Capt. Mares 'paleocristic' ice, and theories
which the latter founded npon it. The fact
that two OF Greely's sledge parties were
stopped by open water in the polar basin
and that both were at times adrift in strong
| currents which threatend to carry them help
| lessly away to the northward, would
seem to show that the polar basin is
not the solid sea of ancient, immov
able ice which Mares described, and
which he declared was never navigable ,
These achievements alone reflect the highest
credit upon Lieut Greedy and his men; bu
TO them must, Of course, be added the great
mass of scientific knowledge gathered by the
party during their two years stay at Lady
| Franklin bay, the records Of which have for
tunately been saved When these observa-
tons shall have been collected and put in
order, they will | think, be found not second
in Importance TO any furnished by the circle
of international polar stations" +r
THE NEWS IN ENGLAND. f...t
LONDON, July l9.-The news of the rescue
of the Greedy party has created a profound
sensation here. A reporter sought Mr.. Glenn
ents Robert Markham, secretary OF the Royal
Geographical society, who is the greatest au-
thority on Arctic explorations now living
in England, to acquaint him with
the news. Mr.. Markham was found
at his residence, 81 Eccleston square,
dining with his son, Capt. Albert
H. Markham, of the royal navy, who was
second in command to Sir George Mares in
the Alert discovery expedition. Neither of
the gentlemen was aware of the rescue until
informed by the correspondent and they
were both almost frantic with delight. They
thanked the bringer of the good news and
kept explaining: at was calamity doneF'
How the poor fellows must have suffered
and "God bless them allI' s-i
When Mr.. Markham had heard the whole
dispatch read, and had so far mastered his
emotions as to be able to talk, he said eve
have all along been hoping against hops
when we thought of the length of time thai
has elapsed since Greedy and his brave fel
lows have been heard from But we knew
the stuff of which the rescuers were com
posed, and that renewed our hopes. We
have always felt certain that Commodore
Sehley would not return until he had found
traces at least of Greely's fate The news /.
better than l had hoped, and l am pro
foundry thankful But, pardon me, / must
not stand talking here. | must share thi.
good news with my friends
, He then proceeded to write number Of
dispatches, one of congratulation to Hon
Charles P. DAILY, of New York, president O
the American Geographical society, ant
, started them Off 1a tftf
| Lord Aberdare, when told by reporter O.
the rescue, said: "This is such sudden ant
{ such welcome news! Pray tell me all;
and until the recital was finished h
: kept his informants hand tightly claspet
81 in his own, frequently interjecting ex
3 pressions of admiration and sympathy
T When the reading of the cablegram was con
cluded Lord Aberdare said: II have to than
you, sir, for the most comforting geographi
cal news of recent years, and pray you t.
express my qualification The hopes enunci
{ ated in my last annual address to the Gee
graphical society have been speedily realized
! thanks to American gallantry and skill
: also feel great satisfaction because Eng
| llnu has beeD dSSDt1aUeu III butS TRUMP
by the gift Of vessel which con
tributed to the result. | must deplor
the number of the victims which this enter
r prise has claimed, but their deaths confirm
their claims of heroism of the survivors
Pray convey to Lieut. Greedy my admiratio
0 for his pluck and my reverence for the nobl
: devotion which has been shown by him an
: bis brave companions. hope that the &C
o miration of the whole world NAV in som
| measure compensate them fer their suffer
= ings, and congratulate America on the pos
session of heroes worthy to rank with 81
o John Franklin"
THE ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS. a.
LONDON, July 19.-The Standard says tha
+ the lan1entable issue of the Greedy expeditio
requires no comment The bare facts al
sad enough without any moral being adde(
+ !, The last great effort to find the party he
a been nobly rewarded. 1855 CIV
!. The Times expresses its satisfaction tha
Greedy has at last been rescued. sCommande
!, Sehley has well earned the reward offered b