The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-07

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Pput-y0rru, Aug I, At the meeting
/ II citizens In the music hall this evening
locttoni sn Official welcomeofth the citvt
Lieut.. Greedy aud his surviving comps
MES was largely attended and WAS char
scterircd by nnhonndcd enthusiasm. In
Tho auditorium we're rOrtsmOuth's fore
most citizens; on the stage were the
| officers Of tho Sorth Atlantic squadron
and the Arctic relief fleet; In the from,
seats In tho orchestra sat tho crews al
Tho Thetis, the Boar snd the Alert, The
sailors we're enthusiastically received on
| entering tha hall, ~ were their officers
! who appeared shortly afterwards.
w. T., Chandler, Secretary ar the
Navy, Gsn, Hsrcn, chief signal officer,
Admiral Luce, Commodore Wells, ten.
II, T.. Hutler, Congressman =. j. Ran
hall, Congressman Rohinson,siov. Hale,
~ New Hampshire, and senator Hale,
~ Msinn, occupied seats M the stage,
The mNriing was called 10 order h.
The Row. W. A. Mckinley; Rev, W, n,
Alder made q prayer, and was followed
hy Mayor Treat, of Portsmouth, whu
road the address, In which ho extended
the hospitaliiios ~ thu city Ia ,irccly
! aud his liltlc band.
Rav. MIR. Mckinley then announced
that a committee Of citizens had secured
the Hon, W, T., Chandler To act as per
mancnt chairman of the meeting. When
Secretary Chandler canic forward Ia adj
dress the meeting he was very warmly
applaudod.
Ito said that IL WAS due TO the efforts
~ :. j. Randall in the Nous" of Repro.
,ruistlvos, Ia behalf of ia" CREEPY rnllrl
hill that 1t passed aud 10 Commander
and Lieut., Emory.
Tho audience become almost wild with
enthusiasm. Mr.. Chandler told the story
of the organization ana the object Of the
Grocly expedition, and said in 1851 III,
Proteus was again employed by III,
Chief Signal Officer for a voyage to Lady
Franklin Bay and placed In charge oi
Lieut.. darlington, OF the Seventh Tn
tied States Cavalry and tho stc'mel
Yantic of tho United states navy, COM
manded by Commander Wildcs, whu
was detailed as tender To accompany tn,
Proteus IA far as Li,tlctOn Island. Lieut.
Darlington was informed by Itletter FROM
the Chief Signal Officer, June "a, 1852, oil
the extreme peril of Lieut.,
Greedy and his party, lie was e%njoineu
to spare no efforts To push his vesse
through u Lady franklin Island. H.
was instructed rs follows: "lf IL SHOULD
become clearly apparent that the Yes
sells cannot be pushed through, YOU will
land your party and stores ut or neai
Lifeboat cove at Littlcton Island, dis
charge the relief vessel with orders Il
return to st. Johns, n. r., and prepar,
for remaining With your party until
relieved mex year. Lieut.. CARING
ton was further instructed that n
soon Al possible from station
ut Littleton Island, TO- endeav
or TO communicate with Lieut..
Greedy by sledge parties, the men MOI S,
employed to lose no time in preparing .
house for the whole party, and securing
stores preparatory to the arrival o!
| Lieut.. Grcelv. The Proteus and the
Iantic were together mt st. Johns June
9th, and an agreement WAS made be-
tween Lieut.. darlington and Com
mander Wildes contemplating their
separation until August 18th, but tina
tho Yantic should go to Littlcton island.
| should not leave there before that day.
The Proteus preceded the Yantic /,
Disco island, and the Yam ic re-
Joined her and they were together
there from July II to July 10, at which,
latter date the Proteus once more lcf,
the tender, which, after waiting unit
July rs, again sailed nOrthward, instead
of proceeding directly in the track Of
| tho Proteus. However, she divcrged t,
by fogs from July q to July 3lst, whel
she sailed and was easily able to reach
LittletOn Island, August Sd.
She there found from the record left,
that the Proteus, July 23d, had beer
crushed in the ice and had sunk
Just north of Cape Sabine, thai
Lieut.. Darlington and his whole party
had crossed to Littleton Isla a, and OF
July 18th had gone south along Green.
thereupon turned southwark, searching
the coast to Cape York and finding NJ
track of the Proteus people, went on tu
Upper Navick, reaching there August
| 18th. She left this place August 22d and
reached Disco Island August 18th, where
she was overtaken August 3lst by Lieut..
j. S. Colwell, OF. the United
States navy, who had been left al
Cape York bv the Proteus party, to
which he had been attached, and had
| reached Upper Navick in an open boat
August 23d, and had on the same day in
| a similar boat given up the pursuit OF
the Yantic. Tho Yantic then returned
to Upper Navick, found the whole party
had saved themselves and arrived and
took them on board, reached st. Johns
| September II, with the exception that il
lett q lew ratlOnS ana some clOInlnS al
Cape Sabine.
The expedition OF 1889 MS well as that
of 1883 was a failure.
No attempt was made by either Lieut..
Darlington or Commander Wildes t.
fIittHi!on Island, r''f for wRR hifhhy poi "a
Greedy was under orders to start MOI
later that September LIST. An army
court of Inquiry, under date of January
Is, 1881, reported: 1t may here be stated
roughly, that from July. 1882 to August
1883, not less than 10000 rations wer'
taken in the steamers Neptune, Yanti'
and Protens up to and beyond Littletor
Island. OF that number only aboui
10000 were left in that vicinity. The re.
mainder were returned to the United
| States or sunk with the Proteus.
Assassinated.
PIrTsDuRG, Aug. 5-[Special.I News
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