The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-25
MANY ARCTIC HORRORS.
COMMODORE VILE TELLS
AB0TT THE DLONG EXPEDITION.
-. and Charles Dudley Warner Were En-
ts1tansd at the Commonwealth 'Iu"
Last Slight.

rho first monthly smoker Of the winter
~ C,muouWsdIth club was nelu
last night at the clubs hanISC'He CluD
Ion sc on west Franklin street. ON ON
modore Charles " e5 M STATES navy iii and
Gr Charles Dudley Warner' the ceie-
b,. ted novelist, were the guess OF the
Clam. Nearly all the membtis Oh tne
club and many VISITORS 80, hPerad in
the han0uet hall the pleasures OF lhe
evening were opened by Gdptdln In
ningham, VINO sang Old ~ 49, ~
Home" which he follows Cup up "l ali those
Down on the SaWdnee I'lNeL' al ''0'
present joining in the choru''
COMMODORE NEVILLE
,rnen Mr.. Wvndham Meredith arose,
ard i'm his usual pithy style, introduced
Commodore Melville. Inc GohihouoIe'
S.bn is the only survivor OF the untortu-
nate De Long expedition sent out ny Ine
Government TO discover rne III IL s,ritt1in.,,
If possible, is a man oil me ana s'iihine
"R Ttbis eXnedition. which set out from
san Francisco in the GOOD snip JeaheIte,
consisted Of Captain DS ~. f1The s. Dr GmhIer
Chipp, Lieutenant MelVlie, ~, n,lg,e.,
and the ships crew. me C0iIlHiouole
smoke for over three hours ana held the
very closest interest OF ms lsteieiS'
He described from l he y5bicH
the end the countless mlstortunGs "nlIu
befell the exposition, the many u idI9
and diniculties which they had 10 over
come.
LIFE ~ tbs ARCTIC.
His account Of life in the arctic regions
was extremely interesting. Ihe Pat,y
were locked up in the Tt :" - sbiT
months before they dDandoheu tnS S 2rbpp
and started on their return "TRIP; ne
horrors that befell them on TINS Journey
were graphically described Dy the No''i-
He touchingly referred TO the loss OF
lieutenant Chlpp, whose boat was
swamped in a heavy sea: ins =, i IN, -,
modOre who alone with nlS liIiili et.t
command survived the a~lui ,hd 6rdfng
! OF DR.. Amber and his party ne sSlu
| Amber had taken De Longs plsi0l Iof
the purpose of defending the o0uIeS
his comrades, and p died as ne &c i "a
| lived, keeping his silent "alCH' VII e""'N
| on DUTY, and under arms
PERSONAL DESTINATIONS
The Commodore gave some EeLy III
teresting statistics and many Oh ms pei
sonal observations when ne no. =, III
| is seldom that such an lhlereas.ttS III
is greeted by such represent a IL
ence as that which listened TO Cohliiiouore
| Melville last night. tosoDh
Among those present We're TiPn
Bryan, Judge CardWell EdgdII aired r
Harris. Charles r. WORKMAN, Johh ~ H.
Montague, w T.. Cutshaw, James os aidi :
son, Thomas Boiling, e. b. Antrim; O sIaI
Cranz, DR.. George Ben johnson. Marion
Dimmock, Wyndham Meredith, Georse
Ainsle Ashton Starke. +. d. Chrlstlahii
George Freddy, George Stacey. h Ss,ser
Page, p. II. c. Cabell, Judge Mi .a''l
Randxe,h Tucker. George W. stevens
John dunlop, James d. Patten. Dr. - a.
White, w r. Trigg. r. A. Taylor. r; H.
Archer. Richmond Lewis, Allen Ts,uytI,
Edward Mayo. Langdon Cabell. Wiihdnm
Allison. SIptswood ,crenshaw. c, ID.
Langhorne. II. II. Boykin. Thomas Potts,
10 Layne Stern, John Chamblin. I. "
Pemberton, A. w. Archer. James. y,
| Boyd, II. n. Carter. Decatur Axteii, W. Z.
| Preston, John SHELTON, Thomas Atkis-
son. William Grant and William L.
Shepperd.