The New York Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1873, Page 4

4 ‘ NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1873--TRIPLE SHEET. were on a distant part of the floe. We were too | hava, in the island of Disco, 19 tn 69 deg. 13. sec.; | we are repairing this afternoon. Weather atill Bis The wind here from the N. W. Blowing @ gale in THE ARCTIC HEROES much worn out with hunger and fatigue to bring | that ‘leaves us uimeteen miles north of our store: | bad, We are in avery bad fix, Caught a the N. E. The swell comes from there, and is very i} her along to-night, and it is nearly dark. We can- | house, which lam afraid we will never see, God | All well. heavy. The firat warning we had—tne man on not see our other boat or our provisions; the snow- | knows where we will fetch ys Mr. Meyer thinks THURSDAY, April 3.—Repaired our boat, and waton gang out at the moment—a sea struck us, drift has covered our late tracks, we are forty-two mites from the E. shore; but I Ted at 8245 M.; wind ahead; yeater: 3. | and, wi \g over us, carried away everythin, Ocr. 23,—Wind Ught and 8. E, With the aid | am afraid he does not know much about it. to-day calm. Pulled three hot when @ | that was loose. This o’clook last of our marine glass to our at joy we dis- TugSDAY, Feb, 4,—A gale from the west; very | breeze pre BE up from N. N. W. We kep under- wight ne piped. ie sappened Sains Oe ara al covered in the distance a boat, and, at some dis- | thick snow driit, I seldomsee it snow here, for | way until 2:30 P. M., when we had to haul up ona | ul carryi away everythin; Thrilling Story of the Polaris tance therefrom, the tent, The ice jor a few miles | when it is blowing hard ihe snow comes like flour plese ofa fice. We’ were beset by the ice and| we bad m Penna ni ing -¥ most at between us and the foe which they are on is very | with the wina, ether the snow falls or the wind | could not get through; so we encamped for the | our bed clothing, lea us destitute, with C thin, but we must risk it, as we have six bags of | takes it up from the ice 1 cannot tell, but itisso | night. ‘the wind is now fair ae |. N. E., but | only the few We could get into the boat. astaways. bread there, forty-five pound cans of pemmican, | fine and thick you cannot see. There is no leaving | we cannot get through the ice. I hope for better | There we stood irom nine in the eve untii and two dozen cans of meat. Returned to head- | the hat in such weather as the snow is always | luck to-morrow. fe take seal when we want | seven next morning, endut I ah say, quarters weak, -but thankful to God. Rejoicing in | either drifting or falling with the blow no matter | them, old or young, so that it is not necessary to | what man never stood ene ihe few things we our good fortune we treated ourselves to a good | from what quarter. Then there is no going out as | croak any more until they get more scarce. — saved and the children were in the t, THE STEWARD’S DIARY. or er, Risa ae La Ln te tia ae ae id Cathe peveraae Lael a eae ve: ia ie 18. ee Fir] by: ESORS OVER We ORTing. night and mare e « | We have now eleven bags of bread, thir! mperature jay has been from . tO DAY, April 4.— . B.; favoral rus, | ing. Every nor twenty minutes a sea WoUl ; rt boa, but lam mo to say we cannot start. The ice | come, lift the boat sf es rede apom eck 0 he of pemmican, eleven dozen cans (pint and guar 10 deg. below zero. All are well, thank and us with it, carry us alo! four- | but me. I havea slight touch of the scurvy: = the and of meats, soups, with some green corn, an surrounds us; the ice opened at 8:30, and we got | the ice, and lose ita strength near teen hams. My bag of clothing I found in the beat. | feel very alling, but, please God, it will soon @ | under way at 8:45 A. M. After two hours’ ran | sometimes on it. Then it would take usa the next The Most G: ic and Ci lete A t Ocr, 24,—Weather thick and cold, Four men | me. We hope waen this blow is over we shall see | we are beset in the ice , and have to stop for | fiiteen minutes to get back to a safe place, ready raphic omp! ecount | made another trip to the tent to bring some planks | the land a! ve a little open water. the present, hoping it will open to-morrow. Mr. | forthe next roller. So we stood that. Jong hour, of the Disaster from Beginning yan Wee to make a sleigh, All are in good Enns ‘ Hans caught a seal acd fired at | Meyer took an observation; latituae 66 deg. 47 | not a word spoken but the commands to "Held on, ealth, & narwhal th, & f not complain of feelin; ee erates Teak aed ni H lon" he. might. posaibiy: have beon. sic @. been it; not until a couple of days afters r attend tp hm, he was nof ‘eb. D icine; Dr. Bessel atten: Joe shot and killed @ big fellow, but | min. N. Tne wind is springing up; 1am afraid we | my hearties; bear down on her; put on all your vhird day to End Yet Furnished. Ocr. 25.—This morning thick, with light wind. | could not get him; he turned bell; by Foe sank. | shall have bad weather weight; and so we did, bearing d ing wa: x 1 Half of the men have gone to the tent with the sled | He would have been food for a month. There were | _SaruRDaY, April 5.—Blowing @ gale from the | on like grim death. Cold, hungry, wet, and little | misnt have been paralyze ents Ten made this morning, drawn by ne yo The rest | & great many of them goin, tis their tame | N. E. and a fearful sea runuing. Two pieces broke preapes ahead, At seven o'clock there came close | member about that; there were a few es when E y the boa I of us are remaining here Teady to | of year. Temperature from . to 21 deg. be- | from the foe. We are on one close to the tent. us @ small piece of ice, which rode dry, and wé | thought he seemed to be wel saw him «it shove off in case the ice should open. Evening— | low zero, At five A. M. removed our things to the centre. | determined to launch the boat and reach ft or per- | inthe cabin dressed an writing 1 ir. Morto! The Ship “Nipped” and Provisions | Te men returned with @ sledioad of poles. All SHOOTING UNICORNS. Another piece broke off, carrying Joo’s hut with it; | ish, ‘The cook went overboard, but was saved, All | how he was; we did not eat in that cabin then; we hi well, Saturpay, Feb, 8.—Wind 8. E. A pretty lange luckily it gave some warning’so that they had time | weil. ‘Tired and sleepy. peor hry Re ge ee AF Overboard. Ocr. 26,—This morning clear, with a light breeze. | crack around the floe. Shot five unicorns to-day, | to throw out some things before it parted. A | Monpay, June 21.—Last night and y all | shortly aiterws Sean tata mocateel a Mle halon e Another journey to the tent brought off the re- | but we could not get them, as they Fae away under | dreadiul day; cannot do anything to help our- | hands wet. Nothing dry to put on to-di ere | three o'clock; I have forgotten the day; sometime im mainder of the lumber and some canvas, Found | the ice. Seven have been shot altogether. Joe | selves. Iftie ice break up much more we must | is little to dry, but we have stripped off everything | the early part of November. two more dogs. There is one more ioad left onthe | said a large fleet of them were going north, but | break up with it; set a watch all night. ._ We can spare, and ere Ge it. The men are HIS SUSPICIONS OF FOUL PLAY. . floe. The remainder of the men stayed by the boat | they could not find water, so they came back again. THE FLOE BREAKING. divided into two watches, sleeping in the boat and }. Did you hear that he accused any one of tryii Abandoned in the Night Amid the { %berore. All well, We cannot find any seals when they are about. | Sunpay, April 6.—Wind changed to N. W.; blow- | doing the best we can. Hunger disturbs us most, | poson him? A. I have heard him pass remarks of Oct, 27.—Clear, with light wind. We have | Joe pare they are not afraid of the whale, but it ap- | ing a SPRY Ne ate gale. Still on the same ice; can- | Nice breeze from the N. E. The ice around very | 4, ry nig ataer Pee ete ‘side sod da Crashing Iceber, brought the remainder of our tent and two bags of pear me they are, for while the whales are here | not get of. Atthe mercy of the elements. Joe | pressing and thick. We cannot get the boat | cook had gun in his bed aud wauted to shoot him. ig icebergs. coal off; that is all we can find, Three men have | they will not make their appearance. Tempera. | lost another hut to-day, The ice, withes roar, split | through, and must remain for a change. The aun Re Lid sok eaves Lien thorn dled itce nay othe been out in another direction, but have found | ture, 21 deg. to 16 deg, below zero. across the floe, cutting Joe’s hut right in two. 6 | has shown himself only sufficiently to get an ob- | than natural causes? A. No, sir; and have no ot idew ee nothing. Sunpay, Feb. 16.—Wind W. 8. W.;16 deg. below | have but asmall piece left. Cannot lie down to- | servation; lasitude 53 deg. 57 min. than that now. é A STABt YOR THR SUORE. mnt oo Fc plenty on whale Rabe fey, wanld take nigh Pat fly ery ane bone ome now stand- pe a poh OPFOHTLDIE, REAR. apace pay oa frere any quarrel Tieng bemnate: polio PEt . 81.— ine. ni eir departure; the n the seals away, | ing by for a jump; such is the n .—Weather very bad. Las! M COLD AND STORM AND DARKNESS | joe tnd iiang wit ne (on wae . fr 80 badly) Yt | "Monoay, April 1.—Wind W.N.W.; still blow mene Le taper ie tly ee ma Tin eee bar ay id Hans with a dog team to see how the ice | which we are now so badly in want of; our provi- take a glass is alo, with @ fearful sea rannit The ice sp! ri Will stand, as we intend starting to-morrow Jor | sions are getting very low. t across our tent this morning at six A. When you shore. If the ice stand good we shall be there in | and look around you 5 the ice in the distance Ing | night comme::ced with snow squalls and sleet | order he di He | and dniehed with rain. Rained all che night and | some weivicg tore shih hee cetae ee do: Cantal M, | until twelve o'clock to-day. till remains | Hall told hi 54 he was the officer of the vessel ash inclosed around us, It | Myer said ho two or three days. We have eaten as much as we led up as high as a ship's mast, 80 that it seems ile getting a few ounces of bread und pemmican | very thick. The ice in ad his orders from headquarters taint The First F ful Night th could to-day pele strength for the journey. We | impossible to travel over it—certainly not witha | we lost our breakiast in scrambling out of our teut | appears to me we are the sport and jest of the pond 8 drmonny fey s Bag hare Pig git ge: Spe e Firs eariu Ig on © | nave been ving very poorly 80 as to make our pro- | boat—and no land to be seen yet. We want water | and nearly lost our boat, which would have been ments, The other night they played with us | wanted togo on shore he could do #0; the men said if he visions last six months. If we can reach the shore | to escape, Pag NeryD God, we will get it when the | worse than losing ourselves. We could not catch | and our boat as though we were shuttlecocks. | did they would do the, ame; Captain Mall then we! Frozen Floe. we can live better, as we may kill some game. time comes, well. any seal after the storm set in; 80 we are obliged | Men would never belteve, nor could pen describe, | himself and spoke fine mony the consequence wae Mrs " Nov. 1,—Started to-day tor the large foe four “LAND HOt? to starve for a while, hoping in God it will not be | the scenes we have pened through and yet live, | Meyer went to me a aud De. Bessel to uring miles distant, and one-third of the distance, I WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19.—The welcome cry this | foralong time. The worst of it is we have no | Here we are, half drowned, cold and with no | YAP . Think pel roe ae wae a Gaptain Halt ver =] it would have & coolness bee ve he was tha: should say, to the shore. After a hard day’s work | Morning was “Land ho!" to westward, Cape Wal- | blubber for the lamp, and cannot cook or melt any | means ofshelter. Everything wet and no sun to wd two boate and our pro- | singham. ‘Now we will be out of the narrows. The | water, Everythin; 0oks very gloomy. Seta watch; | dry it. The scene looks bad; nothin bent Ravine are you hake sel; I don't he yy | We succeeded in gettin; “GOD ALONE CAN SAVE.” | Visions om also one sieigh-load ot bed-covering, | straits commence to widen here so that we can | halftie men are lying down, the others walking | to eat, Everything Aniahed if some relief | tween him and D skins and canvas and some poles; leaving three | travel south fast If we cannot reach land. Joe | outside the tent. does not come aiong. I do not know | man heexpected wi ¢ left the United Stat and ha bags of coals, the only ones we had leit, We left a | caught a small seal to-day ; 23 deg. to 15 deg. below RESCUING THE BOAT AND KYAK. what will become of us, Fear{ul thoughts enter Sore parce iis it sometimes; that is great many poles, some canvas, two kyacks and | zero. All well. TUESDAY, April 8.—Last night, at twelve o'clock, | my head as tothe future, Mr. Meyer is starving; mo bgonss WINTER QUARTERS. A Other things, among them two boxes of clothing THURSDAY, Feb. 20.—Calm and very thick. Water | the ice broke again right between the tent and | he cannot last long in this state, Joe has been o! A Tale of Terror, Toil and Tribulation | beionging to Joe, tools and other very useful ar- | around; cannot see land, ‘The seals are very | the boat, which were close together—so close that | On the ice three times to-day, the little way he can wie nin Ball ied and not: Butniner; we reir hm ticles, which are a great loss to us. scarce here. I hope we will soon strike better | a man could not walk between them. There the | get, but has not seen anything. Cnewed on a piece | alongside aniceberg, where @ spur made out under her N E I d. Nov. 2.—This morning we were surprised to find | ground. We must soon get a good lead of water | ice split, sep: Sate the boat and tent, carry! of skin this morning that was tanned and saved | bow; we could not get her off, and she rode on all that ever Equale the lve open and water all around us, We started | tunning in shore, and so escape, or kill plenty of | away bost, kyak and Mr. Meyer. ‘There ‘we stood, | fer clothing; rather a tough and tasteless Dreak- | Minter, rising and telling with the tide, straining hor before daylight with the dogs and sled, not know- | seals to live on, élse our time in this world will be | helpless, looking at each other. It was blowing | fast. Joe ventured off on the ice the fourth time, | smso that she leaked very badly pent spring, whee. she ing what had Rasen until we had nearly driven | short. But God's will be done. Shot some small | an snowing very, cold and @ fearful sea running. | and after looking a good while trom a piece of ice- Berto cake couch iwater on the aaaie i daring th into er permitte th the water, ere Was No Wind, 80 all the mis- | birds yesterday and today, called dovekins, | The ice was wht) lapping and crushing. The | berg saw a bear coming slowly toward us, He | Winter we did very little; when the weatl THE HAKD OF GOD IN EVERY THING, chief was done by the high tide at night. The ice | Temperature 11 deg. to 4 deg. below zero. sight was grand, out dreadful to us in our posi- | ran back as fast as possible for his gun. All of us | the men cleaned deck, but most of the time they hb . | closed in a little. We tried again, leaving the dogs Monpay, Feb, 24.—Very light wind; thick; below | tion. Mr. Meyer cast the kyak adrift, but it went | laydownand remained perfectly still, Joeand Hans | nothing to do but amuse Exernsel vee) the scientific mem and sled on the east side ‘of the hoe and ventured | zero. Can see the land, but cannot start.. such | to leeward of us, He can do nothing gong out some distance to meet the bear. Getting Kops 0 thels obser rations ight an day, relay each across on the other floe. We saved one rake, some | a quantity of light snow has fallen, and you sink | with the boat alone, so they are lost to | behind a hummock, they waited for him. Along | fit. aetna Dr. Bessel, Mr. Bryan and Mr. Meyers of Joe's clothing, three guns and a few other | into itso that it would be impossible to get the | us unless God returns them. ‘The natives | came Bruin, thinking he was coming to meal in- | Gaptain tyson went tu one boat Mr’ Chester in the How Food and Fuel Came as | things. When the men returned to the crack it | boat through it. Land is twenty miles off, Ishould | went off og @ piece of ice with thelr | stead of furnishing one himself. Clack, bang! wont | other; did ith th ‘was opening. They got across just in time, as the | say. and we appear to be leaving it. My advice is | paddies and icé spears, The work looks danger- | two rifes, and down went Bruin to save a starving | ship; I didn’t take notice what the temperature was from Heaven. ice opened and the floe has not since been seen.” to start for 1t—making a sleigh out of some spare | ous; we may never see them again. But we are | lotof men. The Lord be praised; this is His heay- | there in the Summor, but in quiet weather, when ther Nov, %—This morning, snow storm. Building | skins, loading it with provisions and clothing, and | lost without the boat, so that they are as well of ony work! We cannot catch seal for the pash ice, | VA" Fi ir bgely (edie pS os eagles snow houses, All well. No chance now of getting | the rake to ferry us across the cracks; also | After an hour's struggle we can make out, with | and we are on a bad sealing groynd. He therefore tae, ahaa RNal tk we were notdieteel In axtits te woul ashore; must now give that up. ammunition for hunting purposes when we | what little light there iB, that they have reached | sends a bear along where bears are seldom seen, | go right through our clothes; there wore plenty + HH Nov. Captain Tyson ill with a severe cold and et on shore. By that means we could | the boat, about half a mile off. There they appear | and we certainly never expected to find one. The lowers there; they grow out of a kind of moss that Celebrating Thanksgiving ains all over him, The weather mild; light wind. | leave the boat and travel light, for it is my | to be helpless—the ice closing in all around—and | poor bear was hungry himself; there was nothing | grows there; there were several specimens brough . joe caught @ seal, which has been a godsend. We | opinion that we will never get the boat over the | we can do nothing until daylight. paves at | in his stomach. Joe, poor fellow, looked very muc! apoaed thes ip; if in Oe) ee home there will be and Christmas. are having a feast to-night, three-fourths oi a pound | ice any distance. We seem to have leit the sealing | last—three A, M. ‘here we see them with the | down on our account, Everything looks’ bright RR Meee Lohan Geen rannks i of food being our allowance. Mr: Meyer made a | ground, We cannot catch anything to speak of, | boat; they can do nothing with her. The kyak is in but the atmosphere; it looks threatening. there—part of aslelgh; there were traces of Esquimau: pack of cards from some thick ont nat and ween em re amare galy, three eon DrovislOne oh the ome (et in ai er ae ae mee in ON RED AY, ADE re te Lele one Auaak in Polaris Bay ; they seemed to come down in the Fall and now playing euchre, Plenty of water around us, ‘aptain Tyson and some ofthe men are afral O | venture off; may as well be crushe the ice an e day N. N. E., where pe will remain. 1e pomapiagau in the Spring; there was also a little dris We are a good deal further from the land and are | Venture in shore and unwilling tu leave the boat; | drowned as to remain here without the boat. Of | weather still disagreeable, ber i“, 3 $ 3 4 EI = = 5 2 = & 4 ai i of rain squalls and rought back to the ship; it wasso much worm A Long, Long Night, but a Glorious | dristing south pretty smart. So We have made up our minds to stay, come down | we venture all but two, who dare not make the | cloudy, Living nearly on raw bear meat. Kvery- | could notsay what kind it was; they had also made a B, ng ent, Nove 7_-Oaptain Tyson better. Wind strong; | in our provisions and trust in God, Doph wemay | attempt. We jump or step from one | thing wet, Dur brighter days coming soon. It can- fire in Newman's CORDS Pur ASHORE ; Return of Day. snow driiting; weather thick. drift on a better sealing ground, and thus live | plece to another, as the swell heaves | not last much longer. Here we are surrounded | qhore wore some records put ashore in Polaris Bay, i IMPRISONED BY THE STORM IN A SNOW HUT, through it, lasked the Esquimaux’ opinion about | it and the ice comes close together, one | with the miserable pash ice and cannot get iree. | a mountain; I have forgotten the name; I heard them Nov. 8.—Weather very bad. We cannot leave | it—what they would do if they had not us toinflu- | piece being high the other low, 50 that you | All well. speak about. id not see them do it, but of course it the hut. 4 as fee hey ie or ney would Liew Peeue mayen ee onaitea) cal Janse oe idle yeauuee reemtipedee afn pals * wets Pipietel rel ope oF tein, al tirew pone Oe egrets $ ‘Nov. 9.—Weather the same; very severe. Weare | directly they saw it. ‘They do not like-to speak | reached tne bvat in safety, thank God, and after a | hauls around to N. ing all night and to-day. , 2 ; i Hope and Sunshine Come To- prisoners in the hut. We their minds openly for fear something might hap- | long struggle we got her safe to camp again. Then | Everything wet for some days past, and no chance | 12 August; we had tried to at bo i ceiwant os Nov. 10.—Wind strong; snow drifting. We are | pen, meaning they would be blamed for it; so | we ventured for the kyak, and got italso, Mr. | of drying it. Saw a large scnool of ducks at | north; ‘at that time ‘we thought we would gether. drifting fast to the south. The west land is not to | they are silent, following only the advice and | Meyer. and Fred. Jamkins feil into the water. | four A. M., and another later in the day. Cannot | have ied aimoulty in getting north; finally concluded be seen, The Esquimaux are out hunting. Joe has Here of others. Joe is very much to be pratsed; | Luckily we had two or three dry shirts leit, so that | be far from land; we have been allowed to see it | togo pow ‘ and tried to pick the best route; we had a returned late; Hans has not come yet. Joe and iso his wife Hannah. We may thank them and they could change. Most every man is more or lesa | sometimes, but were driven of in, There was | about forty or fifty miles pretty straight run and them Robert have gone in soarch of him. & fe had left the Goa fur our lives and the good health we sro tn. we § Have taken our tent down and pitohed 1 on a ane lead of water last night. ttionght we were | Sot beset ;drifted right down and got surrounded: we floe for another one, and with great difficulty found | We could never have gotten throug! far with- | the middle of eur little piece of ice, with our boat | going to have a change, but it soon closed up again, The Dreadful Thoughts of Canni- | fi; way back, very’ late. They saw. him coming, out them. If we ever get out of this dificulty they | alongside. Joe has built another hut alongside the Gnother lead to-day, but farther off, : po lly eld me gm Taste. me seater dressed with skins and covered with snow, and | can never be paid too much. Joe caught a very | tent. We have made our breakfast on a few ounces THE LAST VENTURE FOR LIFE. ‘was bent; the ice had been knocking against it, balism Dissipated. took him for an ice bear; loaded their pistols and | small seal, which makes the eighth this. month. | of pemmican and bread. Have set a watch, and Fripay, April 25.—Wind increased to a gale last THE NIGHT OF DISASTER. made ready, when, to their joy, they found it was | Northern Ughts very brilliant to-night. All well. the remainder of us have laid down to get some | night irom the N. E. Falning all night and to-day, I remember the Sn pg, got separated from the ships Hans. KILLING A MEAL OF DOVEKIES. sleep whioh we are in need of. Wind, W.N. W. | with snow squalls, Launched the boat at five | !t was the 16th of Octob eae) almost altogether dar! SATURDAY, Noy. 16.—Calm, but thick. Joe saw | Fripay, Feb. 28.—Followed up 8 bear track, but | Still blowing a gale. I think there is a northeaster | A.M. ‘The case was desperate; running with a | 1, that latitude then: it happened in the evening wind three seals yesterday and ® fox track, but got | atacrack lost it, where he br 8 3 y, 1 ‘oke through the | outside by the way the pass has closed, light-built boat, damaged as she is, patched and | q, 4 ed SAILS IN THE DISTANCE]! | nothing. We have notning to teea our “dogs on; young lce and swam across, Shot a meal of dove- | | WaDEspaY, April, 9.—Things were quiet last scratched all over. But what were We to do? The | [uifi ns there ae ee eee aaa aine preset they got at the provisions to-day; we shot five, les to-day, which we will have for breakfast to- | night. Wind N.W. Blowing aN. E. gale outside. iece of ice we were on had wasted away so much | ing in on our starboard side: Captain Buddington gaye. leaving four; shot some two weeks since. Lining | morrow morning, please God. We have been say- | The sun has shown himself for a few minutes, Mr. | it would never ride out the gale. Our danger to- | the word for every man to save what he could, and look our new hut with canvas. ing them for a lew days, so that we have nearly | Meyer shot him; latitude 65 deg. 51 min. N. The | day was very great; a gale of wind blowing, a | out for his life; we had everything brought, on deck ‘TuEsDAY, Nov. 19.—Cold and clear; stiff breeze | enough for a second meal. We are allowed two | sea runs very hi Lae aos . . igh, threatening to wash us off | crippled boat overloaded and a fearful sea run- | for such an Occasion; everything was ir Despairing Signals of Distress | roms.’ Four hours of twilight yet, We must | dovekies per man, | Bolléa with a pot ot soup it | every minute. Wo dre in the hands of Goa; may | ning, dled with small ico as sharp as knives. But, Bess; the first thing wo did was to eat umans be going south fast; the Esquimaux fell in with two | will save our provisions a little. Bill fell through | He preserve us. The ice is much slacker, and the | thank God, we came sately through it. We are | minute: next thing we threw over provisions: we threw H V H bear tracks and five seal holes; I wish we could kill | the young ice and hada swim for it @ iew days | water is coming nearer. pula look very bad, | all soaking wet, in everything we have, | them so fast that some of them were getting lost; Captain Made in Vain. some of them; we are pretty well starved, Peter | ago. ‘The temperature was above zero, 60 he did | Ged knows how the night will end. Evening.— | and no chance’ of drying anything. We | Buddington sang out for some of the men to go. on the fell through the ice with the rake to-day, Allwell. | not get frozen, but he cannot get his clothes dry. | Washed out of our tent; Hannah from her snow- | have had ~ neither sun nor moon _for | !ce; we got on the ice to move the rate Poa Hiepat § THURSDAY, Nov. 21,—Light wind; clear. ‘The na- | Twenty-elgut ‘to twenty-three degrees below zero, | nut. Have gotten everything in the boat ready | over a week. Nota single star have Iseen. All is | (vent aboard to get some cooking niansiis; © want Shonte tives caught two seais; they shot three, but lost | Saw some seals to-day, but could not get them, for a start; she can never live in suchasea. The | dark and dreary; but, please God, it will soon ‘inutes when they sang out, ‘Lower the boats;” the ice LAND WITHIN SIGHT. one of them in the youngice. We moved into our SUNDAY, March 2.—r'o-day God has sent us food | sun has set very good. Land in sight. It has | brighten up. e have struck the sealmen’s we ‘were on was cracking, : xe * | new house to-day. We shot two dogs; they got at | in abundanc Joe shot an oogjook, one of the | cheered us up. The women and children are in ‘ounds. I never saw such an abundance of seals SEPARATED IN THE DARK. our provisions. We have two left. largest kin plenty of meat and oil; and forty- | the boat. We haye not adry place to walk about fore; they are in schools like the porpoise. We The ship slipped anchor, and in three or four minutes THANKSGIVING DAY. two dovekie: ‘t took all hands to drag him home. | nor a piece of fresh water ice to eat. The sea nag | hauled upon a fioe after eight hours’ pull; could | we were afloat on Gifferent pieces of ice; the ship went THURSDAY, Nov, 28.—Thanksgiving to-day; we | That was a good Sunday's work; oragg ing the fine | swept ovor all, ‘The ice 1s closing in fast; the wind | make no westing. Shot some seals, but they all | SWay in the darkness; we had an immense quantity of So Near and Yet So Hard to} nave nada feast—four pint cans of mock turile | fellow to the hut, and thanking God for His | and sea going down. Midnight, twelve ‘o’clock.— | sunk; Joe shot them. Hard times. Bshore next morning: wa thought by leunching a. boat soup, six pint cans of green corn, madeintoscouch, | mercies. All well and happy. Things look so quiet and the ice so closed around SaTURDAY, April 26.—Joe shot a seal last evening | we could take everything we had ashore; we got Reach. Afternoon, three ounces of bread and the last of WEDNESDAY, March 5.—Blowing @ gale from the | that we have pitched our tent, intending to have a | and broke the charm, Hans shot .one this morn- | about half a mile when the running ice stop od us; We our chocolate—our day’s feast. All well, N.W. Snow dritting; cannot get out. Joe went | sleep, for we are worn out. - ing. Last night and this morning fine, Ice very | saw the ship to the northward of us; we all thought she Monpay, Dec. 2.—No open water has been seen | out in the last biow; it seems to me he cannot STILL PRISONERS, thick around. Started at half-past six A. M. and had coming for us; Mata” a “Phought indiarubbor for several days; cannot catch anything. Land | stay in; he 1s a first-rate fellow; we would have Tuurspay, April 10.—Last night, quiet. Calm | were beset two hours aiterward. Pulled upon a as boon i ; ‘as been seen for’ several days; cannot determine | been dead men long since had it not been for him; | and cioudy; no sun hag shown itself; very warm. | small Piece of ico, the best we could find. Snow- PDA eg Sonn haraiy: nares: 5 AE NOTHER Ss tA Ld '! what shore it is, KE. or W. It has been so clouay | 80 deg. to 18 deg. below zero. All well. The ice close around. We are prisoners yet. ing al' day, Repaired the boat here, which it | there quietly, thinking they were coming for us; she A. that we cannot select a star to go by; some think ‘THURSDAY, March 6.—Every man complaining of Frivay, April 11.—Calm; cloudy. We cannot be | wanted, and the weaiher cleared up in the after- | steamed behind an island—Northumberland I I Rink it is the | headache from the oogjook liver. Iam very sick | fartrom shore. We saw a fox, some crows and | noon. Got some things dried @ little, and half of | think itis called and then we lost sight of her; we saw W. Boiled some sealskin to-day and ate it—biub- | with vioient headache. 24 deg. below zero. small land birds. Mr, Meyer had his fingers and | us turnediu, Hans shot @ seal, making two to- abe was Bg ng 4 TAY RS ny name pms ween ber, hair and tough skin. The men ate it; I conld ¥Fripay, March 7.—The gale abated this morning. | toes frozen the other morning. The ice is still close oo get ashore; tried several tines after that, but lost things The Welcome Tigress A roaching not. Tie hairis too thick, and we have no means | Stiff breeze yet, and snow drifting. Immense ice- | around us; nothing but ice to be seen. We have UNDAY, April 27.—Yesterday, wind light from | each time; we finally got back on the main floe ou which PP of getting it off. bergs all round the floe, There was & fearful noise | two large bergs nearly on top of us, Not @ move. |8.E. Inthe evening changed to N. E., blowing | the ship was originally anchored; in trying to get ashore the Re TuHurRspAY, Dec. 5.—Light wind; a little thic! all last night, which kept us awake. The floe was | ment in the ice, so calm and still. strongly. Mr. Meyer took an observation yester- | we lost one of our boats, but found it again afterward. to e scue. 15 deg. below zero. A fox came too near to-day; | cracking, splitting and working in the most fearful Saturpay, April 12.—Light wind, 8. E.; nearly | day. Latitude 63 deg. 30 min.N. Snowed al! night CONDITION OF THE POLARIS, Bill Lindemann shot him; skinned and cut him up | manner; just like a park of artillery and musketry. | calm; at times a little swell. We are still prison- | and this forenoon. Cleared up this attern 0G | gy net Ca gow entitle pe ene ponent ship? a for cooking. Fox in this country is allhair and hair. | 1 expected to see it split into a thousand pieces | ers; the ice close. Saw some seals, but could not | remains thick and somewhat cloudy, Fen of dhe dren won BEC tie trate told ‘Bis 10 fayon Furpay, Dec. 6.—Very light wind; cold and clear. | every moment. I feel very bad yet, in my head | get them. Very hungry, and likely to be so. Tne | Water all around, but cannot getto it. All well, board, she was making no more water then than she had SAVED AT LASTIE!Y! | The poor fox was devoured to-day by seven of the | and stomach. he liver of bear and oogjook, they | sun shines for the first time ina good many days; A STEAMER SIGHTED, been making all along; 1 do not think the crushing she Men, who liked it: they hada mouthful each for | say, is very dangerous to eat. But what is a | very fine. Mr. Meyer took one observation; lati- Monpay, April 28.—Gale of wind sprung up from | received then made her leak any more; she was a their share; I did not think it worth while, myself, | hungry man todo? We have eaten the seals, hair, | tude 55 deg. 85 min. N. the W, Heavy sea running; water washing over | splendid 5 ce if she eal had a Hele more steam to commence with so sinall an allowance, so1 did | skinand everything about them, and are giad to| SuNpay, April 15.—Light wind, S. W. The tce | the floe. Allready and standing by our boat all | powers | she | was) built, very, strong) her not try Mr. Fox. Last night fine northern lights, | get them; 12 deg. below zero. Joe caught two | opened last night, but closed again this morning; | night. Not quite so bad as the other night. Snow | think Captain Buddington meant to abandon us; he it is the E. land; for my part I t h ry he Steward EXTREME HUNGER. jovekies,” Weather getting bad. it remained open’ buta few hours. lt has slack, | Squalis all night and during the forenoon. Launched | either thought we could easily get ashore, or else he The Sto: y. of t = = SaTunpay, Dec. 8.—All in good health. The only A NIGHT OF DREAD. ened a little oeaay, but we cannot do anything in | the boat at daylight (3:30 A. M.), but could get | could not get t rough the ice; 14en't think he would d in W ashington. thing that troubles us is hunger—that is very se- TUESDAY, March 11.—Blowing a onde yet. | it. Last night splendid northern lights, Mr. | nowhere for the ice. Heavy sea and head wind; any ttans of the kind; standing on the ship you wouk vere; We feel sometimes as though we could ea¢ | All hands were up last night and dressed, ready | Meyer took an observation; 55 deg. 23 min. N. | blowing a gale right in our teeth. Hauled up on a poy ey ee a aE ed Pe er ae each’ other. Very weak, but, please God, we will | for a jump, for the ice was splitting, cracking and | Saw some seals to-day, but the ice 1s neither open | piece of ice at six A. M. and had a few hours) sleep, | {very likely that he thought we could got ashore “ind weather it all. making a Jearful noise all night. ‘To-day has been | nor close, so we cannot do anything, We remain | but were threatened to be mashed to pieces by | that he didnt understand our signal M E A OUT THE POISONING STORY. Fripay, Dec, 13.—Light wind; cloudy; 19 deg. | a fearful day—cannot see, for snow-drift. We know | prisoners on this piece. All well. some bergs, They were fighting quite a battle in BUDDINGTON’S BESOTTEDNESS. ORI B » | below zero, Hans caught a small white fox ina | the foe is broken into small pieces. We are afloat, STARVATION NBAR AT Hi. the water, and bearing right tor us. We called the a% Do you know if Captain Buddington ever got drank? t. AND, trap yesterday. The nights are brilliant, cold and | jumping and kicking about. This is not ver; MONDAY, April 14.—Wind light, N. The pack | watch, launched the boat and got away, the wind ‘ou want the truth; I must answer you when you ask cleat. The scene is charming, if we were only ina plensant. My hope isin God. 6 degs. above nero. still closed; no chance of leaving here yet, Thee blowing moderately and the sea going down. We aes ety ee beers and: pher cee Hall ey pos.) to appreciate it. WEDNESDAY, March 12.—Last night was 4 feariul | one or two seals every day, but cannot get them, | leit at one P.M. ‘The ice is much slacker, and Rims ecveral mest Cap a ddincon Sanne to nde Je} Buddingeton’ Drunken- Faipay, Dec. 20.—Light wind; cloudy. Joe found | night of suspense—ice creaking and breaking, the | as the ice Will not allow us to go through or over | there is more water than Ihave seen yet. Joe shot | wanted me to give him some liquor; he said he put a case um gton's & crack yesterday and three seals. Too dark to ro le roaring and the water swashing; but where? | it, Weather very fine; sea calm, or, I should say, | three young bladder-nosed seals on the ice coming | inthe storeroom that was not on my list; so I went to shoot, It is a good thing to have game underneath | We know it is around us, but we cannot see any- | the Ice, as there is no water. Latitude 56 degs, | along, which we took in the boat; 4:30, steamer | Captain Hall and asked if he would be Kind enough to ness Exposed. Us. it would be much better to have them on the | thing, Since one o'clock this morning the wind | 13 mins. N. Our small piece of ice is wearing awa He’ ahead and @ little to the north of us. We | pul ihe liquor in the maguzino; You ask Captain Haig floe for starving men. To-morrow will be our | has been going down, thank God, and now I can | very fast; our little provisions are nearly finished, | hoisted the colors, pulled untildark, trying to cut | Anything, he would A ee choicest day—then the sun returns. sev around, A hice picture! Eversthing broken | Things look very dark; starvation very near. My her off, but she does not see us, She isa sealer, | have any more to ak ee i bearing S. W. Once she appeared to be bearing rhaps never in the history of newspaper enter- SATURDAY, Dec, 21.—To-day clear; Mght wind. | up into small pieces. The best piece we are on. | trust is in God. He will bring us through. Did you ever see any of the other officers, exce) wows recs been a saree cgnaveanie thea The shortest day, so cheer up. In three weeks we The houses are nearly covered. Aiternoon—It has | well. right down upon us, but I suppose she was work- captain Buddington, arunk? A. No, sir; they” used to ° will have daylight. Then we hope to catch game. calmed down toa fine aay, with a light breeze, TUESDAY, April 15.—Nearly calm; very light | ing through the ice. What 4° She caused! We one but [never saw them drunk; Captain Budding- of conscientious accuracy in narrative than was | "svnpay, Dec. 22.—Calm @d clear as a bell; the | Joe caught two seals and Mans caught one, Cap- | wind, N. ‘The ice the ee change, Cold last | found a small piece of ice and ‘boarded it for the | ton if he drinks at all, must get drunk; he drank whis- displayed in the first accounts given by the | best twilight we have seen fora month, It must | tain Tyson also caught one. Joe caught three | night; snow fell very tuck; thought we would | night. Night calm and clear. The stars are out ay Valet eee seen him drink alcohol before have been cloudy or we ate drifting south fast. | dovekles and the cook two, showing how good God | have a change in the weather. The sun shines ag | the first time for a week, and there is a new moon. | Peard' the “tip when, Malan’ know where he got his ug " HERALD Of the recent Arctic disaster which over- | Ou gpirits are up, but the body weak; 15 deg. | is tous, From 6 to 10 degs: below zero, bright as ever. Splendid weather for making a | The sea quiet, and splendid northern lights. | drink from Lt took the exploring expedition of the government. | below zero. SaTurRpAy, March 22. Peaeed day; very light | passage, but we cannot start. Latitude 54 deg. 58 | Divided into two watches, four hours’ sleep each, Q. Do you know A len ase g Rappening . ty oe then told has been cor- TUESDAY, Dec. 24.—Christmas Eve. We arelong- | wind, W. N. W. The first day of Spring; thank God | min, Mr. Meyer looks very bad. Hunger seems to | Intend to start early. Had a good pull this after- | on accountof his being drunk? A. robert ted with re Pechevectecticaeee U bs Stes ing for to-morrow, when we sliall have quite @ | we have lived to see it. The sun shines very pow- | have more effect on him than on the rest of us; he | Noon} made some westing, Cooked with blubber | Hee ents, putit MURR vine eet thar oe Toborated w: ‘onde! y feast—half pound of raw ham, which we have been | erfully, at least I think so. 10 degs. to 12 degs. | gets weak looking. fire, Kept @ good one all night, ao that we could be | oo'heset; he was not drunk when we parted from the evidence educed in the oficial investigation which | saving nearly a month for Christmas, A month | below zero. Joe caught two seals to-day. A FEARFUL THOUGHT. seen, Ship; Lam pretty sure of that; I do not know of any dis- has just taken place. But in addition to the tes- | ago our ham ive out, so we saved this for the THE FLOE GETTING SMALLER, WEDNESDAY, April 16.—Wind increasing a little THE RESCUE. Rue ard the ship at any time. After Captain Hall ti alread lished @ document is now pro- | {cast. Yesterday, 9 deg. below zero; to-day, @ SUNDAY, March 30.—Blowing a gale from W. N. W,; | from N. N. W. The ice still the same; no swell on. TuEspayY, April29.—Morning fine and calm; the | died Captain Buddington took command, and his com- Seng pragne pega ni pa bro» | deg. above zero. {t looks fearful. Last night the sight was areadrul. | My head and face have been swollen to twice their | Water quiet. At daylignt sighted the steamer five | mand was submitted to by evorybody on board; I kept a duced for the first time which is the most intensely MEAGRE CHRISTMAS CHEER. I went out, and there, within ten or twelve yards | usual size. Ido not know the cause of it, unless it | Miles off. Called the watch, launched the boat and | Tecord on the Sth aes toe ship Ce wend AS ‘eda interesting of all that has yet been written or said WEDNESDAY, Dec. 25.—This is a day of jubilee at | of the door of our hut, was a very large and ugly | is the ice head-pillow and the sun. We keep an | Made forher, After an hour’s pull gained on her | that will tell'the story better than I can tell it now. ws bout’ this subject. The sti 4 of the Polari: home, and certainly here for us; for, beside the ap- | looking iceberg grinding against us. Our littie | hour’s watch at night. Some one has been (ane deal; another hour, aud we got fast in the HOPE FOR THE MISSING SHIP. Sas perigee AL ae ape pte’ @ Polaris, | yroaching daylight, which we feel thankful to God | floe gets smaller in open water. To-day we had | at the pemmican on their watch, and I can | ice; could get no further. Landed on a piece of ice | _Q. Do you think the Polaris will come out all right? A. ‘ John Herron, who 1s evidently a worthy seaman, | for sparing us to see, we have quite a feast to day. | the pleasure of launching the boat. We saw on a@| put my hand on the man. He did the | and hoisted our colors trom an elevated place. | Yes, sir; sho is in very good Winter quarters! by next began, after his party were left so suddenly upon | One ounce of bread extra Fe man, which made joa ofice a large seal. We fired and thought we | same thing during the Winter, and on the | Mustered our rifies and pistols and fired together, | month they will be making water; they have plenty pro- + 1, which h 1 to the di our soup for breakfast a little thicker than for din- | hit him. When we had pulled there with the boat, | nixht of the 7th I caught him in the act. We have making a considerable report. Fired three rounds Mo aboard; they rere ree penuia: than we; there the ice, # journal, which he continued to the day Of | nor,” We had soup made from a pound of seal | we found a large bladdernose and her pup. She | but few days’ provisions left. We came down on | and were auswered by three shots, the steamer at | pre ryurteen men on-board; wa have sixtecy. the their rescue, and which may claim a curious im- | biood, which we had saved fora month; a two- | showed fight, but was soon killed, and, with her | them this morning; rather weakening work, but | the same time heading for us. He headed N., then | Gay; they have about twenty-ive tons of coal on board; portance in the annals of Arctic perils. Ina most | pound can of sausage meat, the last of the canned | pup, towed to our foe, The buck was shot, but got {t must be done to save life as long as we can, | 5. FE. and kept on so ail day. He tried to work | would not have enough to steam Disco; could hi esents meat; a few ounces of seal, which we saved witn | under the youngice. When opened, we fond con- | which cannot be much longer, unless something | through the ice, but could not. Very | steam over, mo doubt, with the wind in simple yet graphic manner he presents an unem- | tn» p/ood, all cut up fine; last of our can of apples, | siderable milk in her;s80 we can have some good foot comes along, which I hope may soon happen. strange, I should think any sailing | their favor; Captain Tyson had command on bellished and real picture of the adventures and | which we saved also for Ohristmas. ‘he whole was | soup to-night, using the miik and two quarts of | The only thing that troubles me is the thought of | vessel, much less @ steamer, could ge the ice, but he never seemed to take much of sufferings through which they struggled with such | Dolled to a thick soup, which, T think, was the | blood. We nade some good sausages irom the cannibalism, It is a fearful thonght, but may as | through with ease. We fired several rounds and tain Tso spp BaP ae tlre ez Tens, ae sweetest meallever ate. Half pound of ham and | bear. This bear was more tender than the one we | well be looked boldly in the face as otherwise. If | kept our colors flying, but he came no nearer. He | y, sol rn and his family had admirable fortitude back into the life of civiliza- | fro Gunces of bread gave us our christmas dinner. | caught In Polaris Hay. Odegs. tos degs. above | such things are to happen we must submit, May | was not over four or five miles distant. Late in | jorthemselves: there was nova, creat deal of commands g lion out of that of horror and dangers, Noonecan | Then, in the evening, we had eur usual thin soup. ba 39 Hans shot another a OW.W. Th SS save us! apti WALNES ‘i ‘ the afternoon hi bags ap away, ren de W. We ing om wg, $00) 8 pada Athens) a eae do read thout at once feeling | 50 ended Christmas Day. loNDaY, March 31.—Strong wind W.N.W. ick. HURSDAY, April 17.—Lig reeze from the | gave up. In the evening he hove in sight “py . perth ae Bo ing Tec: rete’ tae warn bekamathy with the man whe |. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 1, 1878.—Poor dinner fer New | Looks like clearing up. A seal, and two calves | W.S.W. Tile ige the same—no opening yet, Tati | again, bus furiher om | While looking at him | fcocdiree’ small ‘books tn, iead "pencil aad these are sted In @ warm sympathy Year's Day—mouldy bread and short allowance, Killed by Joe; one calf by Hans, Mr. Meyer got an | tude 54 deg. 27 min, N. We shot the dogs last | another stranger hove in sight, so that we have | Copies which I have. nad. made. for convenience: records his trials in sucha manly spirit and evinces AN EXTRA PIPE OF TOBACCO. observation—69 degs. 41 min. That makes | Winter for stealing the Wao If I nad my | two sealers near, one on each side of us, and I do | the records were made from day to day_on the such 8 touphing faith in ultimate deliverance by TUESDAY, Jan, 7.—Mr. Meyer took an observa- | twenty-three miles per day that we have drifted | way, with the consent ofall hands, I would call out | not expect to be picked up by eitheroithem. At | ice whenever I had an byt @ I made tion last night; latitude 72 deg. 7 min., longitude | the last five d: besides what eddying we nave | and shoot down that two-legged dog who has since | Sunset sighted lands. W., @ long way off. Mr, | them every day; they give a detai account of the power which he beljeves is omnipotent. 60 deg. 40 min. 45 sec. The news was 80 good that | made with this W" wind. ‘These scalshage ai been | been at them. I see most of the men have their | Meyer took an observation to-day; latitude 58 deg. | What happened to us uni oe. were: rors eee Ua eer The best portions of the diary of the steward are | I treated myself to an extra pipe of tobacco at | caught on the ice which drifted by us. Our piece | faces swollen, but not so badly as mine, All well, | 4 mi lang caught @ seal, Very small and | Sh'was well, he had'heon in Good health ‘irom the be. published below. twelve o’clock last night, The tobacco is getting | of ice gets much smaller. Open water. Sometimes | but growing very weak. young; Tfect baby of a seal, Dried most of our | ginning: I never heard him complain, except trom snow very short, so that I have to be very saving this | we get arenes from the ice and it looks like the LAND AGAIN IN SIGHT, things to-day, Blindness; Mr. Bryan had beeu in good health all the Dia month. We are obliged to cook our meals with a | ocean which we have on one side of us—the E. side. Fray, April i6.—Very light. breeze from the N. WEDNESDAY, April 30.—Five A. M. weather thick | time; very much respected on board the ship; eyery- J ry of John Herron the Steward. lamp—pretty slow work. ht wind; 31 deg, be- | We are nearly off Cape Farewell. ort a ra Ten o’glock. Joe sa ‘small hole of water half a | and foggy. Giorious aight when the fog broke; a ae oes Une t dente, th aor died ? Oct, 15—Gale from the $.W.; ship made fast to | low zero, Good northern lights laat night. very heavy sea; not a bit of ice to be as inlie off He took his gun and ventured over the | steamer close to us. She sees us and bears down | ,,%,) Eppa — out afi ight? A’ T eelake cba wis » floe; bergs pressed in and nipped the ship until GROWING WEAKER. ft fhe ey ould reach. To-day closed around a | Jooseice. No sooner had he gotten there than he | on us, We are saved, thank God! We are safe On | said all along that I expectod we might see her in New we thought she was going down; tarew provis- Tuvnspay, Jan 16.—No wind; very thick. The | little, but plenty of water. Dare not venture in | shot a seal and sung out for the kyak, as the water | board the Tigress, of St. John’s, Captain Bartlett, | York or Washington when we got back. ions overbourd, und nineteen souls got on the foe | glass ranges from 26 deg. to 31 deg. below zero. | our open boats; we must watch and wait and trust | made rapidly. It took an hour to get the kyak | He says the other steamer could not have seen us, to receive them apd haul them upon theice, A ans caught a seal to-day; thank God, for we are | in God. 7 min. to 12 sec. above zero, Caught | there and another to get it back. It is anice size | asthe captain is noi! for his humanity, The UNI AFPAIRS, large berg came sailing down, struck the floe, | very weak. Our light would have been finished to- | three more calves and one more seal. Heavy seal and will give us three meals, raw, and re us | Tigress musters 120 men, the kindest and most BROOKLYN M UNIOIPAL shivered it popecs, and freed the ship, She waa | morrow, and our Cae | also, But God sent this | weather setting in; the floe wearing away rapidly. | from starvation some days. The water is making | obliging I have ever mvt. Picked up in iatitude | Raucational Appointment—Traant Home 0 out of sight tive mmutes, We were afloat on | seal to save us; thanks to His holy name! it has | I must hope for the best, All well. quite a lead, A joyful sight met our view this | 63 deg. 35 min, N, different pieces of ice. We had two boata. Our | been go all the time. Just as we were played out TAKING TO THE BOATS. morning when we turned out—the land in sight ‘Work—The Glorious Fourth and Pyre- men were picked up, mysel among them, and | something came along. Iam afraid I have a touch Tvespay, April1.—Wind N. W. A fearful bight, bearing 8. W. We could see it very plainly this The Testimony of John Herron. technics. Jandee i i bares floe, we Fo Hea gat to ne 3 the scurvy. A little raw meat will drive it out, | last hight, , Cannne stay on bad ed Tryst, leave iy Py etd ae het arr fe been tats Wee ‘The following is the testimony of the steward | The regular weekly session of the Common cl laces. We sliver! ope, atonce, Got under way at . oat e 0) . all night, Saved very little provisions, t THREE CHEERS FOR THE SUN! faking in water, Loaded too deep.” Threw over. | turned thanks to God for His mercy and goodness | before the investigating tribunal, and contains | Council was held yesterday afternoon, President , ocr, rt--Motalng tug; gt reuse rom ene .; | aero AN un haa made bifappeatance ing T | our canek Cannon cory anything wat, tNertent | and fafilentpenmiean ot serngat The fend |" -canraty mute tax, nieaidn nominating Willa. Parey as & member B} . The sun has made his appearance to-day. our clothes, Cannot car: ut the ten CAPTAIN HALL'S ILLNESS, ating jam A. Furey as a member close to the E. shore. The berg, that did so muck | gave him three cheers, hoping we will be able to rn preci Ne ni ~sipenerg ‘a and a few sking to cover us with, a little meat and | closed but the push seems to have John Herro ward, damage, haif inte to the XN. E. of us. Captain Ty. | start a month from now. Thank God for this day! | our bread and pemmican. Made ten to Mfteen | slackened. We had visitors to-day—a orow, two | sald :— my the steward, being examined, | of the Board of Education, to fill the vacancy son reports. smali island a Iittle to the N. of tie | we have long wished to gee it. The sun has bronght | miles 8, and three or four miles W. from eight | small birds and aschool of canvasback ducks about& | 7 was horn in Liverpool,,but am a citizen of the Unitea | Caused by the resignation of Jonn Finley, of the berg and close to the land, Pi of open water, | us luck in the way of a seal Joe caught, The finest | A. M. to twelve, noon, We landed to lighten our | hundred and fifty in number. I wish we could have | gigtos, thirty-one year ‘of age, and was a saad onthe Fitth ward. A communication was received from We lost no time in launching the boats, getting the | display of northern lights that Il ever saw came off | boat, pitched our tent and intend stopping all | gotten a couple of shots at them and Knocked down | Polaris and aalied with hor irom New York watier the Board of City Works concerning the work on the provisions in and pulling around the berg, when we | to-night, They had to go about six m! to-day to | night. Caught a young seal a8 soon as we got on | @ meal or two, But they kept a mile or two Off, 80 | ing Upernavik we were Progressing northward, were | 1ruant Home, which it condemng as not conform- saw the Polaris, She had steam up, succeeded | Open water, where they saw many seal the ice, When we left this morning, 12 deg. above | that we had to content ourselves with looking at | stopped Py the ice a little, Dut forced our way throngh it ing to the specifications and being of an inferior in getting @ barbor. She got under the lee of an MONDAY, Jan, 20.—Light wind N.; very clondy | zero. ‘This afternoon spent in making from canvaa | them. We divided the seal very nicely, losing | scr lelville Bay and up Smith's Sound; wenton till | quality, The sum of ! 500, it is reported, was island and came down with sails set—Jib, foresail, | and thick’; %a4 deg. below zero. The sun has not | washboards for the boat, to keep her dry. Caught | nothing but the gall. We divided it into sixteen | Yecame to what was aupposed to. be Kane's open Polar | expended on the Truants’ Home In 1971 and 1872, Mainsail and staysall. She must have seen us, | made his appearance to-day, Mr. Meyer took an | two more seals. This piece of ice is not very safe, | parts. One man then turned his back and called went beyoud thet, through another Which the only work apparent is a roof on the 48 the island Was four or five miles of We ex. | observation ust night, We are in latitude 70 deg., | it is cracking. All well. Splendid weather this | out the names, each man stepping Up and taking or thirty-tve miles wide, which | Kitchen of the old structtre. ‘The Committee on pected her te save us, as there was plenty of | 1 min. N., and 42 miles from the EK, shore. We have | afternoon. his share of meat, blubber and skin. e inside — cal Robeson Channel or Strait; we | ‘I’’ Rail for the Southside Railroad, on the streets open water, beset with ice, which I think she | not seen the E, shore yet. I hope to see the island WepnespaY, April 2,—Lovely last night, The | heart, kidneys, liver, lights and stomach—were | woat up this channel in latitude S&deg. 16 min.; of Williamsburg, reported adversely against per- could have gotten through. ‘In the evening we | of Disco; the iand 1s very high there, but Iam | floc lost several pieces. I could not sleep for two | divided between the Ksquimanx and us. We then it Cats Trea feeutite, mon made iti game | mission to lay the rail. A minority report was + started with the boats for shore. Had we reached | afraid we will drift past ff Ke cannot help our- | reasons—the ice breaking up and toocold. Hada ave some blubber and rags each, 60 that we got @ | hear not say on thi eo Wis ‘contin el could presented and the subject was laid over for one iL We could have walked on board in one hour, but | selves, however. We are in the hands of God, and | to keep in motion to keep warm. Started at five A. ire under way and cooked come good soup from | through the yale at at time, as pe AR hazy; io | Week, The Fourth of July Committee reported in the ice set in so fast when Near the shure that we | I am thankful. Hans shot a dovekey. Ihope he | M,; the weather very fine and calm, Worked the | what at other times I would call o! Cut up fine fonowing Summer I could; we came down into Polaris | favor of awarding the contract for fireworks to Mr. could a Fans through it, We had a narrow es- | will give it to his bo; oars fortwo hours; then a breeze spri up and | in a quart of Spun, ith a little blood, the mess was | Bay, where wo had our Winter quarters; we put provi- | Hatfleld, in the sum of $2,000, The contract was, cape jumping from piece to piece, with the Monday, Jan. 27.—Calm; very cold; mercury | increased until it blew almost a gale ‘e made | highly relished. We then turned in for the night, paid gid and A fan observatory on shee (r the | however, voted to Mr, A. White, of Edge & Co., painter in hand, until we reached the ‘foe. We | frozen; thick this morning; clearing up now. | several narrow escapes with our boat before we | than ing God for His Phan and goodness, 10 | re rte aniedae ionrna a Sergnet, <P winter day vet whose bid was $150 less than Hatfeld’s, The pyro- dragged the boat two or three hundred yards, toa | The sun is out. Mr. Meyer took an altitade of the | could finda plece of ice sale enough to land on, | dream of friends and happy days to come, frend a sledge Journ Jiutd vuller from the sold; when | Lechnics will be displayed on Sixth avenue, near high place, where we thought she woald be secure | sun to-day and an observation from astar last | and when we did she was making water fast. FIGHTING THE Wa’ he came back I asked him if he had been in soow houses, | Tenth strect, South Brooklyn; on Fort Green aad put morning, aad made for our provisions, which | night. He makes it latitude 9 deg. 32 sec, God- | When emptied we founda hole to her which SunDay, Aj 20,—Biowiag ® gale somewhere. | but he be bad been travelling all the time: he came | at Union avenue and North Seventh ary P| e@ 1G, G