The New York Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1873, Page 6

4 : NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1873--TRIPLE SHEET. ~ were on a distant part of the floc. We were too | havn, in the isiand of Disco, 13 in 69 deg. 13 sec.; | we are repairing this afternoon, Weather atill vei The wind from the N, W. wing le in { back Mth o October; I met him much Worn out with hunger and fatigue to bring | that leaves us uineteen miles north of Sor store: | bad, we ‘ioe @ very bad ix, Gaughs 6 seal the N. E, boop alt (te on py rte gangway Le shoos hands with him» her along to-night, and itis nearly dark. We can- | house, which Tam afraid we will never see, God | Ali well. heavy. The first warning we had—tne man on | Seemed pleased with the Way things had been 0 not see our other boat or our provisions; the snow- | Knows where we will fetch up, Mr. Meyer thinks THURSDAY, April 8-—-Repatred our boat, and | watch sang out at the moment—a sea struck us, yale ras away | Pregame good accoui drift has covered our late tracks, we are forty-two miles from the shore; but 1 | started at 8:45 A. M.; wind ahead; yeste! 8. | and, wi over us, carried away everythin, ducting (Rice ingtor Sb ae amen fe cone Oor. 23.—Wind light and 8. E. With the aid | am afraid he does not know much about it. W.; to-day calm. Pulled three hen @ | that was loose. This happened at nine o'clock last | into the cabin Tho leat szomed wo aleot hint ory when of our marine glass to our at joy we dis- TUESDAY, Feb, 4,—A gale from the weat; very | breeze sprang up from N.N. W. We kept under- maga. We shipped sea aiter sea, five and ten min- ture in the cabin was it @ to 70. te the tem cal covered in the distance a boat, and, at some dis- | thick snow drist, I seldom see it snow here, for | way unt: P.M., when we had to hai ona after o carry everythin; outside on ‘about 15 to 2 deg. below zero; I Thrilling Story of the Polaris tance therefrom, the tent, The ice tor a few miles | when it is blowing hard ihe snow comes like flour | piece of a foe. We’ were beset by the ide ana we had in oar "lant skin" and most ot fie ctiange at afd aye pects’ ne hn me! me 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; 80 we encamped for ¢! our bed clothi tita! with | since 7 Casta: thin, but we must risk it, as we have six bags of | takes it up from the ice 1 cannot tell, but itis so | night. ane wind snow fair for N. N. E., but | only the few wo we could get ‘into the boat. | had any collse peut ihe OF ie ae ee ways. bread there, forty-five pound cans of pemmican, | fine and thick you cannot see, There fs no leaving | we cannot get through the ice. I pe for better | There we stood m nine in the erening until phous lor wi down stairs in the At4 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, enduring, I shor say, pig x eee ni if he wrouid a gore quarters weak, -but thankful to God. Rejoicing in | either drifting or falling with the blow no matter | them, old or young, so that itis not necessary to | what man never stood before. 6 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 ren were in the ie | coffee ; I did not make the and ’ supper, thanking God for our increase of stores. | it fills the ice and will penetrate almost Ca ISOLATED IN THE ICE. ‘The gea broke over us durti t night and morne | for Captain Hall; hi gofiee ; THE STEWARD’S DIARY. | We have now eleven bags of bread, thirtecn cans | The temperature to-day has been from 16 eg. to | | Fmipay, April 4.—Wind N. B. favorable for us, | ing. Every fifteen or twenty minutes a sea Would | fee; never cared toi n of pemmican, eleven dozen cans (pint and quart) | 10 deg. below zero. All are well, thank but lam sorry to say we cannot start. The ice | come, lift the boat and us with it, carry us alo! bath, with a w of meats, soups, with some green corn, and four- | but me. I havea slight touch of the scury, ‘and | surrounds us; the ice opened at 8:30, and we got | the ice, and lose its stre1 near the edge, ant well when he drank the cup of coffee; said he felt redy teen hams, My bag of clothing I found in the beat. | feel very ailing, but, please God, it will soon leave | unaer way at 6:45 A. M. After two hours’ goodrun | sometimes on it, Then it would take us the next = ne oe eee for = oe fan's, casa a i, he went down stairs nd fat a cep, Oor. 24,—Weather thick and cold. Four men | me. We hope wien. this blow is over we shall see | we are beset in the ice again, and have to stop ior | fifteen minutes to get back to a safe place, read ~ The Most Graphic and Complete Account | made another trip to the tent to bring some planks | the land ‘and nave a little open water. the present, hoping it will open to-morrow. P vir, for the next roller. 80 we stood that lon; hour, Wards he had ‘he ‘0c ay attend > °him: he was no} f the with which to make a sleigh. All are in good Fnipay, Feb, 7.—Hans caught a seal acd firea at | Meyer took an observation; latituae 56 deg. 47 | not a word spoken but the commands to Held on, | & man to take muc! icine; Dr. Bessel atten 0! Disaster from Beginning health. anarwhale. Joe shot and killed a big fellow, but | min. N. The wind is springing up; 1am afraid we | my hearties; bear down on her; put on all your fini t think it was on the third day when he tool to End Yet Furnished. Oct, 25.—This morning thick, with light wind. | could not get him; he turned bell; Sp sae sank, | shall have bad weather. 7” and so we did, bearing down and holding | ‘0 bls bed; he was ire down Piddenty ; Ne as weight; Half of the men have gone to the teat with the sled | He would have been food for a month, There were SarurpaY, April 5.—Blowing 8 gale from the | on ite ‘im death, Cold, hungry. wet, and little mien i it is thelr time | N. E. and a fearful sea running. Two pieces broke rospect ahead. At seven o'clock ti cam made this piorehe, drawn by the dogs. The rest | @ great many of them going N.; member i \d We | thought of us are remaining here the boat ready to | of year. Temperature from 26 deg. to 21 deg. be- | from the floe. ‘@ are on one close to the tent, us a small piece of ice, which rode dry, 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 It or per- | in the cabin dressed an writing ; T asked Mr, Morto' The Ship “Nipped” and Provisions | The men returned with @ sledioad of poles. All SHOOTING UNICORNS. ‘Another piece broke off, carrying Joe's hut with it; | ish, The cook went overboard, but was saved, All | how he we did not eat in that cabin then;’ we well, SaturDAY, Feb, 8.—Wind S. E. A pretty large | luckily it gave some warning so that they had time | well. Tired and ato rere Lrg ead Farr and IT ae t df fo in very oitem Overboard. Oct. 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 yes! $11| choot attenias itvanin the morning Pe pow bins * Another journey to the tent brought off the re- | but we could not get them, as they got away under | dreadful day; cannot do anything to help our- | hands wet. Nothing dry to put on to-da\ ere | three o'clock; I have forgotten the day; sometune is mainder ol the lumber and some canvas, Found | the ice. Seven have been shot altogether, Joe | selves. If tle 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 toad left on the | said a large fleet of them were going north, but | break up with it; set a watch all night. and ero drying it. The men are HIS SUSPICIONS OF FOUL PLAY. We can spare, flog, 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 9. Did you hear that he accused any one of tryii Abandoned in the Night Amid the ; %*betore. All well. We cannot find any seals when they are about. Sunpay, April 6.—Wind changed to N. W.; blow- | doing the best wecan. Hunger disturbs us most, pee A. Lhave heard him pass remarks of Oot. 27.—Clear, with light wind. We have | Joe says they are not afraid of the whale, but it ap- | ing BAe hee gale. Stillon the same ice; can- | Nice breeze from the N. E. The ice around very | 4; cae pea ayn {ay ai inet Booed £o notes Crashing Iceber, brought the remainder of our tent and two bags of | pears to me they are, for while the whales ate here | not get of Atthe mercy of the elements. Joe | pressing and thick. We cannot get the boat | cook had a gun in his bed A td wreuted 10 chat hin ‘4 Bs. coal off; that ts all we can find. Three men have | they will not make their appearance. Tempera- | lost another hut to-day, The ice, withes roar, spilt puroug , and must remain for a change. The sun Did you have any idea that he died from any other been out in another direction, but have found | ture, 21 aoe, to 16 deg. below zero. across the floe, cutting Joe’s hut right in two. 'é| has shown himself only suMiciently to get an ob- | than natural r ve mo other idew Bothing. SuNpay, Feb. 16,—Wind W. S. W.;16 deg. below | have but asmall picce left. Cannot le down to- | servation; latitude 53 deg. 57 min, in a START FOR THE SHORE. x een iim a plenty ots peers ney would take Bien pau beam things fhe bons anid now stand- Oot Spe rei OPFORTINE BEAR, Pauel ba ‘as there, ype ey tele + oT. $1.—This morning cold, but fine. ni eir departure; the; en the seals awa; jng by for a jump; such is the ni AY, Ap! Weather very bad. Las rs COLD AND STORM AND DARENESS | 30 tnd iians with a dog team’ to seo how the ice | which we are now so adly in. want of; our provi: ONDAY, April 7,—Wind W.NW.; still blowing | night commenced with snow squalls and sleet | ordsche rant tere Be at will stand, as we intend starting to-morrow jor | sions are getting very low. When you take a glass . falo, with a fearful sea runnit ‘The ice split | and finished with rain, Rained the night and im, iy Bt Fefiised ‘to do; ri was tl cer of e vessel shore. Ifthe ice stand good we shall be there in | and look around you see the ice in the distance it across our tent this morning ix A.M. | until twelve o'clook to-day. Still remeins two or three days, We have eaten as much as we pied up as high as a ship’s mast, 80 that it seems ile getting ‘& few ounces of bread und pemmican | very thick, The ice in pash inclosed around us. It | fzf! Als oegere from headquarters; Captaim Th First Fearft l Ni ht th could to-day to get strength for the journey. We | impossible to travel over it—certainly not with a | we lost our breakfast In scrambling out ofour tent | appears to me we are the spose and jest of the | Rossel took the thing anna gat a that it ae byl Bae e 'U. Ig on 8 | have been living very poorly so 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 | elements, The other night y played with us | wanted togo on shore ho could de ; the men said he visions last six months. If we can reach the shore | to escape, Cag ier: God, we will get it when the | worse than losing ourselves. We could not catch | and our boat as though we were shuttlecocks, gid they rc’ do the same; Captain Mall tnen wen 1 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 believe, nor could pen descril mself and spoke to the men; the consequence was Mr., Frozen Floe. Nov. 1.—Started to-day ee the Taree 08 four “LAND HOt? to Btarve for a while, hoping in "God it will not be | the scenes we have éd through Bna yet tive! Borer wentto id Dr. ‘Bessel ‘to his; dina rowned, coid and with no | Papisin Hal cted Captain fall very very that would have was & coolness ve he was thar and ha 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, hi should say, to the shore. Cit ehh pee work =o i) “Land ot ie to westward, Cape ale gg ape leis) » snd Core cook A reo any means i shelter. pee ge te an ree we succeeded in getting two boats and our pro- | singham. Now we will be out of the narrows, The | water, ‘ything looks very my. a 8 3 hothin, Fi “GOD ALONE CAN SAVE.” | Visions on also. one sieigh-load ot bed-covering, | straits commence to widen here so that we can | half the mon are lying down, the others walking | to ear. Everything finished if some relief | tween him and Dr. wel; t don skins and canvas and some poles; leaving three | travel south fast If we sauces reach land. Joe | outside the tent. does not come aiong. I do not know | man heexpected when he left the United Stat bags of coals, the only ones we had leit, We lefta | caught a small seal to-day; 23 deg. to 15 deg. below RESCUING THE BOAT AND KYAK. What will become of us. Fearful thoughts enter connie help mein it sometimes; that is great many poles, some canvas, two kyacks and | zero. All well. TuxspAy, April 8.—Last night, at twelve o'clock, | my head as to the future. Mr. Meyer is starving; | "#0 Tansee tor quanrans, \ Other things, among them two boxes ofclothing | THuRspay, Feb. 20.—Calm and very thick. Water | tho ico broke again right between the tent ‘and | he cannot last long in this state, Joe has been of Captain Hall died and was buried, and the ship lay {w A Tale of Terror, Toil and Tribulation | detonging to Joe, tools and other very useful ar- | around; caunot ‘see land, ‘The seals are very | the boat, which were close together—ao close that | on the too three times to-day, the little way he can | winter quarters until the next Summer; we dritted up Everything wet and no sun to FRPE oper fen re ticles, which are a great loss to us. scarce here. I hope we will soon strike better | 8 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 Nf d. Nov. 2.—This morning we were surprised to find | ground. We must soon get a good lead of water | ice split, separatin, the boat and tent, Ce) of skin this morning that was tanned and saved | bow; we could not get her off, and she rode on all that ever Equalle tne los open and water all around us. We started | 1unning in shore, and so escape, or Kill plenty of | away boat, kyak and Mr. Meyer. ‘There we stood, | for clothing; rather a tough and tasteless break- | Winter, rising and falling with the tide, straining her stem so that she leaked very badly next Spri when broke outs that was tae omy leak she had pe before daylight with the dogs and sled, not know- | seals to live on, else our time in this world will be | he} ) looking at each other. It was blowing | fast. Joe ventured off on the ice the fourth tit ing what had happened until we had nearly driven | short, But God’s Will be done. Shot somo small | and snowing very cold and a fearful sea running. | and after looking a good while trom a piece of i her to make much water-on the passa; into the water. there was no wind, so all the mis- | birds yesterday and to-day, called dovekins, | The ice was cones lapping and crushing. The | berg saw a bear coming slowly toward us, He | Winter we did very little; when the weather pei THE HAD OF (4 1)1) IN EVERY HING. 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 Rhey hi Closed in a little. We tried again, leaving the d lONDAY, Feb, 24.—Very light wind; thick; below ion. Mr. Meyer cast the kyal r ut it wen! jay down and remained perfectly still, Joe and Hans | nothing to do but amuse themscives; the scientific mem le gain, ng logs | M Very light wind; thick; bel tion, M he kyak adrift, but t it | lard \d remained perfectly still, Joe and Hi hing to do bi fi and sled on the east side of the floe and ventured | zero. Can see the land, but cannot start. Such | to leeward of us. He can do nothing going out some distance to meet the bear. Getting Ie 6 08 thele. observations mht and day, relieving eacky 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 hind a hummook, they waited for him. Along | Pt"¢r ‘oe Gib “imate Mr. thes Lefton eyers of Joe’s clothing, three guns and a few other | intoitso that it would be impossible to’get the | us unless God returns them. The natives | came Bruin, thinking he was coming toa meal in- | Captain ‘yson went inone. "boat, Mr. Ohester inthe 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 on a piece of ico with their | stead of furnishing one himself. Clack, bang! wont | other; I” did not go with them; i was with thé was opening. They got across just in time, as the | say. and we appear to be leaving it, My advice is paddies and icé spea! ‘The work looks danger- | two rifles, and down weat 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 them again. But we are | lotof men. The Lord be praised; this is His heav- | 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 so that they are as wellof, | enly work! We cannot catch seal for the pash ice, bed Pes Ng nice weather: there was not 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 4 bad sealing ground. He therefore Oty, mush sow foe snow. thes, calla, chere ie.a8 One og ashore; must now give that up. ammunition for hunting purposes when we | what little light there that they have reached | sends a bear along where bears are seldom seen, | go right through our clothes; there were plenty Me Cc - Th k rt Nov. by—Captatn Tyson ill with a severe coldand | get on shore. By that means we could | the boat, about half a mile of. There they appear | and we certainly never expected to find one. The | flowers there; they grow out ‘of a kind of moss that elebratin anksgivin ains allover 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 Drought ioe caught a seal, which has been a godsend. We | opinion that we willnever get the boat over the | we can do nothing until daylight. ylight at | in his stomach. Joe, poor fellow, looked very muc ship; ship comes home there wi a My a id. Wi i hi ill it the th a di ht Daylight in his st fh. J fell Kt 4 boned the ant if tha. hin ge 1 hy th ill 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. ‘there we see them with the | down on our account, Everything, looks tight} peat) Thave none bere With ie bods Bus eata ays Of iood 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 CT am Snare ea apy in sem eee eras ee in but the atmosphere; it looks pack of cards from some thick paper and we are | and we bave only three weeks’ provisions left. | the same distance in another direction, We must IDNESDAY, April '23,—Wind B. N. E., and laterin | in Polaris Bay ; they seemed to come down inthe Fal 1 now playing euchre, Plenty of water around ua, | Captain Tyson and some of the men are afraid to | venture off; may as well be crushed fine ice and | the day N.N. K., where I hope it will remain, The fo up again in the Spring: there was also a little drit . 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. Off | weather still disagreeaple, full of rain squalls and ber brought back to the ship; it was so much worm A Long, Long Night, but a Glorious | aristing south pretty smart. 80 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- | Gould not say whas kind it was; they had also made @ Nov. 7.—Captain Tyson better, Wind strong; | inour provisions and trust in God, hoping we may | attempt. We jump or step from one | thing wet, but brighter days coming soon. It can- ae CALE YOR ASHORE, Beturn of Day. snow drilting; weather thick. drift on a better sealing ground, and thus live | piece to another, as the swell heaves | not last much longer. Here we are surrounded ‘There were some records in IMPRISONED BY THE STORM IN A SNOW HUT, through it, lasked the &squimaux’ 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 toinfu- | piece being high the other low, so that you | All well. speak aboutit; I did not see them do it, but of course it the hut. encethem, They told me they would start forland | watch bape chance to jump. All who ventured THURSDAY, April 24.—Wind N. N. E.; sometimes | was done; Captain Hall threw some o! FY the buat in safety, thank God, and after a | hauls around to N. Raining all night and to-day. | overboard with records in; Hope and Sunshine Come Toe | prisoners in the hut. their minds Spenly for fear something might hap: | long struggle we got heraafe to camp again. ‘Thon | Everything wet for some days va and no chance ip August | we had tried, to go tarther north 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 CN it. Saw a@ large scnool of ducks at | north: just at ime P 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 litile difcull be seen. The Esquimaux are out hunting. Joe has eer) of others, Joe is very much to be praised; | Luckily we had two or three dry shirts lett, so that | be far from land; we have been allowed to see it | to go south, and tri al 0 returned late; Hans has not come yet. Joe and iso his wife Hannah. We may thank them an they could change. Most every man is more or less | sometimes, but were driven of in, There was | Sbout forty or fifty miles pretty hought we were ot beset ;drifted right down and go’ ‘Nov. 9.—Weather the same; very severe. Weare | directly they saw it. They do not like-to speak | reaches Robert have gone in search of him. Hehad left the | God for our lives and the good health we are in. | wet. Have taken our tent down and pitched it on | & fine lead of water last night. ton it pS 1S aye : The D: dful Th hts of Canni- | 22° {or anoter one, and with great dimiculty found We could never have gotten through this 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'tesds but tonud itirapossible; ewe hed more, toa e Dreadiu ougats 0! Dn nis way back, very late. They saw him coming, | out them. If we ever get out of this diMculty they | alongside, Joe has built another hut alongside the | Another lead to-day, but farther otf. power we could have done eo; the screw of ihe steamer dressed with skins and covered with snow, and | can never be paid too much. Joe caught @ 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 fee bear; loaded thelr pistola and | small seul, which makes the elghth this month. | of pemmican and bread. Have set @ watch, and | | Faroay, April 25.—Wind increased to 9 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 e | Dightirom the N. E. Raining all night and to-day, member the night we got separated from the shi t som I re ip. Hans. KILLING A MEAL OF DOVEKIES. sleep whion we are in need of. Wind, W.N. W. | with snow squalls. Launched the boat at five At was the 15th of Octo! era almost altogether dan SATURDAY, Nov. 16.—Calm, but thick. Joe saw Fripay, Feb. 28.—Followed oP a bear track, but | Still blowing a gale. I think there is a northeaster The case was desperate; running with & hee ee then; it ppenes in the evening; win rr‘ cannot say if it was snowin, sf itis always three seals yesterday and ‘a fox track, but got | atacrack lost it, where he broke through the | outside by the way the pass has closed. light-built boat, damaged as she is, patched and Bs SAILS IN THE DISTANCE! | noting. we nave notning to feed auc danas Young lce and swam across. ‘Shot a meal of dove- | | Wapvuspay, April, 0.—Things, were quiet last | scratched all over. But what were wo to dot The Ppa th ee ld Oe pele peer they got at the provisions to-day; we shot five, ies 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 80 much | ing in on our starboard side: Captain Buddington gave 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 @ lew days, so that we have nearly | Meyer shot him; latitude 55 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 sos . * ‘TUESDAY, Nov. 19.—Cold and clear; stiff breeze | enough for a second meal, We are allowed two | sea runs very high, threatening to wash us off | crippled boat overloaded and a fearful sea run. | fF, such an dccasion; | everything was im readk Despairing Signals of Distress | roms.’ Four hours oi twilight yet. Wo must | dovektes per man, | Holléd with @ pot ot soup it | every minute. We dre in the hands of Goa; may | ming, diled with small ice as sharp as knives. But, | Children on the tee Seren oe eitany ioeienon 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 saiely through it. We are | minute: next thing we threw over provisions: we threw M di s V. ry bear tracks and five seal noles; I wish we could kill | the young ice and had a swim for it @ few days | water is coming nearer. Things look very bad. all soaking wet, in everything we have, | them so fast that some of them were getting lost; Captain ade in Vain. some of them; we are pretty well starved, Peter | ago. ‘The temperature was above zero, so 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 goton the fell through the ice with the rake to-day. All well. | 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 fons We gos pas 1¢ ice to move the nny 8 back, and then THURSDAY, Nov. 21.—Light wind; clear, The na- | Twenty-eight ‘to twenty-three degrees below zero. | hut. Have gotten everything in the boat ready | over a week. Nota single star have Iscen. All is et some cooking utensils; I went aboard tives caught two seals; 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 dre; Wi but, please God, it will soon BO ENO et coer et Ubewer annie Pataca ‘e have struck the sealmen’s | we were on was cracking, LAND WITHIN SIGHT, | one of them in the youngice, We moved into our SunDaY, March 2.—I'o-day God has sent us food | sun has set very good. Land in sight. It has pe Ficn new house to-day. We shot two dogs; they got at | in abundance. Joe shot an oogjook, one of the | cheered us up. The women and children are in er saw such an abundance of seals SEPARATED IN THE DARK. our provisions. We have two left. largest Kind; plenty of meat and oil; and forty- | the boat. We have not adry place to walk about efore; they are in schools like the porpoise. We The ship sinped anchor, and in three or four minutes THANKSGIVING DAY. two dovekies. It took all hands to are him home. | nor a piece of fresh water ice to eat, The sea has | hauled upon a floe after eight hours’ pull; could | we were afloat on different pieces of ice: the ship weng Tuurspay, Nov. 28.—Thanksgiving to-day; we | That was a good Sunday's work; rage ing the fine | swept over all, ‘The ice Is closing in fast; the wind | make no westing. Shot some seals, but they all | Sway inthe darkness) we had an immense quantity of So Near and Yet So Hard to | navenada feast—four pint cans of mock ture | fellow to the hut, and thanking dod’ for His | and sea going down. Midnight, twelve ‘o'clock.— | sunk; Joe shot them. Hard times. Pepe ie hd AA ar 4 Ra ad soup, six pint cans of green corn, made intoscouch, | 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 .ane this morn- | about half a mile when the running ice stopped us; We our chocolate—our day’s fea: All well, N.W. Snow dritting; cannot get out. Joe went | sleep, for we are worn out. st a # ba sag ole noe, fine. Ice very ase te oe nomnwars ofan pos C onan ee Monpay, Dec. No open water has been seen | out in the last blow; it seems to me he cannot STILL PRISONERS, ick aro! ar’ seLwraree Bulledrinoat a fad “Su indiarabbor blanket, mh Rtougt for several days; cannot catch anything. Land | stay in; he 1s a first-rate fellow; we would have THURSDAY, April 10.—Last night, quiet. Calm | were beset two hours vs ‘as been geen for several days; cannot determine | been dead men long since had it not been for him; | and cloudy;'no sun has shown itself; very warm. | small plece of ice, the best we could find. Snow- A a A NOTHER Ss A TL '! what shore it is, E. 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 that we cannot select a star to go by; some think THURSDAY, March 6,—Every man complaining of | Fripay, April 11.—Calm; cloudy, We cannot be | wanted, and the weather cleared up in the after. | steamed behind an island—Northumberland 1: it is the EK. land; for my part I tl {nk it is the | headache from the oogjook liver. Iam very sick | far trom shore. We saw @ fox, some crows and | noon. Got some things dried @ little, and half of | think itis vane and then we lost sight of her; we saw W. Boiled some sealskin to-day and ate it—binb- | with violent headache. 24 deg. below zero. suiall and birds. Mr, Meyer had his fingers and | us turned iu, Hans shot @ seal, making two to- Siig WAS Te GORE for He nA Da. eerie oe ee rend ber, hair and tough skin. The men ate it; Iconid | _Frtpay, March 7.—The gale abated this morning. | toes frozen the other morning. The ice Is still close day. Gat ashore tried several tines. after tlet, but lowe china’ The Welcome Tigress Approaching not. The 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 i of getting it off. bergs all round’ the floe, There was a fearful noise | two large bergs nearly on top of us, Not @ move. | S.E. Inthe evening changed to N. E., blowing | the ship was originally anchored ; in trying to get ashore to the Re THURSDAY, Dec. 5.—Light wind; @ little thick; | all last night, which kept us awake. The foe 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. e@ hhescue. 15 deg. below zero. A fox came too near to-day; | cracking, splitting and working in the most fearful | SarcRDay, April 12.—Light wind, 8. .; nearly | day. Latitude 63 deg, 30 min.N._ Snowed ai: 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 alittle swell. We are still prison- | and this forenoon. Cleared up this afternoon, but Q. What do you think of the condition of the 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. Plenty of | yten_ the order was given to get the things a ae Fripay, Dec. 6.—Very light wind; cold and clear. | every moment. I feel very bad yet, in my head | getthem. 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-hed SAVED AT LAST!!! | 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 in a good many days; A STEAMER SIGHTED. been making all along; 1 do not think the crushing she men, who liked It: they had a mouthful each for | say, is very dangerous to eat. But what is @ | 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 to do? We have eaten the seals, hair, | tude 55 deg. 35 min. N, the W. Heavy sea running; water washing over | Splendid ice boat if she only had @ little more steam to commence with so small au allowance, sot did | skin and everytiing about them, and are glad to| Svnpay, April 13.—Light wind, 8. W. The tce | the floe. Allready and standing by our boat all | Powers sh@ | was) built, very, strong, her hot try Mr, Fox. Last hight 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 The Story of the Steward EXTREME HUNGER. lovekies, Weather getting bad. it remained open’ but a few hours. lt has slack, | Squalls all nigut and during the forenoon, Launched | either thought we could easil " i Ai 7 a Satunpay, Dec. 8.—All in good health. The only A NIGHT OF DREAD. ened a little to-day, but we cannot do anything in | the boat at daylight (3:30 A. M.), but could get could not gett rough the Heer aout thin fe would tH m Ww ashington. thing that troubles us is hunger—that is very se- ‘TUESDAY, March 11.—Blowing a strong gale yet. | it. Last night splendid northern lights. Mr. | nowhere for the ice. Heavy sea and head wind; | anything of the king standing on the ship you would vere; We feel sometimes as though we could eat | 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 ag a Ae Pe Seer aes Coeur te mee nee owed tach’ 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 is neither open | plece of ice at six A. M. and had a few hours sleep, | {2707 Titan he thought we could. got aahore ‘and weather it all. making a jearfal 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 ie diditt understand our signals. MORE ABOUT THE POISONING STORY. Fripay, Dec, 13,—Light wind; cloudy; 19 deg. | a fearful day—cannot see, for snow-drift, Weknow | prisoners on this piece. All well. some bergs. They were fighting quite a battle in BUDDINGTON’S BESOTTEDNESS. » | below zero, Hans caught a small white fox in a | the foe is broken into small pieces. We are afloat, STARVATION NEAR AT HAND. the water, and bearing right tor us. We called the @, Do you know if Captain Buddington ever got drank? trap yesterday. The nights are brilliant, cold and | jumping and kicking about, This is not very MONDAY, April 14.—Wind light, N. The pack | watch, launched the boat and got away, the wind | A. You want the truth; I must answer you when y: Ly ‘ou clear. The scene is charming, if we were only ina | pleasant. My hope is in God. 6 degs. above zero. | still closed; no chance of leaving here yet, See | blowing moderately and the sea going down. We | mo; he did, both before and after Captain Hall's de: position to appreciate it. is iy ¥ WEDNESDAY, March 12,—Last night was a feariul | one or two seals every day, but cannot get them, | leit at one P.M. ‘The ice is much slacker, and pile tR cl ie IR pa ead eee at Buddington’s Drunken- Fripay, Dec, 20.—Light wind; cloudy. Joe found | night of suspense—ice creaking and Eel the | as the ice will not allow us to go through or over | there is more water than I have seen yet. Joe’ shot | Wanied me to give nim some liquor’ he said he put a case = @ crack yesterday and three seals. Too dark to ro ie 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 ness Exposed shoot. 1t 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 Sy Hall and asked if he would be Kind enough to a = 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} right ahead and a little tothe northof us. We | put the liquor in the magazine; you ask Captain Halt floe for starving men. ‘To-morrow will be our | has been going down, thank God, and now I can | very fast; our litule provisions are nearly finished, | hoisted the colors, pulled untildark, trying to cut | anything, he would look at it in the right light; he did choicest day—then the sun returns. fee around. A nice picture! Everything broken | Things look very dark; starvation very near. My | her olf, but she docs not see us. She 8.8 sealer, Geer ME ee si Perhaps never in the history of newspaper enter- | | SATURDAY, Dec. 21.—To-day clear; light wind. up into small pieces. The best piece we are on. | trust is in God, He Will bring us through, All| bearing S. W. Once she appeared to be bearing | Q. Did you ever see any of the other officers, excey prise has there been a more remarkable instance | 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 Buadington, drunk? A. No, sir; they’ used to = will have daylight. Then we hope to catch game. calmed down toa fine day, with o light breeze. TuBSDAY, April 15.—Nearly calm; very light | ing through the ice. What joy she caused! We | drink, but I never saw them drunk; Captain Budding- Sunpay, Dec. 22.—Caim hd clear asa 3 the joe caught two seals an lans caught one. ‘ap- | wind, N. je ice the same; no change, old last it arde for the at ~ mn e is of conscientious accuracy in narrative than was De C: @d ch bell; the | J I the C ind, N. Th h hi Gold last | found a small piece of ice and boarded it for the vy if he drinks at all, must get Cy kj he drank whi: 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 tick; thought we would night. Night caim and clear, The stars are out | Key While pe EO Ee abe HERALD of the recent Arctic disaster which over. | Have been cloudy or we are drifting south fast. | dovekles and the cook two, showing how good God | have a change in the weather. The sun shines ua | the first time for a week, and there is a new Moon. | }oard the ship: when I didn't know where he got his Our spirits are up, but the body weak; 15 deg. | is tous, From 6 to ln below zero, bright as ever. Splendid weather for making a | The sea quiet, and splendid northern lights. | drink from thought he must have been at the alcohol. A took the exploring expedition of the government. | below zero. SATURDAY, March 22. lendid day; very light | passage, but we cannot start. Latitude 54 deg. 58 | Divided into two watches, four hours’ Ten each, Q. Do you know of any dimcul! happening to the ship Every detatl of the story as 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 see Intend to start early. Had @ good pull thia after- | on accountot his being drunk? A. When we got beset roborated with wonderful minuteness by the sworn | 128 for to-morrow, when we shall have quite a | we have lived to see it, The sun shines very pow- | have more effect on him than on the rest of us; he | Poon made some westing. Cooked with blubber | 12 the ice in 5) deg. iI min. T think he was drunk 4 feast—half pound of raw tam, which we have been | erfully, at least I think 80. 10 degs. to 12 degs, | gets weak looking. fire. Kept a good one ali night, so that we could be | on these nights, but it was not the drink’s tault ital we evidence educed in the official investigation which | saving nearly a month for Christmas. A month | below zero. Joe caught two seals to-day, A FEARFUL THOUGHT. seen. Ship: Lasn pretty sure of that; Ido not know of any “4 has just taken place. But in addition to the tes- | ago our ham gave out, so we saved this for the THE FLOE GETTING SMALLER, WEDNESDAY, April 16.—Wind increasing a little THE RESCUE. ute ‘aboard the ship at any time. After Captain Hall timony already published 8 document is now pro- | east. 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. TuEsDAY, April 29.—Morning fine and calm; the | died Captain Buddington took command, and his com- y y DI deg. above zero. it looks fearful. Last night thesight was areadful. | My head and face have been swollen to twice their | Water quiet. At daylight sighted the steamer five | mand was submitted to by evprznod) on board; I kept a duced for the first time which is the most intensely MEAGRE CHRISTMAS CHEER. T went ont, 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 | fecord on the ice after we left the ship every day, tron interesting of all that has yet been written or said | | WEDNEspay, Dec. 25.—This is a day of jubilee at | of the door of our hut, wasa very large and ugly | is the Ice head-pillow and the sun. We keep an | made for her. After an hour’s pull gained on her @ | {hac will weil'the story better than Lean weil ituow. about this subject. ‘The steward of the Polaris, | HOMe, and certainly here for us; for, beside the ap- | looking iceberg Ceol against us. Our littie | hour's watch at night. Some one has been | good deal; another hour, aud we got fast in the HOPE FOR THE MISSING SHIP, ‘i + | proaching 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 om could get no further. Landed on a piece of ice Q. Do you think the Polaris will come out ht? 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 @| put my hand on the man. He did the hoisted our colors irom an eievated place. | Yes, sir; she is in very good Winter quarters: by next began, after his party were left so suddenly upon | One ounce of bread extra per man, which made piece ofice a large seal. We fired and thought we | same thing during the Winter, and on the | Mustered our rifles and pistols and fired together, | month they will be making water; they have plenty pro- the ice, a Journal, which he continued to the day of | OUF Soup for breakiast a little thicker than for din- | hit him. When we had pulled there with the boat, | might of the 7th Lcaught him in the act. We have | making a considerable report. Fired three rounds | Visions aboard; they have fewer people than we; there y ” 4 y ner. 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 answered by three shots, the steamer at | rt fourteen n prep ancars | vanes mavens concere their rescue, and which may claim acurious im- | pjood, 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 ‘wvonty- five 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, | 8. E. and kept on so ail day. He tried to work | would rot have enough to steam Disco; could simple yet graphic manner he presents an unem. | Meats few ounces of seal, which we saved witn | under the young ice. When opened, we ford con- | which cannot be much longer, unless something | through the ice, but could not. Very | steam over, mo doubt, with the wind in ple yet grap! p the blood, all ent up fine; last of our can of apples, | siderable milk in her;s80 we can have some good ot 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, ‘the whole was | soup to-night, using the mik and two quarts of | The only thing that troubles me is the thought of | vessel, much less @ steamer, could get | ie jee, but, he never seemed to take save of sufferings through Which they struggled with such | boiled to a thick soup, which, T think, was the | blood, We inade some good sausages irom the | cannibalism, It is a fearful thought, but may ag | through with ease. We fired several rounds and faire Tyan to ng enced #0 60 plone very, wells cap. sweetest meal lever 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 coiors flying, but he came no nearer. He very seldom; Hans and his family had a snow hut built admirable fortitude back into the life of civiliza- y 4 two ounces of bread gave us our Christmas dinner. | caught in Polaris Bay. 6degs. to 8 degs, above | such things are to happen we must submit, May | was not over four or five miles distant. Late in | for themselves: there was not a great deal - Von out of that of horror and dangers, Noonecan | Then, in the evening, we had eur usual thin soup. | zero. Hans shot another cai si God save us! “ the afternoon he steamed away, bearing 8. W. We ing on the tee; it ras not wanted; when oe eddae do read his ingennous pages without at once feeling | 50 ended Christmas Day, Monpay, March 31.—Strong wind W.N.W. Thick. TuuRspAY, April 17.—Light breeze from the | gave him up. In the evening he hove in sight pay ae directed it turned out wrong; (exhibiting rec- WEDNESDAY, Jan. 1, 1878.—Poor dinner fer New | Looks like clearing up. A seul and two calves | W.S.W. The ice the same—no opening yet. Lati- | again, but further of. While looking at him eopereceteny, caneiial: reagets Seve nya oe ae 4 “es enlisted in @'warm sympathy with the man who | yogis Da: 3 a & y—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 records his trials in such a manly spirit and evinces AN EXTRA PLPE OF TOBACCO. observation—69 degs. 41 min. N, ‘That makes | Winter for stealing the provisions, If I nad my | two sealers near, one on each a le of us, and I do $o8 *tecneds were’ ade’ from day to “days on ing such 9 souphing faith im ultimate deliverance by TvEsDAY, Jan. 7.—Mr. Meyer took an observa- | twenty-three miles per day that we have drifted | way, with the consent of all hands, I would call out | not expect to be picked up by either of them. At bd whenever I had an opportunity; I mad im iT ou! ie t tion last night; latitude 72° deg. 7 min., longitude | the last five days, besides what eddying we nave | and shoot down that two-legged dog who has since | sunset sighted lands. W., @ long way off. Mr. very day; they give a deta’ int 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 seals have ail been | been at them. I see most ar the kien tnve tinetr Meyer took an observation to-da; F ati ude 58 deg. ngnened 0 us Gael we were rossued | yee ae 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 min. N. Hans caught @ deal, Very small and | Spirated tom the Polaris everybody was woll De. Hew published below. twelve o'clock last nigut. The tobacco is getting | of ice gets much smaller, Open water. Sometimes | but growing very weak. young; gag baby ofa seal, Dried most of our | ginning: I never heard. him eotpiain, “except (rom. snow seaeaaigemine very short, so that I have to be very saving this | we get separated from the ice and it looks like the LAND AGAIN Bs SIGHT, things to-day, flindne: r. Bryan had been in good health all the Diary of John H. he Ste month. We are obliged to cook our meals with a | ocean which we have on one side of us—the E. side. Frivay, April ié.—Very light breeze from the N. WEDNESDAY, April 30,—Five A. M, weather thick | time; eT, much ‘respected on board the ship; eyery- y, a yoke Borren ws ward. Jamp—pretty slow work. ‘ht wind; 31 deg. be- | We are nearly off Cape Farewell. Lagt night pas Ten o'clock, Joe saw a small hole of water half a | and foggy. Glorious sight when the fog broke; a | Doty liked him. Oot, 15—Gale from the §.W.; ship made fast to | low zero, Good northern lights last night, very heavy sea: not a bit of ice to be séen as far | mile off, He took his gun and ventured over the | steamer ciose to us. She sees us and bears down | ,,%;,Do,vou think, barring accidents, there ts any dont foe; bergs pressed in and nipped the ship until GROWING WEAKER, asthe eyé could reach, To-day closed around & | Jooseice. No sooner had he gotten there than he | on us. We are saved, thank God! We are safe On | said all a Pao that’ ax detatne might see her in New we thought she was going down; tarew provis- Tuunspay, 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. Johu’s, Captain Bartlett. | York or Washington when we got back. ions overboard, and nineteen souls got on the foe lass ranges from 26 deg. to 31 deg. below zero, | our open boats; we must watch and wait and trust | made rapidly. took an hour to get the kyak | He says the other steamer could not have seen us, to receive them and haul them up on the ice, A jans caught @ seal to-day; thank God, for we are | in God, 7 min. to 12 sec. above zero, Caught | there a oppure it back, It is anice size | as the captain is noted for his humanity. The BROOKLYN MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, ee i einterr ant ‘cor 8 — va floe, Mi yee. a oat ne Rg as er dadhant ive re por chee na one ng seal, Be point ei Al ust pod pee be A eosae BY ey wtb 120 men, pM neta most poetry 4 o eed the ship. She was | morrow, and o 8e: is | Weather setting in; the floe wearing away rapidly. | trom starvation some days. The water is making | obliging I have ever met. ed. ul jatitude —T: out of sight fh tive minutes, We were afloat on | seal to save us; thanks to holy name! it has | I must hope for the best, All well. sips quite a lead, A joyful sight met our view thie 63 deg. 35 min, N, n pry einen eicias telate wie: Sere different pieces of ice. We had two boats Our | been so all the time. Just as we were played out TAKING TO THE BOATS, morning when we turned out—the land in sight Tanned “on fhe Riad hoe. which eee ohne | tote eee A Weds raw meat Wil drive it out, | lagt night’ Geant meay'on our foe: must leave ie | mornitg, but the weather bas become s0 thick that pte pce rc rei ihe Fa » WI of the scurvy. yu nig! ‘annot stay on our floe; must leave it | morning, but the weather has become so thic! a ‘The follo wi cracked in many places.’ We remained shivering | I hope, atonce, Got under way at cight A. M,, the boat | we have lost sight of it for the present. Were | torore the Seatinen peered a the steward | The regular weekly session of the _pommon all night, Saved very little provisions, THRER CHEERS FOR THE SUN! taking in water, Loaded too deep. | Threw over- | turned thanks to God for His mercy and goodness 0 etigating al, and contains | Council was held yesterday afternoon, President tew pounds of bread left | some new facts of great importance :— Clancy in the chair, The Mayor sent in a commu- for to-wight. The lead CAPTAIN HALL’S ILLNESS, nication nominating William A. Furey as member THE POLARIS STEAMS AWAY. Sunpay, Jan, 19,—Clear ; light wind ; 39 deg. below | board 100 pounds of meat; must throw away all | to us, for we have on! Pg aro, a 3 rd that ro the N. i zero. fee Hid a made his appearance ie e oad ee fon tabe carry oo aes fel the alg td Longe! a7 cm: o ro in , did 80 much | gave him three cheers, hoping we able to | and a few aking to cover us with, a little meat and | closed ut the push seems ve damage, haif inlle to the XE. Of us. Captain Ty. | start a month from now. Thank God for this day! | our bread and pemmican. Made ten to fifteen Blackened, We had visitors to.day—a row, two | gigtt, Heron, the steward, being examined, | of the Board of Education, to fill the vacancy gon reports. smali island a little to the N. of tie | we have long wished to gee it. The sun has brought | miles 8, and three or four miles W. from eight | small birds and aschool of canvasback ducks about a Towas born in Live 1, but am a citiz caused by the resignation of Jonn Finley, of the berg and close to the land, Plenty 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. 1 wish we could have | gates thirty-one perro of ayes abd Was m seed crite | Futh ward. A communtcation wag recelvod from We lost no time in launching the boats, getting the display of northern lights that I ever saw came off | boat, pitched our tent and intend stopping all | gotten a couple of shots at them and Knocked down | Polaris and sailed with her from New York Watter tear. | 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 mijgs 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 Upernayik we were Progressing northward; were ‘Truant Home, which it condemns as not conform- saw the Polaris. She had steam up, und 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 by The ive a little, but forced? our way throngh i ing to the specifications and being of an inferior in getting @ harbor, She got under the lee of an MonpDay, Jan, 20.—Light wind N.; very cloudy | zero. This afternoon spent in making from canvas | them. We divided the seal very ricely, lol Across Melville Bay and up Smith's Sound; went on till | quality, The sum of $5,500, it is reported, was island and came down with sails set—Jib, foresail, | and thick’; 34 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 | Ye came to wi teste tee Oud Kane's open Polar | expended on the Truants’ Home in 1871 and 1872, mainsail and staysail. She must have seen us, | made his appearance to-day. M:. Meyer took an | two more seals. This piece of ice is not very safe, | parts. One man then turned his back and called N went peyecd that threx ge which the only work apparent is a roof on the a8 the island was four or five miles of. We ex- observation last 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-five miles mI whic itehen of the old structure. The Committee on pected her te save us, as there was plenty of | 1 min. N,, and 42 miles from the E, shore. We have | afternoon. his share of meat, blubber and skin. e inside — called son Channel or Strait; we | ‘1°’ Rail for the Southside Rallroad, on the streets open water, beset with ice, which I think ‘she | not seen the E. ehore yet. I hope to see the island WEDNESDAY, April 2.—Lovely last night, The | heart, kidneys, liver, lights and stomach—were | wont up this channel in latitude Sddeg. 16 min.; of Williamsburg, reported adversely against per- could have gotten through. In the evening we | of Disco; the land is it. nig! there, but I am | floe lost several pieces. I could not sleep for two | divided between the quimauxand us. We then Wide cece we fh odae men mi mission to lay the rail. A minority report was scarted with the boats for shore. | Had we reached | afraid we will drift past it. We cannot help our. | reasons—the ice breaking up and too cold. Had | gave some blubber and rags each, go that we got & | hear hintsay anyining to the contrary sould presented and the Subject was laid over for one i. We could have walked on board in one bour, but paren however. We are in the hands of God, and | to keep tn motion to keep warm. Started at five A. re under way and cooked some good soup from | through the wiralt at that time, as it was fay ‘week, The Fourth of July Committee reported in the ice set in so fast when Near the shure that we | 1 am thankful. Hans shot a dovekey. Ihope he | M,; the weather very fine and calm, Worked the | what at other times I would call o1 Cut up fine | fot favor of awarding the contract for fireworks to Mr. 2 5 lowing Summer I could; we came down into Pol could not pull through it, We had a narrow es- | will give it to his boy. oars for two hours; then a breeze spr up and | in a guart of soup, with a little blood, the mess was | Bay, where wo had our Winter quarters; we put pro’ Hatfield, in the sum of $2,000, The contract w: cape im jumping from piece to piece, with the MONDAY, Jan. 27,—Calm; very cold; mercury | increased until it blew almost a gale We made | highly relished. We then turned in for the night, tens pencre and built an Observatory on shore ‘er the | however, voted to Mr, iy White, of Edge & Con painter in hand, until we reache@ the foe. We | frozen; thick this morning; clearing up now. | several narrow escapes with our boat before we | thanking God for His provecwon and goodness, to Pa hsled on. ean of October loptain went | whose bid was $150 less than Hatfield's, The pyro- dragged the boat two or three hundred yards, toa | The sun is out. Mr. Meyer took an altitade of the | conid find a plece of ice sale enongh to land on, | dream ol friends and happy daya tp come, Pevand t was afrald he woutd cuter feony teas Mek | technics Will be displayed on Sixth avenue, near hign place, where we thought she woald be secure | sun to-day and an observation from astar Jagt | and when we did she was making water fast, FIGHTING THR Wa’ he came back I asked him if he had been in soow houses, | Tenth strect, South Brooklyn; on Fort Green amd pnt morning, aad made ior our provisions, which | night. He makes it latitude 49 deg. 32 sec, God- | When emptied we founda hole in her side, which SuNDAY, April 20.—Blowiag & gale somewhere. | but he said be bad been travelling all he time he came | Af Union avenue and North Seventh sseok B lk