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Show CAPTAIN HALL'S EXPEDITION. i''ir 'tii'--riiti.jiH i .-1 ''.'t'li'a of ruiiiLiiia., oft:n tragic, hai Iimn- around t he numerous nu-merous atttimpu 10 roach the North I'olc ur di-.-o.vr a nurth-wc.it 1 fj.'oiii; i'j lii'li.i. ili'j jirujfro.'i of fr'icn'j, h'O'i ni.inips and railroad i have w.fh'. ill': oi.-covcry of a north-; weit pnfiijru t matter uf no importance; import-ance; but ih'! same yearn in de.iiro to, penetrate thu iny.itcric.i of the Arctic region i.s tw Hlrnritf as rsver. And now, early in the Mimmcr of tliia year of ((race, 171, Cij'ain I f-ets out on another ctnclitioii in ill-: same direction, direc-tion, th'i ti'iiw-i-iary eiui.incnt having (won t'urnili- 'i by tin: (United States through an upproiniation uiado by (Jongrc.-w ir the purpo.-u'. ('aptain Hull i.s .sansniuo that he will reach tlio North li vvh-m, of course, hn can take i--(;;-ion of rtrit intere-it-inx region in the innn of the United Htate.s, ah a wt ofappendii to Alaska, a littlo coldor and a trill) nearer the region where ciplle summur means , nix mr-mlis of .uu-!i'ht at a spell. , That the expedition may largely beno-1 (it science and extend our kuowlcdgo j of the glob.i wo inhabit is beyond ; doubt; but what will ho imd, supposing! ho should reauh tho goal of hia hopes ? j It i.s Slid be us Wcll-iiupplied with sleiliei to make a trip on the ice over : to the initial point whero latitude bo-i Kins. Hut whatoftho statement made by several Arctic explorers, that there I is a vnst and open polar ocean, whose bluo water they could sco yet could notreaoti? There w a region there, at least two thousand miles in diameter, of which the world is yet in total ignorance. ig-norance. It may be found, should Captain Hall bo an successful aa ho is sanguine, that an open ocean exists nrounl the Polo, with a continent, prohaMy inhabited by beings to whom I he advent of adventurous adventur-ous Americans would bo as strango as though they were visitants from another an-other planet. And it may be that the theories of numeroiH scientists and explorers ex-plorers will bo proved erroneous, and that eternal silenej and eternal ice reign supremo in that unknown part of the globe. Whether Captain Hall, with his large experience in Arctic explorations, can succeed in penetrating the mystery which hangs around the north tituo will It'll, lie may bo successful, and lie may, like others before him, perish in that inhospitable :Iimato ; but he is deserving of all honor lor his deter-! initiation and couragj in renewing liis; attempts iu the same direction, having I already secured enviable eminence as a hardy and intelligent explorer. Andj from the day the I 'ohm's leaves the coulines of ciriliation,anxious thoughts ..-.will thllow in imagination, and tho pub-lie pub-lie will wait with eagerness ior news of tho progress of the daring band and their leader, who thus seek to penetrate tho trra ineognito of the north. |