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Show FATE Of HALL'S ARTIC EX" ! PEDITION' Sad tidings have again come from the Arctic regions ; juat sueb news as has boon oft repeated since James attempted at-tempted to discover tho north-west passage and in almost every subsequent subse-quent effort of the kind, including those mado to penetrate the polar sea. ; Since the year 1819, when the lamented lamen-ted Sir John Franklin, under the orders or-ders of the British government, sot sail to explore the Arctic Bea, and spent three years in those ioe-bound regions, numerous attempts have been made, by different explorers, to solve tho mysteries of this oountry of supposed perpetual oold. Long Binoo, sufficient information was obtained to convince tho world that further exploration and effort to penetrate into tbo frozen Be-orote Be-orote of the north pole oould result in benefit to no one, while they must evor be attended with immense expense and great loss of life. Yot, again, and again, and again, adventurous spirits have oome forward to attempt the problem, pro-blem, and with universal "God speed " they have sailed to find thoir gravep. When captain Hall started upon his voyago, less than two years ago, a very peroeptible murmur of protest sounded through the newspapers of the oountry against farther attempt to proscouto researches that must entail unknown peril aod possibly death upon the daring dar-ing ones undertaking them. But the good ship Polaris departed upon her mission, and to-day we are called upon to chronicle the death of her noble commander and we know not how many of her gallant crow. Thirteen sailors with captain Buddington still j remain with the vessel. Nineteen were ; rescued by the Tigress, after the usual j almost incredible sufferings and privation?. priva-tion?. It is to bo hoped that those still living may eecape from their icy grave, and eharity would desire that this might end, for many a year, further fur-ther pursuit of what must bo looked upon as but a wild ignis fatuus. The world wants no more horrible tales of awful sufferings upon those inhospitable inhospit-able sous of ice; yet there is scarcely a doubt that still others will be found ready and anxious to start for the pur-poso pur-poso of trying to solve what has been hitherto insoluble. |
