Show THE POLARIS DISASTER DISASTER and death aro are the tile almost invariable attendants of arctic expeditions ions as is the history of almost every everyone one ono hitherto attempted has demonstrated and although arctic voyages and explorations exploration shave haye been numerous they thus far have been totally barren of any returns scientific or geographical to compensate for the loss of the many brave men who have participated in and braved their dangers owing to the tiie repeated disasters and small returns the fever for arctic discovery is not near BO so strong now on i the other side of the tiie atlantic as it was some years ago enthusiasm lias has been almost chilled chilled to deatha deat haild hd ne we hear ilear little of england or any of the other nations of northern europe taking any very active steps in this direction the enthusiasm thusia sm of later years has beell been higher this side of the water than tile tilo other and the names of kane hall and some one or two others have lave become famous oil on account of their voyages and journeys in the ley icy seas and fields of the inhospitable hospi table tahle rrth north lost meaders readers remember captain halls halis account of the pleasure and delight lie experienced while eating and drinking his pounds of blubber and gall gaii gallons orts ortH of oil per day sleeping in lee ie house houses and sharing sharin in other delicacies aa anu pleasures which could only be obtained and enjoyed en on a cruise to the north pole palo while reading his glowing account one was almost persuaded to believe that the tile stunted and hardy Esqui maux savages were among earths earthy most favored deniz that their mode of life was in many respects really a desirable and tolerably happy one but most of this high coloring was no doubt owing to the ardent imagination of an enthusiastic voyager like captain hall rail halij and like most of the romance ma nce nee and charm with which adventurers far from home are invested by the writers it existed only on the printed page for as we have already said disaster and death and hardships of the most t trying ng kind have to be suffered hy by those who have actual dual a experience e peri perl ence our dispatches dispatches today to day bring sad news from the arctic expedition sent out by the united states government ern ment sometime in the summer of 1871 under the command of captain hall of bf cincinnati the tile captain had made one or two trips to those inhospitable regions prior to that time and had penetrated pro probably as far north as any of his predecessors under his supervision the polaris was built and was supplied wilh with all the appliances and contrivances which ills his previous experience had suggested as necessary to ensure safety and success on an expedition of tile tiie kind the party left in high spirits tile the commander from his ills public utterances seeming confident of at last solving tze the problem of arctic exploration and of planting the stars and stripes on the north pole the time set at tile the latest we believe for this was 1874 but these anticipations cl a eions have met a sad and terrible me disappointment for the telegrams today to day say that captain hall died very suddenly in October 1871 that disaster has overtaken the polaris fo for r she in a dama damaged 1 ed condition without boats is now with a portion of her hur crew frozen up somewhere in the arctic seas with no chance of liberation until next july and it is uncertain even then kinteen of those on board by some fortunate chance were rescued after dis embarking but they endured terrible hardships before they were rescued keeping body and soul together with scanty supplies of raw aw seal and polar bear they are expected at st johns N B next monday and it is lael likely that further details regarding the polaris may be made known but the nation will vili deplore the death of captain hall the disaster attending tile tiie expedition and the uncertainty hanging over tho fate of the poor fellows ice lee locked in the ill lii fated steamer |