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VOL. V. NO. 38. ALONE IN THE AKCTIC. NO HELP FOR GREELY.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Greely must now rely upon Providence and his own devices. It was decided to-day by Commodore Eng- lish, Acting Secretary of the Navy, and Sec- retary Lincoln, not to dispatch another ex- pedition to the Arctic thie tall. The grounds for this action are the impossibility of ac- complishing anything by it. Replies were received from Lieutenant Garlington and Commander Wildes in answer to questions as tothe practicability of such «n_ effort. ‘Garlington’s reply was vague and unsatis- factory, which, thovgh not at all lucid, seemed to bein favor of a volunteer expedi- tion. Commander Wildes was more direct in his message. He said that it. was utterly impracticable, and stated that the foreign crew which was aboard the Proteus acted badly. If a new expedition was to go it must be thoroughly equipped with AMERICAN SEAMEN and trained naval officers. Upon receiving it Commodore English said he should not allow another vessel to go north this fall, because it was evident that it would be sim- ply foolhardy to doso. There were plenty of men always ready to go, but he would not allow it. This settles the matter, and no doubt wisely, from all the informatiou in - possession of either department. In answer ‘toa question as to why he had not made his ‘cache of supplies in the viciriity of Littleton Island on his way north, according to his supplemental ordérs, Lieutenant Garlington to-day informed the department that it was not a part-of his programme Just what he means fs not known, and judgement is with- held until he shall arrive here and make ex- planation. It\may be that Garlington can give CONTROLLING REASONS which do not now appear. His failure to es- tablish his depot ‘fon his way North,’ as ordered to, is regarded at the department as a fatal mistuke and the cause of the complete faiure of the relief expedition. ff this depot had been established the sinking of the Pro- teus would have been a matter of no conse- quence at all to Greely. She might as well have gone to the bottom of the sea as to St. Johns for all practical purposes, if ke had only found upon his retreat a reintorcement with food, fuel and shelter where he expect- ed it. The attempt to penetrate Smith’s Sound without the base of supplies in the rear was thus a terrible mistake, and is espe- cially aggravatirg because made in direct disobedience of orders. It is supposed that Garlington cannot fail to ask for a court of inquiry upon his return, ‘There was another hope which was clung to until to-day. It was thought that with the information of the wreck of the Proteus the Yantic might have left a depot from her own stores. It is now learned that she left nothing. All supple- mentary information so far increases the seriousness of Greely’s position. COMMANDER WILDES’ TELEGRAM. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Commodore English, acting Secretary of the Navy, has received the following dispatch: St. Jonns, N.F., Sept. 15.—l'o Commo- dore English, acting Secretary of the Navy: To charter another foreign ship, with « foi- | eign crew, for this duty to go rorth at this late season, would simply invite fresh disas- ter. The Proteus was handled very unskill- fully, and the crew behaved shamefully at the wreck. ‘The ship must be American manned and officered by the navy, and thor- | oughly equipped. Unless winter quarters can be reached north of Cape Athel the at- tempt would be useless. This cannot be done. Melville Bay will be impassable by October Ist at the latest. The ship cannot winter at Uppernavik, and cannot sledge north from there. F, WILprEs. Commander of the United States Yantic. GARLINGTON’S MESSAGE, The following dispatch, from Lieutenant Garlington, was recieved at the signal office Sr. Jouns, N. F., Sept. 15.—Chief Signal Officer of the United States: Stores were not left at Littleton Island, because {t was not in my*programme to do so, It was my | CLEVELAND, O. SEPTEMBER 20, 1888. $2.00 PkER ANNUM SINGLE CopriKs 6 CENTS. intention to establish a depot at or near Cape Prescott, and to the northward, as recom- mended by Lieutenant Greely, and _ to fill the gaps caused by the Neptune’s failure to get above Cape Sabine. See Greely’s letter, Beebe report, and my own _ instructions. Two hundred and fifty-five rations were left at Uppernavik by the Yantic party. Part of these met meat a’ point forty miles north of ‘Tessusak, and all have since. returned to the Yantic. The ultimate result of any un- dertaking to go. north at this time is ex- tremely problematical. The chances are against its success, owing to the dark nights now beginning in those regions, making all navigation extremely critical worl .- -'There is no safe winter anchorage on the west shore of Greenland, between Disco and Pan- dora Harbors, except perhaps North Star Bay, the winter quarters ef Saunders. How- ever, there is A BARE CHANCE OF SUCCESS, and if my recommendations are approved I am ‘ready and anxious to make an effort. My plan isto buy a suitable sealer, take a crew from volunteers from the Yantic and Powhattan, now in this harbor, paying them extra compensation, Lieutenant J.C. Col- well to commnund the ship, and two ensigns and one engineer to be taken from those who may volunteer. From the.same ship also to employ a competent ice pilot here. The ship muat be.under the United States. Jaws and subject to military ‘discipline. I believe nothing can be done with foreign officers and crew. In event of not enough seatwren volunteering the remainder .to’be en- listed here. Commander Wildes will com- municate with the the Navy Department. Tf anything is done it must be done at once. ; E. A. GARLINGTON. It appears from the above that if the sup- plemental instructions were sent to Garling ton he never receieved them. Lieutenant Garlington has been advised that the Secre- tary of War will not authorize the proposed expedition this fall, but will order one next year. THE LOST STOKES OF THE PROTEUS. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—It seems to be| generally admitted here by those who discuss the subject of the landing of the Proteus’ stores at the mouth of Smith’s Sound before the ship herself encountered the perils of the heavy pack north of Cape Sabine, was of the utmost importance, Prudent Arctic naviga- tors, under similar cireumstances, have al- ways endeavored to secure the safety of their food supply by getting the bulk of it on solid land as soon as possible after reach- ing their base of operations, and before run- ning the extreme risk which is necessarily inyolved in the attempt to penetrate any part of the great polar pack, — ‘lhe experi- enced Arctic navigator, Leigh Smith, on his last voyage to Franz Josef Land, two years ago, took precaution to puta large part of his provision ashore at the earliest possible | moment, so as not to be entirely at the mercy of the ice. The wisdom of this course was demonstrated only a few days later by the crushing and sinking of his ship. If the bulk of the Proteus’ stores and the ready- made house which she had on board had been LANDED IN THIS WAY on Littleton Island or Cape Sabine as soon as the ship reached either of these points it would not have been necessary for Lieuten- ant Garlington to seek safety at Upper Na- vik, 800 miles away, and the lives of Lieu- tenant Greely’s party not have been im- perilled as they now are, by the insuflicient supply of provisions at a point where they had reason to expect an abundance. The | responsibility for this fatal omission must rest, itis said, either upon the department which planned the campaign, or upon the officer to whom was intrusted the execution of it. The department refers to its supple- mental orders as evidence that it had fore- seen and guarded against such misfortune as that which befell the Proteus, by directing that her stores be landed before she entered Smith’s Sound, Lieutenant Garlington, on the other hand, seems, it is snid, to have had no knowledge of the supplemental orders, and to have acted upon his original instruc- tions, which were to land his stores on their retreat, after they had tried to get through Smith’s Sound and had failed. This apparent | misunderstanding between Lieutenant Gar- | lington and the department as. to THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP of the summer’s Arctic campaign will doubt- less be cleared up when further information shall have been recieved from Lieutenant Garlington by mail. As the situation now stands, Gazlington seems to have been act- ing in accordance with his original instruc- tions, and his telegram to-day bears, it is said, no evidence of any knowledge ot the modification of these instructions by the la- ter supplemental orders. Some surprise is’ expressed here to-day that Lieutenant Gar- lington, after the loss of his ship, did not | wait at Cape Sabine or Littleton [sland tor | the arrival of the Yantic, instead of under- taking a long and hazardous journey in open boats to Uppernavik. July 23d, when the Proteus was crushed, it was near the begin- ning of the best season for Arctic Naviga- tion, and was at the height of the Arctic summer. ‘The ship-wrecked crew would have had to wait for the Yantic, as events proved, only eleven days, and if the latter ship had not been obliged to search tor Gar- lington and his men she might have re- mained two or three weeks longer at the mouth Smith’s Sound and have given Lieu- tenant Greely that much more time to reach there if he were on his way itt, boats.—Jnter Ocean. ha TRY TREASURY DECISION. The following decision has been rendered by the Treasury Department to the surveyor at Memphis, ‘Tenn., regarding the proper enrollment and transfer of vessels: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON.— Sir: The Department is in receipt of your letter submitting a question in regard to the issue of documents to the steambont Silver Lake. It appears from your statement ot the case that H. D. Parmelee, of LaCrosse. Wis., sold this boat to S. H. Horner, of Helena, Ark. W. R. Righter, of Helena, was to be her master, who appeared at your port and surrendered her enrollment, No, 12, | dated LaCrosse, June 19, 1879, and her | ligense, dated also at LaCrosse, November 12, 1882. But upon presenting the bill of sale, executed by Parmelee, it appeared that there was another enrollment, No. 6, out- standing, dated November 12, 1882, Yon, therefore, declined to issue new papers till enrollment No. 6 should be produced. After an interval of several weeks, the owner under Parmelee’s bill of sale and the new master appeared, and stated that Parmelee alleged that. he had turned, over to them the proper enrollment with the other papers. ‘They further stated that enrollment No. 6 could not be found. Thereupon you allowed the new master to make oath. to loss of the old enrollment, as required by article 81 of | Customs Regulations of 1874, and issued | new enrollment and license. On _ notifying | the surveyor of LaCrosse of your action, | you were informed by him that Melvin Martin, of LaCrosse, was half owner of the boat, as was shown by enrollment No. 6, | and that the eale of the entire interest in the | poat by Parmelee was fradulent. Being now convinced that the surrender of enroliment No. 12 and the withholding ot enrollment No. 6 were intended to cover his fraud and | conceal the true ownership, you recall the enrollment and license issued to Horner, | and informed him and Righter of the im- | proper use ot those documents. You now inquire in behalf of Righter, if on his buying | in the other half interest in the boat, and | obtained copy ef enrollment No. 6, new | marine documents can issue to him. You | are informed that when a bill of sale is pre- | sented to you, or two or more bills of sale, reciting enrollments showing that all in- | terests enumerated in enrollment No. 6 have | been conveyed to Righter or Horner, or to | both, as joint owners, a new enrollment and | a new license, in his or their names, can | issue, | With the actual possession of the boat you | have nothing to do. [tis of no concern to | you, as surveyor of the port, who has charge | of her, Very respectfully, H. F. Frencu, Acting Secretary. National Board of Steam Navigation. The twelfth annuel meeting of the Board will be held at the METROPOLITAN HOTEL, Wew7 Work City, On the 2th of October, 1883, at 11 o'clock A. M. As business of much importance to the Steam Vesse? in- terests ofithe country will be-brought up for discussion, a full attendance is requested. E. W. GOULD, President. CHARLES {H. BOYER, Secretary, 90 Wall st., New York Oity. N. B,—Local boards and individual delegates will please send names of those who will attend the meeting as early as “possible to the Secretary so that hotel ac- commodations may be secured. STORM SIGNAL CODE. A dispatch from New York, dated Sep- tember 15, says: A rew official ‘danger and distress and storm signal code,” for the Signal Service, seacoust. stations, and mari- ners,-has just been published by the Chief Signal Officer at Washington, with full in- structions for day and for night signaling. It also contains a'chart of the Life Saving Service day and night signal code, with in- structions. This system has long been needed. The flag system, it is well known, has been in use a number of years, but it has never been arranged.ia_ such aform as tobe useful tor signiding on shore and vessels at sea. The night signal system of this code, as adopted by the service, is the invention of Benjamin F. Coston. whose widow perfected the same for use in our navy during the war. His son, William F, Coston, has introduced it in.a wider tield, viz;_ In Commercial as well as naval marines, By means of this night signal code, the Coston night signals have been adapted to the signals of the international code. In using these lights the letters of the international code are made by burning single or combined lights corresponding to the letter. Intervals of twenty seconds will be made between the letters of any combina- tion, and intervals of one minute between combinations when more than one is re- quired to signal any message. THE AGNES, A_letter from George N. LaVaque, who left Duluth some ten days ago for the pur- pose of purchasing a steamer for the north shore route for Cooley, LaVaque & Co., to take the place of the tug Siskiwit, contains the information that he has succeeded in purchasing from the Marine City Stave Company, of Marine City, Mich., the hand- some little propeller Agnes. The Agnes is a new buat, having been built at Algonac, Mich., some three years ago. Her hullis built entirely of cedar, and she was built expressly for the St. Clair river route, but before she was finished the company engaged in the work failed. She was shortly after purchased by Hon. C. Mc- | Elroy, who gave her the name she now goes by. That gentleman put in the machinery and built the upper works on her. The first season she ran in connection with the Can- ada Southern railroad, between St. Clair, Mich., and Courtright, Ont. ‘The second year she was placed on the route she was in- tended for—the St. Clair river route—and has been running on this route steadily ever since. The Agnesis over 100 feet long and is about 30 feetin width. She is supplied with the best of machinery and is capable of running over twelve miles an hour. She ts housed in, has accommodations for about 100 pas- sengers, and is a handsome boat and just suited for the route her new owners intend placing her on—between Duluth and the Landing. We learned that the price pad was $8,000 cash.— Duluth Times. atlas Caprain Carrer, of the steamer City of New Orleans, reports that the work at Plum Point and Lake Providence on the Missis- sippi, by the Government, has much im- proved the channel. Where all boats betore had trouble in passing there is now the deer- est water, Ween “atations »