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• -V? '."if. Sm,? 2S>2S.f VOL. V. NO, 38. CLEVELAND, SEPTEMBER 1883. •2 oo P» Aknum f Hivoi.1 counts a Centi. ALONE IN THE AKC I'IC. JKO HELP FOR ORBKLY.] . WAflHksaTOif.-TSSpt'lB-—Qfoolv must now rely upon Providence and hla own dovlces. It was decided tn-duv hy Commodore Eng¬ lish, Acting Secrolai y of the NaW, and Sec¬ retary Lincoln, not to illspatoh. nnother ex¬ pedition to tho Arctic thlp fall. The grounds for this action aro the Impossibility of ac¬ complishing anything by It Replies were reieivcd from Lleutohant Garllngton and Commander Wildes In answer to questions as to the practicability of such un effort. Garllngton's toply was vague and unsatis¬ factory, which, though not at nil lucid, seemed to be In favot bf u volunteer expedi¬ tion. Commander Wildes was more direct In his message. Ho said that it was utterly impracticable, and stated that the foreign crew n hlch n as Aboard tho Proteus noted badly. If n new expedition was to golt must be thotolighly equipped with , AMKRICAN SEAMEN and trained naval officers. Upon receiving it Commodoro English snld he should not allow another vessel to go north thU fall, becauso It was evident that It would bo sim¬ ply foolhardy to do so. There were plenty of men always rently to go, but he would jtot allow it. This Settles tho matter, and no doubt wisely, fronTtoll the Information In possession of either department. In answer to n question hi to why he bad not macm hla cache ot snppllos In the vicinity ol Littleton Island on hla way north, apcordlug to his supplemental brders, Lieutenant Garllngton to-day Informed the department that it was not a part of his progiimme Just what he menus Is not known, unci judgement is with¬ held until he shall arrive here and make ex¬ planation. It imay bo that Garllngton can give CONTROLLING REASONS which do not now appear. His failure-to es¬ tablish his depot "on his way North," «s ordered to, l« regafded at tho department as a fatal mistake and the cause of the complete falure of the roUef'expedition. If this depot had been established the sinking of tho Pre- tens would have been a matter of no conse¬ quence at nil to Greely. Shq might as wolt have gone to the bottom ot the sea ns to St. Johns for nil practical purposes, If ho had oitlv found upon his retfentjt relnlorcement with food, fuel and sholtei where he expect¬ ed It The attempt to penetiato smith's Sound without the base of supplies in the renr was thus a tei rlble mistake, ajitl Is esjie- flally aggravatlrg because made In dlicct disobedience of orduis. It N supposed that Oarllngton cannot M\ to ask for a court of inqnlrv upon lila iutiini. There was another hope which was clung to until to-dav. It was thought that with ehlInformation ofthe- v. ret k of the Proteus tho Yantlo might have left a depot fioni tier own stoies. It Is now learned that she left nothing. All supple¬ mentary Information so far increases tho seiloiisuonsof Gieelj's position. COMMANDER \\ILUh»' 1ELKOIIAM. Washinuion, Sept 15 —Coininodoie English, nctlng 'secretary of the Navy, has received tho following dispatch. .St Johns, N. V , Sept IB —To Commo¬ dore English, acting Secretary of the Navy To charter another torolgu ship, with a foi- elgn cicw, for this duty to go I orth at this late season, would simply Invito fiosh disas¬ ter. The Proteus wus liaudlud very uiiHklir- fulh, anil the crcn behaved shatncfiillv at live wieck The ship must bu Ameilcap manned and officered by tho navy, and lllor- oughlj equipped. Unless winter quartois can ho reaohou north 6f Capo Atliel the at¬ tempt would be useless.. This cannot be tlono. Melville Bay will be Impnssablo by October 1st at the latest. The ship cannot w|nter at Uppernavlk, and cannot sledge north from there. F. Wildes. Commander of the United Statos Yuiitlo. QAKI.INGION'H MKSSAQE. The following dispatch, from Llolitonant Garllngton, was reciovod at the signal olllco to-day • (51. Johns, N. F„ Sept. 15.—Chief Signal Officer of the United States. Stores weie not left at Littleton Island, bocause It was uot lu myprogrnmmu to do so. It was my Intention to establish n depot at or near Cupe Prescott, und to tho north watd, as recom¬ mended bv Lieutenant Greoly; and to fill the gaps caused bv the Noptune's failure to get above Capo Sabine. See Greelv's letter, uoobo report, and my own Instructions. Two hundrod and flftv-flve rations were left at Uppernavlk by tho Yantlo p"arty. Pait of these met me at n point forty miles north of Tessusak, and nil have since returned t(S the Yantlc. The tdtlmnto result of any un¬ dertaking to go north at this time is ex- tromely problematical. Tho chances aro against its success, owing to the dark nights now beginning In those regions, making all navigation extremely critical worl- - There la no safe winter anchorage on the wost ulioro of Greenland, between Disco and Pan¬ dora Harbors, except "perhaps North Star Bay, the «inter quarters ef Qiiunders. How¬ ever, there Is A BARE CHANCE OF SUCCESS, and if my recommendations aro approved I am ready and anxious to make nn effort. My plan Js to buy a suitable sealer, taken crew from volunteers from the-Yimllu mill Powhnttnn, now In this harbor, paying tbsm extra compensation, Lieutenant J. C. Col- well to command tho ship, and two ensigns and one engineer to be take* from those who may volunteer. Prom the same ship nlsn to employ a competent Icoj pilot here. The ship must be under the United Slntea ■laws and subject to military ^discipline. I bellove nothing can be done with foreign officers and crow. In event of not enough' seatren volunteering the remainder to 1jo en- llBted here. Commander Wildes will com¬ municate with the' the Navy Department If anything Is done It must be dope at once. E. A. Garlinoton. It appears from the above that Vf the sup. plemental instructions weroseut to Gnrllng ton ho uoNer receieyed them. Lieutenant Garllngton has boen advised that the Secre¬ tary of War will not authorise the proposed expedition tills fall, but will order one next year. THE I OBI 81 ORES OV 1111'. PROTEUS. Washington, Sept. 15.—It seems to bo goneially admitted here by those who discuss the subject of the lauding of the Proteus' stores at the month Of Smith's Sound befoio the Bhlp herself oncountorod the perils of the heavy ilack north of Capo Sabine, Was of the ulnioU Importance. Prudent Arctic nuVign- tor», under similar circumstances, have al¬ ways endeavored to scoure the safety of tlioli food supply by getting tho bulk of It on solid nuul ns soon as possible after reach¬ ing their base of operations, and before run¬ ning tho oxtremo risk which Is necessarily Involved In the attempt to penetrate any part of "the groat polar pack. Tho experi¬ enced Arctio navigator, Lflgh Smith, on his last vqyago to Fran/ Josef Land, two years ago, took precaution to put a largo part of IiIb Drovlslou aehoro at the oaillcst possible moment, so as not to bo entirely at tho ineicy of tho Ico. The wisdom of. this-coin ae was demonstrated only a four'unvB later by the crushing and sinking of Ills shlp,_ If tho bulk of tho Protous' stores and the'road)- made houso which alio had on board had been i.aniiki) in una \\.\y on Littleton Island or Capo Sablno as soon as the Bhlp rohchod eithei ot these points It would not Jiavo been neecsstiry for Lieuten¬ ant Garllngton to seek safety at Uppei Nit-' vlk, HOI) Milieu away, and the lives of Lieu¬ tenant Oiooly's paitj not have been Im¬ perilled as the) now aie, by tho Insufficient supply of pro\islon8 at a point where tliey Imd ronson to expect nn abundance. The responsibility for this fatal omission must rest, It is said, either upon tho department which plauued the campaign, vi upon the officer W whom wns Intrusted tho execution of it. Tho department refers to Its supple¬ mental orders as evidence that It had lore- Been and guaidcd against such misfortune as that which befell the Protous, by directing that hor Btoros bo landed boforo she oiftercd Smith's Sound Lloutonant Garluigton, on tho other hand, soonis, It is said, to have had nb kuowtcdgo ol tho supplemental orders, mid to have acted upon his original instruc¬ tions, which were to land his stores oi, tholr retrcnt, nttor.they had tried to get^hrongh Smith's Souira and had failed. This apparent, misunderstanding between Lieutenant Gar¬ llngton and tho department as to J THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP ' j of tho summer's Arctic campaign will doubt-' less bo cleared up when further Information shall 1mve been recloved from Lieutenant Garllngton by mall. As the situation now stands, Oarllngton seems to have been not¬ ing in accordaqco with his original Instruc¬ tions, and his telegram to-day bears, It Is said,"ho evidence of jiny knowledge ot the modlflontlo'n'of these Instruction, by the la¬ ter supplemental orders. "'Some surprise Is expressed here fa-day that Lieutenant Gar¬ llngton, after the loss of hla ship, did not wait at Cape Sttblhe or Littleton IslnhTl lor the arrival of the Yantlc, instead of Under¬ taking a long and hazardous journey in open boats to Uppernavlk. July 23d, when the Protous was crushed, It wus near the begin¬ ning of the best season for Arctio Nuvlgn- tlon, and was at tho height of the Arctic summer. The Bhlp-wrcokeQ crew would have had to wait Tor tho Ywrtlc, hb events proved, onlv eleven days, and If the latter ship had not boon obliged, to search lor Gar¬ llngton and his men she might llnve 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 thore If he were on his -way In.boats.—inter Op*a»i. •-' ~t ".." National Board of Steam Navigation. Tho twnltlh annin-l moPtlna'of lh« Boanl will lie helil at tho M1TROPOLITAN HOTEL, ±T©T77" *H"or3s Qlt^r, On tho 24th ol October I8S.1, at 11 o'clock A M Ah lnulneuH of much Importance to tho Steam Veaaf' tn- tcrCHtHontho countrj ulll lip bronghtup fordlBcuivilon, a full attendance la requested E w GOULD, Frcrident CHARLns ."It- BOYEIt, Sccrolary, 00 Wall at, Nov York OUT N. n,-Lftcal board) and liidl-v Idnnl delegate* »ill plcaao send namoa of thoso who will attend the meeting aa early oa 'pomtlblo In the Secretary ao that hotol ai- comtnodatlons mil) be secured _______ TREASURY DECISION. The following decision has been rendered by the Treasury Department to tho surveyor at Memphis, Tenn., regarding the proper enrollment nnd trnnsfer of vesaela: Treasury Department, WashIngton.— Sir The Department is In receipt oLyour letter submitting a question In regard to the Issiin of documents to the ateamboat Silver Lake. It appears from vour statoment ql tho caso that II. D. Parmeloe. of LaCrosse. Wis., sold this boat to S, H. Horner, of Helona, Ark. W. R Rlghter, of Helena, was to he her master, who appeared at yout port and surrendered her enrollment. No, 12, dated LaCrosse, Juno 10, 1870, and her license, dated also at LnCrossc. November U, 1882 But upon presenting the bill of sale, executed bv Parmelce, It appe ired that there was another enrollment, No. 0, out¬ standing, dated November 12, .1882. Yon, therefore, declined jto Issue new papers till enrollment Nn. 0 should bo produced. After an interval of several weeks, tho owner under Pai molee's bill of Bale and the now niastei appeared, and stated that Parmelce alleged that lie hndi turned over to tliom the proper enrollment With the other papers They further stated that enrollment No. 0 could not bo found. Tlieieupon )ouiillowed tho now master to make oath to losa of the old oniollment, ns required by article 81 of Cuetoms Regulations of 1871, and Issued : now enrollment nnd licence. On notifying [ tho survoyoi ol LsCiobbo of your action, , you woio Informed by him that Melvln ( Mm tin, of LaCiosso, Was half owner ol the boat, as mh shown by enrollment No. (I, and that tho eale of tho entire Interest In the uoat by Pin melee was lindulent. Being now con,vlncod that the surrender ot emollinont No 13 and the withholding ot enrollment No. 0 note intended to cover Ills fiaud and conceal the true owiioiehlp, jou lecall tliOs ourollinept and license Issued to Hornet/ inn! lnfoinied him artel Rightor ol the Im¬ proper use ot thoso documents. You now Inquire In beluill of Klghtcr. if on Ids btiyuig lu tho other half Interest In tho boat, and obtained copy of enrollment No. 0, now marine documents can Issue to him. You are Informed that when « bill of sale Is pre¬ sented to you, or two or more bills of side, reciting enrollments showing that all In¬ terests enumerated In onrollmuut No. 0 have been convoyed to Rightor or Homer, oi to both, as joint owners, a now enrollment and a now llconso, In hla ■or their names, can Issue, V. With tho actual possession of Wo boat you have nothing to do. It is of no concern to yon, as surveyor of the port, who hasohaige of her. Vory respectfully, II. F. French, Acting Secretary. STORM SIGNAL CODE. _^_, A (llspiitoh from Now Yotk, dated Sep¬ tember 15, 8avs: A pew official "danger and distress an<U>torm signal code," for the Signal Service, senconst stations, and milli¬ ners, tins lust lieon published bv the Chief Signal Officer at Washington, with.full in¬ structions for day and for night signaling. It also contains n chart of tho Life Saving Service day nnd night signal code, with In¬ structions. 'IIiIb system has long been nceiled. Tho ting system, It Is well known. ImB been In use a number of years, DiH It ha» never lieen arronited Ift «uoh a form as to be useful tot signaling Wt#een"#t»t!orI» on shore and vessels at tea. The night signal system of this code, as adopted hy the service, la the Invention of Benjamin F. Coston. whose widow perfeoted the same fat use In our nnry during the war. His son, William F. Coston, has Introduced it lit a wider field, viz: In Commercial as well as naval mai Ines. By means of this night algniil Code, the Coston night signals have been ■ adapted to the signals of the international code. In using these lights the letter" <>! the international code are made by burning single or combined lights' corresponding to the letter. IntcrvnU of twonty seconds will bo made between the letters or any combina¬ tion, and Intervals of one minute between combinations when more than one Is re¬ quired to signal anv message. TlfE AGNES. A letter from George N. LaVaque, who loft Dtiluth some ten days ago for the pur¬ pose of purchasing a steamer for the noi ih shore route for Cooloy, LaVaque & Co., to take the place of the tug Slsklwlt, contain* the Information that he has succeeded In purchasing fr°m the Marine City Slate Companv, of Marine. City, -Mich., the hand¬ some little propeller Afcncs. The Agnes is a now boat, having been built at Algonac, Mich, some threoyeais ago Hor hull Is built entirely of cedar, nnd she was built expressly for tho St. Clali river route, but before she was finished the company engaged In tho work failed. She wfls shortly after purchased by Hon. C Mi- Llroy, who gavohcr the iiunie she now got a by. That gontleinan put in the nuuh|nerj and built the upper woika oi) her Tho llrat season she ran In eonneetloil with tho Can¬ ada southern railroad, between St Clad, Mich., and Courlilght, Out The second j ear sho was placed on the route she was In¬ tended for—tho St. Clair river route—and haslieen running on this route steadily evu since Tho Agnes is over 1Q0 feet long and I* about 10feet in width. She Is supplied with tin best of machinery and Is capnblo of running over twelve miles nn hour. Sho Ishousul in, has acoommodatlons tor about 100 pn»- Bengcrs, and (aa handsome boat and just suited for the route her new owners Intend hor on—betweon Duluth and the binding. We learned that the price pa d was $8,000 cash.—Dululh Tfrnej.- —,----------■ ■ Capiain Caiukii, of the steamer City of Now Oilcans, repoi ts that the work at Plum Point and Lako Providence on the Missis¬ sippi, by tho Government, has muoh Im¬ proved the channel. Whore all boats beloro had trouble In passlng)thoro Is now the deer* est Water. r