Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-12-13

his object this season. or Parry il is r..
corded that in a fortnight he ran IN "a
Melville Island with very little Interim.
ton, and returned even in . less period n
time.
With reference 10 the reports Of ths
Esquimaux, ihone, as we have alre,dv
stated, had been on board Sir Jas. Ros,'s
.hips,. and from The statement Of Cant,
Kerr, Of tho Chieftain, who has been Il.
amined by the Lords Of The Admirslty. Il
would appear that there is slight dise,ex
pancy between his statement and that a !.
Capt. Parker Of the Truelove, ifasmusS
as The Esquimaux had not told Capt. Ken
that they had been on board the shine:
nor in the Esquinaux sketch wa. there
any track from ship to ship, both OF which
were mere differences, the one from In
Esquimaux having said they were all welt.
the other from there being line on tbe
sketch, which might be meant for The boz.
spirit of one Of the ships, or any other lon
article.
1t is get most probable that The Escu;.
maux saw Franklin's ships go TO the west.
ward and Ross ships pass in; and IN.
deed the distinction made by tie Esqui.
maux, with respect to The periods Of time
at which these occurrences took place.
would warrant us in believing that IN.
was all the Esquimaux wished 10 co,nmu-
nicate. -...
With respect to Franklin, it is pretty
generally known that hi. ships were pyo.
visioned for three full years that is, from
July 1916 but Sir j. Franklin stated in
his last letters that he could extend II 10
four years without serious inconvenisncs
that is, up 10 July last but If they were
fortunate enough to take any seals and
birds, Of which Sir James Ross obtained
an ample supply, it might he said tina. those
provisions could be eked out for longer
period.
There can be no question in The mind of
any person, however, that if safe in their
ships, Sir John Franklin will row aban-
don them and push for the nearest point
whence he might hope 10 meet with relief,
With respect TO the depots Of provisions,
Sir James Ross's expedition has left am
pie means of support for twelve months,
independently Of any supplies from The
North Star, should they fall back 10 The
eastward from Cape Walker, or even from
Wellington Straits, should they have gone
up there.
If they have proceeded westward, the
next point of succor is that provided BY
DR. Rae at some northern point oil Wollas.
ton and Victoria Islands. Should ihey
have got still farther to the westward, no
doubt Sir John Franklin would make foS
the Mackenzie, all along the coast Of
which he would tie quite at home, and
where resources are provided BY Dr.
Richardson's party.
To the westward Of the Mackenzie,
again, toward Behring's Straits, Captain
KelIet and Commander Moore, Of the Plc.
yer, will have provided succors, independ.
emily of which there is a Russian settle.
ment on the river Colville, which is two
miles wide at its mouth where supplies
may be always had. The only intervals
Of distance, then, where no provisions have
been made, would be from Ross far-
therest point of visitation on the western
coast of North Somerset to Victoria Il.
land, which may be considered the terri
tory ofthe Hudson Bay Company, whose
particular attention we draw 10 this fact.
But here, doubtless, there are at least
some resources in the numerous reindeer
said 10 abound on this coast, as il is stated
that ptarmigan and other birds frequent
these localities, and there is also some e1.
celIent salmon fishing in these regions.
With the above facts before Us We can.
not help feeling that there is .till much
hope left of the ultimate safety Of the
Franklin party, and this hope is much
strengthened by another fact-namely,
that Sir John Ross and Sir James were
absent from England in their polar expe.
ditions between four and five years, and
for four years were not heard Of, although
they were only at the bottom Of Prince
Regents Inlet, during which time they
subsisted on their own provisions three
years and those Of the Fury.
WAsHIseTor, Dec. 5, Pm
There beinp no choice an Sd ballot. Mr.