Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1849-11-09
Sir John FRANKLIN not Lost.
Interesting and probably Highly Inn

interesting ana pTOOdOty 1tShty IHs-
portanf News from Ba6fn's Bay.
Capt. Chapel, of the bark Mcclellan,
of this port from Davis Straits, whose
arrival we announced yesterday morning,
furnishes information which will at least
be read with interest in the United States,
and indeed in every part of the world.
About the LIST Of August, while the
Mcclellan laid in Ponds Bay, LAT. "a, lon.
~, the natives of the coast came on
board the Chleftain, an English whale
man, and gave information, by signs, that
two large ships were then lying in Prince
Regents Inlet, and had been there, fast
in the ice, for four seasons; and being as
ked with regard to those on board, wheth-
err they were dead or alive, they replied
in the same way that the crews were not
asleep" Chat is, not dead, but were all
well. This information was considered
by the Englshman, and by Capt. Chap
ell, as indicating that the ships of Sir
John franklin were clearly meant.
The Englishman landed at Cape Hay,
some distance from Ponds Bay, a guam
,ity Of coal and provisions, with which
his ship was furnished by the British
Government, for the use of the long mis-
sing ships. if they should chance to come
there, as they would be obliged to do,
on their return to England. This is Ger
tainly the latest news from that quarter,
and there is a possibility, perhaps prob
ability, that the commander of the unfor-
tuate expedition, and his crews, are still
alive. Heaven send that it may be so!
The Mcclellan, and her gallant officers
and crew, have reached home almost by
miracle-at any rate, have done so under
circumstances that enti,le them TO the
highest credit.
On the 10Th If June, the bark EMP
ped" in the ice, and only escaped des-
truction by the almost superhuman exer-
tions and good conduct of those who
were in charge of her.
She was so severely injured, that she
leaked SO as to be kept afloat only by the
incessant work of nearly all hands at the
pumps, and by means of two large me-
tallic pumps, obtained by Capt. 9. from
the wreck of the English ships crushed
and totally lost just ahead Of him. The
leak was, however, partially remedied
by thrumbed sails under the bow, though
she continued to leak badly until her ar
rival home, and was only kept above
water by continual and INCREASING labor
at the pumps, till she reached the dock
which, indeed, is still obliged to be
continued, as she lies at the wharf.
The two English ships Superior ard
Lady Jane, mentioned yesterday, were
both lost very near the Mcclellan. Two
of the crew of the lost ships arrived in
her. They are natives of the She land
Island.
On the 3Oth August the Mcclellan LOST
a man named Joseph Schneider, OF New
York, who fell from the mizen top-mast-
head and lived but 90, minutes; being
shockingly mangled in the head and
limbs. He was 81 years of age.
1t is due to Capt. Chapel, his gallant
officers and ships company, again to say
tina. their conduct in bringing home their
vessel, is deserving of more than COM
mon praise, and even with their oxertions
it could not have been done but for the
staunch and enduring qualities of the
ship. The skill and perseverance of
the officers and men were objects of adj
miration to the Engishmen who witness
ed the -Ne,O London Chronicle, 18Th