The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1849-06-08

| Inc expedition intended l1r tcirlnW 3 STRAIT
has hitherto been a complete failure. II con-
sisted Of a single ship, the ployer whch ewing
to hef setting oil too late, and 10 her bad sailing
properties, did not even approach her dcstna-
ton last year. The remaining and most inpor-
lant portion of the searching expedition consists
of two ships, under the command of Sir James
Ross, which sailed hast May for Da,i,'s Strait
but DID not succeed lowing to the state Of the
ice) in getting i"lo Lancaster Sound TIL the
season ior operations had nearly closed, These
ships are now wiutering in the iee and a store
ship Is about 10 be dispatched from hence with
provisions and fuel to enable them to stay ont
Tor a.other year. but one Of these vessels is,
/ IN great degree, Withdrawn from active seafCh,
| hy the necessity ct watching at the entrance Of
! Lancaster Sound for the arrival of intelligence
and instruction from England by the whalcr5
| have entered INTO these details with q view
of proving that, though the British Government
has not forgotten the duty II owes 10 the brave
men whom 1t hus sent on a perilous service,
and has spent n very large SUM in providing the
means of their rescue, vet that, owing to Nari-
Gus causes, the means actually IN operation for
| this purpose are quite inadequate to moe; the
extreme cNiuCncc of the ease; for il must be
remembered that the MISSING ships were ,iciu.
allied for three years only, and that nearly four
years have now elapsed, ~ Tint the survivors
/ Of so many winters IN the lee must hc at the
last extremity; and also il must he borne in
mind the channels by which the ships may have
Attempted to force passage 10 the westward,
or they may have been compelled by adverse
circumstances to take, are very numerous and
complicated, and that one or two ships cannot
| possibly in the course Of the next short SUM
mer explore them al.
A. a lot.
of -ths fact, haa been induced TO offer q reward
OF 100000 to any ship or ships OF any coun-
| try. Or 70 any exploring party whatever, which
shall render efficient assistance to the missing
ships or their crew s, or TO any portion OF them
| This announcement, which, even If thu sum
had been doubled OF trrb-i, would have mot
with public appreciation, comes, however, too
late for orr Whalors, which had unfortunately
sailed before il was issued, and which, even II
the ncw5 should o,crtake them al their fishing
Grounds, are totally untitled for any prolonged
adventure having ouly @ I W months provisions
ON board and no additional clothing. To the
American whalcrs, both in the Atlantic and Pr
cifc. | look with more hope as competitors Tor
the prize. being sell aware of their numbers
and strength thcif thorough equipment, and the
bold apirit OF ontcrpsisc winch auiWa'eS ticu
crews. | am not without hope that sou viii
deem It not unworthy ct great and Kindred
nation TO take up tie cause OF humanity, winch
! plead in national spirit, and thas generously
make Il your own.
must here in gratitude adduco the example
of the Imperial Russian Government, which ~
am led 10 hope by his Eycelcney the Russian
Ambassador in London. who forwarded q me
mortal ON the subject viii send out exploring
parties this summer from the A-ato side Of
Behring's Strait, norhwarj, IN search of The lost
vessels II would b. % noble spectacle 10 the
world if three great nations, possessed OF the
widest empires on the face OF the globe ere
thus 10 unite their efforts in the truly cpnstiau
work of saving their p,f.shlag fellow P.cn from
destruction.
It Is not for me to suggest the mode in
which such h,ney client Efforts might best to-
made. ! will only say, however that Il tn
conceptions OF nv own mind To which do not
venture to 1--WE uttcranee, were realized, ana
that in the noble competition which followed,
American scamen hal the good fortune 60 Wr,st
from us the glory, Is might be the ease, al s0!y-
n, the problem OF the unbound passage, OF the
SIN greater glory of saving ouf afiNenlnron,
nNiga,or- from a lingering tate win. lhg mud
ck,a. t. dNoU ON, though ! should in ciiher
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