Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-11-07
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WEDNESDAY,, NOVEMBER 7, ls49.
Sir John Franklin,s Party.

Inc mteLllSence from LnlS lntIeplu navigator
comes simultaneously to the United States, b7
a Connecticut vessel, at New London, and a
British vessel at Hull, England, the account
of which reached this country by the Cambria.
The British account comes through a letter
of the owner of the British whale-ship True
love, Capt. Parker, addressed to the Lords of
the Admiralty. He says the Trueiove, and
other vessels, got into Ponds's Bay.
Immediately after they reached that place,
some of the natives went on board, aad. with
out questioning, the man drew the sketch, and
by signs and in words of his own language,
understood by the masters of the whalers, stated
that two of the ships had been frozen up for
four years on the west side of Prince Regents
Inlet, and that the other two had been frozen
up on the east side for one year; that the two
ships which had been there the longest had tried
to get beyond Cape Rennell, but not being
able, had come into Prince Regents Inlet to
winter, where the ice had not broken up since
that he and his companions had been on board
all the four ships in March last, and they were
then all safe.
"After receiving this account from the mas
ter Of the Chieftain, Mr.. Parker turned his at
~tention to the endeavor to reach Prince Regents
Inlet, or at any rate to examine Lancaster's
Sound, for the purpose of giving such inforna-
ton as might be obtainable Of the state of the
country, &c, and of using his utmost efforts to
carry out the instructions of their lordships. He
accordingly left his fishing ground off Scots
Bay, and proceeded north on the 22d July, on
the passage to Lancaster Sound, and having
met with the Advice, Of Dundee, Capt. Penny
with whom he was on friendly terms) agreed
to accompany him.
aOn the 9Th of August, they got as far as
Cookers Bay, where they were stopped by a So
lid body of ice, stretching across the straits to
Admiralty Inlet; and no water being visible, to
the westward, they were compelled to return,
coming close in with the edge of the ice, and on
the 9Th of August, Mr.. Parker landed a cask
of preserved meats, and 80 bags Of coal, (Which
had been sent on board by Lady Franklino
upon Cape Hay, deposited the letters, cylinders,
&c, according to the instructions OF their lord
ships, and having erected a high pole to attract
the attention Of the ships or boats which might
pass at a future time, they made the best of
their way to the fishing ground, which they
reached on the 18th Of August.
The American vessel which brought the same
news to New London-the bark Of Mcclellan
Capt. Chapel-appears to have been in COM
pany with the Truelove at Ponds Bay. fire.
ports-adding what the other account omits-
the dates:
aAbout the LIST of August, while the McLeL-
Ian laid in Ponds Bay, an indentation Of BAT
fms Bay, in Lad. IA, lon. 70, the natives of the
coast came on board the Cheiftain, a whaleman,
and gave information iby signs that two large
ships were then lying in Prince Regents Inlet
and had been there fast in the ice for four sea-
sons, and being asked with regard to those, on
board, whether they were dead or alive, they
replied in the same way that the crews were no
asleep (that is, not dead,) but were all well.
This Information was considered by the Eng
lishman and by Capt. Chapel, as indicating
that the ships Of Sir John Franklin were clear
" meant.
aThe Englishman landed at Cape Hay, some
distance from Ponds Bay, a quantity Of coal
and provisions with which his ship was furnish
ed by the British Government for the use Of
the long missing ships, if they should chance
to come there, as they would be obliged to do on
their return to England. This is certainly the
latest news from that quarter, and there is q
possibility, perhaps . probability, that the COM
mander Of the unfortunate expedition and his
crews are still alive"