The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-12
,,,x's lrrrKA TO PRESIDENT TAYLOR
.0.ru.oE, LOSDOS. April 4, 1873.

80 and egeh - - --s =. = ~ n.
p..---,rion everywhere eAPresss 60 70 my " =
E..,,iess in geographical discovery, an
i'il. felt in the enterPFise IN "hicn
Dc - - NOVA 10 be engaged
- -. ---..sitiou fitted opt BY our ooTernmeI
Ia' ,..av,rv Of the Northwest Passage
ti ne -, which Cor 800 years has en-
.1i $3.50 i.,.,es, and bafiled the energies 9
50 "a science and the navigatoF,) sale
De -'- bvshapgs command ia May, ISL
gaasi 80 aErubus" and Terror" con
10 80 - Officers and crews,l and wer
Hn7l - a. three years. They were not ex
uIi-aSs- -. unless success had early rewards
SIS. or seine casualty FASTENED thel
70 -. h.fors the close Of 1871; nor were an,
~ s,oaeted from them in the interval
90 - H. autumn Of le47 arrived, withou
ba' - I..l'-sues Of the ships, the attention o
ial I...,.vss (iosernment was directed 10 tn
h- - -. II sssrching for and conveying relic
h''' J, r,ss Of their being imprisoned II
. .r,.rksd. and in want Of provisions ans
- a transport. For this purpose an exPe
- I, tbrss divisions, was ttted out in th'
- AZ last wear, directed TO three differ
-, .5s-,srs simultaneously, VIZ;
- -. "a hat by which, In case Of success
-. -, ,voula come out Of the Polar Sea e
=. sss,rsrd, Tor Behring'S Strait)
S-,g.s, 70 that by which they entered OF
~, ,surss Of discovery, on the eastern side
.g DtyiS Strait .-
Al ibr5. 70 an intervening portion Of the
- .bor,. approschable by land from the
-, Paw Company's settlements, on which
-. ,rrpossd the crews, If obliged 20 abandon
i,rshiDs, might Be found.
T,.ls.t DIVISION u the expedition was placed
-, az command Of nv husbands faithful
- he compaaion u his former travels,
Il. =, Jsbn RICHARDSON, who landed at New
Va Z spra OF last year, and fastened 10 JOIN
4. ma sbd boats, which were already In ad-
r,-,. ,5ssrd the Artic shore. Of this portion
ii n. s1Dsdition may briefly say, that the
,--.5ss Oh any intelligence from Sir John
Pss,rison, Al this season, proves he has been
u,-eos.sful in TIE object Of hrs search. The
.,.saisl intended cor Behring'S Strait has
tia--,g zen : complete failure. IL consisted
"a sagls ship, the Pl0ver, which, owing 10
h, .a.liSq Of tso late and 10 her bad sailing
u-so--u,s. a. n0l even approach her destination
Is ysAr The remaining, and most important
ys-lou d the searching expedition, consists Of
10 ships, under command Of Sir James Ross,
sl,sa srilsd last May Cor DAVIS Strait, but did
sc sBoesed, owing 70 the state Of the ice, in
F1lg INTO Lancaster Sound tall the season for
,gs,ll.ons had nearly closed. These ships are
- Wisnnng in the ice, and stOre-ship is
slol. q be dispatched hence with provisions
"a. isti 10 enable them 10 stay out another
yslr bl, one Of these vessels is, IN a great de-
re gih6nEH from active search, by the ne
lsaiy d switching stths entrance Of Lancaster
Souhl iCr ne arrival Of intelligence and in
susc.ols frOR EHgiand by the whalers.
lzEs entered into these details with a view
q PfoFisE that though the British Government
lis %, iorgotisn the duty Il owes to the brave
nsl Ehem Il has sent on sPerilOus service, and
lBPslisFey large sum in providing the
mans t-r their rescue, yet that, owing 70 va
H'ai eluses, the means actually in operation
10 As purpose are gHiis inadequate a. s--@-s
ls extreme eIigsncy Of the case; for IL must
lsrsnsubsres that The missing ships were VIC
llsl isf three years only, and that nearly
5lf van have nov elapsed, 50 tlfat the suTvi-
va q 80 many winters in the ice must be, At
ne as extremity; and also 4 must Be borne in
mac ii The channels ~ which the ships may
have attempted 10 force passage to the west.
E,i., o. which they may have been compelled
D tlTsrss Circumstances 10 take, are very nu-
ns-ols ahd complicated, and that one or tgo
mp olhHOl possibly, in the course Of the neat
E1d sammeT, explore them all.
ItsBOsrd Of Admiralty, under a conviction
aHsitet, mas been induced 10 offer reward
i10N sterling 10 any ship or ships Of any
''salI, or 70 any exploring party whatever,
ElEa hal render efficient assistance 10 the
lalgsAips, or their crews, or 10 any portion
la This announcement, which, even 4
1s'l1 had been doubled or trebled, would
az nsi with public appreciation, comes, how.
s'a a' ate Tor our whalers, which had IN.
-'alasiY sailed before il was issued, auc
'ai sEsn If the news should oEertake them
Yer hshing-gTOuRds, are totally untitled fOl
~ faongedl adventure, having only a few
80 provisions on board and no additional
.1a5 10 the American whalers, both in
!, A-aniie and Pacific, look with more hop,
- ,,lpaei'rs for the prize, being well aware
- numbers and strength, their thorough
I~A' ano the bold spirit Of enterprise
inmates their crews. But venture Z,
va eeyohd these / am not without
ga you will deem il not unworthy Of 1
&C Aiadfed nation TO take up the caus.
-.lahi'g which ] plead In a national spirit
generously make il your own.
'. mere IN gratitude adduce tne exampl,
Imperial Russian Government. which
!. iee 70 hope by his excelleuey the Rms
r.-,' a1'oss,anoi in London, who forwards
-. "a Tie subject will send out explor
FI. ms sumner from the Asiatic sid
strait, nOrthward, in search q
pe-- esses II would be a noble spectacl
ss.'sil thfee great nations, pOssesse
~. les' enpires on the face Of the globs
a.. -- 70 unite their Efforts in The trul
a. -, ven ven, Of saving their perishins fellow
ION destruction.
~ h.-.-lsi ne 70 suggest the mode in whic
E~so'sal eheFls might best be made.
dr-l No however, that II the convention
D.. W mind, 70 which I DO moi venture
~, S' -, were realized, and that in ii
~, l.. ,fsee'oA whseh followed America
&c., We good fortune 10 wrest from Z
81 :. h',gli BE- Tue case, OF sowing Il
l,.s,.- :. tas uaiound passage, or the sti
~. -! " asving our adventurous nav
tcis., ! hgering fate which the min
a. - - 80 %, though | should in eth,
iynsl IN , sna1 was not my own brave coul
ns,.i.s- nose seas whose devotion was thl
Azr-. ~ should rejoice that II was
Sud \. - wed cur restored happiness, Al
el,s, 1,, ,Sisssr bound to her by ties Of sfFe
Ia s5s ar. Without some misgiviBgs while
IA ,s1 You. The intense apsset,~s Of
F4 us..lds. daughter may have led me /.
tgEbisl Ae.uy on your noiiee the tTial NJ
h'adssss ~ y are suffering, yet not soe onl :
aG. .,' o,Aers, and 70 p presume too nu
laS..u .a s limits Of our own Ispd. Yet.
l@sSr. 1slO be the case, you viii still liI
Lsls, even IN that personal intensity
gSs nav nave thrO~n myself on yos ,' s.o.so
I1sro.ss ~ ~, Psresh the homage i thus psv
pss'., elgh Character and 70 thai Of tbsy =,
Rsi. non you have the high Distinction
yov, -, aS. honor 10 be, sir, with prsa, =,
O0eoient servant, =
JANE FkANEIlS