The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-27

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Amsrfcan Arctic Expedition American
Arctic Expedition in search Of Sir John Franklin,
which sailed from NswYofk some mostbs vince
under the uuspicss Of Mr.. GriDneIi, Of that city,
has been heard from by an arrival IN Eagland.
The little squadron was pretty well on iis voyage.
Every thing was going on pleasantly, but nothing
had been heard Of. The lost navigator.
The NewYOfk Herald Of the I7th contains a
letter from one Of the officers OF the U. s. brig
Advance. 1t is dated June "a, 1850, wbaIs6sh
Island, Western coast Of Greenland, lat. so H.,
lon. 90, 10 W. We give a short extract:
Alter leaving the coast Of Newfoundland, we
tell IN with no ice until were about to make the
eoas, OF Greenland. when we found the icebeTgs IN
great numbers We made Greenland on the 21st.
tiscertainly the most dismal rocky barren country
ever saw or expect TO see. This morning we met
so many and such large bergs, that we had to
keep strict watch TO steer clear OF them however,
we managed successfully, and came into the haTbor
of Whalefsh Island, with fine breeze and an
chored at o'clock. expected 70 find something
Of town, and when we came in l asked where il
was, and was shown two shanties and a half dozen
Esouimaux mud huts. In one of the shantes the
Governor lives. He is Dane, sent out here by
Government as a kind of missionary ETC.: he came
on board ship his afternoon.
The Esquimaux are ugly and greasy. Men, wo
men and children, ell dress alike in seal-skns
Their dress is short jumper, with hood to it for
cap, pantaloons coming down 10 the calves Of
their legs, with boots to meet all made of seal
skin, with the hair on We are each going TO have
a suit before we leave. bought pair of seal-skin
stockings, which very nice and warm; the only
objection to them is that they are not properly
cured. Tomorrow the doctor and | are going 10
Luiely, small town the Island of Disco about
twenty five miles from here, to see what informa-
ton we pick up.
"27th. ! arrived few hours since from Tauiely,
after passage of six hours. On our arrival |
found the Rescue had arrived, and that we sail to-
morrow morning At Luiely we found rather
more Of a town than at these islands, About four
teen Danes live there, and one hundred Esqumaux
We were treated with the greatest kindness by the
Inspector at Luiely, who is kind of Governor
General of all these islands.
" The principal thing went after was seal
skin clothing for the officers and men. We sue
ceeded in getting about $50 worth, or about dozen
suits. | have fine coat made of young deer-skin,
a pair Of pantaloons of seal-skn stockings of the
same, and large boots made of Esquimaux dogs
skin My chances of keeping warm are very good.
The Inspector at Luiely, who has been out here
four years, told US that we would not feel the cold
as much at twenty degrees below zero as we would
at five or six degrees at home.
We expect to go to place called Uppermarik,
about two hundred miles from here from there we
go to Melville Bay, thence across to Lancaster
Sound, to Cape Walker; from Cape Walker we
shall try to get up Melville Island and as much
farther we can. We expect to winter II Mel
vile Isle but that, of course, will depend very
much on circumstances. This is the last opportd-
nifty we shall have Of writing for long time un-
less we have the good luck to fall in with whaler
bound either home or to England"