The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-03-14
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| The English papers publish long account Of the
expedition under Capt. Kellet sent by way Of Beh-
ring's Straits. In the high attitudes he came across
Yankee vessel originally fseighted with mofions.
In onEpasage up the masters ofthe American came
on ecsq 70 gam iniormnien relative 20 Behrings saIs
Amecan vessels would pas through hose straits This year
N consequences Of the success Of one Of their vessels s sea
an en,erprns man s s He ad evins so
his n OnsE but hayns been Snsaccsa in s spsD Seas
whales b. had SEEN = the Arsc Sea- Re d e., to 70
barrels ''''''
The United States expedition in the South Sea,
it viii be remembered found sealing clippers, from
some of the onion ports Of Connecticut following
their trade in degree Of latitude higher than had
ever been reached before. Brother Jonathan man
ages to find his way about the odds and ends Of
creation, without either Uncle Sam or Queen Vic.
toria to help him. The Herald and Plover pene-
trated as far North as 100 81 N. and 1iso w.
The ice, Ear as it could be seen from the mast
head, trended away w. s. w. jcompass) Com
mander Moore and the icemaster reporting water
sky to the north of the pack, and strong ioeblink
TO the s. w.
We find the following remarkable fact, about the
preservation Of -four fol twenty-three years:
Commander Moore and myself accompanied them to Cha
msso lsands where after hauling their badars cantng
sand the other raised about three feet and supported by pad
dies the space underneath covered with us we partook Of
ssWe we were engaged with our pipes Commander Moore
employed his boats crew in digging for the -four left by Capt
Beechey twenty three before in position indicated by
dect e. on gCeE WHICH as perfect q the day when
TO have been removed by the natives did not dig forit
freed only adherng to the sand by the lower bge s,aves
yet still it required the united strength of two boats crews
WIN pSTOucke and large spar lever, to free it alto
geLner sand hard that
with blow of the pckaxe The cask itself was perfect
sound and the hoops good; out of the 1886 f of flour
any we had board The tin of beads was also found
those not OF glass much decaYed the strngng quite
They learned nothing of Sir John Franklin,
These expeditions of discovery up the Northern
passage are beginning to get out of vogue. No
practical good can come of them Even if a vessel
should make her way through those fields Of ice
from one ocean to another, it could not be Of any
possible service II would but crafty an idle Gu
riosity. The path never would become road OIL
commerce. After the fate Of Franklin is decided.
it is probable further efforts will be made to
penetrate into the barren region. There are yet
immense regions into which the white man and his
cotton goods have not yet reached. The interior
Of Africa is still UNEMPLOYED. Let the missionaries
OF English commerce open that unknown, mysteri-
GUS domain. Let them clothe the naked of Africa,
and bring back the rich products which tropical
sun draws out of the earth. As to the poor, half
frozen, blubber, feeding dwarfs Of the North they
have nothing to S10ap-what is the use to disturb
them?