New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-12
Prom, The American Polar Expeditions, IN
searcI, Of SIR ,gohn Franklin.

Prom, lhe American Polar Expedition, in
searcF Of SIR ,yohn Franklin.
Correspondence comm urfcated for Tie Tribune.
Kaoxsrfs6sfy IslAsps, West Greenland
DEAR --: A ter & passage Of thirty two
days, We ave cast anchor un1er the lee OF little
group ofisapds, collection of snow covered gneiEs
rockr, granite, felOpathc, senitio, ahos pssble and
repulaiye. Here, IS the solitary representative Of
the world we have left you to take care of is b. =.
NJ Transport, the Emma Eugeni2 No. Q, by whioh
sm enabled to send you my greeting,
The squadron under Commodore Austin, two
steamers ard two bsrka, left this place yesterday
for The 81 Upper B ~, to attempt tho Ice Pack for
Lancaster Sound. they left England on the 9th
or nth of May, 10 that, allow az some may coasi3er
our p1oeresp, we are ahead Of them. There is no
news Of The North Star The experience OF Sir
James Ross shows how easy it is to b9 caugas
ssco1d winter in this ms sserious ice even when so
near its border as Cape Clarence For our sakes,
remember thin remark hereafter.
The English Search Squadron was in good spir-
1s end admirably well provided with boats, tdrs,
outfits for land parties, &c &c and, batter than
there, with brave, strong bodies OF men, with
he arts of OAK to put them to good use. 1t ID
blowing very hard here violent south east gale
must have overlpken them very soon after leaving
Ktonsprindsen This, OF all winds il tho worstfor
the Ice PACK, as it brings it down upon Tho clear
water We therefore rejoice at our detention.
My lsst letter to you was written of the East
Cost of Newfoundland. A few hours after dis
patching it, nix btawny Bsxons pulled off from the
shore-nine miles, in an open boat, to offer their
- ito h0rI O{
Johns. Their faces heightened when they heard
We were bound for the coast OF Greenland, but
brjahtened again when we added, " in search OF
Sir John Franklin" And tnereupon, both French
ard Epglish. wise, We sympethized and fFaternized
Immediately. Go away from home, and meet your
unpcpanted Eugishman there, il you want to feel
our unity of race. Hong Kong or Halifax, Sierra
Leone or Sydney, have always found the British
coOnint fellow \ ankee.
OF this coast sc saw, for the trss time, an ice
berg In shape il was an obopg cube, about twice
!fes5ze of Grayd College, great mscblo mono
lth, only waiting for Ehe chise to stand out superb
ly 18th peristyle and pediment, Parthenon hoat-
inc on the ocean. Its color Was pure bat not
dtzzlng white 1t seemed entirely coated with
snow Of the most rejecting, unsded purity, Tor
moi s glitter reached u from the crystalline mass
beneath. lis tint WAS as sd az ne~ chassd Gil.
yer There was tomethng very Impressive shout
the impsskige tranquility with which 1t received
the sshDgh Of tho see
ywo nights after this, u we're in tne mdat OF the
6ergs ard enveloped il al impaDetTabe fog. The
insftin of these huge masses OF ice makes them az
dangerous ss anchored rocks. 10 spite Of all our
care we ran into one Of them carried Rway our Jtb
boom and msrtugale but then although 70 wind
wsrd merciully aid along the wall OF ice I'LL
we came again On open water 1t was grand
hieht.
noe ard more chilling, til II was tathor bright
nias %, when trey fell in aEow, there was httia
else to mtrt our progress North. The thermoma
tereere5elly ranged from 329 80 49, AMI. though
tie day brought uano sunshine We thanked them
for slowing longer AID longer
The Awe and the kitfywsle were the onY ten
au,s OF the air sometimes vast wal owing Indis
rubber shoes of the old fashioned proportions float
ed a. ont cur ship, with clumsy consciousness OF
Their giant unganpess. They were Whales.
At last dsrkness tha trauqujzer, babe us good
bye Through the night-the word confaass me
through the nigh of thel NIB weread the thernom-
eter without lantern the Sun dipped below The
horizon bus four degrees.
Uncomfortable as | was 9ith the rag cold, and
ca}lcue ga long travel.rubbing has rendered me, in
fact to the fleet Of all new and nice Impressions
ills departure Of the dear old Night, thSt had put
me 10 u d SO many yesrs, affected me. My seaaon
for sef-communion my hour for thoughts OF home,
cousecrated to the evocation of fre.side images
and associations, the only period in these re5ions
when my torpid brain had seemed Warmed into
genial or active life, this, somehow or other, vas
my steriously AFFORDED into sunshine Even down
in our llslo cabin i. was rot dsck enough for me-
to bid seed night to the daguereotype faces in my
color box.
On the day preceding this new cycle Of contn-
ucd day. mean by this our last day terminated
by An interval OF night-time-we entered Davs's
S.faits This war the 10th. The names which
pow marked our progreas were pregnant with true
Attic memorles- Cape Farewell and Cape Desc
lstioD. Bay of Goda Mercy and Bay Of Christian
Hope apt epinme dear people Of lh9 history
q our future joprneyiDg
And 30 we came to Greenland" Loaf Green
lAno the vague ard un6xed land studded with
churches and villages, once open to tbs Ilttle yani-
ties and hopes OF men, row shut in by accumulated
icebergs or lost win the perishable reco-ds Of It's
history Do you not think | ough: b strive in
spite Of the cold, TO get up some eloQ9.nce about
the battles and tripapFs OF its Moagisn Iissionar
iea-lbe entbusisst pioneers we Ia our own way
think We initiate or sboot their predecessors,
the sea BiDggujded Co.gnistB Of Norway, that, Ike
Red Eric discoye er OF tbs wild grapeland Of
PufitanF, here aay led with piratica heess. This
wss the most Cherished region Of Saga 6candila
Wan lege Z, the very locus iH quo OF shs ne!eoEo-
logical myth that changed 70 prigoa. wAlis OF ice
thlse quiet villages where fheqbsgds led rhel:
hocAS
Butit is hardly @orth SMILE 20 make nucn 10 do
Ger the mere II me OF thing. The dfesrleat
ssnd-bil ever "a y on the Sahara conId match oui
/ its snakes egg hut Tor anything INST Ve have
seen OF Cree and, lie d any Kind ever mas q al
tfe enoeat ccLuec!on wit1 it, btiove o. s'cc- the
ce3UEe, if 1hF wag aCt f-z=n hard hliars lt rea
np Mere y elst8 sau g n.tieaci p asr eAr p 4fef