The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-26
From the Philadelphia PennsyIvaniau.
An Interesting Narrative,

AAAsCASstAAhS HAEfatAEes
Our readers have already been apprised that an
Arctic expedition, intended to search for The mis-
sing Sir John Franklin, has been fitted OUT by the
munlheence OF Mr.. Gfinnell, New York merchant
and has started under the auspices Of the General
government; which, by authority Of Congress, has
consented that the officers of cur navy shall lead
ue DARING enterprise. Among these officers we
observe the name OF Surgeon Elisha X Kane son
OF Hon. John II. Kane, Of this city, who voiun-
teered for the service, and is now principal sur
geon Of the expedition. We saw the announce
ment OF his name among the officers with surnrise
He has long been suffering from combination 81
iHnrnttes, the result Of series OF adventures
such as few men living have undergone and such
as still fewer would voluntarily embark in ont n
pure love Of danger, and the spirit Of seeing the
wonders and the pecuiaritiea Of other parts Of the
globe. Having enjoyed the acquaintance of tbi
brave young man, we are able TO state what follow
oi MS career, even II we should use that which wa
communicated TO US in sem-confidentiaI intervals
no american OF his age has ever seen so much o.
the perlis of the world or of the world itself N
was sugeon of the American legation TO China ana
on his way to the celestial regions, he spent some
weeks on foot-iramp through the orange groves
OF Brazil, and about month in iiger-hunting near
Bombay.
Hence, after a dozen unsuccessful attempts 10
snuggle himself in the forbidden land of China
he went over to the Philippines and by the aid of
ihe good monks of the interior of Manila explored
Its businesses and volcanic wonders He was tn,
hrst man 10 descend into the great crater of the Tael
lowered down two hundred feet over the brink h,
bamboo rope tied round his middle and brought
back botlle full of its sulphur waters, burning off
his boots in the lava cinders. Leaving China af,sr
a second VISIT IN which he encountered shiDyyreek
ne passed to ladIa as physician of the DreInendhar
Dragore, and was palanquined for three months
through the wonders of lis mountain architeetnre
the ancient gories of Candy the stnpendoas masses
OF the Chant country, visiting Madras Pondicher-
ry and every spot that we have read Of in the trial
OF Warren Hastings. Next, to Upper Egvpt. and
AbyssInla, crossing the desert on his camel tn Tho
basis of Jupiter Ammon, climbing at break-neck
rsk 10 the top stone of the sounding Colossus OF
Memnon, and exploring the tembs of the Pharaohs
Tor fortnight or three weeks with Professor Len
sius and his associates. Wrech ed again while
passing down the Nile, and wounded In an en-
counter near Alexandria, he pushed across to
Greece, and traversed every scene of classic inter
est, climbing TO the Hppocrene Spring, and sleep
ing on the shore Of Marathon. He returned bv
Italy, France, and England, only TO rest a few
weeks before cruise on the coast of Africa Re-
newing here some acquaintances which had been
formed In Brazil, he was allowed to inspect The
entire machinery of the slave trade and 10 mass nm
INTO the INTERIOR under the firman of Despza The
great Intermediary between the chiefs of the slave
making districts and The Brazilian carriers. The
coast lever was his pay for this trip and he was
sent home by Commodore Read invalided. I'm
perfectly patched up from the effects of this vista
tlon, he volunteered for service with the army in
mexico, and was ordered, with dispatches on a
uaie-ueFii race through the country troops had
lett, to overlake Gen. Scott. Awaiting HIMSELF at |
Perote. of a miscreant escort Of jail-birds that
Cen Worth had employed as a spy company, be |
got into series of fights, in the last of which he
fecelVed the swords of Gen GaoDa and Gen Tor |
reJon, and had hs horse killed under him, and was
himself deperaiely wounded, while protecting the |
lives OF his prisoners against his men. Since /
then he has been cruising, and practcing hydro |
graphy on the coast survey, up 10 the moment of /
receiving bis Geographic dispatch, accepting his
urgent proer of services for the Arctic expedition
He had the rice fever in the Canton river, the |
plague in Egypt, the yellow fever at Rio, the CON
gestiye at Pueba, and the African fever on the /
coast. These, and wounds, and an organic disease
Of the heart, which he has had from boyhood, have
been his preparations for the hazards he is en-
now.
Altogether his history is eyeniful and thrilling |
for so young man, and induces us cordially 10
hope that he may return from his last adventure
with new honors and a restored constitution