Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-10-02
Foreign News.

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ploring Expedition to the 18th of September,
1850, has been received in England, in letter
addressed to the admiralty. 1t is transmitted
by the master of the bark True Love. The per-
sons whose graves are mentioned, belonged to
Frankllns crew.
"DAvIs STRAITS, July a. 1851.
"My Lords-May it please your Lordships to
receive at my hands the incosed testimony. re-
celved on the 18th of July, Of the American
searching vessels, of the account of their voy-
age in search of Sir John Franklin. On the
18th of September, 1850, they left all the search
ing vessels at Cape Martyrs, CORVALLIS Island,
they not being enabled to pursue any turthSr
westward direction from that date. harbor
called the Assistant I1arbor, discovered by Capt.
Ommanney, three miles south of Cape Martyrs,
was the place in selection by them to winter IN.
The bay ice was forming very strong at that
time, vet the Advance and Rescue were deter
mined to proceed h0mewards but, unfortunate
ly, however, gale sprang up and drove them
up Wellington Channel so miles, and afterwards
they were frozen in. The American Captain
De Haven told me that the winter was very mild,
and that he can give no further particulars re-
speeting Sir John Franklin than the incosed ac-
count. He said he was determined to go to the
seat Of search again, after having wntered; and
all the documents received from the admiralty
and others gave to him.
MemOranda.-1 On the Goth Of August,
1850, traces were found to the northward of
Port Innis, Wellington Channel, confirming
those previously found at Cape Riley by Capt
Ommanney. These consisted of fragments of
clothing, preserved meat tins, and scraps of pa
pers, one of these bearing the name of M'Don-
aid, medical officer in the expedition"
$50. On the 9th, Capt. Penny's parties re-
ported graves. These were at once visited by
Captain De Haven, Mr.. Penny, and DR.. Kane.
They bore respectively the names of w. Braine,
R. NJ. and John Hartnell, of the Erebus, and
John Torrington, Of the Terror, the date of the
latest death being the Sd Of April, 1916 Ad-
ded to these sad but unmistakeable evidences,
were the remains of the observatory, carpenters
shop, and armorerS' FORGE Upon the hill side
and beach were fragments of wood, metal, and
clothing, with stacks Of empty meat tins Eve
, rythlug indicated permanency and organization.
There can be no doubt that the cove between
Cape Riley and Beechy Island, facing Lancas-
ter Sound, was the first winter station of the
missing vessels. On the 31st of September the
impervous ice of the Wellington Channel un-
derwent complete disruption, and by the 9th
several vessels penetrated to the CORVALLIS
> side. Such, however, was the impenetrable
character of the pack in Lancaster Sound, that
by the 10th Of September the entire searching
squadron were again concentrated about eight
miles south of Griffith's Island. This was the
/ furthest westing attained by the American ex-
petition. The latest dates from Commodore
Austin are of the 18th of September.
4 "They were then in momentary expectation
: of making winter quarters, and it is probable
hat hor al k,,( 70,
h ney about three miles east of Cape Martyrs
# will be the haven selected. Thence the Amer
:. lean vessels, while proceeding homeward, were
+ during the ensuing winter from latitude Of
/ 1925 throughout the channel and sound to Baf
! fms Bay.
- "Ther Liberation, after much exposure ant
trial, took place on the 10th of June, 1851, at
IN point south of Cape Washington 5.30--a lin
d ear drift exceeding 1000 miles The commo
= ton of the ice with its attendant uncertainty
was their chef source of trial. Every office
and man had marked scorbutic disease, but NJ
deaths have occurred. The crews are now re
freshed, and the expedition is endeavoring t.
regain the seat of search.
81 have, &C.,
"E. K KANE, Surgeon to the
American Expedition"
KossUTH AND HIS COMPANIONS The u. s
steam frigate Mississippi, while on her way tt
Constantinople to receive Louis Kossuth, the
Hungarian chief, and convey him to America
ran on shore on the night of the 2lst ult. on TIT
point off st. James Castle, in Smyrna Bay, close
10 the light house. The Euxine happened tC
pass at the time and attempted to tow her off
- but was unable to do so.
, Such was the force with which The Mississip
i pi had run ashore, that some portion of her kee
was literally high and dry. If she has expe
rienced rough weather she has been in the ut
most danger of being wrecked. To get her of
at all, it was believed that everything woulC
have to be taken out of her.
1t 1t is probable that this sad diaster will alte
u the present destiny of Kossuth, and instead o.
n being taken direct from Turkey to the United
States, his wishes will be gratifed by visiting
e England first. 1t is highly probable now thai
't Kossuth will embark at the Dardanees on board
s. the Peninsuar and Oriental Company's steamer
Tagus, which calls there on the Goth of this
G month"; and if so, Kossuth, his family, and his
distinguished fellow captives will arrive in
IS Southampton water about the 9Th of October.
THE GOLD DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA
VI Accounts from Sydney Ito June p afford viviC
:, picture of the excitement induced by the con
l. frmation which was being daily received of the
gold discoveries at Bathurst. The instances Of
., success recorded are very numerous. One man
IN week, got two ounces, worth &c S., and
saw another adventurer extract l3 ounces, which
t. he purchased for E36. A third, we are actually
informed, picked up no less than E240 worth in
d, few minutes, in small Jumps, and it was ap.
', pretended he had gone mad in consequence
Large shining Jumps of the precious metal were
Il in Of tha ;nJo AL
V, ney, and materially contributed to increase the
public excitement. By one man lump of {
u pound weight had been picked up According
to another authority, the gold brought into Ba
b. thurst averages one pound per man dBy. Oh
r the other hand, much less encouraging view il
taken by other parties, who have had the bene6
n Of experience on the actual scene of operations
but the voice Of caution appears to be little at
D. tended to. Many Sydney people who had pre-
viously left their homes, and traversed the dis
IN lance of two hundred miles to Bathurst wer
returning in disappointment, after meeting witt
no luck in their explorations. The search is b.
l. these parties stated to be perfect lottery an
worse than gambling. There were hundreds @
Q. instances in which persons had not earned NOR
than five shilllngs per day each, and this is de
scribed as very poor remuneration for a day
Is hard labor, up to the knees in water, at an OK
n pense OF at least Is. Cd per man for provisions
he The GREAT HoBBs.-- Messrs. Bramah &
t. Son, whose famous lock was picked by the Yam
kee Hobbs, have paid him the two hundre
guineas reward, but with grumbng and un
gracious protest against the decision of tn
committee to whom the matter was left Blu
Ie Hobbs has pocketed the insult, and spread tn
On evidence of it on his table in the Great Exhbi
at ton. The London Express, in its regular motto
SIS of the Fair says:
ne "The American department was again tn
great feature of attraction, Mr.. Hobbs having
m with fine Barnum touch, got his reward chang
ed into sovereigns, and spread them out under
glass case with policeman keeping guard
OF and an inscription informing the spectators tina
IS, these were the two hundred guineas which ha
a been awarded for picking Bramah's lock. Thi
ne ,yoa n N nrgnmpnt that annealed To the mnanes