The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-15
CHARLOTTE. N. c. OCTOBER 15o 1851.

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TRACES OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN-Ang.
RrcAs EXPEDITION
News from the American Exploring Ex.
pedi'Ion TO the l7lh Sept. 1850, has been re-.
ceived IN England, in letter addressed to
the Admiralty. 1t is transmitted by the mas.
ter Of the barque True Love. The persons
whose graves are .men'ioned, belonged to
Franklin's crew.
Davis Straits, July "a, 1851.
"My Lords, may it please your Lord.hips
to receive a, my hands the enclosed testimo.
ny, received on The l2lh of July, of the me.
ricon searching vessels, of tho account of
their voyage in searth Of Sir John Franklin.
On the 18th OF Septe mbsr, 1850, they left all
the searching vessels al Cape Martyrs, Corn.
wallis Island, they not being enabled TO pur.
sue any further westward direction from that
date. harbor called the Assistant Harbor,
discovered by Capt. Ommanney, miles S.
oi Cape Martys, was the place in selection BY
them to winter in. The bay ice was form.
ing very strong at that time, Jet The Ad.
vance and Rescue were determined TO pro.
ceed homswards but, unfortunately, how
ever, a gale sprung I'd and drove them up
Wellington Channel so miles, and after.
wards they we're frozen IN. The American
Captain De Haven told me, that the winter
was very mild, and that he can give no fur.
ther particulars respecting Sir John Franklin
than Tho enclosed account. He SAID he was
determined to 60 to the seat of search again
after having winteTed; and oil The docu.
ments received from the Admiralty and 9th.
ers, | gavo 10 him.
MEMORANDA
81. Ga tho Goth of August, 1850, traces
were found to norihward Of Port Innis, Wei
lngton Channel contii ming those previously
found a, Cop. Riley by Capt. Om'ney They
consisted Ct fragments of clothing, preserved
meat, tins, end scraps of paper, one of these
bearing The name of Mcdonald, medical off
cs' in the expedition.
% On the 9th, Capt. Penny's parties re
ported graves. These were al once visited
by Captain De Haven, MIR. Penny, and Dr..
Kane. They bore respectively the names OF
: W. Braiue, r. NJ. and John Harluell, of the
Erebus, and John Terrington, Of the Terror,
the da'e Of the latest death being the Sd OI
April, 1876. Added TO those sad but unms
taxable evidences were the remains Of the
observatory, carpen,srs' shop, and armorers
forge. Upon the hill side and beach were
frsg men,s Of wood, metal, and clothing, with
stacks of empty meat tins. Everything in.
dicated permanency and organization. There
can be no doubt that the cove between Crre
Riley and Beechy Island, facing Lancaster
Sound, was the first winter station of the mis-.
sing vessels. Ga The 3ls, September the i'm.
pervous ice Of the Wellington Channel uu.
dersent a complete disruption, and by the
9th several vessels penetrated to the Corn.
wallis side. Such, however, was the impen.
etrable character Of he pack in Lancaster
Sound that by the l0ih Of Sept'r the entire
searching squadron were again concentrated
abou, miles South OF G riffih's Island. This
was the furthest wesing attained by the A.
) merlcan expedition. The latest dates from
Commodore Austin are Of the 3h Sepl'r.
They we're then in momenary expects.
tlon OF making winter quarters, and II is
probable that small harbor discovered by
SePN oui"aubSNs dUUut U III os cdhN VI SaPV
Martyrs, will be the haven selected. Thence
the American vessels while proceeding home
ward, were frozen in, opposite Wellington
, Channel drifting during the entire winter
, from latitude of rs 25 ,hro out the chan.
mel and sound to Baffin's Bay.
"Their liberation, after much exposure
and trial, took place 90 the, 10Th June, 1851
at point south OF Cape Walsngham 65 80
, by linear drifting exceeding ,050 miles.
The commo,lon OF the ice, with It's attend
ing uncertainty, was heir chief source Of
trial Every officer and man had marked
scorbuic disease, but no deaths have oc
cured. The crews are new refreshed, and
the expedition is endeavoring TO regain the
seat of search. | have, &c.
"E. X. KANE, Surg'n 10 the Exp.
The London News Of 10th instant, gives
grea, importance to these notes, and says
The intelligence of,races Of Sir J. Frank
lin and his companions, has been scanned
) with eagerneas by the veteran Arctic ex
! p'orers now rsposing en- their aurels at W ool
/ Wlch, and many Of them are sanguine in tn,
expectation that they may YET have the plea
sure Of welcoming q, least the surviving por
; lion OF the noble crews who left W oolwich il
, May, ISi5, with the Erebus and Terror. |
may be interesting TO know that the Roya
Marine whose grave was found, was serg'
Wm. Braine. of the Woolwich division, VIII
volunteered TO proceed to the Arctic region
with the exploring party, alsho' he had onl,
=, recently returned from the service in Chta
$ 1t would be curious if the American expe
i dition should be the first to discover Sir Johl
or his fate with certainly.