The Nevada journal., 1851-11-27
From the N. Y. Tribune, Oct. IL.
THE EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN
FRANKLIN.

FRANKLIN.
The Advance, Capt. De Haven, ha
arrived, in the order her name be
speaks, from voyage undertaken il
philanthrophy, full Of peril, full Of in
cident, and successful in every thin:
but the great object Of her search
The first grand cause for triun ph is
that all her hardship, enterprise ant
danger have not cost single life
How eminently this blessing is owing
to protecting and ever watchful Pro.
vidence will be apparent from a simple
narrative of the incidents that befc
the expedition, ard the peculiar trials
by which the Advance was tested, IN
those hitherto unknown and untravelled
seas Truly. God was onthe waters
shaping the destiny Of this great mis-
sion Of Charity, even though fated moi
10 discover the long>lost wanderer
But let us begin our narrative:
The American Expedition entered
Wellingtons Sound Aug. 26th, 1850,
where they met Capt. Penny with the
Lady Franklin and Sophia, and were
afterwards joined by Sir John Ross
and Com. Austin. On the 9th, Capt.
Penny discovered unmistakable evi-
.lencc of Franklin's first winter quar-.
ters- three graves with Inscriptions on
wooden headboards, dating as late as
April, l846. Their inmates, accord
ing to these inscriptions, were Of his
crew-two from the Erebus and one
from the Terror. There were besides
fragments of torn canvas, articles OF
clothing, wood and cordage, undoubted
evidence Of a large and long encamp-
ment; but affording no indications
which would serve as guides to the
searchers or give assurance to hope.
On the Sth of September the cxpe-
di,ion forced through the ice to Bar
rows Inlet, where they narrowly es-
capped being locked in the ice. But
they so far succeeded, and on the 1lth
reached Griffith's Island, the ultimate
limit of their Western progress. From
this they set sail on the 18th, with the
intention Of returning to the United
States, but were locked in, near the
mouth Of Wellington's Channel. Here
commenced those perilous adventures,
any thing comparable TO which, we're
never encountered and survived. by
force Of the northern icedrift they
were helpIessly drifted to 75o 25' N.
lat, and thence drifted again into Lam
caster Sound. somewhat, we should
say, in southeasterly direction. The
agitation of the ice elevated the Ad-
vance nearly seven feet by the stern,
and keeled her two feet eight inches
starboard.
In this position she remained, with
some slight changes, for five conse-
cutive months. And, while in it, the
depth Of winter closed its frozen ter
rors around the expedition. The polar
night fell upon them, and, for eighty
days, no ray of solar light broke upon
them. The thermometer (Fahrenheit)
ranged 40 degrees below zero, and
sometimes sank TO 46. Early in this
awful night, (November 5.h), the
Rescue was abandoned, for the purpose
of economizing the fuel, and the crews
of both vessels determined 10 brave
their fate together. They every mo-
ment expected the embracing ice would
crush the vessels to atoms, and, consc-
quentIy, stood prepared, sleeping in
their clothes with knapsacks on their
backs, to try chances on the ice, mid
storm, and terror, and night. For this
terrible trial, they had made every
preparation, had provision sledged.
and everything in readiness viii. h
might be useful for such journey
They were then ninety miles from
land, and so certainly did they expect
that they should make this alarming
,ril, that, OH two occasions, 18th De-
cc,nber and 33d January,) the boats
we're actually lowered, and the crews
assembled ON the ice to await the
catastrophe.
During this period, the scurvy be-
came epidemic, and assumed an alarm
ing character. Its progress defied all
Ike usual remedies, and only three
men escaped the attack. Captain De
Haven was himself the greatest suf.
terer. The constant use OF fresh
water. obtained from melted ice, active
mental and physical exertion, and the
care Of Divine Providence, arrested
any fatal result and the disease yield.
ed to a beverage composed of a sort of
apple tea and lemon juice. After en-
,ering Batiin's Bay. Jan 70, the ice
became fixed, and the little expedition