Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-12
THE SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.

The English papers publish the following ex-
tract from letter written to relative by Lieut..
HOOPER, attached to Commander Pulleu's exped.
ton. II is dated
"Foar Gsop HorE, McKIszrE RHEr,
/ TUESDAY, JULY I6, 1850.
"In my sttsr of the 18th umo told you Of intend
ed second Trip the sea- and that Just returning
from Great Slave Lake to Fort Simpson prepare the
voyage that place. quarter of hour aer that letter
sealed road, the episte also proceeding
in the opposite direction We reached Port Simpson shs
Sd Instant and until the llth bu engaged in getting
boats and all matters in readiness which, with few has
and small resources took up msch time On that day we
quilted Fort Simpson and descended the river TO Fort Nuna
which reached the night Of she 18th stayed there the
night and started the morning for this place. where
arrived this morning Tomorrow wesave this 10 the last
post on the river asothe last place from which
municase with you until return, which will probably be
about the end OF September OF beginning Of October.
*Cur boats are two-the larger brought from he
Ploveri the other is 7e boat Of the Hudson Bay Con
psny, and called the Try Again. with reference atsen
thstime We seventeen persons In l; Captain PuKsa
and two Indians for hunte We may expect to reach ths
about the 23d of the present month, and if meet with
detention ought to get to Cape Bathurst In ew days.
then Wooaston Ednkss Land opportunity NAV
best is not mpossbieth may winter in one of
those lands, should provisions be plentiful there in order to-
extend our search far may be Thereo you do not
receive from mo Of our return which shall
not fail to give we return back year. you must not be
alarmed at Absence fancy thousand horrible
gencies but the contrary, rejoice that have fallen
upon land and prosecuting with
ador prolonged SEARCH instead Of conning operations
to one brief We sas, you know, in the great
est danger in sahebed in the security Of native land
and be assured not many of parae easily daunted with
trfes. @s
We not sangune Of success, but We look forward
with great hope the region propose visiting isone which
has not before BEEN explored and in direction which the
most experienced Of Arctic voyager imagine to be the most
probable situation for the missing Ships. Should've find
hem what delight would be could but succeed in
storing the distressed and gallant party to their anxiousy
sorrowing friends.
s'Sir J. Ross left at Port Leopold, the land Of North
Somerset provisions for sixty for twelve months
with steam launch.
"Now should We reach Banks's Land, which is about
three hundred miles from Cape Bathurst and find the TO
the eastward clear Of ice with fine westerly breeze,
might perhaps make for that place, where the provisions
would support party for four years nearly and enable
search away properly But this is only remote chance,
is impossible say what shall do, depending,
must the weather. which in these hyperborean regions
be determnaey calculated upon We take energy
and determination the task and hope to the onset these
should smooth all dcules the issue is in the hands of
all-wise God To Him le, us leave it,"