New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-25
The Arctic Expeditions.

Official reports are received at the Admiralty
from Capt. Penny, OF the Lady Franklin, to the
SIN September and from Capt. austin. of the
Resolute. to August p. The detail of Capt.
Penny's operations Is OF 10 especial interest.
from the nth April to the 9th July nearly all
the time was spent III land journeys, and nearly
thousand miles Of travelling was done. The
only discoveries of Importance We're IN company
with It, De Haven. of the American Expeditions
and consisted IN the finding OF the graves OF
three seamen. as noticed in T'ie Tr5ms Of yes
teraay moming.
We give the following extracts from Capt.
Austin's narrative, being the only instances
where the American Expedition Is mentioned
Captain OmmanLey In the Intrepid reached Cape
Riley and Beechey Island on the night OF the I'D OF
August and at both found PosiIlve traces OF the mis-
sing expedition
On the 9iih Captain Ommanney was joined by the
United states schooner Rescue. and IN the iaier
parl Of that day he dispatched the Intrepid to search
the snore to the norih~ard but she was stopped Dy
the fixed ice about four miles beyond ioAt innes.
On the 2jth lead opened towards Cape ilotham
Can't OInmannev. hoping to End record tnere. ais
matched the Intrepid 10 take advantage OF IL, foO"-
iDg in the Assistance, Capt. Penny who had no~ ar
rIyed anu communicated, remaining 70 Sedrch me
bav between Cape Riley and Beechey Island
Tho Resolute having III her search been detained
by weather. dld not reach Cape Riley and Beechey
Island until early Oh the morning OF ihe 2''h sac
found between the latter and Cape spencer tte re-
lX Sir John Ross the TWO Digs OF captain fennN.
and the RI scue, Lieutenant De HaYen,tnd saw rom
the crow nest the Assistance and the intrepid on
the opposite shore near Barlow Inlet the other NJ
ted states schooner. Advance, was beset Anew niles
to the norihwaTd, wl,h searching party to cape
BOWden. where bottle, scraps OF newspaper shot,
ana other miscellaneous fragments were iound con-
yeyug the impIe SION that il hal been The resting
d., e.. hoo fr..ft OH ~ Ffll
Previous 10 ihe arrival OF the RcSo-Lte. cap
tain Penny had found on Becchy Island three graves,
and various other conclusive eVlcence, "hch tle
moment saw them. assured ne tnit the BAY be-
tween Cape Riley and Beechey Island had been the
winter quarters of the expedition under Slr Jo1n
Franklin II the season lei5-l6. and that there was
circumstantial evidence sufficient 20 prove that It's
departure VA. somewhat sudden, out "ht'nef Al an
early or late period OF The season very ficut to de-
tCTmnC.
On tie morning 4 the 2sh the ice oased of suf
fcleItly 10 enable Lieutenant De liaVen ortJou ms
consori round Cape Spencer On the afternoon OF
the 4ih OF Septcmbcr, upon a sOuthery movement OF
the ice the Assistance rounded Cape do,ham. and
the nited STATES expedition reached tonear Barlow
Inlet and on the morning cl the ON ahOther move
meut enabled The Rc,oluo and Pioneer 10 reach the
western shore, bui not IN time TO obtain secuTly III
Barlow Inlet
Weconunued beset until the evening Of the 7th,
when the ice gave way 10 the uOdhwdrd, ana carried
US In critical position out OF the strait 10 south
c3I OF Cane lotham. This movement enabled
Captan Penny and John Ross 10 cross the strait
Early on tie morning of the 9Th another change
occurred. when We succeeded IN relieving ourselves
from the zee and with the brigs aud schoonersl
COINED the water between the pack 10 the southwtfd
and Cornwallis Island then pushed onward Nith
raised huue, 10 the westward sccrng Tor The south
eru extremity of Griffith md, and s5hlug III tue
evening the stance and tender in tnat direction
On the morning OF the l0th ~e reached an exien.
>ive foe extending from The southwest cnl oil Gr.i-
NIL Island 10 the sou'hWard, as far a The eye could
reach 10 which the Assistance and tender we're Sc
cured We omtd company rs CID me Ongs ana IN
the evening the United States expedition Captain
Ommar uey III formed me that he had e uchedOt ptI-
ties on foot (unhaIpy without finding any trace the
shores If ComNalls Island from SIX mics aOo'e
parloA Inlet 10 Cape MARTYR, had found t"O bays on
the south SIDE eligible Tor Winter security. 1nd htd
dcpo>uod on Cape ilOtham, depot OF - days pro
visions for 30 men. rs also d small depot on HruiIh
I>l3nC since taken up.
On the morning ol the 18th. the weather having
somewhat cleared. with the temperature down 10
near zero lpLl>3-), We cast of Atcr much LABOR
and difficulty cleared The bay aad stream zee ana
reached open wafer cast Of Griffith island "heh Tue
nIlcd states exhibition Was seen 10 conuuni. ate
with each ether. hoist their coorS, anu stahd 70 lhe
eastward ana IL was moi unia some snort tine diteI
trat recolected Lieut. De Haven hac IN reply, ap-
prlsCd me Of tie probability of ms return 10 Amer
lea tins year. but the circumstances IN Nmch we
were placed wholly prevented onr bearing up ioI
COMMUNICATION The same evening we made iA>t
10 he hxed zee between Cape Martyr and Gnihth
Island as The only hope O. finding security and gam