The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-22
ARRIVAL or THE ADVANCE.

As-hA AsAtA
ARRIVAL OF Tue ADVANCE.
Early this forenoon the Advance, Capt De
Haven, one Of tho vessels sent out by Mr.
Henry Grinnell TO search for Sir John Frank.
ia, arrived at the navy yard, Brookyn We
have had an interview @ah L. X. Kane, Etq.,
surgeon 10 the expedition. to hose courtesy
~s are iadsblsd isf tho following particulars /:
II VIII be remembered that The lates, pre-
sious intelligence from the American vessels,
the Rescue and Advance, was On the 4 9Th Of
September, $50 received through the En-
eiIsh Papsrs. On that day they parted com.
papy with The Eugsh squadron as meqton.
ed IN the dispatches Of Capt. Penny.
Oa the same night rhey were lfezrn in at
Wellington channel. From that noiut com
menced their Northern driiI; and tbev wore
carried up the channel to latitude 75o %
the greatest Noubieg ever attained "a ths,
meridian.
From that latitude they commenced Diff.
Ieg gg 10 TO the South, and in November
1850 entered Lancaster Sound During this
lime the violence of the etuetions Of the ice
was 30 great iha they could keep no fires
regularly la on account of the motion OF the
vessel. ne mercury IA tho ihsrmomrter
fell below zero. The bedding fezs m eve.
~ apartment, aHd even the cefee and Soup
became cougsaIsd as sooa rs taken II The
IRE.
ifwas n, this time that the scutvy broke
cut, attacking all the crews and officers, Csp.
tain De Haven and Dr.. Kane included. Ry
dtnt If ssssduous snenten and Constant vigl.
lance, however D.. Kane succeeded N keen
ing d. ~n the disease, and fortunately brought
ihen al through the disease without astag
-ingle man.
The pttecipl stupileu 10 The ice. we may
here ueution. occurred on the III Of Noyefn.
brt snd the cih OF Decembel, 1880, and he
3tb At Januar' 1851 nn which lstfer dav
The expedition entered Rsflns Bay. Daiug
their cantnuancc 10 hiss ice the tessels were
lifted Up by the storm as htgh as SIX feet seven
q eight inches, WITH a ls, To star board Of Two
tsst saghl ieehes ihe discomfort nd Incon.
ven'euce - which may well be imagined.
tluung thIs whale time also the men had to
have their knapsaeks constantly prepared, as
well as slstehs &c., noi knawtna bit that al
any mo neut the vesseIs, strong as shes wern,
alght bocru-had BY the tee. Tbeg were lhfee
week sI4hout ttkog uh their c!o,kes. For.
tussieiy The ice lifted up sgihsr than crushed
the vessels which ay alten at CO Siderable
elevation oa the crust af the upheasins ice.
From tAis ce the vessels emerged on the
l9ih Of June, sol after an tmpissonmeu Of
tine months. niuoe the time thew dttied
Gee Thousand and sxts miles - polar dftit
It unprecedented extent. The etls ene ~
aay s4y analogous With a. wc bainyc, vas
taas Of Capt Buck tn iIaasoa's Bay, which,
bsseser, did not compare wtth il ID ex}enf.
bIrinx this waole Imprisonment to tie ice
he two vessels suh.fed complra'lvely ttle
dlmsge. Tho Advance lost her hob slals and
gar Il her ia,se keel; the Rescue hsd her
cutwaiet and bowspfi literally chise.led ~.
Having get both blsvesses liberated. Capt De
tiaseu determined again TO ,ty TO prosecute
hts search. ard turned tha Advances head to
the Nodhwhtd. He succeeded ln reaching
the upper Melville Bay region, b4l sas there
aesin hemmed III by ice.
From his lie was not liberated until the
l9,h If August, Of which the season was 50
llr advanced thatli was impossible for him 10
Proceed end accomplish his purpose, even
sapposag every thing should be favorable and
10 tco intervene.
lie therefore reluctantly determined to re.
turn hpme. The Advance called At the Green
land pnfts. where she obtained foil supplies
ntticsh meats. vegetables. fruits, &c, aud Dr.
Kane soou ha tho happlnos, Of seciag the
scufry entlsely disappear.
The expedition has tetutned without the
ess Of man, which speaks volumes mike
.af the officers and men; aud is no mean
pfa'se fer ne expedition
The American vessels ast saw the Engtlsh
ship Prince lber at eleven O'Clock A. NJ. on
The l2th August. standing South East, hav.
log gwen up, as Capt d. Haven concluded,
~ hope OF getting round The bay ice and
makrg The Southern passage. Capt. D. Il.
lrIoks probable thai she would reach Pfnee
Regents inlsl.
IT, thinks, after seelrg The regions and the
fe'eurccs on shore, that Sir John Franklin
aad his cfes are prahaby soi alive. The
Aasance has bto0ght home tho relics q
~ johns visit To tho place where three Of
Zip nen were burIed.
We were enabled 10 lay before our retdets
yesterday the principal facts connected with
ne American expedition IN search OF Sr
@'an ftanklin learned from the surgeon Of
ae expedition arrived IA tho Advence. The
ha'cpe, the eunsoti Of the Advance, parted
'a'npany during the storm of the 3h ui.,
had Is hourly expected
We have lIue to add to The particulars giv.
eH Yesterday. On the lilh of Jolly, the two
'ssseIs hearieg up to run between tho B4ln
'''ahds, the Advance grounded on rocky
'aosl, with only three fcs of wnter under her
Vows. Her stern remained aaa;, however,
'fen At low water, The Rescue haued by
M1 wind inal IN iin,n L.. n.rnnn a nttta1 inr L.