Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-10-07
From th. " y. Journal OF Commerce, Sept. u.
sI, IDuN ERASETIN


This intrepid navigator alive, will soon enter n70n MS
seventh winter in The polar The Advance one "i the
vessels fitted out from this port To escde MN ana MS 'h
comrades their pcrs, reached our harb" Yesterday
morning and lies al the Navy Yard in good condition.
havin lost only her buwarks and part OF her false kHG IN
her long and hazardous voyage The Rescue, from which
she arlr, gale The 18th Of September is expected
soon The expedition unsuccessful ia tho humane anu
noble object for which il get on iou out the generous
hearted officers who in ;a Advance stu entertain
hopes o! the safety of tho missing vessels and trust t e
5erccnt eSerlions still in progress for their safety may os
crowned with We have learned tr" taelh thl
here abundant material in food and fuel In IN" region IN
which Sir John franklin Is supposed 10 BE-, ior he susie
nance Of his party. 1t is found in The game which migrate
tho Artic .nd in the seal and other marine haa'a
ouni there, the latter furnishing both food aud fuel
Although expedition has not been successful In the "D
sct Tor which sailed the effort is ceoitaole 10 hc nv
ani,y age should be continued until all hope IS
rXuguishcd. To our ico" citizen Alr Henry drnhGll a
large o gratitude is due for his noble and we.hea
:;.icavors The two vessels the Advance ana thr hrSc'
alter being prepared with great skill resist the pressure o
r, set si from This port under the command oi Lieut. S
Il ven On the 23i of May, 1882 with orders 10 rearn To t
11.l tu.in. this Fall They were well hIcd ana glppeS
n after s1ilu along the Greenland coast and np Bar"ws
straits reached region Of Arctic discovery In the monl
II August 1850 They found at Bctchy island or It's Eicln
~ traces of Sir John FRANKLIN for it was here that three oil
MS had been buricd but nothing was ascer'ane1 70 IN.
ic,te the he took from that point in search oil Inc
Northwest pusaee. An attempt was made oy Licn'enah!
De Haven reach the opcn which is supposed To exist
AZ the North, but il unsuccessful the VssS"is
II this iun were within about seven hundred miles ot
the supposed position vi the Enerpria AMI Investigator,
,h w vessels which entered into the on the o-
positc side OF this Continent, through 'ac strait a1"ec i
| and Asia.
for winter guafefs and they attempted 10 90 So; but e ice
yrcduay formed about them when oil Wellington csia'l'
ncl the l3: Sept lS5 they were completely laslon-
I'd in Tae vessel then commenced what WIS "noy h"eH
cc cL Northern Drift and rclchsd by first OF October me
gh latitude Of IS % the highest latitude ever attained IN
that meridian
,i;c which ~ the first October turned the vcssci ~
Southern direction, in which they continued l'r 'e
dnary erOd nf nine aonths, and un thsy hau toa'so
distance Of 1910 miles. The ice about mem o'me 2 Is
piiin but il subjected 10 occasional au p'"eH .'s'
lion On the 9th Of Dscem5sr and l3h OF Jaaa1y INC 'es
sells exussl 10 dangers ana .e! ma occu
larger less carefully guarded it double sars ao
braces he; destruction would have been ireVt's me
disruption accompanied with noise, oe'c,il@ .! ~.
!iccs IS resembling locomotive w's'ie; ana s"2uii
and constant pusatiun oi the Ic aGcol'fana "''h '
noise was constantly occurring. The c':t VIA, " 4ush!
At the I'te Of tea miles s t"iT, ana "c's' i
,Y,.I b: ca.ri4d 10 bold a:I r"cN! '''.oE'"-s' ~
which cIc va nrah ''"::.. ftcqsnr "!:sh .:'s ~
ron III pcf.i, c:sy k"psicH "' !eI WIN - - 49,
w,,ici. upon the ice IN case o. me a.Sc'o
ii. vessrlS During III. eighty days Of TINS hazardous
time the sun di rise aud there was t2.l afkaess
ca2t q. midday. whcn for s moments papet i"aa
th S0n In February this year, they were blessed VIII
return daylight which enabled teir c 10 tnAe ever
csc uppn the ice Il III n asceraiHed 'ai ,s"E "e
,;,.,y s Cr, ,at and that the ice III which The vessel
Iay erhcd!el a2peareG 5e stationary although .to aIo
norica observations its motion %ds known. va '' -"
oc june h? pluso" o The Ice, tl fs:sei5 "e
iifer,ei and they were once again sailing cheer:uy ups"
hr water sickness howeser-So ln.s aad lhey "st
free OF n0on-soon g.nera'y pre.r:!ea ne? emesee
from their i:ra.iscrnet, in latitG" - So ana lneoiaci
proceeded the Greenland settlements .O' fresh provision
which we.. ob,sined limited extent lhGy agi'n pe
ce.c! nornward along tie .fFeenana coas ..A:!a - -
wc, the masses Of floating ice and penetrated again into ii
uprcr ,egions Of Bains Bay. Here new and ia; MOI
threatening difficulty bcse them laey were !oeksl up
the ,iist of huge Iccbsgs which sint ae out co:n,st
from view Of Ins horizon. Some of them were 2oo ie
,~h and in III: light of Qt was no" constant Gay
he spoken OF as extremely goFsenu- Ilry n
now reached the 18Th OF August and even with an open s.