Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-03-25
News from the Arctic Regions,
Oregon, South A merica, &e.
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Sur POSED News or SIR JoHNFRANK-
LIN An extra, published by the
ColtuuBo Adgerhser, contains the fol-
lowing.
News from the utmost ends Of the
Iearth IS always acceptable, more espe-
cially when the subject matter is the
relief pf the distressed, who have
risked1 and it ma y be feared, lost
their ives in search aftef knowledge.
I have it in my power this month, to
give y pu later information of the
Sc arch which is being prosecuted for
the recovery Of Sir john Franklin
al ID party than even the admiralty is
yet possessed Of Her Majesty's
sd ryeyi ing ship Herald arrived here
from the Arctic regions, via the
Sandwich Islands and Hong Kong,
during the last we elk, and she has the
la test accounts fro m the far north
N ear the extreme station of the Rus
sian I ur Compa my, they learned
from the natives tn at party of
white llen had be en- encamped 3 or
400 M Hes inland, that the Russians
II had made an attempt to supply them
with provisions and necessaries, but
that the natives, who are at enmity
! with the Russians had frustrated all
| attempts. No comm unications could
: be opened with the spot where they
were said to be, as a hostile tribe In
| tervendd. From the Esquimaux
they had this vague story satisfacto-
r rily confirmed, with the addition that
;, the whites and natives having quar-
relied, the former had been murdered
!, AS to the possibility Of these unfor-
a Inmates being Sir John Franklin's
t party, | leave ypu AMI your readers
g who have paid attention to the case
T in all its bearings, to judge. Wheth
e er these men spoken of we're Oh
S we're not Sir Johns company, lit
. tie hope can now be entertained o
finding them alive, as their provis
D ions must have been expended a yea
S ago, and their fuel, which is as neces
e sary, must have all been burned out
f nearly two years sine E.
!, FROM OREGON. The steamship Or
e Ggon arrived at San Francisco on thu
: LIST of Feb ru;ry, bringing advice.
from Oregon to the 18th Of January
r A batteau loaded with wheat wa
e lost in the whirlpools of the narrowi
: Of Rock Island on the 18th Of Jan.
5 and five PERSONS, all on board, were
: drowned. They were S.-M. Morris
: George R. Ritchey, Jas. Browner, Al
T bert 2. Duncan, and Wilson Hupp
. When the boat landed above the is
land there we're four teen Others OF
board, who fortunately preferred tt
: proceed to Oregon city by land
1 William Hamilton was murdered
It near Salem on the 9TH of January
i VIM. Kendall was arrested and bounC
: over on a charge of being the muir
derer.
oil FROM CHII.T The British mai
t steamer New Grenada arrived at Pa
: mama on The Goth Of February, from
S Valparaiso and the intermediate
c ports. The Valparaiso papers were
8 to The 25th of January.
el The following vessels were sold al
y the port between tn e 9th and 25th 0.
4 January: american barqpe Yeoman,
e $1,000; do. barque Henrietta Newell
r $3.50; do. schooner Louisiana, 4,545
:, do. pilot boat Lamb ert Seydom, Z.
. S25; do. ship Roger Sherman, 4, 400
: The coasting trade has been thrown
: open to lines Of foreign steamers
which affords communication be-
e tween the ports Of Chilli and other
countries. This favor is granted also
4 to steamers engaged in commerce
within the waters Of tn lie republic.
The United States ship Raritan
was at Valparaiso on tt e 24th of Jan
!, uary. The Vincennes sailed from
a, Coquimbo On The 10th.
: The crew of the British ship Alfred,
: tfirty-two innumber, arrived at Talea-
r huana in the ships launch on the
18th of January. The ship was coal
laden, and taking fire at the en-
a trance of the harbor, W as entirely de-
r stroyed.
f On the 18th, a fire b roke out in a
| frame building at Talca huana belong
J ing to the American G nsuI resident
) there One or two other buildings
we're }Iso destroyed; the total loss
vas rdclzoned at $4,000.
: FR$M PERU.-The Presidential
! election has terminated in favor Of
Echenique. Out of $500 electoral
votes, 2,4S5 we're cast for him, 52S for
, Elias 05S FIR Vivenoo I0o0 for San