Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-10-09

AMERICAN ExPEDITioN.--AteW eWs tiSin
the American Exploring Expedition
to the I7th Sept. 1850. has been re-
ceived ia England, in a letter ad-
dressed to the AmiraIity. II is
transmitted by the master Of the
bark True Love. The persons
whose graves are mentioned, belong
ed 10 FrankIin's crew.
DAVIS STRAITS, July "a, 1851.
Ny Lords: May il please your
Lordshil,s 10 receive at my hands the
incIosed testimony, received on the
18th Of july, of the A m erican
searching vessels, OF the account oil
their voyage in search OF Sir John
Franklin. On the 18th Of Septem-
ber. 1850, they left all the searching
vessels at Cape Martyrs, Coruwallis
Island, they noticing enabled to
pursue any further westward direc-I
ton from that date. A harbor called
the Assistant Harbor, discovered by
Captain Ohmanney, three miles
south of Cape Martyrs, was the
place in selection by them TO winter
in. The bay ice was forming very
strong at that time. yet the Advance
and Rescue were determined to
proceed homewards; but, fortunate
", however, gale sprang up aud
drove ihem up Wellington Channel
so miles, and afterwards they were
frozen in. The American captain
De Haven told me that the winter
was very mild, and that he can give
no further particulars respecting Sir
John Franklin than the inclosed
account. He said he was determin-
ed TO go to the seat of search again,
after having wintered; and all the
documents received from the Admi-
rally and others gave 10 him.
MEMeRANDUM-I. On the 26ih Of
August, 1850, traces were found to
nothward OF Port Innes, Wellington
Channel, confirming these previously
found a: Cape Riley by Captain
Ommanney. These consisted Of
fragments of clothing, preserved
meat tins, and scraps of papers, one
of these bearing the name M'Don-
aid, medical officer in the expedition.
2. On the 9th, Captain Penny's
party reported graves. These were
at once visited by Captain De Ha-
van, Mr.. Penny and DIR. Kane
They bore respectively the names OF
w. Braine, r. NJ, and John Hart
nell, of the Erebus, and John Tor
rington, of the Terror, the date Of
the latest death being the Sd Of
April, 1916. Added to these sad but
-unmistakeabIe evidences. were the
remains Of the observatory, carpen-
ter's shop and armorers' forge
Upon the hill side and beech were
fragments OF wood, metal and cloth
ing, with stacks of empty meat tins.
Everything in dicatsd permanency
and organization. There can be no
doubt that the cove between Cape
Riley and Beechy Island, facing
Lancaster Sound, was the first win
ter station Of the missing vessels.
On the 3lst Of September the i'm
pervious ice Of the Wellington Chan
mel underwent complete disruption,
and by the 9th several vessels pene-
trated to the CORVALLIS side Such,
however, was the impenetrable
character of the pack in Lancaster
Sound, that by the 10Th of Septem-
Der the entire searching squadron
were again concentrated about eight
miles south of Griffith's Island
This was the furthest west attained
by the American expedition. The
latest dates from Commodore Austin
are of the 18th Of September.
They were then in momentary
expectation Of making winter quar-
tiers, and it is probable that a small
harbor, discovered by Capt. Omman-
ney, about three miles east OF Cape ,
Martyrs, will be the haven selected.
Thence the American vessels, while |
proceeding homeward, were frozen
in opposite Wellington Channel, g
drifting during the ensuing winter
from latitude OF rs 25 throughout i
the channel and sound to Baffin's I
Bay.
Their liberation. after much expo
sure and trial, took place on the 10th '
of June, 1851, at a point south OF :,
Walsingham IS 30-a linear 1rift .
exceeding I,050 miles,. The CON- q
notion of the ice, with its attendant f
was their chief source v
If trial. Every officer and man had n
marked scorbutic disease, but no l
ieaths have occurred. The crews h
ire now refreshed, and the expedi- c
ion is endeavoring to regain the seat a
{ search. / have, &c, y
E. K. KANE, !, y
Surgeon to the Expedition. :,
The London News of the 10th S
gives great importance to @
hese notes, and says: pl