The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-04-16
Another Arctic Expedition.

The intense interest and anxiety
sstill fcltSin the safety of Sir John
Franklin and the heroic crows of the
iErcbns and Terror in particular the
"anxinns .solicitudc Of Lady Franklin,
%and probably the fact of the Govern
Dc,lt reward of 100000 for the dis.
covcry Of the missing voyagcrs being
still obtainablc--have led to the un.
dcrtakins of another expedition, to
sail from this port. 1t will be remcm-
Fbercd that the Prince Alberta trim
and manageable listle craft-arrivcd
herein October last. after about three
!, months absence in the Polar Seas.
During The period she was in these
.sss199stHEszl, rsSriops. s. Z mus Is. "ccoM /
plishcd; races Of the missing expcdi-
ton, the only distinct and unmistakc-
able ones that had ever been found,
having been discovered. Circum.
stances, howcvcr--and chiefly, per-
haps, the state of the icc-.prcvcntcd
Commander Forsyth and his crew
from fully accomplishing what had
been intended in the way of search
for Franklin aud his associates. An
attempt, under hopeful auspices is,
however, to be made this season to
effect, if possible, a search in the same
quarter and to the full extent, as pro.
posed last year. The Prince Albert
will again be fitted out and manned,
and will proceed to Prince Regents
Inlet, where the ship will 5c laid up
in such state and convenient harbour
age as can be found. The party
will then proceed in boats SO far as
can be reached by open water: they
will cross tho Isthmus Of the Boothia,
and follow out their search as far to
the eastward as possible. Where
boats canrot be worked, Kyacks'
will be used, which, with the assis-
tancc Of the Esquimaux, will enable
the party to proceed one or two hun.
dred miles farther than boats could
carry them, as the 'Kyacks' can he
golled up and dragged over the ice.
It is proposed that the expedition
shall remain out one season, and il
the state ofthe weather and the ice
be favorable, it is expected that a
very extensive search will be effected
The Prince Albert, which has lair
here all winter, will be got ready as
soon as possible, and it is hoped she
will be able to reach Lancaster Sound
sbysthe.m Of June. The cxpcdi
ton will be under the command o.
Captain William Kennedy, who has
como from America for that purpose
Mr.. Kennedy has a very intimate
acquaintance with the Arctic Re
gions, having served for considcra
bic pcrioain the employ of the Hud
son's Bay Company. He winteret
eight years in Labrador, and was tho
first European who explored the
northernmost point of that icy coast
Capt. Kennedy, who possesses in
flexible determination, courage, ant
enthusiasm, is very hopeful of sue
cess. He speaks highly Of the cour
tesy and even affection everywhere
shown him, and which the sympath,
felt, both in America and this coun
try, for the success of his noble oh
jcct has inspired, He proceeds t
Orkney probably on Thursday (tc
morrow to engage landsmen for tn
expedition; those who have been i
the service Of tho Hudson's Ba
Company will be chosen. They wi
be twelve in number: and, with 81,
able bodied scamcn and the commar
der, will complete the expedition
We heartily pray that they may sue
cecd in their noble enterprise. Lii
erpool Chronicle, StA "h.