The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-10-02

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rd for tho better
ruE AWtriC ExTEDIriON.
The y. Y. commercial Of the sob
ul,., t.ny. Tcleyraphic De.pn!cl.) has
received the following account Of the
American expedition in search OF Sir
John Franklin. one Of the vessels be-
, longing To which has arrived at the
brooklyn Navy Yard.
II will bc remembered that the latest
previous intelligence from the Rescue
aud the Advance WAS To Sept 1870, re-
ccived through the English papers.
.See an article on first paye.
On that day they parted company
with the t.nglisl, squadron. ne mentioned
in the dispatches Of Capt. Penny.
The same nisllxhey were frozen in
OF Wellington Channel. From that
point commenced their northern drift.
am, they were carried up the Channel
to lat. 7j %. the greatest northing ever
attained in that meridian.
During this time, the violence Of the
,ruplons OIL the ice were so grc; that
they could keep no fires regularly. on
account of the motion Of the vessel.
From that latitude they commenced
drifting again to The south. and in No
,en,ber 1850, entered Lancaster Sound L.
The mercury in tic thermometer
foil below zero. The bedding trozc in
every apartment, and the coffee and
soup became congcnleL rs soVn rs ,akel,
off the fire.
, The principal ernp,ions in the ice
occurred ON the | lth November and sth
December, 1850, aud l2lh january.
1851, 'on Which latter day the expcdi-
ton entered lIatlin's Bay.
During the continuance of the vessels
in this ice, the vessels were lifted up by
tho stern rs high rs six feet seven or
eight inches, with n lift to the s,nrhoard
Of two feet eight inches, the Iiscomforis
and Inconvenience Of whicl, may well be
imagined.
During thi, whole time also the men
had 10 have their knapsacks constantly
prepared, as well rs slcighs, &c, not
knowing but that at any moment the
vessels, strong as they were, might be
crushed by the ice. They we're three
weeks without taking off their clothes.
! Fortunately, the ice lifted up rather
than crushed the vessels, which lay often
at II considerable elevation on the crest
Of the up-heavins ice.
i 1t was ut this time the scurvy broke
out. attacking all the crew and officers.
l. Capt. Haven, and DR.. Kane succeeded
by a.siduous efforts, in curing them all.
From this ice the vessels emerged
on the 10Th Of June, 1851, after M inn
prisonhnent of nine months. During
this time, they had dritted 1000 miles
"a polar drift unprccedcnted.j During
,hi. whole imprisonment. the two YES
sells suffered comparatively little dam
ago. The Advance lost part of her bob
stays, and part Of her false keel. The
Rescue has her cutwatcr and bow.prit
literally chiselcd Oft.
Having got botl, his vessels liberated.
Capt. Dehaven determined again to
prosecute his search, and turned the
Advances head to the northward. lie
succeeded in reaching Upper Melville
Bay, but was there again heInmcd with
ice. From thi. lie WAS not liberated
until Angus! 10, at which time the sea-
son was so far advanced that it wa. inn
possible for him to proceed. lie there
fore reluctantly determined to return
home. The Advance called n! the
Greenland ports, where she obtained
full supplies Of fresh meats, vegetables,
fruits &c, and DR.. Kane soon had the
happiness of seeing the scurvy entirely
disappear.
The expedition has returned without
the loss Of man, which speaks volumes
alike for the officers and the men.
The American vessels last saw the
English ship Prince Albert, on the 9th
day of August standing to the south
southeast, after having given up, as
Capt. Dehaven concluded, all hope Of
getting round the bay ice and making
for the southern passage.
Capt. Dehaven thinks it probable
that he would reach Prince Regents
Islrt Inlet. DR.. Kane thinks, aiic,
seeing the regions and the resources
on shore, that Sir John Franklin and his
crew are probably yet alive.
The Advance has brought home the
. relics Of Sir Johns visit to the place
where three Of his men were buried.
We learn from Mr.. Grinneli that La
dy Franklin cntertains The sS,no opinion
as DR. Kane, with respect to her noble
, husband.
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