Washington telegraph., 1851-11-05

The AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITIoN-R Return
of the Rescue-The U. s. brig Rescue, in the late
Expcdlt Oh 10 tie AiCiIc Regions, ~ search OF Sir
JUhu Franklin, arrived at The BrOokln Navy
Yard on the 7th inst. The Rescue parted with
the Advance ON the evening Of the 18th of Sep
tember, abo.t 800 mics from Cape Farewell
Since that time Capt griffin says, incident has
urr.'d worthy special mark. The [ ourier
und Enquiirr says:
The appearance Of the Rescue is that OF a
vessel that has only been out on long c.asting
voyage, but compared will the Advanc She
woulu seem 10 have been more rou- hly handied.
Her whole hail has been bruised, her rudder
smashed, anc lew spare spais lashed together
compose her bowsprit Ii was ON entering Lan-
Caster Sound, on the goth of August, in gale of
wind, that she lost her bowspril, by an iceberg
rising up at the bow of the vessel and cutting il
completely Oft Her rudder and stern post were
split, to need repairs when off Griffi,h's
Island. The rudder had to be unshipped lao
times during the voyage. There has been no oc-
cason 10 renew the rigging of the Rescue. The
Rescue bore up Wellington Channel distance of
fifty miles, Her officers concur il the opinion,
that had any written directions been found on the
| earn on Beechey Island, indicating Wellington
Channel as the route taken by Sir john Franklin,
the might, with means for landing the expedition
have penetrated still further. The absence of any
written memorandum beneath the cairn, continues
| TO them mystery. Under the impression that
writings might have been buried in the vicinity of
| the earn, and that the exact place had been ms
taken by the builders, they dug out The ground
| :or ten i-et North, South, East and W esl OF it.
HE result is the more mysterious, as no cairn
had hitherto been erected by Arctic voyagers, for
amy other purpose than The preservation vi
| randas AS ~ the compliant by Lady Franklin,
tact Captain Penny, VINO passed up Wellington
Channel IeO miles, had not gone ~ n,.les further,
by which he wO.id have Oeeu brought 10 the
shores some c-ntra sea, the officers state that
| iUr Capt. Penny to have conveyed the requisite
4u.ntn, vi pIov.s ons ior hin'sei. aud men, such
a i.sk, was almost mpractcable, and account
Oi his not being able 10 pass his ship through the
ciia" ,.is merely reaching the siiures, II shores
| lacy were, Oi The Polar Sea, hr,,lIed Ia BY enor.
NOUS Ut ICE, could have resulted ia no ad-
| van.a-e. Aud agaln, had the pres- NJ xpeditIou
| Continued its course up~ ard ny oi land
conveyance, they could not have reach. ID, in The
| attei, ~, 10 return, the nearest Esqumaux or
DANISH settlement; lor The region ing between
| Melville, aud Bathural Islands aud Victoria Land,
Ias in lis interior Vast heds OI " dter and Ice IN
| constant motion even In the depth Of winter. Yet
there r-n,ai..s the fact that Capt. Penny did 20
within seventy miles oil The opposite mouth of the
| Wellington Channel, aud did return; and as to
| navigating the sea, the conveyance Of ordinary
! tsquimaux canoe, which weighs but forty pounds,
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charactet Of the ice Wellington Channel is field
zee, and is encountered with lew icebergs. The
Tremendous tide rushing either way beneath is
allowed by all navigalors to indicate an open sea
10 the north The high, rocky cliffs on the eastern
shore here decline ~ the same manner towards
The south. As far as We can judge, the officers
| OF tire Rescue did not appear 10 nave cherished
that strong belief in the praclicab.;y of The UNDER
taking, which is entertained by Dr. Kane and
| others IN the Advance. The evidences that, in
lhis (our) lattude appear conclusive that Franklin
proceeded up Wellington Channel, they seem TO
have attached no great weight to; what is report
ell as TO the region between Cape Walker aud
| Victoria Land, is only another argument to show
.i.e possibility for john Franklin and his part
10 have made escape from the northern regions
| without otter ard than tnat at his command
The map of France, which was begun
Iu 1917. Is not We. finished. 1t is to con-
tam 300 sheets, oi winch 149 are already
published. There yet remaIns five years
work in surveying, and nine years work
IN engraving 10 be done. The total cost
will exceed f4OO,0UO sterling. Up to
this time 2,249 staff officers have been