The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-10-02
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EUROPEAN NEWS.
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Among the passengers is Captain Brown
with the officers and crew late of the yaclr
America, which has been sold for $4,000.
The demand for cotton at Liverpool was good
Messrs. Rraman have paid the goo awarded
to Mr.. Hobbs for picking their lock, but protes
against the fairness Of the award.
Kossuth From Turkey we hear that the
question relative to the Hungarian refugees al
at Kiutahia is settled. The Sultan has resolved
to put an end to an unjust confinement, calcu
lated only 70 compromise the character of his
Government The American steam frigate
Mississippi, placed by the President of the
United States at the disposal of Kossuth, was
to repair from Smyrna to the Dardanelles on
the LIST instant, to await their arrival On the
same day the refugees would quit kiutahia, and
embark at Jeumelk in a Turkish steamer for
the Dardanelles. Kossuth was to be accOmpa-
MED by NJ Lemmi, Tuscan, his private secre-
tary by Generals Perczel and WisOsky, and
Count Batthiany, with their families, and 20
other superior officers The frigate will convey
those personages to America, stopping few
days in England,
TRACES OF SIR JOHN FRASKLN-AMERIcAN
EXPEDITION,
News from the American Exploring Expedl-
ton TO the 18th September 1850, has been re-
ceived in England. in a letter addressed to the
admiralty It is transmitted by the master OF
the bark True Love The persons whose graves
are mentioned belong 70 Franklln's crew.
DAVIS STRAITS, July "a, 1851.
My LORDS: May it please your Lordships to
receive at my hands the enclosed testimony re-
ceived, on the 10Th Of July, of the American
searching vessels of the account of their voyage
in search of Sir John Franklin On the 18th
Of September 1850, they left all the searching
vessels at Cape Martyrs Cornwalis Island, they
Hot }t;ac R,ka e {,,rsuesSs E'r'(iar westA ard,
direction from that date A harbOr called the
Assistant Harbor, discovered by Captain 0m-
manney, 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. vet the Advance and Rescue were deter
mined to proceed homewards but unfortunate
ly, however, gale sprang up and drove them
up Wellington Channel 80 miles, and afterward
they were frozen in The American Captain
DE Haven told me that the winter was very
mild. and that he can give no further particu-
lars respecting Sir John Franklin than the en-
closed account He said he was determined h
go to the seat of search again, after having
wintered and all the documents received from
the admiralty and others gave to him
Memordndd.-1 On the Goth Of August,
1850, traces were found to northward of Port
Innis Wellington Channel, confirming those
previously found at Cape Riley by Captain ON
lnanney These consisted of fragments Of
clothing preserved meat tins, and scraps Of pa
pers, one of these bearing the name of MELON
aid, medical officer in the expedition.
2. On the eth, Captain Penny's parties re-
ported graves. These were ut once visited by
Captain De Haven, Mr. Penny, and DR.. Kane
They bore respectively the names of w. Braine
r. NJ and John Hartnoll, of the Erebus and
John TorrngtOn, Of the Terror the date of the
latest death being the Sd of April, 1916 Added
tO these sad but unmistakeable evidences were
the remains Of the observatory, carpenters shop,
and armorers' forge. Upon the hill side and
beach were fragments of wood, meta, and
clothing, with stacks Of empty meat tins Ey-
erything indicated permanency and organiza-
ton. There can be no doubt that the cove be-
tween Cape Riley and Beechy Island, facing
Lancaster sound was the first winter station of
the missing vessels On the 3lst Of September
the imperviOus ice of the Wellington Channel
underwent complete disruption and by the
9Th several vessels penetrated to the CORVALLIS
side Such, however, was the impenetrabe
character of the pack in Lancaster Sound that
by the 9th of September the entire searching
squadron were again concentrated about eight
miles south of Griffith's Island This was the
furthest west attained by the American exped-
ton. The latest dates from Commodore Austin
are of the 18th of September
They were then in mOmentary expectation
Of making winter quarters, and it is probable
that a small harbor, discovered by Captain Om-
manney about three miles east of Cape Mar
tyrs, will be the haven selected. Thence the
American vessels while proceeding homeward,
were frozen in opposite Wellington Channel,
drifting during the ensuing winter from ati-
tude of IS 25 throughout the channel and
sound to Bafin's Bay
Their liberation after much exposure and
trial took place on the 9th of juno, 1851, at n
point south of Cape Walsngham, 65 3O--a
linear drift exceeding $50 miles. The cOmmo-
ton of the ice, with its attendant uncertainty.
was their chief source of trial Every officer and
man had marked scorbutic disease but no
deaths have occurred The crews arc now re-
freshcd and the expedition is endeavoring to
regain the seat of search
have, &c, +. X KANE,
Surgeon to the Expedition
The London News of the 10th instant gives
great Importance to these notes, and SAYS
The intelligence of traces of Sir John Frank
lin and his companions has been scanned with
eagerness by the veteran Arctic explorers now
reposing on their laurels at Woolwich: and
many of them are sanguine in the expectation
that they may yet have the pleasure of weIcom-
ing at least the surviving portion of the noble
crews who left Woolwich in Nav, 1916, with
the Erebus and Terror. 1t may be interesting
to know that the Royal Marine whose grave
was found was Sergeant William Braine, Of the
Woolwich division, who volunteered to proceed
to the Arctic regions with the Exploring party.
although he had only recently returned from
service in China.
Kafr Wu-By the steamship Hellespont
dates are received from the Cape of Good Hope
10 August /
Sir Harry Smith appears to have made no
movement of consequence during the previous
month, while the kaiirs and Hottentots are
spreading themselves through the eastern PROV
inces and penetrating settlements previously
considered secure from danger.
A correspondent at the Cape under date
Aug /, says Z" From what can learn Major
Warden has been defeated in the Sovereignty.
the Kafirs are within five miles of Uitenhage,
and the war consequently in the heart of the
Colony"
No further supply of troops had reached the
Cape subsequent to the arrival Of the Vulcan.
THREE DAYS LATER.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP AFRICA.
Liverpool dates to The 1911.