The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-10-30
Sir John Franklin.


Bafin's Bay, off the West coast of Green
land. In one of them, addressed to Col
Sabine, he says, ~ hope my dear wife and
daughter will not be over anxious, if we
should not return by the time they have fix
ed upon; and must beg of you to give
them the benefit Of your advice and expe-
rience when that arrives, for you know we'll
that even after the second winter, without
success in our object, we should wish to try
some other channel, if the state Of our pro
visions and the health of our crew justify
it" He must then have crossed the wide
Bay( Bafin' 81 and entered Barrow Strait on
the North coast of this Continent, and pro-
ceeded through it to Beechy Island, on the
North side of the Strait; for hence the traces
recently met with, of the missing expedi-
ton, were found None of the expeditions
have proceeded far beyond this locality
Capt. Parry nayigated few miles to the
west of it; the Grinnell expedition a few
miles to the north.
Captain Ross, during one whole season,
was able to advance only two or three miles
from the spot near it, at which he had win
tered. Sir John Franklin must have pro-
ceeded either in direction towards the Pole,
up Wellington Straits, (our expedition took
this route, or westward in the direction taken
by Captain Parry The most remarkable
season for its openness ever known in the
Polar seas, was the one in which Capt. Par
ny proceeded short distance west of Beechy
Island. 1t may be that Sir John Franklin
found one still more favorable for progress,
1 and proceeded beyond any of these localities.
1t viii be reccollected that the Advance and
Rescue we're frozen in on the 18th of Sep
tember, and were not liberated until the 10th
of August, dates which show the length Of
the winter. The summer is consequently
but little over a month in duration, and it
constitutes the limit within which vessels
propelled by wind can be used for discoveries.
1t is supposed, however, that little north
of this ice-bound region, and in the sea that
surrounds the Pole, called the Polinar Sea,
i the winter is more open. Captain Penny
! preferred to in Lady Franklin's letter pub
lished yesterday states that he proceeded
with sleds in another meridian over the inter
lvening ice to that sea which he found open
Many nayigators believe that such al
open sea exists, and the officers of the expe
dition just returned, concur in stating tina
with North wind the thermometer Away
rises, and falls when it is from the South
ward. Whether the missing expedition
reached those open wators, or was caugh
in the intermediate ice, is matter for con
lecture, 1t is improbable that it ever re
f turned to Barrows Strait or Bafin's Bay, a
no trace of it were ever found. The cours
q of the pack ice is Eastward and Southwark
( through those channels towards the Altar
o tic. The Advance and the Rescue, soon ATTIC
reaching the scat of Arctic discovery, r,
manned locked in it for ten months, and wei
carried l, 070 miles towards the Ocean The
we're unable to recover. their position In tim
for the second summer. 1t is very evideI
e e that steam vessel, or propeller, is the onl
= one capable of doing effective service in thos
: regions. The English talk of sending on,
! accompanied by two sailing vessels to suppl
: her with coal, and it is the opinion of SON
of those connected with the Advance an
Rescue, that the plan is feasible and desir;
bic. The propeller would need to be abser
but sixty days from this point, to accomplis
all that one season would permit. The hare
ships of the polar seas are somewhat mitig
2, ted by the active sports in which navigator
e indulge.
The seal appeared in all directions, an
the hunt for them is attended with no lit
4 pleasure. They need to reach the surfac
8 of the water three or four times in an hou
9 in order to get a supply of air, when they al
o Shot or speared. They remain under the ic
2 and have the power to scratch with the
8 claws hole through it, even when FIVE fe
4 thick, to reach the surface These holes a
q watched, and the animal is secured as
a rises to the surface. Their value is scarcel
= to be estimated to the Esquimaux, who il
2 habit a country ofyast extent, some 800
y miles, long,) south of the region Of the
4 discoveries. They however penetrate wit
. their slight canoes this polarregion, in scarf
IS of seal. These constitute their food and fue
y and they are the material of which their hut
20 boats, clothes and bedding are made.
8 single animal supplies all their wants.
y addition to the sea-, deer are found at Il
- island further west reached by Capt. Parr
- and game and polar bear abound. DIR. Kal
80 Of the Advance, has brought home. a spe,
men of the largest white bear on record,
animal which he shot in one Of his huntil
excursions. he has also the only specim
of In our country of the sea unicorn, which b
"a an ivory tllsk of eight feet in length proie
IN inc from the head, and hide like the YaIrl
he The presence of these animals In and ne
.al to the Polar seas, gives occupation to hu
ch tiers, and supplies food to those who may
in locked up in their fields of ice, or those "
III may be unable from the loss Of their yesse
q to reach a more hospitable region.
AZ. Z. Jour. Com.
ne THE PLANTERS CONVENTION AZ Mace
pa 1Feunderstand, says the Southern Press, Il
ire Mr.. Baylor, our consul for Amsterdam, a
ass who is IN this country on leave of tenpors
ca absence, viii attend the Macon Convent
I'd, of Planters on the 2 tn, and that he IS auth
ip- lied by merchants and capitalists Of A.nlst
1t dam to tender to Southern planters 2
lex nerchants ample casll dYane es,at ioyyr
lie, of interest, on fect shipments OF cotton
I'VE Cha port and Sc % guafantee At least
stt marke Tiees to7po0l
nd ~ think affords "a excellent opp
1p lnib9 fol hment Of direct II;
between ealesn ports aud those
continental Qrope IS the interest
oeq 81 be South to decentralize tie cot
trade ailEuse it over he various mark
IS, Of Europe, aud 70 avert as much as possi
costs and charges Of needless tIansl