The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-29

have vsatursd 10 address the President q tho Uatsd
States subject OF heartfelt interest TO myself and to
many, yet houd have hesitatsd To obtrude myself on
your attention NJ ths present time had ust believed
TO DO duty to the sincere and profound
gratitude feel for the service which has already
rendered to the Arctic by the United States govern
men In accepting from my generous friend aud benc-
factor MIR. Grinne. the two vessels which he noby
placed ut their disposal for the search and giving the
command OF them to officers Of the United States Navy,
with all the privileges and obligations attached you beth
adopted the for which this kind concession
made and secured the good conduct not the OF
the expedition.
How ably that expedition WAS conducted what proofs
II gave OF noble daring and interchangeable energy and per-
severance has been related TO by those who eye
Witnesses of its achievements and who proud OF
having such noble coadjutors II would have been
arrange indeed il the hearts OF British officers had
warmed towards the generous who joined with
them like brothers. for the recovery Of their lost country
men, competitors in cause in which all the risk
divided but all the gain in the restoration tou OF our
friends f happy such had rewarded their efforts would
have been ours May our two great and noble countries
never be engaged in ste less generous and less friendly
1t has so happened that even the uutsward circum-
stances which caused the American
their course into position of great danger have been Of
the ships carried greater distance up that
chanDel which il is believed my husband pursued
passage to the N W than any Of the other ships had
then have since been able to attain and thus have
proved what he should otherwise have been ignoraat Of
that the ice which at time seemed to form impeno
trae barrier in that direction is not only able but
in all probability liable to annual disruption.
That after the winter of unparalleled xiety and suf
your brave commanders should have struggled to max,
their way back to the region from which they had boo
forcbly expelled when the whole impraetioable Geld
ice in Bafins Bay lay between it and them and shout
have yielded at last only to the fercest obstacles Ii
proof ndomtablc courage and perseverance, which
their country may well be proud and Which we, with
kindred hearts look upon with approving sympathy.
The two little vessels which, under such commanders
have thus distinguished themselves are now again Of
fered by MIR. Grinnell to the American government In
so doing, believe he has the honor of his country
heart no ess than the cause Of suffering humanity. An
Aunar hat
in the good his country should generously perse
in it. that in the fierce with the elements sh,
should again send forth her hardy that in the nob
race who shall first carry succor to the long lost nAvga
tors who perhaps yet sranng their eyes and
ing cut their hands for help she should again be equal
to the foremost 1t would be unbecoming in say
all that feel this heartfelt subectour deb Of graft
tude is already heavy one. We wait with deep anxiety
but without any prsumptuous confidence the result Of
Congress, persuaded that in you sir have friend
less favorsby disposed TO help than your dstn
guished predecessor In tho meantime believing that
you may yet have arrived al any decision it may be
permitted to to submit to you few considerations
bearing upon the hopes wo still entertain nav, which
entertsin than ever, that a renewed search
will lead to some positive and happy termination Of
anxeties.
rons though falling short Of hopes and expectations
neither insignificant devoid of great encourage
the msnS sbps csoape s IN n,ss
the anthearted and dospairing had predicted them
in ru their sntsr and .a in safety a. the
men belonging to the discovery ships and buried ap-
parcntly with great care and decorum attest that tho
rest of the ships companies not only life but las
other unmisakeable signs combine to prove in crcum
stances of security comfort and plenty fun ygor
Again the future field search had been narrowed the
explorations of Capt Austns officers over the ice oar
ried on with spirit and perseverance which make me
proud that they are my countymen having shown that
ships could not have pursued south west course
while the discoveries of Captain Penny conducted with
equal energy and spirit in north direction leave
room to doubt that the clear water he there came
upon first opened by my husbands ships and that
they pursued their way towards Bshring Straits in
high northern latitude. Thus future efforts have
con fined and definite aim II may be affirmed that
the lost navigators TO be looked with every
hope Of success in the space lying between and
$50 deg of west longitude and any parallel of latitude
north Of deg 1t would appear therefore, secure
the completeness of the search it should be commenced
simultaneously at both ends, and that single exped
ton going up Wellington Channel should be considered
to have exhausted its work till it emerged in BehIing
Straits-or, in ether words accomplished northwest
passage nor any expedition starting from Behrinr
Straits deem its object attained till it in Wei
pgon Channel or Bofin's Bayor in other words, per-
formed the northeast passag.. Our government
fear intend to limit their efforts to expedition
| up Wellington Channel There for tho search
by Behring Straits only small private expedition
foot by generous individual in this country who de-
voting his private means and his personal efforts the
enterprise
Another frsit of the late expeditions the knowledge
thy have Given ms OF the powr &c s.."-. o,v.oo'c
successful had been this result that it is probable pow
eriul steamer might be able in season 10 make
progress which would take successive years
Hsh without, or which might never DO accomplished at
Scarcely less satisfactory ia the experiment tha has
been made OF long journeys by scdge and foot
the ice in winter or spring weather Hundreds of miles
OF ccsst have been thus examined Lastly, derive
infinite comforts from the proofs which the lato cxpcd
lions have given that considerable exist in
these northern portions Of the Arctic regions which have
been approached for the support OF human life and
very satisfactory also is the dlonal experience gain
cd in confirmation Of all former evidence, that Arctic
climate Is in itself favorable to health and that the
loss OF life attending the expeditions is in spite Of all
the risks and accidents incidental them less than
the average Of mortality in any other quarter Of the
globe With these facts before and with proof
even sgn of any sudden calamity having oycr.ken them
and cut short their progress it pre- uous
but within the bounds Of reasonable and modest cacu-
ation of probabilities conclude that lost nayga
tors have only not been found because they already
beyond the reach Of the efforts which have made to
come upon their track, limited their efforts have
hitherto been to the duration of single season The
discovery ships were shead OF all their pursuers
and while the latter had advanced hardly beyond the
starting POST. they were struggling toward to goal IL
nisfortup has indeed overwhelmed thcm-and how
should dare refuse believe in such possibility? IL
has been in the strenuous and ardent pursuit of their
duty and not in the early and tmid abandonment of it.
as they would seem to imply-who gra,uitouy suppose
that our brave countrymen turned back the end of
single winter and persisted their way home 1t was
the known determination Of my husband (and record
ed by him in his last letters from the borders the cc
TO renew his attempts year after year. and if oed in
direction TO try another.
Surely these brave determined will never be aban
doned TO their fate Surely the sentiment which
sounded lately in the festival hall New coming
as 1t did from the heart of that distinguished American
citizen, whose name is mperishably connected with the
Arctic cause, and which ferveny responded by
every EDglishman and American present, will guide my
couDrys councils and touch the hearts Of all who
lend helping hand to its fulfment IL will be matter
of wonder indeed TO future generations ESQ many costly
efforts made year after year should suffered to end in
nothiDg neither in restoring to England her long lost
sons who went out to peril their lives at her bidding
nor in disclosing the fato to which, in the ndast per-
formance other duty they may have fallen the victims
yet in making the after-mssion of mercy and HUI
manty subsee the interests science lead to the
solving Of that great geographical problem which
centuries engaged the attention of the world
the express object Of this my countrys latest effort
cannot but regard the of my husband and his
companions and the accomplishment Of the passage
nearly identical objects Had the researches which
have hitherto been made in vain been subjected to no
other restrictions than the accomplishment Of the ono
object the other long the lives OF those employed
were not necessarily sacrificed, might not perhaps
have bad to mourn series of bitter disappont-
mens 1t is only by having the objects in view as
the original expedition and pursuing it with the same
steadtast perseverance, that hope to solve the
mystery
Hitherto efforts have scarcely advanced beyond the
threshold of the field of search the gates of entrance and