Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-05-09

L rom the Nati0Dal lntellgGpCer.
|egret to learn that DIR. Kane. the enter
leader OF the second Grinnsl Expedition,
Esent suffering from iufia mmatory rheu-
We sincerely hope he may recover by
i've believe the 18th of this month
ed for the commencement of his daring
|ilanthropic voyage of exploration.
layers of his countrymen, aud of the
parted all over the world, will accom-.
i'm. Admiration of his lofty motive
las deep sympathy with the long and har.
Suspense whick has torn the heart of the
wife of Franklin, enlist the fervent wishes
|fistendom fer his success.
ake pleasure in copying from contem-
THE annexed sketch OF the adventures and
in various parts OF the world which mark
Eious life Of this noble American, who is
Meeting so much honor on his country-of
i is we'll siid by the journal from which
/, that she has taken his diploma in the
F of DANGERS
KANE AND THE GRINNELL ExpEDIrloN.-
| ly no man of the age has graduated in such
B of preparatory discipline as he to whom
entrusted the search for the long>lost
pr. He has taken his diploma in the
of dangers. In the brief enumeration
tudies, We find him tramping for seve-
Pks on foot through the orange groves of
then for month chasing the tiger near
y; then surgeon to the American lega-
China, where, after numerous unavailing
prs to penetrate the forbidden portions oftbe
hl ,egions. he goes to the Philippines, and
S. through the good officers of the monks
lteriorof Manila, in visiting its Businesses
ploring its volcanic wonders; then, with
cord around his waist. descending two
feet below the brink, into the great cra-
Tael, returning with bottle of it's sui
hters, and leaving his cripsed boots amid
ers and lava; then again visiting China
FOuItering shipwreck, he passes to India
ician OF the Dremendhar Dagore, and for
ponths from his palanqui looks out upon
Fies OF that country which displays in
lity its physical wonders, and gathers
it the most romantic associations; then
10 him in Upper Egypt and Abyssinia, i'm
the temporary footsteps of the camel
shifting sands, traversing the Sahara to
of Jupiter Ammon; at the i'm minent risk
applying his ears to the lips of Men,
lat speak their morning words high in the
for several weeks. with Professor Lepsi-
urbing the ancient dust of the Pharaohs;
wrecked as he descends the Nile; weun-
combat near Alexandria, then hunting out
tene of interest in classic Greece, and
lg under the sky that arches the shore
thon; then whirling thro Ugh Italy. France,
Igsand; then cruising on the coast of Africa
Is himself of his Brizilian acquaintance,
permitted to penetrate the interior and
Q the whole machinery of the slave trade;
hitting with the coast fever, and though COM
Eonqueror, yet so disabled as to be obliged
IN home an invalid; then volunteering for
carrying dispatches to General Scott
hd race throagh the country our loops had
Perote, obtaining an escort of a miscreant
rpany, and becoming involved in series
), he received the swords of Gen. Gaona
o. Torrejon; had his horse killed under
nd was himself desperately wounded in
ing the lives Of his prisoners against his
on; then engaged 10 photographic service
coast survey; then. as surgeon of the ex-
IN search of Sir John Franklin, spending
ind dismal winter on the frozen waters OF
ar seas; then returning, amidst the con-
lions OF his countrymen, he descends from
tude of an icebeg to the heat of the Ice
pm. and lays before the people the results
orthern Investigations and now we see
US fa,niliarized with every peril and ac
d in every ,egiou-haying successfully
ed with the rice fever in the Canton riy-
ii g plague in Egypt, with the yellow
Rio, with the congestise at Puebla, with
lean fever on the coast, with an organic
of the heart which has from boyheot
sailing the citadel of life with dangerou,
Thus disciplined and accredited. we
young, slender. and plastic American
10 aid of benegolence that stretches be
bme and country. freighting his stout ship
our harbor. with the implements anc
of Subsistence, which are necessary tt
him TO undertake second aud novel ex
to find. if it be possible. amidst the icel
pole, the form. Irving or dead, of that gal
Iorer, whose unknowa fate attracts the
interest of the nations.
8 Senatorial Convention for Hardy, Hampshire.
an met at capon Bridge 90 Friday the ead, and
ID Garrett Cunningham. Esq. OF Hardy. as the