Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-11-01


the effect that the remains of Sir John Franklin
the great English navigator his crew and their ships
had been discovered. The Montreal Herald saws:
"1n our extra of yesterday evening we informed
the pubic thata runor was current in town that the
remains of Sir John Franklin and his crew and their
ships had been discovered
We Immediately despatched special messenger
to the Hudson Bay Company's house at Lachine,
and through the kindness of the Governor Sir Geo
Simpson, are enabled to lay before our readers the
following outline OF despatch received by him yes
terday from DIR. Rae.
DR.. Rae has been absent on the coast since the
first of the month of June 1853 and returned to
York Factory on the 2eth of August last, whence
he forwarded letters by express, to Sir Geo Simp-
son, via the Red River settlement
After briefly noticing the result of his own expe-
dltion, and the difficulties with which they had to
contend, he proceeds to state that from the Esqui
maux he had obtained certain information of the
fate of Sir John Franklins expedition who had been
starved to death after the loss of their Ships which
were crushed in the ice, and while making their
way south to the Great Fish river of Buck near the
outlet of which party of whites died, leaving ac-
counts Of their suferngs in the mutlated corpses of
some, which had evidently furnished food to their
unfortunate companions.
This information, although not derived from the
EsGuinaux who had communicated with the whites
and who found their remains but from another band
who obtained the details UiCd r0ce may vet be re-
lied No doubt is left of the truth of the report
the natives had in their possession various articles
of European manufacture which had been in posses
sion ofthe whites.
Among these several silver spoons, forks, &c.
on one OF which is engraved: "Sir John Franklin
*. c. B., while the others have crests and initials
on them which identify the as having belong
ed to the ilfated expedition. Drawings of some of
these have been sent down. The fearful tragedy
must have occurred as long ago as the Spring of
1850"
E,,rfbo Iotio1 lie of f1o
Montreal. 1t is said that the Indians were met by
a party of survivors dragging their boats and sold
them seals.
Long before the bodies were discovered they were
told by signs, that the vessels crushed in the
ice. The bodies of some were buried-others found
under a tent A boat was turned over that belonged
to Sir John Franklin's party and is deemed fully
confrmatory.
Dr. Rae purchased from the Indians large,num-
Der of articles that we've taken from the bodies.
APPROPRIATIONS BY CONGRESS- The National In
telligencer publishes the list of appropriations by
the last Congress, and says:
1t will be that the aggregate of definite ap-
propriations, including the Treaty with Mexico,
amounts to over sixty-ive millions of dollars The
indefinite appropriations will swell the amount con-
siderably, perhaps much five millions. There
were created a number of new offices, to some of
which per diam compensation is affixed. The
salaries of the Assistant Postmasters General were
raised from $4,000 to $1,000 per annum. The fol-
lowing is summary of the appropriations for def
mite objects
Civil, diplomatic and miscellaneous, s15,sH,s52 A
Army, Notifications, Military Acad- T., 8.
emy, &C., 11,s7s,5ss 90
Indian department, naval, revolu-
tionary and other pensions, 3,es4,6se 10
Naval service, IL, ,51Osos 46
Post Office Department, II ,293, ,909 60
Treaty with Mexico, 100000 90
Total, -$e5, 1926 81