The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-08
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From the New York Tribunal
biography of Sir JOhn franklin.

this illustrious, whatever doubta
may be thrown upon the cFedibIity of the
narrative-furnishes a suitable occasion for
collecting the scanty details of his biogra-
ply, which have thus far been communea-
ted 10 the public. Sir John franklin was
born in l7s6;rand would accordingly have
been 6S years of age had he survived to the
present time. His native place was Spilsby,
a small town in Lincolnshire, in the vicinity
Of the North Sea-. From his earliest years
he betrayed certain boldness of disposition
and love of adventure. 4.u' rs
His father endeavored to cure him OF his
sea-faring propehsities, by permitting him to
try the experiment of voyage to Lisbon
in trading vessel. But this only produced
the opposite effect He was confirmed in
his taste for the ocean, and would not be
satisfied until he had procured the consent
of his father to his entering the navy. He
obtained midshipman's warrant in his four
teenth year. His first service was in the
frigute Polypheme, where he was distin-
guished for his youthful courage and ener-
gy. He was in the battle of Copenhagen
in 1901, and two years after accompanied
his relative, Captain Flinders, on a voyage
of discovery to the South Sea, during which
he waa shipwrecked on the coast Of New
! Holland. -"I 'tE 2.
At u subsequent period, he was in the
Bellerophon at the battle of Trafalgar.-
In 1904 he was lieutenant in the Bedford,
which brought the allied monarchs to Eng
land. He was concerned in the attack on
New Orleans, where he gained great credit
by his bravery and skill. In 1918, he com
manded the brig Trent in the Polar expedi-
ton under Captain Buchan. After the fail.
ure of the search for the northwest passage
by Captain Ross, he received the commits
sion in 1919, to undertake an expedition by
land from Hudson's Bay to the mouth Of the
Copper Mine river, in conjunction with
Richardson and Bach, to cooperate with
Captain Parry, who was to visit the region
by water. .......ssr ..., ,...... ..a..H-
On this expedition he followed the coast
as far as Cape Turnagain, sixty-eight de-
grees thirty minutes north latitude, and az
ter incredible hardships, having been once
rescued from death by the Indiaus, he re.
turned to England in 1929. He was pro.
motod to the rank of post-captain, and three
years after undertook second expedition tc
the Polar sea, visiting the coast between
Mackenzie river and the Copper Mine river
By the middle of August, 1927, he hat
reached the seventeenth degree of latitude
and the one hundred and fiftioth degree o
longitude, but was compelled to return By
the early setting in Of extreme cold wealth
er. In recognition of his merits on thi
expedition, he received the order of knight
hood from George the Fourth. tz'3
In 1890 he commanded a ship. ofthe- lin
in the Mediterranean, and afterwards wa
appointed Governor of Van Deman's Land
from which post he was recalled in March
l843. Returning to England in the sprin
, of l845, he was intrusted with the comman
of the fotal expedition in which his life ha
= fallen sacrifice. The two vessels, Ere
bus and Terror, in which the younger Ros
had accomplished his expedition to the Sout
Pole, were selected for the voyage, and tw
distinguished officers, Captains Crozier an
Ftzjames, were appointed as his compan
ions. The expedition sailed on the 10Th o
May, 1916, arrived at the Whale Fish Isl
ands on the 4th of July, and was seen 70
, the last time in Melville Bay, on the got
of that month. fS#m t IT,
J 1t was not until after the return of Car
tain Ross in 1S49, who had been sent i
search of the missing navigators, that ger
: eral anxiety was felt for their safety |
Y 1850 an expedition was fitted out by Lad
t Franklin, and another by the British Gov
r ernment, to seek the lost vessels. Abor
: the same time, our townsman, Mr.. Henr
n Grinnel, dispatched the two ships Advanc
and Rescue for the same purpose. The ur
a successful result of these expeditions
S well known. During the past year larg
o feet was sent out by the British Govern
y ment to make renewed search for Sir Joh
e Franklin. 80 III .,,s,
e Mr.. Grinnellaiso dispatched the Advanc
r under the command Of DR.. Kane, on sin
d liar errand But all in vain Before Ii
y announcement Of the recent intelligenc
! no further hope was cherished that the. live
= Of the brave explorers had been preserve,
!; Their names were some time since stricke
? from the Admiralty list, and orders issue
q for the recall Of the expeditions. n
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