Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-10-07
INTERESTING ABOUT THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
FROM THE LosDos TIMES OF SEPTEMBER is. :

!, INTERESTING ABOUT The ARCTIC REGIONS.
, FROM THE LONDON TIMES OF SEPTEMBER 16.
In impression Of yesterday published some dss
patches which have just been received the Admiralty
from Capt. ISGLEFIELD, who commissioned short
time back to make a trip up Bafin's Bay ard SO "a
Beechey Island They do not contain information upon
the subjects which the public will feel the keenest
anxiety, but entirely filed with notes of his dis
coveres Of coal in those distant regions of the north
is perhaps needless for say that Capt Ingefeld is
the officer who made spirited little dash up Smiths
Sound in August 1852, and supposed that he had at
length caught glimpse Of the Polyna Of the Russians
We trust, however there is end forever Of all
discovery in this direction of any further insane at
tempts to relieve who have long since ceased to
ist 1t was the Goth of May, 1845, that Sir John
Franklin sailed from Sheerness with the Ereous and
Terror, Capt Crozer being the second in command We
presume that the most sanguine enthusiasts have length
given their belief in the safety Of this Inflated expe
dton Ten years will have been most fully accom-
SINCE poor FFa vi and them that
ed the winter Of Io4o46 in small cove between Cape
Riley and Beechey Isand facing Lancaster Sound Here
it that Capt Ommanney found the three graves and
in the neghborhood, up Wellington Channel traces OF
travelling party which seemed have been dispatched
from the main expedition were subsequently, discovered
Beyond this in the shape of positive evidence as to the
fate of the wanderers, there is nothing to relate AS
presumption it would not be right to omit mention Of the
real deceptive appearance by certain Of the crew
and passengers of the brig Renovation about the
goth Of April 1851 which has given rise to so much and
80 anxious discussion The Observation-Disclosures dsbeeve
the tale of the Renoyatons people Capt. Penny, man
who has spent his life among the cebergs, disbelieves
and brings cogent to show that these sps
could have been Franklins if they were ships
at all fact Of which he totally denies the likelihood or
the possibility On the other hand, it is generally
understood that many of most experienced Arcuc
navgators have added certain degree Of faith to the tale
brought home by the Renovation and have been content
20 accept the explanation for want Of better as one
which throws light upon the mysterious disappearance
of Frankln and his companions Beyond this point all
evidence is negative. Search has been made in many
drcctions the North Polar regions have been ransack
ed to their depths and traces have been discovered OF
Franklin and the missing ships
If it not that the imminence and pressure Of pub
lie events may be supposed to have driven from the re-
collection of many the leading facts and dates OF the
case should not think necessary to to such
points, but, intelligence has been recently received
from the Arctic regions, it may be necessary to remind
readers that the apprehension which in the first
instance felt for Franklin and his followers has now been
transferred to those who sent in search Of them
We exclude oil mention of exhausted attempts and pass
at to the two principal in actual progress
Tho greatest anxiety is felt with respect to the fate OF
Capt Colnson 1t cannot be forgotten that so far back
the beginning Of $780, the Enterprise and Investigator
under the command respectively of Capt Colnson and
Capt then Commander NClure sent into the ice
by way Of Behring's Straits or the Investigator fortu
natey have something tell and have good grounds
for hope that the safety of the and commander
OF the ship has been secured Through the midst OF
difficulties not unprecedented in the annals Of Arctic ma
vgation, but still Of most appalling character captain
Mcclure made his way round in northerly and westerly
direction point very far distant from the spot to
which Sir Edward Parry had penetrated nearly quarter
of century ago. For the present we may dismiss all
consideration Of this transaction but the history Of the
Enterprise unfortunately, must be told in diaeref
On the 18th of August, 1851, Capt Collinson
reached Wainwright Inlet but after turned
back by the ice The latest intelligence received in Eng
land with regard to this vessel must be dated far back
as 1852 1t mentioned in the Panama Herald Of De-
cember % of that year that the enterprise had been
long time before by American whaers There is no
yet for gloom despair with regard to the fate
Of Capt Colnson and his ships company, but consider
able ground for anxiety. We have had news OF the ship
within two years whereabouts. The Investigator
missing for much longer time to say nothing Of the
case Of Sir John Ross in Regent inlet in 1S2933 Time
however on, and the absolute loss Of one exped
ton is suggestive Of sunny antcipations to the
fate of others which have been dispatched to the same
inhospitable regions.
1t was on the 18th Of August 1882 that Sir Edward
Belcher went Wellington Channel in the direction OF
Northern SEQ, should such exist The season was what
is called open one and in the absence OF late intel
gence only trust that that enteprising navigator
has not been drawn on to point from which he may
find it difficult, If not impossible to recede Our own
opinion has been frequently and decidedly express
ed to the value of these exploring expeditions that
little remains to be written, beyond renewed ex-
preston Of most earnest desire that the period OF
what may be called Arctic discovery may be considered
at end Could we once see the ships now in the ice
safe back at Sheerness should be well content to
abandon the research after the Poyna and the blessed
regions of the Polar Hesperdes to curious dscov
erers We have had enough Of it, quite enough Of it,
It's ocourse necessary that every proper step should
be taken for the relief of the ships which have been al
ready committed to the ice in search Of Franklin Ex-
incurred with this object the country will endure
without murmur, but nothing beyond
The dispatches received from the Panr are princi-
pally filed with Capt Ingeelds reports OF his discove-
res coal various spots during his run and as such
they altogether devoid Of interest He seems to
discovered veins Of coal which may be used By
in those distant regions for purposes OF nayga
ton Good coang stations will naturally be object
Importance persons engaged in the whaling trade 10
those seas We could have wished that the dispatches
had thrown light upon the fate Of Sir Edward Bel
tegence of Sir John Franklin and his unfortunate com
panons exceeds any reasonable expectation.
FROM THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLICAN,.
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