The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-10-04


received dispatches from Captain ingefeld who il will
De recoeeted was commissioned awhile since TO make a
Tin up Bafn bay, and to Beechey island They are
mostly filled with of his discoveries of coal in those
distant regions of the north. Captain lngefeld 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 Poynia of the Russians In his present
communications to the government it seems Sir John
Franklin's name is hardly mentioned and commenting
upon that fact and the suggestions to which If naturally
gives rise the London Times remarks
ave presume that the most sangune enthusiasts have
length given up their belief in the safety of this Inflated
expedition Ten years viii soon have been fully accom-
pshed since peer Franklin and his companions quilted
shores The last know OF them IS that they passed
the winter OF 1856 in small between Cape
Riley and Beechey island facing Lancaster sound Here il
was that Captain ommanney found the three graves aud
in the neghborhood up Wellington channel traces OF
travelling party which seemed have been despatched
from the main expedition subsequently discovered
Beyond this in the shape of positive evidence 10 the
OF the wanderers there is nothing to relate As pre-
SUMPTION it would not be right to omit mention OF the
real deceptive appearance by certain of the
and passengers Of the brig Renovation about the
Goth Of April 1851 which has given rise to much and
so anxious discussion
The Observation-Disclosures dsbeeve the tale of the Renova-
lions people Captain Penny man who has spent his
life among the icebergs disbeieve it and brings very
cogen to show that these ships could not have
been Franklins IL they were ships at ala fact Of
WHICH be totally denies the likelihood even the posi-
by On the other hand, il is generally understood that
ed certain degree Of faith the tale brought home 10y
the Renovation and have been content to accept the expa
nation, for want Of better, as one which throws light
upon the mysterious disappearance of Franklin and hi:
companions Beyond this point all evidence is negative
Search has been made in many directions The north po
lar regoas have been rausaced to their depths and
have been discovered OF Franklin and the missing
ships
lift that the immineRce and pressure Of pub
ay be supposed TO have driven from the reco
lection of many the leading facts and dates of the case
but intelligence has been recently received from thu
Arctic regions ii may be necessary 10 remind our readers
that the apprehension which in the first instance fell
for Franklin and his followers has been transferred tC
those who in search Of them We exclude all men
ton Of exhausted attempts and pass at once to the tive
principal operations in aptuni progress. The creates
anxiety ielt with respect to the fate Of Captain Col
hhsen. Il cannot be forgotten that 50 far back al
ths beginning of $780, the Enterprise and Investigator
der the command respectively OF Captain Conson and
Captain then Commander MeCufe were sent into the icI
pT way OF Bhng Saits CT the Investigator fortunately
ge have something tell and have good grounds for hops
that the safety of the and commander II not OF tbs
ship has been secured Through the midst OF diculue;
not unprecedented in the annals OF Arctic avgation bu
si o. most appalling Saraeter Captain Mcclure mad
way round northerly and westerly direction to
point not very far distant from the SPOT 70 which Sir Ed
ward Parry had penetrated nearly quarter OF century
sgp FOR the present may dismiss all consideration
THIS transaction bat the history the Enterprise unfortu
nsteiy must be told in different ON the 10Th O
august ISL Captain Coiinson reached Wainwright inlet
g was soon after turned back by the ice The latest in
egenee received in England with regard TO this yess
must be dated as Ear back 1852 II mentioned in
we Panama Herald of December IS Of that year that the
enterprise had been long time before by American
Nhalers There IS as yet for gloom despair
with regard 10 the fate Of Captain Coinson and his ships
company but considerable ground for anxiety We have
had news o. The ship within years thereabouts
the investigator was missing for a much longer time tc
say hoinnS o. the case of Sir John Ross in Regent inlet
"a iezs-55 ilme however, on, and the absolute
o Oh one expedition not suggestive of sunny anticpa
IONS IS % ne bate Of Others which have been despatched
20 The same nhospitable regions
II was on the 18th Of August 1852 that Sir Edward
Beeher went mp Wellington channel in the direction Of
northern should such exist The season was what !.
called an open and in the absence Of late intelligence
We can only trust that that enieprsng navigator has moi
petn drawn on 10 point from which he NAV find it diff
yait not impossible, to ecede Our own opiniou has
been 50 frequently and decidedly expressed as 10 The
value OF these exploring expeditions that little now remains
70 De written beyond renewed expression Of our ros
desire that the period Of what may be called Aret,
discovery may be considered al end Could We one,
e me ships now IN the ice safe back al Sheerness We
mould be conept 70 abandon The research after the POLY
ma snd leave The blessed regions Of the Polar esperides
more curious discoveries We have had enough OF it,
quite enough Of ii