Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-07
THg ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

DR.. KANE who sailed from New York on the 10th Of
May touched ut st. Johns, Newfoundland for recruits
and left there the 18th Of june No dispatches have
since been received from him. bat sscerained that
nc was at Uppernayawick the side Of Bans lay,
on the 18th Of July
Capt. kGtEyIELD, Of the propeller Phoenix, who
rived there three days afterwards that the AG
pane Of which Dr. Kane is commander had sailed north
ward with open ssa, and that he had doubt that
she had gone through Melvlles Bay, Of the most
dreaded parts of the navigation, without difficulty Dss
patches will doubt therefore be received from Dr.
Kane by way Of Denmark Upernavawick is in latitude
73, and constitutes the most norherly settlement in
Greenland part of the Danish dominions
The expedition had the friendly aid of the King of Dem
mark who directed that every possible facility should be
extended to 1t on the part OF his The Advance
instead OF coursn9 along Of Greenland and turn
ing thence westward to reach Lancaster Sound will
tempt to make passage into the Polar seas through
Smiths Sound which far explored by Capt Inge
field last year (he went to latitude 784) satisfy him
that complete opening existed No navigator had pre-
viousy preceded far north in the same direction.
Smiths Sound, at the point reached by him. was 36I
miles wide from which the land bore north northwest
one side and northeast the other, with navgabe
The testimony many of the Arctic navigators is very
conclusive the point that open exists beyond
that latitude. Into this open Sir John Franklin
questonaby sailed and it probable that his vessels lie
mbedded in ice in Of the bays which border upon
Intrepid had been frozen in for three winters in bay
adjoining this open sea- support this conclusion They
received in England in September last. His vessel
lies in the Bay Of Mercy the north part Of of the
series Of islands which supposed to lie south of this
open and northward of the continent Of North Amer
and Asia.
The of Capt. Mcclure passed on the ice over to
Melyes Island and left at Winter Harbor note stating
where they were. party of Capt. Kelets men found
it, and they went Immediately Capt McClues vessel
Sir John Franklin, had he been in Capt McClures posi-
on might have had communication with Winter Harbor
as it is but hundred and sixty miles distant but if
he twice the distance off he would greatly embar-
rassed in making the journey
The more recent navgators provide themselves with
description of food pemmcan, which, from its compact
ness may be carried at long distances with great
and they description Of boats and sleds altogether
superior to those formerly used Pemmican is made of
beef subjected to drying process, in which sevcntyfve
per cent Of the material passes off in evaporation
The boats of Capt. Mcclure are spoken of weighing
but eighteen pounds
The Advance is well supplied with food and boats suit
able for very long expeditions land The evidence
presented by Capt Mcclure and others to the quantity
Of food supplied by those regions is very conclusive to
show that expedition locked in the ice as his is may
subsist for years without difficulty.
Renewed confidence has been impaired to all those who
familiar with Arctic discoveries as to the chance of
the safety Of Sir John Franklin The chances Of his be-
ing discovered also greatly increased There
engaged in this service the Advance already mentioned
which probably sailing in the open by Capt
Ingefeld along the edge Of its numerous bays.
Sir Edward Belcher, with his ship and propeller,
in Weingons Inlet the 26th Of July last his
turn Beechy Island there wait further orders from
his Government. He will probably receive orders to
tnue the search Capt Kellett with his ship and pro-
peller is at MelVles Island He has sent out several
sedge expeditions the west and north They close
upon the supposed track Of Franklin.
Capt MoClures ship, imbedded in the ice, may be con-
verted into storeshp to aid future expeditions The
North Star soreshp lies at Beechy sland the north
side of Wellingtons Inlet There is storeship ut
Point Barrow the northwest coast of North America
Capt. Coiuson who went up Behring's Straits, and
last heard Of in August 1851 prosecuting the search
The propeller Isabel is at Valparaiso whence she
will proceed next spring through Behring Straits to
pore the along the north Of ASIA in the hope of
getting round the pack which has always been found
north of Behring's Straits. This expedition was fitted
out by the private means of Lady Franklin
Part Of the American exploring expedition under the
command of Commander Ringgod consisting of five ves
se!s will undoubtedly aid in this object. This fleet was
the Cape of Good Hope by the last accounts received
in September Some of the vessels will attempt to pass
through Behring's Straits.
The propeller Phoenix, which bore Capt McClure's des
patches England has been ordered by the British Gov
ernment to leave England in the spring, bound for the
Arctic regions by route between Sptzbergen and
Nova Zemba. The activity thus impaired to this great
humane object gives confidence that will eventuate in
success.--Journal Of Commerce.