The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-23


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arcIIc Expedition 70 eIurn of DR.. X u nc.
Il wiI! be r"cnIlcc:ro that Dr. Kane was sur
gem Of he GrnnrI expedition sept gut i, search
'f SIR Jnhn Frankllns party that. afterwards, in
Nay, 1869. h. left The United States as c0mman-
i.r t.? al "xp"dirinn. having in view The same Oh
i~cl and TIA! Elisha K. Kine was the originator
Il third expedition in search oc his father
If the LIST mined party had not been found, it is
rrmbubie We would soon hays had foaTih rxpe.
'HIru,: md 10 on one company OF sParch"rs lock.
ing Tor nE0thcr Now. we congratulate the
country that those expeditions have come 10 al
md.
The following article. from the National Intel
hScnccr OF Yesterday morning. tells pleasing
sIoTy
The steamer Union. from IIaYre, which ar
rived Of NV York last evening, rrp"rrs having
spoken yesterday morning. sixty miles south of
SANDY Hook, steamer under command Of Lieut..
IIanstene, who had on board Or. Kane and his
party Of Arctic explorers.
DR.. Kane sailed from New York IN the brigan.
rine Advauce on the 3ls; OF May, $50 for the
Polar Seas. i'll search Of Sir John franklin and
his companions, tnking with them variety of in.
s.rumenis for scientific purposes, and a supply of
provisions suficIen, for three years. cruise. His
rnlife ships company consisted Of seventeen per-
.1ps, viz:
Eiisha II. Kane. Surgeon in the U. s. Navy,
commanding the expedition; ]. Wall Wilson,
first mate; Henry Brooks. seconG mate; Amos
DrOnselI. third mate; james McGoary. fourth
mate; Christopher Ohlsen, carpenters; J. J. HAYES
surgeon; Augustus Sontag. astronomer; Henry
tiOodftllow, naturalist; Gearge Stephenson, JET.
f"rson +. Parker, George j. WhittrH VIM.
L. Godfrey, George Reilly, and G.. Blake, sea.
men, William Morton, steward; Peter Sheppard,
cook.
Lieut.. Har;>,epe commanded The expedition
hed out for the relief Of DR.. Kane pursuant TO Al
act Of Congress, which sailed from New York on
lie 4tA OF June lasi. This expedition consisted of
vessels the propeller relic and the barque Re.
l,as", which were officered as follows:
OrrIcEEs OF THE RELEAsE-Henry J. Hart.
Stene, LIEUT.. commanding; William l.. Lowell,
acting master; Joseph p FyfFe, passed uindship.
man Elisha k. Kane, assistant surgeon Van
Rensselaer, Hale, boutswaln.
OFFICERS OF THE ARCTIC.-CharlesC G. Simms
Lieut.. Commanding Watson Smith, acting mas.
ser; Ildrman Newell, engineer; Samuel Whtng,
acting boatswain.
The following topographic despatch, received
after the above was written. announces the SAFE
arrival al New York of Lieut.. Hartstenr's COM
mand, and gives brief account of his cruise and
ui>Co'eIS vi LIT. n'le parry VINO appear not 10
have escaped the ha rdships which we're 10 have been
unprecedented from !he perilous nature Of their en-.
irrpriSc
Arrival Of DR.. Kane md bis party.
New YoRK October ll.-The propeller rctic
nnd the hnrGue Release have q rived here having
On board DIR. Kane and his parry.
These vessels made their way north in Smiths
Sound up 10 latitude 79o 30, when they were
stopped by the ice. While working their way
in towards shore they discovered an Indian vii.
iag', 1t which they learned that Dr. Kane and his
rarIy had gone south. They then returned to
DTiscoe's Island, where they found the object of
their search.
Or. Kane pushed his vessel (ihe Rsscue) as
tar nrdh as So, where she was frozen in. He
remained By her all winter, sending to the Indian
y,tdge tot provisions. In the spring he aban.
doncd the ship, and made his way southwark in
sled gFs TO Uppernavik, from when he was con.
Veyed in n Danish vessel to Driscoe's I.land, and
vas sherc found by The expedition of Lieutenant
lIa.t~tene.
Three o! DR.. Kane's party have died. viz: Chris
inpheE Ohssen, carpenter; Peter Sheppard, cook
and Jefferson T. Parker, seaman. The remainder
more or less frostbltien.
0n the 4rh OF September the barquc Rescue mar
rowly escaped shipwreck by coming in contact
with an iceberg, which stove in her bulwarks and
carried away her boats.
The last winter was unusually severe in the
Arctic regions, and maLy o! the natives prrished
from exposure and starvation.
No traces whatever were discovered OF Sir
Jim FrankI;n's party.