Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-02-03
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SATURDAY MORNING. FEB. >. ls55.
The Search forDr Kane.


reused on account of DIR. Kane. himself 1t wa
made by Senator Mallory, before the body O
which he is member, aud resulted in the imme
date passage of joint resolution by Congress
TO send an expedition in search of the intrepid ex
plorer:
DIR. Kane started in Nav, 1853. His preyiou
explorations in search of Sir John Franklin ena
bed him 60 firm plan which certainly oifere,
every probability of success. He left New YORK
with n party of nineteen men. and. unlike III
John Franklin, who not found because thos
who followed him had no clue to h, movements;
be has left behind him specific instructions a. to
how he might be followed and discovered If be
should remain away beyond the time when he
expected to return. The last new from him was
received on the 23d of July. 1858. He was then
at Gppcrnavek which i the extreme northern
limit of the Danish settlements N Greenland
he had there procgreda supply Of sleds. Esqui-
mapx Indians. and dogs The sea open,
with some two hundred and sixteen icebergs in
sight and everything appeared propitious for the
success OF his undertaking. He was IN high spir-
its. Ills plan wa to seek smiths Sound. the
northern inlet Of Baffn- bay, aud, with stock Of
provisions. t. 60 far north in direct line a he
could 90. and return to his ship. there pass the
winter and in the spring Of lo5l pursue his oh
seryatons into the Polar sea, and return IN the
fall Of s5i
nat was iis plan. Now ne mas idlitd Ia carry
1t out; and the inference which must be drawn
by those who are familiar with that region OF the
world i, based upon the fact that Smiths Sound has
been entirely frozen across. He must have sought
IA harbor in the Polar Seas, near Smiths sound
for hi vessel. and there passed the winter in the
Polar seas which Ens been known for seventeen
years. Thus say oil the Whaemcn N that re-
glun.and thus says also, Or. Rae, who has recent
Is been on the track IT sir John Franklin. 1t
l. therefore, impos ,ible for DR.. Kane to return
according to the plan laid down but he has left
certain instructions a. - how to follow him He
wa provsioned for two years, and with ecouo.
nv and the game that that region affords he may
make his provisions last two years and a half.
his removes immediate anxiety for hs safety:
but aules, search BE made now. il will have to
be draEel 8lather year. probably Ia the de,truc-
ton Il thc whole party.
The Senator from Virginia suggests that
NAV engage IN seric- Of expeditions, aud
glinst the dictates OF humanity. Why We have
the fact before a. that Capt Englefed, who
dispatched in l-52 in search Of Sir John Frank
hnaad went to Smiths ~ouudreturned to Laucas-
ter Sound, examined Wellington straits, and had
steamer and tender precisely as this prepo>i-
ton contamplates. gone altogether four or
five months in the winter In reporting TINS re-
solution. the committee understood that the exam
inatiou of smiths Sound could hc made in about
four months with the specific instructions which
DIR. Kane left behind him. The exploring party
will PROBABLY find on the outer edge of the ice,
at Smiths sound the Union flag. with the Union
down. a token of distress, and watch for sue
cor. There will be no risk to the following par
~, who may - in the expedition; If thcv follow
the clue definitely given; aud if DR.. Kan i. not
foRnd there, the expedition will probably inm".
dlately return. Bat every information which W"
have OF the expedition leads us To believe that his
vessel i certainly frozen in Smith'- Sound.
The Washington correspondent Of the \. !
Courier and Enquirer say>. The Senatorial
caucus against the Know Nothing appears to
have produced nothing more than peculiarly
bortiYe demonstration. The number Of senators
present was even less than en- the first oeeason
the spirit of the proceedings ~ more marked
by hesitation and timidity. The leading mem
bers Of the Senate,and,if am correctly informed,
all the Presidential candidate, took care 10 be
absent, pleading imperative engagements, and
declaring their conscientious determination TO
allow no merely partizan objects to divert Them
from the important duties of legislation, now 81
pressing. Cen Houston has laughed in his
good natured way, Mt the proceedings from the
beginning. Mr.. Hunter was not there, owing to
the great accumulation Of business before the fl
nance committee Of which he is chairman. Mr..
Douglas was not present, notwithstanding Tint
in his last Chicago harangue he stigmatizcd
Know Nothingism, rs the most transient, though
temporarily, the most mischievopa OF the nfucu-
ces which had been arraycd against the Nebres
ka democracy, during the excited canvass which
had then just closed in Illinois. Tho subsequent
local elections in the South have taught this oh
ti,o
cling principle which the native citizens Of the
country obviously cherish the corner stone of
our institutions. Atchison, Rusk and Ilousto
Adams and Brown Of Mississippi, Clay and Fit
patrick.and ndeed.l believe, majority Of south
Senators are decided supporters % a Native
American policy in the admins tlaton of the Coy
eminent. If the questions involved in the propos-
ed repeal of the naturalization laws were now
presented for the first time it evident that they
would favor the longest period of probation yet
suggested for admission to citizenship. The
resolutions of Mr.. Cooper against the deportation
to the United States Of paupers and criminals and
the severe ccnsures piled by Mcssrs. Weller and
Broadhead upon "Sccret Societies., do but touch
the outskirts Of the controversy. The real ques-
tion is not upon paupers. nor criminals, nor up
on any mere feature of eleetioneering machinery
but il is whether the right of American citizen,
shall be degraded by being conferred upon horde,
of unAmercalized foreigners. This is the is
sue which the country now requires to be set
tied. 1t must not be deprecated by connection
with such temporary aud partial subjects of con
troversy the exclusion of paupers and crimi
mails or the suppression of secret associations
Mr. WISE thinks American Know Nothingisr