The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-12
.'... ~y,,nD- AAe Hartstein Arctic Expedi-
In. Nor >ceor Kane ard Paxty-The Last
" (Hvyest Passage.

=, e, Ssyesterday of having spoken, at eight
eek in the morning, at sea, bound in, the
arctic vessels sent out in search of DR.. Kane,
TO wit: the bark Release and the propeller
Arctic, under the command of Lieutenant III.
}. Harstein, U. S. NJ, with DR.. Kane and his
surviving companions on board About seven
o'clock in the evening those vessels reached
town, and lifelong absent navigators are again
safe with their families.
This gratifying intelligence was the more
acceptable, in view of the approaching winter
and the many probabilities that DR.. Kane and
his exploring party had fallen or would fall
victims to their temerity in Drawing the terrors
of the frozen zone in search of Sir John Frank
lin Or some remains Of his i'll fated adventure.
In fact, from the adventurous courage and per-
severing spirit of DR.. Kane, and from his vo-
lunteering as the commander of this second
New York expedition in search of Captain
Frenklin, after his severe experience with the
first, under the gallant Lieutenant De Haven,
the general impression was that Kane would
End out Franklin or his remains, or get some
thing definite of his fate, or perish in the at
which the news brought by the Union was
received yesterday throughout this commu-
nifty.
On the first page OF this paper our readers
will find ell the information that we have
been enabled to gather upon the subject,
up to the hour of our going to press. We
also give in this connection q synopsis Of
the numerous British and other expeditions
sent out in search of the Northwest passage,
from the first, under Cortereal, in 1900, and
the second, under Captain Willoughby in
1858, (sixty-seven years before the landing of
the MayAower at Plymouth Rock, and fifty
four years anterior to the landing at James
town. down to this last expedition of ours in
search OF Sir John Franklin. It was reserved
for Captain Mcclure, of the British service, to
settle this problem of three hundred years Of
calculations, theories, explanations and expen-
ditures, in absolutely achieving this Northwest
passage from the Pacific through to the Allan
tic ocean within the past year. But in this
achievement Captain Mcclure has fully con-
firmed the hard experience Of all his prel eces-
sors of three centuries, in his verdict that this
Northwest passage, for all the uses of commerce
or maritime communication, is good for no
thing. He and the companions of his expedi-
ton, on land and water, have received their
reward Of ten thousand pounds from the British
government for their success but beyond this,
and the settlement of a geographical doubt,
this fearful ice-bound outlet from sea to sea is,
and will continue to be, as useless to the world
as it was tn rec hundred years ago.
The American Arctic expedition of 1885, 1.-THE
Advance and the Rescue, Lieut.. De Haven)
for which the country is mainly indebted to
the liberal response Of our fellow-citizen,
Henry Grinnell, to the touching appeals of
Lady Franklin and the second adventure of
DIR. Kane, of 1858, in the Advance, (under
the auspices of the government and Grin
nell and Peabody were not for the
purpose OF solving this problem of the
Northwest passage. Their single object was
the rescue or the discovery of the fate of Sir
John Franklin, Of whom, since 1915, when he
"entered the pack" no tidings had been re-
ceived. And so, this last adventure of Lieut..
Hartstein of 1866, was for the relief and the
rescue of DR.. Kane. But though the ends of
ditions, they have contributed and will contri-
butte to science highly creditable addition to
the general stock of knowledge acquired of
the Arctic regions from the first adventure of
Willoughby to the present day. And while
De Haven, Kane and Hartstein have thus serv-
ed the common interests Of mankind in the
Arctic zone, Captain Wilkes has placed upon
the page Of history, in the name of the United
States, the discovery of the Antarctic CONT
nent. So that though last we are not the least
in our voyages of discovery to the ends of the
earth.
From his successful voyage we welcome
Lieut.. Hartsten, and from his hazardous Sc
cond expedition among the icebergs and the
long unearthly nights and rigid winters of
the Arctic circle, we welcome our intrepid
Kane. Long life to him and his companions.
NEWSPAPER CUNNING.-The devices of some
OF our young neighbors to get notice from
the HERALD are occasionally very amusing.
On Tuesday, we published Commodore Stew
arts protest against the proceedings of the
Naval Board of 1916. We headed it as fol-
lows
The Naval Board-Protest of cold Ironsides'-solemn
declaration and protest Of Comm sdore Stewart against
the proceedings Of Board of Naval officers assembled at
Washington, on July u, 1886.
And the protest began in these Words
The Hon. Secretary of the Navy, in a communication
to me- dated July H. 1916 directed repair to Wash
ington, "to enable the department avail itself of the
advice of officers of experience"
A small contemporary of ours, who is more
remarkable for windy articles than enterprise,
alludes to the publication, and informs its
readers that the document
was very harmless letter written by Commodore
Stewart nine years ago. in reference to Naval Board of
Inquiry, Of which he the presiding officer Which
he HERALD has rey oddy supposed % refer 10 the action
Of TIE Nardi Ri'ing Board ,chich concluded its business
last month.
What cunning rogues they are, to be sure, in
that establishment on the corner! How they
must have chuckled as they thought of the
first rate advertisement which they would get
from the HERALD in return for their playful