Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-12-28

ATriu1L Of Parry direct from the scene Of his SUI
.tSrings-MemsntOrs Of the Lost NuuigItOrs-.
CONFIRMATION Of their death. 3l5F -
Fromths st. Paul, Minnesota, Times, Dec, l., 1885,
Considerable excitement was created among ma
ny Of our citizens On Monday evening and yester-
day morning by the arrival at the American House
of an Englishman by the maine. of James Is Stuart,
and some four or five half breeds, direct from the
Arctic Ocean. AlT. Stuart left on the expedition
i'll February, aHd las been absent upto Tie pre-
sent time. We couti not CLEAN much from him,
IS his tongue seems to be undertook and key; but
we gathered the following from one Of his guides:
MIR. Stuart, three IrdiauS, and II Red River
men Of the North, left SeiklTk early III the SpT;ng
with canoes; p SSed through running stream
into lake, and lrom thence into White Fish riv.
Ter, was one munIh ON this river, sleeping ON the
shore; entered the SEQ, upon which they were
compelled to remain nine days; reached what is
called Montreal island, where they fell IN with
some ESQuimauX, who informed them where the
Crew Of the error Zone Of Franklln'S ShIpS) met
their untimely fate; gatheredup the remains Of
boat having the name of Sir John Franklin on it,
hammer, kettles, part OF blue flag, and OIher
articles belong ng to the unfortunate vessel.
Was Informed Ivy the ESQulnaux that they (the
ESqumauA) renched the spot just im tm= to see
the last man die OF hunger, whowaS leaning against
some object when discovered. He was too far gone
10 be saved. The wolves were vety thick there,
and no traces OF bones of the men could he seen;
supposed to have been eaten by the wolves. The
ESquimaux state thatIt is four yeas ago siHcethe
crew peTished. The party left the sea ON the 9Th
OF August, al which time the ice waS tccumulat
ing very fast. Among lie party was half bTeetl,
celebrate runner, WHO Iam the race with Jackson
the American Deer, aud other .AMIerican runners.
II is reported that Immediately after the recep
ton in Engand of csItain plates said 10 have be-
logged TO Sir John franklin, aud which were con
St=yed To the States by the Way OF Superior, the
Governor OF Canada sent q messenger to Selkitk
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expedition. The party Stated from Selkitk, car
rylng their canoes part of The way, aud sailing the
other part. They cUaSted along shore until they
feilin with AMI SqHimatlx, who conducted them to
Montreal lslaud, where traces of the Unfortunate
nnvigatots were discoyefed. The story is plausible
butt is not sufficiently authenticated 10 remove
all doubts as to lis coIrectness.
CFron the st. Paul PioGecr, Dec. 12l.
We enjoyed the pleasure yesterday, the llth inst.
of heightened cuuveIsItlOn Will, Mr.. James
Green Stewart, a chief traGeruf5 the 4HudSon's
Bay Company, and learned from him int, RESTING
t4cls CONCERNING an exploration Of The Arctic re-
gIon, lately made by purity under the JOINT com
maud OF himself and Hlr. JaS.SAndefSon, another
employee of that company. ~
On the return OF Mr. Rae, the celebrsted over
land explorer OF the Arctic region, in the summer
of 1854, bringing with him the report that the
ESquialaux of the extreme northern attitudes had
in tlelr POSSESSION hes of the franklin expedi
ton, the British Government determined TO make
one further ettorttopsnetate the mystery which
had SO long enyeopsd the fate OF that sxpr dillon,
aud which had been partially solved by The tnfOr-
nation thus obtained by DR.. Rae. @
In furtherance of this desire Of the British Gov
eminent 10 follow up the clue thus. unexpectedly
obtained by the adventurous explOrer-to- rescue,
If possible, the survivors Of any Of the party of
whites who reported by this ESquimaux 10 have
been near the outlet of Black river, in lati-
tudc about 6S degrees NORTH, and nj least opro-
cure any records they might have deposlLed-the
illusions Bay Company was directed 10 fit out a
party OF tried men, accustomed to the haulShipS Of
Polar life, to exi :loIe the region Indicated by
DR.. Rae.
Acting unGer this command of;the home Gov
eminent, the Governor Of the Hudson Bay Com
PaHy, on the 18th day. of November, 1854, issued
instructions 10 MeSSrS Stuart aud Anderson to ma
aud equip p'rty for tue purpose stated. = Mr..
started from his post, the Carlton House, in 81 deg
north latitude, on the It'll day Of February, 1856,
aud proceeded u Fort ChipewYan, at the head OF
Lake Athabasca, in latitude IS degrees north, at
which point tiey arrived on the 9Th day Of March,
lthad been determined to make the trip 10 The
arctic Sea.by wafer, so far as was practicable,
and the party therefore remained at this post until
Tie 26Eh May, busly engaged in constructing boats
aud making other preparations fOt their dreaEy
journey. Al that date the patty left Fort Cbipe-
Wyan, and ioureyed by canoe on the Pence river,
which connects Lake AIbabaSca with Slave Lake,
SOME 500 miles in notthwesiery direction, till,
on tue 3Otl oI May, theyarryed at Rort Resolution,
which IS situated on an island in Slave Lake,
about latitude 81 degrees north.
AT Fit IL solution the party vas lOtnedlby MI.
AudeTS9u, who, with Mt. StswaEt, had been ap-
poinled to The Command of the expedition. Here
another delay was nadet ioFsthG purpose ofIe