Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1855-12-28
The News.


The Hon. Stephen Salisbury Of Boston, has
made the American Antiquarian Society Of
that city, donation Of 81, 900 to enable it to
publish tracts, &c.
The n. Y Courier des Eta Uais publishes
an extract from a private letter from Paris
stating that Robt. Schuyler the great Railroad
Swindler, died in Genoa in the month Of No
vember last, in poverty. The letter adds
that he left crest number Of important pa
pers for publication.
The Wing General COMMITTEES Of New
York, held meeting in that city on the 10Th
inst, TO reorganizs for the ensuing year.
They adopted a resolution declaring the nom
instion of Willard Fillmore for the Presidency
would be acceptable and grateful to the
Wings Of New York"
Nessrs. Mason and Hunter of Virginia, But
Ter of South Carolina, Brown of Mississippi,
Brodhesd Of Pennsylvania, and Bright of In
diana, are mentioned as the Senators who re-
tired from the Democratic csucus, refusing to
support the Washington Union for Printer of
the Senate.
Letters from Washington state that Mr..
Nsrcolets, the Nicaraugusn Minister, re-
cognises Mr.. French, the appointes of the
Walker government, as his successor. Mr..
French had not, as late as the goth, presented
bis credentials to the Secretary of State.
1t appears that conclusive evidence Of the
tragic fate Of the expedition of Sir John
Franklin has at last been obtained. A party
under the lead of James Green Stewart, a
chieftrader of the Hudson's Bay Company, and
Mr.. Jas. Anderson, which left Carlton House,
in latitude 81 North, on the I'd of February
last, in search Of the expedition, penetrated
the Arctic regions to Montreal leland between
latitude 81 and SO North, where their explora-
lions commenced, they found snow-shoes,
known to be of English make, with the narle
of DR.. Stanley, who was surgeon Of Sir John
Franklin's ship, the Erebus, cut In them by
knife. Afterwards they found on the same
Island boat belonging to the Franklin expe-
diton, with the name "Terror" still distinct
ly visible. A piece of this boat containing
this name was brought along with him by Mr..
Stewart Among the Esquimaux were found
iron kettles corresponding in shape and size
with those furnished the Franklin expedition,
and bearing the mark of the British Govern.
ment. Other articles known to have belonged
10 the expedition were obtained from the Es-
quimaux, and brought by the party for deposit
with the British Government. No bodies,
however, were found or traces Of any. The
report of the Esquimaux was, that one man
died on Montreal Island, and that the balance
of the party wandered on the beach Of the
main land opposite, until, worn ont by fatigue
and starvation, they one by one, laid them
selves down, and died too.
The Eequimaux reported further that Indians
far to the north Of them had seen the ships |
OF Franklin's party, and visited them, stated !
they had both been crushed between the ice |
bergs. Mr. Stewart took especial pains 20 as |
certain whether the party had come TO their
death by fair means or foul. But TO every in |
Quiry, the Esquimaux protested that they had
died Of starvation.
The party began their return journey on the |
9th of August, and reached ST. Paul on the
18th inst, which place Mr.. Stewart left on the |
18th for the Hudson's Bay headquarters at Lu-
oheve, Canada, to make his report.
The steamship Northern Light, which left
New York on the Oath inst, was stopped
shortly after she got off by Revenue Gutter
of the United States and detained. She had
on board between 800 end 400 young men
shipped by Parker II. French, to join the
Walker expedition in Nicaragua. We shall
swat the investigation of this affair with in
.arast