The true Democrat., 1856-01-22
Important from the Arctic Region

Etetufn Oi the L2zt party Of Arctic EXplO-
 rera-Dcata ot Sir John Franklin ascer-
 ta;ned-The Report Of Dr. Esea Confirm
 ed.
 The St. Paul (Minnessota) Pioneer and De- mocrat of the 14th inst, furnishes the annex cd very interesting intellgence:
 We enjoyed the pleasure yesterday of a heightened conversation with Mir. James Green Stewart, a chief trader of the Hudson's Bay Company, and learned from him interesting facts concerning an exploration of the Arctic region lately made hy party under the joint command of himself and Mir. James Ander- son, another employee of that company
 On the return of Dr. Rae, the celebrated overland explorer of the Arctic region, in the summer of 1854, bringing with him the report that the EsquimauX of the extreme northern attitudes had in their possession relics of the Franklin oXpidition, the British government determined to make one further effort to pene- tratc the mystery which had 50 long enveloped the fate of that expedition, and which had been partially solved by the information thus gained by Dr. Rae. h furthsrance of this de. sire of the British government to follow up the clue thus uneXpedly obtained by the ad- venturous explorer to rescue, if possible, the survivors of any of the party of whites who were reported by the EXquimaux to have been seen near the mouth of Blacks river, in lati- tudc about C6 deg. north, or at least to procure any records that they might have deposited, the HUdson's Bay Company was directed to fit out party Of tried men, accustomed to the hard ships of polar life, to explore the region in- dicated by pr. Rae.
 Acting under this command of the homs go- vernment, the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, on the 18th day of November, 1854, issued instructions to Messrs. Stewart and An dcrson to man and equip party for the pur- pose stated. Mir. Stewart, with a party of fourteen men, therefore, started for his post, the Carlton House, in 54 deg. north latitude, on the 7th day of February, 1855, and proceed ed to Fort Chipewyan, at the head of Lake Athabasca, in latitude 40 deg. north, at which point they arrived on the 5th day of March, It had been determined to make the trip to the Arctic Sea by water so far was practicable, and the party, therefore, remained at this post until the 26th of May, busily engaged in con- structing boats and making other preparations for their dreary journey. At that date the par ty left Fort Chipewyan, and journeyed by canoe OH the Peace River, which connects Lake An thabasca with Slave Lake, soms three hundred and fifty miles in northeasterly direction, till, on the 3Oth day of May, they arrived at Fort Resolution, which is situated on an island in Slave Lake, about latitude 61 deg. north. At Fort Resolution the party was joined by Mir. Anderson, who, with Mr. Stewart, had been appointed to the command of the expidi- ton. Here another delay was made for the purpose of reorganization, and making the last preparations, before attempting to penetrate the lntermlnable frozen north. These arrange mentS completed, the party started out on the 22d day of June, for the head of Great Fish rver, or as It Is known on the map, Black Ri- yer, in latitude about 65 deg. north. Thence they followed the course of the stream to the Arctic ocean, Mr. Stewart represents the na- vlgatlon of this river as exceedingly dangerous being obstructed by over one hundred diffi- cult rapids. Over all these, however, with mo- thing more substantial than birch bark canoes, 1 they passed in safety, and arrived at its mouth on the 3Oth of July.
 Here they met with Esquimaux, who cor roberated the reports of Dr. Req and directed them to Montreal island, a short distance from the mouth of Black River, as the spot where according to their instructions, they were to commence minute exploration. From this time until the 9th of August, the party were lndustr,ously engaged in searches on the island and on the main land, between 6S deg. and 67 deg. north latitude We cannot recapitulate the perls escaped and privations endured by the brave band while seeking to find the traces of theT countrymen who had pershed on those desolate shores Three times they pro- vldentlally escaped being "nipped," as MT. Stewart expressed it, or crushed beneath mov- ing mountains of ice At last on Montreal is- land, where their explorations commenced, they found snow. shoes, known to be of English make, with the name of Dr. Stanley, who was surgeon of Sir John Franklin's ship, the Ere bus, cut in them by knife.
 Afterwards they found on the same island a boat belonging to the Franklin expedition, with the name "Terror'' still distinctly visible. piece of this boat containing this name was brought along with him by Mir. Stewart- Among the Esquimaux were found iron ket- ties corresponding in shape and size with those furnished the Franklin expedition, and bearing the mark of the British government. Other articles known to have belonged to the expe- ! dltion, were obtained from the Esquimaux