New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-01

The British public are beginning to sno" 'yuip'
toms Of = new access Of the Arctic ever. to'
some time AFTER tie melancholy discoveries OF D''
Rss had seemed 70 set the seal Of certainty on the
cy sepuchre Of poor Frsoklin and bis companions
tie feeling prevailed that life enough hsd been So
crifced for the satisfaction of geoeraI curiosity
srd the solution of the problems OF geography,
spd that those dreary wastes should now b. left
forever to the white bears the walr'ises ana INC
EsQuimaux. But, as the first depression OF hear'
passed awsy the adventurous spirit has re'i'ei'
and earnest ewes are turned again to ward those
mystsr'ou. regions. where Winter barricades the
realms Of Fres," curious 10 pry into the secre's OF
those inaccessible recesses of Nature. And we do
not marvel at il. There is something thst lakes
sirn,'srly strong hold upon the imagination in the
gloomy and Gesolate ,ubImity Of those Northern
scenes, and in the trsmphs Of human skill anu en-
dursnce which they have witnessed.
Since its revival, however, the passion Tor A'e'ic
research is very moderate in its tone and rea'ou-
able in its demands. II does not propose iresh
attempt to grasp the pole Of the earths axis ou'
arely to look once more after the lost MARINERS Oh
the Erebus and Terror, if happy any OF them may
vet survive in the snow-huts of the Esquimaut' OF
- ,sa,t for same further memorials of their fate
end poes,bl, some precious records OF their 'oy-
agpes. A letter has been addressed 70 Loru
Pslmerston. recommending and urging one more
such attempt, signed BY many eminent persons
Among these we find the names OF DR.. "heweh'
DR.. Doubeny, Sir Roderi,k Murehison, Mr. A'rey'
the Astronomer Royal Mr. Robert Brown, oir
William ]. Hooper and his son, Dr. J. ID. Hooper
the Botanists 1.-THE latter the Botanist TO the Ant
arctic Expedition, Majendie, Stephenson the En-
eineer, Rear. Admiral Beechey (the Arctic Ex'
plorer. since dead). Col Sabine, and several beside
II is further stated that absence from England only
prevented Sir James Ross Sir Edward Belcher,
Sir Robert Mcclure, and most OF the other sur
yivng officers of former Arctic expeditions, from
adding their signatures to the application. The
letter expresses the confidence of the sgners that
the Erebus and Terror or their remains, are frozen
up at no great distance from the spot where DIR.
Rae obtained his relics of their unhspPy officers aud
crews. In these ships, should they be discovered,
it nay be expected that records Ok great value as
to Arctic Geography will be found. As the area
TO be explored is of limited extent. the proposed
expedition would be open TO few OF the objections
which might to be felt toward one ofgeneral dis
coyery The risk would be but small, and the
time necessary for the explorations comparatively
short The objections to any further attempt
overland are explained, and screw steamer is
asked for, which cOuli approach the region 10
dicated BY several routes and afford an oppor-
tubity for speedy dispatch of the business.
II seems that notwithstanding it is the general
opinion that all the members of the Franklin com-
pany ale dead, there are still many eminent persons
who do Dot regard this point as settled by any
means, and smonc them many OF the Arctic men.
DR.. Ksne. for example, is unwilling to afirm that
some of them may not be- yet living among the
Fsqpimaux II seems that our gallant cOun.rymln
felt the attraction OF Esqnimaux society TO DO so
strong that he could hard : tear himself away from
it. Had hrs Duties to his crews permitted him to
follow bis il climatic ns be would have been glad to
bttske himself to L quimsux life; and it was his
intention to have done 50, had he failed of making
his happy escape. As it was, ii required all his
powers, moral and physical to keep ais men
from deserving to the Warus Se:tcm They
all regarded the coarse fc Of these people with |
envy, and he does not doubt that they could have
lived in comfort On the resources they would have
found there. We mus. say that these statements
put the matter in a different light from the 10
which we have been accustomed TO consider IL, and
we should think the moderate expense of such al
expedition well bestowed, with so reasonable a
possibility of recovering of the scientific re-
suits Of the lODgOst expedition, and still more of
rescuiDg some Of those brave men from the fatal
charms of Esquimaux Circes; though, to be sure,
the chance Of meeting with any such, considering
the nomsdic life Of these sayages, would not be
great; but it were surely worth the effort
Whatever may be the result Of this application,
We 60 not believe that the spirit Of Arctic discovery
is sunk in the watery grave OF Franklin. The hui
nan race, audacous 10 endure all things, will not |
be content till it has launched fra kee unOn that
Ill known ocean, unseen but by single eye, which
heayes around the pole, and pIucked out the heart
of the last mystery that earth has boarded there.
The dampeniDg effect Of the fate Of the Erebus and
Terror on this thirst of research will be but TEN
porary-the rather when it il s remembered how |
small proportion the lost bear to the whole num-
bers that have enlisted in that icy warfare
The British Government intend distributing Are |
tic Medals 10 all the officers and men who have |
been engaged in tina, dangerous duty A reward |
surely ss well earned by courage and conduct as
those won on the bloody fe ds OF the Peninsula or
the Crimea IL is suggested thai these decor atoms
hould also be be,towed CD the American cfficers
and men y ho 'lunteered On the same service. ls
j. likely that lie suggestion vi" be acted upon, and