The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-05-29
A New Franklin EXpcdition.

Lady Franklin, with perseverance, worthy
all praise. has determined to ii, out another
expedition in search of her lost husband IIav-
iar failed I" obtain from the British Govern
mcnt, the bark Epsolutc. she has recently ,mr-
chased at Aberdeen, new and beautiful
screw yatcli, under the inspection Of Capt
McClintock Of ia" Royal Navy, who will com
mand TIE Expedition He is the greatest
slclge explorer Of the day, anl is Sa. to
resemble the late pr. Kane i'll mind an! person
Although there i almost Il general concur
renee III the belief that Franklin aud his aSsn-
c!atrs have rcri>hcd, many Intelligent amL
scientific mcu disguised I" take more
hopeful view "t The matter, uu the sii.I",si,inn
that they have taken refuge among The ES,Iui
mauX. adopting their manners nlnl habits Of
life. DE-. Kan" says, 1--WE regarded the course
OF iii" OF tl,c:'. people with eyes "f"nvv. anil
did rot d"ul,, that We wo;:li lave lived III
comfort upon their rcSumrcrS.' And nr:iu ::
iii required asl hi, powers, MORAL aal ,hvs
ica!, to prevent his men from ahopln. this
course, in their times nf$.vrrrSt trial. From
these and other iuct- it. is inferred that some OF
franklin men may still be found. The con-
duct of tn" E.TninianA on some o:casions has
created a suspicion that il.rr know more with
regard to the lost expedition than they choose.
. 10 communicates. y late numbcr Of m En-
glsh periodical contains an article which We
are led to :uslc may be- :r.n tn" pen of the
surviving widow of sir John Franklin, and
which contains the following paragraph -
TIL" space "f yr"un.! within which it is now
cerinin that Franklms ships were lost and pro-
baLc tha; their disabled hulis are To be found
is of So limited extent that even map of
considerable size it may be covered
with a shilling. To Cambridge Bay on one
; side Of this region n single sailing vessel has
Il raf,. l.,,, a.. =,
uandcr cxprcsSins3llis conviction tiiut the pas
sage is so constantly open. slips can nav
iumtc il without difficulty ne season TO
, the other side of This rcG.1 ,crc is n choice
, "f routes, and the point that would he reached
10y n vessel ent criug Peel Sound wonld proba-
bly, be lcss than two hundred miles distant
from The limit OF the area of search on the wcs-
tern side. From much, pnnt, the whole
area could. te cSponsa easily and ,spcly by
If nothing tapgiblc were found. we wouil
know celt ltuinly that all is lost : but, any ship
, remaing long enough To win from the EsIui-
maux the knowledge they possess wonl'l bring
home, we do not doubt such t:lings would
set many question nt rest.
If absolutely nothing was found n belief is
expressed that still the expedition would not
prove frnitlcss, "ior it happens that the little
space within which lies locked up that story Of
the fate of Franklin, is n space intervening he
tween limits Of discovery Eastward ard West.
ward the explorations of which by slcdgcs
would throw fresh light upon Arctic scosra.
ply, nn'l furnish physical science with i'm
portaut observations, made in n locality which
has pecl liar interest in connection with the
the theory OF magi e'iSIn." IT is further nss-
crtel that besides scientific men, every man
who has ever taken n ship to the Artic Seas,
has urged upon the government the. necessity
of making one final scnrch in the region above
described, where more than IN any Other, the
missing strangers would most likely be found.