The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-04


BE they m'gat be. Sis Francis Beaufort was per
iecty right in thinking chat the Esquinaux woul1
! Oh let .b NJ escape. II they rot hold Of doctor
~ a blacksmith he (Mr. KiDg) wac cert-i1 they
you'd MT. rbey knew too vel, the valus OF the
IN sdicine man." or the man who worked in iron,
ana if they had fallen into tbe hands OF the EsQui-
marx, ana possessed only the comIaon ''Dous' to
corvince them of,hcir utility, there was no: the
slightest Ieaon 10 despair that hey vera st alive.
tbear The object OF the meeting vas % invite jH-
cussitn. He stuck himself up ~ iAEgct to be fred
at, and would be most hapno hear any
kid H"ds opposition Now w rssssss
he Grea. Fish River, nobody knew better
Than Sir T. Beaufort, who had been half o century
the .lJ drogrspber Of the Admiralty, whether that
could be called search. He (Dr. King) denied
IAN Andersen. OF the HUDSON Bay Company, had
reached the mouth of the Grea. Fish river, or
be never could have talked OF low swampy IyQapdk,
in which the remainder OF Franklins part 4nd
be.n washed away, ana their bodies carried a. h.o
,he sea- Why, it could be proved distinctly that
there was 10 de, and no one could speak more POI
sitvely on that subj ct than he could. Pemmic2n,
which was composition very much like graves ann
chocolate, was nOs washed away from Montreal
leland even after five years had elarsed. Nothing
earth would convince him that ii those forty men
had died upon the spO. Indicated no record wOald
have heen found OF then. He believed that trey
discarded by another portion Of the river, forlt
pos essed the main feature OF all the North American
rivers az formed con ideYabe ieta az its mouth
1t was his positive belief tina. Captain Anderson
never reached the Polar Sea by the great outlet
Of the Fish river. He had zone to some other
point. and had never visited the cache discovered
by Sims n. The searSh being at length confined 20
s,yery limited area they ought - pursue u; and
did not the plan that Lieutenant PIN and himself
saO sasm5sted 70 the Admiralty contain clemens
a. suesess such other plan had ever combine,lt
10 ra quite epiden. that no land expedition or sea
expedition, by itself, would be attended With suc
Gees. Believing that * this expedition we're sent
ont il would pun at resi- this question forever, he
hcited their cooperation. Clear hear.)
Lieutenant PIN saa he took ms ssGnd tbe
broad ground that lis public servants were lost IA
the Polar regions; that many efforts had been made
10 ind them; tbat oy rh3 merest accident cine %
'ntr Whereabouts had been az last obtalnej; and
then, and no. ill then, all further efforts had been
Of Franklin, for which we had paid $4,000. Those
traces pointed to circumscribed space, within
which the Ships themselves would prObOby he fCont
for they must bear in mind that they had actually
cality, and all their Arctic explorers agreed that it
could he closely approached by severl routes Why
then did they besitatef They offered q reward for
trace OF Franklin, they bad paid 10000 for this
trace, their experience in the polar atested thai
the trace could be followed 10 successful issue with
less than the usual risk; and strange to say, they
stopped short when the object was within their
grasp. In bis opinion they ought to settle all doubt
GALE for It, independently Of the extreme impocy
Of weakeDir the confidence Of future navigators
in the bene1cent care Of their codntrymen az
tcme. He knew the habits OF sailors, and
be did not hesitate to say that he had al
Ways had and still entertained strong conviction
that some Of unfortunate countrymen might
he still slive. and living with the Esqumaux They
knew that Dr. Kane, that intrepid and distinguished
American traveller, was on the point OF throwing
himself on the mercy Of the natives had he NOT
providentiay escaped from his icy prison; and they
also hnew that Dease and SmsOn had orders IN
case of necessity TO winter with these people. lie
felt that If only their fellow-countrymen would
stretch out helping band, some of them might yet
be restored 70 their friends and home. He entirely
agreed with DR.. King that an unsupported expedl.
ton by way OF Ba1ow's Straits must fail; that an
unsupported expedition down the Great Fish river
must fail; hut that combined effort by Barrovs
Straits and Great Fish river contained within itself
elements Of success such as had not hitherto been
tried. He had the utmost confidence that DIR. King
would use every possible eSertion ~ reach the mag
netic pole, and be Lieutenant Pim) would strain
every nerve TO meet him there. With this unity OF
rupose before brought to bear in prosecuting
the search he felt onvinced OF successful result
(Cheers)
DR.. BERTHoLD SEEMANN, naturalist and historian
Of the voyage of the Herald in search of the Prank
lin expedition, by Behring's Strait said he was one
Of those who thought another search Tor traces Of
Sir John Franklin and his party desirable, and he
beheld with satisfaction the plan submitted for that
purpose by DIR. King and Lieutenant PIN. II was
fortunate for the enterprise that both Dr. King and
Lieutenant PIN were men whose services nedd only
be alluded to in order to obtain for their plan the
most earnest consideration. Both were experienced
Arctic travellers. DR.. King was the physician Who
accompanied Sir George Back down the Great Fish
river in search Of Sir John Ross party and who in
that memorable expedition collected such vast stores
Of important Information, that science would ever
have reason to he grateful to him for the extension
Of its boundaries. When anxiety about the late OF
Franklin began TO be felt, it was Dr. King who sub
mitted plan which, had il at once been adopted,
would probably have insured the safety of most, Ii
not all Of the members of the missing expedition, "a
the search would have been conducted In the very
spot wbtre subsequent discoveries had shown that
Fianklin's party bad, at least in part, persisted.
Duiirg the winter Of ls49 Lieutenant PIN perform
ed most arduous journey from kotzebne 70 Norton
Sound and back again. the details Of which had for
tunately been preserved to show what he had gone
through, and would 20 through again. IL called
upon. On the return of their ship to England in
1861, none but negative evidence of Franklin's
whereabouts had been obtained, and 1t was then the
opinion Of those who took comprehensive view OF
the subject, that In order TO make the Search COM
pete, not only the northern shores Of America, but
also tb0Se Of Asia ought TO be explored PIN a.
cGce volunteered 10 accomplish the latter, but was
not allowed to proceed through husns, oemg re.
was fitted out, PIN toned the Resoute, and II was
he who had the good fortune TO find M Clurc party,
and thus become the link which connected the East
ern with the Western discoveries. Clear, hesr
Mr. MoCoRMcK thought that the strongest plea
that could now be advanced in favor Of further
search must rest chiefly upon the proba dhty OF the
discovery Of records left by the foron hope party Of
the forty men seen by the Esquimsrx at the mouth
of the Great Fish River. That the ships themselves
will I've found there or any survivors Of their crews
he did not for one moment entertain the NEST dis
isnt hope. lie believed Tat the forty men who APP
pear TO have reached tne Great Fish River with a
boat. came down Wellington Channel, and revisit
ing their old winter quarters their route TO the
southwark, found the boat and provisions there.
There was every reason TO believe that the smaller
tent circles If not ALL that he saw at the entrance
r.. H.
ment of atravclng party watching for a favorable
opportunity of crossing Barrow's Strait Regents
Inlet and Pcel's Sound being about equi-
nels would take them 70 the estuary Of the Great
Fish River, where the relics were found. In pro
scouting the search, an exploring party down this
river, as 40 strongly and ably urged by DR.. King
was Of paramount importance, and DR.. Kings un
firing and snglehanded exertions for 20 many years
past 70 direct attention TO that fatal stream were
worthy Of the highest admiration. The route he
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