Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-19

Missouri where the climate warmer and feed
more plenty. But cold weather has continued so
long here and such demand for grain and provisions
from Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, that Missouri is
nearly eaten ont.
New Arctic En pedition.
The Journal of Commerce states that it has
undoubted authority for saying that Lady Frank.
lin has determined to make further searches in
the Arctic regions for her hu sband and his par.
~. and has purchased for that purpose, ut Alb
erdecn. n new and beautiful screw yacht. under
the inspection of Captain McClintock, of the roy.
nj navy, who will command the expedition. lie
Is well known rs having made the greatest sledge
explorations of which we have any knowledge,
and those who personally know him SAY that he
strongly resembles the late Dir. Kane. both AS
10 body and mind.
Although there is almost general concurrence
IN the belief that Franklin and his associates
have persisted. many intelligent and scientific men
ara disposed to take more hopeful view OF the
matter on the supposition that they have taken
refuge among the Esqumaux. adopting their
manners and habits of life. A lato nnmber Of
an English periodical contains an article from
which we take the following paragraphs
The spac" of ground within which it is now
certain that Frankins ships were lost. and pro.
bable that their disabled bulls to be found, is
If solimted an extent that even on maps of n con-
siderable size, it may be covered with shilling.
To Cambridge Bay, side of this re-
glon, single smiling vessel hns passed and re-
turned hope uuscathed, its commander express.
ing his conviction TINT the passage is so con
s'nntly open that ships can navigate it without
difficulty in one season. To the other side of
this region there is choice of routes, and the
point that would b. reached by II vessel entering
Peel Sound would probably be less than two
hundred miles distant from the limit of tho area
II search on the western side. From such
pom, the whole nrea could be explored easily
and safely by the help Of dogs. If nothing tan
gible were found we should know certainly that all
is lost; but any ship remaining long enough to
win from tho Esquanux the knowledge they pos
sess would bring home, we do not doubt, such ii
dings as would set many question at rest"
II absolutely nothing was found, belief is ex-
pressed that still the expedition would not prove
t1ruitless, "for it happens that the little space
within which lies locked up tho story of the fate
of Franklin il spnce intervening between lin
its of discovery eastward and westward, the OK
poraion of which by >ledges would throw fresh
light upon Arctic geography, and furnish physi-
cal science with important observations, made in
n locality which has peculiar interest in connex-
ION with the theory of magnetism" Its further
asserted that. besides scientific men, every man
who has ever taken a ship To the Arctic seas has
urged upon the Government the necessity of
making final search in the region above de-
scrbed, where moro than in any other, the miss
ing strangers would most likly be found. To this
crcumscribed ares an effort was made not quite
n year ago To send "A ship by way Of Behring's
Straits. The memorial in this behalf was signed
by several distingn-h she'd navgators, who indca-
ted that previous expeditions had been misdirect-
ed, bu, that screw vessel might very closely
approach the narrow confines to which the search
now proposed was limited. short time subsc-
quenty Lady Franklin addressed the Lords of
the Admiralty protesting against the decision rs
premature that the fate of Franklin was ascer
timed by the news brought by DIR. Rae from tho
estuary of the Great Fish river. In support of
her position she referred TO the recommendation
of DR.. Rae himself, that n ship should be- sent to
co operate with mn overland party; also, to MIR.
| Anderson, of the Hudson's Bay Company, who
expressed to her his decided opinion that YES
sci should be sent out to the vicinity of King
Williams Land to pursue the Search In still
another and n most pathetic appeal, addressed
10 Lord Palmerston in December last she snid:
My lord. nothing has occurred within the
last few months to weaken the reasons which in
duced the admiralty, early in july last to con
template another final effort, and as they put it
aside at that time on the sole ground that 1t was
too late to equip vessel for that season, trust
it will be- felt that | am not endeavoring TO re
| open closed question, but merely to obtain the
| settlement of one which has not ceased 10 he,
| and is even now. under favorable consideration
The time has arrived however when trust
may be- pardoned for pressing your lord>hip
with whom believe the question rests, for II
decision since by further delay ecen my orn IF
forts may be parali-ed. have cherished the
hope in common with others that we are not
waiting in vain. Should, however, that decision
| unfortunately throw upon me responsibility aud
| the cost of sending out vessel myself beg to
assure your lordship that shall not shrink eth
er from thui weightv responsibility or from the
sacrifice of my entire nreiiabie fortune 10, the
purpose, supported rs am in my convictions
by such high authorities those whose opinions
are on record III your lordshp's hands, and by
the hearty sympathy of many more"
We have already seen that the purpuse so no
bly, formed, Lady Franklin j. still resolved TO
execute. While the emotions of fear will
sonably preponderate over those of hope. she
will still have the strong sympathy of both Eng
land and America, and the earnest desire that
she may Triumph over every obstacle in the pros
ecu,ion of her heroic and self sacrificing endeav
ors.-Journai Of Commerce.
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