Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-07-28
h al:h. and another years provision re-

h al:h. and another years provision re
naming.
Ia regard to the ships being crushed
the danger, such as exists, is ANNUALLY
met by whalers who encounter it from
mere motives of gain. Out of the thirty
British Government vessels employed il
the late expeditions, only one-the Bre-
adaibane-was lost by icc-crushing. She
was merchant ship employed 10 carry
provisions she had not been strength.
ened like the searching vessels. and had
kept IN most exposed and periIous pos
itlon for fourteen days previous to the ar-
cldent Ii occurred near Beechey Island
where, had she been docked IN the ice,
III conformity TO the usual practice, she
would have been saved.
1t has been asked lv many, what is the
good OF these Arctic expeditions - In
reply, some of the results In the extern
sion of commerce aud trade which have
flowed from them, may be stated us fol-
lows:
l. Sir III. GiIbert's discovery of the
Codiisherics of Newfoundland.
:. From Davis discoveries crea,
Nhale-fsheries of Yves. Greenland.
3. From the discoveries of Hudson
10y the way he discovered and sail
ed into our North River, which now
bears his name, while Oh an Arctic
voyage = liudsons Bay, and the
operations of the great Fur Com
panles.
4. Sir John Ros. = 1Vhale-fshcry of
tho k,rrh ,,,l
fms Bay.
). Capt. -Whale-fshery of Ian
caster Suun6, Barrow Strait and
Prince Regents Inlet
6. Admiral Beechey - Whalc-tishery
OF behring's Straits, in which in the
space OF two years, the whaers OF
Nantucket and New Bedford obtain
ed cargoes from which, it is said
they realized 5 millions of dollars.
1t is proposed by Capt. McClintock to
make hls way down Prince Regents In
let, and thence through Bellot's Strait.
INTO the field of search; OF to attack il
directly If he deems the state of the ice
10 Justify the step, by going down Peel
Sound, which he has good reason 10 he
lIeve TO be a strait. ii the ice will per-
mt him 10 pass through Bello,'s Strait or
60 down PecGS Sound, he will abandon
the idea of taking his ship through rha
coujectured North West PASSAGE. and
leaving her IN safety in Prince Rereni's
Inlet, Will proceed TO make tn search for
the missing ships, Ercbus and Terror, bv
parties, in the management of
which, as we have stated above, he is eX-
skilIful.
Those who have given the most time
aud consideration to the matter have. most
confidence that survivors of Sir John
Franklin 5 crews will be found, domestic
ated ainonT the Esquimaux, adopting
their manners and habits of life. In the
trying times of DR.. Kane's Expedition,
his men turned from the rigor of their
service to the comparative comfort of the
savages they fell in with. 1--WE regarded. =
he says, 1.-The coarse life OF these peopIe
. with eyes of envy, and did not doubt
. that We could have lived in comfort up
. on their resources" lie mentions that
. It required all his powers moral and
physical, 10 restrain his men from re-
sorting TO life in which they could mn
medIately, if ingIoriouSly, escape the
privations to which they were exposed
DIR. Kane. himself, more than once felt
the attractions of this Esquimaux life
come over him, ill his hours of doubt and
suffering, like the fatal sleep that pre-
cedcS death from freezing, aud his fiery
and ambitious spirit at times, 50 he con-
ieSsed, almost succumbed 10 the tcfunta-
ton. 1t is more than probable that some
men of Sir John Frankliu's party still
live.
To explore the $40 miles remaining
uneNpIored, out of almost z 900 miles of
Arctic coast, is the apex and crown of
Arctic adventure. Survivors of SIR John
Franklin's party may still be found. The
vessels may yet exist. These ihr,n are
The chef points IN the RESUME of the con
diions and Objects Of this new expedition.
The Admiralty and the London "Tmes"
profess want of faith in any good re-
suits from it. On the other hand. able
men i'll Her Majesty's navy, men who
have added to the meed of well approved
Ser"Ice IN their profession the honors of
science. together with the leading neo-
graphcrs of London, and diverse Loudon
journals, as the Sun the STANDARD. :"
&c., approve of it, and warmly encourage
1t. As we have seen above, they have
backed their opinion by contributions from
their purses, publishing their confidence
with the most emphatic guaranty which
comes from the pocket. How signal would
be the triumph of faith aud affection, If,
after years of suspense, and after sus-
pense had ceased, aud despair had set IN.
in every bosom at one, iidings of Frank
lin and his men, his ships and their fate,
should be brought to our ears.
VALUABLE RLLrc.-We saw on Sun