New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-29

beads as bright as those who sruDg them could wlsn
them TO remain and as unchanged, let Us hope a. the
love that prompted the gift but lis clasp black and cor
roded; the fragment Of handkerchief; SNOWFALL, IN
to and with the cord fasten it still Running through
it, as when it laid. with afsctonAte forethought,
in the voyagers chest; sailors palm pair Of rus'ed
uow-goggles; ball of yarn, and two housewives, one
of flannel the other of richer material probably nbbon
Both these last still contain skeins Of thread AMI
yarn where kind hands at home had put ther-homely
convenences, constantly in among sailors, So
sacred with aectionate associations blessed with 90
many treasures thoughts, bali sad, half pleasant re-
collections in the using-blessed with 50 many fearful
prayers as the quick needle few in the making thai
be on whom they were bestowed should remember in
their daily use the tender love OK tie maker and should
come safely back In looking AT these Little tokens Of
personal affection one cannot help feeling that they
were dropped only by the hand. of dying men.
No is filed amos; entirely with the useless amnu-
milton, balls, shot, and percussion caps Among them
lies wooden mtten, well worn bot not deeayed, the
cap Of a telescope, and button.
In No. lie, on the original receipts given at the
Admiralty Office and sent thence to identify then the
chronometers of the Terror and the Erebus The re-
cepts are signed the first by John Irving, Lieutenant,
for Capt, Crozier, the second by H. lie Vescomte for
Capt Franklin. With these, wrapped up in the same
package were found three other small silver watches.
Perhaps they were intrussed 10 single man TO
carry, who found their little weight burden TO
his failing strength and left them in the boat in the
last struggle for hfe perhaps they were forgotten by
those who counted minutes only by sinking pulses and
fanting steps With these are IL spoons, IL forks
and teaspoons. Some are marked with the signif-
cant Greet Of Sir John Franklna dead tree from the
root Of hch springs vine Of laurel others bear the
initials or crests of Lieut.. lie Veseom,e Leut. Graham
Gore f. Couch, the mate, II. ID. ). Goodsir, as
sistant surgeon all Of the Erebus, and of +. j. Horn
BY and K. Thomas both mates of the Terror. Others
are not vet identified though the eess upon them are
not oberated There still Others in the next case,
which were obtained from the Esquimaux. OF these
three spoons bear the Franklin CREST though upon one
Of them is scratched w. W., and upon the other w.
q. third has a crest supposed 10 be Capt Croziers
Two teaspoons marked, one A. NJ. d., "A. Nc
Donald Of the Terror, the other with the Farholme
crest--Lieut. Fairholme Of the Erebus. The same
case contains some links OF gold chain attached TO
Bit ofleatber, Ipresume by the Esqumaux and model
of sledge not more than three inches in length,
found in snow hut. In cases Nos Ii and 10,
era knives made by the natives from swords, two
foot rule small fragments Of the bones OF salt
pork several papers Of needles, eyeglasses Of tees-
cores and two or three bits OF broken China. Upon
the table behind these are the two guns found
standing upright against the boat within reach of the
men, for whose use, doubtless they were lefl-
standing ready to be eutehed by the hands Of the
beached and CHASTITY skeletons which had kept their
faithful watch through go many Arctic days and nights
undisturbed by living thing. Rust hasincrusted iron,
and storms have whitened the stocks of the useless
weapons bu no rreyerent hand has drawn the charge
or touched lock or trigger; as they found are
they left loaded and cooked for the instant necessity
that never cameready witnesses of vigilance which
death relieved
And these are all-a, at least, of the relics which
any personal interest attaches. Only some triting
fragments of boat gear or the ike, have omitted to
notice. Here is all we know, probably all we ever
shall know of the last desperate struggle for life Of
those heroic men who dragged their starved and stiff
ening bodies through Arctic darkness, and Arctic
iee and fell by one, they went along and died
Deep and painful as the interest is which they excite
in casual observer is easy to imagine something Of
the feeling with which they must look upon them who
search among these shreds and patches and fragments
for some little evidence that the hands of brothers,
sons or husbands had carried them in that last terrible
march, or had parted with them only when they fell
fanting and dying upon the frozen snow. They have
been visited often by Lady Franklin, and with them
and her own emotions she has communed unseen by
mortal eyes.
Upon the wall Of the where this collection is
deposited hangs, framed and glazed, the following
copy of the inscription upon the monument erected at
Beecby Island. II fifty closes this narration:
FRANKLIN,
CRoEKK Fra JAMES,
GAIL.Sr BKorHxE orYIcEss ASD FnrHyrL Cosr.soS',
WHO NAVE SUyYERE@ AND Persisted IN THs
Cause OF scIsScE ASD
THIS TABLET
Il erected, near the spot where
shsy pas,ed their bret Arctic Winter,
fsrth 70 conquer difficulties or
TO DIE.
II eommemoTstes the grief Of their
Admirins Coun.rymen sad Frisnd,,
and the anguish, snhdued By faith,
Leader Of the Expedition the
nsoss devoted and sa.etioBste Of
Husbands.
Ard 70 h. brinxs.h them up 70 the
Haven where they would be-
1885.
Tbis stone has been iztrus,ed,t to
be affixed IN its place by the
Officers and Crew Of the American
Expedition commanded by
L. II. j. Har.s,.in in search Of
Dr. Kane and his Companion.
THE REPUBLICAN, FAITH
The Republicans Of German Township, Fulton
County, Ohio IA township mainly settled by Germans,
and which gave its first Republican majority last
month. held a meeting for mutual eonga,uation on
a,d ,vara addressad nv their new Member