The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-12-15
SIR John and Lady Frauisiin.

lzFute portion OF our space to-day to a mar
6 the exploration in the Arctic regions of the
Tscht For, which concludes the last melan-
sispfer OF the story Of Sir John Franklin and
IN Some account Of the various efforts made
TIE Last eleven years to ascertain their fate
huni interesting. Ii is now fourteen years.
Is the New York Post, since Captain (Sir
Fr1nkhn started on his great expedition in
ef the famous northwest passage. His two
he Erebus and Terror sailed on their adven-
wysge on the 18th of May, 1915, and it was
zl that the expedition would return in about
arz One month from the day he sailed, he
Fn by Whaler in Batfin's Bay In IS4S. no
szsing been received OF him, the British Gov
zE fttei out three vessels to proceed to the
seas in search Of him. In 1849, after pro-
and dangerous but useless search, the last
u the expedition returned. During the same
]. land party under Sir John Richardson, and
r sea expedition under the veteran Arctic ex-
Sir James Ross, were equally unsuccessful
British Government then offered a munifcent
k1outinz to 500, 900. to any private expedition
)D1ld afford efficient aid to Sir John Franklin
20, no less than eight expeditions were fitted
II James Ross again taking command of one of
Lady Franklin also, in that year, fitted out
fpeditiOn IN the vessel that bore her name, and
Szissed largeiy In dispatching another expedition
= schooner Prince <-4f6erf. Henry Grinnell's
Ftion also started in the same year, and there
eleven different vessels at that time searching
r-tc seas for tidings Of the lost. The result of
se numerous expeditions was comparatively
! The graves of three men belonging to the
p aud Terror were discovered, but no docu-
that gave any traces to the whereabouts of
fzing men In 1853, DIR. Kane started on his
= explorations, preceded by Sir Edward Bel
With Ave ships. Although this latter expedi-
1 not fad anything of Sir John Franklin, they
Fiei in rcscuing Captain Mcclure, who, with
{ip's company, had been bound up by ice for
5years.
ast. as these numerous expeditions returned
Fer year without tidngs of him in whose search
we're dispatched, the public began, with reason,
fnfurther Investigations useless 1t was argued
he claims Of humanity had been satisfied, and
vas wrong as well as useless to enGanger more
n what was deemed a vain search. Lady
SEl, however, with a noble heroism that has
| 1r her the admiration and sympathy Of the
Fad world, still hoped for her husbands safety,
recently dispatched to the Arctic regions the
srew-s.eamer For. under charge of Captain
Eaiock. That vessel has now returned, bearing
y bereaved lady, intelligence that confirms the
fLiEpressi.n to the loss of Sir John Franklin
|nsu;s we're found at point On King William
earring date April 25, 1913, and stating that
On Franklin died On the 11th Of June, 1S47.
path, scarcely more than two years after he left
Fnd, must have discouraged his companions, and
perhaps owing to this premature removal of their
lred and experienced chief that the whole party
est
Sir John Franklin thus died a martyr to his
q the cause Of Arctic exploration, he has in
done more towards unveiling the hidden mys-
1 Of the Arctic seas than eyer he could have done
Sympathy for his fats'and humane efforts to
nm from death. have sent out more Arctic ex-
ons than ever more enterprise would have done
szne time The history of Arctic navigation
ts pas. decade has been but a series of searches
rankin, aud during these searches DIR. Kane
/ hs observations, so valuable to science, and
klr Mcclure made the discovery of the famous
Psst passage, that has been the great geograph-
Essnt o. the age. But for really practicak uses
|.seovery has as yet been of no avail, and with
Feurn Of Lady Franklin's latest expedition, we
ne Arctic navigation is over, for the present at
Fs flte Of Sir John Franklin has long excited the
fA'on Of geographers, travellers and scientific
ana suggested to poets some thrilling insplra-
Z lew years ago a fine poem on this SUBJECT
ased, and attracted much attention. 1t was pop
supposed that the frigid temperature OF the
Il 1one would keep the human frame from disso-
q after death, and it was said Of Sir John and
g That they, amid the icebergs Of that mysferi-
>eus might still be found,