Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-10-12

The interesting of the articles discovered her, i
cluding boats ensign, brought away by Mr. IIob
son. About two miles further the soutb.wes , s,n,r
cairn found but neither records nor relics
About three miles north OF Poin, Victory second na
eairn was examined but only broken pickaxe and emp
| ~ canister found.
On the 9th Of Nay, Lieutenant Uolson pitebed hi.
tent be de large cairn upon Point Victory Lyin,
among some loose stones which had fallen from the tor
OF this cirn found small tin case containing re-
cord, the substance of which l. briefly as folowsTb;
cairn built by the Franklin expedition upon the as
sumed site Of Sir James Ross pillar which had not been
found The Erebss and Terror spent their first ;pt.,
at Beechy Island. after aving ascended Wellinrton
Channel to LAT. ~ deg. n, and returned nv the We,
side of CORVALLIS Island On the 18th of Sepe,nber
lsi6, they beset in lat 40 O5 n and long qS ~
w. Sir John Franklin died the iith June isi7.-
On the 22d of April ls4S the ships were FIVE
leagues to the " n. W. Of Point Victory and the nryi
vors los in number, landed here under com,n.nb oC
Captain Ctozer. This paper dated April % 1919
and upon the following day they intended TO start for
the Great Fish River. The total loss bv deaths in the
expedition up TO this date officers and II men
vast quantity of clothing and of all sorts Law
ed abont as IL here every article thrown away which
could possibly be dispensed With picaxes shoveis boats
cooking utensils, ifon~ork, rope blocks cnvas dir,
circle, a sextant engraved Frederick Hornbv r. X a
small medicine chest oars, DE
"A few miles south~ard across Back Bav, a second
record was found. havirs been depoeJ by Lieutenant
tore and M des Ngns, in MAY, ls4s IL Afforded NO
additional information
Lieutenant Hob-on continued his scArsh n,:,iI within
few DAYS march Of Cape Hersche without finding any
tIace OF the wreck or OF natives. lie cf fl iulorms
iion OF his Important discoveries for me; therefore when
returning norhward by tile shore of kim iIi,m
Island had the advantage OF knowing what had area.
dy been found.
Soon after leaving Cape Ierschen the traces Of pa
tiyes became less numerous and less recent and nf.r
rounding the west point of the Island they ceased alto
reiher This shore Is extremely low and almost utterly
destitute Of vegetation. Numerou hap pks of .Li ami
low isels lie off it, aud beyond thee Victoria Strait is
covered with heavy and inpenetrabc packed ice.
When III lat. - deS. US n, and long 90 dec % w
We came TO large hUit discovered ty NJ
son few days previously bis notice informed me I
appears that this boat had been intended for the ascent
OF the Fish River but abandoned apparently mon \
return journey to the ships the cJgc upon which .be
WAS mounted being pointed ia that direction She rne.
sued 2s feet IN length by ~ feet vide was most care
fully fitted aud made light as possible hut tLe sl,,
was OF solid OAK, and almost heavy a, the boat
"A arg" quantity of clothing found within her
'So Two human skeletons One of these lay in the after
part OF the boat, under pile Of clothing the other
which was much more disturbed probably by animals
Was found in the bow. Five pocket watches ou,ntitv
of silver spoons and forks and a lew religious bont
were also found, hut no Journals pockct-booLs or even
names upon any articles of clothing Two ,aubc-Iar.
relied guns stood upright against the boats side precisely
a. they had been placed u years before One barrel in
each was loaded and cooked; there ammunition in
aDhndahce also 80 or ~ lbs of chocolate tea aud
tobacco Fuel was not wanting a drift tree Law with
loo yards of the boat
captain MClinock says, from all that can be CLEANED
from the record papers and OF evidence afforded hy the
boat and various articles of clothing aud d.
covered, it appears that the abandonment OF the Eceb,
aud Terror had been deliberately arranged and every
effort cxcried, during the third winter TO render tho
travelling equipments complete Ii i much 10 l,e amir,
hended that disease had greatly reduced the strength of
all on board, Tar more, perhaps than they themselves
we're aware Of The distance 10y srdge route from the
position OF the ships when ABANDONED the boat o.
geographical miles and from the ships to Montreal island
sso miles The most perfect order have existed
throughout"
THE FRANKLIN RELICS.
Captain MClintock in his report ut which We have al
ready gwen AN extract states that in order extend
much as possible the pabiie utility OF the voyage OF the
For naSnetical meteorological aud other OBJ eryations
subSeTYient TO scientific purposes and for which nsr
ments were supplied through the ibcraly Of the Roya
society have been continually aud carefully taken and
every opportunity hiss been embraced by the surgeon D.
Walker, NJ D. Of forming complete collections iu ali the
various branches of natural history. The Captain spea
warmly OF the zeal of the Companions of his voyage re-
narkng, feeling OF entire devO: the cause which
Lady Franklin hasSo nobly sustained and firm defer.
mination to1ect aiEtAat men could DO seem. 10 have
supported thrm through every difficulty With les OF
THIS enthusiastic aud cheerful obedience TO every COM
mand our small numbers in all-wond not have suf
feed for the successful performance of 30 great work
Among the relics discovered the following in one
parcel small prayer book, OF small book of
Family Prayers;" Christian Melodies m ti,
within the &c g." ltiniham Gore u Ii.ar
of Wakefield :; small Bible inteIlined in many plac.s
ana with numerous references written in the margin
New Testament in the French language In lat 90 deg
O9 min. ", long 99 deg q min. w was found a large
boat measuring Is feet in extreme length feet in in
! breadth : feet In: in depth The markings on her
. =
that the fore par; of the had been cut awav pro
badly 10 reduce weight and part the letters and re
removed An oak sledge under the boat ~ feet in
long aud feet wide six paddles; about Ethoms of
deepsea lead line ammunition: four cakes of navy
chocolate shoemakers box with implements complete
small quantities Of tobacco a small rair of very
stout shooting boots pair Of very heavy iron shod
knee boot1, carpet boots boots aud shoes-in all
seven or eight pair rolls Of sheet lead elm tngle
Tor repairing the boats halls Of various sizes for boat
and -edge irons three small axes broken saw leather
I A Nt ftaap gln 10 a.
kcrchicf (back. white aud coor,d towel sponge tooth
brush hair comb macintosh gun cover linarked in
paint A. - v, twine, files knives small worscd
work-shpper, lined with cakin bound with red ribbon
great quantity uf clothing and a Wolf-kin robe r,r
OF boats sail of No canvas whale liuc rope with vel
low mark, aud white line with red mark; q iron stan
chions 10 inches high or supporting weather cloth
around the boat staunchion Tor supporting ridge pole
At height Of feet . in. above the guuwale
FouSp AnoUT Ross CliES, roiNT Vp1oRY-A SIX
inch disc circle ly Robinson, marked - case oi
medicines consisting Of - -us bottles canister OF pills
ointment, plaster, oiled silk 81. twofoOt rule two
joints ni the cleanng.rod of a gun and small conner
spindle probably for doEyines Of boats The circular
brass plate broken out Of a wooden gun case and en-
man silver top Of two-foot telescope, coffee canister
piece OF brass curtain rod The record tin-tie re-.
cord dated 18th April lSis, has been taken out A
siNiuch double frame scXtant, which the owner b
name u engraved Frederick Hornby. H. y" Near th,.
same place found a stocking marked w -" green.
aud fragment Of one marked " W. 5"
/ REiiCS OBTAINED FEoN 1HE HobTHtAN FsqrMNrV. NEAp
rHE MAGNETIC roLT, ~ NtEcu Avn ArEtL IS.p
seven knives made 10y the natives out Of materials oh
taned from the last expedition kuitc vthouta han.
de one spearhead and staff lhe Latter has broken oil
two tiles. large spoon scoop the handle of pine or
bone, the bowl OF musk horn six silver spoons and
forks, the property OF Sir John franklin dcutenans n
dc Niscomte and Fairhonc A. Mcdonald assistant sur
geon, and Lieutenant H. Couch supp1scd from the I'M.
tia letter T. and crest lions head small portion Of
gold watch can. broken piece of ornamental work
apparently silver gilt few small naval and other metal
buttons, silver medal obtained by Mr. Mcdonald a. r.
prize Tor superior aainmeuis at medical examination
10 EdingburEh, April ls3s bows and arrows 90
which wood iron copper has been used iu the con
struciion-of no other interest
Reuarks DJoii hsss oriir'ss-Tlc spear stall meas
ures feet inches iu louVh and appears IN have hecn
part OF light boats sail u mrasurcd hcforc being mar.
TALLY rounded 10 adlr 10 its present usel shout IT,
by 8S inches, Is adc Of English OAK and upon the
side has been painted white green The spear head
s oi steel rvcticd 10 two pieces of hoop with bone c.
tween and ashed on 20 the staff The ves are Of con
er nails. The native who sold IL said hc Lusrf got t
uom the boat in the Fish River Another spear of the
me kind was The knives are made either OF iron
ni steel rivctcd o two strips Of hoop between which
thc handle Of wood IS inserted and rivct pascd through
sec uring them together The riv,ts arc almost , mad.
ont = copper nails such would De found n conner
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