Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-12-02
lRAsBURGH, VERMONT FRIDAY, DECEMBER , S59
From the London Family Herald.
THE ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS.

tul, hoping against hope heart iorrboded
years ago. has been confirmed beyond
doubt. The Franklin expedition has
persisted TO man among the thick-rlb-
ice aud merciless SHOWS Of the Arctic
circle. The bones of th~ hravest OF
the brave lie still and solemn in their
bare and whiened sepulchre. But when
the national sorrow had been calmed, for
anticipation had done It's worst, and the
mind OF the nation once more began 10
revert to the exploits of Britons in the
region where even the snow-fend is
Dark amidst the wondrous light
That stream Ger AL the northern night"
a burst of exultation and admiration for
the deeds Of the past was only natural
1t sprang from that spontanei,y of dispo-
sition which unbidien pays tribute to her.
osm in every form. In our day, there
will not be another voyage to the North
J Pole; q strong sentiment has set in
, against such rash and useless enterprises;
/ but sober retroSpceuon cannot be denied
to any one, and an Englishman, when
glancing over the history of cur exploits
in the extreme north, cannot but feel bis
' heart beat faster, and around it gather a
glow of exulgant and pardonable pride.
: For upwards Of three centuries and
a half, the government and mercantile
communities Of this country have been
engaged in endeavoring to discover a pas
sage from the Atlantic into the Pacific
, Ocean. That such channel does exist
: has been contestably proved by severa
" of the expeditions sent in search Of Sr
= John Franklin and his ill-fated compan
ions; but alas II is useless for navigsbl'
purposes, being probably only open onc'
in the course of ages. Still, the demon
: stration solves problem, and shows O
= what infexible material the AngIo-Sax
- on maritime population is composed.-
Such q conscientious perseverance IN
y cause always esteemed noble, is withou
- parallel in the history Of mankind
Other countries for centuries have prose
cuted deadly anlmoslties but it was re
served for England TO endrayor to prov
that the oceans Of the world would be on
but for masses of congeaIed water SO stu
penduous that the Imagination stands i
" awe at the bare contemplation OF them.
Columbus discovered America i
1892 and four years later, some Enl
lishmen embarked in an undertaken
that, prinla .tacie, was far wilder tina
- that of the great Genoese. In l49
John Cabot, and afterwards his son, 5,
bastion Cabot, sailed to Greenland, bl
- neither Of them reached the high Iatitud
Ia 1927, Robert Thorne, Of Bristol, wei
= In search Of the North Pole; and it
presumed that he persisted, for no recoI
OF his adventures remains. In 1868, )
Hugh WilIoughby discovered Nova Zen
he bIa. To show how early England brcau
- seized with mania to solve the my stel
e. Of the North Pole, We quote pas-al
ID from an old chronicle referring to ID
ed same Sir Hugh WIlloughby He VI
M, born OF an ancient and worthy family
oy Rlsely, III the county Of Derby. H. q
reign Of. King Edward VI, be was 81
10, ployed by the king and the merchants
,,o London to find oui ihe northwest pas-a
nj, TO the East Indies, having three shi
itb provided for that purpose, with a lar
-. commission, which did not bear date fr,
a., Nthe year Of our Lord, but from the ye
49, Of the world j5l5, because 10 their 10
an voyages they might have occasion to pi
.lr, sent il TO foreign princes. They depa
l., ed from Depford on May, 1858, and at
in, much foul weather, sleered north nor
..,5 west; but on the second Of August,
tempest arose, whereby one Of the sh
was divided from the others, and Ii
, never saw ii again. Sir Hugh, hold
on his course, discovered land, which
the ice he could not come near, in
mia latitude of twenty-two degrees. I
oct was called WilIou2hby's Land, as vel
ugh might, as it had neither then nor iii
any owner or luhaUilaat pretending
tue propriety thereof Il appeared. b
'O will found IN that ship, winch Was
Admiral, in the pocket Of person
quality, that in January, 1854, Sir III
and mort Of his company we're then
. health, though all wore soon after fro
? TO death in the river, Or haven, ca
Arizlna, in Lapland. TIE next suran
" some other English ships coming to
wa same place, found the ship entire, and
." men frozen to death, with q particI
account Of all the passages Of their !
here age
mar Enniish spirit. nothing dauated