Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-10-14
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
wn.01NGToN. n. C., MONDAY. OCT. TO- 1859.
Settled at Last.

Settled at Last.
After having cost much money and many valuable
lives it appears that the mystery attending the ia'e o
Sir John Franklin has at length received definite soiu
ton the steamer Fox sent out by Lady Franklin under
the command of Captain McClintock having got back
to England with the full particulars and many memor
ais of the starred expedition. These were found on
the Northwest coast of King Williams Island. A full
record of the expedition was found dated June l1th
1917 ND to which time nine officers and fifteen men had
died One hundred and FIVE persons, the survivors Of
the expedition were making their way south The fate
of this party was ascertaned by Dr. Rae in 1854 the
bodies of the last having been found IN 1890
Esuuimaux, not far from the Great Fish River
Frapklins expedition consisting of two ships the Ere
bus and Terror and 138 persons officers and men, set sail
from Sheerness England, on the 26th May lo4o' and
two months afterwards seen in Baffin's Bay. On
the 18th June 1847 very little over two years after
sailing Sir John Franklin died, aged 81 years. On the
22nd April 1849 the Erebus and Terror were abandoned
in the ice in Victoria Strait Up to this time 50 OF the
officers and men had persisted. Sometime in the Spring
of 1850 about 40 of the expedition seen by the Is
uuimaux on King Williams Island. During the sum-
er of 1850 the bodies of the remnant of the crews was
found near the Great Fish River. In five years from
the time of their sailing all had persisted
We are glad this question at length settled and the
fate of Franklin no longer left to speculation The
public will await with anxiety the publication OF the
Record and the statement of such other facts throw
ing light upon the history of Frankns expedition, as
Captain McClintock may have been able to gather
Even ND to l848 the date of the Record" the
Al hon Oth
known tale of ship-wreck and disaster. Between that
time and the summer of 1850, when the last miserable
remnant perished suppose that only conJectural a
proxmatons can be made but may rest assured that
IMAGINATION itself would fail to conceive or language to
EXPRESS the horrors of those two years of Arctic wan
derng.
IF anything could divert men from the pursuit Of the
vague useless and chimerica think that the fate of
recent Arctic expeditions ought to put an end to such
purposeess sacrifices of human life. We really see no
question of Science that can be solved by such exped
tons-none at least that do not admit OF other modes OF
solution There can be no proft-no chance for COM
merce-no hope Of extending the of civilization
Ice can be obtained from Boston, and we recently i'm
ported the Aurora Borealis of which fine specimen
travelled South to Cuba some time ago The once
Captain Mcclure, who actually passed throughlrom the
Pacific to the Atlantic from the Atlantic to the
Pacific we forget which, but at any rate be passed be-
tween Asia and North America. A Northwest passage
through such ice be penetrated but once in cen
fury at the risk of life and limb of course worse than
worthless.
While Dr. Kane, in the search after Franklin, was
gathering the materials OF book and laying the foun-
dations of fame and the seeds of DEATH Franklin and all
his sleeping the sleep that knows no waking
Who will be the next Arctic explorer? When shall
hear of valuable lives being sacrificed in the
wildgoose chase AFTER perhaps, the "open Polar Sea
that person attached to Kanes expedition, not the
Doctor himself thought he at a distance?
The Charlotte BuIIetIn.-The DanviIle Connection.
The Charlotte Bulletin OF Saturday, the 9Th instant,
copies article from the Journal giving an account OF
the railroad meeting held at Wentworth, in Rockingham
County the 28th ult, and directs special attention
to it. Doing So it appears to us that in fairness to the
Journal, the Bulletin ought to have given the article
quoted in FULL and not omitted any essential part We
must conclude that the failure of the Bulletin to do so
resulted from accident inadvertcncy and therefore
call its attention to the fact The fifth paragraph Of the
article quoted by the Bulletin reads thus:
Governor Morehead made an address the advantages
of the connection especially in throwing the great through
travel upon the North Carolina Central Road By the way,
Messrs Morehead and Settle both talk about this thing OF
through travel wholly without regard to facts glance
at the distance tables in any reliable railroad guide will
show that with the direct connection between Danve
and Greensboro the upper line, made, would only be
four miles shorter than the SeabOard line UlG Wilmington
while by the crcuOus route proposed, it would be
sixteen to twenty miles longer. And yet Mr.. Settle
says that By this route the great mail between the North
and South could be carried in twelve hours less time than
by any other and presented advantages superior to all its
competitors Of Mr.. Settle would he puzzled to
show how the great mail could be carried twelve hours
q longer and crooked than it could
shorter and s.raghter one
All the part enclosed in brackets is omitted by the
Bulletin. THIS Danyie Connection may tap the works
of the State and make them tributary to Virginia II
cannot do what Messrs Settle and Morehead claim for
it, it subserve any of the interests represented
by the Bulletin
"WORKING MAN"-We find communication over