The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-10-21

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man.
Mr. BrOdorick leaves no relative be-
hind.
The Relics OF SIR John Frank
lfu.
From the New YorA sua.
There will be no more Arctic expodi-
tons TO discover the fate Of Sir John
Franklin. In the telcgraphic summary
of tho Candaas news, published on Sat
urday, the result Of the last expedition,
sent cut by Lady Franklin to search for
tidings Of her husband, was briefly an
nounccd. In the London papers, aimee
received, we have a detailed report from
Capt McClintook, who commanded the
search yacht For, Of the evidences which
he obtained Of Sir John Frankln's death
on the nth Of June, ls47, and the sban-
donmont ofhis ships, the Erebus and Ter
ror, by his surviving associates, 1906 In
number, on April ~, lS4s, in the ice, up
on the northwest coast Of King William
Island.
The overland expedition Of DR. Rae
had previously obtained information from
the EsquimauX and relics Of the, Frank
lin expedition, which directed Captain
BlcClintook's search. The For, which
LEFT England in the beginning oelS5s,
encountered the usual obstacles from the
ice, and L was not until the spring OF
1859, that the expedition were enabled 20
commence the search where L was ex.
peetcd that traces Of the lost Franklin
Iexpeditionists might be found. Capt.
MoCliBtock says;
"Being unable 20 penetrate beyond
Bellot Straits, the For winterod (lS5s-
'59) in Bronttord Bay, and the search
including the estuary Of the GgAt Fish
River, and tho discovery Of eight hundred
miles Of coast line, by which we have uni
ted the explorations Of the former search
ing expeditions, TO the north and west OF
our position, with those Of James Ross
Dease, and Simpson, and Rae 10 the
South--has been performed by sledgo
Journeys this spring, conducted by Lieut.
Hobson, r. n, Captain Allen Young ant
myself.
"ManD deeply interesting relies Of oul
lost countrymon have been picked up up
on The western shores of King William
Island, and others obtained from the Es
quimaux, by whom we were informed thai
(subsequont TO their Abandonment one
ship was crushed and sunk by the ice
and the other forced on shore, where she
has ever since remained, afording them
an almost inexhaustible mine Of wealth. p
The following are copies Of original
papers found by Captain McClintook, on
Prince Of Wales Island;
"-of May, ls47.
"Her Mujesty's ships Erebus and Ter.
rOr wintercd In the ice In lat. 10 deg. B
min, long. 9S deg. 3 min. w.
"Hevingwintcrod in 1867 at Beechey
Island, in lat. ~ deg. 49 min, 0s sec. NJ.
long 81 deg 90 min. 10 sec. W., aftel
ascending Wellington Channel to lat. n
deg.i and returning by the west side oI
Cornwalls Island
GAN well. Sin JONI FRANKLIN,
"Commanding the Expedition.
"Whoever finds this paper Is requested
to forward Il to the Secretary of the Ad,
miralty, London, with a note of the time
and place at which Il was found, or, Il
more convenient, 70 deliver il for that pur-
pose TO the British Consul at the neares
port"
The papers were written in several Ian.
guages, but there is an errer In the date
as the ships wintered at Beechy Island in
1886, the first winter after their de-
parture from England.
Early spring journeys were commenced
by Capt. MoClntook, in February, 1859;
and he allotted TO different parties, led by
different officers, the task of making
Thorough searches Of the coast. The
operations are thus detailed In tho re-
port:
"Our wintering position was at the
east entrance to Bellot Strait, in a snug
harbor which / have named Port Ken
nedy, after my predecessor In these wa
ters, the commander Of one of Lady
Franklins former searching expeditions.
Although vegetation was tolorably abund.
ant, and our Esquimaux hunters, Mr.. Pc
terson, and several sportsmen constantly
on the alert yet the resources Of the
county during eleven months and hall
only yielded us eight reindeer, two boars
| eighteen seals, and few WATERFOWL and
plaomignn. The winter was unusually
cold and stormy. Arrangements were
completed during the winter for carrying
out our intended plan Of search; felt i
10 be my duty personally 10 visit Marshal
Island, and In 10 doing proposed 10 com
| plete the circuit Of King William Island.
"On the 28th Of February, when near
Cape Victoria, we had the good fortune to
meet o small party Of natives, and were
subsequently visited by shout forty-fve
individuals For four days we remained
in communication with them, obtaining
many relics, and the information that
several years ago chip was crushed by
the iee on the north shore, Of King
William Island, but that all her people
landed safely, and went away 10 the Great
Fish River, where they died. On the I'd
Of April, our long protraeted spring jour
neyH were commenced Lieut. Hobson
accompanied me as far 40 Cape Victoria.
Before separating we saw two Exquimaux
families living out upon the ice ia snow
huts; frOm them we learned that a second
ship had been seen of King William Is-
land, and thatshe driaed ashore in the fall
Of tho same year. From this ship they
had obtained a vast deal Of wood and iron.
! now gave Lieut. Hobson directions 10
search for the wreck, and follow any
traces be might hnd upon King William
Island
"Aocompanied By my own party and
Mr.. Peterson, / marched along the east
shore Of King William leland, occas-
ionnliy passing deserted snow huts, but
without meeting natives till the 6th OF
May, when, OF Cape Norton, we arrived
at . SHOW village containiRg about thirty
Inhabitants. They gathered about as
without the slightest appearances Of feaI