Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-10-12
RICH MOND WHIG.
THE LONG MYSTERY SOLVED.
SIR JOHN FRANkLIN,s FATE

On the 2Gth of MAY Isi5 the ErsJ.s and J,rroy sail
ed from Woolwieh England on voy age OF discovery
to the Arctic seas, with Sir John Franklin as the com
nlander OF the expedition. Every ones cry" writes
captain fiuJaIncs In his Journal was Now we're oil at
Last No longing looS was cast behind. We drank La
dy frankns health at the old genemans table and II
being his daughters birthday hers too" On the sth of
June following. the discovering ships parted company
with the steamers which accolpanied Them 10 Stfon
ness and on the lth OF July they bade farewell to the
transport and sailed for Lancaster Sound "The rest
saws the London DAILY Ne,-s, ais silence The last
words OF these devoted Engishmen were cheering and
in OF confidence, and their last messages charged
with love aud tenderness Tor home For ten years past
MI hat national solicitade aided and inspired by the
most sacred domestic aection-all that the tender b
feeling of all nations and the chivarous rivalry of
the Old w ord and the New could furnish of zeal ski
courage eager daring, and stern endurance the Que
great object Of seeking the lost has been prosy
spent and as IT, indeed the will OF Heaven
In all calamity there should be blessing We have seen
not only our hinsmen beyond the Atlantic hut France
ana k'ssia lending sterile sympathy great he.
r"avement Whenever and wherever the story OF Prank
lin and his comrades Is told the names of Belot of
h"ne, OF Grinnel, will he remembered with the names
oi kae and Richardson, Of Ross, of Maclure and Nc.
Chinook"
It~i be of interest to recaptulaie the substance Of
an 'ht had been positively known of the EreJ,is and
IeTr' up to the date of the late discoveries bv Captain
hcClntock, OF the steamer For fitted Lady Frank.
hn We tnd this summary concisey done ia the Man.
eheSier that do better than to adopt
Prom the Manchester Guardian Sept e3l
inc latest communication received from any member
Erau
lin himself written only two months after his deparrr
IN lSi3. and dated from island in Bains Bav Tie
next point at which have any trace of the ndycn-
rers Is small inlet ia the vicinity of Cape Riley which
place II Is proved that they Nere quartered during the
hrst winter of their absence where au inscrption
on ihe graves OF three shows that some at least
OF Tue party must have remained until April 1916. They
were then more than twelve months from home and
from that time We had nothing throw the slightest light
upon the course they had taken until Dr. Rae of the Hud
80" BAY company, came upon traces of them the sum
l"r oil 1901 which were made known in England during
t"at year His information, obtained from Esqu-
inanN on the west of BOOTHS which he was
exploring, was To the effect that in the Spring
Tour Winters paSi-intcrprcted TO mean the
Spring of lsJO.-a band of white men ahout forIy
strong were travelling southwark over the ice at
spot near the north shore of the Island called King VII
nam Land The wayiarers, who dragging boat
Wlt them, showed signs OF being already short of pro-
visions, and they explained the natives by signs that
thelr ships had been crushed in the ice and that they
were rnlcaNorng to reach the Northernmost hunting
GROUND Tor deer. At later date during the same season
the bodies OF some thirty persons found by the E
Pnimaux at point about days journey TO the west
oil me treat Fish River the mainland and five other
bodies on small island in the vicinity It was evident
that the unfortunate had persisted of want so ex
irene that even the severity Oi the climate could hardly
have been felt TO heighten hasten It's fatal effect and
mrge number OF articles preserved by the E.Quimaux
ana bearing the initials Of officers in the expedition and
IN one case, the full name of Sir John Franklin conelu
SiNey established the fact that these were the remains at
least oi portion of the OF the ErcbIs aud TTr
The sketch 90 the fate of the expedition which the fore.
going intelligence furnished is confirmed and soicw hat
extended 10y the discoveries of Captain MCintock Most
o our readers are aware that this gallant officer com
nanded vessel fitted by Lady Franklin herself 10
exhaust the field of enquiry into the fate her husband
and they will rejoice to hear that her actiOnate enter
priSe has been rewarded by the ascetanmcnt of new
lacts captain M'Cintock returned to England on
Wednesday bringing With him an official record of the
abandonment of the missing ships which record has
been found buried la the earth not Ear from Point Victo
r!' on The northwest coast of King Williams Land.