The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-09

perior aainments at medical examination in inburg,
April 1885, some bows ar rows in which wood iron
or copper has been used in the censuctonof other
interest.
REnAREs rpos rBkxE ARrGEa--The spear stan mea-
sures Blk feet three inches IN LENGTH and appears 70 have
Deen part of gnt boats SAIL in measured (oefore be-
ing partially rounded 10 adapt TO lis present usc) about
13z by 1ss inches, made OF English oak and upon the
side has been painted white green. Tho spear head
IL o STEEL fveted 10 TWO pieces Of hoop with bono between
and ashed TO the staff The rvets are or COPPER nails
The native who sold said he himsefgot boat
the Another spear Of the kind was soen,
The knives are made either oil STEEL riyetted 10
two strips Of hoop between which the handle Of wood 10
inserted and rivets passed through securing them "
geihcr me rveis are almost all made out OF copper
nails, such as would be found copper fastened boat;
but those which have been examined do not bear the 60
vernment mark s probable that most Of the boats OF
the ebus and Terror were built by contract and there
fore would not have the broad arrow stamped upon their
iron and copper work. One small knife appears to hsve
been surgical instrument. large knife obtained in
April bears some marking such sword or cutlass
might have The man who sold II sad he bought from
another, who picked up the land where the ship
driven ashore by the Ice, and where the white people
long as his arm This was the nrst iniorma,
tion he received Of Of the ships having
with the broad arrow. The handles are varously
posed Of oak ash pine, mahogany, elm and bone. The
spoons and forks were readily sold for few needles
each also the buttons which they wore as ornaments on
their dresses Bows and readily exchanged
for knives Previously TO the srandng the neighbor
ing shore Of the last expedition these people must have
been almost destitute Of wood iron. Some Of them
had even got only bone knives, spear points Some Of
their sledges were seen consisting Of two rolls of zeal
nected together by cross bars Of bones. Many more
knives, bone and buttons, similar 10 those brought away
might have been obtained, but personal important
relics
SEEN IN SNOW HUT IN LAT II DEG. NJ, 10Th OF
APRIL, 1859, NOT BROUGHT AWAY.
Two wooden shovels, one OF them made Of mahogany
board, some spear handles and bow Of English wood,
deal case which might have served for telescope ba
rometer. Its external dimensions wcre:-length, feet
inch depth, 3s inches width inches two brass hinges
RELICS OBTAINED FROM THE EsQUMAUx NEAR CAPE
NORTON, UPON THE EAST COAST OF KING WILLIAM
ISLAND, IN MAY, 1859.
the oer One Bear Se
table forks bearing the Franklin crest the other is
also crested, probably Captain Croziers; sversmiths s
name is ~ West'' two teaspoons, one engraved "a NJ
D." "a. McDouad the other bears the Fairhome crest
and motto; handle Of desert knife, into which has been
inserted razor tsnce broken on by Mliken, Strand;
buttons wood and iron were here in abundance, but
enough Of these had already been obtained
purchased.
Some scraps Of different kinds Of wood such could
be obtained from boat-teak or African oak.
FOUND LYING ABOUT THE SKELETON, NINE MILES EASTWARD
CAFE HKRsHx, May, 1859-Thc tie Of black silk hand
kerchief fragments Of double breasted blue cloth waist
coat with covered silk buttons and edged with braid
scrap Of colored cotton shirt, silk covered buttons
bue cloth great coat small clothes brush horn pocket
comb leathern pockctbook which fell to pieces when
thawed and dried 1t contained nine letters few
leaves apparently blank; sxpence date 1881 and half
FRon BESIDE AN EsQUMAux STONE MARK on THE EAST SmE
or MONTREAL MASpParto OF preserved meat tin, painted
red Part Of the rim of strong copper case or YES
sell pieces of iron hoop, two pieces Of fiat iron an iron
hook bolt, piece Of sheet copper
PURCHAMD.-Bows made Of wood, knives, uniform and
plain buttons sedgc made of two long pieces Of hard
wood.
PuRMAMD:-Eght OF ten FIR poles varying from dve
feet to ten feet in length the shortest being 2H inches
diameter Two wooden snow shovcls about 3E feet long,
and made Of pieces Of plank painted white or pale yellow
It occurred TO that the pieces Of plank might have
been the bottom boards Of boat There was abundance
Of wood fashioned into smaller articles.
CONTENTS OF BOATS MEDICINE CHEST.
One bottle labelled zinzib r. pulv full; ditto spirit.
rect, empty; ditto hydrarg. seven eghths full;
ditto OIL caryphyl one-nfih full ditto, ipec r CO.
three quarters full ditto OIL ovac full ditto tnct op
camph, three quarters fun; ditto, vim. coch full
ditto, quarter full ditto, calome full (broken) ditto
hydrarg hit oxyd full ditto, puv gregor full (broken)
ditto, magnes carb, full ditto, canphor, full; two
bottles tine tout each quarter full bottle ipec r.
puIv' fall ditto jalap pay, full; ditto scamnen.
beled) tinct opii, three quarters FAM one box appa-
rentiy) purgative pills, full dtto ointment shrnnk; do
emp adhesiv full one probang, one pen wrapped up
lint, ,onc lead pencil pewter syringe two small tubes
,est wrapped up in lint, one farthng bandages, oil silk
lint, thread. DAVID WALKER, NJ D.
Surgeon to Expedition.
Fox, PoRr KENNEDY, June, 1859
MClintock on Prince OF Wales Island
of May, 1s47
Her Majesty ships Erebns and Terror wntered in the
be in lat. 20 deg. min, long. 90 deg. % min. w.
Having wntered in 1S467 nj Becchcy Island in lat "a
43 28 NJ long 91 80 15 w. after ascending Wellington
Channel TO lat u and returning by the side Of Corn
wallis Island SIR JOHN FRANKLIN,
Commanding the Expedition
All well
Whoever finds this paper requested to forward to
the Secretary of the Admiralty London with note Of the
time and place at which found or ir more conye-
nent to deliver IL for that purpose to the British Consul
al the nearest port.
The same in French.
The same in Spanish.
The same in Dutch
The same in Danish
The same in German.
Left the ships Monday the oath of May lS4 the party
consisting Of two officers and six men,
g. NJ GORE Lieutenant
CHAS +. DES vEUX, Mate.
The words s.wntered in 1S46A7 Mt Beechey island,
should be Gin 1S46l6 as in l84847 they were beset in
the ice and the ships abandoned in April isls The
mistake occurs In both papers.
ADMIRALTY, Sept ~.
Naval Intelligence.
naval court martial is now in session at the Brook
yn Navy Yard TO try Lieutenant Robert c. Duvall, Of
the United States steamer Wyandot for sundry alleged