The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-10-19

s.r JsAn Traaklan.
Sir John Franklin Ne born at Spilsby,
Lincolnshire, April 16, l706. He was des-
tinad By his father for IN ministry, by a
t1refor the sea. while It the Grsnsar
School q Lowth, hs walled twelve miles g
800 the ocean for the 1rst time. He was ss.s
on trading voyAgsto Lisbon 70 cure MIN =, "a
this bent; the voyage confirmed II. Ills
father Welded to nature, and procured him
| midshinman,a warrant in 1900. He served
| on thu poIvphemus at the battle Of Ooponha-
| rem. AnriI2. 1901. In the Investigates, com
handed by his cousin, Capt. Flinders, he
snsnt two years exploring the eo2sts of Aus
tralia sheproved orthy, and be sailed
for homo 10 the Porpoiee ia 1908, which vas
wrecked on = reef 200 nilss from Auslrala,
whore be and hi conpsnions rsnaiasd for
fifty days on sand bank. They we're oar
ried to Canton, whence he sailed for England
in the China fssk q Indiamen. In the Strait
Of Aalacoa thsy ware attacked BY . French
sousdron, without sucosss. At home he
joined the Bsllerophon, and Of forty prsons
who stood about him at Trafalgar, bat sevsn
escaped unhurt. For six years altsrVard he
served on the Bedford, capturing apAmeri-
can gunboat ct New Orleans in the var Of
1872. Here he Was wounded, and made lieu
tenant. In 1878 he commanded the Trent,
tho smaller OF the two vessels which attempt
cd tho Northeast Passage TO India. The
larger VAS disabled, and Capt. Buchan, who
commanded the expedition, refused to allow
him to proceed alone. In 1879 he command
Cd an overland exploration from York Fac
tory. In the three years Of this expedition
he performed foot journey OF $50 miles
while the mercurJ was frozen, another foot
journey Of 500 miles, long Sos voyage in
canoes, and was then obliged to return with
out having explored what he went for-the
Coast Of the Arctic Ocean. He returned and
WAS promoted in 1922. In 1923 he published
| an account OF his voyage and married Eleanor
Porden, the daughter Of an eminent architect
IN 1925, he wAs placed ct the head OF anoth.
or overland ARCTIC expedition. His wife,
then at the point Of death, insisted that be
should 90, and gave him - parting gift a
silk flag, to be hoisted whom he reached the
| Polar Sea. She died the day sitter he saifed
| On this journey he reached the ocean, and
travelled westward from the mouth Of the
Mackenzie 374 miles along the coast to las
min. 81 sec. west longitude. He wintered al
Great Bear Lake, where he instituted . So
ries Of magnetic observations. He went back
to England BY way Of New York in 1927, and
in 1928 he married Jane Griffin, the presen,
Lady Franklin, and published an account OF
his second expedition. In 1929 he Was knight
ed, received the degree Of ID. O. l.. from OK
ford, and the gold medal Of the Geographi.
cal Society of Paris. In 1880 he did service
in the Greek revolution 40 commander OF the
Rainbow. He was Governor of Tasmania
from 1886 to 1843, founded . college, and
endowed it largely, established the Scientific
Association Of Hobarton, was very popular,
and on his departure received an enthusiasts
ito ovation. In l845 he sailed in command
Of the Erebus and Terror on his last expedi-
ton. On the 9th Of July Of that year ii was
seen for the last time by white men from a
whaleehip about the center OF Bafin's Bay
He was to push on through Lancaster Sound
and Barrow's Strait to Melville Sound, and
| thence westward ~ far ~ possible. Ia 184e
three expeditions were sent BY the British
Government in search OF him in 1850 three
more were sent out by the Government, be-
side two by Lady Franklin, two by public
subscription, and one by Henry Grinnell OF
New York. Franklin's first Winter quarters
were found, but nothing more. In 1852 Sir
Edward Belcher sailed from England in
search Of him with Ave vessels, and Com.
mander Dayle6eld with screw steamer. In
1858 DR.. Kane went out az commander oil
the second Grinnell expedition Lady Frank
lin sent . steamer and sailing vessel; DIR.
Rae started for . second exploration OF
Boothia, and two vessels were sent in aid oil
Sir Edward Belcher. In 1854 DR.. Rae heard
from Esquimaux story Of forty white mer
sledging toward the south, near King Viii.
lism's Land, in the spring Of 1850, and later
Of thirty white corpses and some graves on
the continent, and Eve corpses, considerably
eaten, on an island few miles to the north.
west OF the mouth OF Backs river. DIR. Ra,
found telescopes, guns, and watches amonl
the natives; he has exhibited them in New
York. MIR. Anderson visited the island il
1856, and found many articles, but no bodies
lie was unable to reach the principal scene Of
disaster. The fate Of Sir John remained
mystery until the discovery Of M,Clntock,
which is the news Of to-day.
4 Beading AlsuA.