Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-12-02

and Hudson, by the descriouoa OF the /
Two countries he had visited, was The
means Of establishing the tur company
which suu bears his name. Batin ws>
the next distinguished northern yoyagrr /
and from has time, 1916, down to 1918,
when Sir John Ross ssiled on has ir>i
! voyage, very little was added TO our
knowledge OF tire Arctic circle. although
upwards Of twenty voyages had been IN
dergakea 10 It's, period, After tLst, the
names of such men as Ross, Parry, Back,
aud Franklin, and their narratives OF
their adventures, are among some Of the
mos, interesting books in the langusge.--
In all down TO lS45, upwards Of sixty
expeditions had been dispatched 70 tie
North Pole by England. In that year
1t was resolved to send another and a
final one, which was obtained with ditfi
culty, both the Government and the ma
ton viewing the matter in cold light
Indeed, had il not been for the enthusiasm
and perseverance Of SIR John Franklin,
it never would have left our shores, tor
the prospects of success were as remote
: as they were four centuries before
Euglishmrn, however, do not like TO be-
braten; and in the Spring Of lS45, the
gallant Sir JOHN, in Two stout. ships, the
Erebus and Terror, supplied with every
every necessary for protracted voyage,
left the Thames. lie had with him pick
C ed crews, and all on board departed in
. he highest spirits. The country never
! saw them again They were hast heard
r Of towards the close OF lS45, when intel
T. ligence was received That they were IN
p Lanca =ter Sound 10 good condition. Two
- years OF uninterrupted silence created q
T. profound alarm, and then commenced
,i that brilliant series Of Arctic exploration,
: which shed such lustre on the evening o.
= the labors Of more than ten generations
a and which oil senoible people acceptet
], as final abandonment of enterprise,
- against which nature las raised AN ada
= man,ine wall which can only be pierce,
p at her sovereign will. She said to man
e Thus far shalt thou 60, and Is yet, NJ
Ie farther Here
J. a" Winter reign'
10 And holds each mountain wave ia chains"
But their last achievements we're prob
in ably the most glorious Of their kind in ou
2 maritime annals. They exhibited th
y chivalry of England and America TO ad
IN vantage, and over the broad rolling A,
6. lantic was extended the strong, willin
e. hand Of sympathy; nor did France an
u Russia fail to render assistance. Bot a
e. was to no good purpose, a. far as th
nj missing were concerned. Scirnce wa
i, was largely benefited, but the icr-boun
rd were never reached Year after yea
,ir rolled away, but the gates Of their priso
H. were never oprned. and pro,le at HON
NJ. conld only dream OF land aud sea, where
~ f The ice here, the ice VAS there,
re- The ice was aH around,
=, Il crack'd aaa groard and ro.r'd and howl'd,
Like noises ia a svosHd."
=. When speculating on the probable IA
o. the doOm-d expedition, the only col
clusion that could be arrived A., was th
suggested by gloomy picture drawn
tue poet Montgomery, and evidently i
= spired by the catastrophe that belslI Il
= brave Sir Hugh Wiilougbby--
nm, There lies vessel 70 this realm Of frost,
Sot wrecked nor stranded. yet forever iost3
7"' IL keel embedded ~ the solid mass;
'ng Ita ElisteHipg saiis appear expanded glass,
re- The transver-e rope with peri- enormous srul
J.. The yards with jeicIes groEs-quely hung"
ter Il vas weary, weary watching for
rb- classes. A Col-ridgs would have sa
when the name Of the hero was neniic
.i,- Cd there vas dumb significance; a
NV thought cpuld only realize a surface
iag ipdiserinninafe white--a boundless d.
far lasion-to which a human whisper wai
the relief
'bi- a. o'er sold seas where nougtt j. seana'a
j, T. marx 8 dtasrslce FROM lard
Ana sound ilseif does bsf explain
nee The Js-oa;lon q be rssga-"
J" And the bo0ks oi former yoy ayers "
> . deyoured, aud all tbe horrors Of aH a
lue tie winter cOmprebeDded 10 lhs,r lntel
oi ty. We Isarnt that under tbe inGBsi
Ugh Of a gradually decreasing temperate
10 the whole northern sea becomes eovel
,zen wifh Ice, and al progress i arrested
died The winter prison i before ths marin'
ner. ard they have literally 70 baild an q
The pAlbious lone.
ali --.--
ular e. Elsry," tbe dssl 10 our prin'
Foy ofIler, bas discovered nes species oi
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