Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-05-05

TRs POLAR ExPLoR,se ExpsD''1r!
!, AT . meeting Of the New York Gs'
. graphical Society, held last week in tn
Cooper destitute, New York, Dr.. Have
delivered 40 address in regard to his pro
Aposed expedition, to which WI have sew
sera' times referred, in search Of an ope'
'E'polar sea. The scientific and indrfa iga
..bIe doctor, who was introduce by DR.
Hawks, briefly presented his pIa" and i!
Illustrated it BY reference to large map'
and charts.> The repo', before ia states
tthat he pointed the great ice-bpu"d coa<I
Nv which the Arctic Sea is surrounded,
aud showed how from Spitsbergen lluA-
son and Scoresby had penetrated to the
Ia itude Of 80 deg. and 5l4 min. Dutch
vessels had penetrated even 50 far as 50
deg. Of north latitude, and n great "le"
area had been found almost entirely d-.-
titute Of ice. The course Of Dr.. Kane,
through Bafin's Bay. up to Mount
Franklin, which is the Northern -x're"
ity Of Grinneli Land, and the reasons for
his being unable to proceed further. were
narrated at length, and the opinion was
expressed that the open sea, which he
had so nearly entered, wal uavigab|e for
half the year.
The Doctor argued the practicabiIity
Of the completion Of the discovery Of the
open polar sea, and OF the regions i'll Its
vicinity, and resta,ed the means 10y which
he hoped to achieve those results. h.
concluded by appealing to the GrograpI-
ical Society to continue their patronage.
Of his scheme, and enable him to carr,
it to :" successful eud. ii, he s;id, they
provided the necessary means, and God
should spare his life and bless his fl. .r,s.
he hoped, before thee years rolled round,
to place in their hands the complete s"-
luton Of the only geographical question.
yet remaining opsn Tor investigation.
A resolution offered BY Li-u'enan,
VieIe was, adopted to the effect that the
Arctic Committee Of the Geographical,
Society be requested to mem"ia''z- Con-
g'ess for an appropriation Of $4,000 in
a:d Of the expedition, OF condition tina,
the same amount b. raised by private
absorption.
Judge Daily read an extract from a let
ter lately received from England by NJ.
G'innell, expressing VA m sym
pathy for the proposed expedition, and
that if it should faI! through, the
writer had no doubt that a similar enter
prise would be Sc: on foot in England
Judge Daily said that national pride, it
no other reason, should prompt as to see
hat the expedition did not fail for want
adequate support.
A Blr OF RoxANcE.-The following
pleasing omance is \ part Of tl's life Of
! Pennsylvania.
A young man left that State several
ears ago, to look after som. properly il
Belgium beque~thed 10 his mother. II"
transacted his business abroad, and was
eturning home in the Pacific with the
unds resulting from the sale Of the es-
referred to. The Pacific was never
'eard from, and the mother mnurnel
he loss Of her n The other day he
eturned to her. The course 1T his his
oily ran thus : On the poi": OF embark
og in the Pacific, where his passage Wa
he fell sick in Lonion, aud.
'uring his illness, was robbed Of all his
money. He would no. return home PEN
i|ess, and, therefore, went to France.
nd afterwards 70 Russia. lie obtained
situation there upon one of the Gov
rnment railways, accumulated property.
rent again to France, make an a.lyanla-
eous speculation in real estate, then !
an heiress in England, and re-
lrued to bis country in the Bohemian
> see his mother and take her back t.
is English home. T.
AMERICAN BELLAs ABnoAo.-M. Gal
in his last letter 10 the Courier
es Etas Unis, writes: Among tt,.
a images officially announced, is thai {
. Miss. Hutton Of New York. with the 6
de Por,es. The Marquis is
'uch younger than his intended, VII"
lust have inspired her lover with a pro-
'und regard to enable HIM to overcome ,
resistance Of his mother, a hight,
F1%'tocra:ic lady, who said, at the time
marriage Of NJ. de Morny with this
Miss. Hutton wss talked of, that 4
could not understand how q grnt:r- !,
Ian could stoop to marry the daughter
a trader in silks and ca!,coes.' TIE old q;
dy has not, however, much right to
ST proud, for her mother was = :.
ress. and her Husbands family dates : :
. nobility 100 years ago. They talk, E
so, Of the approaching marriage Of an
her American lady, Miss Phal.n. will,