New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-13
LADY FRANKLIN.
Truly your
Palermo, July ls

Among the passengers by the Adratic, which ar
rived on Saturday, was Lady Franklin, the widow OF
Sir John Franklin, the distinguished Arctic explorer
Her purpose understand, is to travel through the
United States and Canada, and she will probably ex
tend her tour as far California where she proposes
to PASS the Winter. While in this city and it's vicinity,
she is the guest CT Mr.. Henry Grinnel.
No private woman of our day, except perhaps her
NIECE Florence Nightingale is so well known as Lady
Franklin; will her name ever be forgotten 80 long
as Arctic exploration rem aims matter OF history.
Her husband sailed on his third voyage to the Arcti,
regions in command of the Erebus and the Terror in
18i5 and fro the moment that his failure TO return
made probable that he and his gallant crew had per-
shed or were imprisoned by the loss OF his ships in
the relentless ice of the frozen North his wife never
ceased in her efforts to ascertain their aie and insure
their release If sti in existence. The story has often
been told. She sought the aid of her Government;
she appealed to tie world for assistance; and
che spent nearly the whole Of her own large
private fortune in nevsr.tring devotion to
this one sole object of her life. Nor were
her appeals in vain. The Brt-h Government cent eI
petition after expedition manned by men as brave and
as selfdeyoed those they went to seek; two went
was this country the same errand ole OF which
projected entirely and the other in part by Mr. Henry
GribneD. They all added much to the geographical
knowledge of the world but no sgn was found by any
othem of the fate of the missing sailors. The last OF
these voyages Of mercy that under Capt. McChn-
took. Fourteen years had passed away, aud there
seemed hardly for the slightest doubt that Frank
lin snd bis men had all ing since persisted. But Lady
Franklin was not contented to cease her efforts while
there was the faintess uncertainty. The Govern
ment however, did not share her feeling,
and declined any forther expenditure, and any
further risk Of LIFE in what seemed barren search aud
useless labor Capt. McChntock's expedition, there
FORE was cent ont at her charges and this, which
seemed last, forlOrn hope. was successful lie fol-
lowed the Franklin expedto 10 Beechy leland, then
making his way down Peels Sound, toward the Mag
netic Pole he found at length, what he sought, aud
what 80 many had sought for in vain before him. On
King Williams leland be came upon the cairns which
the unhappy had erected in the hope that at some
future day they wond be opened by the pious hands
of country men. From the records left In them, he
learned that Sir John Franklin bad died board bis
ip when beet in the ice the 18th june l8i but
died happily before that great suffering overlook his
men which afferward befell them. In April following
when no doubt starvation bad begun to stare them in
the face and when was evident that the release OF
their ships was hopeless, they abandoned them, aud
started on their terrible march for the Great Fish
River They never reached it. The Esqulmaux,
whom Capt. McClintock met, and who had seen them,
,sd they dropped by the way as they went along.
The bleached skeletons which he stterward found
altested the truth of the report. Exhausted by dis
ease and hunger and cold, the heroic men had fallen
ore by one as they dragged their weary limbs an
eaunt bodies through the Arctic darkness over the
Arctic ice. Capt. McCiintock returned to England
with the evidences Of the result of his expedition and
laid before the widow the few sad relics that atested
the fate Of her husband and his followers.
Lady Franklin, we understand, viii remain for
week at the country place of Mr. drinne on the North
River to recover from the fatgues Of the voyage, aud
will then go to Canada to be present at the ceremony
Of opening the Victoria Bridge.