Smyrna times., 1869-10-06
MiSCeILU n e o as.
captain HALLS JOURNEY.

Can't C. F. Hall, the eminent Artic explor-
!, who returned to New Bedford on Sunday |
Tek from FIVE years search for the remains |
fSir John franklin S companions, has written
n interesting letter to Mr.. Henry Grinnell,
Iyiug the details of his cruise, together with |
he unmistakable evidence of the fate of Sir |
John and his party.
In some respects his has been the most re- |
narkable Journey ever undertaken in the polar !
egions He was not an experienced explorer +;
le was not even sailor, but a plain citizen of
incnnatti, when he conceived the idea of
rOsecuting upon a plan hitherto untried, a
nore minute search after the relics of the
franklin expedition than any previous traveller
lad been able to make. He put no trust in
hips, but depended entirely upon sledge jour
Rys, living with the Esquimaux, learning their
Mguage, and adopting their customs and diet
his involved greater hardships and requir
lmOre heroic patience than even the memor-
de voyages Of DR.. Kane; but Captain Hall
Epassed in his two expeditions no less than
ven or eight years among the Arctic SHOWS,
ID has got thereby the knowledge which he
pnt to seek. The problem of Sir John Frank
rs fate was already so nearly solved that
ere could be no reasonable hope that any one
EVlved out Of that gallant commander party
was known that with his two ships, the
sbI and Terror, he had discovered the
agsOught, useless North West Passage which
cost the world so many lives, and just as
egOal Ofhis voyage had been hopelessly lock-
I'm the grasp OF the ice. 1t was known that
Hnklln died during the next years captivity Z;
At after the ships had remained motionless
nineteen months the survivors, 105 in mum
a under command of Captain Crozier, sci
It aioOt across the frozen strait which sepa.
Rs Amg William Island from the Northern
Hof the American continent, in hope O.
4ehIng the frontier stations of the Hudson
company; and that many, and probably
OIL the party, died on the way. Their relic
" found by McClintock all along the coas
Ang Williams Island, and the natives as
IeG him that every one of the party had per
an Still McClintock' s discoveries left rOor
iant hope that one or two might hav
1ped the tate Of the rest. Anderson in 1876
a heard OF some of the missing adventurer
:sf south as Montreal Island, at the mout
ae GTeat Fish River; and a faint rumo
%nea hall In his first voyage Of three whit
1Wao, as recently as 1854 or 1855, had bee
G!enng among distant Esquimaux tribes
Nlg 10 vain for deliverance. 1t was to cles
,nls last mystery and complete the invest
Io1s OF McCEntoek that Hall sailed froI
y London in 1864.
ae story OF his explorations is a sad, traG
,asaStratlVe. ,!sSt There is no longer even a shat
~ nope that any one survives out of Franz
ompany. It's ascertained, according
report, that none of them reached even /;
montreal Island, and their bones lie sea
~ nCng the coast Of King Williams Ian
y 10 Isolated graves, others in the campil
= There they fell and died in companie
.uslaneholy history has its crowning he
sla the knowledge that they died of starv
~lougn the base behavior of the Esq
M, and that in learning their fate Capta
y vas reduced to the awful necessity Of ia
fIo Az nIe OF one of his own mutinous men.
VI E COuld have persuaded any one to rem;
So en- long enough for Summer explol
vouIIs ls Island, Captain Hall is convinced Il
so,da Ia nave found the complete manuscr
SfnrSV fS VI the expedition, which the last of
denoa:saVVs, crews twenty years ago undoubt'
xepcs xsS','ed somewhere on their line of mai
persoa, memorials Of heroic adventure,
ave- ~ fellcs, such records, however, {
bOrh u great value now, and it will not
lem TS m nsk OF another life to go in search
..ile ne problem which Franklin lost
> kds.sgI wing has been solved bv others 81
=, tIasaL, and has proved of no use to manki
IN snsIs Is any practicable water pass
atSs atSrkae sne Arctic regious, which it will
x;lI ;lIle I ior any ship to attempt, that I
sas'a pc found far to the North, throl
3gFil Vpen Sea, and how to reach it we {
Irssaa safn out to be question rather
eau gss;. than Of geography-that is,
y rather by studying ocean cure
sssv Tpaclng the eon6guration of ice-bo
8asss .s sor What secrets the inhospitable
u,o 'ue North West Passage of Frank
atS, taE,;s ana - McClinteck may yet inclose,
asut "sl. ~ mat great day of universal enli
Ae nvle Snen the sea shall give up its dead
~ssteres of earth shall be revealed.