The New York herald., 1875-07-17

HuQSOuS bay ODmpduy bO mtkc beobIdPuiSaA 10
searches In Boothis, and westward OF Simpson
Peninsula he learned from the Esquimaux tnat
some OF their countrymen had DISCOVERIES corpses
OF thirty persons and some graves in 1885, at the
mouth OF the great Fisa River, and he was able To
purchase from them plate bearing crests and ini-
tials OF various members OF the iil-lated expedi-
tion QO).
This Information showed the quarter in which
searcn must De made. A memorial innuentialy
signed, was presented 10 the government 10 In
duce them to send out another expedition, the
memoualists praying that 'it may not be lett TO
the efforts Of ths individuals OF another and
kindred nation, already so distinguished IN the
cause nor yet to the noble-minded widow OF our
lamented friend. TO make an endeavoT which can
be so mucn more effectively carried out by the
British governments Nevertheless 1t was lett for
that lady TO purchase the yacnt Fox and fortunate
was it that sucn captain as Leopold McClintocS
volunteered TO command her. The little vessel
sailed July 2, 1851
About May 20, 1859, Lieutenant Hobson, who ac-
companted McClintock, found IN cairA at Point
Victory, on the northwest coast OF King Williams
Land a record which solved the painful problom
of the fate OF Franklin and the missing crews.
This is the paper as given in McCntocSs vol
ume:-
2sth or May, 1S47.-Her Majesty's ships Erebus
and Terror wntered IN the ice in latitude 20 deg.
MN. north, longitude 9S deg 22 MIN. west.
Having wintered IN lS4e-7 (should be 1850 at
Beechey Island, IN latitude "a aeg. As min % Sec
NORTH longitude 9l Deg. 80 min. 10 west. after
having ascended ellington Channel 10 latltude7 II
deg and returned by the west side OF CornWal13
Island Sir John Franklin commanding the ex-
pedition.
Party consisting OF two oficers ana six men left
GM GORE Lieutenant.
CHAS. +. DkS FEUX, Mate.
Rut nearly n wear after the following lines hnd
been added TO that hopeful psper:-
April 2s, 1s4s.--Her Majesty's ships Terror and
Erebus were deserted on the 22d OF April live
leagues north Invest OF this, having been be-
set since September IL, 1886. The officers and
crews, consisting OF los souls. under the COM
Latitude Go DEG. 81 min. AZ sec. north, longitude
9S deg. Al min. west. Sir John Franklin died on
June IL. ls47 and the total loss oy deaths in tho
expedition mas been to this date nine officers and
fifteen men. JAMES FlTZJAMES,
Captain Her Majesty's steamship Erebus.
(signedl T. r. Nj. CRozIER, captain and senior
Aud start (on) tomorrow, Goth, for Backs Fish
River.
SKELETONS IN A BOAT.
Ol May 80 Captain McClintock, al the western
extremity OF King Williams Land. found boat
containing portions or two human skeletons,
heaps OF tattered clothing and quantity OF other
articles. lie observes:-
or the many men. probably twenty or thirty
who were attached TO this boat, IL seems most
strange that the remains or only TWO lndlVlQualS
were found, nor were there any graves upon the
neIghborlng hat land. Indeed, bearing In mind
the season at which these poor fellows left their
ships, Ii should be remembered that the soil was
frozen hard as rock ana the labor OF quarrying a
grave very great indeed. little
reflection led me 70 satisfy my own mnd at
least, that this boat was returning 10 the ships;
for no other way can account for two men hav-
ing been left In her than by supposng the party
were unable to drag the boat iurther, and tnat
these two men, not being able to Keep pace win
their snipmates. were, therefore, leit py tnem,
AM
to last them until the return or the others from
the ship with fresh STOCK.
Thus, then, was the fate OF the expedition as
certained, ana we must find space for an extract
from the address OF Sir Roderick Murcnison to the
British Association in lS60:-
II we turn TO the polar circle we see what indi-
viuual British energy has been able to elicit from
the frozen north There, Indeed noGwlthstand-
ing many we'll louud expedition TO ascertain the
fate OF Franklin, all our efforts as nation had
Jailed, when the energy and perseverance OF
friends accomplished the glorious enc ofsatislying
herself and proving to nsr admring country That,
in sacrificing their lives. her heroic husband and
his brave companions mad been the first discover
els of the Northwest Passage. For her noble and
devoted conduct in having persisted through
many years of her life 10 send out expeditions at
her own cost, until she at length unravelled the
fate OF the Erenus and Terror. the Royal Geo
graphical Society, OF London has rightly judged
IN awarding TO Lady Franklin one OF It's gold
medals, wnle the other has been appropriately
given to that gallant and skilfu olicor. Sir Leo
pold McClintock, who in the little yacht Fox, so
thoroughly accomplished his arduous mission.
THE SWEDISH EXPEDITIONS.
Five times. from 1858 to 1872 at intervals OF
about three years, Sweden has sent out eXpedl-
tions to Spltzbergen under the direction OF Pro-
lessor Nordenskl0id. with view Of making geo.
graphical observations and forming collections OF
botanical and other specimens Latitude 81 deg.
AZ min. was reached in the expedition OF 1861
CAPTAIN KoLDEwEY IN THE GERMANIA.
credi of no earn IN
Arctic expedition is due to Dr. Petermann. We
believe he bore the chief cost OF the Germania,
which sailed May a. 1868, under the COM
mand OF Captain KoldeweY, with only
eleven hands on board. He made for
the Spitzbergen seas, and attained
latitude OF 81 deg. min. NORTH The Ger
mania returned the same year, but In June, 1869,
the expedition was sent out by the governments.
A screw steamer OF 140 tons took the place OF the
old vessel, but 1t bore the same name.
Lieutenant Payer. whose future doings
we shall have to chronicle, gained ex-
perience which he atterward turned to so good
an account. Tne brig Hansa accompanied the Ger
mania, but in latitude 20 deg. 40 min. north she
got separated from the latter and nipped In the
ice. The crew butt house on the noe in which TO
winter, but the drift carried them southwards
until partly on the noe, and afterwards In their
boats they arrived, June IA, 1870 at the Greenland
Moravian Mission OF FriedrikstnaI. They had
driIted on the noe at great peril more than a
thousand miles, but none or the men pershed.
The Germania, unconscious of the late OF her
consort, pushed on by the East Greenland coast
to IS deg. 80 min., and then wintered among the
Pendulum Islands. Koldewey and Payer made
sledge excursions from this spot, and in latitude
20 deg. 10 min. north, found large ford which
they called Franz Josef QD.
LEIGH SMITH IN HIS YACHT.
In 1871 and two following years three successive
voyages were undertaken by Mr. Benjamin Leigh
smith in MS yacht, aud he did good work in ex-
amining the lands eastward or Spitzbergen. On
the lrst OF THESE he attained latitude 81 deg.
"a min., the third highest yet reached by vessel
and on hts third voyage was able to succor the
Swedish expedition.
HALLS AMERICAN EXPEDITION.
Captain Hall, OF Cincinnati, IN 1870, induced the
American government TO Ut out another expedl.
tion The Secretary OF the Navy MIR. Robson.