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TiiK fate (if tliis luavo ixiiliircr will, ju'rhaps, licvir 1)1' iiscrltaiiicd till "llii' sta ^liiill t.'ivt' u]) IJic (K'ail liiiit are in it,' and llu' " tliii k rililnd ice" l)e iCMl liy llie Vdit'e of llie aii'liaii^'cl ami llie Inirup of (mi(1. 1 have no ^peciilallotis lo offer, but desifjii siinjily to condeiii-e, from the means within my reach, ewhere than in Aniericaii collei,'e.s — always pro meriiu, of cuurs('! John Franklin, Kt., K. R. (i., K. 0. H., D. C. L., F. R. S.,was born in 17tG in SpiUby, Lincolnshire, Enifland. In 1K)0 he enteicd the navy a bnij on the l\dypheanis, commanded liy Captain Iiawford, under wiioin he served as midsiiipman in the action otf (Jopenliagen. Suljse(iuenily he sailed with Cap- tain Flinders, in the sloop Investigator, on a voy- age of discovery to New Holland, and. Joining the armed storeship I'orjioise, was wrecked onacoial reef near Cato Bank, August 17, IpU,'}, Passing over a part of his liistory, we find him, October 21, IfeOa, as signiil mid-hipman on tlie good ship Bel- lerophon, amid the thunders of Trafalgar. He was confirmed as Lietitenant on Ijoard the seventy four ISedfoid February 11, 1^(I8, and escorted the royal family of Portugal from Lisbon to South America. In lbl4 he figured in the boat service at the battle fouyht at New Orlmns, and was slightly wounded, and for his skill and heroic bearing was warmly recommended for promotion. In 1818 an expedition was fitted out to seek for " nassage over or as near the Pole as was possible, through Bheriiig's Straits into the Pacific. \> . this as the main design, attention was to be paid to coast surveys and ail ordinary objects of scientific exploration. It was under the com- mand of Captain David Buchan. There were two vessels — the Dorothea, Captain B'lchan, three hun- dred and eighty-two tuns, and a complement of filly-five men; the Trent, of two hundred and ?■ r,y- nine tuns, Lieutenant and Commander, John ( rank lin, and a complement of thirty-eight men. Hav- ing laid in provisions for two years, they sailed od the25tli of April. Their progress throui t fields of ice; the fan- tastic shapes assumed by floes and bergs of mouiit- ain, glen and fairy grotto, chapel and cathedral; the broad red disk of the sun, sweeping tlie north- ern horizon at midnight, must be pictured by tlie reader's imagination. On the i2Bih of May, while plying to windward on the western side of Spilz- bergen, the vessels were struck by a violent "sou'- west" gale, and parted company. After an excit- ing and dangerous sail, and after being surrounded by the main body of ice in latitude eighty degrees north on the- ,'id of June, the Trent fell in with her consort before entering the appointed rendi zvous in -Miigdalena Bay. Here were many objects of thrilling interest. AincuiLr them were the qnnirain of hui;e ijlacieis, which, like grim N(U>e i-iaiits, "kept watch and ward" over the bay. The small- est one li\ing two huiulied feet al)ove sci level, upon the smooth slope of a nKUintain, reminiling the beholder of Monlgomeiy's description of llio Underwalden avalanche: *' if a piil^c hut iliriiU III inn — I'or a puUe will Lri'iik llie charm — l''alliii^' liuadluii;:, iii a Irii-e, IJuwiiwaril fulls llie r<»t k ot" ice." The largest stands at the head of the Bay, with a scarred and tliunder-iiven front, thre(> hunilivil feet in hiiihf, seven llioii-and feet in length! While at their anchorage ihey were siirpriM d by the appearance of a strange boat, the crew of which proved lo be Russian adventurers, who, in the true spirit of "squatter sovereignty," had built a small hut about four miles fiom the bay, lined it with moss, and engaged in gathering morse's teeth ami pel tries for the merchants of Archang tl. They had a pleasant interview; for they were strangers who had met in gloomy realms of ice and snow, and who mutually de>ired the dfllces of frieiuNliip. "One touch of nature makes the wliole world kin." June 7th they weighed anchor, and endeav.'nj to force their way some leagues northward. They had a dangerous see- saw ride in a vast field of " brash ice," and were compelled to point ihi,' ves- sels to strike the la'ge pieces bow foremost to avoid taking them l)roadside, which would have sunk the gunwale under the floes, and proved fatal to all on board. Steering eastward they escaped the fiitd; and bearing norihward, on June lllh they passed CloV(>n ClifT, which indicates the north-west- tern boundary of Spitzbergcn, and moved through an intricate channel between ice and landfill morn- ing, when they found themselves ice locked. All before them was solid and immovable. In their rear the narrow channel had ",osed. They had reached about the same latitude attained previ- ously by Baffin, Hudson, Poole, and Phipps, and, like them, were called to a halt amid the gloomy courts of " Winter's eternal palace built by time," Their situation was one of no slight peril. Large nasses of ice pressed against the ships, twisting ihem severely and threatening instant destruction. By almost superhuman exertions the vessels were dragged into small bays in the floes, and made fast to large liioks driven into the ice, called "ice anchors." Here they remained thirteen days, the crews laboring allernat' ly at pump and windlass. At the end of this tinu re was a break, and they succeeded in making good anchorage in fif- teen fathoms water, near the island of \'ogel Sang. On this lonely island they found a plenty of fat reindeer and eider ducks, which they enjoyed with a perfect epicurean zest. 105597 Pccifi -. N, W. History Dopt PROVINCIAL LIBRARY VICTORIA, B. G. mm fsa 442 SI 11 JOHN FHANKLIN. July G;h the ico liad inovi-J iidilliwanl, and j Captain IJiicliati di'tiTiiiincd tn make a dcsjiinilt; | cfToit t(i advuncc. To do sn, lliu vessels iiuiht l)u driii/ under her counter, drove her about her own length within tlie margin of the ice, when she gav'o one roll, and was tlirown broadside to the wiiul by the succeeding wave, wliich beat furiously against her stern, and brought her side in contact wilh the main body, leaving her wealliersidi! exposed at the same time to a jiiece tjf ice twice her own size. This prevented lier penetrating tlie ice far enough to av lid llie force of the gale, and she was assailed on all sides as by so many batlering-rams, which denll such fierce lilows that it seemed impossible to save her from f<)\indering We could scarcely keep our feet, niucli less render anj' assistance to the vessel. Tile ship's bell, wiiich, in the heaviest gale, had never struck of itself, now lolled so con- stantly that it was ordered to be mufiled, to escape the unpleasant association it produced." Ay, indeed, how dirge like must have sounded that tolling bell amid the nioanings of Ihelempestl Tlie CcMiimander orderecl the launch jM'epared and provisioned as lhe7'"''o''" Impe, if they failed in get- ling the brig bef ire the wind. I'rovideiiually tliey were at last enabled to do this. The masts were already tottering, but more sail was crowded on, and under the pressure the vessel came to the de- sired position; was driven against a large piece of ice, which it split, and firced a passage between the jiieces. Additional fenders guarded against the repeated blows, and she rode out the gale, and at last reached open sea. When the Dorothea was found .she was in almost a foundering condition, Botii vessels being unfit for service, they bore up for "Fair Haven"' in Spitzbeigen. An exainina- ti(m showed them to be so severely damaged, that Captain Buchan decided to patch them up, and sail homeward. Franklin solicited permission to proceed with the Trent on the unfinished service; but the Captain refused his consent on account of the danger of proceeding luune alone in so dam- aged and uuseaworthy a craft as the Dorothea. Tliey put to sea the last of August, and reached old England by the middle of October. So ended the firtit Arctic naval exjiloration. l;]S FIRST LAND EXl'KIJl ri' 'N. Brief rest was allowed him. The battered Trent was paid off in November, 1819, and in April, 1820, he was appointed to take charge of an over- land expedition from Hudson's Bay to the most northern American shores, to ascertain the lati- tudes and longitudes, and to explore the conti- nental coast eastward from the Coj)i)erniine river. This proved to be an expedition of great suffering J "•■■ ri'-'fAii'sc CS^mBBEZ a^EsasssE SIR JOUN FRANKLIN. 413 and fatality — lliu ai)ycl of drsululioii Wfiil wiili llic little CDnipaiiy. Pr. Joliii RIcliardion, R. N, Mr. Oooigo Back and Mr. Ildlicrt ILiiid, Admiralty inid.Nlnpiiicii, wurc jilacid under his (irdtr.s. Jlr. Back liad bcfU w ilh him in tlio Trent. May 2;kl wilncsscd Captain Franklin's cniliarka- tion in nno (if the Ilnd^^on Bay ships. A sloimy and disai^Tceable voyai^e awaiteil llicni; hut their ocean perils past, tliey landed at York Flats Au- gust 30:11. Ten days of rest and preparation were spent at York Factory, and then the Captain and his com- pany emharkcd in a hoat, liy way of the rivers and lake.s, for Cumberland House, anolh(;r Company post, which they reached October 22il. Tlience by sledges and snow-shoes Franklin, Back, and a sailor named ne])biirn made their way to Fort Chipewayan, distant eij^lit hundred anil fifty-seven miles, which they reached in sixty five days. In July they were joined by Richardson and Hood, and made their arrangements for explorations still northward. Franklin agreed with the "Indian autliorities" for suitable guides, but had much tro\d)le witli his tawny associates to compel compliance with the contract. After some difliculty and suff'riiig, the party reached Fort Providence on the 2!)ih of July. The whole number was now thirty-two, including Englisii, French, Canadians, Indians, and three children. On the 2d oi" August they started for Coppermine river; and after a luvliminary taste of the privation before them, they halted at, Fort Enterprise, Sep- tember 2d, about six hundred miles from Fort Chip- ewayan. Hi.s guides positively refused to go any farther, and the Captain went into winter quarters, into which he was compelh d to remain ten monihs. TIic stores which were to have readied them mostly failed. Their principal diet was reindeer meat, with a meager allowance of flour, and no vegeta- bles. That; they had rather a cold time may Ic imagined when it is stated, that a cask of rum which reached them on the 15lh of January, and which was tapped in-.tanter, gave forth its contents of the consi.stency of honey. But gloomy as was that long and dreary winter, its privations are not to be mentioned in comparison with those subse- quently endured. On the 'ith of June, 1S2I, they began to move. Dr. Richardson, with a party of twenty three — In- dians and voyageurs included — started for Point Lake and Coppermiiio river, each man carrying, or drawing on a sledge, eighty jio'inds beside his per- sonal property, nearly as much more. On the 15th the sea was discoven'd, "full of ice and choked with islands." They named two conspicuous capes •'Hearne" and "M'Kenzie," and a river west of the Coppermine " Richardson." On the 21st Captain Fianklin embarked his com- pany in two canoes, with fifteen days' provisions, to navigate the Polar Sea eait;nH of life. Tiiey draiji^'ed llieir weary linilis to On' (1 ■() — //((' flirt inm ilisirtiif — no livliis; lieinj^ \va< wiihin it — tliey were iilinip nnd sliirniiif/ in lite rrilil (hsrrt. Tlic slroin; men, whose heaits liad borne np nndiT sore privati.«n, now in the liitter- ness of disappointment, wept like cliildren. TIn'ir grief was not for tlieinselves alone — those who were nwnitinc: tlieir return would have in die. They fonnd a note from Mr Hack that he had reached the fort two days before, and had gone ui search of the Indinns, infendinu', if nnsnecessfid, to push on to I'ort Providence, and send snpplies from there; lint he (hnil'ted if his deliilitated party conld endure thi' falicfne, Thevlieiian to search for food, and found some deerskins v.hich they had thrown away ill the spriiii; These they converted into Bonp, adding the tripr dv rnchi', and eating the deer bones they were able to tind, tliongh so acrid as to excoriate the month. On iheGOth of Oriotier Franklin and two others set out to hnnt relief, intending to press tlironijh to Fort Providence. The si coiid day lie broke his snow shoes, and was compelled to return, leaving the others to go forward. On his return he found those he left in a wretched condition. They had "given np to perish." lie nerved them as well as he conld, and made it his business to hnnt, for skins under the snow to sustain life. The lichen on which they had been subsisting now became frozen. Flocks of reindeer were vi.siblo from the door, but none conld go after ihem. As they were seated around the fire, ccmversing on the probabilities of being relieved, they heard voices, ana exclaimed, " The Indians!" They be- lieved help had come. In another moment the emaciated forms of Hepburn and Dr. Richaidson were in the doorw.ay. Bitter as was the disap- pointment, they gladly received their comrades, and attempted to supply them with such food as they had. Hepburn had shot a partridge; the fealhers were torn off; it was held to the fire a few mo- ments, and then divided into si.Y parts, and eagerly devoured. Franklin and his companions had not tasted flesh for thirty-one days, unless the acrid grisile adherirg to the half decomposed skins they had devoured could be so called. The Doctor tried to rally them on their sep\ilchval tones. He then produced his Prayer-Rook and Testament, and sought calmness of spirit in the utieranecs of our holy religion. The next day the Doctor gave Franklin a narra- tion of events occurring after they separated. They had Rubsistt d as best they could for several days on scraps and the decoction of the wild tea-plant, which warmed, if it did not strei'^then. Their time was spent in reading a small collection of religious books given thi^ Doctor by a pious lady in London, and they found them full of comfort. Oh the Olli of October they Were juined by Martin, an IriKinois Indian guide. He was a cool, crafty man, and there was reason to believe he had mur- dered two of the Canadians who had been with him from the confu»ed and contradictory state- ments lie gave. Tliey proceeded on their journey toward Enter- prise slowly. Poor Hood was rapidly sinking, and needed r.ucli attentions as they conld not give. Marlin was ;rone from ihe Ifllh till smne time next day. He said lie had been hunting, but liad only found a welf which had been killed by a stroke from a deer's horn, and he had brought a part of it Subs:'f|uent events led them to believe that this was a part of the body of Perrault or Pielan- ger— that he had murdered them. Martin was ob- stinate and churlish. The next morning he again set out, refusing Dr. Richardson's offer to accom- pany liiin. He returned >inexp";tedly about noon. He refused to render any assistance, and liecame especially furious against poor Hood. On the morning of the 90 h they endeavored to persuade him to hunt, and leave them some provisions, as he had said he meant to leave them next day. He refused. Richardson went out to gather lichen and Hepburn to prepare wood, leaving xVIartin and Mr. Hood. The wily Iroquois placed his gun close to poor Hood's head and shot him. The other two rushed into camp; he was quite dead. Martin said he had shot himself. Tliey found that the ball had entered the back of his head, and so close had the muzzle been that the night cap worn by Hood had been set on fi'e. The Indian stoutly asserted his innocence, and they dared not deny him. They resolved to make an effort to come straight on to the fort, and singed a buffalo robe and ate a part, and reserved the rest for their journey. Martin violently opposed going to the fort; threw out threats that next day would find him free from restraint. He halted to irather some tripe dc rnche, felling them he would overtake them. Now for the first time were they alone since Hood's death. They were convinced that ihe guide meditated their murder. Every thing proved it. Ho was su- perior in strength to both of them. They decided that he must die. He came up; he had gathered no licl en, but had been putting his gun in order. His tone was overbearing and insolent. Dr. Rich- ardson put an end to it all by shooting him through the head with a pistol. They made their way to the fort, which they reached on the verge of starvation. To resume the history of the fort. On the 1st of November two of the Canadians died. On the 7th three Indians arrived with a supply of dried moat, some fat, and a few tongues. Jtr. Back had reached the Indian encampment, and sent help with the utmost speed. These tawny sons of the forest were ministering angels. With rude tenderness and skill they nursed the sick and emaciated suf- ferers, cleansed their house, collected firewood, and rendered every comfort possible. The adventurers I '5 ^ If Jlii|i.iJ.[il.i.Un II PJ.i III ■iP'.iUM.lim mwr SS> 53! mm 1 1 ^rept again, but lliis titiKi tears of joy. Tuicy wiiiii; SAVKU. Mr. Bark ami his cinDpany had suffered intoler- alily befoie tliey rerclied the eaiiip Akiiilcln), the chief having devoured lluir gun cover and a pair of bhoes. Death had also iliinned their number. In July they readied York Factory, wlience ih y had started three years before, and thu.s terminated a journey of five thousand, five hundred aiid (ifty miles, during wliich human fortitude and endur- ance were exposed to almost \inparalleled suffering. But what a lesson does the narrative teadi of llie powers of human endurance — ay, and the care of almighty Providence! Dispatches from England announced the success- ful termination of Captain Parry's second voyage, and the promotion of Captain Franklin, Mr. Dack, and Mr. Ilood. Alas for Hood I the honor came too late. We may hope the good books "given by i a pious lady in England," and read far away in the dreaiy camp lui the southern bank of the Cop- pi'rmine river, led his spirit lo tru>l in "the Lamb of God who taketh away liie sin of the woild." "Therefore, in the morniug sow tliy seed, and in the evening wilhliold not tliy liand." (TO UE CONTl.MKU.) i!2 I ^H szsz / J W I T . — S I II JOHN FRANKLIN. 515 SIR JOHN I'ltANKLIN * r u p 1 : • NoTwiTiisTAxniNri the iblio Hcientitic iiiHlitiitioiiH wvm fiirwiirdiMl to us ilic siimi! iivt-niiij^, and duiinj^ i)\ir slay tviiy iiilicr mark uf atli'iitimi was .slmwii liy till' civil aiid naval atilliinilii'H, aH well as liy |iri- vati! individual.'', iiidicaliii^ tlii'ir lively iiitcri'sl in our cntiTpiiM!. At Albany wu cxpfiicnced sinnlar civililicH. Kvi'ry liody Kci'iiit'd to di'siri' our sue- cois, and a IVrvfnl prayci' I'or our pri'Sfrvaiion and Vi'irare wa-. oiriTcd up liy Rev. Dr. Clirislic, wliosi' churcli wu aiti'iidi'd. Tho Hon. Du Wilt Clinton, the Oovurnor of lliu state, assured me, tliat lind wo not turn aiTonipanicd liy . gi'ntli'uian ho convers- ant in ihi' difffrcnl routes nnd modes of travelinf^as Mr. Ituclianan, he would have sent liis non with lis, or wouKl liimself Imve conducted iisto tlie con- fines of tlie state." Put that honest, liearly. En;/- Hull fecofjiiiliDii of American liosj)liality alongside tlie slanders of Dii'kens and olheis of the same truthful {'!/ type! The deiails of tlieir travel need not be jjiven. Their boats did good service, and they leiiched Fort Jtesolution in safety, from which they departed July .'ll»t, and, crossintj "Slave Lake," entered jrKeiizie'.-i river. They reached l''ort Norman Au- gust 7, five liundred and seventy-four miles from Fort Resolution. They li'id made such rapid ad- vance that Captain Franklin determined to push o'l to tlie I'olar Sea, instead of lialting till spriiifj at Pear Lake, as he had intended. Leaving the largest part of liis company to prejiare winter quarters, the Captain and the remainder hurried down tlu; river, and on the IGtli of August, in lat- itude OD degrees, 29 minutes, luulh, longitude l.'l,") degrees, 'II minutes, west, tlie biuit touched Garry Inland, on the beach of which the Polar Sea rolled in all its maje-sty, entirely free from ice, and pre- senting no visible obstruction to navigation, while the waters were alive with seals, and white and black whales tloated freely on the waves. Frank- lin's journal has this record: "The men pitched tlie tent on ine beach, and I caused the Union silk flag to be hoisted, whic!i my deeply lamented wife had made, and presented to me as a parting gift, uiulcr the e.xpress injuiiction that il was not to be unfurled before tho expedition readied tlie sea. I ■will attempt no description of my emotions as it expanded to the breeze; however natural, and, for the moment, irrepressible, 1 felt it was my duty to restrain tlietii, and that I had no right, by an in- dulgence of my own sorrows, to cloud the animated countenances of my companions. Joining, there- fore, with the best grace 1 could command, in the general excitement, I endeavored to return with conesponding cheerfulness their warm congralula- tions on having; thus plnnted the Itritish ling on this remote ii-land of the I'olar Sea." On the ISiU of August they turned toward Lake Rear, nnd on llio uih September reached "Port Franklin," as Lieiilenaiit Rack liad dehignatcd the winter home. Here Were spent two dreary Polar winters, the second of which was unusually sevtro. The iher- moiiu-ier frequently stooil at from forty to flfsy-eight degrti's below zero. The precautions taken saved them from hunger. The otHeers, fur the amuse- ment and lieiietit of the nien, opened a scImioI three limes a Week, and Dr. Richardion delivered a course of lectures on geolot'y. To tiu'su Were added vari- ous aniusenients. Thi! little fort was a sort of lan- guage epitome. English, Oaelic, French, and In- dian were heard, and carinliiins were given on the violin and bag|>ipe. The circumstances connected with their summer surveys can not be sketched, unless there was room to enter largely into the geography and natural history of the Polar seas and coasts. At the mouth of M'Keii/.ie river they narrowly escaped robbery and murder from a large body of Esiiuiniaux; but gi'tierally their relations with the trilies were of tlie ' most amicable character. I The long searched for North West jiassage was I not yet discovered. The number of miles of un- j surveyed coast was reduced from fifteen hundred I to six hundred. The most northern point attained I was Ca])e Ralhurst, in longitude 111) degrees, H7 I minutes, West, latitude "0 degrees, '21 minutes, j north, at which place they were within m • Imn- I dred nnd sixty miles of a boat from the lilossom, lying to the west, waiting to meet them. Never- theless, they believed tho existence of thi! desired passage was demonstrated, and also the jiossibility of navigating the Polar liasin. Their surveys and scientific explorations, their investigations of the geology and nat'iral history of the Country, were accurate and valuable. Dur- ing the winter Mr. Driimmond collected two hun- dred specimens of bilds and animals and more than fifteen hundred of plants. On the 29th of September, 1827, Franklin and Richardson leached London; the rest of the Eng- lish ])arty shortly afiei landed at Portsmouth, ex- cept two persons Avho had died — one of consump- tion, and the other was accidentally drowned. Thus ended this expedition, one of the most interesting and useful of all sent out in search of the North West ]i!issage, or to explore the Arctic regions. They were gone from England two years and seven months. Tho Lords of tho Admiralty were not content. Various other expeditions had sailed and returned, still the channel connecting the two oceans was not found. In 1627 the brave Captain Parry, with his old ship Hecla, made his fifth Polar voyage, and reached his northern ultimatum, 82 degrees, '15 minutes, north. From 1829 to 18;i3 Captain ^ Jm^ 'ii n I j;;ii r Ti. ■" ,.ij , - 1 l1 ';r <"i ml I.iike ■d " r.irt lilted tlii' ll.T rll cinlit saved 1 Bill JOHX Fit AN K LI X. hXl .luliii llosn, tliu piiiiit'tT iif the iiiiK'teciitli ceiiHiry in Arctic exjiliirnlious, HiiMfnJiic in iho lielief timt lie >)iiiiild send llie i;l;nl eureka '>liiMit fnini liie I'lilc, Will liealeii aliiiiil Willi Ills liravc ('(iiiir.idi >., lilivini; [leriU iind liairl>readlli eNciijie^ iiitmnier.ilile. At ono tifiK- lliey Wert' inipriNoncd ideven lout; Miiiiillis in the ioi'. On their return tn KiiLdiiud they were hailed hh tlio»e received frnni the tjiiive, Frdiii r-.'lll t(p I ".'!.'> (.! ipta in Hack, who had acinni- jiiiiiied Kniiiklin in limh his land expeiliiimis, him- Hclf cdiidiiPled n hiinilar one — -jmilar in its priva- lion and intense sufferint; to the first. Henchini,' G^ def,'rees, \'.\ niitinteH, .'iT second-*, north, in lon- pitiide !l| (leLtreeM, ,'')S niinules, 1 second, West, silt- feriiif; iind want cnnipelled hini to ri'trace his steps. In IHiKi, however, in the Terror, he niidrriook a voynt,'e np Hudson's Strnit. The siiine year the HndMin's Hay Company made an ix[iloraiioii under Jlessis. I)ea«e and Siiii|ison, who lioldly and ad- venturously iierl'ornied almost mlia(le>, and were haiidHomely nnd generously rewarded liy the llonic (to\ eriinient. In l^-l.'iihe Lords Oommissioiieis, on ilie reconi- liieiidation of Sir .Icdiii Harrow, deletiniiied to fit nnolher exjiedilioii to the North role; ;. ' is they preferred )ir»(/i»ter and I'ur-ir — Charles FI. Osinaii, Ice JIasler — James Keid, Acliiii,'. Fifty eight petty ofHcers, seamen, etc. Full com- plement, >t'venty. TiKiiou — C.iptain Fras. U. JI. Crozier. I Lietiteiiants — Edward Little, 'Com,,) GeorL!:e H. Hodijson, John Irvint;. Mates — Frederick J. Hurnhy, (Lieut.) Robert Thomas, 'Lieut ) Ice Master — T. Blankly, (Actint; } Second Master— (!. A. Maclean. Surgeon — ,Iohii S. I'eddie. Assistant Surgeon — Ale.vander M 'Donald. Clerk in Charge— PJdward J. H. Hi l|>uian. Fifiy seven petty otiicers and seamen. Comple- ment, sixty-eight. A glance at the above list shows how carefully j the ships were manned. The number of promoted j officers in subordinate positions is far above the , avernife,* and proolninis an unusual iiiiioii"t of educate. i mind and nautical skill. Hut "ht not the wi-e mail glory in his wisdom, neither ht the mini iv man glory in his migtil." Wha' a comment on ihi«lext is the hiiHtory of the Terror iiinl Krebiml They were not (Xpecled to return before l''-|7, uiile»s they Were successful. The last reliable in- tellii;riice concerning ihein was a letter written by Sii ,bi|iii oil the IQihof July, 11--!.'*, from the Wliiile. fish Islaiidti, 8incu tlien all that man's wealth, indomitable persev(raiice, and death defying effort, and Woman's holy, lirele-s, ever hoping love, could do has been done, but all in vain. The graves of some have bei'ii found: relics have lieeii discovered; all have yielded in despair, save the devoted love of Lady Franklin. She, althcmgh the naval autlorities, Wearied by their elforts, have entered the mis^injj Captains and their crews iiiiiung " tlio-e who havo died in her Jlajesty's serv ice," she /(«;/(» (ih. Shu will not despair. This lady, for wliom so deep an interest has been felt, was the second daughter of John (Irilliii, i;-(| ,of Ml ilford Place. She was married to C.iptain Frank- lin on tlie5lli of November, Is'J^. The iiameci!' Jane Franklin iiinst hereafter be a synonym of conjugal afr.clion. She has prayed, and wept, and written; she has passed from port to port, bidding (iod speed to every public and private vessel which has gone lorlli to search for the lust (piies. How often has hope sprang up boundln;:ly as home paragraph from the Times, Atheneum, or Chronicle mentioned a rumor that the track had been found I How often did that "deferred hope" turn woefully back, niak- iiig " the heart sick!" A brief narration of the efTorts for the recovery of themissii g ships will now be sketclieil. Toward the fall of 18-17 serious apprehensions were felt; but the Admiralty had such confidence in Frank- lin, his crews, the stability of his vessels, and abundance of his provisions, that they dismis.sed their fears as unreasonable. In 18-1^ their alarm increased, and a searching expedition was sent out. Expedition followed exjiedition in rapid suc- cession. The old pioneers of Arctic exploriitioii Were written to. their opinions carefully noted, and every gleam of hope carefully followed. In lf48 the Admiralty announced that to any whaling vessr.'ls that brought accurate information should "be paid one hundred guineas or more, according to circumstances." Lady Franklin, about the same time, offered rewards of £-.2,0()0 and .t;;),flOO to the officers and crew of any vessel affording re- lief to Sir John, making extraordinary eforts to reach them, and more to bring them safely to Kiig- land. In If'nO the British Government offered the following rewards to anj- persons of any country: "1. To any party or person who, in the judg- ment, of the Board of Admiralty, shall discover * Those nKirked in parentiie.ses were iiroinoteil subsequently to s.'iilini;. i)lli SIR JOHN ami ffffcluiiUy rulifve tliu crews of her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror the sum of JD'JIt.OflO. "2. To any party or parties, etc., wlio shall dis- cover and effectually relieve any portion of the crews, or sluiU convey such intelli^'ence as shall lead to the relief of any of the crew, XIO.ODO. ".1. To any party or parties who shall, by virtue of his or their efforts, first succeed in ascertaining their fat, X 10,000." Surely tli^se rewards would tempt cupidity to its utmost. But noble impulses were stirring. The efforts made to searcli and save the lost negative most empliaiically the assertion of Uurke, " The age of chivalry is past." Knight-errantry never afforded nobler daring. How many relief ships have sailed I can not tell with certainty. I here present a list as complete as I can make it: Mt'ii. r.iminiindfra. I. II. M. vliii' Kiil.t|irHi' «-i fii|il- ('"lliim.ii. '.'. ■• " iMLSIIriATOK* •>'• C'uM. M'Cl.l'KK. ;■„ •• " l'I..Mr y: t' MiwTC 4. " " I'.'S'.liit.' t''^ <'iilil.H. Austin. .',, *■ •• .\ssif.tiiiii-«' t>i> Ciiitl. K Omminiiy. C. " ■' !'i.ith-(T, (8.TPW i*I •:■.' Mr. Sti'wiirt. H'. r. S. lirrt' AilviuiiN? '.'i' Lifiil. Do lliivi'ii. II. I'.S. vfjsol Hu.'iio 1< Mr. S. IMlrilBri. l-;. (Kniiliiilil I-Vlii Viiilil Cuiil.Sir J.hii l!..ss. Kl. " .Mtiry, (li-inliT III ihf Fi-lis.) M. " Nnrih Stjir Cmn. Simiiili'iB, i:,. " rriii'i A!l'.Ti IS I'l.ui. r.'i-^jlln'. The above is a formidable array; and when we read the efforts made by crich vessel, the self- sacrifice, and the perils which they barely escaped with life, we are compelled to exclaim, " There is no hope!" In the spring of 1849 Lady Franklin made an appeal to American sympathy in a touching letter to tlio President of the United States, and which should be inserted entire did space permit. After detailing the efforts made by lierown Government and the assistance promised by Russia, she pleads earnestly that there should be American action "in a national spirit." This was answered by the Sec- retary of Stale — Hon. John M. Clayton — in a deli- cate and admirable manner, pledging all the aid the executive government could render, "in the exercise of its constitutional powers," to "rescue your husliand and his companions." Subsequently she addressed a second li'tter to the President. The Executive, however, hail no authority to build ves- sels suited to such a voyage, and was obliged to forego action till the meeting of Congress. Meanwhile Mr. Henry Orinnell, a worthy and wealthy merchant of New York, with his own means, built two small vessels, and tendered them to the (ioveniinent of the United States, that they might be ofllcered and manned by competent sea- men and scientific explorers, and more especially that the crews might be under United States naval di.-cipline. The proposition was favorably reported • See Repository next monlli. FRANKLIN. to Congress, and resolutions passed both liou.se.s receiving the vessels on Mr. (!riniiell's ]iro])osition. The vessels were brigantines — the Advance one Inmdred iind forty four tuns, the Rescue ninety- one— and cost the donor JiDO.ODI). The Advance was manned by twenty men; the Rescue by eigji- teeii. The expedition was placeil under the com- mand of Lieutenant De Haven, a young man, but one of good judgment and undaunted intrepidity. The result demonstrated the wisdom of the selec- tion. His officers were Mr. Murdoch, sailing mas- ter. Dr. E. K. Kane, surgeon and naturalist, and Mr. Lovell, niid.shipnian. The Rescue was under command of Mr. Ciriflin. The expedition was sin- gularly fortunate in its liistorian, if not in the main oVyect for wliich it sailed. Dr. Kane's book, descriptive of Arctic scenery and their (expedition generally, is one of the works you must read through before you can put it down. The little vessels cleared from New York May a;), 1850, and were absent sixteen montlis, Wlien they reached Melville l?ay — also called the Deril's Nip — the seamen began to witness the grandeur and peril of Arctic scenery. Masses of ice came around them— rolling, dashing, and grinding — oc- casionally, as if in mere sport, throwing one of the vessels almost on its beams ends, but by using saws, axes, ice anchors, and ropes they kept alloat. They had on one of the ships a French cook, always on the qui vine, bouncing hither and thither ■with all the agility of liis skipping, bouncing race. Aiming one day to make himself useful as well as ornamental, he mounted a berg, and was cutting a place for the anchor, when, preMo, the whole mass split open, and down went the professor of gas- tronomy into the water — thirty feet fall before ho reached it, and then as much farther as specific gravity and nu)mentum would carry him. Luckily the mass did not immediately clo.se up, and poor monsieur was fislied up, lialf dead witli fright and cooled ".slightly." On the 7th of June they became locked in, and so remained till July H'.id, amusing themselves with foot-races, theatricals, bear-shooting, and running from wounded bears, etc. While here they were joined by the Prince Albert, Captain Forsytlie. August Till they reached Capo Dudley Digges, and beheld with wonder the "crimson clitTs" — cliffs of dark brown stone, covered with snow wluch bears a crimson hue. Tlie ves.sels beat onward to Wolstcnholme Sound, and, standing toward the soutli-west, emerged from the fields of ice into the open waters of Lancaster Sound. Here they were parted by a severe storm, August 18th. The Ad- vance made her way to Barrow's Straits, when they again found the Prince Albert. Captain Forsythe had been disai>pointed in finding an outlet, and determined to sail for home. The two vessels re- mained togetiier a day or two and separated — the Albert homeward bound, the Advance determined to go ahead. Off Leopold Island the Advance gave the John Bulls a taste of its quality; the occurrence ■'m't:ML.-turjmtM^iii '"n-' '■'■ ^mi u^i^'m^mm^m \ SIR JOHN FR AX KLIN. .11!) is tluis described liy (Hic h read reverently the inscription-: "Sacred to the memory of John TiuaiiNi-roN, who departed this life .lainiary 1, A. D. l.-^Ki, on board her Ifajesty's ship Terror, aged 'i(( years." "Sacred to the memory of Jof ' .kim i.i., A. B. of Ler Majesty's ship Erebus; diio .lanuary I, l^Hi, aged 2.') years. 'Tiius saith llie EonI of hosts. Consider your ways.' Haggai, diap. i, ."). 7." "Sacred to the memory of W. Hii.M.si:. R. M of her Majesty's ship Eiebus, who died April H. \>-U). aged ;)2 years. ' Choose you this day whom you will serve.' Jo.shua, cha]). x.\iv, part of the l.'ith verse." Erom these graves there were sledge tracks toward the north — and no nu)re could be ascertained. How long they remained after the Md of April none can tell". The American vessel reached Harrow's Inlet on Scpleinber 1, If-.'iO, and narrowly (•■•ca]ied being frozen in. After remaining seven or eight days they al.andoned tlie effort to enter, and movfd slowly westward, "battling with ice every rod of the way." On the lllh they reached tirillin's Island, '.)() degrees west longitude from (.ireenwich. They could go no farther west. They turned e.ast- ward, hoping to reach Davis Strait, on their home- ward w.-iy, by the southern route, before the dark- ness of I'olar winter. They could not. They were hemmed in, near the mouth of Wellington Channel, by hummock ice, and were being resistlessly lloated with the frozen mass toward the I'ole. And now I'olar darkness began to shroud them. Every day they drifted north, and every day the thermometer sank lower. They were lialile to be crushed any instant in the compact mass of mov- ing ice. Small was their hope of reaching home. Tliey kept cheerful, and made jireparation for win- ter comfort and amusemeiil as tranipiiliy as if ly- ing in Barrow's Inlet. Before the last of October the sun paid them his last visit for the season, and went into winter quar- ters. I'olar night was around tluiii. The mercury congealed, and the spirit tliirnKUinter showed •!(> degrees below zero. Tiny drifted up Welling- ton Channel almost to where Captain IVnny sup- posed he lifheld the I'olar basin, and where " there is a more genial climi' tlnin between the Arctic Circle and seventy- fifth degree." Alinii.st lliirv, suddenly the mighty tide ebbed, and back, l)aek, ri'sisilessly floated the vessels through Barrow's Straits into Lancaster Siiund! For rive months the pressure of ice kept llie Advance " eleva'rd si\en fiet liy the stern, and krilrd two feel, eight inelii's, slaiboard." j Thus they dulled iiloiig the south west coast of j BalHn's Bay more than a ihousaiid miles from I Wellingliui Channel. The nigiit lasted eleven week-i. It was not alto- gether darkness. Aurora borealis slreanied with its luster high up that ni.rthern sky, and, stranger still, Aurora I'arhdui dotted the starry dome with mock Runs and moons. "Brilliant, too, were the i northern constellations; and when the real moon was at its full, it made its stately circuit in the iieiivens without descending below the horizon, and lighted up the vast jiiles of ice with a jiale luster, almost as great as the morning twilight of more genial skies." 'J'hey jiassed the time in amusements in the ships and on the ice. Five hours of eacli twenty- four they spent in the open air, drawing sledge- loads of provisions taken from the carcass of the shagiry- vested Polar bear, skating, ball playing, etc. Once a week each man waslied his body in snow water. Thus sickness was avoided. Many were their dangers, and imminent also. On the '211(1 of January the crushing ice threatened to grind tht.' sturdy vessels into destn.ction. They were ninely miles from land. They loaded their 520 THE FIXAL FAREWELL. — CONFESSION. sledges with provisions; lowered their boats; their officers and crews stood on the ice, holding the ropes of the sledges ni their hands, watching their niuchloved ships. Suddenly, in terrific violence, burst upon them a north eastern gale, shrouding them in a dense snowdrift. Had the vessels then gone down, they must all have perished. But God, the Omnipotent, reigneth! He held their lives in his hand, and by the strength of his arm were they upheld. On the 18lh February three hearty cheers from both crews greeted tlie golden rim of the sun, as it came up from behind ice mountains and glittering snowdrifts. The vessels continued to drift through Davis Straits till the 6ih of June, when the ice gave way. This event had been anticirated, and due prepara- tion made. But the sudd.Miness of the " breiik up" had not been anticipated. A peculiar cracking was heard; all hands were on the look-out; another and p.nother, and, hi! the vast field in which they had been imprisoned so many long months was rent in all directions. About fortyei^ht hours were spent in cutting loo.se the ice which clung to the stern of the Advance, and the ships were again afloat. The glad shouts of the men may be imag- ined. They entered open water June lOih, in lat- itude G5 degrees, 30 minutes, north. The vessels repaired to Godhaven on the Green- land coast, where they refitted. This done, they again turned northward, determined to make an- other effort to reach the Pole. They traversed the coast of Greenland to the seventy-third degree. They then bore westward, and on the 11th of July, at Baffin's Island, fell in with their old acquaint- ance. Prince Albert, which was out on another cruise. Lieutenant De Haven pressed on till August 3d, when, finding the north and west closed against i hira, he determined to sail homeward. Ho had [ done all that he could — done bravely and well. ! The vessels bounded over the waves as though themselves conscious that they were "hieing to a quiet home." Off Newfoundland a severe storm parted the ships. The Advance reached Brooklyn safely September 30ih, and the Rescue a few days after- ward. The expedition returned without losing a single man ! In October the vessels were returned to Mr. Grin- nell by the Government, with the proviso that they were to be surrendered to the Secretary of the Navy the following spring, " if required for another expe- dition in search of Sir John Franklin." Reader, do you not err when you say thai, Self- ishness is a universal despot? Dr. Thomson has said the "history of modern missions has furnished an appendix to the eleventh chapter of Hebrews." Has not the search for Sir John Franklin added another chapter to the — alas! too meager — history of BEOTUEnLY LOVE? (TO UK CONTINVKU.) THE FINAL FAREWELL. Solemn scene, though full of blessing, When the loved of earlh depart; Weeping friends and friends caressing Tend to melt and soothe the heart. In the overflow of feeling. In the heavings of the soul. All the depths of love revealing. While the tears of anguish roll. Do we see the fond affections Growing stronger in the strife, And the native predilections Interwoven with the life. But the heart is nigh to breaking, And the deeper feelings swell, As the preparation's making For ilio final, sad farewell. Yet the thought — the thought of meeting, When this changeful life is o'er, And the welcome, bli:>sful greeting On the bright, immortal shore, Calm and soothe the deep emotion, And dispel the heavj' gloom. While we view the blissful portion, And the triumph o'er the tomb. CONFESSION, BT ALICK CART. To be unpitied, to be weary. To feel the nights, the daytimes dreary. To find nor bread nor wine that's cheery. To live apart; To be un neighbored, among neighbors Sharing the burdens and the labors, Never to have the songs or tabors Gladden the heart; To be a penitent forever And yet a sinner, never, never At peace with the divine Forgiver; Always at prayer — Longing for mercy's white pavilion, Yet all the while a stubborn alien. Uprising hourly in rebellion Heaven, hell, to dare; To feel all thoughts alike unholy. To count all pleasures but as folly, To mope in wavs of melancholy Devoid of calm — To be a gleaner, not a reaper, A scorner proud, a humble weeper, And of no heart to be the keeper, Is what I am. BASHBISH FALLS.— HYMN TO NIGHT. 11ASII-13IS1I FALLS. HYMN TO NIGHT, 515 BY U. N. POWSRB. lliiii: .ire the mountains. Solemn, cirnest, grand, They lift their flinty faces to the dawn. And with blanched looks in stern defiance stand, Daring; the thunder's fiery imlted hand. In mazy splendor, like hot silver drawn, From diatnond-arched abysses, waters hiss. And flash, and whirl, and hurtle witli fierce glare Down each wild reach of adamantine stair. Till o'er the last black, slanting precipice They slide from cisterns blue, and cool, and deep, Down through the valley, kissing flowers asleep, And chanting forest legendw, how was torn This mountain chasm, with what thunderous charms Rock after rock was crushed with savage scorn, And ihesescorched cliffs lefiwiih their naked arms Uplifted round this temple like abyss, With all its music and its mysteries. This temple like abyss ! Yes, here the walls In everlasting grandeur rise and rise, And through the vastness of these God-built hall.s. Age after age the mighty anllieni falls, Wliile old cathedrals pointing to the .skies, Temples of Phidian glory built with hands, Waste through long years and niinglu witlithe sands. And they who entered in, the pure, lliu fair, Monarchs and laureled Iieroes, side by side. Sleep in oblivion, and the swelling tide Of chanted praises trancing the .-wiit air Dies like a falling billow. But .still Iiere In throned strength, througli time's mysterious sphere. The massy portals look on no dicny; Sucli as the red man saw willi awe struck eyes, When he bowed down and ..orshiped, 'tis today; And the strong eagle screaming in the skies Sees here a refuge ''rom the fieiizied blast. When the red Wliirlwind lightning winged raves past. Great Nature's holy place! Here let me lean Above this dizzy cliff, in summer ease, And taste the glory of this matchless scene — The giant mountains, the great gnlfs between. Red sunlight shivering tluough the ancient trees. Fragrance, and bloom, and softened melodies; Or eoniinn tliroujih tin; inooiiliirht, let ine steal L'^p tliese niiijestic aisles, where evermore The diapason of the forests pour. And muse on human life, till 1 siiall feel The blessing, and the beauty, and the lialm, Souglit not in vain, while like a tender palm Each millow beam from its warm, sinless sky Shall meet me with soft welcoming embrace. O, here what wealth of touching ministry! What in-piration showering tendi-rest grace On henrts that. i-^ ^^^V.^ SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. &17 Vi], 9 t lilt t tlu- 1 i";-,' F ith ' 1 ice, 1 ift- ^, lar- i ?to- 1 vas ! ? immovable, and their progress was arrested, for how long they "ould not teli. Possibly they, too, should never be hen d of more in their iiiUive land! Various hygienic mi'isures were adopted iind ex- ecuted. Plans for recre.uion and amusement were set on foot. Bill this was not all. Soon was mada the electrifying discovery that Prince of Wales Strait, in which they lay uiiililo to advance oi recede, opened into Harrow's Si rails. This cstuh- lishcil the existence of the Murtk West ; assaye. The problem was solved; tlie mystery was no more. Within that narrow strait arose the joyous eureka- shout, which swelled up to the clear, cold sky. Those brave men might never live to reach bonny Old England; they might die far away in that dreary ice realm, and their great secret might per- ish with them; but still theirs was the sublime consciousness of having wrested from tlie heart of stern old Winter his great secret kept so long. They had done it. They had found the pathway round the globe. They had discovered the joining of proud oceans; and though united with bands of ice and fetters of cold, still they rejoiced that to them was given to discover, to prove, that they wire wedded — were really one. Ay, they now saw the fool prints of Omnipotence, as they beheld Jehovah's "way in the sea, his path in the mighty waters." "Had the sea remained open a few days more, the expedition would have made the passage — not only in one season, but in the sliort space of little more than two months and a half." They had now only to wait the opening of the ice in the summer of 1851. They explored carefully the coasts to the north-east and south-west, in the direction of Bank's Land and Wollaston Land. They met tribes of Esquimaux who had evidently never seen a white man before. They found them peaceable and honestly disposed. How long will they remain so after tliey drink the wliite man's 'fire water" and learn the white man's oaths? 0, wliy will civilization ever carry "mourning, and lamentation, and woe" written upon the first scroll unrolled for savages to read? Why will it not bear the blessings of peace and consolations of the Gospel? Alas! "the rulers" of the world "liave taken counsel logethtT against the Lord and against his anointed." The explorers were fortunate enough to kill on Prinre Albert Land a number of musk oxen, which proved a valuable auxiliary to their stores. Summer came at last. "On the llih of July the ice opened without any pressure, and the Investi- gator was again fairly alloal. Great exertions were made to jiass through ihe Strait; but, after many efforts, llie progress of the expedition was com- pletely arrested on llu; JOih of August by strong north east winds driving large masses of ice to the southward. At this date the party were in lati- tude T.'l degrees, H minutes, and longitude 115 de- grees, .'il! minutes. Thus balUed, Captain M'Chire boldly resolved on runnirg to the southward of I T.' Baring Island, and sailing up northward along its western side. This he accomplished after many de- lays, and surmounting formidable obstacles. Event- ually he succeeded in reaching tlie north side of Baring Island on the 21ih of September. Had open water existed to the east, the rest of the pas- sage might easily liave been performed this way, for Melville and Barrow's Straits lay before them — the navigation of which from thoir position to Lancaster Sound was known to be practicable. Unhappily, however, on the night of llie ;34ih the Investigator was frozen up; and to the date of Captain M'Clure's last dispatch— April 10, 1653 — she had not been liberated. Her position 74 de- grees, 6 minutes, north latitude, and 117 degrees, 54 minutes, east longitude. Captain M'Clure de- scribes the location as being exicellent — well pro- tected from the heavy ice by the projection of a reef, which throws it clear of the ship six hundred yards." The above long extract from an able journal gives an idea of the position of the vessel, and its crew. But how have ihey been heard from? In April, 1852, a party crossed the ice to Melville Island, and deposited a paper detailing their dis- covery and present position. Captain M'Clure had determined to leave his frozen vessel and seek e.-cape by land, if relief did not come within a given time. God, in his providence, was guiding the little band. A few days before the time fixed some of Captain Kellett's officers discovered the document, and gave it to their commander. The brave otlicer took im- mediate measures to communicate with them in their prison of ice. The officer deputed to visit the ship was Lieutenant Pim, and his meeting with M'Clure and his crew can only be appreciated by those who have passed long months of dreary im- prisonment in such a Bastile, and who have purposed to essay escape by such gloomy, tintrodden paths as lay before the inhabitants of the Investigator. They met in the wilderness — they met — strong and weather-beaten men, but beneath the bronzed skin the heart lived on, beat on, throbbed on with lov- ing pulsations; they met, and the heart was full — the heart was overflowing! They met from oppo- site sides of the continent, citizens of one land, brethren in the midst of desolation. The dangers of the service and the self-possessed spirit with which they were met may be seen by the following extracts from the dispatches of Cap- tain M'Clure: "It is my intention, if possible, to return to Eng- land this season, [1852,] touching at Melville Island and Port Leopold; but should we not be again heard of, in all probability we shall have been carried into tlie Polar pack, or to the westward of Melville Island — in either of whidi events, to at- tempL to send succor would only be to increase the evils, as any ship that enters the Polar pack must be inevitably cruslied. Therefore, a depot of pro- visions, or a ship at winter liarbor, is the best and only certainty fur the safety of the surviving crew." :: i;> '■': 5tB 'I" II K V H S S- 15 K A K I N (1 S C II O O L- V E A C H E U , Thi'M^ very sli p-i Wire tiilo'ii, and R'-ulltd in snviiii; till! livrs of iIk- crew. As to tlie great qiicstiDii — "ilic Icviiiiliiiii (if qiU'slii)Ms" — Mio nav- igatiiliiy (if tli<^ Xdiili Wcsiirii pas>nj,'( — Captain irOliuc says; " A sliiji staii(N 11(1 cliiiiirc of f;('itiii(; td the wost- ■ward liv crilcriiif,' llic Tnlar Sea — tlic water aloiiL' sli. Hire lieiiiif very narrn itul wind ciiritrary, a lid tlie pack iiiipeiietralile; but tliroiijili tlin Priiire of Wales Strait, and liy keeping alontf the American shore, I conceivu it prarlicaMe. Drift wood is in •at aliiiiid inre iipmi the east coas t of the Prince (if Wales Strait, and on the American shore — also iiuirh game." As to the spt (if the currents, he says: "At one time we found the set as much as two knots in a ])erfect calm; and that the Hood-tide sets from the westward we have ascertained beyond a doubt, as the opportunity afforded during our detenti(jn along the Western shore gave am]ile proof" The health of the crew continued good till April, 1*^52, when scurvy made its apjiearaiice, and the sncciediiig winter was fatal to three j)ers(ins. The last accounts were that Caiitain Kelhtt liad dis- patched liis surgeon to inspect the crew of the Investigator and report upon their health. He had also iriven instruct ions that unless there were twenty men who were suflicieiitly well, and would volun- teer to remain with the ship another year, Captain M'Chire was to abandon her. IJeic let tlu' narrative of Arctic voyaging end. True the expedition of Captain Ingltfield is deeply interesting, but it adds nothing to the general in- e mis.-ing ships fo atidii. There is no news of ili (1 crews. The sea holds the nivsterv "sealed amid its hid treasures." The North-West passage has been found, il and e man who measures ev- d cents, what if a Cliris- •what of il? We a-k tlu ery thing liy dollar tian mission — sav to Africa or Asia — hud cost a imiietv, either in the sacrifice of life or the e.\ pclHl ilure of "means," of the effurts to discover the North West passage, and liad produced no more tangible and reliable /ir«//7s, what would he say? What would the Church say? Alas! we fear one common voice would demand the abandonment of tl le mission. Yet who derides England, Ri and the United States for their costly ifforls, so long continued, so oft repeated? No one. "The children of the world are wiser in their generation than the children of light." The -eeii is ])ermillid to outweigh ill eternity. These tli judge wisely. iseeii — earth is allowed li ip: 'lit not so to be. Let us ■*! : '"!;« ,.-\ v>_ 1 - w - T'.. .'/.: 4^:: ■r-ar' iJ(j(,' -'. n*:; ■^ **,. ' • '•■:■ ] ." 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