Show ta t f efrom DB DR eane SANE AND THE tee arctic expedition eake KAKE NE surgeon in the navy navy of the united states bifid and commander of the grinnell and peabody expedition in search of sir john franklin frankiin was wag born in philadelphia on the ad of february 1822 2822 ile he studied medicine at the university ot of pennsylvania whence he graduated in the year 1843 soon after he entered the navy naty in the capacity ot of assistant surgeon and arid was attached to the first american embassy to china as its physician an A indent naturalist aib aih and passionately fond of adaven ts ture tore and travel dr krte kite ka ns availed himself ot the opportunities tuai tuni ties afforded by his hl position to visit various parts ot of the chinese chineo empire some ot of the remoter remoler provinces ot of india the philippine islands island and ceylon he ile was the first an man that ever descended into the crate crat erot rot the rit dit 0 t 1 luzon n from a broj projecting acting crag be he was let down by a bamboo rope to the distance ot of feet into the chasm on the aine sine tour he and his bis party one ot of whom was the baron loe lee a prussian naturalist were attacked by a tribe of 0 native pt pirates rateb rates who after a sharp engagement were compelled to fly but the party were afterward exposed to so much fatigue and hardship in traveling through a region infested by hostile savages 2 that the baron died soon after arriving at java subsequently dr kane ascended the nile wile as far as N nn ane ant bla bia laj and spent a considerable time in exploring 1112 the anu cf ef egypt crossing to the european continent he be traversed greece on toot continued his hib pedestrian journey through other parts of europe and returned to the united states in 1846 ile he was immediately ordered to t the ta coast of africa to join one of the vessels of the amerlean american squadron and wh while ile lle serving on that station made an effort to penetrate into the interior of the african continent unhappily retook betook he took the tee african fever which so impaired his constitution that he was ordered home for jor the recovery ot of his health he a found his country at war and immediately after his recovery volunteered his services service to strengthen the medical staff of the american amy army in mexico on his way to headquarters head quarters with gith dispatches from the president to the commander ln in and having in la hi his charge two mexican c u generals prisoners of war he was attacked by a party of mexican miscreants in this action dr kane displayed extraordinary gallantry ills horse was shot under him and he fought single handed banded for some time with the leader er of the attacking party and ana anally finally succeeded suc ceded in routing them preserving both his dispatches and hia his prisoner unharmed but the heroic doctor was seve seye severely severely beverely reli rell wounded and he lie was detained a long time in the family of one 0 of f this ehla prisoners ners whose life he had saved from the robber and who showed his gratitude by the most assiduous at tent leot tensions ions lons to his p preserver dr kane served in mexico to the end of the war upon the return of the victorious army to the united St slates states dr kane kang resumed as naval surgeon a and nd 4 was wag as appointed to serve on the coast survey then en v g i upon the gulf of mexico it was while bathing in the tepid waters of the gulfling gulf guif in 1850 1830 that he be received from ashington a telegraphic message ordering him to join instantly the grinnell arctic expedition then upon the point of sailing from new york tork the department he giai sars says s had calculated his bis traveling time to a nicety ina in a few hours hour houn he be had started on his journey northward on the eighth day he reported himself to the commander of the expedition forty hours afterward he was on his voyage toward the th polean three weeks he changed his climate from tropical to frigid the story of that expedition and the tale of his own adventures perils escape escapes sy and discover leev le are they nat written and brilliantly writ written teny in the book entitled the grinnell expedition in search of sir john frankiin franklin by dr kahe kane published last year by the Harpers 9 that book though prepared in haste and amid tha the hurry of preparation for a new expedition is incomparably the most entertaining and graphic n ork yet pro pra produced upon the arctic regions or dr kane returned to the united states with an idea in hla hig head Us ile thought that sir john franklin was im 0 prisoner in the open orem WATERS which he be supposed to exist isi tsi beyond the icy barder barrier in which previous navigators had been caught and detained and that this icy barrier ali xii her j D dr kane assisted by dogs and Esqui maux mauz was the man ta t get over the generosity of henry grinnell was not not mot exhausted the first expedition had cost him thirty tive five thousand dollars but upon receiving from mr pea 4 1 ar body the te Amerl american can cau banker I 1 london an offer of ten 44 thousand dollars to defray in part the expenses of a second expedition he at once oude placed a vessel at the service of the gallant doctor and assumed the entire cost of the expedition beyond the sum offered by mr peabody what i ever that excess might be on the of may 1853 the brig Ad advance vancey yancey ton tont burden furnished with every conceivable requisite manned ne fth with ith a picked crew of 20 officered by naval men and commanded by dr kane from the he port of new rork tork in search of the lot lost navigators the brig reached up malk maik in lafety safety there took on board some dogs and a bevi ew men mea accustomed to arctic adventure wrote cheerful idlers home on the of july and soon after sailed to tha north rth since e that time no tidings of the expedition have hive been received the probability isy Is thit that it advanced t thad until the close ot of the thi warm season of 1853 wintered in the tee ice renewed its ita northward course in the summer gummer 0 of 1351 and nd Is now locked up somewhere in th the tha lc ce or Is pushing its way on foot toward towar d the north rol pole e the tue reent recent vote rote 0 of f can congress ress resa am powering empowering the president 0 t dispatch a steamer in search of dr kane and his associates socia gocia socrates tes teb has has given rise to the Imbres impression slon sion that they are supposal sup suppose to be in imminent danger such we are glad to be ablerto able to state Is not the tho fact mr grinnell Grin orin neil nell himself has no DO tears fears ti for tor or the safety of the expedition the brig trig has provisions enough on board to last till the end of next summer making no allowance for the seals beals bears and birds which in may ay reward tile the bl skill iii ili of the hunting men of the expedition bat lut since the departure dep artura of dr kaney Ka nethe the remains of sir Johal have been ben sounds found there Is no longer an seared search and ana it is justly gon con considered due to dr kane ard and his hii brave companions that they should be inform ed of the get act and nd thus prevented arpra from encountering need la and dangers of a third winter in the th polar regio reglo regions na for this purpose the steamer will sail a lut the next direct to cape alexander at th 0 f sound where dr kane agreed to flave a bis bla haist past and add an nell Ind Dill leatIon cUon of his future 0 progress from cape cap alexander Alexandcr the ste steamer ahner alner will so go in whatever direction seems to promise success leaving at the cape however every the news respecting sir johns johnb remains maids mains and ad orders tor for dr kanes return it Is probable thai thal that thai the commander ot of the steamer will have peremptory orders to return home before the closing ot of the ice dr kane eane our readers may be interested to leardis learn tg small in stature ot of fragile frame and very delicate constitution rie lie Is one of those men who look took as if it a breath could blow biow them away kway yet in the capacity to endure privation and rati fati fatigue guey gney in cou courage ragen perseverance and fortitude he be has his few equals ile he jai fbi Is bes besides idesy a man of uncommon talant talent we expect much in future from his bis keen eye and happy pen t |