| Show A se THE polan REGIONS the exploration of the arctic reg regions 1 i ons has been and still is a subject of great g reat interest in this country and eu europe rope and many lives and large sums of money have been sacrificed in fruitless attempts to discover a polar continent or the long sought northwest north west passage of all t the h e expedit expeditions long iong that have embarked in t this his perilous enterprise none has exe excited ted more interest than that undertaken by the ill fated officers and crews of the ships erebus and terror which left england in inthe the month ot of may IM 1845 under the command of sir jolin john franklin the last seen of this expedition was in baffino Baff ins bay in the july following great results were expected from this voyage of discovery franklin was an experienced navigator and his crews and officers were picked men hence their return was looked for with intense interest by the people of great britain when the time of their exp eap acted re turn had passe dand neither expedition nor tidings of it came anxiety rose to fever heat and eventually other expeditions were sent in search of it several of them being fitted out at the expense of lady franklin the wife of the great mariner it was not until 1854 that any satisfactory clue of franklin and his men was obtained and not until fourteen years after in the fall it settled beyond doubt that they had perished among the chelce ice and snow of the arctic regions region so this discovery was made by captain mcclintock commander of the last expedition fitted out by lady franklin franklino during his cruise captain mcclintock found many mementoes of the franklin expedition tion and obtained what was considered indubitable evidence that every member of the expedition had perished since then other explorers have followed from t his this country and various parts of Europe each have endeavored to obtain some additional memento or proof of the destruction of franklin and his men among the last and most successful was captain hall of whose adventures and explorations a full account was given some months since in karpers harpers monthly he it was said obtained a chronometer and a gold watch belonging to the expedition upon one or both of whish was engraved the name of captain captai P F E R M crozier Croz ter ler one of its chief officers little if anything has been discovered by any since captain hall yet the interest in arati arctic le explorations pl orations remains unabated three or four days ago it will be remembered the telegrams contained a statement to the effect that a much worn document had been picked up on the sea coast at san buenaventura C california containing a detail detailed account of the death of franklin anahis men from our san francisdo francisco exchanges we clip the following said to be a correct copy popy of the document in question agh H M SHIPS AND TERROR may wintered in tho the ice in lat 70 deg dego 5 min N X lion lon 88 83 deg 23 min W iravan having wintered in 1845 6 at beechy island in lat yat lat 71 74 7 1 deg 43 min 28 sec X alon lon 91 deg dego og 09 39 19 min 15 sea W after having as asi 1 bended wellington channel to lat 77 deg and returned by the west side of cornwallis island sir john franklin commanding command ing the expedition tion all well weil party consisting ofa of 2 officers and 6 men left the ships on monday may 1847 GRAHAM GORE CHAS F DES mate the following was written 0 anthe n the magrin ah H nar M ships brabus and terror were deserter esore 4 oz bathe the id of april arril nive five lea iea leagues ues aes I 1 itji Nt JI bof of here having been last seen september 1846 the offid officers drs an anT bews crews consisting of ioa loa souls under tinder the command of captain F B R MC rozier landed here in lat at 69 degrees 47 minutes 42 seconds N long 98 degrees 41 minute minutes sw ay iy sir john franklin died on the lith of jane june 1847 and the total loss by death in the expedition has been to this date nine officers teen men IF R 31 crozier captain and senior ober officer JAS fitzjames Capt capthi HM 11 S brabus erebus and start on tomorrow to morrow for backs fish river 4 the superscription of the document W was asin in six languages english french spanish german scandinavian and dutch the following is a copy english at whoever finds this paper is requested to forward it to the secretary of the admiralty london with a note of the time and place at which it was found di or if more convenient to deliver it for that purpose to the british consul at the nearest port this is the latest sensation in relation to the long talked of Polar Expedition of sir john sohn franklin the account sounds very much like a hoax still while its truth is hardly probable it is within the range of possibility that a hermetically sealed small seal skin bag thrown into the sea twenty two years ago should only now have reached the land is a pretty big story and requires a large amount of the credulous element in the mental organization of all who believe it the document was of paper about thirteen by ten inches in ilze size and as well as the sack in which it was enclosed was much worn so that it may indeed be a bonafide record of the ter mi nation of the mortal career ot of the intrepid franklin and randsome some bome of the brave but unfortunate men beil bell belonging longing to tb the crews of the erebus and terror h |
