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V, 1 ; ' " v ' - u I ,'! - '1 II-,- 1 1- !''. 1 1'V.T, ' .r ' i ' - - r - I ! , ..-..! . . D V. In. ''I n. 1 3 it :IS IV, IK St fait. l.r-t t- Yie- '! : ) ! "VI i ' ; t .- TomH bl llio uaicnmau. payaoie iin Two dolJsirs :' i ' , an J 25 eta. orders clnrcrd '"' S rt-r ct. highft' ef rir.-, A liberal dducf S;rffIohw wlio.advjrrlbe by 'ihe year. -J ?! ' -. i . "r, to ihe Editors taU.U post P"ad. -! ; lj v , ' ;;-; . : , .. TTAlJinS & CRUMP 1 A JltfoM rcriiins from York una rai.0.1, SFimNG AM) SUMMER I... fi0Ol)S, ; : iiLh tti?yiare 'determined to Bellas low as any house T ih, iiatt 'of Nortili Ca'rpRiia, consisting of all kinds of "Nttyl which have been selected with great care aa4 jjyhi'Bi.ai U'e .very jywjrei tusu pwweo. , Fvr Ladies Wear. . k .Luntjrrs, ode Cashmeres cotoreJ do., VtkrtneisadS Hosiery. , ; ; 1' t"kk Ffetich' and.jfcngtfrh; Cloths, .'French Cassimeres, f di ffcy do., wool Tweed, Kentuckyanes, Ker ' Jti tSi'd WtliA'eHing, cot .iretfet do., plain Jaatm do, 1 ridUr9(ed do. Also.-brown and bleach'd Drills, Do. I st?Ay)rjtney'JaniieV, ; ViTHat A Caps Kool Shoes, : ' I i ; I l)eijides a'seneral stock of 5 r! Ilatjwarc !aiid Cutlery, Groceries, Crockery, ie. V ifh-i" WisltipgitO buy goods, we respfctfqlly invite ' their atetitiojn (toflie above stock, as we are determined to 6f putFolJ Jiy ny. s v i PACKAGES ! v i !-Xew $nrid2 & Smame Goods for 1319! ? - ' t ! '. . 1 ! 1 - . ' . .. 1 ! i subindriVrs have receivrd and opened decided- f 4 JL ly the If rrest, cheapest, and npal desirable stock of -.t'Frertoi Lnglili Una American ' w v ' . ii hi v XLiici niaitic urv uoou. f tlmibttpffl l'ett exhibited in the'State. -Al90, Pana :nWlRiwi.Thilpicoi, California, and fine Tushionable ; kUk arttd lx;aver Hits,Fiiench Lace, Pa melo, Leghorn and L'tiglinh focktjlii Ifcnnets, Boots, Kid Slippers and Goat ': shoes, catrla M aiidtsaddlers Trimmings, smith and Car- ; j)iq;erTol,'hardware ond cutfery, white lead, linseed, .im .anjf tanner oil, coach and copel varnish, 8 by 10 j ih i byl2 lans, riite and blasting powder, i1 l '; QtilcKMlver, IVIiiiins Hope, f j - i- --;( i ; ' !e, harneiii, apJ, upper lien ther, fine French and Phil- aefplii4 calf hklns, ho; and lining do., travelling trunks 1 afld oa'rptt bagv i L- l; ' -' Two Keg lrliit3rN Ink,l : " ' I . ' ; . ill wool arid woof and'eotton carpeting, 30 Lour and 8 daycIotiVwarianted good) and cheap ; I fycirat ktre Kind Bolting Cloths, all Nos. ! j- ,1 -( ', I, V i ! "r ' sfcrl hoes'i'Ujn platp, mackercfl no. 1, 2 and 3.,;brown, re Jttifi) and loaf sugpr, Rio- and Jva Coflee, gunpowder '.and hy'$on,tea, tyrup, New jO deans and CubS tnolasses, ; (vcrop orchard grass and clover seed, horse shoe and and iwee(firoW nqils, a very bjEge stock of rolled and j hfimtiirW ifon and castings, cast steel, hoop and sheet ( i iron, iuxlthousamti of other articles. Their fetock is fuil 'and complete, aiulstyleH most beautiful and neat. The nlnvt irotids were boushtfor casluin Ncw'York vd Fjiila Jphjaik pre ious to the advance of prices, and far tibw olljred at wholesale and retail for cash, lower t&in tfiey h;ve ever been sold in Salisbury.; All ciash iitry rtie .' wle youngl tent lemen, and -the ladies particularly, Ore i ciwcft'(jliy: nvit!3 tjjcnll and examine -theif large and ptaJitd spick, as they feet confident the goods and pri ce! will gtvi satisfaction to all.' ' '. . , q A 1ENKINS Sc ROBERTS. 'wfe, Ay fit 5 16-10 ' . ( 848 -N ?(J. Ay erions mdebteid to the late firms of. Jen kfpn'Ac 'Bile1, and! J. 11, Jenkins & Co. by note or book IvDuit , art requested to; ''pay- the same, on or before U't : AuRtis Cort,as longey indulgence cannot be given. u;::ffJj-a:fflvi9. J. II. JENKINS- CU1;KAR STEAMBOAT COMPANY , 1 i ii ; j. Ul' t'AYETTBVILLE LM WILMINGTON, ARE KUXM50 'Ktevntr Ooy. Gil A HA M, (20 inch draft) U Toiv float; MiKE BllOWN, TELEGRAPH, GEN. TAYLOR, rniiK'aiic 'JL viUenh ' 5v I- oVe float run regularly between Fnjrette- 4 Wilmington at the late reduefd rates of fnri'jjlui iridj are as well prepared fprithesptedy and safe T-ntyftrtfttiun ot Oooua up ana down as any line on tne tirf'r, :r , t ' ' ' :' Tfnlikfuj fyir the last year's bosinewi we solicit a con tinuing and tncras?' for the future. All goods con rf(nd.i J W. L; McCJary, WilmingtonfcN. C.will frv irded fret; of commission. AM roduce from tie country sent to W. L. McGa rf'. laetteVille Will e shipped to where desired free of cttninilwion. Io all cows we give the earliest informa ?fon o tti: arrival and departure of goods. CoiftHunteibns'aildreed 10J.& W. L; McGary. v. mtori.a.nd; W.L. Mct.ary.rayettev.lle, will meet in.a trriuon. i t W-. L. McOARY. Acent 1 : ; C,',u!fu '.""G"' having commodious Wa re . Houses ,t tneiKiT -r, and havinz'hepn lon Warditiff husineMi. wilt receive n.l r.u nr.l ll A., 1 . UTii Idris at Ihe usual comm i 1. Ll.. b.. tal . . . I i , .- - .MV4 Ull 1 vw a CT 111 -i Jarw I84t V 1 : . i 1 ' W. JL. McOA'RY. ICOMNI) BUY BARGAINS! . l- ill!. I.. CXtt It I A G i: MAS UF ACTO RlV i .1 v rlifunderfgnel hating formed a co-partnership in .''. lh'aboveJUHiness, respectfully invite public atten tion to ljeir Establishment, andj to tlieir supply of superb ! i j f arria'ges! Barouches, Rockaways, Mtektr39i beauty of design, manner of execu-; t,10n. iwf VjtcellenCe of material, cannot be surpassed by L0' 1" the southern country. J TbveJn ihetrmnloy a large number of excellent f r0rnJ Tlirir black mnitha. wooil workmen, trim- ' 't'',,"t 'pointers, ate all men of experience, and have : . t f(lu B toikill in their several departments. , LjNrihjj done oh very short notice. Work; done :j ?ap fyf ja9r or approved notes i or country produce ta- ,. ;.' '.!: OVERMAN r -liMiutjr, .Feb. 8;r,1849. - , BROWN Sc CO. f w Sicll v WinD and Tallow , Candles. LTST Teccivir 4 a itarge supply of fintTallow CAN- Y. 1 -Pv'W.! Also, pn i excellent article of Sicily Ma f fti of White Cooking WINE.matiufactured forsook 1 ' WrfcoVi expresaty. I CROWN &. JAM Eg. h ?w?unr.Oct. is. i84fl: -ij 23 r- -i ;, 'J . jT"TA'UV mill Waonic ! Gloves, fii t i '! ir J.ll.ENNtSS: Bahitary; pc. Sl, 1818. . i 33 y - 7 . r 9 McrTptjonrjcsr -fvo Dollars Fr5 i ..... h.u if not paid inadyance. V. 'JUiiVytW. wilt.be charged, " . InM-riel at fit for the first, AortM .".t! U -VSJi- v. :.. ..,.1 ... I , atia 'jip ? do-. MouseUnede jJahes,silk ana worsted t ;fJ,Cheni AliJcca9, brk2, and coPd Merinos plaid JihcMms. French, jJo., Shawls,' GJoves, Uibbpts, fine rAum linen 'Canibric Uand'lTs, Bonnet silk, VelTets, , ,i . ; ;r4' TEAS. :rii;i TEAS 'MM . i r i l f - l l . I'-i M f 1 1 i i -J r -11"-. II, : i : bt ii . I'll a .-' i n 1 m t ars -E.ri i - b 1 i i i n 1 H I 1 '1 VLO. LU.,1LL,VX;W- U 1 U T 0 -JJl- i - ! 1 i ;? ' t " t 7 ' - ; . I .' - -, ' ' 1 f - . BUPER & JAMES, Bliwxf Proprietors. ' The Women of llje Revolution. i',:- K. L' ' t In poblisbing the following tribute the patriotism of the Ladies of North Car olina during the Revolution, we ake oc casion jto express an earnest desire,; that gentlei?nenin Mecklenburg, Rowan, lrje dell, &!c, would even at this late (lay take some pains to examine any old RecordSOf Correspondence, and tq commit to vvriling any traditionary evideiice, likelylto throw light op thie important evts of Ithat pe riod. The;re is the more need of this now, since it is estimated that Messrs. Bancroft, and Sparks, may possibly, in the forth- coming Histories, decide adversely to th e genuineness of the Mecklenburg Declar ation of May 20th, 1775. There! are nla- ny cadses .which will make such a decU I sion peculiarly ungrateful to-North Caro . .1 ! i I I 5 I lina, even though the equivalents Resolve " I i of the 31st May, ;1 775 be prominently ad mitted as ihey must; be, to-bi beyond doubt authentic. Fat. Observe?. V: W "1 L :' : I , ! i For the Observer. I THE LADIES OF N, CAROLINA DU RIND THE REVOLUTION. Among the many Revolutionary doc ments which have survived to the present time, none demand more special attention than those which follow. In their con test for civil and religious freeilom, our forefathers were animated by a spirit whichjhas called lorlh; universatadmiVa tion. Undoubtedly, this spirit 'was pro duced by many co-operating causes but among its many supports a very promis ing place must be given to the lively pat riotism of; the Ladies of that time. They who borejtheir parts in the council cham ber anid on the battle tie Id, were! sustain ed by thei assurance, that at home bright eyes and warm hearts were deeply inter-, ested in their success. ! For in those dys, Sisters urged on their brothers--Maidens sent forth their lovers4Mothersjcontribu ted sons,; and Wives gave up ; their tfus- bands, to the cause of their country and 1 . ; t - I. - i of their God. ! i 5 In Vol. I. of " American Archives," Slan I ia ,fj-irrtt trio i fftT r rr A ccnAiotiAn c i rr t ea by fifty-one ladies of Edenton, N. tC, Oct. 25, U774." f'v I r "Asfe cannot be iindiflererit on any occasion; that appears to effect the peace and happiness of our country ; and as it has been thought necqsisary for the public good to enter into several particular Re solves by a meeting of Members of Dep uties from the whole Province, It is a duty that we owe, not only to our near apd dear relations and connections, Hut to our selves, who arc essentially interested inj; their welfare, to do every thing as faij as liesinjoiir power to testify our sincere ad herence! to the same; and we do there fore accordingly subscribe this paper as a witness iof our fixed intention, apd solemn determination to do so." ! . The existence of this paper pakes: us deeply regret that no one has yet dislovj. ered conies of ' The Associations of the Ladies,'? in the counties of Mecklenburg and Rowan. For they would be wreaths of immortal honor to their signers. The Ladies of Edenton applauded th$ Resolves of the first Provincial Convention which met at iNewbef n, Aug; 24, 1774, be or6 collision had taken place between thb Colonies and Great Britain. But the La- ' e 3TlJ U.. T ..1 J....JI that even bloodshed, and the lpss of the defenders of their firesides, outd !not friehten them, from giving an earnest Godspeed you," to thei signers an3 tti the supporters of the Mecklenburg De claration. A notice of the firstlof thejfol- lowing papers can be found in Dr. Footers Sketches of N. Carolina.? The present is supposed to be the first publication of the proof of thp existence bf the second. We leave, the young men of ourfown time to judge what effect these declarations of Independence frorn Tory sweet hearts mUst have had on the heroes of '7G. IWe , . . . , . . 1 ,Qr,iX,,f JU Joseph Johnson ot Charleston, bjj U., for the following Editorial article. (It can De lounu n ine - oouiu uaronna aiuij a. 41,1 . r.K l n-nr' . I 44 A North Carolina correspondent who signs himself, "1'hilogune, rtormsi us, "That the young Ladies of the best lam Mies in Mecklenburg County, in N. Caro lina, havp entered into a voluntary Asso ciation,' that they will not receive the ad dresses of any young gentleman of lhat place,; except the brave volunteers who cheerfully served in the expedition of South Carolina, and assisted iri; subduins the Schovolitc Insurgents : The Ladies beinc of opinion that such persons as la zily stay,t)asking at home whn the, im portant! calls of their Countiyj demand their jnilitary service abroad must cer tainly' be destitute of that nobleness of sentiment, that brave manly spint: which qualify jthe gentleman to be ths Defender and Guardian of the Fair, sex j 0orJcor- anayuarman ui mc ou.se. puw tut. respontjent adds, "This is thej substance of the Association ; and we hear that the Ladies ;in the adjacent county of ROwan hiw ilrtvirpfl n similar Association to be drawn (hp, and prepared immfedjatehr for signing T - The KSchovolite Insurgents allud ed to (in this! peclaration,;scemed td have Mi - " ' Keep a check rros all tocr " , Rulers. .lui SALISBURY, N. the.royalists who lived in the fork-between the Broad and Saluda Rivers irifSJ Caro lina. William H. Dayton, and the; Rev. William Tennent, visited this district iin 1775 aTid invited its settlers to. join the large majority of their countryrrieri Inde fehce of their common rights. But j part ly through zeal for their Sovereign!, and partly by the management of ambitious and misguided men, these royalists took :- . .- -t ' r .1 V-i if up arms against me cause ot tne upionies. Late in theS fall 'of, 1775, the Provincial Congress sent a force under the command of Col. Richardson and Col. Thompson against these .insurgents and completely subdued them. Among the troops in this expedition,! were nine hundred men from N. Carolina, sent forth by the conibined energy of! Love and Patriotism! r This "Association of Young Ladies" must have been signed very late in 1775, op early in 177G. ..' i '' W, . The Ladies in Rowan County imitated the example of the Ladies in Mecklen burg, by signing similar Associations, ac cording to the expectation of Philbguhe. Although vve have not even the suilstance of their declaration (except by inference) yet we have sure evidence ot the manner in which the old men of '76 receivejd these expressiohs sympathy in their jeflbrts. In the manuscript Record of the proceed ing of the Committee of Rowan County, there is the following entry, undqr the date, May 1776. , :i j A letter from a number of yoiili La dies in the County directed to the (hair man, requesting the approbation I qf the Committee; to a number of resolutions en closed, entered into and signed by the same young Ladies, being read, j! if; "Resolved, That this Committed pre sent their cordial thanks to the said young Lad ies for so spirited a performance ; look upon1 their Resolutions to be sensible and polite that they merit the honor and are worthy the imitation of evr young Lady in America., i f t The Committee adjourned to Commit tee in course. ! r I ; j iSAM'L. YOUNpCh'ni Wm. Suarpe, Sec'y. ! ji ! I ' ' ' i "i; The document from which thisliextract is made was brought to light by the Rev. iur. ltockvvell, ot JredeIlcounty-r-tfi whose praiseworthy zeal in hunting for revolu tionary papers we are under mariy obli gations. The publication of these Asso ciations renders) entirely reasonable the untiring exertions of the people ot Meck lenburg and Rowan counties in behalf of their country, which earned for their homes that honorable distinction M The -Hornet's Nest." : C P. THE CAMANCHE INDIANS, The Cherokee Advocate of the 9th ult. has the following : ;.-!' r " A deputation of Camanches, who late ly came in to see and ask the advice of their red brethren, the, Seminole? had a friendly ' talk' with the Seminbles at the house of the polite and efficient Semjnole Agent, Mr. Du Val, on theGttl of March. Wild Cat told the Camanches5 that the Whites were a great and powerful people, and it would be better for the Camanches if they would be friendly wjthih Uncle Sam,' as he had once been at with them. You had better go home and rape wn ana swen, as tne oeminoies do, anu pe ncuuijf uu an imuuus. xxc, nuvvai, I hoped that peace would soon be establish- ( ci ovr tYtf tfhrJe innrJ ' ftYu nrnl rif' A "The Camanche said whatever his mends told mm to do he would dp. rine Camanches were sorry for vv hat they had j done, and would be friendly fith the whites, arid those who were going across the Prairies to the bis Water should be j safe from the depredations of the Ca manches. Good news this -for the Cali fornia emigrants. But if the Camanches keep their 4 talk' no better than thelUhi- ! ted States have their treaties with the Cherokees, this profession oil friendship will be all talk:' Gen. Van Rensselaer. This veteran, i 74 years of age, with seven balls. through ; nis Doay, leu vy asnitigioti on r f tua uiuru inc last, at 6 o'clock, and arrived a the f!itv Hntl. in this citv. the same dav. at - -j j T 'H '. half past 0 o'clock, P. M., as fresh and active as when he led our troops to battle on the heights of Queenstown.? His health seems as perfect as it was forty years ago and we trust he may may lon live to show his friends and countrymen the three com I m,sslons wn.cmiercceivcu.ruu. fc,,ua ' f Washington. N. 1. btpress 0th ult. missions which he received from the hands Touching Expression: k certain Jady had two children, girls, both young, fand nearly of the same age. But the ejder one, by some whim or accident, possessed all the mother's affections ; i there Vas none for the youngest, nothing but harsh nes Verv lately the mother fell sick, ari(j was conhned ti s ingthere.she heard ing jt; and was confined to her Ded.f vynue 'iy gentle steps approach "Is that you, my child ?" said woman. ! . thei sick " No, mamma" naively anil! softly said the resigned one, " it Is me Most parents and all mothers wil tin derstand this simple answer, i iTiOTliT;VAT., r- . - i i m v. ii -i t f ii i , i - Do-nn,JiNi Libeett ,is safe" t ; ' 1 1 Gen'l Haniton. G4! THURSDAY, MAY j 17 1849. NATIONAL CPURTESY AND HU MANITY. The National Intelligencer of the 3d inst., says : Happy are we, and happy must be all our Whig associates, to find the President of our choice, in the outset of his Administration, ! employed in the exchange of good offices and courtesies with our Transatlantic brethren of the Anglo-Saxon race, instead of the very dif ferent position held towards them at pre cisely the same period of the last Admin istration. Thanks to the right sense of the body of the People of this country for the blessing of this change in our public policy ; and thanks, above all, to the over ruling Providence which crowned with success the exertions by which that change was brought about I ! ; We have not a reader, we are satisfied, be he either WThig or Democrat, whose feelings will not be moved by the appeal, both eloquent and affecting, by Lady Franklin to the President, which, with his reply, through the Secretary of State, will be found in the preceding columns of our paper of this day. With one accord, we feel sure, they would -respond to such a Letter, addressed to them to such a stri king illustration of Woman's love and her Conjugal devotion that they would re fuse to her earnest supplication nothing within their rightful authority to grant. Such a response has (he President made, with a promptness and a cheerfulness of will which adds grace to the act, and, as the first public act, so to speak, of his in tercourse with the exterior world, cannot fail to be unanimously applauded by his countrymen. Highly Interesting Correspondence. Letter from the Lady of Sir John Frank lin to the President of the U. Stales. Bedford Place, London, April 4, 1849. Sir : I address myself to you as the head of a great nation, whose power to help me I cannot doubt, and in whose dis position to do so I have a confidence which I trust you will not deem presumptuous. The name of my husband, Sir John Franklin, is probably not unknown to you. It is intimately connected with the northern part of that continent of which the American republic forms so vast and conspicuous a portion. When I visited the United States, three years ago, a mongst the many proofs I received of re spect and courtesy, there was none which touched and even surprised me more than the appreciation every where expressed to me of his former services in geograph ical discovery, and the interest felt in the enterprise in which he was then known to be engaged. The expedition fitted out by our Gov ernment for the discovery of the North west Passage (that question which for three hundred years1 has engaged the in terest and baffled the energies of the man of science and the navigator) sailed un der my husband's command, in May, 1845. contained 138 men, (officers and crews,) ; and were victualled for three years. A ha LI 1 .. i I I . f I J .1 1 1. IIII . I I I 1 I - j They were not expected home, unless suc- cess naa eariy rewarded their enorts, or some casualty hastened their return, be fore the close of 1847 ; nor were any tid ings expected from them in the interval. But when the autumn of 1847 arrived. without any intelligence of the ships, the attention of her Majesty's Government was directed to the necessity of searching for and conveying relief to them, in case of their being imprisoned in ice or wreck ed, and in want of provisions and means of transport. For this purpose an expe dition, in three divisions, was fitted out in the early part of last year, directed to three different quarters simultaneously, viz : First, to that by which, in case of suc cess, the ships would come out of the Po lar Sea to the westward, -or Behring's Strait.) Second, to that by which they entered fon theircourse of discovery, on the eas- I lcr" B,ue Vor iavis s oirau.; And, third, to an intervening portion of the Arctic shore, approachable by land from the Hudson Bay Company's settle ments, on which it was supposed the crews, if obliged to abandon their ships, ' m,ght be iound. This last division of the exnedition was placed under the command ot my bus r . band's faithful friend, the companion ot his former travels, Dr. Sir John Richard - son, who landed at New York in April of lasi year, anu nasieneu io join nis meu year, and nasteneu to joi and boatswhich were already in advance towards the Arctic shore. Of this portion ; of the expedition I may briefly say, that the absence of any .intelligence from Sir John Richardson, this season, proves he has been unsuccessful in the object of his - ; searuu. me upeuiuu iuwhuw ring's Strait has hitherto been a complete failure. It consisted ot a single ship, the Plover, which owing to her setting off too late and to her bad sailing properties did not even approach her destination last year, me remain ng anu mo unpor tant portion of the searching expedition slt.-f ttvr, Mr4 nndpnhP command . v 1 1 . vi ii ii i v ii a v I t i . - NEW SERIES. VOLUME VINUMBER 2. of Sir James Ross, which sailed last M I m !.ea' ! for Davis s Strait, but did not succeed owing to the state of the ice, in cettins into Lancaster Sound till the season for operations had nearly closed. These ships ' are now wintering in the ice and a store- ship is about to b,e dispatched Iron, hence twt.t..t ,i i c " pnd proceed northward, by t broad to stay out another year; but one of these ..,' i ... n . V X (," from iB 1 ,H'r WIt,u,faVVnJ Islands,commonlycttnodW i!inguaSt& from active search, by the necessity of provided it pp;ared , 'and eU-arl br .!l?l"Llll r.!Ua"C? Lancaster ce. lt is evltVtVnl lhat aWnty to Vol Sound for the arrival of intelligence and instructions from England by the whalers. 1 have entered into these details with a view of proving that, though the British Government has not forgotten the duty it owes to the brave men whom it has sent on a perilous service, and has spent a ve ry large sum in providing the means for their rescue yet that, owing to various causes, the means actually in operation for this purpose are quite inadequate to meet the; extreme exigence of the case; for it must he remembered that the miss ing ships-Avere victualled for three years only, and that nearly four years have now elapsed, so that the survivors of so many winters in the ice must be at the last ex tremity ; and also it must bo borne in mind that the channels by which the ships may nave attempted to force a passage to the westward, or which they may have been compelled by adverse circumstances to take, arc very numerous and complica ted, and that one or two ships cannot pos sibly in the course of the next short sum- mer explore them all. I he Board of Admiralty, under a con- i viction ot this fact, has been induced to offer a reward of 20,000 sterling to any ship or ships of any country, or to any ex ploring party whatever, which shall ren der efficient assistance to the missing ships, or their crews, or to any portion of them. 1 his announcement, which, even if the sum had been doubled or trebled, j would have met with public approbation, comes, however, too late for our whalers, which had unfortunately sailed before it was issued, and which, even if the news should overtake them at their fishing grounds, are totally unfitted for any pro longed adventure, having only a few months' provisions on board and no addi tional clothing. To the American whalers, both in the Atlantic and Pacific, I look with more hope as competitors for the prize, being well aware of their numbers and strength, their thorough equipment, and the bold spirit of enterprise which animates their crews. But I venture to look even beyond these. I am not with out hope that you will deem it not unwor thy of a great and kindred nation to take up the cause of humanity, which I plead in a national spirit, and thus generously make it your owji. I must here in gratitude adduce the ex ample of the Imperial Russian Govern ment, which, as I am led to hope by his ex celleny the Russian Ambassador in Lon don, who forwarded a memorial on the subject, will send out exploring parties this summer from the Asiatic side of Beh ring's Strait, northwards, in search of the lost vessels. It would be a noble specta cle to, the world if three great nations, possessed of the widest empires on the face of the globe, were thus to unite their .... eUor m lne.-truly christian work of sav 1 ins . ,r Perish,nS fdlow men from d struction. It is not for me to suggest the mode in which such benevolent efforts might best be made. I will only say, however, that if the conceptions of my own mind, to which I do not venture te give utterance, were realized, and that in the noble com petition which followed American sea men had the good fortune to wrest from us the glory, as might be the case, Of solv ing the problem of the unfound passage, I or the still greater glory of saving our adventurous navigators from a lingering fato lY'liitVi tlto m 5 n fl CfiftLroriQ tn I it-roll An .u u t cK.,m .u,' Uiuugn i ouuuiu hi ciiuci wsc irici iuai it was not my own brave countrymen in thofiSeas whose devotion was thus re- warded, yet should I rejoice that it was to America we owed our restored happi v-j WU I ItOlUHU no iui- du ..1 I I. r U should be lorever bound to her by ties of affectionate gratitude. I am not without some misgivings while The intense anxie- 1 IIIU3 auu i loj uu 1mo mlUnco rnn I ho l nt o new unrio. tiesot a witeandoi a aaugnier may nave i js i i. t led me to press too earnestly on your no-, : , , , , i i rr ticethetna under w'hich ve are suffer-! . V " ' . 1,1 1 , r ,l 1 ins, (vet not we on y, but hundreds of otb- j eu . : . t ,uj ptsA nd to nresume too much on the4 sympathy which we are assure . .. .... beyond tne limits 01 our own ian : if vou deem this to be the case i . r. . , . .t . I - still tind, i am sure, even in mat perso.mi ! intensity oi leeung an excuse ur lUc ! fearlessness with which I have thrown . ! myself on your generosity, and will par- , uuu iuo uu.8C i'v ; high character, and to that ot the people ! over whom you have the high distinction tnr,TwA . to preside. 1 have the honor to be, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, JANE FRANKLIN. I beg to annex some explanatory pa Ders. am' i tfotice 0f the Expeditions of Discovery and Search now in the Arctic Seas. ! In the year 1845 her Majesty . . . . . - a a n . - , lWpst nasac vpoc ui ui3cuc.,..t - . - between the Atlantic and 1 acific Uceans, alongf the northern const of America, or between Davis's and. Br hririg's Straits.) j , , The expedition consisted of two shipi the f Erebus" and4he Terror " under the, command ofSir John Franklin and CnpC Crozier ; the complement of officers, and men ja the two shipsbelng about , one hundred and thirtyright. They were v c tualled foMbrce years. - ", V ' -'; ; - Their instructions were, to proce'ed jlQ ' Baffin's Bay, and,, as soon as the jce perl. , muted, to enter Lancaster Sound, and proceed westward throuirb Barrow's iSlrnit in the latitude of about 74j. degs., until I they reached the longitude of . Cape W?il- ker, or about 03 dg. vet. ;Thy.-wc'.I then to use everv eflbrt to penetrate south- " wards and westwards inwards Be hfingV Strait, and it was in this part Thrtt their groat.'Si uimctiUHs were :pprehendcd; ,f lhf d b t directed (orp. e tnsurmoun'.!iblf,tIey tirnto Uarrbvs 'Strait; Hty tofb) low either of hesc courses must have de ; penned upon local tircums'ances, or which ' we have no cognizance. . j ' The discovery ships sailed from -England on the 19th of May, 1815, and wjere last seen on the 2Gth of July of lhes&no year, in latitude 74 deg. 48 north, luhifi tude CG deg. 13 west, fastened to an Ice- -berg, waiting for the opening of the ice lb cross into LancasterSound., .. I t These ships have neversince been heard of, and it is for the purpose of relieving them, and at least of ascertaining their fate, that in 184S her Majesty's Govern ment again fitted out art expedition.: 'It', was in three divisions. 1 j 1 The first (in point of time) consisted bf a single ship, called the Plover, comm. an- j ded by Capt. Moore, which left England in the latter end of January, for the pur pose of entering Behring's Straits, on the i westward passage. It was intended that she should arrived there in the month of July, and, having looked out for a winter harbor, should send out her boats north- the discoverv shins, if surCPvvfuL wLfd be met with. -- rr-.. Unfortunately the Plover never even '1.1 approached, last year, the place off her destination, and whatever search she niay yet be able to make has to be accomptish-l ed this summer. The Herald," surVcy- sib,p to supp,y her wilh additional stores. ihe second division of tho expedruon was one of the boats, to explore the coast- of the Arctic Sen, between the Mac ken- zie and Coppermine rivers, from tfe 135lh to the 1 1 5th degree of longUud, together with the south coast of,' Wplas ton Land ; it being supposed that if Sir John Franklin's party had been conpeiled to leave the ships and take' to their boats they would make for this coast. The non-arrival by this time (April. 1840) of an express from Sir John Richardson proves that his last summer's search vas fruitless. . ' .l. , The third portion of the expedition of search consists.of two ships, the enterprise and the Investigator, under the command J of Sir James Ross and Captain Bird which sailed in May, 18 IS. for Lancaster Sound. They were last heard of on the USth' bf August last, when they were at the en trance of this Sound. ,; Sir James Ross intended to procccfl !n the Enterprise, carefully examining jthe shores of Lancaster Sound and Barrow's Strait on his way to Melville Island! or to Banks' Land, and thence to send outiVx ploring parties in boats. ' ! j i His second ship, the InVestigator,tuV-i der command of Cf.pt.. Bird, appear to I i nave receivea instructions jroni orras.. ! Ross to watch Lancaster Sound, fori tho purpose both of commur.i";iling with,tW whaling. ships from EnUnd this summer and of looking out for stragglers fromthe Erebus and Terror, should any be! en deavoring to reach the neighborhood of the fishing grounds. From the late period of the season, ho'w ever, at which the Enterprise and Inves tigator reached Lancaster Sound, itlsjfcil-. culated that they can scarcely have! had more than a fortnight for their operaiiqns during the last summer, and thus a wjde field of search remains open, during; , the approaching season, for which, however, the means at present in-activity are by no means adequate lt Kthe general be- i lief of those officers who have servedjin ( , - . ,.. i 1 it. l?e former Arctic expeditions thathe u,scov") au,,s. .ouu whatever accident may have befallen them, cannot -have wholly disappeared - - , - - I- g. I FOlu lUOSc seas, ouu uiai ooiii unvc-av j y1" .. . - i , meir late, u nui butuc iitiny icuihoih, w their crews, must eventually reward the conr.Vi nf iKp diliorpnt in vesficator. ! I, ,' 2 It is possible that they may be found in . r L.utC. hnr lriii,, ----- , I? ; first instance, the attention of snips, en- , ",Sfc ! i- i mi. ir cased in the search should be directed to fertbcu ,tmiJii the quarters pointed at in the admiralty tuc r" 1 " r. . , .?' f : ; nrobable Sir James Ross has j Xniored. and where, if entangled j , . - e and exhausted lor want pre condition must be in the higU- otlt A0tt.A Hnneprous. . . It is iilso very desir; of Boothia and .North rable that the coasts Somerset ahould be carefully examined, as we i as lor w" ",: f thp Gulf of Boothia and Regent sJnletj . ii . i .i .... and the coast eastward of the Coppermine ic Great Fish or Back's river ; also. the f rvnnnrl and in ets north and west oi 104-1 j j v - r ! I finfs Bay. which are supposed to commu-; nicate with Wellington channrl to the : nicate rrP nf ihe?e parts might be ex-, west. plored by boats or Und partitas ouU: all that pnrt, aUo unprovided for. uhtch Hp, between Mackenzie; river and 1 HeS betwe Cido to the wett. Oapc io iuc d is felt 1 wv... - - - 7 i i 1 Yet especially to the channels leading put j; -.; I nfRarrow'sStraittothtmortb. ltreicKief I? i nciniftinn mvpn tn Mr Jotin rrankiin. . you Will j . . . yj,-n.nn flrrWSr.l i oi luese is luni cnucu frii"D"" If Li: M. 1!' i. ! ! ;- '): ' : ii; -i'r Mi t f. Li t - , r H - '! t Wl 4 i Y r i ' .1 i i i r if - "l5 1 1 t r ' 1 i i i ( - Li : - I. ' -i'.iF; i - ii . i 1 i 1 I i t