.*w to two bark canoes, inwhytli they per- | ‘the perilous voyage ‘down Grsetl

otscovnv or run auuiss or IIIUGHN riusiitttt Ann ‘unﬂ- (Deni the Montreal Hérald ql Dec. 94-

We have been favored by E._M. Hop-

kins Esq., (in the absence of8t_r George Simpson.) with the following outline ofthe proceedings of the Arctic Expedition, which, by instructions from her Majesty's Government, was employed by the Hudson's Bay Company to follow up the clue disco- vered by Ur.‘Rae, while engaged on another exploring expedition, also fitted out by the Hudson's Bay Company, of the fate of Sir John Franklin's party.

It will be in the recollection of otir read- ers, that it is scarcely a year ago that we piiblislted to the world the first authentic information which had been received ofthe lamentable fate ofthe gallant Franklin and his brave comrades. 'l‘he intelligence which was conveyed to Dr. Rae in the V\'inter of I853-51 by the Esquimtiux, and in the accuracy of which thtit distinguished Arctic traveller placed perfect reliance, was received by the public in England with great hesitation, arising, probably. from an unwillingness to believe the mournful facts.

That intelligence was in substance that in the Winter of It-‘50, the Esqtiimtitix saw

"a party of whites travelling from the north- ward toward the Arctic coast, dragging a boat over the ice, intending to use it as soon as they reached open water; that the party, about forty in all, made the land near the mouth ofa large river (the Great Fish River of Back) and there perished of starvation, to which were added a number of frightful details of their sufferings, which we will not again inflict on our readers. In proof of the truth of these reports, the Esquivnaux exhibited and sold to Dr. Rite ttgreat variety of relics, principally silver forks and spoons, marked with the crests and initials of various otlicers of the ships Erebus and Terror (Franklin’s), and among other articles, a small order, or star, with Sir John Franklin's name engraved on it. These were the tangible proofs con- veyed to England by Dr. Rite in confirma- tion ofthe title he collected from the Esqui- mtiux; but his proceedings and conclusions have been frequently called in question, and therefore it will be the more gratilyina to hint now, that they;-are fully corroborated, even to tninute details of locality, $2., in which he might possibly have been unsta-

en.

As soon a's Dr. Rae had laid his report before Her Majesty‘s Government, it was decided, that an attempt should be made to follow up the trace he had obtained, cont- mencing at the point indicated by the Esqnimttux as the sbene of the last suffer- ings of the party of whites seen by them in I850.

The organization and management of this new expedition were wisely intrustt-d to the Hudson's Bay Company. Ontho 27th of Oct'ober, 1854, the instructions of Her Majesty's Government and the Com- pany were forwarded from London to Sir George Simpson at Laehine, where he received them in the middle of November. His great experience and well known ability in affairs ofthat nature enabled him to decide with promptitude on the mode of carrying out the expedition, the men to be employed as leaders and in subordinate capacities, the tintount of supplies, craft, and all other requisites forthe undertaking; and on the ‘.30th of November, last ycttr, his instructions were tlispatcltvtl by special messenger totlie Hudson’s Bay 'I‘t-rt-ittn-it.-s, all parts of which were pttt under requisi- tion to furnish inulcrit-I, the whole to be collected at the rendezvous, Fort Resolu- tion, in Great Slave Lake, by the lst of June following; and so complete were the plans, and so carefully had all contingen- cies been provided against, that in no point was there a failure in carrying out his arrangements.

The otliccrs selected to lead the party were Mr. Anderson, a chief factor of’ the Company, and Mr. J. ti. Stewart, in chief trader—-both well qualified by expt-ricnce, courage, physical strength, &., for the grduous duty. The party consisted of these

.‘qo ollicers and fourteen men, and left I-‘art

ﬁesolution, it port of the H. B. Company

.3 Great Slave Lake, on the 92d of June»

HASZARIYS (IAZETTE, JANUARY 0.

Fidb River—s river known to the world for Friday evening lust, tlir. t-I front: the At-t-xtt-.

iti dangers and horrors by Sir George, Black's narrative. From Mr. Stewart,'we‘ learn that be double that the party ever could have got safely down that stream to the coast, had it not been for the wonderful dexterity of the three Iroquois eoyageurs whom Sir George Simpson had prudently forwarded froin'Lachine to join the expedi- tion—the three best men of his own canoe.

The party reached the outlet or estuary ofthe river on the -10th ofJuly, and skirted along its eastern shore as far as Point Beaufort, but found no traces to reward their search. 'l‘hence they crossed over to Montreal Island, twelve miles distant, lying near the western shore ofthe estuary; pro- bably, in that crossing, incurring its great peril as any in the gloomy record of Arctic travels, pushing their bark canoes boldly out ittto the Arctic Ocean, and forcing their way through drifting masses of Arctic ice seven or eight feet thick. But they were prepared to make any effort to reach the island, which, as well its Point Aigle, near it, had been the places Dr. Rae understood the Esquimaux to mean, when describing where the white party pcrisht-d in I850; and they had the melancholy satisfaction ol procuring, on that very spot. the fullest possible conformation of Dr. Rae's report. They also met Esqnimaux in that vicinity who had seen the whites, and gave ttiucli valuable information. Suflice it to say, that on the island were discovered the remains ofa boat, wliicb had been partially destroyed by the natives for the sake of the wood and the metal lastenings.

Although there was suﬂicicnt left to identify it as belonging to the Franklin expedition, one fragment of wood (now, as well as some other small rclics, in the pos- session of the Hudson‘s Bay Company at Lachine) having the name “ 'I‘error" branded on it, while anotht.-r Place has the name of Mr. Stanley, (surgeon of the I'll-ebus) cut upon it, this latter being part of a snow-shoe, evidently of Englisli tita- nufatcture, being made of oak, ti species of wood no man accustomed to tise snow-shoes would ever select for the purpose. No papers or books, and no htitnan remains were found; nor was it likely, as foot- years had elapsed, since this tragedy was enacted upon a low sandy beach, oxposcd' to the storms of four Art-tic Wintt-rs, and there is little doubt, that citlicr the sea hits waslietl olfor the sand has btirietl tIt‘t'|) the tinforttinates who perished on this spot. Tlte Esqnitnntix were very ft-iendly, and

. NEW troop, ttttlt-- nun-I, in -,\",.,,,;,,,~, M. “ll me. - _ - » I - lt open cult, and tltttttgh ttntttltatltitttl 'It.'- ,.ttttt.- lu-t-it ttti'xtt‘.tttl|y ‘toasty’ ‘hawks: “Iii. gions, with it it Illtll. r\.lt1\v tttcit. llliitrlt d,,,,,,_,.,,y U, “ Mum (_u,P~‘Me i h I I I'D I“ ""'d'"“ "'”.y “""“’ "’ l""‘l{ l"‘""-' l" "'“' I l-nil lil-llulllllllll ti t-ulitl-tilnte’ fn wl 0 e or ln appreciation, what iltt- N..ttlt \H.-l t‘.\l»ltii'l||tiI|i p..t.-tt'., ,t,,,, __ Ii 1 0' ‘'° P7903’ [M _, ,nI I l_ Y_ lave been sug- :, tttt t . H. lt bi-l‘olI_ﬁ oxalts, tllbarracacha,

Sea, after upward «I 5,: 0.)

lion accotnplit-‘lit d at tl an lbl lint ti-_;h.

In thirteen inontlts. l in tltt , I to II'I't‘Vl'li.'l H, »._. . _, , _ -. .

who were sent front Iuli'lt|Il|'ylIi 9'..ttn pit: ttl ' i','..tti.|I'it”- ll iu‘m'«me""nd f"°|‘l9._bave the expedition rettttttt tt lllllllt r, llllts pt-t- f M, M _‘I'’ ." '“"‘f ll}’°‘ﬂhll.l'l,!uglt_t into notice; forming lll one yetit- tltt-. s.atnt- tt~t\t.~.. tztttt l I, ,;.,m‘,:")t_'|I "Il:l.ll', '1‘, e '\lVetglI§lI lit the Sir George Back got t!tt-ou;_|i lti litlt't.Et“|l..' ,1 \,.,,,,ll"''"”''‘" 8 Illttlrc,‘blti hggn

For Gil days itntl nip-t.t-' mt» |Iitll\' sun in)? ' i ‘-1. h ; N‘-" -

. ’ - . ' 9 -' ' f I ' ﬁre’ uwre bemg ll" lltttbt 1- (HI H-0 ("'‘'“l . l:llI‘itlll‘ i: lll'l)\:'itlllIl‘.“:2)l(I"(l‘Illrll‘lhl rl?!illt|Illu;§l"t)’ I

Fish River or Al'Cll' tum.-2; at l It It gi . , - those 60 days they lI‘:l\'t'llt'tl tttt:.~‘:-;tlttlly”ttt ,‘,‘,:',l:,":::“,:'£::;::"';::.Lal::;";:'_‘;£‘:{° "Allie!" opt-n craft in it \\llltl.ltl t~lttttttv.._ It\'t t.‘:l."_iW§ "h_‘L_"my 5', 6000 R2’: InLi|l:|°-

lttld dry clothes or til pt tut tlt v llIilHI\l t-' "M 1- , . - '. - -.t at titttl \\ L-cg lndiun ~ yitins already .u II, it l|('l Illggt it. the genus dmscoroca;

and never eat Ctltllit tl \'lt‘llI.'tl.- t .\t-t-pt ._.tt 5 kn rare occasions tvhett llll'\ in:ttlt- it ltlll-.' it it i‘ ,, ,_, _ . . _ _ I . . H. l- \t t_t u.llttt-nt trottitliese in its speci- M I)t-ctitsne's experiments

by means ol a lamp. l'l;i- pttttv oi .~'lX't't‘ll. ,3‘, ,.,,,,,._u,,_m_

Franklin's party. “it: think the litrcgt-iii:_: ii::rt'nli\'t' is ::m;;lt- corroboration of tho \I\l.~tlI'lll ol tut-

glltqt fl‘llCl(ll(‘Sai ofthe llllgﬂl‘, dpgcending pert. I i : p. ittltcttltirly to the dt-ptli of a yard, if thg It I |'Il' . .-tttl is ltmst: Ctltltlgll to allow them, in

l’l“°°3- ' :t'_\ll.:lll'lCill, ciitwiliing l'rt-tn right go kl}

One word in concltt-itttt us: to 1! l‘ i~'t-.-ml.‘-_'\\‘o _v:ttd- in height, of it violet colour’ lin Expedition. The tw.- vt-.-.~tl-, lit-rt-:t,- with small whitish specks; and when ng; and 'l‘error—left Ettglntttl in l.~'l‘t —-\\t‘l't.' at.-tnit.-ntlly supported, ittratlsontheground last heard of in It-H5. 'l‘lit-_t pt-t-lt:t'.ti_v trtt-tl tut-llllg; lit-t ly at the joints. In China’ several pasages, but “I ll’ lHllllI'tl try the: ‘ mis pltint has long been in extensive circa:

ice, and finally in I318 \\t'l'l'(‘|‘l15l|"‘l. llrtt-‘litll-ill, _ tmtler the

f S ' I ' hably in Vit.-torin .‘irptt~=. Matty of lllvltilltll M. .\lontigny, Mme 0 mu. m’

through whom it we;

crew ‘I l,It 2. -l ;t.-_-_- 't-.l:-- '- ' - oll‘ Wlsllllnllitis I“ win um“ tmlnti l‘ M‘ Ill ll‘ : tiill |'Ll('d lhlm" hhangpao '0 P.".’ relmﬂ‘ ‘ores th su |dIVt rsl,l pt I t‘tt \l .t I_ III ,1 t Ill. lug iy pt;ttt_lu¢tty¢_ and “named .. :5 tr ' : Vt l'.' \ - . .'|t'4'' ' ' soutliwartly t0c\i"lI.l‘(l ll(|:t"' l-\ct«-'itl"t‘-*'I~’ II‘: lid‘ J"":'.'ll\t'Il'tiis me (lhmeu H the “um I. by hcopc of t-,:.,,chtttg sotno or Ill.itl'~tlIl'_-’. li.t'\’.l“ _.-\.\‘..\,t'l,lll0 applicability of the plant to '0lIlpl.In)t 8 potts. I lit!‘ :~l':l.>«tIll ‘HI lbl.tl rlllitlll has not been prgcttgnbly d,.,,on.g,.._ “lids pt-()l)tl.l)’l&y_S[lellgl5l‘;l'| llI'I~“tll't't'I‘|»}I. J»‘tlll‘t.|lt‘.\’J , p tl';. ‘but the Frenclr ltorticulturists, who plpt ‘l‘:.l|le‘\\ kt "III ‘ ‘fl tttrtttpt hl.I;:\’i‘l‘t‘l-IL, It)?” I ::.p'til tub.-it ttt much hill!!! to enquire into it. ‘ . t - it 'i~ s I .~’, : 9 - ' ' sh“ “dun” t-t ll t 1" - l‘ illl 'lu~i -Hvl ".I"m'e' m Elm “hm”: con in so ex auste it s .t tt t.. ltrt) ' ..t It l. ‘~ ttttt-s. . but in point of ﬂgmutt ‘pg merely i-tttt their boat 'on_ mo »- .t. .t ttttd,-to llllll‘ prttpt-i-ties. it is equal to the crawl ashore to die. Illls sot-ttt-. :'t!‘l tits: slut ::t.tl tn ‘the opinion of Professor De- is certain, antl all that we t-.tt- |'\tl ..iti)tl, :« ~t ‘-ll‘, aU|ll.!l‘ltlI‘. 2. That the yield is great-

ofthe fate ofthe Ft-tittklitt I‘lKpt':i1‘:‘:!:. t-_ xtéttlst its freedom frotn disease renders oooo ‘Ht: rrnp more certain. 3. That it will

_‘.‘,,/.;.'I-Mf Iltmn sandy, _and what are usually

it -~tl.~ttlt'l'l.'tl barren soils; and [hug affords an

Tut‘. Pat:sini:N1"s lVlr.s:ut;r.--—'."Ett- ionttl Inlelligt-iu-cr of l"t'id.t_y .~uy~~: -~~

freely displayed all their treasures obtain- (‘ll front the boat, or found near it, ant

“Frotn the disrlttstit-cs \\lllt'll t..-.l< lllIIt‘l'l"\( "Hem "mung ur ""'"l"3 ‘""W'l‘"ld 30

in all travelled ' built t-.ttto--ta tl -uti “Ill! t. _ . , the most IlH'lIllllll"IlI tt\i ti ltlltttiit t'\'l'll ll :',..Iti;l,.:.‘,,,,.,,l:li.:m,lll.c,lltﬂrlmlliﬁl n ‘.wm|d .Pee.di- North-west Vnyttgt-I‘.-; \'t-iittttttl ttttt«-ii;_- lIit- ‘ ,;|_,,‘.“q_ ll,.l‘_I.‘|l”_‘_'_ H? P"g'_"c“h_‘_""!l lm‘ ice on the Arctic til it; zzntl It lltl'llt't- tn lllt It’ ',, , _‘ H” ,.,_u_‘m‘_ »u'(,'“::.: '5 .ulIi”°' Lmdle’ starting point willi--xi! titt-t~litt;§ .t sttxgl--',,,,| ,“§“_m‘mm"'l “Tml’"'m"gi“£°"K".l’h"' - accident to person or pr«-prtt‘.—- mail, it llltill, 'h,,,| ,,, X," .”m, ’“_l i_'- 1- . _|n"y ‘O 0'" performed all tltttt tttts it-tptitttl of lit! in; , .—“:'y it) tlllllllltl tllcl. " mm‘ I‘ “lemme. and had they gone out I‘ or or list: ya :i.-- -1 I“, mm, In‘ I "_‘'‘T''"' ‘fur 9|-""."‘9' earlier, would nutlul li:ttti llI'l it in-lrti- , “I. ,m‘:__| “W h:; ‘“(',"L ‘.lw:e.nn"| I-h'z°",'°' titcntal in saving tht.- ll\l:6 of at potti Ill ill I H, H ,_ hi, pmdl “T " W "ch ‘re " “"°k . ~ . in I taper downwards to

°""-"’)'r"l° Pu‘ " "'0 “Bl” ""’“ 3” '1” ‘la’ *1 ll-Illllll is lltllllltll, as thick as it goose-quill, .

- . . ~:- -' . 4. That it b ' - .- - ‘in the course of last montlt HlllIl't1-IlHl)llt’il‘il. ‘ M . . . cm‘ ° P"°l"'t-'3"3d WI"? tlﬁccc "it": reserve: ,,,;.:,;- ..,g,., 3, l:‘;ltltte critical nature of ttntttljttstetl lll tttt-rs ’l’v"""l y'""'” ‘l”",'°m d°3'”,‘°"“.""l§v bl“ ‘"1 mp’ P h i 9 .’\'l'llll|ib|'I\\‘l'€ll the twt)g0V(‘.ll|Il'It‘lIlS.lltt'l't is l‘l't|- "W c"'""""-V’ " '"°"”'°“ '" 3'"! wﬂgmv

mi papers; and the mmws mated’ dcntoinferthatthe pt-.ttt-ttpNzitiomilt-.t';ms¢ol'

every evidence of sincerity, that none ha ever been seen or found.

Everything portable was secured hyl Messrs. Anderson and Stewart and brought! back, and are now on their way to Cttnttdti: I it would be useless to recount them all, but we may mention bar it-on, rope with the Government mark on it, oars branded with the broad-arrow, piece ofbtinting, (rrtntiins nfa llag,) a letterltolder, a step of it must, &c.—nllclearly European and all Govern- ment supplies. Is anything more wanted?

The weather is described as having been “ cxo.crtible"—constant storms, with ice, snow. rain, sleet, hail, thtinder, and what- ever clsr ctinibe conceived that is disagree- tthlc. lt is a part of the coast the natives cvoticoiisitlcr ttninltttliitable—nicrely visit- ing it f.~r a short time in Summer when the door pass that way.

Uti the l~tth August, when the expedition COllllnt‘llC(‘.(I its retreat from the coast, the ;_rronn’tl wits covered with fresh fttllcn snow, ttlI(l the ice was forming; in fact, Winter laid st! in. Few further details of the last tnotnctttsoftlte lost party have been collect- ed; we may mention one niourttful incident reported by an Esquitnaux woman, who saw the last man du; he was lttrge and strong, site said, and eat on the sandy beach, his head resting on his hands, and thus the last survivor of Franklin's Expedi- tion yieldcd tip his brave spirit. Mei-t-rs. Anderson and Stewart retraced their steps to Great Slave Lake. whence the latter continued his journey onward to Red Rivet- ue'ttl'etncttt,'sntt ttteneo via ‘the Minnesota Territory to I!oatreal‘,‘wltere' he arrived on:

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the Executive is offur more ordittttry tutptu- tance; and during the inability of ('oiI:I‘¢'r*-t receive the communication and to take ton-It cognizance as may be proper of otir l'-trt.-tgii affairs, the Executive may by the force ol circiimstancett. or drifting into diliicultieiv which the National Legislature, if made aware of them, might enable him to avoid."

l)uiuntt.i'rv or IRON Sntrs. The iron ship. Richard Cobden, says the Liverpool Mail, which was built twelve years ago at Liverpool, will repay a visit from any one who is interested in iron ships. She has been twelve years in the East India trade, and has had not the slightcstrepairs done to her? hits never leaked a drop? and will to all atppt.-arance, last for an unlimited length oftiine.

Snir Buiwim: IN MAINr..—-Maine, durin the last forty years, has built three-eighths of the whole United States tonnage. And though other states have immensely increa- sed tlteir shipbuilding ol'late, that State still enjoys the same prcemince over them‘

Tm»: Rl:A.l.t.Y Goon Wiri«:.—-lt is a blessed thing for a poor man to ltave a contented wife ; one who will not wish to live in stile beyond her husband's in- come, just because her next door neigh- bour docs ; one who can be happy in the love of her husband, her home, and its beautiful duties, without asking the world

- potato has become useless for food,

tllltl tnttiiint-tit “ furnishing at all sctisoiis of lltl' yt-sit-_ an alinit.-nt within the reach of cw-ry mm." 6. That when harvested, it may ht: preserved in cellars or sheds, with- out vt-gt-tuttng, for innny months after the 7. It requires it shorter time in cooking thanitho pot.-tto; ten minutes boiling being suffici- cieitt.

M. Decaisne, in detailin his ex ri- meats, observes: “ If a new p ant is to in a chance of becoming useful in rural econo- my, it must fulfil certain conditions, in the absence of which its cultivation cannot be prolitttble......... Now, the Chinese yam pg- tislics every one of these conditions. It has been domesticated from time imrnetnori- nl; it is perfectly hardy in the climate of France; its root is" bulky, rich in nutritive tntttter, eatablo when raw, easily cooked either by boiling or roasting, and then hav- ing no otliertatsto than that of flour (ft-cule). It is its much it rtrtidy-inado bread as tho potato, and is hotter than the batatits or sweet potato. ”

The system of cultivation recommended by Professor Lindley for Britain is the fol- lowing: itaniely—l"or propagation, the

.smallest roots are set apart, and pitted to

keep them from frost.—ln the spring, they are taken out and plantell in fttrrows, prett

near each other, in well propttred groun . They soon sprout and form pt-otttruted stems, which are made into cuttings as soon as they are six feet Ion . As soon as the cuttitlgs are ready, a eld is wot-lied into ri I, along each of which is formed a smell r- row, in which the pieces of the stem are

for its smiles or its favour.

laid down and covered with a little earth,