Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1868 — Sir John Franklin. [ARTICLE]

Sir John Franklin.

A clue to the mystery enyelppiag the fate of Sir ‘Jahat JfjrflnkMp his fellow voyagers amuf the icebound regions of the Arctic zone, seems to have bein discovered. B f the reesnt arrival from the Polar regions of Goold* ,pt Dublin, late and interesting intelligence is afforded respecting the search n.ovy prosecuted'by* Uaptafo Hsll for traces or retnr.ina of the Brthiu bnA Terror , and tbeir. gust, 1807, Qpptain Hall was at H.epulse Bay, preDariug an expeditio* to Kfng William’s Lknd, w'here, from-information obtained from the Esquimaux, it seems,beyond doubt, that important records, and 6om« relics of tho Franklin expedition arc ktllj preserved. Tbo point to be roficlied was four hundred and fifty mites, north o^Repulse Bay, and in a country, tho inhabitants ©f which, were known to be hostile to Europeans o n d to the Esquimaux, living at RopuUe Bay. It was tbe opinion of jlhe latter, who are known as King Albert’* followers, that Franklin’s men had beea killed by Ijtiiig William’© men. According’to native information, the last six survivors of the party bujjj a— or wide vafiTt of stones, and deposited in it some documents and such nr.tujies as they had n© uae for or would be an nicumbrance to fbem in their journey southward.— !t is Dr. Half’s object to reach thiiji. depository, snd from bis well known reputatiou for intrepidity, energy, and endurance, it may be that no dangors or hardships will doter him from his purpose. It will doubtless cause a thrill of mingled surprise and sorrow ie learn that, after all that has b§»* done to discover the Franklin Expedition, two of its members shrvivod to as reeent a period a* 1864. These were Captain (Jrozier- and H Steward of one of the lost Vessels, who died near Southampton Island, while endeavoring to make their, way to that place, in the beiief that thejr would there find a whaler which would carry them home.—. Dr. Hail is confident of the idmatHy, i of Captain Crozier witli one of the men described to have perished, and has in his possession seTeral artibleS that bo longed to him. The fttte of the two unfortunate men, wb<vafter eighteen years’ wandering through tbe Arctic wastes, had so nearly reaehod a place within reach ©f civilized man, forms on® of tbe saddest chapter* in Ahe melancholy and mysterious story of the lost expedition. — Scientific American. —A considerable earthquake wae experienced in California 00 21st inst. Iu SanFraneisco a good many buildings were injnred find A number thrown down, Five oraix persons! were killed by fatlipg walls and tliirty'or forty more or' less severely injured, the total lose of property will amount to •300,000 ia that oity alone. ~ i . , _• yi&i. yit —John Allen, the reformed “wiok\ edeat man in Now York,” was #enk to the Toombs, the other Jay?, for • complicity in robbing a man In hia house- f 'S~i —The New York Timet nomfrrateH Horatio Seymour for the Snka^h s throne, and recommends Frank Blair as his Secretary ; go lied i! sl'.O Utlt t »S