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The Daily News.
ST. JOHN'S, AUGUST 23, 1862.
From the Arctic Regions.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES.
The American whale ship "George Henry," Buddington, master, of New London, Conn., arrived here yesterday morning, from the northward, after an absence of about two years, a large part of which time she has been frozen up in the northern seas. the George Henry has on board F.C. Hall, Esq., of Cincinnati, Ohio,- a gentleman who was sent out upon an exploring expedition by the citizens of the United States, or more especially of Cincinnati, Ohio, for the purpose more especially of continuing and completing the history of the Franklin expedition, and of determining, if possible, the fate of the 105 companions of Sir John Franklin, surviving on the 25th of April, 1848.
The expedition left New London, Ct., on the 29th of May, 1860, in a whaler, for Boothie and King William's Land. The route adopted by Mr. Hall was one which had never yet been explored by civilized man, though well known to the Esquimaux. For the purpose of accomplishing it, a most simple ad economical plan was adopted. The expedition (which was composed at first, of only two persons. Mr. Hall, and an Esquimaux whom he took with him, supplied itself at New London with a large boat or launch, of 28 feet keel, 7feet beam, and 25 1/2 [[inches of depth, whale-bone build, and fitted in]] every respect in the most suitable manner. This boat, with a number of sledges, a quantity of pemmican and other provisions, were received on board the George Henry, Capt. Buddington, and with Mr. Hall and his Esquimaux companion were to be transported in that vessel to some point in Fox Channel, from whence Mr. Hall proposed to start upon his voyage of discovery, after having however, remained there sufficiently long to become acclimated and habituated to the peculiar customs of the people, as well as to procure outfits, secure the company of six additional Esquimaux, and such information as might be needful.
the result of this Expedition, though unfortunate at its outset in the loss of the launch, which occurred in a heavy gale of wind, had nevertheless been eminently successful. By it the fate of probably two boats' crews of Sir John Franklin have been discovered; a mystery of nearly 300 year's duration relative to martin Frobisher's Expeditions under the auspices of Queen Elizabeth had been solved; the fate of five of Frobisher's men who were captured by the Esquimaux has been discovered; the exact points at which Frobisher made his successive landings have also been discovered; especially Countess of Warwick's Sound, where Frobisher attempted to plant a colony of one hundred men. The inlet of water which had hitherto been known by geographers as Frobisher's Strait had been discovered by Mr. Hall to be a bay, terminating the lat. 63 48' N. and long. 70 W. A great glacier and a mountain of fossils have also been discovered between Hudson's Strait and Frobisher's Bay.
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We have been shown by Mr. hall a large quantity of relics of Frobisher's expedition, gathered at the various points of his debarkation, especially at the point where he attempted to locate his colony of 100 men upon the then newly discovered country called by Queen Elizabeth the Meta Incognita, in 1758. These relics consist of pieces of coal, brick and wood, and a portion of an iron cannon ball, probably used as ballast. The coal has been overgrown with moss, and a dark vegetable growth; the brick looks quite as bright as when it was turned out of " one talle ship of her Majesties, named the Ayde, of nine-score tunnes or thereabouts,"- the vessel in which Frobisher departed on his second voyage, after having kissed her Majesties hand, and been [[dismissed]]
with gracious countenance and comfortable words." The pieces of wood are merely oak chips which have been well preserved, having been imbedded in coal dust for nearly 300 years. The piece of iron ballast is much decomposed and rusted The quantity of relics of this nature which Mr. Hall secured is very large. He found upon one of the islands an immense trench twenty feet in depth and one hunted feet long, leading to the wate , [[in]] which some of Frobisher's men, who had been  captured by the Esquimaux, built a small vessel, fromt he remains of their ship, and in which they departed for England but were forced to return. This is the only information that has since that time ever been received of them. Mr. Hall learned that these men, after having lived for some time among the Esquimaux- their captors- who treated them in the [[word missing]] manner, at length built a small vessel, to endeavor to find their way home. After putting to sea, they experienced such severe weather that they were glad to return: all of them [[were?]] frost-bitten: and all of them eventually [[died?]] among the Esquimaux. These facts are [[missing word]] related by teh Esquimaux of that region, [[word missing]]matter of tradition, and the island upon [[which?]] these relics have been discovered is called by the Esquimaux the White Man's Island.
Besides these discoveries, Mr. Hall has explored over a thousand miles of coast, including Forbisher's strait, and has made many valuable geographical and scientific observations. His report covers over 3000 closely wretton pages, the material of which is made of a paper composed of silk and linen, which has the advantage of retaining its strength if by accident subjected to moisture of dampness, which would be destructive to ordinary cotton or linen paper.
Capt. Buddington had 600 barrels of oil on board, and a good quantity of bone, his voyage having been spoiled by his being fastened in heavy ice, from the 18th of October, 1861 to the 9th inst, when he at length got clear. The ship's company, during this time, ran completely oat of provisions and were frequently put upon very short commons. They had nothing whatever to subsist upon during the winter, but the supplies generously furnished them by the Esquimaux, and [[which consisted for the most]] part of walrus flesh and seal blubber. In one or two instances, they were reduced to almost appalling extremities. Capt. Buddington with his passengers and crew, appears to take a very philosophical view of his difficulties, and Mr. Hall assures us that seal's fat and walrus blubber are not to be despised when one is sufficiently hungry to eat them. Mr. Hall had on board with him, a very interesting Esquimaux family, consisting of Anne, Jack, and a little chubby- father, mother, and son- who are excellent
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specimens of their race. This same family, excepting the child, of coarse, which is perhaps not of 18 months old, have been in the civilized world before. They were taken across the Atlantic to England, some years ago, and presented to Her Majesty the Queen. Since that time they have been returned to their native country; and are now making their second voyage into civilized life upon this side of the Atlantic.- Hr. Hall bas also two very fine Esquimaux dogs on board with him.
The George Henry is the same vessel which picked ap the British exploring ship Resolute, which, it will be remembered, was restored to the British Government by the Government of the United States.- She is the same vessel also we believe, which was spoken to in Cumberland Straits about two years ago, by the runaway whalers who landed upon the Labrador coast, and were driven to the necessity of destroying two of their companions. Capt. Buddington has already made seven voyages to these regions of eternal ice and snow, although he is yet but a young man, being only 39 years old. He is held in the highest estimation by his employers. Messrs Wiliams & Havens of New London, both as a whalman and a navigator.
Mr. hall was much surprised and grieved to hear of the war which had broken out in the States since his departure. During an absence of two years from the civilized world, immured as it were, in another world, what cast and important charges transpire in the living, and breathing world beyond the walls of thick ribbed ice. He proceeds now to the United States, to refit for another expedition to the same region. He has certainly made vast and important acquisitions to the geographic knowledge of the arctic world, and has for the first time fallen upon the traces of Frobisher's disco[[word missing]]firming of them what are correct 
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and correcting of them what was previously but mere conjecture.
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