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theOofc» asol-be)U,imTr%?^Soatofap011 mwed aQ “»*«■»»«*►THE ONEIDA DISASTER.Arrival of ths Survivors of the Murdered Crew—j List of Their Smss-TIie Man Want Ven-geame on the Bng-Ush-EiBir State.meat of the less of Their Ship,iteor!UIofF,mi*•?r.TlieTiie Pacific mail steamship Arizona arrived as tiiis port yesterday iron* Aspoiwall with the og j emnanfi or the Oaeida-s office.* and men- She was reported off .Sandy Hook at an early hour in the morning, and steamed op the hay through a dense fog to pier 4-2 North river. There were but few on tuo dock awaiting the warping in of the Arizona; ana there Could be hut few, for of the flnwer of the Arajrlsan navy wno once officered and manned the Oneida the cream lay buried in the distant harbor or Yokohama. As the huge steamship slowly and lazily made la toward her moorings the full measure of the awful calamity came painfully to mind. Where-| were those brave and noble young men who, under orders from tliefr govern meat, had constLtatad the wardroom and steerage officers or ttta American sloop-of-war Oneida ? Whare was thegallant Cap cum Williams, whose brilliant record in the rmvat service is now a part of ihfc country’s history? Where were Huldaur aud Stewart ? Where Brown, Hull, Copp ana Adame? And where those hardy seam *n who made the Ill-fated man-of-war the-pride or Eastern-waters? They had been left behind, m a common gruwtMDade by tHo recblead and eni*d ihdtueienoa of Eltc Itototew** Chuckling satm. i* use officers, known and revered la me commu-alls; respected, beloved and admLtMd intli?i ?.°£§?a:,orB of many mend. Tt alt;Stl .1CL *®porfc or me wcud*custodians of the coixdlry’B ’Rfoior dSroK aud en-c,rclet°r wuuvea throuffkuuf £tfdlfflwn? r«that *n»Wd no w.iki IJ?. How different t-o turn lrom yesterday's bleak an3 drearirmorning uud the sorrowful a.fd mcSnoUoiv^ rescued lewan:a-•J,“£* *»wn the Hdeto'irilirbriii’fflnS?one, n here theso young officers who had atT tin*? dmiPft Fian-F Jeara usefulness unci exultedc fhem, might De seen* rusldeg lq we I-£°™f_ •‘2!iies congenial friends ttiWwill iwbrave 111111 torotc«£5fif SKLlTaS? i?SSTSS,. . ^on^fessfeit11*?101*®* sentimentJ against the Bombay1? Afterhas been no abatement in the popular pufse^WitRr st*H beats' for retributive justice; nor will there be any.It was eleven otelocr before the gangway whs shipped on ihe Arizona’s deck, and then the few who had gathered to welcome me survivors parsed ou. board. Salutations were passed from the nler to the level's deck, mid an intense auileLv was shown by those about, io luduigc in a reunion altering-years of separation. There was a lady dressed ia mourning and evidently in deep grief; a ffimor whose son wad the only line otncer on board the-Oneida who was rescued, and numerous other iriends of master I. X- Yies* James Buddatds mid Nicholas Anacreon.Efforts were made to obtain particulars of the disaster from these three officers, but each was clu-e-mouthed and refused to communicate any-thing. Master Tates and Surgeon Saffiiards, Jjofc’i of whom gallantly rescued them-elves la the collision, declined to say or. give any parnicutars about the los of the officers imd men and. ibe marveiluusmanner in which they must have *av.d th mte.ves from watery graves. Tac men looked well, were neatly rigged out in navy bine* and were under ius command of Master Yates. At hali-paat cloven they passed over liie sate wffih their bugs and hummocks,, bound for ih6 BrooEryn Kav'S'Varll* ’The following ia a list of the survivor mrnished by pursyc vr, a. Smith:— iftmiS Saddards, surgeon; Isaac «F. Yates, master^ In charge; Mchoia3 Anderson, acitng boatswain; TliOmas J3. Lyons, boatswain s mate; Tnomas Steven-soiit quarter gunner; Wnimia Tinker, quarter gim-licr; William C. ILlng, C. A- G.; James Jourdan* coxswain; Michael Murray, skip’s cook; Patrick € u u is high am, Edward Rebly and Edward Tate, j iltst class ffremen; James McDonald, John Murray, j Eii ward Mulvol and John Green, second eta*s firemen; i Albert Rugaart, Feter Kocmaii, Wilhatn Taylor, John Rushby, Wiiuam -toidersom William H-Burned, seaiaeu; Charlca Brown, Henry Sanders, Wilburn Boimer, Charles Jtegan, James Houston, Wdhum H, Roach, Joseph p. Etyng,'Christian Jagerr Joim Squires, Henry Bennett, Joiia Jones, ordinary seaman; Robert EL ITerd, Thomas Spurs, PhiKp McDonald* 'George W. Kfluirman, ' Imdsmen; William Henry, achoolmsater; Henry Wed, Joiui Lcug, first cla^s boysrThomas Bigtey, Robaic P.Do^er, Michael Boyle, Henry Gai ner, Peler Sm.th, Martin McK^il, Patrick: Siielun, coal heavers; James Stanley, corporal marines; John Kelley, Washington Past I ay, wimam Triol, P. J. Connolly, marines.Under the command of Master Yates ihe partv arrived at the Navy Yard at about half-past twe.ve o'clock, and were immediately sent on bcaitl the Yermonc and assigned quarters* Visited by a II:-: a arm reporter m the afternoon, they Wei's found grouped around a sailor, whose hotuand bare the honorable name “Hearsarge,” and were engaged in discussing the rsow ad-mirai’s flag, which hew from the mizzeahead of me ship-It was the first tame they had seen thealtered bunting, and the opinions tney ox- • pressed of its appearance wcid not very Catering io the taste or judgment of ike yohy sea dog at me head of the Navy Department.**T«e navy is going to blue blazes, anyhow,” said one Willi a nch brogue and a aim burnt face6 “be iahew tliftt rag is good enough to rep.’OjeU an amtdi-m of our navy now. Be job.” he added, .with another SMint at the bantmg, “it’s a Dutcomaa’s nag, anddfrty at that,’3-‘Yea,11 remarked another, “until they give us a chance at the internal English it ivouia.- do wail enough. Sure they might as well hoist a tablecloth as not, A disgraced flag need not he well looking.” Interrogated as *o the.r rec^ueccioa of tue disaster lu the bay of Yokohama, they had but m.t.e to say but ttot was very important* It having beencharged that the occasion* of Hie saung of the Oneida for home was made the excuse for excessive festivity on board on the night or the disaster, our reporter led the conversation of the men to that point, aucl drew from them the gratifying fact that the sinister rumor had no foundation whatever^ Everything was orderly and proper on board, and ifao behavior ot bom officers and men was all that could, be desired. The entire party of seamen, were about to be discharged from the service, their time of service livmg expired; out one expressed a desire to re-emer the service should there be a ptoap^s oi a war with Eugland. Many ot them,were Irish, and these wore naturally the most vehement tr* the cxpje^sion of hatred, for our undent enemies, the periiclums English. *' Theychargo that there was not tho Biightcsc ex-cusefor the conduct of the officers of ihc Bombay,anil that the infamous Capta a Eyre must Jiavo intended to destroy the OaeidA The pi ucuiata ot tho disaster-• which they gave were suh^6imtaily fciiosame as dea^rlhed in tae report of the United State3 Naval Coiuraltrec. ... . .The men will probably be discharged to-day and furnished transportation to their hoiues:
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Tue, May 10, 1870
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