The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-01 00:00:00

RECEPTION OF CAPTAIN MICE IN

NEW YORK.

The New York papers contain the following
account of the reception of Captain Luce by his
friends :—•

Captain James C. Luce arrived at bis home in Yon-
kers on Monday night, at half-past 9 o'clock. He came
down from Troy in the Albany express train, and every-
where along the line of the railroad was received with
the greatest demonstrations of joy. He arrived in Troy
by the Northern line about half-past 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, where a company of 2,000 citizens were as-
sembled to receive him. When he came forth from the
train, an enthusiastic shout went up from the assembled
mass that made the welkin ring throughout the entire
city. He was overwhelmed with the congratulations of
the numerous friends who nulled upon him, to grasp
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li vira.ncefiOnTire of the deep. Having no time
to wait, the gallant captain could do no more than
simply thank his various friends for their interest in
his safety. The cars left Albany at five o'clock,
where there was another company at the depot assembled
to receive him. As soon as he arrived here, from hun-
dreds came the shout, "Nine cheers for the gallant
tar rho would not desert his ship." Cheer followed
cheer, given with all the enthusiasm of the soul, till the
train was lost in the distance. At every stopping place
along the line of the railroad the same scene was enacted.
At some places where the ears did not stop, hundreds
were assembled to give him three cheers as he passed
by. At Hudson there was a very large meeting, and
the rush into the cars to get a glimpse at the rescued
commander soon crowded then from the locomotive to
the rear car. All appeared to be mad with delight at
the preservation and return of him who resolved "to
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stopping at Yonkers, he continued on to the city. The
public heart bleeds in sympathy with him, who returns
so sadly to his home, leaving his wife, child, and many
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About half an hour before his arrival, at least 500 of
his townsmen—among whom were a large number of his
intimate friends—assembled in front of the depot to wel-
come him. Although the first intention of the people,
on hearing the news of his safety, was to receive him with
the ringing of bells and the firing of guns, their better'
judgment, and the thought that many valuable lives
were lost, caused them to moderate the expression of
their joy on his return to a home to which it was believed
he was lost for ever. The train was detained on the road
about ten minutes beyond the usual time, and the people
were becoming a little impatient, when the sound of the
approaching locomotive was heard. In an instant they
formed in two lines, while Judge Woodworth, James
Scrimser, and other intimate friends, proceeded to the
cars to welcome him. After the congratulations—•which
were few, but sincere—were over, Captain Luce was
conducted through the lines, every man in which took
off his hat. Not a cheer was given, nor was there any
outward expression of rejoicing, • but the tears which be-
dewed the eyes of many told how deep was the feeling,
of joy which pervaded the crowd. After passing through
the line and receiving the silent but expressive congratu-
lations of his friends, he was conducted to a carriage,
which conveyed him to his home. The crowd, with a
feeling of delicacy which did them credit, stopped when
they came within about a hundred feet of his residence,
and only ' a few friends accompanied him to the%
door. There they left him ; who can express the in-
tense joy of her who was plunged into such profound
grief by the news of the terrible disaster ? No one
intruded upon the sacred privacy of that meeting, but
after seeing him to his home the multitude immediately
dispersed.
We understand that Captain Luce was in the city yes-

terday, and visited the office of Messrs. E. K. Collins
and Co., in Wall-street ; and under the impression that
he would meet his friends on 'Change to receive their
congratulations for his safety, a larger gathering than;
usual was present at the usual hour of convening. But;
out of delicacy towards the heroic captain, who had not'
had time to recover, either mentally or physically, from,
his late awful sufferings, he was advised to postpone the
meeting of his friends to another opportunity. When he
left town he went to Mr. Collins s residence, at New
Rochelle.

On Sunday, the 15th inst., the churches were
thronged in every nook and corner by crowds of
people eagerly listening to the expatiations of di-
vines upon the loss of the Arctic. The Rev. Dr.
Cheever delivered an eloquent and impressive ser-
mon at the Church of the Puritans, and passed a
severe censure upon the cowardly conduct of the
firemen and sailors of that vessel, and said that
men might as well put themselves in the care of pi-
rates on the Atlantic as trust to those who, in im-
minent danger, will cut away the boats for them-
selves and leave the passengers to sink, without so
much as aiding even in the construction of a raft
for their possible salvation. The reverend gentle-
man concluded by passing a high eulogium on the
public and private ♦irtues of Mr. Samuel M. Wood-
ruff, one of the lost passengers, and a member of
his congregation.