Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-09-29
fzomE LAST.
A r;vai of Engineer Melville and Far ' of fhe lost 5 geanneste


 in the Jeannelte expedition ani 1T
 the returned survivors we give re
 sumo Of their reception in the Ea
 an the gos ,ip connected herewith
 We arc indebted to an eastern ex
 change for the account here pre-
 sen;ed:
 N1w YORK, Sept. 13.-Chief En- 1 glneer Geo. ". Melville, Seaman
 Wm. NorJs a1l Wm. Niniermlar
 survivors of he Jean lette Arctic eX-
 pIoring exploring expedition anl ii
 the party that discovered the dead
 bodies of It. De Long and his com
 parians, and L.. Robt. M. Berry of
 the burned Arctic exploring steamer
 Rogers arrived toiay. Act ng under
 ins.ruct.o. $ of the navy department, Commodore Upshur prei'arel to re-
 ceive the brave party with all hon.
 rs. On the tug, besides Lieut.
 Jacques, were Alexander Melville,
 brother of the famous engineer. Mrs.
 Demarest, their sister. and her two
 daughters, and many naval officers;
 a so Cipt. J. A. Woaten, faiher-in- law of the lamen I Lieu. De Long
 The S. s.eamship Parihia. 0 airing Mel ville anl party, was met down tic bay and as Engineer Me ville's broad ans! smiling fare " $ dicoyer- cd by those on he tug, then set up shout: "There's Melville, God bles- him." A party of the Parthia's pas sengers starled the song, ''Hom Again" and it was taken up all over the ship. Melville was soon On board the United Stltee tug and made haste to the pilot-house, where the ladies of the party were seated. His sister and nIeces were warmly embrac i by him and everybody iu the pilot house wept as Melville sob bed convulsively and held his sister to his breast. He Sat r few mo ments with hls relatives and listened to the1r attempts to utter woris of welcome. He patied his s;alwart brother on the back and atIect;onate- ly called him Sandy. Same of the more active of the Parthi4's pas sengers had climbed in the rigging and were shouting, Give us Mel vile" Severn held aloft bottle of champagne. Engineer Melville out of the pilot-housc and encountered Capt. Wooten, the age l father-in law of the late Lieut. Dc Long Capt Wooten gra-ped he hand and after saying in au undertone wep Ike q child. Melville s:eadied himself against the pilot-house and c 'vering his face with his browAy h1nd%, seemed thorou-hly overcome with emotion Tears filled the eyes ol all who witnessed this scene, and among tue specta;o ;ors were many If the Par thla's passengers. When they had dried their eyes some one oa the steamship proposed three cheers for Melville, and the response was en- .husiastic and emphatic. Kinder nan and Noros, scamen, who were with Melville, seemed anxious to ,scape observation. When Kinder man stepped into tue pi'ot-hou e, he net his betrothed for the first time Ifter long and terrible absence The meeting was very affecting They sat in corner, and as they vept they whispered to each othar lieut.. Jaques had requeste the .aval officers and other persons, not elatives of Engineer Melville nor Jinderman, not to disturb the quiet f the pilo'-house at this -ime, and eutenant's request was most cheer nlly accedcd to-
 The pas engsrs on the PArthia con { med to shou,: We want Y Melviile!' Yhen the engineer appeared they speatedly cheered him. c .'.rn2lsae as opened on the deck of lhe Par ( lia and his health drunk in mary : jumpers. Melville and fri, n Is were | len transferred to the steam yacht, ! board which were many naval ficers, an where a welcome lunch ,n was spread anl the lospitali- es of the city teaderei by Alder au McClave Tears trrckled down S e engineers face as he listened 10 | le alderman's words, 1d when he l tempted to reply he stamnerei V ld hesitaled. Then he seemed 10 e cover courage and sad il a bold f ay he was New York boy, on t ho had been brought up in the t 1blic schools of this city. He felt C at he had Ii 5ht to say thlt he c Il his companions hal done their = lty. He hld been in government s rvice twenty-two years and Lad T pod many kicks and hard knocks. I len he pause land said with much " cling, And l would have stood f my friends had they stood by Il c." He suddenly checked himself q this point, and Col. Church, on d half of the citizens committee, st ,lcomed him ani his comPani ms 2 this ely ani invited them to a q, nquet n their honor at Deinoni- n =. si Mir. Hall sad to Melville, ''Come, SC us take 9 drink" h, Melville laughed as he replied, nj entlemen, an somewh t of a te evrY time I take ink of American whiskey I feel I n, l helping 10 pay the national q. bt.'' +; Some one said to Melville, "Hcw b. Ii you look"