The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-06-03
Arrival at New York OF Lieutenant
Danenhower and Party.
NEW York, Nav

NEW YORK, May
The steamship Celtic, bearing LieutcnaN
Danenhower, DIR. Newcom5. Jack ole and
Charles Ton Sing, survivors of the Arctic
steamer Jeannette, arrived curly to-dRy. when
the vessel was reported off Fire Island party
consisting of the immediate relatives and
friends of the voyagers started in II tug from
the Battery to meet them. As the tug ran
alongside the Celtic, Lieutenant nnnenhowcr
leapca on board and alfectionatcly embraced
his mother and father, and was warmly well
coined home by the others Lieutenant Dlnen-
hover then invited his relatives and friends to
his cabin on the steamer, and presented all to
his associate survivors. The purity then list
ened to u recital of the dreadful suffering in
the far North and the tale of the fate of Com
mandcr he Long and his men until the ST amer
reached her dock. Arrived there Lieutenant
Dancnhower was surrounded by cungratu-
lating friends who had gathered to give him u
hearty welcome and they did For an hour he
was kept busy sinking hands and ans wering
Inquiries. .. ............
While all this was happening on tn upper
deck far different scene wns presented in the
small cabin below. There, with his arms pin
Toned b hind him, was poor Jack Coll, boat
swain of the Jeanette, crazy from long suffer
ing. His brother, Thomas Cole, ana his son
John were quick to go to him, and the unforY
tunate man Immediately recognized them, af-
fcctiouately or citing both. IL was sad to see
the weeping son, soTr swing brother and de-
menied father, LINN adately after speaking
to his son his mind again wandered and he
was once more away among the ice-felds,
struggling with the fate threat ming him. lie
will be sent to an asylum. Lieutenant Dancn-
hover says he has great confidence that Jack
will recover with proper treatment in few
months. 1t was found necessary to secure
him during the VOYngA. the SliUhtpst thing
would make him frantic.
Lieutenant Danenhower said in answer to
Inquiries concerning his voyage, thar he was
not as yet prepared to talk. "There will be
thorough, searching examination" said he,
land then people can see how this matter
stands. So far as suffering is concerned we
did suffer, and suffered terribly. See my eyes.
Some say shall lose the sight of both. hope
not. One tthe left one is almost entirely blind,
but the other appears to be ut present all
right" In answer to question propounded
as to his views on Engineer Melville. Lieuten.
ant Danenhower earnestly said: please say
this for me: That l never used language in
the sense ascribed to me, derogatory OF Mel
Vile. Say that l consider him Il brave man
and an honorable gentleman, who suffered
with us. The attack on him was unjust and
cowardly, particularly in his absence. Mel
vile did all in his power, and did that well.
fair name should have been said, for it was UNI
deserved. 1t was unjust both to him and to
myself Wait till the examination comes;
wait till Melville comes home and has chance
to speak for himself" u'
Dr. Newton Newcomb, who accompanied the
Jeanette expedition as naturalist, was very
indignant over the treatment of Melville, and
termed it cowardy, mean and deserving the
highest censure. "Why," aaid the DOCTOR
i,,aA Il
charges against Melville that was on the
point of inditing a letter to the press of Amer
lea on the subject; but, on reflection con-
Guided to wait | want to say that what is
charged against Melville is as untrue as it is
cowardly. Why could not his accusers wait till
he reached home and had a chance to defend
hmselfp But to stab him in the back, to at
tack him when he has no chance to defend
himself, is a most cowardly piece of business
I" If thought" continued the doctor, ''that
could find one of the poor fellows who were
lost, l would turn this minute and go back to
all that hardship and privation cheerfully-
yes, gladly-in order to save them. This life
has no fascination for me. l simply go as a
matter of business, and if am called upon to
go again tomorrow, am ready and willing to
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Lieutenant Danenhower said of the lost
members of the Jeannette's crew that posi-
bly, an oar or small portion of their boat might
be found, but that would be all. Charlie Ton
Sing, the Chinaman steward of the Jeanette,
said, when asked if he would go again, with
funny grin: "Yes, mebbe." He appeared the
strongest of the entire four, and viewed with
an air of stocism all his surroundings On
leaving the steamer Lieutenant Danenhower
and party were driven to the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, where rooms had been engaged for
them, and where there was family breakfast.
When he spoke of Commander De Long his
voice was choked with emotion and his eyes
moist.