Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1870 — The Less of the Oneida. [ARTICLE]

The Less of the Oneida.

The T?niton Transcript ofMarcli 10th sister by- Mr - Ws • Wt Crownshield, .the clerk oi Captain Williams »t the- .United StteasAtflamer XJueida; ** . . wi ¥otoMama, Japan, January, 26, 1676. - Tho K 'fe ’no more!'but* thahk HreygjiX m 6ft® of tie .survivors pf. an awful catastrophe. We started two days apfllkh iffrW WHbng «<*>« W two hoursrtrtr'jfoofl'Wssel wAs'at-the bottom —having been runjnto_by an English Bteam<rE[lfcS4#Bsn£ tO O tire drowrfed but V>M»p.,w most miraculous,.nAttli#virt*»bf the coHlflion I Was asleep' in tbs at sbortt'teh miMRSt toTui iff* e vrnlng. The steamer st ruck ns near the forepart Of the Cabin. I foutfefcißjfejif ouiholloor, juStQXufrig to from being stunned, and on opening roy eyes I saw the wholo stent was cut off and all exposed to the starlight. dtern into-tbeoabin to see if Captain WJlliajts -was there, but could not see lilm J J seized a cap within reach and put iken -with the atrap under my chin. I> had on a fhiek suit, overcoat and boots ; ■ Ijgent tp the Quarter deck, mpt Pftymas- . ter.TuUock. -and inquired how the dis-, aster happened; I met Captain Williams* a|tt Tola him how serious thedaYnagc wsm- he was going on the bridges I spoke to one or two more officers, and finding the ship was sinking, I went into the main rjggipg, Abd in. five minutes our go£d ship, commenced to sink -rapidly ; I was tan feettabove the pail; when she had sunk stfijs'to have the water'reach me, I push ? cd myself as far away from the ship as I canid, but the vortex carriedjnedown,afid It was a longtime ere I came to the When I did I saw uothingof the sisipy -but many heads above water. I saw one of our boate near by me, and had just strength e»Wgn tifreach her. I was pftltejt ®n- board exhausted, and found Mr.-Yates-with thirty-seven of the crew a chill; but after a while we came near the beach, and made a landing in the surfjjwhere I Was just abls to gSjMUjlore, being very stiff with Jibe cold. We reached a Japanese village, and found shelter Wj jjest forlhe night, trterity-eight mi}p| ir'opi Yokohama. • I My heart is'too full to tell you mqre of Mself, although all I had went down in the snifi. 'Captain Williams acted ashfhvei/. as he has always done. He would' niff lentuvliis poetoa the bridge, altopugh h* was almost pulled away, and when urged W*ME.Yules' replied, “IWtfowh With infshlp.”' A petty bfficer urging’him to go, fie grasped the ironrail ana said, ** NW, this is riiy place, and Were I rcmaiti. God btea* trim I ths cwntry an d tfrfe world hayp' lost a noble officer, who died rather than leave What he considered his post of duty. Jhia .heroic, conduct, yas IpllQwqd .by ftvgry officer 'and man. .On board .the ship: np}£ Soul who had a station left it,, .but feqeQ- death,in sitoh a manner 4M wdwajnc.fedl proud wq were Americans, and firgra. tt not for you all at home, I could wish I was locked in their arms. Thiaugk t,wsa uptetone.'-'J •an'seeqAch and '£Vary«dkt e •tl those who have-gone* and they all loved each other so much I They were p«o»d of their country. and toak such interest in its prosperity I In that- Hevdted Mnd there were many thoughts, but only one heart.The Oneida was the *lftftf fete station. Could jtoji-see. what the popular feelinc was here n%nr every one, you jMfdnWtfrltAAnifldihe ship and her officers better than I did. We left the port under the most thvOrahle-auspices, the ship homeward-bound. All the njen-fflf-War Cheered Us, the merohafit khips dipped their Qags, telling uk of their good wishes for a safe and preasant passage home. But in one lipur we were facing death as Only Americans can do, for not a -«MkneW%hat,«£*i»nt death: Uh rough afll ®’ is not write more—my heart is too full. Hhall I ever get-.over it? is what I ask -myablfit ?!» -«» . ..-7 'V «•<•> ci >•» y ■’ »? wufl »!>'« *ri' *4 7 »sfb sinking of the 4>neifia has a paraiHrtte thwloss of the Arctia-in -September, ■**M' Ne# « ¥ork of Brown*Broa * Od.) kindted in -that disaster. *T®y'had'goid bis *♦ fatnlly • excursion to TTnfrope, and out of nine only one*wts atewnnkfsom aJluffingto it. Yke qn®<a»ati*gr’Wr» Wttpl,dowß together* bi»t he Mat|e up and got on a piece of tha-wreck, wtentn wbictelw was subteqneatly rescued AM Allen was utterly- oraahtek hwifais .misfortune, and died’ »- *awt'gsiw after.wiftd. - vwis"tterr 1 , M j v h - *•’ A FREWCHMAX'Whc Ad**m paratyted nwr ten years, unable ‘to moveF*Or*«Mak, “Tins been able tb’db both, by the jihock which hie nfrvons be-, ’yjj'XpCepfty maddtne dumb and motion’TesrtVitffljll ofWWhHferaer of his wife by the servnntrof the family.