The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-25
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cay that they may be identified by their friends
relatives With the exception Of the coored refer
red TO- none OF their penn bsvs been er'anea Tns
following description Of each, found sod sub
stquepsly numbered by the COroner:-
No. l. Five feet inches in height hight brown hair and
light compl xon thin beard two Detective
India ink mark ON the back OF the left arm-represena
ton Of the burt Of female and two either side
On the other side Of the wAs the figure Of
slso dcne in lda ink, bearing the United States flag On
and blue ipk.
No 2-rbs is the body OF the negro John Brown. the
@ ons Of as.ss w. biz so @ p oass
poeketbook which found in the pocket OF hs pants,
had .eres silver .on, in IT, one Chilean, Que Bolivian,
No a-Five feet seven rches dark brown hair stou,
bnilt, all face, sandy whsker.; DO India marks dis
No. 4-The same height ss No 8; hair sandy red whs.
kers apa moutacbe; about forty ss Of age; India ink
letters on back o. the left hand L. On tss back
Of the left represented foul anchor and
the front cructx on the face OF tho right arm an
anchor, and a small star near the wrist JOINT
No, b-Five feet six inches; light brown h.f,; light
complexion scar apparently abscess under the side
Of the left from seventeen tn twenty years Of age
No 6-Six feet high; light brown hair and wbkkers;
from thirty ,wo to thirty 1--WE years Of age
No. Five feet seven ipcoe@; DARK brown hair and
whbk.rs from '~enty sevI - thirty years of age scar
across the back cf the right forennger.
No. S-Flve feet seven iDches; tort- years Of age;
dark brown bair and whiskers; the letters in India
ink the ipscc Of the left anchor tha left
hand small gold il the ears he left leg frac
tured above the krCc
No 9FYve feet eight inches about fifty years old The
body e that ~ negro and Judging from articles found
upon h possession he IA supposed TO have been the cook
these were hsh sperm candle, euoch Of keys And
tin match box.
As the ship 800 tons register II is hut reasonable
to suppose that che lad crew OF about " eny men.
ohab that the greater part not all Of the re nainder
will be found The cs] taln's body has stated,
was no. smorg thc nne IL the Coroner's cha:se HIS
widow, Mrs Fphraim Harding bas understand. gone
down to the beach any Of the bo5es last dscov
cred is hs she had come On rom Norfolk to NeS York
for the purpose Of Joining DU here a'er be stould have
brought his vessel rto pert.
rRE INQUEST.
The Coroner held an inquest the bodies yesterday
but facts circumstances ELECTED in addition TO
those which have Tue following s the verdict
rcnderec separate having been made regard
10 The negro John Rrovn:--
Suffolk County, the rndsrsigped jury OF inquest
smpanelled and ssorn by Geo L. Huntington, of
the soropers of county the 22f day OF February
1858, on view If ,bs bcdy Of unknown colored
found upon the shore about ten miles west OF
satisfactory 10 de- that the body aforesaid liz that
OF J. bn Brown; la he ook s.amsDs protection. 'No.
st6 frcm the Custom House New Bedford, tho 9th
Of July 1881 and that be the time of his death
about forty Of and do further say that he
Milton. strsnced lay. q tn of February,
Ia. sou side OF torg Island, about five nles west of
hontsuk light house
SuGoh toun,y, IS The undersigned jury OF inquest,
legally smpan.lso aro suorn by George Huntingdon,
Of The Corcners OF Suaok county the 2ld dag OF
February 1855, view OF the bodies Of eight found
dead the sbore ABOUT ten miles of Monfauk
Point sunday the 2st inst do say tba, for lack OF
testimony, VI able W identify either; and do
ray presented tney seve-
rally TO their ceaib ny casualty at the wreck OF the
snii Jnbp Milton stranded on saturday, both Februarv
ipst N. so'th -. of Long IsaDo. about FIVE miles
vet Of honnuk Lighthouse In witness whereof Rave
hereuno hsnos 2Sd Gay Of February, 1853
Hirsm L. Sherry, Foreman,
Ihos = !sNacs, Abraham payton,
Geo W Hu.tpg, Jeremiah Mulford,
lewis Jones, Jeremiah Nuliord,
John hcCapn, George l. BAbcock.
TIE SNIP.
Tho John Mlnn was a ship Of ,4s4 tons, and
rated No L She built Fair haven, in ,s5i aad
was probably worth about $4,000 Her cargo aud
freight valued nearly 800 Ooo making the
a, least siao 900
TIE death Of Capt Hsr Ting has caused general feeling
OF regre, II ghout the whole community and parcu
larry by the ocmmerc,a, ciass, among sbom he hat a
high reputation captain The display among the
Shipping Il the flags at bali mas, em proper nak
o. respect for sorths and energeic aud uteni
gent member OF the profession "a which he belonged.
LITTER TO THE sECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF
UNDERWRITERS.
The following copy OF letter received by Ell wood
Walter Esq secretary Of the Board Of Under rriters
MoSrAUK, Feb %, 1855
wrote yop note YESTERDAY, informing you OF the
oss OF the Joha sitou OF New Beotord ami sent man
from hero With orders 20 90 direct 10 Ne Yers oy
quickest possible way Of getting there, supposns fro
APPEARANCES here that the railroad ght be stppei by
the snow
There II possipity OF safety Of any If her crew.
un.se psrchapc. some one of ber boat ght have let
ber and been bosn OF to and bs.n ptcs up by
come vessel We bsv. found no trace o but tbres of her
nosu one, ner cpR bo and he gb surf boats.
have DO doubt that por ion, uot tho vnoe of ner
eft be 10 these bo4ts after the struck rhish
sss evidently about third Of mils from shore
ftis cJnoiu-oo IL irasn from the fact TIA; .hs
bows OF toe ship 9th the bowsprt aud all the
by the horS chans The remainder ~ the ship is
the conpiA'A Or rum The shole
beng pieces te widest manner that man can
'b- bull of the ship spars sails rigging
heue comp etey atesen up eod 10 tangled mass of
and to reDrer he still worse shs lies upon
al lsdRe of csr aud he approached by a team
asaror than thiyiy o'iy rods The shore The short
est ~ay 60 get atytrrs from he wreck In get up
cn aim - pr endioWar 10 III. heisht ~ fifty fee, or
sb W Que thrc Of the starbo,rd tho ship,
hcm IN. n"w -f, -rh the fore rssiog s,tacned, nas
broken IN and gunS about three quarters of ns the
vest am snd-i suc,her ledgc o. , si-i,ar
place What loose stsr there sbou, her, snI such
rgfrg osccss spas, psuk ana other material as be
detached from the ship hss J-d for or three
mhes rlonr shorc: 'hs am at present engaged in
curing but after al efTrts n must prove ss near Q
tta' loss . uld veil be on our shore
The k-s of tb's W fated ship cotned greate.t
mystery ,o me q anything OF tho knf thA la. ever
crns under my onsrrvstor, canno, mag ho II
possible for that shio ieeg the ~estae.l hsve
struck nj thc time she dc and 40 soon become total
urect From suuri-e unit ~ O'Clock A. " on the morn
irr che s,rrcs the smooth bot IN make II
dimcuh 70 so cG cr With ordtuary b'st After 10
O'Clock the hesan 10 make but did not become dan
serous see through the dsy
NJ. Straton, who lives here, within hsf mile OF the
s'en" Of the dssser cutie positive that tn sh? could
not have struck until O. slock that rning He
tho shJrc early tnst morning, and went almost N the
place where she siruck and although showing snd
little ,hcs 10 qure ror,ive she ccu'd not have ecen
there at thai tim" lie went to the shore ag7n at IL
clck, ard discoveries boa: shore bottom up, and
going eas, found the week
have wished ary timaa morning tha; you could
be here Ter m hour o lock upon this OF Destruction
have recovered eleven ~ the unfortunate cre~ aud
robnhy tte reN, tre VIII er;rF or the beach.
truly bding 70 be n the midst of such scene
and trninr nerd u tho destruction property great az
th WREN we twn from tie wreck and lok upon fol
ov men who have been snechcd 10 a nomen from time
to eternity. But the orf rcccych and may the mercy
Of the lord uphold the sf1itted
The Singular AMrny at Astoria
MR.. COoPE AND HIs psrGursR HErp To gArT--
PROBABLE ISDICTNENr OF Mr. WELLS Foa AS