, 1859-06-08

From lie New York TEbuar GtA.]
As the wife Of onc Of the party engaged in
the recovery Of treasure from the wreck Of tue
british -wnr llnssar, sunk oil port Morris,
on Wednesday afternoon discovered something
foatiug iu the water near by, and presuming i,
to be Il piece Of timber Tat could &c turned to
advantage, u Mr. Ramsay vent in Il boat and
towed it ashore, when i. was discovered to be &.
box continuing human remains.
At the h,!tom Of the box lay one woman Of
ordinary size aud the negro tue next layer
consisted Of Il 1nan and wonlHn-thc former
Was very tall and Of powerful frame. In order
to get him in, his legs had been bent up behind
in u manner thnt could only hure been done
soon after death, and while the body wns
yet warm, and by his side was another
woman Of ordinary size, and whose head had
been cut oft and placed near her feet,
apparently with view Of ecouon1izing thc
room an other white u,an, who was Of ordinary
size, girl apparently about seven yeurs old,
mud an infant filing nr the remaining space.
Ali the adult bodies Lad shrouds Of al infcriur
quality upon them, and appear to hare been
used more with view Of conveying false in-
PRECISION in case of the bodies being found than
anything else, inasmuch lis there were other
lnatters usually attended to in preparing de-
ceased persons for intermcHt which had been
entirely neglected. Each OF The women had
night caps on, und over one Of them was lied /;
HAuuklIC0tclt WHICH uIu pEuUHDlt QGtu laRQ lOT
closing tile mouth Of the deceused.
Quckimc had not only been applied to the
features, but it had also been placed inside OF
the women : caps and the sleeves Of the under
garments of ati, i'll lnaistencd state, with the
evident intention Of facilitating decomposition.
aud thereby destroying ali possibility OF identi-
tcation, which object, it is believed has been
must ctlectual1y accomplished.
The large nun referred to has q wound on tlc
hress4 II, tina ratTin, IF fke 1,nHrt If In tri
been stabbed; and several spots, resembling
blood were on the shirt wl.trc it covered the
wound. The lair and whiskers Of one nas
were quite perfect; aud some portions Of the
body where the lime had not come in contact,
were 40 fresh and firm, that it was the opinion
Of Or. Freeman that life lad not been extinct
mure than one week. The leg Of one woman
vas alsp separated from the body. The sever
unoe was, however. supposed to bave been ef-
fected by the nctiun Of tl,e lime. AL the flesh
peeled from the skulls, owing to the action Of
thu lime, except IN the case Of one won,nn,
whose hair was OF 4 light brown, and Whose tin
Eers were quite delicate.
From the fact TINT the sides Of the boz wc.v
not wet through, nor the nails corrodcd, il il
believed t1at the bux had uot been in tllr water
twcnty. four hours, but most probably WIS cast
into the wafer near New York sometime during
the preceding night, and "as then floating up
With tue tide. Some suggested the idea that
the bodies were puckcd with the design Of being
sent otf ia some institution for anatomical pnr-
poses, but Dr. E. rcpudiates the idca, ON tie
;.roun4 that tue lime destroyed their value fur
any such use.
Another view taken Of the afTair is that the
entire party were murdered in this city, md il,
order TO ayoid the suspicion which might attend
the carting Of d boz Of ordinary length Of cof-
fius from any house or tavern, the bodies were
,nutiiated aud forced into box, tl.c form oi
~. nj he IoJs- to 1ond n