New-York tribune., 1868-12-17

SCENES ABOUT THE wREcKs--TIIE WORK or
RECOVERING TIIE BODIBS-EEAREY a HUMP
RED VICTIMS. /.
correspondent of The Cincinnati CONNER
cal has visited the Of the Late terrible steamboat
accident on tho Ohio River. CO miles above Cincinnati
and gives very graphic description Of the scenes there
Having described the collision and the burning OF 'ho
boats. he says:
"Of all those who were the two burning bGats & @ sneTe
was msnand only one nan-who 81 ~ ~ % ,co,ncr ~
Amerlca. And Napoleon Jenkinsths plot % o. @ @ an
saved his valiSe spent twelve h[os [ q" n,nt. he de.
scribed in few words All that is left oftL9 America
s her lower port guard mbedd@ea @ il NJ we bnse
icani,e ON tho UIoW.fringcd bank tho ragged melal
sheaing along her bow, and seNorn 9 - tcri
io i en- i,,D, the United states sits SQUARE on tho
bottom Of the river, the baesehed inT TS :" rver
i ~ ,oyrer half OF the name painted On her SIDES
The how and stern are out OF sight and covering ntt
~ lower decks are motley fragments or IrtiShS
@ hoggage There boxes Of paper collars Shreds OF
Si"tLjpe ire stained culinary vessels, Droh9n shut
nss and gaming barrels Tie wreeking steamer era.
nam and bar - anchored next inside the lelnHS VI
c Trfed States; and inst below - the steamer lhdtr
V,ter with huge cranes chains ana pouderous diving
bell on her orecastle Along the yellow frozen bank 70
on so feet high with its narrow, slohs Deach 10 Ino
water ieansy Suing OF rustcs are squatng ON thet
launches, absorbing all tho sunshine they can, anu
watching the dragging operations Win slold iaCes.
Cbey d0ck from far and near 70 the accident Ohoy
emphasize the last syabel, aud wold Tather lreoZo
among the wrocers cannot work more than a an honr
row Of eleven decent coflns placed ON the beach
One OF them aims two b0diesno Only the fragments
of two bodos-therc is nothing but Fragments m any OF
the solemn array OF caskes Ia those collins Rre depos
tied the blackened corses OF seven unldehtlhed
dcnfned female child OF 10 or u years of age.
The lids Of tho coins which cover the female remains
arc plrtialy screwed down Those over the males are
loose aud Whoever dares look death in It's most grsy
guse may lift the soyen lids one after tie other ~ SICK
enng succession In every caSetho ieCt o Tue Douesal
buried Oft SOmo lack legs and arms None nave recog
nizabe feature left the ghasy double rows OF ee
aud from them the enamel Is gone The nre burned on
faces and scaps; sometimes madc ashes OF the skui ct
few charred rags Of flesh where there ad been ain.
knots of roasted muscles where there mad beeu legs IN
all instances the fists have been clenehed IKE Inc eeh'
and the forearns doubled up against the breas-l orc
case 80 tightly that though the nesh IL bui partially
roasted or HE homes arc wTonChed loose at the elbow,
and gleam IKE ivory In few sheltered spots on INC
they are black il the baked flesh the naked ehdcns
and charrcd bones had been coated win Iy hr. ohe
of tho males was evidently man OF speuud m0d ana
vigOr supposed that tins body. when even tne saw
agery Of that dreadful fire could not Wholly mntae Is
Gst OF the Rev KF Parvin of Philadelphia. He was
man of notably handsome form; and ON such mGager
grounds does She talk of identiheaon now rest IheIe
are at the wreck ten Is who seeking TO recover
the remains OF lost relatives and frenos Nhat mar
ROWING e5SnS MACK s Sobe tns h dasd from tho
river. Judge by cnging button shred OF apparel
tooth ring tnft OF hair II 1t be some one whom
they have loved whose beauty aud buoyant health they
have admired. saw young Israelte rom PulasSl'
and was passenger the United States ON the fatal
nigh conducted to the row Of cons examine whether
the remains OF his father lay there JIG was not ever II,
a ouieT mild youth. with dark sympathetic eyes The
expression that stoTmed hs face whom the hfst id was
raised was indescribably shocking
"My God" ho brOkenly murnuled, "do they look soF
He gazed At the others vacanty, family shiyeTng like
in the first assault OF The bodies oil seemed
alke-al equally and unspeakabiy mutilated-all per
ished forever from dstinguishablo mOftslty all shut
out from the satisfied grief O kindred and tho last holy
tribute affection. The youth sat around the landing
the rest Of the day Ike one in stup0r and when tho
down boat arrived departed without word 10 body
1t is not likely that many more bodies can he edennod
and 1t is equally improbable that many more VIII be Ie
covered The wrecks have been dragged AMI probcd, III
every portion. and again The bottom OF ne
river has been dragged with long lines, equipped with
many fsh-hoOks, and raked with pixies and gtapplng
irons The submarine diver spent nearly Three hours on
Saturday exploring pile Of submerged logs against
which IL was supposed bodies had drihcd, and IN
searching eddy formed under the sunkon outer guard
OF the America. lie found nothing save black alpaca
dress, trimmed with narrow folds Of black SILK.
Eighty-fve persons now known 20 have been lost
on the two steamers provided Of the Il bodies
manning unidentified those OF some whose names ap
pear In the list. Taking into consideration the unknown
persons who must lave pershed, the deaths by the dss
ter cannot fall far short OF 100.
CfNcISNATI Dee fJ.-Threc bodies were yesterday
covered from the wreck OF the steamer United Stncs
near Florence Indiana One Of them is supposed to be
the remains OF Lewis II. Vance Of Madison. indiana.