Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-11

| age; gray cashmere pants, checked calico bod
| dice, lace boots.
No. I, unknown white female child, about
years of age; white worked dress and pan
telettes.
No 8, unknown colored boy about 10 years Of
| age; dark dray suit, lace morocco boots; about
feet high.
| No Q, unknown colored woman; black striped
dress; about Is years Of age; quite dark and
| stout.
No. 10, unknown colored woman, about 50
years of age; purple calico dress; black lasting
| CATERS.
No. II, unknown colored woman, about Is
| years of age; large-fgured red and white calico
dress; black lasting CATERS, with top edge
| blue.
No. 70, unknown colored woman, about 80
| years Of age; calico dress of madden color,
| made plain; black lasting CATERS, foxed.
| No. Is, unknown colored woman, about 80
| years of oge; light dress, body or sacque white,
dotted with green spots; ring on left fore-fnger,
| with black pocket-book containing s1.92; no
| papers.
| No. IA. unknown colored woman, age Is or
| 80; black skirt and blue bodice.
No. Is, unknown colored woman, about 20 or
| 25 years of age; light calico dress, with dark
| binding, made plain on her person was found
| green morocco pocket-book containing s4.16.
No. 16, unknown colored woman, feet
inches high; hair short nap; green dress, black
| overskirt, white apron, black gaiter shoes.
No. II, unknown colored woman, about 80
| years Of age; background dress with red dots;
boddioS of light calico; cloth CATERS; two plain
| gold rings on left hand.
No. IS, unknown colored woman, about %
| years Of age, very dark; hair short nap; red
calico dress. A letter was found on her person
from Mrs. Scott, of Washington, to Mr.. Thorn
/ tan 1ncin ANA nllo &c. Cal
The above are all the descriptions taken up to
about IL O'Clock, the last time Mr.. Mcclellan
| was seen by our party. There were many
| bodies lying about which had not been exam
| ined by him, description of which will be given
| as fast as procured. About IL O'Clock
THE BODY OF MRS. REED
was brought in just above Chatterton. 1t was
| SO much disfgured that it could only be recog-
nzed by the clothing and jeweiry. Her brother,
Mr.. George W. Walker, and the brother of Mr..
Reed were present, and after consultation it
was deemed advisable to put the remains in a
| coffin and remove them to Mount Holly, King
| George county, for burial. Mr. Reed was very
10th to consent to this, having promised to have
| it sent to Washington for burial with the child
| rem; but the body was in such a condition that
| he concluded not to do it now, leaving it for
| the future. 1t was placed in a wagon and
| started Immediately off to ITS destination.
| About this time an unknown light colored
| woman about rs or 20 years of age, with long
black hair nearly yard in length, very poorly
| dressed in blue calico dress, with drown stripes
| body of dress dotted with pink spots This body
| was seen to rise suddenly about one hundred
and fifty yards from shore, fully one-half her
length coming above water and then falling
| Immediately back, ioated OFF with the tide. A
] boat was sent out and in a few minutes it was
| brought in. In brown leather pocket book,
| which was taken from her pocket, was found
| $500; around her waist a black leather belt
| with clasp made of imitation silver dollar hay-
ing the appearance of brass. She was terribly
disfgured about the face by the crabs, and
| was buried above Chatterton.
About this time another body was seen to rise
| near the same place. On being brought in it was
found to be that of an aged white man. On one
little finger was plain gold ring, and in his
| purse was found 80; q brIarwood pipe, some
| smoking tobacco, vial of medicine; leather bag
containing two keys, one of brass, the other Of
| iron, but no papers by which his name could be
| identified. On one foot was q boot, and the
other foot naked, having the appearance Of a
| sore on it; the hair was quite gray, with short
| beard Of the same. The body was buried yes
| terday afternoon above Chattertop On hearing
of this circumstance the Messrs. Hazard, with
| Mr.. Pratt, fastened up to the spot, but failed
to recognize it as the body of their father.
THE BODY OF MR.. GEORGE W. COOK,
of South Washington, was brought in between
| Chatterton and Boyd's Hole, about IL O'Clock,
| by Mr.. Robert Adams, and was at once recog-
| nZed. On his person were found S51 and a
| silver watch. By the papers in the pockets he
was at once known, and the body sent aboard
| the Vanderbilt, which had arrived down of the
| wreck.
| The body of a colored man rosed about the
L mot af4a
| had on striped colored shirt, striped pants
and black frock coat No one could have recog-
| nized him except by his clothing; every part,
Gle Of the flesh being eaten from his face h;s
| eyes and ears gone, and Jorge spots eaten to III
| skull bone. He was buried at once
Another colOred woman suddenly appearea
| further up. When she rose her white apro
| appeared to cover her face, and all on shora
| supposed it to be white woman until she VS.
| foated in. On the body was a white and blacl.
| striped dress and black leather boots.
About this time two boatmen came in from
the wreck, and reported that they could see
down in the hull, and that the bones OF
THE CHARRKD BODIES
| there looked to be about knee-deep. One of
| these boatmen was W. II. Lee, and the name of
| the other was not given. The Vanderbilt took
circuit up and down the river, approaching
as near TO each shore as possible, probably a
distance of IL or Is miles, during which they
picked up five bodies, one white girl and four
colored mep,one OF the bodies of the men was at
! once recognized as that of George Tibbs, the
| deck hand on the Wawaset. The other three
men could not be identified.
THE BODY OF THE WHITE GIRL
was picked up near the can buoy, Maryland
Point. She seemed to be about IL OF IA years of
age, buff dress, blue silk sash around the waist
plain gold ring on the third finger of the right
hand, HAIR jet black, green top CATERS. The
| body was placed in box, with ice and brought
to the city last night. No one could identify it.
About 2 O'Clock the body of an elderly color
| ed man was towed in near Chatterton, dressed
| in gray pants, black coat and vest. In one of
| his vest pockets was found a white cambria
handkerchief carefully folded red leather
pocket-book was found In his pants, in which
we're ten one dollar bills; also, letter directed
| to Samuel Bailey, Northumberland county,
Va, signed by j. H. Virgins. The letter APP
peared 10 have been torn open, and related to
business matters, but was so badly written that