The New York herald., 1877-12-02


Thomas LouRhran, Thomas H. Brown,
Lieutenant Siinons John curry,
George W. Price, Joseph Hanlon,
Elias Harris, A. w. carey,
Frank Burns, Green Jackson,
Hermann Fucsy II. +. Emerson and
Cadet Engineer E. W. Cooper
Looms
DISPOSITION REMAINS.
Tho bodies OF Lieutenant Simous and Ensign DAN
ner were sent 10 Nags Head yesterday evening and
temporarily Inferred Cadet Engineer Looms' body
has been taken to Norfolk by his brother and will
reach there this evening" Tho bodies identified have
all been buried the sites marked anc record OF each
ono is IN possession OF Lieutenant CoTmnn der Green.
Tho OF officers will be rcmovcda fast as pos
sibe somc convenient place where trends Will be
able TO get them. The idea Of removing them all 10
Nag's Head has been abandoned on account OF their
bruised condition.
DIsAGREEABLE DUTY SURVIVORS.
In this connection wish to mention tho heroic
conduct OF the Survivors who accompany Commander
Green's party. They have with ready williDg gncss
performed arduous disag task OF disn-
tcrrng the bodies Of their ate officers and shipmacs
and handling them for identification; and when tho
fact is stated that in instances tho bodies arc
manged and defaced in almost defy recog-
milton save by tho clothing or tattoo marks, some
iaea Of The onerous duty tncy have performed may
be realized. Their names arc Jonn Collins Peter
work Of taxing tho bodies from the surf and placing
thcm in graves The beach where found has been
performed Tor tho most part by tho fishermen living
MANY MORE BODIES TO IDENTIFY
From all tho Information received from Commander
Green a. this time he IS OF opinion Mat there are
from thirty TO forty bodies burcl along the beach,
IRON TINS point awsn'yegn.m ~ nr mss ,o no5.b havs 2,
yet to be identified The only telegraph station with
which we can communicate IS AZ Kitty Hawk, and AZ
VIC are daily moving further away from that point,
with no telegraph station north OF US nearer than
cnpo Henry, dispatches are necessarily delayed.
GUESTS OF THE GUNNERs
Our party have becn the recipients OF generous nos
pality from Messrs. Rover, Kldder, Robbins, Heck
sher and Bradford, OF the Palmer Island Gun Club
THE REPORTS OF LIEUTENANT GREEN TO THE
, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY YESTERDAY
NAMES OF THE BODIES BURIED.
WASHINGTON Dec. !, 1877.
The following dispatches were received here this
afternoon =
ssCuRRirucK CIUB HOUSE, Dec. 1, 1877.
"Hop. r. w. THOMPSON Secretary OF the Navy -
..Pay master sanders and surgeon Culbroih,s bodies
have been recovered and buried near tns place Any
Information can be had OF Joscpn Payner. Metallic
cases necessary for transportation"
sIicutenant Palmer's body lound. hear OF
other officers bodies further north. VIII fnd out
soon as possible and telegraph"
DIVERS EXAMINING THE WRECK.
The Signal Service observer the wrock reports to
the Chief Signal OfBcer follows:-
The divers have successfully examined tho wreck.
The upper works are gonc The berth deck noats
nearly 70 tne spar aeck. oaunos 70. no sne "a,a- r
port side Is eight fee. upaer water The ship seems 10
be hogged about four ieet No bodies have been re-
covered since the last report.
sIxTy-rwo BURIED
The Signal Service observer Capo Henry reports
70 the Chici Signal O1lcer rs iolows:-
messenger sent TO notify the Of tho life
Ing stations between Cape Henry and Kitty HAWK TO
patrol beach has and reports tnat he
been informed by the crew Of No. station that tho
crews and citizens between stations Nos and
found and buried sixty.two bodies that were washed
ashore since the wreck ol the Huron. The bodies
were disngurcd that Identification will slmost be
nvc miles north OF No. station and fragments OF the
wreck far north as No. station.
PUBLIC IN POSSESSION OF THE ABSOLUTE
FACTS
To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-
Now that ii ere Is positive evidence that the engines
and boilers OF the Huron all right, that
engineers far as her construction concerned
also all right appears to be tho purpose Of the
paper scribcs those people from wnom they derive
their information, to prove that In the
nature Of things could possibly be hcI responsible
ccnsurabe for the rghtul accident, but tnat 1t
o those inscrutable manifestations OF the hand OF
Providence which occasionally astonish the world.
The whole force OF the reasoning now appears to bo
directed TO proving that the compsses blame.
.sLet tho compasscs be investigated 1t is we'll
known that the compass Is subject regular vara-
tiJn or deviation, the amount OF which Is as we'll
known, in different localities Besides this tho needle
Is subject TO certain local variations IRON the
presence OF masses OF iron, and IN the OF
ships from the magnetism which is assumed by tho
ship ITSELF There also daily and hourly variations,
but which small that they lrc usually neglected.
The variations due to tho presence OF iron the
ships magnetism change with every position of the
ship-thal Is, Their amount Is not tue when the
ship heads In direction us when she heads an.
other direction
Now IL is the business the oicer In charge OF the
compasses 10 determine and know the amount and IL
rcctlOn OF all these deviaonB In all localities and for
every direction the ship may head, so that knowing
the course steered BY compuss hc can at once apply
the proper correction and toll the actual course
stscrea The course made good will Of course be al
feccd by currents which are generally well known and
allowed io and oy the amount OF leoway made which,
with steamer gong iair speed, but little
soon learned. Some OF the Survivors OF tho Huron
have areauy. their statements, gwen the location
their point of departure. by andmarks, on leaving
Hampton Roads, tho courses steered and the times,
that, oy the aid Of chart any one with ordinary
intelligence easily determine with agooo degree
Of accuracy where the snip should have been at one
o'clock saturday morning. The Survivors should also
know something oi tho other conditions affecting Inc
course maze, and particularly the condition Of tho
compnsscs, so that " they did undergo any special
and extraordinary arrangement, such sometimes
does actually occur curing the progress Of violent
electrical or thunder storms. IL can with almost abb
soluc certainty DO determined AS there Is TO .bo an
Official investgaiion IL Is TO be hoped this matter will
be sifteu, that the public may know all tue facts
~ may appear neaItess I 70 push an Inquiry when
the orfeit but tue times aud the conuitiou OF tho
people are such as TO demand the hxiug OF response
biiiiy officials oi all classes where II actually be-
longs, aud tnat without lear, favor sympathy IL
should be done that careiessness and ignorance
IN responsible positions may DC rcbuked ana others
Tor the u,ure; for, though the blame may
ON those whose lives have been lost that forfeit is no
compensation Tor the hundreds OF other lives lost
with them or that may hereafter be lost IRON similar
neglect or carelessness, such there has been. In
the language often repeated ny officers OF mar
tia IN the navy, LET mercy be tempered with JUS
ticc." Yours, X. IL. PERSIAN.
POLL! ICaL LIFE-sAvfNG CREWS
To THE EDITOR HERALb:-
Tho Huron disaster having awakened some discus.
sion as TO the efficiency the life saving service on