THE EVENING SIfaUlibtl .ally, Sondayi E\ccpte4

AT TI7E STAR BUILDINGS,Pf»n<) iTnala Ai»n«f, ror. 11th St.

m STttTO STtt ftTOini C4PAM,f. M. IJf ff.llJ.v.v. Frtt't.

th* memxa stab t« w«i by twn*. toU*1r raNrtbw* «t TuCiirr- r*« wmn.-r»or» r**t» r*» MotTH C> »i*« " t*' connr#rTwd Citts **ch. By mail.thre* months, ftlJO.six 03 ob; one y*r, $5.THE WEEKLY RTAR-PnMWi*! M

ifMr ft^In\%ri»My in a.|v»iH-r, In bothc««e®» .uaBo fn^r wot longer thau p*i4 for.

rRat«t of .dT^rtiwin* fnrni«hM *F"i>l?c*Mon.V~L. 42-N2. 6,-362. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, AUGUST II, 1878. TWO CENTS.

SPECIAL NOTICES.Fta* *7* Wkliky,Fim 014 ftre Whisky,Fine OKI Rye Whisk jr,Fin# Oi«l Rye Whi«ky,Fine Old Rye WhMy,Fine Old Rye Whisky,Fine Old Rye Whisky,

a*P**TiD Warranted Wa1*a*tidMi

. .ffii Pur*

A!fD U^fADULT*RATED.For Urnntxl Mffinnnt Uu.

This Is the article we haT* now «oM for vpwards«f five years with universal satisfaction; pat op inlarg* bottle at One Dollar per bottle, or cad be hadla any quanti'r.

Notice, that we will retnr» the moaey if thisWhiflkv does act fire satisfaction or prove as repre-¦PiiUd by ns.Also an excellent stock of Ca!»fornla Wfnes. Port,

Sherry, Angelica, lock and Olaret; alsoKelly's Island Catawba an t imported Lienors of allkinds. ARTHUR ¦ATTARS, Drog*tst,

jy 12-tr Corner of Id and D stress northwest.

Mother*, Mothers, Mother*!Don't fail to procure MRS WINSLOW'S SOOTH-

ISO SYRUP for all diseases incident to the periodof teething ia children. It rehetes the child frompa l. cares wind colic, regnlates the bowels, and, bygiving relief and health t* tli* child, gives rest tothe mother. Be snre and rail fnr

.?MRS WINSLOW'S SOOTHING STUFF."For sale by all dmreUt* jyl4-*"6m

EXCURSIONS. PIC NIOEC Ac.THE KXrrKM"N advertised for the benefit of

5th BAPTIST CfcU K« H, »otake place Angus' 13'b. is IN DE F IN ITALY POSTPOM ED, in conse

fHtce of th*- d**trncti.>!i <»f th* Steamer WawasetF»r«< r.* having fc ncht tickets r«u hare the moneyrefunded by reaming them to thoee from whomtbe» pnrr hased.a«gi:-2t C C MEADOB. Pastor.

FESTIVALS.oRPUAN8' pbst1val.The annual Festival in aid of

ST JOSEPH S ORPHAN ASYLUM,siil! take place on

MONDAY, AUGUST 11, AT THE S< HCETZENPARK.

Tickets, 50 c^nts; chilaren accompanied by theirparent-* talf ©riceA ufficieut nam her of cars will ran from th^ ter¬

mination of the 7th street line to the Park. ang7-9t

AMUSEMENTS.Old No j On inhibition and Rale J New So-4!* ( at)7th Sr \ AT \7th St.

MARIRITER'I,No. 439 7th street, between D and E streets, eight

do<rs aboSe Odd fellow's Hail.Choice Oil PaintiDgs, Eti grating*. Cbr rros, %c.Alan, Urg.t stock Parr Basghiz , Window

.kafle*. Pic'iir»s, frsni^, Pietsre Cords aud Tada*>, Rii «*., Nai!*. A«-., iu the District.%f'\ SRMS CA*HR>'P1 remeti ber Name and Nnmber. jel ly*

All kinds or cast-off wearing aFPA KIL can be s«)'J to the fer/ bent .»ivantage

by addres* ' g or cnlling on J1STH,64 9 D sir«-et, between (5th and 7th u. w.

t*-« by ma if pr< mptl) attended to. Cash p-*id. fI3LD GOLD 9ILYRR, BRASS,OOPPCRTRtc",b<-Ti<lit at ft r prices f.»r a S»r-w York nonse.<)

Hooaeh< Id Furaltare bought and sold. Not^wbVnail |»roBip*!T »ttt Bdt<9 to by AUGENSTKIN,14«" P»>rnm WarUavwne d.tl-Iv*

SUMMER RESORTS.

f«noma^»

m|^l\£KSli>£ 1IOIRK.

DR. G H HRCKRNBURGHaving l<a»fd "O-insti-n Hall," -nihe Potonar,invitt* tb it- whcse*-k a ^tvaut resort Tnear »he . j r. r no«th«re. \Ci i-d c« nr.iry far*-, fine fruit of all kinds,b* atir ?, fishing, bathing, medical attendance, audall facilities for recreationAccess by steamer Arrow daily, or by B * P. rail¬

road Address Di Q 11 HK>4vENBURG,aagf e< 2* Accotink, Fairfax coantv, Va.WCM MEK BOARDcaa be had at Y \tton, sita^ at»-4 in th^ finest part of LoodoanAa. ¦ Acoarty,Va. G«od references given if re-#C^®yVo»iir-d AddnssA .il W ttlGHT, Round JhittlHill P. P., Loodoan coanty, Ya. jy J2-tf

Bush house, bellefontr, pa.-thTsfir»t-claes snn»m»-r report am^ng the A - - A

mountains aow op«n. For particularsaddressjyU lm* W. H. WILKINSON'J V. FENWICK'S

fadTTmt

HOTEL and SI MJJIB BE90BT. iaiALL the DKLK'aCIES OF THE BE Ado NG'-<1 mcc-tmanMlmlltua. Itrnu; # 1 .&u wr d*J,

SJv i»r moDih.jyl4 In ' LKOSAKDTOWN. MP.

The piiey point hotel.»Fur*i-rl» .. Tha PaTtlioB,")

_ ,PINE* POIRT, MARYLAND.

This ael>|[btfnl Sou m*r rt, aitaate on tbe Po14-niM riT«, '.jui-<1 ,,t fr.« Rkltimora/sod ^aahirrtos, mnutj ¦)!(«., hia U^snlla.I'd bj th»- ¦u.d?r.Htgn«d for a term of JT»«r». and will b« opt>n fur tbe receptionId of June.

Cr.d*r Iha n»w proartrtrrahip, tha hnosa baa b««atbort ukMt rrd -. ate.], uiakiuf ttia appofn'meuta far¦nprrior to any former a^aa- n. The table will beaupplt-4 with all tbe delicariaa of the aeaaon fromthe Norfolk, Bal'taora an t Waalimgton market*An:naeniei.ta.B<>wimc, Billlnrd., Boatina, Piah-

Ihf. Bathir*, Cr.»ine' ati-t t^nojt Oroaoda. 4c.mf Crab or Oyater Laarb arill be aerv-d dallr.

*" w*®k-O (ht aooth;ehtM-eohalf »r'ce; aervarta fnll priceiJVtm CHAB. E. PABKEK. Proprietor.j^DaMIl B O A B D.

>EB8 e

tailTwenty Sre additional B0ARPEU8 can now be

L«..ccoxnniodated at the LOCDON 1N8T1TCTE. od taodarate temia. Good faie,.ureair.a'd line acenery. Tor particn-lara apply to THOP. W.LAKE.

lefl tf Aldie. London Co., Va.

LADIES' GOOD&JaffT Liiua !.Teu TUCK >K I UTS for e6 centa,

at t> HElLEB a. 714 Market Space .Sthim Mccormick, ^PESNSILTANIA ATEN0K.H1

H*a rcnataatly on hard a line aaaartment olIMPOSTED BONNETS,

BTBAWS, CHIPS,TLUWEBS, BIBBONB, AC.,

J**.*."»«¦ Ladiea CAPS »n4 CO IP-FCKES jost recelT^d. zuA-tr

THI i.ABQE3T~A89QKTMEHT f>lf l.»nnaK SCITS, aalliuaat rednr^d pricea.atJ* » UELLKK S, T14 Market Bpaco.

J^EAl) AND 8ATK YOCU MONET.~

Ladla who hare Hair Bwttcha, that ha,a tided*T u; M c»n »a»a them raatorad to their naturalsnade in suaenor mannrr. We hare a very largeSTlfrhil t.»l t Cnrlajaery lone and hau.la..m«ri~heaTerT cheap. N ow ta tha time to bay atfetr O

1"'. 8B*lr 619 ** h " .D"wl V W tWt. | ^

t^TAMPINS DEPOT.«>1T seventh STBEET,

tr Opposite Pateat Offioa.EAL UAIK SWITCHES, Price *9, .el inif^r.«. at 8. HELLER 714 Mark" i^pa, «"* '«AD1KS1"7

PliENCH STABCH ENAMELIs th»- ksst article in the wor'd for doing np Linen orMealin It to"part, a beautiful gtuaa to the fabric.For sale bv Grocers

Bl WHAM * TO., Mannfartarers,M .. lfcU H -*st Lombard street,^ Baltimore, M^r>!and.

k"1/

(jO»S» nlMOTEP WITHOUT FAl.1.BUNIONS. TLCB AND IMGROWINO NAILSAND OTHER DISEASES OP THE

PEET 8CCCES8PULLYTREATED BYOK. WHITE ,

Sl'RGEON CHIROPODIST.No. 434 Fifteenth atr~ t,

opposite tbe Uuited Stataa TreMnry.Offlcv boor* f'om a a. m. to «¦». m

PER ONE DOLLAR4 B«»at>Hahe*i» Waehn.a- ii, D. C..IKI >"

(ISC TBSEXAMiCOLD 8PXCTA0LB

0»lt »6,H. H. HKfcPLER, Optician,

Mamt.: UMH fcTjii"

¦EST WOOD BURNT LIMB at #1 per barrel,Aaiirered to all parts of tha city. '

_THOMAS PAHET. 10th atraat,

a«ar La. aiaaw. northw.C

F. heibirger,a a alUB a<f l a,

p-, >Q" -.V.r to n P London AGO..?CITIZENS'. ARMY AND NAVY 17

M_ ... MSHCHAHI TA1 LOU.i/ia-1, *e,r0T0"<hJLHot»I.( late Brown'a.1-M " »«. .H Pa»a'aawa.. Waahlnctoa

wwi.

jomK 6. KKiaiselaICE CREAM PAVILIOS IOV OPEN,

ad partiea rappli^i Mto *11 <M Sriirr l>lt(*ut,

EVENING STARWashington Newg and Qonip.Ister*al Rxvzxue..The r jceipts from tLU

g >urc« to-day were VM3.M1 01.

StcRETAKT Bklkmap will return to Wash¬ington to-morrow morning.Posthastes Ckmuil Cikwiu retrrned

ftom Elkton to-day.Gov. Coore left for Sew York and Long

Branch on Frkla; evening last, and is expectedto return to-night.Liavi of absirci for three month*ha* been

granted Surgeon Joslah Sim|«<>n, U. S. A., onsurgeon's certificate of disability.New York City want* a million more post*

cards. This is the fourth order from that citytor a like amount.As H-rmin States Tbiatsiii applied

to Gen. Spinner, present Treasurer, a few dayssince for a position as messenger In his office.The contract of the Navy department

with the owners of the Tigress is for the pay¬ment or gtUi.OOO for the Teasel, the late ownershaving the privilege of repurchasing it from thegovernment for >4",0flQ.Stampisg Postal Cards..The Postmaster

General orders that the practice of stampingpostal cards on the back ot the cards where thewriting Is placed must be discuntinued, andThat hereafter such cards must be stamped onthe lace only.Xavai Affairs..Lieut. Commander G. C.iltze and Surgeon G. K. Brush have been de¬

tached from the naval rendezvous at New Yorkai d placed on waiting orders. The resignationof Awistant Snrgeon F. K. Hartzell, detachedrrnm the naval hospital at Washington, has beenaccepted, to take effect Dee. 31,l.*73.Personal..John P. Hale, of Dover, N. 11.,

ex-1'nited States Senator and Minister to Spain,is likely to recover from the injuries lately re¬ceived by tailing in his library, as the fracturedparts of his broken hip bone are reuniting.-. . Mr. G orge Wilniuth, one of the oldestboatswains o! the U.S. Navy, died at Bramp¬ton, Canada, on tlie 5th instant.Post Office Decisis* The Postmaster

General has decided that the postage upon let¬ters from postmasters addressed to the Treasu¬rer of the United States containing currency forrtUeniplion, mu-t be prepaid v tlie sender wlmthe tuillrgal rat-of postage.tbesameasordtn try .l iters. Postmasters should not usi th<-ir officialst >mps in payment of such postage. It is, how¬ever. tlieir duty to register such packages freeof charge if the mailing party request it.Movements of Naval Vessels..The Pow¬

hatan left Norfo k August 7th for Halifax. Shewill return to New York about September 1st.The Monongahela. fitting out at Portsmouth,N. H., is now ready for her officers. She will,so far as the vessel is concerned, be ready forsea Augnst 25th. The arrival ot the Narra^an-sett at San Francisco, California, on the 10thinst., is announced by telegraph. She toucriedfor coal and provisions, and is on surveying ser¬vice in that region.Sets from the Ykllowstoss Expedi¬

tion..A dispatch has been received at theWar department from Col. D. S. Staulev, com¬manding the Yellowstone Expedition, in whichhe gives a detailed account of the operation ofthe expedition, and announces the generalgood health of the command. He is now en¬camped oi. the Yellowstone, tilteeu miles aboveGlendlvescreek, from whence he will proceedto Muscle Shell. He expects to return to Glen-dives creek on the 15th of September.Work on the New National Theater is

progressing rapidly, and it is exi>ecte<l the the¬ater will be entirely completed by the end ofOctober, so as to admit of the season being in¬augurated by the middle of November. In re¬building the theater great care is being exor¬cised as to strength and comfort. The entrancewill be thirty-three feet wide to the orchestracircle. Instead of the occopants of the uppercircle meeting those of the lower circle at themain entrance door, as heretofore, separateentrances and exits will be provided. The wallsof the building are 'Z2 and 27 inches in thick¬ness, each provided with various exits. An exitof great width is also cut in the rear wall of thebuilding, leading from the stage. No Are willbe in the main building of the theater, a sep¬arate building being erected for the boilers.The interior arrangements will be first class inevery respect, and as a whole the theater is in¬tended to compare favorably with any in thecourtrv. Mr. Kapley and Manager Saville re-ma;n daily on the ground, giving the erectionof the building their own personal supervision,both being determined that it shall be substan¬tial and tirst class in every respect.Thieve ¦ ataches Punished An order

has been received at the War department, is¬sued by Gen. Pope, announcing the brilliantresult achieved by Capt. G. W. Chilson, 8th U.S. cavalry, and a detachment under his com¬mand in a recent pursuit ot Apache Indian* inNew Mexico. The tacts in the case are as fol¬lows: At 11 o'clock on the night of the nth of.Inlv. Capt. Chilson, commanding Fott Selden.N. M-, received intimation that eleven head ofhorses had been stolen by Indians from Mr. K.S. Knight, a citizen or the territory of NewMezlco. Within two hours after the receipt ofthe Information Capt. Chilson, accompanied byAssistant Surgeon S. S. Jessop and ten enlistedmen of company C, nth U. S. cavalrjr, left FortSelden for the ranch of Mr. Knight, fromat hence, accompanied bv the latter and twotrailers, they started on the trail of the Indians,For four days and nights the command followedthe trail over an extremely ragged country,taking but brief rests during that time, andmarch'ng with great rapidity. At noon on thefifth day the Indians were overtaken In a canonwhere thev had taken retuge on perceiving thatthev were pursued. After a l^rief skirmishthree out of the four Indians composing theparty were kiiltd. and the eleven horses recov¬ered. Captain Chiison's loss was one mankilled. In his official report of the affair Cap¬tain Chilson makes especial mention of lit ser¬geant J. I.. Morris, Sergeant L. S. Lytle, Cor¬poral Frank Bratling (killed), Islacksmith JohnSneiin, and Private Henry Wills, and recom¬mends that the above mentioned survivor* haveforwarded to them the medals of honor fromthe War department.Death of as Old Joixkaust The an¬

nouncement of the sudden death of Col. A. G.Allen, at Providence Hospital, yesterday mirn-inE. will be read with feelings of profound sor¬row by those who were fortunate enough to po«-sess ti e iriend-hip of the deceased. Col. Alienw*s born at Cornish, New Hampshire, In IMS,and was consequently fifty-five years of age.He studied law- under Franklin Pierce, (subse¬quently President of the United States) at Con¬cord, and a few years later,was elected clerk ofthe New Ham|«nire House of Representatives.Alter the election of Mr. Polk to the Presiden¬cy, Col. Allen was appointed to omcetn theNavv department by lion. George Bancroft, atthat"time Secretary. He performed his dutieswith great fidelity, and while in office contri¬buted articles and letters to different newspa¬pers. Soon after General Pierce's electlou Col.Allen wa* made Navy agent for Washington, aposition which he held for about two years,when he resigned to enter the field of journal¬ism. He was lor a time associated with Col.John W. Forney in the Taton newspaper ofthiscity, and later went to Baltimore and took edi¬torial charge of the Republican there, remain¬ing a year or so. He was one of the editors ofthe national InttTlig'nctr, under the proprietor¬ship or Messrs. Snow, Coyle & Co., and re¬mained with that paper until its suspensionFor several years he was a Washington corre¬spondent or the Baltimore Sun and wrote dallyl- tters, which were fine specimens or condensa¬tion, over the signature or "Aga." In IMP and1X70 he was editorially connected with the DailyCkf mil*, ot this city, under his warm, person¬al friend. Col. Forney, and subsequently wasan editorial contributor to the I'atriut. He wasa clear and forcible writer. Forney's SunMigCknmicle of yesterday contained an article fromhis pen, which was probably the last he everwrote. He was a democrat in politics but wasnever a partisan. He was generous, warm¬hearted, and what was really modest diffidenoewith him passed with strangers as dignified re¬serve. He was a man of herculean frami,while his massive head, covered with a fnll suitot' gTav. early hair, bis mild blue eves andhandsome clean-shaved race, constituted apicture of man It beanty yldoro seen.

A matt storm, accompanied by wind, light¬ning and unusually loud and sharp peals ofthunder, occurred In Baltimore yesterday, do¬ing great damage.g/*8an<l gnats annoy Long Branches.

THE WAWASET TRAGEDY. ISpecial Report for The Star

from the Scene of tbeDisaster.

Rftnxh Experience* on the Trip.(HDipInc Oat on tbe Mlver Shore.A Mr»l of Rowling Ear* 1*r.rible Hoene« on the Klver.Corpaea on Every Hide.TbeMenrch by Friends.A Sorrowful Nlorj.

[fptcial CorrttptmMHet of the J'he 5/ar.)Chatterton's Landing, Va.,)

August 10, 1873. SThe dreadful disaster last Friday by the burn¬

ing of the steamer Wawaset ofl' Chatterton'*landing, some forty mile* down the Potomac,and destruction of many women and childrenby burning and drowning la the subject whichmost engrosses* the attention of the public atthis time. In order to give the readers of ThkStab the latest and fullest particulars of theshocking affair obtained directly from thescene, on Saturday evening a Star reportertook passage on the steamer Qeorgianna, Capt.Field, bound down on her bay trip, and by thekindnew of the captain was put ashore atStewart's landing, some live miles below thepoint or the disaster. The boat left thewharf fbot or 7th street at 6 o'lock, with a

large number of passengers bound for the seve¬ral landings, most of them for Point Lookout.Before she reached Alexandria, the tugboat"Mary Lewis" was passed baring on boardCaptain Samuel Gedney on his return from thefatal spot, where he had spent the day In

DRAGGING FOR TH1 BODIB8Qf the drowned. In passing, the effects of hisday's work were plainly visible on the deck ofhis tug, several rude boxes being ranged side byside with green boughs covering them. Cap¬tain Frank Hollingshead, who was on board theQcorgiana, hailed Captain Gedney: "Howmany bodies have you recovered, Captain?""Twenty odd" was the answer, as she shot tJ-towarda the city. This information

CAST A GLOOMover the passergers, and many an expression ofsympathy was uttered by them. After stop¬ping at Glymont a few mom ants the bo it pro¬ceeded ou her way, making no other laudinguntil she arrived at Stewart's Land'ng, abo.it10.45 o'clock. Some dozen friends of the "lostpassengers here went ashore with the viow oflearning some tidingsof the lost ones. Findingno accommodations for sleeping here (exciptthe bare wharf), the party started onfoot tor Chatterton landing some fleemiles above. This undertaking of walking fivemiles on the old Virginia shore by moonlightwas, by the advice of the keeper of the tailingat Stewart's, who assured the party that goodshelter could be obtained there, and the dis¬tance was not above two miles. The partythought differently when they arrived at Boyd'sHole about 2 o'clock, wet with perspiration,shoes filled with sand, and completely wornout. All the way along, the beach was strewedwithCHARRED FRAGMENTS OF THE LOST BOAT,

and when about halfTthe distance some recent?hurriedly made graves were passed. The nsxtobject was the body or a colored woman whichhad floated ashore, and was rocking up anddown by every wave which came surging in.The sight was not a very pleasant one, and asthere was no danger of tbe tide taking It outagain, the party plodded on. She appeared tobe a very large woman, and wai dressed inhomespun. A little further along the body of acolored youth lay dead; next were found thebodies of four more colored woman, which hadbeen dragged ashore and ranged side by aide onthe sand. Further along were two amall col¬ored children and another colored woman,who was afterward* ascertained to be thewife and children or one Hoban, who lives on asmall farm abont four miles inland. Theywere all removed by Hoban hlmseir yesterday,there being no one to asalst him.

THE SEARCHING PARTY.Our party were as roliows: Messrs. Ilarvcv H.

and Will. H. Hazard, or this city, who were inMarch or their rather, one or the passengers ofthe Wawaset, who has not yet been he»rd rromsince the disaster; their brother-in-law, Mr.George W. Pratt, In one or the governmunt de¬partments; Mr. W. It. Heed, brother or Police¬man Joseph W. Heed; Mr. Thomas Norfleet, insearch of frienda; Mr. Paul T. Lantreup, artistfor the New York Graphic, and Tm Star re¬porter. Being strangers to the locality, Boyd'sHole was mistakened for Chatterton, and noshelter in sight, we started out prospectingabout tbe country for some habitation, andafter traveling ror miles came to the conclusionto return to the shore and camp out until morn¬ing. A supply or roasting ears from a cornflaldwas first secured, and on arriving on the beach

A LARG FIRE WAS MADE OS TBI SAND,and after a meal of roast corn and river waterall hands threw themselves on to the sand bythe tire and got a few hours rest before day¬break. Early in the morning stragglers beganto make their appearance about the shore, bothwhite and colored, and from them we learnedthat breakfast could be obtained about twomiles above, at "Eagles Nest," a large f irmwith an old Virginia mansion, owned by Mrs.Edmouia Grymes. The walk wii at one3 un¬dertaken, and a sorry looking party of sevensoon presented theimelves before the astonishedhousehold, where a good breakfast was soonspread out, and to wh;cli ample Justice wasdone. Here we found Miss Kate M. Mcpher¬son, pf Parauukey, Charles county, Maryland,who was tbe compauion of Miss Virginia Mar-bury, of wboiu no tidings has as yet beeu heard,

STATEMENT OF JII98 KATE M'PHKRSON.Mir* McPhcrson states that she went aboard

the Wawaset with Miss Marburyat Glymont,and kept with her during the tirat part of tbeexcltcmeut, until the smoke drove them downthe gangway; that she missed her on the maindeck,and the rush of colored people was sogreat towards tbe life-boat that she could notturn to find ber; that she was hustled overboardafter tbe life-boat was stove in, with manyothers, by the rush of the colored people towardthe gangway; that she immediately sunk androse twice, and knew nothing more until aheround herself in a boat and l.elng carried ashore.She was taken to the residence of Mra Grymes,when it was found that she was uninjured, withtbe exception of a alight burn on one shoulder.She described the acene on the burning boat asmost terrible to witness. The flames burst outall around and awept at), driving women andchildren over into the water. She aaw four littleChildren hanging by their harula ou the w list ofthe steamer, at-J one after the oth<r drip intothe water, the dames driving th»« off. Thecolored people were perfectly wild, aid no re¬monstrance on the part of the oOicers washeeded, they jumped Into the boat, piling itfull, and declared that It was the colored peo¬ple's boat; refusing all whltea admission; whenIt went down all were dumped Into the watertogether and many others followed, beingpushed overboard. Tbe Barnes burst Into tbemain deck, setting Ire to tbe clothing or wo¬men and children, who were hoping for somerelief; that no one could pass the gangway forthe flams*, and the acrsam* of the women andchildren were deafening.During the recital of her experience, Miss

McPhenon could not refrain from bursting outInto sobs, especially when allusion was made toMiss Maibary, who was a near and dear friend.Her anxiety seemed to be great abnt herpeople, who live In Charles oonnty, and heruncle, Henry Marbury, esq., of Alexandria,thinking of the distress of mind they oust beIn on aceonnt of her absence ainoe the disaster.

Miss McFberson Is very;intclllgent, and couldpicture very vividly the distressing scene* thewitnessed on board the steamer. She waa palledup out of the water -ome ten yards from thelK>at, Just as »he was sinking the last time, byMr. Kobert Adams and taken ashore In an In¬sensible condition, and she feels t-ixt her escapewas almost miraculous.Mr. Adams, with a number of his compan¬

ions, deserve ranch credit for their exertions insaving many from drowning.After breakfast wc returned to

BOYD'S HOLS.where a crowd ot persons had assembled, andall along the shore, a distance of tire or si*miles, gTonps of men and women, both whiteand colored, were seen straggling along thelxiacb, In search of bodies.

SCENES AT CHATTIRTOK.Our party started at once for Chatterton land¬

ing, and on the way several bodies were passed,which hai floated ashore. N?ar Chattertonlanding was found a gTave containing two whitechildren, a boy and girl. From the descriptionof the clothing, this girl was thought to be themissing daughter ot Mr. Keed. Many Incidentsare related by the boatmen living on the line ofthe river. They state thatTHE SCREAMS or THE WOMEN AND CHILDRENcould be heard for miles; that all the boatsavailable were at once brought Into service,and every effort made to extend relief. On theway up to Chatterton several bodies of coloredmen and women were passed, which had beendragged ashore the night before.The wreck of

TBI FATED STEAMERlies about two hundred and Ally yards belowthe landing and probably one hundred and fiftyfrom shore. The boiler, smoke stack, and allthe metalic portion seem to rest firmly on thebottom, and nearly all the machinery is ex)>osedto view at low water, not a particle of combus¬tible material remaining of her, and the ironwork burned to a whitish tint. The shaft seemsto have either bent or broke In the middle,showing the Iron work of the wheels careenedout on each side. On arriving at Chattertononly tworow boats could be found,one of whichwe secured, and our party proceeded to thewreck. The tide being high, the oarsmanthought It Imprudent to attempt to board her.fearing some iron snag might damage thebottom of the boat, and we mad« a circuitaround her, keeping at a safe distance. At thl-time two bodies were seen floating at some dis¬tance northeast, but the crew of the other boatseem< d to have got the start towards them, andonr boat returned to the shore, where MrLautreup, the aitist. took a sketch of thewreck. During this time the boat landed thebodies of two colored men just below us. Theirfaces and ears were completely eaten off bycrabs, leaving the teeth, and bones of the faceclean. In the pockets of one of these men werefound a memorandum book, from which it ap¬peared .that his name was Ko la Rice fromWashington. He waa evidently a young man.A silver watch, w ith gold plated chain at¬tached, was found In his vest pocket; linenpants, black coat. The other man was so muchdisfigured about the face that recognition wouldhave been impossible by his nearest friendsHe was dressed in dark clothing and gaiterboots. While sitting on a log of drift woodwhere Mr. Lautreup was engaged in sketchingthe wreck, the body of a colored boy driftedashore near by and was dragged oat on thesand.By this tiaic the shore was

DOTTED FOR MILESwith people watching for bodies afloat, and allthe row and sail boats available were m imedand put oat to pick them up. The wind fresh¬ened up, making the water rough, which hadthe tendency to bring up the bodies, and forhours the boats were incessantly occupied ingrappling them and towing them in. BetweenBo>d's Bole and Chatterton the shore was linedwith pieces of the wreck, among other thingsmany peach boxes and hen coops, and abouthalf-way between the points named was the ill-fated life-boat, with herQntire sternont. Shred*of clothing,HATS AMD BONNBTS, FANS ASD SMALLER AR

TICLES,were floating promiscuously about in the surf.During the morning five more bodies of coloredwomen were caught and towed in, and thestench from all these corpse* alter the sunbeamed oat hot was intolerable.At Chatterton we met Mr. O. O. McClelland,

a magistrate of King George county, with a

corps ot laborers, who set to work burying thebodies at the base of the river bluffs. Also,Messrs. Kobert Adams, (who saved Miss Mc¬pherson,) George T. Lee, Price Hamilton, Na¬thaniel Bnrchell, and Dan'l Mifflin, who statedthat they had recovered nineteen bodies daringthe forenoon of yesterday. These gentlemsnall have done good service, both in saving per¬sons from the wreck daring the tire and incein recovering bodies from the water. Mr. Mc¬Clelland stated that he had been authorized :.yCapt. Gedney to burv the bodies, take chargeof any valuables which might be iOund onthem; take

A FI LL DESCRIPTIONof the clothing, and number the grave*, retain¬ing a full record of such description corresj>oad-ing to each gTave, so that friends of the lost canhave the bodies disinterred at their leisure.Just north of Chatterton landing was found agrave where, we were informed, were buriedtwo children, a white boy and girl. From thedescription given of the girl, Mr. Keed, ono ofour party, thought it must be his little neice,daughter of Policeman Keed, and later In theday the children were uncovered, but Mr. Keedtailed to recognize her, and the little childrenwere covered over again.

A KATUEB AM> DAVGUTEBSAVED.Here we found Mr. Chas. Haburn, who lives

near the court-house. This gentleman, withhis little daughter, about live years old, was onboard the Wawaset, and seeing the confusion,he seized his little girl and jumped overbjardin deep water, and swam ashore safely. Laterin the day we came across Mr. McClelland, whostated that be hail buried twenty-two bodies;that it was impossible to And a colored aan whocould be prevailed upon to assist him, aad hisassistants were all white men. The aoloredpeople there all seemed to have a superstitioushorror of

TOUCHING A CORPSE.Col. l.ewts, a neighboring farmer, was present,

and hailed a colored man named Dan, who wmlooking on while the men were at work digginggraves. Dan came up, and Col. Lewis askedhim why he did not jump in and assist in bury¬ing bis own color. Dan shrugged his shouldersand replied, "I can't get up the heart to do It"Said Col. Lewis, "You mean that you are afraidto work." " No," said Dan, " I never wouldhave any more lack if I should touch one ofthem i oor corpusses." It appears to be thegeneral belief among the colored people In thissection that bad lock will follow them if theytouch a dead person.

DESCRlrTIOa OF THB BODIES FQCRD.From Mr. McClelland a description list was

obtained as follows:Giave No. 1, unknown colored woman, »» or

22 years of age.S feet 2 inches high; calioodrew, white ground, with broad blue stripes,and purple vine on sk'rt, made plain; whiteboddice, dotted with sr.*'.: blue spots.No. 2, unknown oolortsi woman, 25 or 30 years

of age; black skirt, with three flounces, andoverskirt; boddice of stripped calioo; blacklasting gaiters, foxed with morocco.No. 3, unknown colored woman, 00 years of

age; black drees; black lasting gaiters.No. 4, unknown colored male Infant, about 10

months aid, (slnoe identified )No. 5, unknown girl, 9 or . years of age; stri¬

ped dress and black baaqoe, )et*oe identifiedby Its mother living near Boyd's Hole.)

No. 6, unknown white boy, about 7 years of»*«.; gray caeslmer*pants, checked calico bod-dice, lace boots.No. T, unknown white female child, about

year* of age; whit* worked dress and pan-telettes.No 8, unknown colored boy. about 10 years of

age; dark dray suit, lace morocco bjots, about4 feet high.No. 9, unknown colored woman: blacr striped

dross; about 2J year* or age; quite dark andstout.No. 10, unknown colored woman, about 30

years of age; purple c«lico drea>; black lastinggaiters.No. 11, unknown colored woman, about 31

years of age; large-figured red and white calicodress; black lasting gaiters, with top edgeblue.No. 12, unknown colored woman, about 30

years of age; calico dress of madder color,made plain; black lasting gaiters, foxed.No. 13, unknown colored woman, about 30

years of oge; light dress, body or sacque white,dotted with green spots; ring on left fore-finger,with black pocket-book containing #1.92; no

papers.No. 14. unknown colored woman, age 35 or

30; black skirt and blue boddice.No. 15, unknown colored woman, about 20 or

85 years of age; light calico dress, with darkbinding, made plain; on her person was founda green morocco pocket-book containing #4.16.No. 16, unknown colored woman, 4 feet 6

inches high; hair short nap; green dress, blackoversklrt, white apron, black gaiter shoes-No. 17, unknown colored woman, about 30

years of age; black-ground dress with red dots:boddioQof light calico; cloth gaiters; two plaingold ring* on left hand.No. 18, unknown colored woman, about 25

years of age, very dark; hair short nap; redcalico dress. A letter was found on her personfrom a Mrs. Scott, of Washington, to Mr. Thorn¬ton, enclosing one dollar for Salem church.The above are all the descriptions taken up to

about 11 o'clock, the last time Mr. McClellanwas seen by our party. There were manybodies lying about which had not been exam¬ined by him, description of which will be givenas fast as procured. About 11 o'clock

THE ISODY OF MRS. REKDwas brought in just above Chatterton. It wasso much disfigured that it could only be recoenized by the clothing and jewelry. Her brother,Mr. George W. Walker, and the brother of Mr.Keed were present, and after consultation itwas deemed advisable to put the remains in acoffin and remove tUem to Mount Holly, KingGeorge county, for burial. Mr. Keed was veryloth to consent to this, having promised tohaviit sent to Washington for burial with the children; but the body was in such a condition thafhe concluded not to do it now, leavin- it forthe future. It was placed in a wagon anistarted immediately oil toOts destination.About this time au unknown light colored

woman about 25 or 20 years of age, with longblack hair nearly a yard in length, very poorlvdressed in blue calico dress, with drown strir.es.body of dress dotted with pink spots. This bodywas seen to rise suddenly about one hundredand fifty yards from shore, fully one-half herlength coming above water and then fallingimmediately back, floated oil with the tide Aboat was sent out and in a few minutes it wasbrought in. In a brown leather pocket book ,

which was taken from her pocket, was found'M.66; around her waist a black leather beltwith clasp made of imitation silver dollar hav¬ing the appearance of brass. She was terrlMydisfigured about the face by the crabs, andwas buried above Chatterton.About this time another body was seen to rise

near the same place. On being brought in it wt-fourul t° be that of an aged white man. On on.little finger was a plain gold ring, and in hi.purse was found *9; a briarwood pipe, som-smoking tobacco, vial or medicine; leather bagcontaining two key*, one of brass, the other ofiron, but no papers by which his name could beIdentified. On one foot was a boot, and theother foot naked, having the appearance of aeore on it; the hair was quite gray, with shortbeard of the same. The bodv was buried yes¬terday afternoon above Chatterton. On hearingof this circumstance the Messrs. Hazard, withMr. Pratt, hastened up to the spot, but failedto recognize it as the body of their lather.

THE BODY or MR. GEORGE W. COOK,of South Washington, was brought in betweenChatterton and Boyd's Hole, about 12 o'clockby Mr. Kobert Adams, and was at once reoog-nized. On his person were found *61 ami asilver watch. By the papers in the pockets hewas at once known, and the body sent aboardthe Vandcrbilt, which had arrived down oil th"wreck.The body of a colored man rosed about the

same spot shortly alter, and was towed in. Ithad on a striped colored shirt, striped pantsand Mack frock coat. No one could havereov-nlzed him except by his clothing; every partcle of the flesh being eaten from his face lieyes *n<* earP gone, and lorge spots eaten tott'skull-bone. He was buried at once.Another colored woman suddenly appear?

lurther up. When she rose her white apr<>appeared to cover her lace, and all on sbosupposed it to be a white woman until she wfloated in. On the body was a white and blastriped dress and black leather boots.About til.8 time two boatmen came in from

the wreck, and reported that they could seedown in the hull, and that the bones of

THE CHARRED BODIESthere looked to be about knee-deep. One ofthese boatmen was W. H. Lee, and the name ofthe other was not given. The Vanderbilt tooka circuit up and down the river, approachingas near to each shore as possible, probably adistance of 12 or 15 m.les, during which theypicked up five bodies, one white girl and (oarcolored men,one of tlie bodies ol the men was atOhcS r&cOgii. zed as that of George Tibbs, thedeck hand on the Wawaset. The other threemen could not be identified.

THE BODY <>F THE WHITE GIRLwas picked up near the can buoy, MarylandPoint. She seemed to be about 12 or 14 years ofage,bull drciS. blue silk sash around the w&'stplain gold ring on the third linger of the righthand, hair jet black, green top gaiters. Thebody was placed in a box, with ice, and broughtto the city last night. No one could identity itAbout 2 o'clock the body of an elderly color¬

ed man vas towed in near Chatterton, dressedin gray pants, black coat and vest. In one ofhis vest pot kets was found a white cambrichandkerchief carefully folded; a red leatherpocket-1 ook was fpund in his pants, in whichwere ten one dollar bills; also, a letter directodto 8amuel Bailey, Northumberland county.Va., signed by J. H. Wiggins. The letter ap¬pealed to have been torn open, and related tobusir.ee* matters, but was so badly written tnatit could not be deciphered It i* most likely hisname was Bailey.Many incidents are related by the boatmen

about the shores. One, that a large bull on thedeck of the Wawaset could be heard bellowingwith pain from the Sre wnich swept over thedeck, and soon afterwards he floated ashorecompletely cooked.

TWO LITTLE PIOSbroke loose from their coop and swain ashoreunhurt, and were eaught by some colored men

BOBBIltG THE DEAD.One of the worst features among the shore

scene* n, the disposition amongh sV? C?torf'1 Stra«*1°rs to plunder

and rob the dead. Several instances at thi.kind were notice*!, but could not be nrnnnuby Mr. McClelland, who alo .̂Sto take charge of valuables found. Thiowasby reason of th* long extent of

bThlm un*ZUlXHby him until they had bora rifled aad the nittyparties had got off.

»T*TE*rnHT or A StBTIVOB.Hiram Smith, a colored man »Uo was saved,

state* that he wai present and vIIbmm.1low of th« life boat. As noon a* she « a* lowtredto tbe main deck the colored ,jnen took |i n.nii?ion of her by force, and no threat* or ptnua-rton or the officer* ooatd prevent them. Theboat wa* heaped full of baggage and men, andhe *a» a yellow man cot the bow rape, and*he fell headlong down with inch force a* trtear out the *tern. beoause of the daTit holdingat that end, and all in her rank; that the boatfloated off, tome two or three persons hangingto her; he wa* forced t>y the flame* to jun>i>overboard, and raved himself "Vy iwimming.The Vandcrbilt, after cruising abont the river,aent a boat on shore w ith Capt. Wood, who com¬manded the Wawaset. and a gentleman ftomAlexandria, cousin ot Mix* Marbury, the lat¬ter to look for tbe remaini> of hi* relative, andthe captain to aid In taking care of the deadand perform *ucli other missions a* circum.stance." may suggest. t H. O. X.

A DIMrf«wd Mother.Thli morning Mrs. Margaret Lewi* called at

Thk Stab office and Mated that she had beento the steamboat landing, where she was toldthata reporter of ThbStar had returned fromChattertoD last evening and might give hertidings of her four children who were on board.She seemed in great distress of mind, and caulshe had walked from Laurel. Md., on Saturdaylast to Washington, having heard of the disas¬ter; that her daughter, abont 14 year* or age,and three son* younger, were on board the Wa-waset and she had no tidings <»r them. No hopecould be extended her. and che returned to theladding to watch and wait for tiding*. SheMated that she has twin Infant* remaining toher, and that about one year ago the body ofher hnsband wa* returned to her crashed be¬yond the possibility of recognition by . rail¬road accident.Statement or a Boy who waa Si*veil

A GRAPHIC XABKATITS.Leslie Cook, aon of George W. Cook, one of

the victims, about thirteen years of age, waswith his father on his way to see hi* mjther,who wa* visiting some of her relatives nearStewart's wharf, about five or six miles belowthe scene of the disaster, and be reached Wash¬ington last night with his mother in thesteamer Columbia. He is quite a *m\rt-talking lad, but seems to be greatly depress Iin spirits by the loss of his father. He thismorning made to a representative of Thx Stabthe following statement;.I uu right in frontof the engine-ioom a little before 12 o'clock,when X saw smoke coming out, and just as 1notictd it a man came running outand ?aid to one ot the engineers, who w.i*standing by the bar-room, "The boat's aBre."I got frightened and ran back towards the sa¬loon, and tbe place was fall ol smoke, and sa«father w hen he came down the steps, and wewent on that place round bv the stern andclimbed over. I believe they call the place wecame on the waist. We got on the rudderchains and held to them, and we could sec thesmoke and liames above us. All thistime thepeople were screaming and hallooing, and wewere both frightened. The people kept jumping over the stern and getting on the rudderchain*, and I was crowded off; but I got holdof lather ai d clasped him round the waist, butwe were l»oth shoved off and sank. I let go mvhold and went to the bottom, but I ro-e inabont the ~ame place,and got bold of the chainagain. I looked around for father, but did notsec him again. I «i> not on the chains verylong.but it seemed a long time.before a boattook me off, and when I got to shore I wentover towards the Uappahanuock, and I)r. Pricegent me to where mv mother was."Mr. Cook was a member of Harmony Lodge,Knights of Pytliias, as also a member of Kv-

land cbapel, and during the war was in theconlederate service, serving as captain in the15th Virginia cavalry. He has been in the gro¬cery business latterly on "tb street southwest,and had just rented a stall in Center market togo Into business there. His funeral took placethis afternoon.

Tbe Search Condoned.A party started down at 6 o'clock tb -

morning on the tug Mary Lewis, and willspend the day In cruising about for bodies, re¬turning late thlsevening. They took down withthem some coffins and boxes, also lumber withPresident How'son, of the Ferry company,

was on a visit at Fredericksburg when tbe dis¬aster occurred, ftr the purpose of bringing toher home in Alexandria his invalid wlfc, whowas fjnite feeble, and after seeing her home,came at once to Washington, arriving here lateon Saturday. Knowing well that Captain Ged-ney and bis crew, who had gone down with thetag-boat, would spare no exertion in extendingsuccor to all who bad escaped, and that thereconld be no hope of the drowned rising untiltbe third day, be declined the profler made byCapt. Holllngsbead of his tboat, and acceptedthe offer of the Vanderbllt, and himself, Capt.Gedney, and his crew, went down to the sceneof the disaster, and spent the entire day, as al¬ready stated.

Farther Particulars.The failure of the boats of the Wawaaet i*

explained as follows: Mrs. Keed and childrenand one or two other* were to have landed atChatterton, that place being 4 miles from herfather'*, Mr. Walker, and one of her brotherswas at the landing awaiting her landing. Theboat bad . been lowered so that partiescould have stepped direct from the deckand the packages, baggage. Ac., had beenplaccd in it while the clerk had gone up to bringthe ladies. The Wawaset had perhaps live min¬utes to run belore the boats would be loweredand in tbe meantime the crv of "lire" wasraised, the panic commenced, and theboat was taken possession of by thefirst comers.the colored people. Thecrew; were all forward fighting the fire, and tbei<arties in the lioat vainly called for some one tolower It. and finally some person in It gettingimpatient cut tbe rojics at the Ikjws. and it fellone end first, tbe stern giving, way and thewhole load was lost prol>al>lv, and the boatrendered usclets, being store In.There were on board the boat 420 six-poundcork life preservers andTSfour-anJ-halt-pounU

preservers.Last winter, when the boat was being over,baultd Capt. Gedney was requested to super¬vise the repairs, and he superintended their

personally, using tbe greatest c ire The open¬ing in which the boiler was placed was eularge.1one loot, and lined with iron, aul a new jacketWM alto i laced in it.

Aa Investigation Ordered.Tbe supervising inspector of steamboaU tvi

this District was at the Treasury departmentthis morning examii.ing the paper* of the Wa¬waset, and will com neuce the Investigation ofthe disaster on Wednesday morning. The cer-tilicate of inspection on file in the Treasurydepartment shows tiiat the Wawaset was onlyauthorized, on her regnlar trips, to carry tftypassengers, with offcers and crcw, nnmberlngfifteen, making altogether sixty-five persons,and was required to have lifeboats to accommo¬date all. For excursions she was authorised tocarry more paas^ngtrs whenever a special per¬mit was asked for and obtained, but it waathetirequired that she should have a sufficient num¬ber of plank Coat* and life-preservers plaeedwhere they could tie accessible In any emer¬gency. The investigation will "je held InWashington, and will be conducted bv the localboard, Messrs. J. D. Lowry and W. O. SavllleIt will be their provlnoe, by the examination o'witnesses, to determine whether the officer* otfbfc boat did their duty, and whether the equipment of the boat was properly distributedSubpoenas for witnesses will be issued to-mirrow morning.Fnneral of Four of tbe Keed FatnilYesterday a great number of the friend* «

Officer J. W. Keea called at hi* residence wheiwere the bodies of four members of hi* fam 1>.who losf their lives on the Wawaset, namely: !>aunt,Mrs. Julia Kelly; his niece, Miss »_¦«Reed, and two or hi* children, I.acy Heed, ag ¦

about 8 years, and Joseph Beed, aged ab .or

years. The remains were in fosr ea«keiranged side by sMe, aad with the saoeptim i.

that containing the remain* of Miss Bett.were open, affording their friends an opportnlty to view the faces of the deceased. MiBottle's remains ware not is a good state i fpi iiii i siton snrt her face had been soraewhadisfigured. Tbe others looked quite laturaudtMr features bore no Impresston jf painor anguish. As the hour designated (tor the 1fnneral approved the number of viators.Meads and rafclrc* of the family.largelv in¬creased, and there were so many person*attracted to the neighborhood ot the boose bycuriosity, that the police had to Interfere to

Kevent Intra*ion. It havtw been aanouneedat the servieee would he held at 4 o'clock p.

m. at the Mb Vernon Place (UUWist South)

mt MIMAmmmiIim

I iiinmns*

foar o'clock th*mimM fortt t top t>4U« corpaas ^nwdld by tk« ¦lumi. In. a.». « >M) wsr* sh*rtly tltaratrti oantod aa.be aisle ti4 la fl-OBt of th* pulpit. Ik*bodies of h r* Kelly ud Mia Bettie Ke*d «Mkborr* kT . u adults aad tlM bodies mt IkttMhildrea *a< b by ax ywutha. TM lllkM kM-land awl talker. followed by hi* brother. Id Other relatives, rtaa ant, «M faai-ly tiling ap th* pews la im bad*of Ur ckurrb. Th* Ssndav echo*) followedand sang he hymn, "Tb* Hr.(bt For****.'*aftrr which th* p.tor read th* («!¦ etamencing . Th* Lord baa bora oar dw*lllagplac*.' TI * choir, under th* toad *f Mr. BabiBall,Ming <h* hymn, "TheanrntHHonndis¬play their >{ab" Th* nastar ottM a ferventpraver. in which b* Invoked Uod M .mpart eaa-solation to him so sudden l> stricken bv th* sweep¬ing aa av of hi* heaaehold, that be aad ha *TBpathulrg relative* might foci th* power of th*go*i>el. Although hi* family ara l**t, h* mayh* enabled, believing! a th* doetrie* mt tUeresumption, to aay, "Tlie Lord gar*, th* l,ordhath taken airav. blssMd b* tb* name of th*I/or<1" Appropriate selections mt Scripturewere then read, after which the hrma ¦¦ Oome,re dleoensslnli." wa* rang, the Miasss l>aatolsustaining th* aolo part*, the chorus by tb*choir. Mi Tlhratkaa ad<lre*a*d tb* HMB-Maga. and la tb* oouree mt hi* remarks kidthai thm extraordinarily large congregationhad don* well to assemble U« sympathise withth* afflicted. All bouarbi'lda had b«*a -allriupon at nme time to n><>urn th* death ofsome on*, aad bad received tb* sympatk*of friends, bat wbra aa *nttr* household* raitWsl away at on* stroke, th* sympathyof tb* rnllre community wa> needed Behinda -ingle ooffln we can go with but littl* of th*broken spirit. Bet when th* thunderbolts fa¬ther and fall with »arb far* a* here, and soaf-er d< Milatton. then, truly,!* irmjiathT aaadad.Here God bad »|«>keii In toner of terror. Hecould not give the aad detail of what had oc¬curred on tb* waft* of wa»er;'th* or* of See,th* scream*. th* panic, then Hi* leaping Intotb* water. Tbey knew wlial It wa* to lingeraround the bedside of a dying friend ami fallowtb* remain* to the grave, but when death comerIn such heavy and unexpected stroke* a* thl*there I* no eonsolal on to b* round except la theGospel. Notwithstanding the terror with a blobGod deliver* hi* stroke*. be I* good, and Itshould not be rorgotten. We are ton apt to fbr-P-t <»od, whose counsel stands toreror.hey should lay It to heart when these bodies

are committed to the earth, that God ha* apurpose tn all hi* doing*, and not return to tbasecular affairs of the world with indifference.They shdukl feel that It I* not all mt lite to liveand all ot death to di*. In oonoluston, beexhorted tb* friend* and relation* of the de¬ceased to look forward to the day when theirlored one* will be met with again. The chairrang an appropriate hymn in conclusion, andthe tour coffins were returned to the hi arsesand thr cortege proceeded to the CongressionalCemetery, where a Urge crowd of persona badassembled.Not since the Arsenal disaster ha* such a dis¬

tressing scene been Witnessed m that cemetery.As the four bodies of sir dead in tjie family Ofone stricken mam were borne down the walk tothe publw vault, where they ware de|>oatt*d,the anguish of Mr. Keed expressed Itself Inheart-breaking sobs, which so affected thosepresent that there was net a dry eye am>ng thoseassembled. The burial service *f the churchwas read and the bodies passed from sight, batthe lesson of this dreadful visitation will longremain.

l aaeral ol Aaalker Vletln.The ruueral of Mr*. W. S. Mas*, another of

tlie victims, took place from the reaideno* ofMr. George Tucker, a relative, on F atre*t,near !>tb, yesterday, and wa* very largelyattended. Tlie body, which arrived on Satur¬day mornlnp wa* taken la charge by Mr. HoaryI^e, undertaker, and was in a remarkably good¦ ate of preservatloa. It was Inclosed Tu amahogany coffin, ltev. C. C. Meador, of the3th Baptist church, officiated at the funeral,preaching a very feeling discourse. The re¬main* were iuterred at the Coagn -wional Cem¬etery. The body of the only child ol the de¬ceased, which was also among the victims, hasnot been found.scene* si the Wliarf la title Cily.The excitement in this city, occasioned by the

news of the disaster, continued after the latestedition ot Th* Stau was out on Saturday, andhundreds of persons remained around th*sttamboat wharf ui.tll a late hour, anxious toknow the fate or loved ones whom they hadreason t* believe were ou the ill-rated boat. Asis usual on such occasions, there were all sort*or rumors In circulation as to the number loetand naved. The arrival ot tbe tug Mary I/ewls,on which Captain < .edney left the city Satur¬day morning for the scene of the disaster, wasawaited with feverish anxiety. Tbe tug. whicharrived and made fast to tbe whari shortly afterseven o'clock, brought up three bodies only.achild ot Toliceman lteed. a girl 12 years of age,his cousin. Miss Bettie Keed; and the bodyor a colored woman named Willie Warrington.Capt. Gedney re(«rted that be arrived at thescene or the disaster about 11 o'clock a. m , andmiuediately made arrangements to have all th*bodies that » ere not reeognl sed, temporarily In-teired in rough coffin*. A description of eachwas made out and the graves numbered. Aathe bodies were washed ashore they were takento a abady place and laid out, and if any were. ¦ -* by the many persons present.bay were lntenwif as stated above. Tbe peoplef King George's county living along the riverhore, and for miles back, were present, lend¬ing a helping band. Thirteen bodies wer* re¬covered Saturday, up to tbe time be left, ten orwhich were Interred. Boat* were left to patroltbe river. Capt. Howlson met Capt. Gedney atthe wharf, and was soon beset by numbers ofpersons who had friends on board, all clamor¬ous for some way to get te the scene or the dis¬aster. A telegram from tbe owners of the Van-derbilt, offering the boat to the com|>any, washanded Capt. H., and preparations were imme¬diately made to get a crew to man her, and T ,o'clock yesterday morning was announced astbe time ot her departure A large crowd wasabout the wharf until dark, but graduallythinned out. Yesterdav morning at 7 s o'clockthe Vandcrbilt. with Capt. Gedney and Capt.Howlson on board, left for the scene of the dis¬aster, with about 190 persons, among themMcasr*. 1Tort or. l.ipeoouih. Cloak v and rlaher,a committee ot Harmony Lodge No. 21. KnuhtsOf Ptthis*, who «*: t to ?earcL tat the body ofMr. George W. Crook, which was recovered.The tug dobnson Brother* left here last even¬ing for tlie scene, having on board Mr. JosephBee d and others who have relatives among th(misaii g, Wt were f*«*eng*n< ou tbe boat.

. .Tk« Wkwaael Dlaatler.M*. Ftmtor : I mould like to know how it

was that Captain Wood (who wa* a man withsuch great presence of mind 7) did not ordersome swimmer to go ashore with a r*i>e to stopthe boat from drifting, and at tbetime to give the pasaengats a chance of savingllliemselve* by taking h dd of thl* line (shown tofliero by sonic one) and that way reach thethorcV H. It

Washikgto*, D. C., August 9,1«T2.Kmto* Star Twe months ago. while on aaexcursion down tbe Potomac, we passed theWawaset and another boat freighted withpleasure parties, and a learned professor of th'*city standing by my side remarked to me: "Isee' a terrible calamity in store for those vessels,my horoscope UII* me there will be a terribleloe* of life during the mouth of August." 1paid no attention to tbe remark, and might per¬haps bare never thought of it again hat it notI.e. n tor th* n< w» received this ni"m: ,. « !verities in on* Instance his prediction.

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We would suggest that some me»<urea betaken by the press fraternity here to pay prttperrematkt of rr*|>ect to tbe memory of Mr. A. GAllen, who was both loved a« a iuxti anl es-t f tred as a Jonrn U«r.

A t'arpef Bsgger Msati a WIFe orn Ives I rum tbe Treasury

The following letter was received at theTreasury department to-day :J A< K8i N M ADlsOW CO., T*KK., Aug.7, lifj.

La lut of tkt Treasury D'i-artm-, of V. 3.,W athinfftrm, D. C. :

Dba* Ladiss .Tbe writer was in Washing¬ton on Monday last, and among th* manyscenes, which fell within his view, of curiosity,art and beauty, tfee finest of them all was thegeneral appearance of those fair ones wbodwel!within the wall* of the great cash bouse at th*broad nation.And as was the Persian Shah charmed with

the art and splendor of Kngliah institutions, sowas the aroresaid writer alured with th* beautyof those fair ones.

I, perhai*. would rather have known son* orvou separate, but bow to form the acquaintanceof any or yoa. as Hamlett »ava that was theonesu'oa than; but fortune ravon tlie braveand never abandons tbe Jait. aad In that hourshe stood bv me, and kindly whlsperwd writ* toall, and so I did It.And in this letter I would make manifest th*

feelinfr* of my heart if langwag* wa* adequateto thus express these sorrows. I want thosewho want to be married ladles to writ* m* atone* and let me know their terms. Ton maythink that character has compelled me to wan¬der far ftoa home to Inc. affection, hot thefact* In the case are that laaauaint lugger,and bar* a pretty fair struggt* to live amongthese heathens, with auchlMi to make aaypretension* towards thair daagbtat*. So thosewho would help the sad Malar »*fl*rtag ha-manity In th* dr*arv hoar* of impending dan¬ger will writ* as* a tottor aad bid rnc Bv* Inton*. My eg* IsS aad 6 feet tall aad flsir solook upon, my nam* for this time I will with¬held , aad those writing will fur Mdiwss »C. A. L.," Jackson,Teaa.

V"A man at Sibley, low*, hdy III from th* *fllsoti of a ¦l*f Msli