Show discovery and tio tion a by medical experts SAID TO BE PAUL JONES ambassador porter has conducted the search for the last five year jaris april uthe it the remarkable search whick ambassador perter porter haa has conducted tor for the body cf of paul haa has been crowned with success by the discovery of the body nod and its identification today by the highest P medical experts as tion ably thai of toe famous american admiral who founded the american navy ambassador porter cabled to wash ington tonight announcing the sue ie of hie his lone iong and difficult starch the body let id in inn a good state of preservation considering the interment tok took place over one hundred years ago 1 he circumstances leading to the disco diao overy ery of f the body are particularly cu interesting general poi ter has haa conducted the search for the last flee yeara years and when congress recently took no action upon the ta recommend recommendation ution for the expenses incident to tho the search the ambassador continued the extensive labors nt hta his pvn own expense A largo large force of bork ork men has been engaged night and day tunneling arl cross tunneling the old st louis cemetery this constituted a huge operation embracing nearly blick black covered with buildings and requiring a system of subterranean mining hundreds of wooden caskets were found but not until wednesday were unearthed four leaden caskets which gave promise of containing the body of the admiral three of them bore plates desiena designating ting the names of tho deceased dece abed the fourth showed shoved superior sali salinity lity of workmanship no plate was found on this casket and it Is supposed it was removed when another coffin was superimposed on it the tho leaden coffin was opened in the presence of general porter colonel balloy blanchard Blanc hurd second secretary of the american em embassy basey and engineer wels who haa has been directing the excavation the body was found to be well preserved to its being immersed in alcohol it wua was wrapped in a sheet with a packing of straw aul aad hay bay those present were immediately struck by the resemblance of tho to head to that on the medallions and buat bust of the |