The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-01 00:00:00

ington he took up hia residence with General Giles
A. Smith, second Assistant Postmaster-General, at
whose house he died. The disease was not, as sup-
posed tubercular consumption, which had never
been known in his family, but pleuro-pneumonia,
induced by exposure during the Vicksburg cam-
paign, upon which supervened hydro-thorax, and
subsequently inflammation of the lungs, producing
cavities in the apex of both lungs ; it was only by
untiring care and ceaseless watching that his life
had been so far prolonged. For two years his diet
had been raw beef, stale bread, milk, and eggs, and
it was from breaking through his rule, and par-
taking of a more sumptuous banquet at the house
of his friend that the hemorrhages set in which re-
sulted in his death. Frequent periods of coughing
prostrated him, and for many months he had not
enjoyed two consecutive hours of rest; be was a
most patient and cheerful invalid, and, as no com-
plaining word ever escaped him in reference to him-
self,. few knew how keen his sufferings had been.
On General Grant's arrival at the depot at 5 o'clock
he was driven with all speed by General Sherinaa
to the residence of General Smith, and, leareisig
result, he immediately despatched the intelagenee
to Mrs. Rawlins. He informed her that his friends
considered the Congressional burying ground as
the most arpro,.riate place for his interment un-
sess she had other intentions ; and at a Cabinet
meeting, Thursday, the 9th of September, was
fixed as the, day for the funeral. A message
was, however, sent to Governor Palmer, of Illinois,
to know whether the State had any wish to expre: s
as to the disposition of his remains. Up t ► the
period of the war, like Grant, Rau lins had been a
Democrat, but three days after the fall of Fort
Sumter, at the little war meeting at Galena, where
Grant and himself, with Waslihurne, sat, the two
former wholly unknown, Rawlins endea his half-
hour's speech in these words :
"I have been a Democrat all my life ; but this is no
longer a question of politics. It is simply country or no
country. I have favoured every honourable compromise ;
but the day for compromise is passed. Only one course
is left for us. We will stand by the flag of our country,
and appeal to the God of Battles ." •
John A. Rawlins was so impressed with religion
in Lis youth that he contemplatedaakingAesWitinsi:ss
becoming a Methodist minister, but he finally gave
the idea up for the study of law, as we announced in
oar sketch of his career, which was again changed
by 'he outbreak of the Rebellion. After the battle
of Bull Run he was active in raising the Lead Mine
Regiment; then he joined Grant at Cairo, Illinois,
on the 15th of September, 1862, as Assistant-Adju-
tant. General, with the rank of Captain. Ile was
appointed a Brigadier-General of Volunteers, to
rank from August 11, 1863 ; was breveted Major-
General of Volunteers, to rank from February 24,
1865 • was appointed Chief of Staff to the Lieute-
nant-General commanding on March 3, 1865, with
the rank of Brigadier-General in the United States
Army, and was commissioned a Major-General in
the United States Army, to rank from March 13,
1865. In New York a meeting was convened at
the United States Sub-Treasury on the day follow-
ing Rawlins's death, when Horace Greeley, being
asked to state the objects, said :
"The man who died yesterday at Washington, of dis-
ease contracted by exposure in the War for the Union, was
not generally known to his 'countrymen, because of tho
subordinate sphere in which his great services were
mainly rendered. Born in obscurity, reared in poverty,
he only quitted private life at the urgent call of his im-
perilled country, to. which his best efforts were thence-
forth given to the close of his career. Duty required of
him this devotion, but did not require him to enrich him-
self at the public cost, and he did not. Still in the early
prime of life be had a right to count on being spared to
make that provision for his family which his untimely
death has precluded. Poor as he was born, he dies still
poorer, leaving a widow and two young children to the
generosity of those he has served so zealously and so nobly.
This is all that occurs to me as needing to be said. lam
sure your response will atone for any imperfection in the
statement."
The resolutions paid a tribute to the high qualities
of the deceased, recognised the claims of his family
on the nation, and appointed General Daniel But-
terfield, sub-treasurer of New York, treasurer of
the fund, to whom all desirous of contributing
should address. The following subscriptions were
immediately announced, that of Gen. Grant having
been received by telegraph :
rho President . $l,OOO I Paul N. Spofford ... $l,OOO
Alex. T. Stewart ... 1,000 E. A. Merritt l,OOO
11. B. Claflin
I
Moses Taylor l,OOO New York Stock
Thomas Murphy
Jesse Seligman
J. M. Forbes
Richard Schell
Dun. Sherman & Co. 1,000 IG. Cabot Ward 5OO
John J. Cisco
Morton Bliss and Co. 1,000 0. D. F. Gr..nt 500
Dabney, Morgan, & John D. Wolfe
Co-
J. B. & W.W.Carnell 1,000 I
R. Lenox Kennedy 500
John Stewart, jun. 500 J. G. King's Sons ... 500
Jay Cooke and Cu l,OOO I James H. Banker ... 500
W. R. Vermilye l,OOO Stout and Dickinson 250
Fisk and Hatch l,OOO I llradish Johnson ... 250
Henry Clews
The body was removed to the War Department on
the 7th, having been I reviously embalmed, and it
lay in state in Sherman's room in an iron case,
with a large oval heavy plated glass, through which
a full view of the countenance and bust could be ob-
tained. Troops gathered in considerable numbers
at Washington to attend the funeral ; business was
suspended, and the Departments, the Executive
Mansion, as well as the Capitol, were draped in
mourning.
Early on Thursday morning, Sept. 9, a number
of persons visited the War Department to take a
farewell view of the remains of the Secretary, but
at nine o'clock the doors were closed to the public,
and only the immediate friends admitted. The Pre-
sident arrived at 9.30, and proceeded to the roont
where the remains were, surrounded by many dis-
tinguished Army and Navy officers and members
of the Diplomatic Corps ; also Mrs. Rawlins, ac-
companied by her father, Mr. Hurlburt, and three
small children of the deceased, Mrs. Hurlburt. James
Rawlins, brother of the late Secretary, Mrs. Charles
Hume and aunt, and Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Hume, and
Miss Sarah Rawlins, cousins of General Rawlins.
At 10 o'clock the funeral service was commenced
with a prayer by the Rev. J. G. Buller of the Eng-
lish Lutheran Church ; the Rev. Peyton Brown
followed by reading a chapter from the Scripture,
when the Rev. Mr. Wilson, pastor of iNPliendree
chapel, of Washington, who attended Geners
Rawlins in his last moments, delivered withda
feeling an appropriate sermon. The ceremonies as
the War Department closed with prayer by the
Rev. Dr. Hamilton of the Baltimore Methodist
Episcopal Conference. The friends of the deceased
then slowly passed from the building, Mrs. Rawlins
pale and sinking with grief, supported by General
Eli Parker and her father, being the first to leave
the room :

" The funeral procession started at about 11 o'clock,
headed by the full Marine band, followed by a battalion
of Marines and artillery on foot ; a squadron of cavalry
and a battery of light artillery forming the military
escort. The hearse, trimmed with black plumes, was
drawn by six grey orses with suitable trappings, each
animal led by a groom by a black ribbon attached to
the bridle-bit. Then followed the mourners in private
carriages and public vehicles—the line of vehicles (200
in number), two abreast, extending from the Execu-
tive mansion to the Capitol, a distance of one mile.
In the carriages were the President, members of the
Cabinet, relatives of the deceased, foreign Ministers,
officers of the army and navy, distinguished visitors, and
all others who had been present at the ceremonies at the
War Department, together with the corporation officers of
Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown, and many pri-
vate citizens, in the order of the programme heretofore pub-
lished. A large-sized omnibus contained the most feeble
inmates of tho Soldiers' Home, whilbt their companions
walked in the rear. Pennsylvania avenue, leading from
the War Department to the Congressional Cemetery, was
thronged from an early hour t his morning. Many of the houses
along the route were draped with mourning, and business
was entirely suspended. The procession throughout was
conducted with excellent order, under military authority.
It had been intended to place the remains of General
Rawlins in the receiving vault of the cemetery, but it was
determined to deposit them temporarily in a private vault,
which was tendered for the purpose. On arriving at the
Congressional Cemetery, and the remains having been
placed in the vault, the Rev. Mr. Wilson read the burial
service of the Methodist Episcopal Church, when the
Beethoven Octette Club sung the following requiem:—
Sigh not ye winds, as passing o'er
The chambers of the dead ye fly :
Weep not ye dews, for these no more
Shall ever weep, shall ever sigh—
Shall over weep—shall ever sigh.
Why mourn the throbbing heart at rest :
Row still it lies within the breast.
Why mourn when death presents us peace,
And in the grave our sorrows cease—
In the grave our sorrows cease—
Our sorrows cease—our sorrows cease.
Secretary Rawlins, in May last, at the decoration of the
soldiers' graves at Arlington, remarked to General Sher-
man that the requiem was so beautiful, he would like,
when lie should die, to have it sung over him. The inci-
dent was so recent? that General Sherman clearly remem-
bered it, and therefore invited the Club to repeat the
requiem on this occasion. A salute of three volleys of
artillery concludedgre
Congress
present
funeral were Charles O'Neill and Leonard Myers of Penn-
sylvania, Joel F. Asper of Missouri, Ebon C. Ingersoll of
Illinois, Thcmas A Jenckes of Rhode Island, Aaron A.
Sargent of California, f the House of Representatives;
and Senators Cole of (lalifornia and Spencer of Alabama.
—Anglo-American Times.

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the old way. The principle is a true one, and might be
applied to the sea transportation of all liquids.

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