The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-21
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Correspondence Of the Herald.l
WASHINGTON, APRIL Is, 1872
Washington.


WASHINGTON, APRIL Is, 1872
Funeral OF mr.. Lawrence.
The funeral obse quies in honor Of Mr.. Lawrence
was performed in the midst of a tremendous siorn
OF windand rain. AT II O'Clock, the hour to which
the House was adjourned yesterday, the speakr
took the chair; and the minutes of yesterday, whlci
related exclusively TO the death and funeral ooseque'
OF the Hon. Joseph Lawrence, were READ ana con
tGmed. A few minutes Afterwards 'he oouy e'"
deceased was borne into the Han ana Piaceu IL
front of the Speakers char, under lhe chafge "
ad accompanied by, the ccmmlness OF ariahs :
ments appointed by the House, and also The pal
bearers, the Representatives In Congress irtm
Pennsylvania, and Senators from that STATE, OF
which Mr. Lawrence was a native and Represen ta-
tive. and the relatives and friends OF the deceased.
rhe President and his cabinet followed, and to'k
the seats assigned to them, near the corpse; and they
were succeeded by the Senate and the officers Il
that body. General Scott, the commanding general
of the army, and other military officers at The seat
of government, had entered the house at al earlier
period.
The funeral services were performed by the Rev.
5. fusion, Chaplain 10 the Senate. The order OF
services was, first, the reading of tho 5lst Palm !;
next, an emphatic prayer by the officiating clergy
man and a sermon, whose %scriptural foundation
was the twenty-fouIth and twenty fifth verses OF the
eleventh chapter of St Paul's Epistle to the He
brews: "By faith Moses, when he was come to years,
refused to be called the son Of Pharaoh's daughter !;
choosing rather to suffer affection with the people OF
God than to enjoy the pleasures OF sin Tor a season y
Death, on all occasions an awful occurrence, and al
all times naturally leading the mind to reflections So
Tenn and impressive, was sometimes made less APP
pslling by the consciousness that a good man had
died In this case, the pious divine who performed
the funeral service, said they were not called 10
mourn as those that have no hope, and hence he
had adopted The tex, which he had read as the foun.
dation of his discourse. The deceased had been for
more than a quarter Of a century an exemplary
member of the Presbyterian church, and had de-
parted this life in hope OF a glorious Immortality.
These circumstances led the Chaplain to discourse
impressively on the prospects of the Christian, and
TO make some emphatic reflections on the uncer-
tainty of human life. AT the close Of the discourse,
the benedlction was pronounced, and the corpse
was conveyed to the Congressiona al burying ground
for irterment. The order of procession was as fol-
lows:-
The ~Chaplains Of both Houses of Congress.
Physicians W ho attended the deceased.
Committee Of Arrangements.
Mr.. JOHN @. Adams, of Mass. Mr. r Underwood, ofKy
Mr. James Irwin, Of Penn. Mr.. !: W; dllmer, ofya;
Mr.. q NJ Keim, Of Penn. AR. J. J. Mckay, ofN. C.
Pail Bearers.
Mr.. N. Briggs, sfMass. Mr.. R-R Caruthers, Of Ten.
Mr.. Lott w arren. of Geo. Mr.. Nathan Clifford, of Me.
Mr.. T. Smith, of Conn. MIR. c. Morris, OF Ohio.
Mr.. M. Fillmore, of N. Y. MIR. John Campbell, Of sc.
The family and friends Of the deceased.
The Senators and Representative from the State Of
Pennsylvania, as mourners.
The Sergeant-at. armso Of the House of Representatives.
The Hous Sc Of Representatives OF the United States, pre-
coded by their Speaker and Clerk.
The other officers Of the House Of Representatives
The Sergeant-at.Arms Of the Senate.
The Senate, preceded by their President and Secretary.
The other officers ofthe Senate.
The officers Of the Library Of Congress.
The President Of the United States.
The Heads Of Departments.
The Diplomatic Corps.
The Chief Justice and Associate Justices Of the Supreme
Court of the United States and its officers.
The Judges of the Circuit Court Of the United States
for the District OF Columbia, with the
Marshal and Clerk.
The Comptrollers, Auditors, and other Heads OF Bureaus
of the several Departments Of the Government,
with their officers.
Other public officers at the seat Of Government.
The Commanding General Of the Army, with other
Military Officers at the seat of
Government.
The Commissioners of the Navy, with other
Naval Ofcers at the seat Of
Government.
The Mayor Of Washington and the Commissioner Of
Public Buildings.
The Frcemen's Vigilant Totsl Abstinence Society Of
Washington, Of which the deceased wasa
member.
Citizens and Strangers.