The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-05

bring true bill of Indictment against Goudman,
upon which to try him.
The FUNERAL OF Mr.. MrrcHELL.-Yesterda
morning the reporter of this paper, who prepare
the article relative to the untimeIy death and bu.
rial of the unfortunate stranger MITCHELL in yester
days paper, was requested by Rev. Mr.. Langhorn,
in order that his action might not be misinterpre.
ted, to present his reasons for not officiating at the
funeral on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. L. stated thst
he was applied to on Tuesday morning to attend
and ociate at the funeral and out of respect the
members of the Typographical Association in be-
half of portion of whom the request was made he
consented to do SO. He then devoted the time be-.
tween the hours of 10 and l o'clock to the prepa
ration of a sermon for the occasion At4 O'Clock
by his oatch, he was at the church. where he found
only the coffin and two persons present. He then
went down into his office in the basement remain
ed there few minutes, returned and found none
others but the two in attendance. He then went
to Messrs. Putney d. Watts, where he remained
fifteen or twenty minutes, and then sent Mr. Win.
free to the church, who returned saying there
were only two persons there, when, at his Mr. L's)
request, Mr.. w. returned again to the church and
informed the undertaken that he (Mr. L had other
duties to attend to, and could wait no longer This
is Mr.. LIS statement.
The reporter has only to add, that there must have
been some difference in the time of watches, as it
was O'Clock by the watches of several gentlemen
when they were patiently awaiting Mr.. LIS arrival,
and at few minutes past four, all who accompa
MED the remains to the grave, numbering some
fifteen or eighteen persons, acre in attendance It
1.t1 tbo, LoiT IL
mate of those gentlemen present, when the pro.
cession left the church, after its members had been
waiting some twenty minutes. Whether it is usual
for funeral to take place at the precise hour or
within few minutes of it, we leave it for those
who have attended them frequently, to decide. As
far as our experience goes, and it is not sht
one upon this point, we have never attended one
In our lives where the ceremonies commenced
even within thirty minutes Of the time appointed
We do not knew that any good would have resulted
from waiting half an hour to address a score of
individuals upon duties to themselves and Maker
with practical illustration of the effects
of sin, shrouded in the garments of death before
them-neithsr do we know that the incurrence of
the same, or longer delay, in order to allow of
the delivery of appropriate funeral rites by an or.
dained clergy man, over the remains of friendless
stranger, in preference to their consignment to
earth as If a marked Cain or an accursed bias.
phemer against the Holy Ghost-would have hon.
ored God or created greater respect in the minds
of the witnesses of the BURIAL for His
and ordinances. We are not skilled in the theory
of Christianity, and cannot therefore, decide as to
its practice. All we would remark is, that the
reading of the simple burial ritual of the Episcopal
Church, by an humble layman, over the decaying
body of an erring man, gave consolation to the
hearts Of the few who waited at the grave-accord.
ed with their feelings of sympathy, and deeply i'm.
pressed them with the solemnity of the occasion.
CONCERT OF THE SACRED Musrr Soctrrv