Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-21
OF Washington and for other purposes; re
ferred to Committee on Police. ~ :
Adjourned. tl-fI -

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FUNERAL or REpoRrER Yesterday after
noon, the funeral of MI. Il. Shaw, late re
porter for the New York Associated Press at
Washington, took place, as far as religious
services were concerned. The CORPSE after
the above which were performed at the Rev.
Mr.. Carother's church, having been escorted
to the railroad depot. for its transportation IN
its final resting place at Foxborough. Mass
by the members Of the Young Mems Chr;st;.n
Association, to which the deceased BELONGED
and by others connected with the eitv and
New York press. Wy OH"
On account of the deceased ha. ing departad
TINS lie at the inhrmary, whittier he had been
coh'eyeu ior medical treatment, the corpse
was removed in the first place FROM therap -
the Presbyterian Church, at the corn az If T
and 9th streets, of which the deceased was a
lemDer- .Here the religious services were
PeiIoiaeo, the minister of the church. the
hev' MI Carothers, officiating, which con-
sisted OF some hymns sung by the choir. and
tne reading OF portion of the New Tesla
ment, namely, the 18th chapter of the First
hpsae TO the Corinthians After which the
reverend gentleman delivered very beautiful
ana touching address upon the solemn subject
OF oeatn, and OF his pastoral connection with
tue deceased. He observed that death cut
doTn With the same IMPLYING hand the rich
and the poor, the young and the old, and the en-
gave the following touching narrative of his
knowledge Of the deceased:
On my returning from B Baltimore in Janu.
airy last, was summoned to the bedside of
him whose coffin now lies before us. He was
comparatively stranger here, and he looked
70 MS pastor Tor support and consolation. At
that time hope cheered him, and there were
expectations of his speedy recovery; but about
the first Of February, immediately after the
Sa6h4fh - "a
found him suffering the most excruciating
agony. determined to have him removed to
a private house. and chilled in Mr.. Thomas
Conoliy, who offered him room at his house.
For more than month they did all in their
power TO relieve his sufferings. The young men
OF this church watched him and attended to his
wants, until few weeks ago, it was thought
wise to seek the aid Of others when the MEM
bers OF the Young Mems Christian Association.
OF which Mr.. Shaw was one of the standing
committee, came forward and showed atten.
tions to him lat reflect great praise l,pon their
society. BY the advice of the physicians. he
was removed last month to the infirmary On
Saturday morning l visited him at half past
SIX, and again at eight, requesting at my de-
parture, that If any change shodld take place
might be notified of it. AT nine o'clock [
went to his ROOM and stayed with him unit!
he died, at four o'clock in the afternoon.
The reverend gentleman then spoke highly
OF the character of the deceased as q Chris
tan: Half an hour before he died, he
rallied, and some friend standing by asked
him, How he was?' He replied = 1 thought
that l was dying last night, but now feel
eomposed-but am cold, very cold, do ali in
your power to make me warm, and if you do
not talk, think that l could Sleep I then
spoke to him of Jesus, and of Die resurrection,
and repeated some verses with reference to the
SUBJECT, during which his spirit went unto the
heavenly land"
The preacher then drew comparison be-
tween the sOrrowing emotions Of a mother
losing her infant child, and compared them
with what the aged widowed mother of the de-
ceased, upwards Of 10 years old, must feel at
the loss OF SON now grown up to manhood
lie resumed: The deceased was a consist
emit member of the church, and he had vast
musical knowledge, and up to the time Of his
illness led the singing in that church. He
was the son OF minister, and had studied
theology ut AndOver Seminary, but had been
lately employed here as reporter for the New
York Associate Press, it being his intention
when he had recovered his strength to resume
his professional studies A day or two before
his decease he made known his wishes to his
friends, that his pastor should receive as a
gift, splendid copy Of the Hebrew Bible
which he possessed, and his Students Testa-
ment"
The remainder of the discourse was an elo,
quent tribute of praise upon Christian life
and at the conclusion an impressive prayer
vas delivered, after which the coftin was re-
moved to a hearse, aud thus conveyed to the
railroad depot. The following gentlemen
acting as pail bearers
II: W. Mcneil, H. F. Cooper, r. T. McLain,
NJ: G. LaDgdon, S. II. Young, R. T. Jordan
The coffin was neat plain piece of work
N anshlp, having on the top q massive silver
late, On which was engraved the following in
scription:
Francis Newton Shaw, died March is.
1874, Washington, D. C. Member of the
Fifth street Presbyterian Church, and the
Young Mems, Christian Association
This latter had been very literally furnished
+. Harvey, as complimentary to the deceased,
as we'll as to the Church and Association of
which he was member. The remains of the
deceased were conveyed on their way to their
last home in New England, by the 5 o'clock
train, via New York and Boston, under the
charge Of Adams Express.
touching tribute of respect to the memory
Of the deceased was paid by the young ladies
Of the choir to which the deceased, as already
mentioned, belonged-who modestly followed
the funeral procession to the railroad depot,
but apart on the side walk, not ostens.b.y
forming portion of the funeral procession,
and yet in reality belonging to it, SO far as
respect to the deceased, by accompanying his
mains, entitled them to be considered az
such. 1t was an unaffected but touching
tribute to the memory of the deceased, that
ought not to pass unnOtieea.
GREENHoUGH's STATUE OF WAsHINGroY.-
Some short time back, report was circulated
that the Statue of Washington had been
mu,ilated, and it appears that
the report was erroneous, there
still was some foundation for such rumor
The Commissioner of Public Buildings states
in letter, that on the night of the 9Th instant,
the marble belt attached to the sword in the
hand of Washington fell by its own weight,
Upon ms. Getting the fragments it was found
that a crack across it had existed for sufi-
cicnt length Of time to be completely filled
with green moss, and at this place it parted at
the time it fell. 20
DANSsrRoN COScERr,-A very respectable
audience greeted the lady and those gentlemen
who so kindly assisted to make the entertain
ment pleasing. The vocal performance of Mr..
and Mrs. DannstrOD was excellent, and was
loudly applauded We regret that they were
not sufficiently acquainted with our language