The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-08

Death and Funeral OF Col. Joseph
PsyDPton, Of the Army.

Death and Funeral Of Col. Joseph
PsyWpton, OF the Army.
solemn aud imposing military ceremony took place 81
Governors Island Wednesday asrDooo, the occss'on
being ID burial, with military hoDors. Of COL Joseph
Pbnp. D. OF the United States Army, late commanssr OF
the First regiment Of infantry. The body broogn
r m Staten Is and died, this city, by stesu.
err and received at the landing by OF troops,
who placed the cotin eDsnroaded by the nA,oaa lsg
on the email steamer ENGAGED by the government
tbores TO convey II TO Fort Columbus The re avns
accompanied by the relatives Of the dscesssd
and large number Of tsry friends Arrived a; TIE
wharf the IssDd, tie body Vas received BY h.sial
ion OF troops, under presented srms, WITH full band
corps o. mu1ied drums, the Gag tbs fort being he'll
mast fne prooessoa then formed. arms reversst,
ana uched to the chapel the Island 70 the solemn
musis of funeral dirge BY the band The corpse
borne by eight soldiers in uniform, and onpsneo
ny Colonels Scott and Reyes, Of General SCOTS sat
MAJORS Holmes and Eaten, Surgeon Lsub ana Csot Via
DER, 40 pail bearers preceded BY Of one bao
dTed and sixty uoops under Nlas, ~tn full baad-tne
whole presenting an imposing and soemn sosue da,
Allie to.he character and services OF tue deccasi The
body received at The Chapel by the Chaplain,
DR. xcvcksr, wbo read the besIa burial ritual OF tae
Episcopal church and pronosncst some appropriate re
marks commemorative OF the military aud social vr
Of he deceased. Toe PROCESSION afserw vas re-
formed and moved To the cnuro ard, where the ritual
completed. The battalion then arsd three voley,
over the grave and wheeling into column marched of
A. the military custom, 70 the uspirfsins strains Of
Colonel Joseph Piymp,on the obect OF thess mpressve
care monies, born ~ Sudbury, Massachusetts,
2Atb u February. $751; bsiog oo second fou
child Of Ebsnezer Pynpton ana his wife susann-h Rug
ges HI ancestors we're OF Englhh extraction, having
smAsYassd from Sudbury EnglAna in 1886 aod foundeI
Ia MaS1 ms Aftara
tanning his nsjory Mr. Pts mpson engaged Ia msfcsnti,
Po as unni us long sAoons difcauss
Uped States ana Great Britain In ina ur U
1872 BE entered the army Sd or snusrv in ths
year a second heusenant o. nianry aud WIN
chiefly upon the Northern frosfer At tue reduction o.
the army in 1915, xer the peace Consequent upon the
treaty Of Client, Lieu ensnt PiS mp.on smoog Me
officers who were retained 10 service His ,rucpsl dutg
upon whst then the Western rronter noas the
Indian tribes woen the remodelnos and reduction Of
army took place In s2l, tne subject Of this sketch
again among the humber Of selected os retained
Under the u Colonel Smelling he % i've iu
and amorg others the wen Known station OF F,rt
Smelling, = few miles above g Paul, Minnesota he re
NAMED u this active service with the exception OF tso
years-DS22 10 1624-wben he was recruUng vice
In New Yorr He returned 10 Fort Sueting IN 1874,
remained in tae Northwest scvs duty
vovipg great amount hardship and ,sure
year 1884 when he again detNea for recruiting
vice a Bedloe Island, New YORK harbof Tns period
embraced the time Of the Black RAwt var In 1882
throughout which Capt Ply mpon dtstn gutshed
his uuovm sodieriy bearing aod attention 70 DUTY
From 1884 70 '36. ~ . brevet major, he in com
mand Of the depot TOR recruits n Bsooes Island. aod
sub.equepty returned to Fort spelling in 1885, remain
ing there four yesps mand rendering very ei
Gent service In preserving oroer and good eeog among
the Indiana In lSto be was o~cefed 10 Florida where
the Seminole was thin raging, and took active
part, under the oomussd of Gen. worth, in the move
Su un" unioTaaDs.. TO vsas sssT o'sx
jor Plypptop vas smoos those highly commend
ed BY his superior oiicer, and particularly ois
near Dunns LAKE In January, lss2. He ordered
Sscket's Hsrbor aft<r the war, where he remstne1
ssaca biz 'Fss'i . to
tenant Colonel OF the Seventh infantry be comuson
cd through the whole OF that .rduoos bot siarous
campa1n, under General Scott, which terminatsd D.
planting The American lag upon the national oto o.
MEXICO. Colonel P,ympton took active part the
ofCerro Gordo be led bis res ent ct the DO Mt Of The oay
onet into The man stronghold Of the Mexican army For
his galsHt and meritorous conduct tns occasion h.
received the brevst Of colonel 70 date from 18th
April l847. HIS regiment, under his immediate usnd
performed desperate service u the battles Contreras
ana Cberubusco IN which scsions, aod particularly the
former the seventh infantry took most ORC m,nso, part
Aser me close OF the war Colonel Ply mpon
in ls4s to Jeiersoo Barracks, Mo where he remained
until the hostile manifestations or the Florida Indian.
again called him, with his regiment, 70 tho soene
Of hs old exploits The troops were Withdrawn
with bin oommsnd TO New MEXICO Thor
proceeded . short distance beyond Fort Lesven WORTH
Ssen they were recalled BY orders from Washington %
tailed for outy In New York Genera Superintendent OF
the recruiting service Of the army, which posou be hello
for two years He resumed command OF bis regiment
tho frontiers, between Texas and Mexico 10 1853 sad
remained on duty for year when be ~ss strongly al
account Of his health HIS long and active he o. ioces
hardship, prfvaon and exposure had brought
organic disease, which gradually uader mined his iron
dental wound from rife ball In the summer OF 1885
nearly terminated life which he'd escaped macy dan
he u o. nss he eT ~
York until his DEATH which took place the 5h OF June
1890 al stapctou, on Staten Island.
daughter Of feler iivinssou Of New York CITY, ~no
survives him. He leaves six children, three sous ami
hree laughter One Of his sons :, - officer Of toe
daughters married at the time Of his deoease. one
70 Capt n Lowell, late Of the army, and nov OF this cy
Of the United States Infantry The remaining daugher
bis youngest chilo, In unmarried.
Colonel Plympso noted . military for hi,
uniform and strict attention 10 hs dues which be per
formed Il al times and under all circumstance with
the most scrupuous consccnuousness, regarding life
Itself ~ Of little moment when rskcd 10 the perform
Of the sacred call OF DUTY In private NE his ur
oane and courteous manners, his disregard Of himse
and his never oeesins houehuulness for others marked
him pref nnen,ly a. an accompanied gentleman Of
the old school In privatca IN sctscss 70 hs hou
Of Death isss hs usnorm courtesy never dessrsd him
vics, be .-.ys commanded he respect ana .ss.n q
bis superors IN rank and failed the
soldier viii drop upon bis hoporcd grave while the
country may well lament the los OF gallant officer
accomplished gentleman.
Dol WILLIAM r. HALT Of Mobile, died Il his summer
residence In this city yesterday morning He arrived
nom The South The OAhawba, Sunday Afternoon In
extremely IN health, having been invalid for sevcra
years OIL H. for nearly thirty years the President
Of the Bank OF Mobile, and was known, from his
visits 70 Mes York. 70 many tour citizens q wealthy
md nteeeat, - well - succesdui merchant and banker
The Esschez CbSrSr the DEATH in thai city
q Judge EDwAxD Tuns. oos Of NE earliest sssaisrs
Nsschss He was . oissingushcd lawyer, juvst and Ne
bon, knosn In MisEissppi O legislator and Cnancsios
and Masonic bodies Tho last survivor q Cpnven
boo vbicA formed, In 1918, the n W Grand Lodge Of
hnnaeippi
Laying OF the Corner Stone Of the Bethany
Baptist Church.
fhe stone Of the Bethany Baptist church,