Newbern weekly progress., 1862-04-26

| LOCAL ERS.
MnrraaY Fussaaf or SrsGsos D. W. G.
LArHRor, srH CoSs. y.-The fnnsfai Of the
late Surgeon Lathrop. on Saturday last, was
one of those impressive tributes TO true no.
biiity OF character which keep their object ever
green in the memory Of those who witness
them. The military and civic honors paid TO
the memery of this lamentel officer. we're .
truthful evidence of the respect which bis vir-
| tues as . man, soldier, and physician, have
gained for hmm in his brief but bright military
career. Surgeon LAthrop won his earthly
| laurels by his brave attendance on the battle
feld aud his heroic devotion to the sick and
| wounded in camp and hospital. He died the
death Of brave soldier. battling manfuily
with the strongest enemy Of his country's de-
tenders, and yielding only when his manly
strength and strong constitution gave way
under the pressure Of responsibility and labor,
which accumulated upon him in his sslf-sacri-
| i3cing devotion to his sick and wounded coun-
| trymen. ~
He died on the evening Of the 18th inst, at
| the Head Quarters Of the Sanitary Commission,
on Middle street, where his last brief illness
| was passed. where friendship had watched
with unavailing anxiety his waning life. and
had ielded hope only when his spirit took its
aight. vs 81.
| The funeral services were conducted with
impressive solemnity by Rev. Mr.. Clarke,
| Chaplain Of the Massachusetts, 23d, and was
| attended by the Medical Staff of the Division,
and by the many friends whom bis noble quali-
| ties of head and heart had attached to his per-
| son; while his body lay in state, shrouded in
the starry folds Of the flag he 30 dsgotedly
loved, and in whose defence he nobly died.
A military escort and the Band Of tho 25th
Mass Y. conducted the remains to the ship,
followed by the Medical Staff in full uniform.
and q rstinue of sorrowing friends, military
and civil. Three volleys were fired by the
escort, as the body was conveyed oa the ship
which was to carry it home to his bereaved
family and friends. The military pageant and
the solemn dirge drew together a large con-
course Of people, whose respectful derneanor
betrayed the emotion with which they wit
messed the honors paid the remains Of . patriot
soldier and good man
| Soldier, lay thy weapons down,
QUIT the sword, and take the crown;
! Triumph all thy foes are banished.
| Death Is slain, and earth has vanished.
Department of North Carolina,
| NEwBEEN, April 18th, 1862.
At meeting Of the medical officers Of the
Corps dArmee, Department of North Caro-
/ lima, Dr. VIM. II. Church, Medical Director,
in the chair, DR.. James Bryan, Division Sur
geon, Secretary, the following preamble and
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, In the course Of Providence, our
| friend and professional brother, D. w.
Lathrop, Assistant Surgeon to the Eighth reg.
imsnt Of Connecticut Volunteers, has departed
this life, and
T. Whereas, 1t becomes us, his fellow-officers,
lately engaged with him in ministering to the
sick and wounded of the army in North Caro-
lima. to bear testimony to the professional and
general character of our late associate, that
his family, friends, ncighbors and the public
in general, may be informed of the loss which
they suffer in the death Of our friend, there
fore
! Resolped, That we have observed with ad-
niration the fidelity, constancy and profession
al skill exhibited by the late DIR. Lathrop,
towards tho officers and soldiers under his
charge.
Resolred, That, in our opinion, his death
may be attributed to his exclusive devotion to
the sick, and his heartfelt anxiety for their
welfare. Each sick soldier was to him q
friend and brother, and when, in spite Of the
most unremitting attention, and the applica-
ton of the highest medical skill, the life Of his
patient was not saved, the sympathetic tear
which glistened on bis manly check, bore tes-
timony to the noble feelings of his heart
Rcso2ped, That in his death, the volunteer
s. service of our department has lost the services
of skillful physician and good man.
: Resolred That we sympathize deeply with
his young family, now bereaved of their chie
earthly support and friend. and pray that HI
who is the friend of the widow and the orphan
will bs'ther stay and consolation, under this
otherwise, irreparable loss.
Resolced, That copy Of these resolutions
be sent to his family, and that they be pub
lished in the newspapers.
JAMES BRYAN,
Secretary Of the Meeting.
1 CoNsUMMArE INPUDENcE.-Someo of the re
eipients Of the bounty Of government, through
che hands of the Superintendent of the Poor