The Placer herald., 1865-10-28
Death of the Widow of Don't. Give.up.
the Ship" Lawrence.

'he immortal Capt. James Lawrence, and
make this notice of her:
Al the ,,me # her marriage to Capt. Law.
renee Sn9) Julia M"nIa aulevert WAS bean.
titul girl Of 10. resident with her father, who
~as a "r+sper'able merchant" in tho then
fashionable portion Of New York city which
overlooked the Battery, aud tho husband
WIS a young lieutenant Of The navy, in com,
mand of the Vixen. The record is that Law.
reI &c and his bride were "mod- couple"
Both were young" as Byron says, and
while The la.!y WAS beautiful the Lieutenant
Was n"'ed N being one # the handsom-s,
men in the navy. ~ man Of noble stature and
fne personal appearance" He had The
airs of gent-lnan.hk- sailor" SAYS FEM
M re Copper. sand MAS much beloved by his
hie'ds. lie WAS quick and imreluous in
his feelings, and sometimes manifested i, on
'he qua'l+r deck, but in alI critical si,ua
lions I,s .oolness was remarkable" This WAS
model OF which we have late haI exam.
piles ty men who were midshrm-n when
Lawl.nce grar-d the navy as a captain, and
the h.ils "mldd\" Farrayut has revived the
model tor our da. and \ iuiur. ages ,ns'rur'
iion. Cooper, in his admiration Of Law
renee, called him ~ perfect man-nf wars
man." and Decatur expressed himself eve"
N stronger terms OF admiration of the young
hero. SAID HE old Commodnre, in his sal
lors lingo. "1Et,e's no more dodge abon,
Lawrence than the mannasl" Many wears
ago, soon after the death If the Captain, a
writer in the National Inteliigenc4r, denying
the report that Lawrence had been born in
Bristol, Eng band, SAYS he mel an old "negr"
sti,alt" OF the Lawrence family. and asking
af'+l Mis-. La~r-nc.s health. was answered
tina. she was doing quite well. and had 60,
tine son with al eye like bull" Law
renee ~As NOT only popular with bis superior
ffic-rs, like Decatur, bu, With the "md-
dies" aud his crew also. lie took grea, in.
'-'es, 10 'he mdshrmen. until it became
Iro,-rl la and won for lm the love of the
ntsf'I men OF his entire squadron. On one
occasion the middles gave dinner to Com
M"d"re Rogers. and for some reason it MAS
roln sed to invite no lieutenanis-j Just rs the
tre'hnan An s"phs Al colleges occasionally
refuse TO associae with the Juniors and s-ni
ors or with each other. On the ANNOUNCES
mtnl IT this pr. position some one Of 'he
more sociAhl- middles exclaimed, "Wha,,
no' Lieu'. Lawren..!' Lawrenc. WAS imme
dla'el. accepted hy ac.Ia'naIion, aud it i,
sa'd, WAS the only lieutenant pr sent 1T the
d'nner I" the Commodore. Cooper. IN clos
ing lis eul' GUM on the hero, says: "ll,s
bumanl Y and kindness "f hear, w.re a. cot.
s!'h u"us as his courage" Mrs. Lawrence is
said to have been equally popular With her
ruu ifuf NUI.l |, ,ol kou,,
y-a's AT Newport, and WAS IN oijw, much
respected and person much admired bv The
navy and army officers who ed thai
place. 1t is .aid she did not know of h.r
hu>' aud's death for many months after il
",. urred, and that she gave llrlh to a boy n
>f,"lt time after the father died. She WAS
only able 10 he Out after her illness in time
I" attend the funeral obsequies to the dead
h-lo IN this city.
The opening Of the tomb to receive the
|" dy OF his wife WAS accom- pIish-d on Tues
day last, and amid the roaring If the gr-s
r,'y scarcely attracted notice. The event s.,
interesting and suggestive. passed without
other IecoId than that which VIZ now give
it. Who attended at the solemn ceremony
is not known to us. The man and his deeds
are not forgotten, however, and the great
deed OF the m"d+I sailor of the past ac. is
w'r'hi|y remembered by the people, VIII"
have been too busy paying homage TO living
herues-And mt del sailors AT that. TOTO
notice the death Of Lawr+nre's widow. The
story flhe Chesapeake is familiar t" all
the un orlunale Chesapeake. which may have
SAID to have hegum the war Of 1912 and 10
have pe'shed with it.
Lawrence came to the command Of the
fr'ga'e Ch-saI cake while she WAS lying in
Boston harb"r undergoing repairs. He had
green crew to whom he WAS stranger
and was, h+sid-s, only temporarily in c.nI-
maud lie WAS expecting daily TO he r-i-v
ed, AID under aII The clrrun,s,a anres he should
r'habl. have declined the Invilation 10 bat,
tie which the British frigate Shsnn"n (3s
guns) saucily threw in his teeth by apI. ear
mg tt The haibor on a fine morning in
Jrne. and iml"den,y sailing ab"ut in the
{ fling There is little Doubt" saws Frnnl-
m"rs Cooper, That Lawrence fought the
Chesapeake contrary to his own judgment"
But We are apt t" f''give lmrrud-nr. that is
prompted 10y gaIla"'ly, and the country has
long since toIgo,t-n the fault in admiration
of the sublime bearing aud virtues Of the
hero. liz accepted the invitation, however.
and SAILED OUT with his raw crew, halfuh
rered. HIS fist lieutenant, WAS i'll on shore,
and Augustus G. Ludlow, who took his
place, WAS fresh from among the mN'i+s aud
Inexperienced as y lieutenant. Out sailed
the gallant Chesapeake. however. and The
Two slips becans engaged abonl six o'clock
IN the afternoon. The action WAS begun hy
the Shannon, who fired her guns as the
Chesapeake. coming up to her, wss some
d,s,ansutf; but Lawrence reserved his fire
until hosl'lr yarda'ms touched each other,
when he fired "welI.lirsrt.d broadsiie,
which sounded like single report" A ST.
we're csnonsde WAS kept up for several mir
"'es when the chesapeake became unmang
able. "was thrown Into the wind, taken