The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-21

FrygRAL OF JrDaY Lyons The grief of Rich
mond at the death of q cherished and well be-
transformations, and without pomp or parade,
as il was-that AT once showed its force and
true depth. The funeral of Judge Lyons was
one of the most impressive that has ever taken
place in Richmond, and never before, perhaps,
did public sorrow at the loss OF civilian dis
play itself more genuinely.
In accordance with Il suggestion, all busi-
ness was suspended from half. past 0 clock,
and but few stores We're kept open.
Ats O'Clock the City Council, City Alder
men, the member. of the bar, Company "F,'
the Masonic fraternity, the Ambulance Com
mittee, the City Police and the officers of the
Hastings Court assembled ut designated points,
and at half-paSt o'clock proceeded TO the
mencement of the funeral rite having arrived,
the procession formed as follows
Company i, Ambulance Committee, city
police, City Council in carriages, aldermen
and officers of Hastings Court in carriages,
members of the bar. pall-hearers in carriages,
hearse, family and friends of deceased. The
line of march taken for DR.. Moore's Pres
hyterianJ church The streets We're well
| filled with people a the funeral train passed
along The church being reached, the corpse
was taken from the hearse and borne along
the centre aisle unto the table in front of the
pulpit, where il was placed. The following
are the names of the bearers: William
H. mcfarland, Esq, Judge William w.
| Crump, Judge lialyburton, Recorder John
+. Regnault, Or. J. q. Cabell, Isaac W.
Walker, John Euders. James Pleasants, \. a.
| Sturdiyant Thomas j. Evans, W. W. Tim
berlake, Thomas L. Dudley, Major +. 4. ID.
Myers. General Joseph X. Anderson and
| Hon. Joseph Mayo.
| AS the procession entered the church the
| choir sang the funeral chant from the EpisCo
pal service in 4 most impressive manner. The
| church was thronged. The folding doors be-
| tween the main body and tho lecture room
were thrown open, so that the lecture room
| might be used and this was also filled. The
! news of the middle aisle had been entirely re.
served for the Council, Masonic fraternity.
| and others in the procession but the space
| was filled before many more than half OF them
| could get IN. Many sf our most distinguished
| diviues We're in the pulpit, among them the
Rev Dr. Woodbridge, DR.. Read, DR.. Mimi
gerode Rev. Mr. Manning, DR.. Burrows,
| Rey. Mr.. Peterkin, Dr.. Peterson, and DR..
| Moore.
The funeral services commenced by the
| reading of q chapter of Scripture by DIR.
| Woodbridge after which several verses OF the
| thirty ninth psalm, commencing with the
| fourth-"Lord, make me 10 know mine end and
| the measure of my days were sung by The
| choir An eloquent prayer was next offered
by the Rev. Dr. Read; which was followed by
| the G3jtn hymn: Thou art gone TO the
grave"
Then DR. Moore preached the funeral SER
| mon, which was filed with passages of elo-
| auence and beauty of language, taking rs
his text the firSi verse thirty seventh chapter
of Isaiah: The righteous perishcth and no
man layeth il 10 heart, and merciful men are
taken away; none considering that the rIghte-
! ous is taken away from the evil 10 come
He commenced by saying that this was
| no common occasion of so!emnity that had
brought so large an assemblage together.
| Never before had he seen the public heart 50
| touched except when it mourned the death OF
our immortal, sainted Stouewall who had
| passed over the river, and rested under the
! shade of the trees The death OF great man
whose hair was hoary with age, and whose
wears had been filled with public services, was
| a great calamity, but the death Of one who,
| though Young. combined the maturity Of age
with so many qualities of usefulness, was all
| the more 10 be felt. He had lived just long
| enough TO show what 4 degree OF usefulness
he could have attained had he lived the space
| of time ordinarily allotted 10 men, and he had
| died iust when his services Were most needed.
| The part Of q true Judge was that OF repre-
| sentative of the Gospel. Executive and lcgis-
| iative officers were the representatives OF the
| people bat true Judge was the representa-
| live of God-the representative OF His awful
| prerogatiye, Justice, the mother Of peace and
| ioy, The citadel of public liberty and the pal.
| ladium Of private right. An upright Judge,
| who administers Justice without fear or
| favor and who knew no man i'll the du-
| ties Of his Office, was indeed treasure 10
| any community. He then entered into q
! glowing eulogy upon the many virtues
| and rare qualities of the deceased. The facts
| of his life had already been fully set forth in
the city papers, and IL would be useless for
him TO enter into them. The sweetness OF his
| disposition and his thoroughly unassuming
manners won the love of all around him, and
one could no more help loving him than a
sweet, innocent little child. He possessed all
| that was beautiful In woman ana noble in
man He was humble and yet commanded
| aspect. No man ever doubted his courage,
though no man ever had occasion TO test it,
| The speaker next spoke of his religious cha
racter. Though not a professed member of
The church, he possessed all Christian quali-
ties and had expressed q wish TO make pub
lie profession OF religion before his death. a
| week before thai sad event he had sent for the
sneaker and expressed 10 him his entire failh
in Jesus Christ and he had never known any
one whom he would have sooner received into
the communion of the church
1t seemed hard 10 conceive The justice OF
God In the infliction of such q crash upon our
people but in this was the mystery OF HIS
Wisdom, and we should bow TO His WILL II
we would take the lesson of the utter vanity OF
human existence, the contemplation OF TINS
calamity, he would not have died in vain.
The speaker addressed himself TO each OF the
bodies Of which the deceased was member
when living. He condoled with them LOT
their loss, and exalted them 10 emulate MS ex
celIent qualities and follow his good example.
He concluded with an appropriate exhorta-
ton TO the young men.
I'VE have been enabled from our position in
the crowded church 10 give an adequate idea
of this beautiful effort, but we fear that we
have missed some of its prettiest passagesI
At the conclusion Of the sermon hymn
was sung, and the benediction pronounced by
DR. Minnigerode.
The funeral services being completed, the
coffin, which was covered with wreaths OF the
rarest and most exquisite flowers, was borne
to the hearse, and the procession again formed
In order. The streets were thronged with peo-
pie from the church TO the suburbs, ana the
fields i'm the neigh borhood of Hollywood were
alive with persons, all making their way 10
the cemetery. The procession was very long,
and ms il moved slowly along the streets
the city bells were tolled Slowly II wendell
Its sad course towards the beautiful city OF the
dead. and m the cor tege was crossing the Con.