Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-29
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WASHINGTON, July 22.-The obsequies
of the late NJ. Provost Paradol we're held
this morning at $50 clock, it st. Mat
thew's Catholic Church The Right
Reverend Charles j. White, ID. d., Off
ciating, assisted by Fathers McDevitt
and Mccarthy. The procession moved
| from the late residence of the deceased
shortly after 9 o'clock. The remains
were borne in hearse with black
plumes, and drawn by six gray horses,
rines, under Captain Wallace. The pail
bearers were: Victor Roux, NJ de Jardin,
Jules Henault, Felix Gentry, M. Demon
geot, G. Gautier, Antoine Lequel, j.
Robert and A. Bendoine. On arriving
at the church the coffin, shrouded in the
French national flag, was deposited on a
catafalque just outside the altar. Dur
ing the services NJ. Berthemy, the princi-
pal mourner, remained standing at the
head of the catafalque, as is the custom
in France. The carriages in the furneral
procession were mostly those OF private
individuals. The Minister of the North
German Confederation, Baron Gerolt,
attended the funeral, together with the
attaches of all the other foreign lega-
tons. 81 eH7ft1 ald q lt isHQ
M. Berthemy and Baron Gerolt were
observed to meet very cordially at the
funeral, and to shake hands with an APP
pearance almost Of effusion and emotion.
Among those present were the Cabinet
Ministers, General Sherman, and Vice
Admiral Porter in uniform; Senators
Cameron and Stockton, and other prom
inent gentlemen. The church was well
filed, large proportion of the French
and other foreign residents of Washing
ton being present. The ceremonies COM
menced with the performance Of asolemn
requiem mass. This being concluded,
the Rev. Father officiating read in Eng
lish portion of the :" De Profundis,
saying it was an expression OF the only
hope and consolation that could be felt
under the lamentable and distressing cir
cumstances. He then delivered fune-
raj address of nearly thirty minutes du-
ration, in which, after an earnest tribute
of the past greatness of the distinguished
dead in the field of science and of jour
nalism, as we'll as to his great attain
ments, which had impelled the Emperor
of the French to choose him as the rep
resentative of that nation to tins country,
the speaker alluded to the manner in
which his career came to a close, saying
that, however unchristian or even anti
Christian it may have been, the moral
influences that exerted sway at that mo-
ment upon the distinguished individual
whose remains were before us should be
remembered-thati it was not for man to
set himself up in judgment upon the
case. Not even the Catholic Church
would venture to condemn a man after
he had departed this life. The question
was what was his disposition and senti-
ments before he was deprived of his ra-
tional faculties At the conclusion OF
the address the remains were borne from
the church, the marines presenting arms
as the burial case was deposited in the
hearse, and soon afterward followed by a
sympathizing crowd. The cortege moved
on to the railroad depot, from whence
the remains will be conveyed to New
York hp
Baron Gerolt, as dean of the diplo-
matte corps, and Baron Alvenslcben, the
Secretary of the North German Legation,
were both present at the funeral of Pre-
vost Paradol. When Baron Gerolt was
asked to attend the funeral, he at once
replied he would certainly do so, remark
ing that after death there was no war.
The desire of NJ Berthemy that he should
attend removed any doubt on his part.
The main entrance Of the church into
which the remains of Paradol were car
ried faced, on the opposite side of the
street, the room in which two servants of
NJ. Berthemy, the predecessor and sue
cessor of the deceased, were found dead
about year ago under such cireum,
stances that strict investigation failed
to reveal aught else than that strychnine
was the cause of their death. lraas %