The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-02-15

shop. in Fifth, below Walnut and from thence. on Fri
buring the whole OF Thursday young Mercer laborns
under the greatest imaginable excitement at the time.
gave strong evidences of design to wreak his ven
geance upon Heberton sought him in the places OF his
usual resort, but unable to get any clue to his
whereabouts At the time the trunks deposited,
was apparently the
friend, that night young Mercer seen, under
very excited feelings in tho vicinity Of their then loca
ton. and by the persuasons OF friend was induced to
60 away. On Friday Mercer still continued his
watch in the neighborhood.- Epenins Journa!
GREAr ErcIrrMrNr-FuNERAL OF HSsEkros-EIrRA
TAILS. &c.The public excitement in relation to tho
recent dreadful catastrophe at Camden is immea
surable. 1t appears to be absolutely on the in
crease. The funeral Of Heberton took place yester-
day afternoon and it presented one OF the most extra
ordinary spectaces ever witnessed in this
The streets for three around and for hours before
the time at which the funeral announced to move
were positively crammed with crowd of people, OF all
Sizes colors and kinds Ninth, Cherry, Arch and
Eighth Streets the appearance OF perfect mass
of human beings although the weather was nclement
and exceedingly cold, with drizzling Of rain, and now
Strange say of thsvas multitude every third person
was woman. Thecurosity they manifested was beyond
all imagination. They pushed, and struggled, were trod
deh upon, again. worked their way towards the
church. with amazing and unexampled foItitude and per-
the yard of the Rev. DR.. McDowes church, corner oil
Eighth and Cherry streets and the women actually in
ed the sexton and his assistants and the police, to permit
them to approach the grave There appeared to be J
among them to get glimpse of the deadbody OF
who had been celebrated in his inrgues acd had met
SO terrible and romantic death in their pursuit.
OF this immense body of women at least one third
girls under and about the age Of sixteen They the
extravagant in their demonstrations There
great number OF highly respectable females present but
truth very large msjorty whose charac-
could be misunderstood. It astonishing
sight. rt.
The number Of carriages in the funeral procession did
not exceed ve besides the hearse Only two, contain
ing the relatives Of the deceased drove up the
church yard. There the really amazing. AS
the hearse approached the boys began jump the iron
railing-the men iolowed-then the women attempted it,
Then came the crowding pushing, squeezing, strug
glng-the police large body OF whom in atten-
Dance catching the and women in their arms, and
pushing them back, but with very little effect.
When the gate opened to let the coffin in, the null
tude poured in beside like deluge--the women par.
culary-slmost upsetting it from the bier As she
entered the crowd totally dsregarded them josng
tn aside and rushing in between them and the coffin
The police implored, almost
fought-but to no purpose The mob overwhelmed them,
and behav ed with indecent and disg nhuma
nifty. James C. Vandyke Esq, Of the mourners,
expostulaed and with tears in his appealed to tho
better feelings Of the crowd their character human
beings, and Phiadelphians His appeal was useless
their asethe women still foremost-to the vault hard
y permitting member of the family to get glimpse
the body lowered into its place OF repose On the
whole it the most singular and think disreputa
BILE scene that has met observation for time
There a rumor current in Southwark all day Sun
day and yesterday morning, that Heberton be bu
ried in the Swedes Church yard. This drew together
crowd of something ten thousand people, most Of
whom were females.-Phia. Spirit Of the Times.