The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-26
THE FUNERAL soLEMNITY IN NEW
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zen of New York, who witnessed the procession of
Tuesday last, and confirms what the newspapers
give us of the immense multitude who attended, and
the imposing magni6cence ofthe spectacle He states
that there could not be less than $4,000 or 10000
persons present. We lay before our readers the
following description from two of the newspapers.
The "Moming News" says it was "no partisan de-
monstraton," and that the procession extended
through distance of about fire miles.
"The estimate gives grand total of ireniy five
thousand sepen hundred and sepenty.fre. One est-
mate, made by five different persons, when one-haf
of the procession had passed, made the number up
TO that time twenty thousand-which would make
grand total of forty thousand and we presume that
aggregate is not far from the correct one. In the
three first divisions as they passed Canal street,
counted sos mounted horsemen in uniform, in
GLIDING the grand marshal and his aids, and 81
two-horse carriages. On the return of the process
sion down Broadway the line was broken at Canal
street, little past o'clock by the sixth DIVISION
which was composed entirely of the different lodges
of odd felows--several lodges, constituting about
half the DIVISION turning of into Canal steeet, for the
purpose of returning to their respective lodge rooms
The seventh DIVISION consisting of the Kings coun-
ty portion of the cavalcade, did not, however, al
low this interruption to reard them; but, with the
residue of the column passed on to the Park, where
the last division arrived about o'clock. Through
the entire route traversed by the procession the
windows of the houses were filed with females, the
roofs of the houses contained their thousands, the
stoops and sidewalks were crowded to repetion with
people of all classes and ages great proportion of
them females, and the streets themselves were so filled
that there at times difficulty in eflecting passage
for the procession without causing great crowdng and
confusion amongst the assembled multitude. As the
cavalcade moved on, all eyes were fixed upon
the distinguished occupants of two of the ba-
roll hes thnsa ia qnn pf Maui Nnrk Thar
excellencies ex-President Van Buren,, who was &C.
companied by his two sons and Gov Marcy, with
whom rode his honor the Mayor. They were ''the
observed Of all Observers" and the hale, hearty APP
pearance of the ex-President the subject Of uni
versal remark. The appearance amongst us on this
occasion of those two almost idoZed members Of
the great democratic family, was regarded by our
citizens at large in manner which still more nearly
unites them with the hearts of their felow-citiZens
of the empire city; and it will be cherished by them
as another indication Of the common sympathy
which pervades the united heart of the great politi-
cal family of which those truly great men are at
once the representatives and the leaders. There
were also in the procession many others of mark
and note, not only here at home, but throughout the
Union--amongst whom Gen. Winfield Scots was
one of the most remarked.
'.Texas, too, was represented right nobly in this
stupendous procession, in the persons of the Hon.
Branch 7. Arthur, the father of the revolution,
and who has SO justly acquired, in his adopted
country, the sobriquet Of 'sthe old Roman;" also,
Gen. Thomas ], Green, and his prison companions
in Mexico; Mr. George Van Ness and Lieut.. Clark.
Lieut. G. was, this occasion, the standard-bearer
of the first Texas flag that was planted on the
west side of the Rio Bravo"
The citizens of Washington will, tomorrow, turn
out to pay their respect to the memory Of General
Jackson The procession will muster in the neigh
borhood of the Presidents square, and will thence
proceed to the Capitol square, where the funeral
Grafton will be pronounced from the portico
by George Bancroft esq. All the public Off
ces will be closed and the officers of government
will participate in the proceedings in honor of him,
about whom one Of the most distinguished men in
the nation, and intimately acquainted with him in
some of the most trying periods of our history,
happily pronounces that the orator is fortunate in
his subject "since it would be difficult to say in
General Jackson's praise than he deserves. A no.
bier spirit never lived, truer kinder friend"
From the New York Journal Of Commerce.
FUNERAL OF GEN. JACKSON.
The morning opened on US yesterday in all its
brightness, suspicious to the vast gathering of the
honor and gratitude to the memory of General Jack.
son. The stir of population was everywhere visi-
BILE at an early hour. The minute gun reminded
those awaking from their slumbers, at sunrise, that
a great man had fallen. Though, as the day ad.
vanced the atmosphere became very hot and oppres-
sive, it had no effect to repress the zeal of the nigh.
ty masses assembling as by one generous impulse
of grief and admiration, to do honor to the name
and virtues of the departed chief We believe
large conc0urse, or SO imposing and extended
procession, was never before seen in this city.
Few now living will probably ever look upon the
like again. The City Hall, hotels, and many build
ings along the principal streets, were hung with
mourning and Grape and mourning badges were
generally worn by the crowds of citizens and stran-
gers All flags on government vessels, forts, and
the shipping in the harbor, were displayed at half
mast
At o'clock, precisely the tolling of the bells and
a discharge of artillery announced the movement Of
the procession from the Park. The military made
noble display, not only by the brilliancy of their
arms, and the spendor Of their Dress but by their
perfect order and discipline. The music in the vari-
Gus parts of the line was appropriate; ana while
the Marseiles hymn, at once paintive and exciting
in the highest degree breathed the soul of liberty,
the dead march, beat with muflled drums, told that
one of its brave defenders was no more. The cele-
brated Boston band lent their aid to the occasion.
The companies Of firemen; the various benevolent,
literary, mechanical and other societies; the sons
of England, Ireland, Germany, &c, with their
eral banners; the friends of temperance, the odd
fellows, the various democratic clubs, societies
from Jersey city, Brooklyn, and other neighboring
places and vast numbers Of citizens and strangers,
swelled the throng, and united their sympathes on
the mournful occasion. A funeral urn, car
drawn by four white horses, covered with mourn
ing, and followed by another horse caparisoned and
led, Immediately preceded, in the second division,
the pa-bearers and on the arrival of the procession
at the Park, was conducted to place Immediately
below the stage erected for the religious service and
the orator of the day. The American eagle, with
wings half folded held in its beak scroll, which
was inscribed the name of Andrew Jackson, from
which Grape dropped gracefully over the golden
urn. The military passed this funeral urn with
arms reversed and the various societies uncovered.
The procession, in the order mentioned in the
programme, twroh wo have twioe published poss-
ed up Chatham street to East Broadway, up East
Broadway to Grand street. through Grand street to
the Bowery. up the Bowery to Union Park, around
the Park and down Broadway to the front of the City
Hall Such was the length of the procession, that
before the rear of il had left the Park the advance
had nearly arrived at the Park from the opposite d
rection. Consequently, its length must have been
five or six miles The time occupied in passing a
Int few MIN "a oft three